It's Broadway Bitch

Another Monday another amazing guest here at IBB! We have the girl that doesn't miss, Linedy Genao!  Luckily for us Linedy has been working steadily for the last decade. From On Your Feet, to Dear Evan Hansen, to Bad Cinderella to Gatsby with a stint in banking in between, Linedy has done it all. We dish about working with Andrew Lloyd Webber and what he's really like, how to keep your head up in...

Quite possibly the best laugh on Broadway, we have Cody Jamison Strand in the stoods! After a decade on Broadway playing Elder Cunningham in Book of Mormon, Cidy is deoarting the role but not without sharing some secrets with us first. We dish about his audition in front of Matt and Trey, the time they forgot his contract, having his lines written on props, breaking the 4th wall, and death by diar...

Welcome back to It's Broadway Bitch Season 2!  The hits just keep on coming as we welcome comedian Anna Roisman to the pod! You know her from her viral impressions of Steve from Sex and the City, and Hilaria Baldwin but now you'll know her as a Mamma Mia and Grease 2 superfan.  We dish about living in a dead guys apartment, what it's like to audition in NYC, the reddit backlash she faced and which...

We love this weeks guest Christopher Henry Young! From making his debut in A Bronx Tale, to covering 7 roles in Goddess of Broadway he's done it all. And the And Peggy Tour! We dish on the kindest person he's worked with, being asked to do things that weren't in the audition, the song he never wants to hear again, and if Broadway properly takes care of it's artists. There's also talk of Fro Yo. HO...

Episode 2 of season 2 is a gosh darn delight as we welcome L Morgan Lee to the studio. L Morgan is the first openly trans actor to be nominated for a Tony for her role in A Strange Loop, and is directing a one night only benefit concert of The Drowsy Chaperone with an all trans and non-binary cast at Carnegie Hall on Oct 20th! We dish about her inital reaction after reading A Strange Loop for the...

WE ARE SO BACK! Season 2 is officially here and we are starting off with a bang as we welcome superstar creator ELI RALLO to the pod! A true theatre girly at heart, Eli is a monster tik tok creator known for her "rules" as well as her hot, hot Broadway takes. She tells us all about what food she survived on during the Tonys, why she doesn't like Book of Mormon and her love of Bad Cinderella.  HOT...

Thank you all for listening to the first season of It's Broadway Bitch! It has been so fun to make this podcast so please come back in a few weeks for season 2. We have got some amazing guests already lined up and can't wait to get back in the studio!! Producer Mike and Casey dish about their favorite guests and stories in this recap episode and what things surprised us. We also talk shows we saw...

"A joy and a delight!" That's me talking about Eleri Ward, our guest on the pod today! A musical theatre girl at heart, she blew up during the pandemic after she recorded an album of Sufjan Stevens inspired Soundheim covers in her closet. You may have also seen her performance at Miscast 23, or caught her in the Florence version of Gatsby which we discuss in this episode! We also dish about pedest...

It's Laura Benanti day!!! She's been in 11 Broadway shows and about a million TV shows and is currently selling out her solo show at The Fringe Festival in Edinburgh. Not only is she the coolest, but she also uses her platform and star power to talk about issues affecting women that are often shied away from! We dish about parenting, how making friends in her 30's saved her, perimenopause, whether...

She's. Not. Rude. She is pretty f**kin cool - it's the amazing composer and lyricist of Death Becomes Her, Julia Mattison!! You know the Tik Tok sound bytes, you know the songs, now get to know the woman behind them. And why she was relieved when she didn't win a Tony! We dish about DBH being a show for lovers of big Broadway, writing during the pandemic, THAT insane cast, and why musicals are the...

We have the absolutle loveliest guest this week in Al SIlber! You know her from Fiddler on the Roof, but you may also know her from Interlochen summer camp or from her West End debut when she was only 21!  We dish about her famous class at Interlochen, the life saving surgery she was given by a hot surgeon, her Fiddler family, and that constant nagging feeling wondering if you've done enough. We a...

Pinch me I'm dreaming for we have Alex Brightman on the pod today! As a gigantic, huge, massive fan of his, this conversation did not disappoint. From School of Rock, to Beetlejuice, to being a voice on the wildly popular Hazbin Hotel cartoon series, to writing pilots and new musicals, Alex Brightman has been BUSY. We dish about creating a life work balance after being so busy for so long, de-raun...

