A Star is Bored: A Zoomcast

Jacob Ming-Trent is an actor currently starring as Falstaff in THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR at The Delacourte Theater, adapted by Jocelyn Bioh and directed by Saheem Ali. Tickets are free and Performances run until 9/18. Most recently seen in The Forty-Year-Old Version (Netflix) and R#J (Sundance). TV: starred in the series “White Famous” (Showtime), played Panda in “Watchmen” (HBO), “Ray Donovan” season six (Showtime), “Feed the Beast” (AMC), etc. Film: Starred in the reboot of SuperFly (Sony), The Possession of Hanna Grace (Screen Gems), etc. Upcoming: “Only Murders in the Building” opposite Steve Martin and Martin Short (Hulu) and “Wu-Tang: An American Saga” (Hulu). Broadway: Hands on a Hardbody and Shrek The Musical. Several Off-Broadway productions, including Father Comes Home From the Wars..., for which he earned a Lortel Award for Best Supporting Actor. 0:53 A day off for Jacob 3:15 Being a part of the first production since the pandemic 6:00 Performing on Stage after 6 years 7:45 Pros and cons of performing outside 11:20 The Shakespeare Lab at the Public Theater 14:10 Demystifying Shakespeare at 12 Years Old 16:00 Hip Hop and Shakespeare 21:30 Reaction to Merry Wives of Windsor being set in Harlem 23:00 “Every character I bring to Shakespeare is black” 25:09 Decolonizing the Eurocentric Values of Shakespeare 27:30 The Pandemic Monologue in MERRY WIVES 29:00 The Traditions Of Shakespeare Are The Freshest Moments in the Show 33:50 White Famous/Representing All Bodies In Our Industry 35:15 Perform like it is Your Last Time You’ll Ever Do It 38:40 Discerning The Clown Vs. the Fool 42:25 Choosing Joy --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Felicia Boswell is an actress and singer currently starting as The Baker’s Wife in City Springs Theatre Company’s production of INTO THE WOODS at Byers Theatre opening on Friday 7/9. She has appeared on Broadway in MOTOWN THE MUSICAL, SHUFFLE ALONG, and MEMPHIS. Additional credits include EMOJILAND and JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR on NBC. We recap our lockdown with one another. CHAPTERS 0:00 Emojiland 3:25 Playing the Straight Man in Comedy 5:50 Not Being Allowed to Stagedoor Amidst in March 2020 10:20 Post-Emojiland 16:20 The Sanity of Performing on a Stage Again 20:00 The Role of The Baker’s Wife - Into The Woods 23:30 Normalizing Numbness 25:00 You Cannot Go Through Life a Ruin 28:50 As Storytellers We Should be Telling the Stories of Today 32:50 Why Broadway Will Be Better. 37:45 Working Towards the Greatness of Our Descendants 38:20 Lack of Accessibility in Theatre/Our Elitist Industry 43:00 Art Saves Us 48:10 Check Out Felicia Boswell in Into The Woods! #broadway #musicals #musicaltheatre #musical #theatre #broadwaymusical #hamilton #bway #rosaparks #theater #broadwaymusicals #theaterpodcast #broadwaymemes #theatreproblems #podcastersofinstagram #nyc #actor #music #podcast #musicaltheater #heathers #theatrelife #singer #theatrekid #theater #newyork #theatre #sondheim #teatro #bhfyp --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Kuhoo Verma, is an NYC-based artist and actress currently starring in the film PLAN B, now streaming on Hulu. She has received critical acclaim for her performance in Dave Malloy‘s OCTET (Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actress, Drama Desk Award). Her solo show, KUHOO’s CLOUD, will stream June 30th at 9pm part of The CAMP Bonfire Series, a four night comedy festival from ARS NOVA. https://arsnovanyc.com/CAMPBonfire-6.30-9PM Her residency at Feinstein’s 54 Below, Kuhoo Verma: Sounds of Healing, begins select performances Friday 7/2 9:45PM. https://54below.com/events/kuhoo-verma-sounds-of-healing/ CHAPTERS: 0:00 Plan B 1:00 Redefining Yourself as an Artist During the Pandemic 2:50 How Tending To Your Craft is Like Gardening 4:45 Making Connections Virtually Opens Your World 6:50 Improv 9:30 Manifesting Career Success 12:00 Giving Lead Characters in Plan B Complete Autonomy 14:00 How Your Perceive Yourself vs. How Others Perceive You 15:50 Why We Stann Teenagers 17:40 Dear Evan Hansen Movie 24:00 Practice of Inclusivity Vs. Blind Representation 27:00 Baby Step Change vs. Revolution 29:20 Why Kuhoo Verma Doesn’t Have A Dream Role 31:30 Sounds of Healing 33:00 Kuhoo’s Cloud

