It's Broadway Bitch

After a long weekend we all need a nice heartwarming episode of It's Broadway Bitch so here it is! We welcome composer and lyricist Adam Gwon to the pod! His off broadway show, All the Worlds A Stage has a cast album out now and will be available to see again this fall. The recipient of numerous awards, Adams work includes Scotland PA, Ordinary Days, and String.  We dish about being mentored by Ah...

From being a swing dresser on Broadway to writing her own book I am utterly fascinated by Teale Dvornik! Currently working as a dresser for the Met Opera, she has also worked on Aladdin and Wicked and through those experiences created The Backstage Blonde. Using the stories she heard from generational stage hands, and her own personal experiences working backstage she started to create the kind of...

We did it again! We got another amazing guest! A truly womderful woman it's Lauren Marcus!  From Be More Chill and the Jonathan Larson project, she is currently the book writer for the hopefully it's coming soon Girls Just Wanna Have Fun musical! But that's just one of the many projects she's working on she also has a play called Jackie Lee about a true story that happened to her that I cannot wai...

With The Tonys just a few days away, we were lucky enough to catch Cats The Jellicle Ball's co-director Zhailon Levingston for a minute to chat all about the exciting revival which sets CATS in the ballroom world! He explains how a joke of an idea to do CATS without CATS became the Jellicle Ball when a friend connected him to Bill Rausch who was also thinking about a new version of CATS. We dish a...

We love todays episode with the lovely DEE ROSCIOLI!  An Elphaba, a Celine, both Madeline and Helen - the woman has never had an easy role. Currently the stand by for both lead roles in Death Becomes Her, we talk about how she treated her role in Pokemon live like Chekov and how she could never be Roxie Hart.  We dish about how not being a dick is a good thing, her long audition for Titanique, how...

Today on the pod we are so lucky to have director Jack Serio! Jack has made a name for himself as an interactive, small space, actor driven director and we pick his brain about all the nitty gritty stuff that goes into making a show feel realistic. His hit play "Well, I'll let you go" is in it's second iteration after a sold out run and is getting rave reviews.  We dish about what makes a show fee...

It's Broadway Bitch is going drag with Taylor Ratliff AKA PLASMA! You know Plasma from season 16 of RuPauls Drag Race for her spectacular Barbra Streisand impression as well as being a theater queen. We discuss Broadway dreams for both Taylor and Plasma and how Drag Race was able to get him into the room where it happens. We dish how much money you need as a queen to go on Drag Race, how his dad d...

SURPRISE! We decided to drop 2 episodes this week for our season 3 premiere because we could not wait to get this one out. Ann James is here! As an intimacy and sensitivity specialist, it's her job to help actors tap into trauma without taking it home.  She establishes a community agreemant for casts and how everyone can move through material with that common goal in mind and it's facinating! We d...

We are so back! We are kicking off season 3 with the absolutely fabulous TODRICK HALL! You know him from Drag Race, from American Idol, from the Masked Singer, from Kinky Boots or Chicago on Broadway, from Burlesque on the West End, from YouTube....bottom line you know him! We dish about his new status as a New Yorker, his new muisical MIDNIGHT, how we haven't found the next Wicked yet, if the cur...

We made it to the end of Season 2 and I couldn't think of a better guest to end the season with than Barrett Wilbert Weed! Barrett has played some iconic roles including Veronica Sawyer in Heathers and Janis in Mean Girls. We talk her broadway roles but we also talk about taking chances and buying a ticket to something you've never heard of because this is New York after all so let's get weird! We...

From The Bakers Wife and The Outsiders we have the absolutely delightful Kevin William Paul! As he approaches his departure from The Outsiders we talk about how he auditioned for many roles in the show, how he gets spit on every night, and how making his Broadway debut with so many others was like being shot out of a cannon. We dish about traveling Europe before landing Broadway, daily fight calls...

Another Monday another Broadway bitch banger! Today we chat with the talented Jeemell Green who is aspiring to get to Broadway but is currently performing in church! On March 23rd he will be debuting his second solo show, Applause and Amen where he bridges the gap between gospel and broadway. We dish about commuting in from Detroit every week to audition for shows, working with Gospel legends, why...

Can New York still be New York without the art that makes it New York?? My guest, creative extreme PJ Adzima and I discuss the sanitization of the arts in New York and how we are ready to lead a renaissance back to the dirty, downtown art that made this city the greatest place to be! We dish about him leaving Book of Mormom to pursue his own production company, finding his first producing project...