This week we have comedian Avery Pearson on the pod!!!! Avery started in downtown theatre, then discovered he could write funny songs as a career so decided to switch gears.  He has written songs for the Espy's, SNL, and is currently writing a musical called Space Cowgirl. And you can watch his brand new comedy special called GIVE IT UP AVERY PEASON right now on Veeps! We dish about picking a writ...

Had the best time with this weeks guest Ryann Redmond! She has been in so many fun things including Bring It On, Margaritaville, Once Upon a One More Time, and was Olaf in Frozen. I mean, if that's not a party resume I don't know what is!  She most recently was hanging in San Diego doing Regency Girls a show about a reproductive roadtrip that hopefully (fingers crossed) can be seen on Broadway soo...

In this house, we adore Jessie Hooker Bailey! Most recently she was in Wonderful Town at City Center but has also been in Waitress, The Jonathan Larson Project, Company, Devil Wears Prada and Beautiful.  We dish in this ep but we also ask questions - Are old musicals boring??? Are we ready for a Katy Perry Musical??? Does Elton John hate us??? Find out the answer to all these questions and more as...

This weeks episode has my new best friend Patti Murin, and we could not have had more fun! You've either experienced Patti as Anna on Broadway, heard her narrating your favorite rom-com book, or watched her in a Hallmark channel movie - bottom line is you know her. Sadly, the only thing you don't know her from is the musical Nerds that was scraped right before previews which we talk all about.  We...

Mr. Duvall has entered the chat!! Fellow comedian Rick Younger, the original Mr. Duvall in Mean Girls on Broadway dazzles us talking about the Tina Fey production and his audition to get there. He also toured with RENT (and made up an amazing backstory for his character), was the last person ever cast on the show Girls, and dabbled in all of the Law and Orders.  We dish about anxiety on stage and...

Fresh off her Tony win for Sunset Blvd, producer and Museum of Broadway Co-Founder Julie Boardman is on the pod!!! She adds this new Tony to her growing collection as she has been a producer on more shows in the past few years than I can even count.  We dish all about the money honey!  How much do you need to become a co-producer, how much do you recoup, and can there be a real life Producers situ...

I was humbled to have this weeks guest Christiane Noll on the pod! She originated the role of Emma Carew in Jekyll and Hyde, was Tony nominated for Ragtime, and has a list of credits a mile long. If you are a creative it's a must listen!! After so many years in the arts, she discusses recognizing all you've done, being open to what's to come, and being totally ok with exactly where you are at.  We...

An onion has layers and so does this weeks episode of It's Broadway Bitch! You may know our lovely guest David F. M. Vaughn from his role as Lord Farquad in the stacked cast of Shrek on Broadway.  He spills on the original dark version of the show that we never got to see, and how wild it is to see an ogre make a call about insurance. We continue to dish about European tours, scaling down sets, To...

It's Monday and today we have something kooky crazy for you...Russell Daniels the absolute scene stealer from Titanique is on the pod! Russell was also Josh Gads standby in Gutenburg!, is part of the improv group Uncle Function and is the co-host of the wildly popular podcast, The Downside.  ANNNND since recording this ep it has been announced he will star in the off Broadway Parent Trap spoof, Gi...

If you like fruit wine as much as I do you'll love this episode!  Sean McManus impressionist extraordinaire and all around lovely human joins us in the studio to talk about his viral success from doing Patti Lupone, Jennifer Coolidge and Moira Rose impressions. But that's not all! We also dish about him getting a call to make is Broadway debut in Beetlejuice on his birthday, the pluses and minuses...

Try not to fall in love with Michael Park I dare you! Currently playing Finn in Redwood on Broadway, (see it before it closes MAY 18th!) Michael also played Larry Murphy in Dear Evan Hansen, and won a Emmy for his role on As The World Turns. And these are just a few of the many credits under his belt! We dish about working with Idina Menzel and Redwood, getting smacked by grief, cackling during a...

An absolute A+ guest this week on the pod the delightful Drew Gehling! If you are like me then you have seen Drew in everything - Waitress, Almost Famous, & Juliet, Little Shop of Horrors, Titanic at City Center.....and thats only the tip of the iceberg! See what I did there? We dish about originating roles vs stepping into existing characters, working with all the different Jennas in Waitress (an...

Start your Monday off right with a fresh episode of It's Broadway B*tch! And what a Monday ep it is! The crazy talented, multi hyphenate, one and only Erich Bergen is on! Besides being in BOOP! currently, he's also done TV, film, and produced some of the biggest live and virtual events around including a Joan Rivers Tribute (which i will be watching!) that airs MAY 13th. We dish about booping and...