The sound quality may be a little wonky but that doesn't stop us from loving this episode with Corey Mach! Corey is the creator and producer of the Broadway Sings series which has been going for over a decade, and was also recently in Merrily We Roll Along and & Juliet.  We dish about doing a concert in between shows on two show days, stepping in for Jonathan Groff in Merrily, what not to tell Dan...

Joining us from across the pond, we have the lovely Mickey Jo Theatre! His reviews on Youtube have made him one of the most trusted critics out there because he has found a way to connect with theater goers in a real conversational way. We discuss his approach to reviews and how he critiques performances as a whole instead of simply saying, "that person was bad" because as he points out, a team of...

After 10 years, my amazing guest Gillian Pensavalle is saying goodbye, so long, farewell to her beloved Hamilcast Podcast.  After changing her life and getting to interview "The Cabinet", Andy Blankenbuehler, Thomas Kail, Lin Manuel Miranda, and Alex Lacamoire one last time she is ready to be done after 500 episodes. We dish about her starting the podcast even though she had never seen Hamilton an...

Live from Cananda we have 26 year Broadway vet J Elaine Marcos! She's the most delightful person who you may have seen in A Chorus Line and the Every Little Step documentary, Miss Saigon, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, and most recently Drag the Musical. We dish about being an improv girlie, not getting Connie in the documentary, and how to really stand out in an audition by using bowling balls an...

Don't worry I have the cure for your case of the Monday's and it's todays podcast episode with the absolutely lovely Adam Kantor!  He made his Broadway debut in RENT, yes THAT RENT, and has since won a Grammy and Emmy, been on stage in A Bands Visit, Fiddler on the Roof, Next to Normal and most recently directed Storycourse Diaspora an immersive theatre experience through food. We dish about how h...

Todays ep is a fun one! From the Broadway Breakdown podcast we have the one and only Matt Koplik! If there's one thing Matt knows, it's theatre and he's unapologetic of his love for Broadway. A self proclaimed nerd for the arts, Matt is a virtual encyclopedia of knowledge but can also gossip like the girlies. We dish about shows we like, shows we don't like, what fans Broadway shouldn't cater too,...

An absolutely joyous episode with Brandon Contreras is just what this holiday season needs! Currently in Operation Mincemeat, you also know him from Titanique and Almost Famous and now you can hear him talk about how this was his year of being "a brave little toaster". We dish about being a New Yorker, how he had to lipsynch for his life as part of an audition, what singing THAT song in Operation...

From Shrek to Dewey to Kevin who can f*ck himself, this weeks guest is the incomparable Eric Petersen! We were so happy to chat with Eric about his love of theatre, and sitcoms and hats. We dish about how hard of a show School of Rock is, being a standby Shrek and getting a full concussion while in costume, his breakout role in Kevin Can F*ck Himself, and the insane show he did in Scotland with hi...

A very exciting episode of the pod today as we have a guest who has spent the last three decades entertaining us - director, choreographer and Tony winner Jerry Mitchell! Jerry is responsible for some of the most iconic shows that have ever been on Broadway like Legally Blonde, Boop, Kinky Boots, Hairspray, On Your Feet, The Full Monty, Pretty Woman, The Devil Wears Prada and thats not even all of...

Rabbit Rabbit! You have seen this weeks guest performing in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade with the cast of Ragtime, and now you can hear him on todays episode! We have the amazing Rodd Cyrus joining us in the studio to discuss making his Broadway debut playing Harry Houdini in the Lincoln Center Production. We dish about how he secretly auditioned for Juilliard, how many times he had to audit...

Absolutely chuffed to welcome this week's guest the iconic Joe Iconis!!! His musical Be More Chill found a second coming after the music went viral bringing it to Broadway and earning him a Tony nomination. But what happened at the Tonys was not chill at all!  We dish about how his song being sung at the Tonys was a surprise to him, how he identifies with Kermit, his love of teen horror films, and...

If you saw Shucked, Gatsby or Maybe Happy Ending it's probably because of the amazing Katharine Quinn! From posting on tik tok to becoming one of the leading marketing agencies people turn to when they need a New Money dance, Katharine says becoming the It Girl was a crazy accident!  We dish about brand partnership deals with the Empire State Building, lurking on Reddit, the "Fireflies" fandom, an...