Devina Sabnis is currently playing Kelly Kapoor in @theofficemusical The Office: A Musical Parody! at The Theater Center in NYC playing Thursdays-Sundays. Since it reopened in April, Devina is one of the first actors to perform onstage in NY since the Pandemic #theofficememes #theofficememesfunny #kellykapoor #southasian #representationmatters #twittermemes #dankmemes #dankmemesdaily #podcast #podcastersofinstagram #pod #podcastlife #theatre #theatrekid #theatrelife #theatrememes #musical #musicaltheatre #nyu #nyugraduation #officememes #theater #standup #comedy #anchorfm #theatreproblems #actress #actorslife #actor #headshots --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Eleri Ward is an actress and singer/songwriter who drops her first solo album with Ghostlight Records, A Perfect Little Death, on Spotify Friday 6/4. She is best known for SUF/SOND, her brainchild that celebrates the music of Stephen Sondheim in the style of Sufjan Stevens. 0:00 - Introduction 5:00 - Eleri’s Audience Finding Her 6:30 - Sondheim Stannhood 9:00 - Exposure to Sondheim in High School 12:00 - How To Unleash Your Inner Elaine Stritch 14:30 - Creating Space for Yourself in the Industry/MCC Theater’s Miscast Gala 21:00 - 99 Problems and Musical Theatre is All of Em/Art is about Exploring Humanity 26:00 - Expanding the Musical Theatre Palette 28:00 Your Deepest Insecurity Becomes Your Signature 29:30 - Musical Inspiration : Caroline Polachek, Lake Street Dive, Vulfpeck, Sufjan Stevens 32:00 - Egoless Collaboration/Reemerging Professionally with Lessons Learned from The Pandemic 35:00 - Flock Ya Feathers Fam :) 40:00 - Gatekeepers be Gaslighting Us Bruh 42:30 - Performative Allyship and Pageantry BS 46:00 - Check out Eleri’s work! #cover #singersongwriter #sufsond #musicaltheatre #musical #tiktok #sondheim #sufjanstevens #recordingartist #theatre #theater #guitar #independent #folk #bemorechill #bookofmormon #intheheights #broadway #broadwaymusicals #nyc #elainestritch #theatrekid #theatrelife #theatrememes #spotify #elainestritch #sundayintheparkwithgeorge #podcastsofinstagram #covers #podcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Eleri Ward is an actress and singer/songwriter who drops her first solo album with Ghostlight Records , A Perfect Little Death, tomorrow on Spotify Friday 6/4. She is best known for SUF/SOND, her brainchild that celebrates the music of Stephen Sondheim and Sufjan Stevens 0:00 - Introduction 5:00 - Eleri’s Audience Finding Her 6:30 - Sondheim Stannhood 9:00 - Exposure to Sondheim in High School 12:00 - How To Unleash Your Inner Elaine Stritch 14:30 - Creating Space for Yourself in the Industry/MCC Theater’s Miscast Gala 21:00 - 99 Problems and Musical Theatre is All of Em/Art is about Exploring Humanity 26:00 - Expanding the Musical Theatre Palette 28:00 Your Deepest Insecurity Becomes Your Signature 29:30 - Musical Inspiration : Caroline Polachek, Lake Street Dive, Vulfpeck, Sufjan Stevens 32:00 - Egoless Collaboration/Reemerging Professionally with Lessons Learned from The Pandemic 35:00 - Flock Ya Feathers Fam :) 40:00 - Gatekeepers be Gaslighting Us Bruh 42:30 - Performative Allyship and Pageantry BS 46:00 - Check out Eleri’s work! #cover #singersongwriter #sufsond #musicaltheatre #musical #tiktok #sondheim #sufjanstevens #recordingartist #theatre #theater #guitar #independent #folk #bemorechill #bookofmormon #intheheights #broadway #broadwaymusicals #nyc #elainestritch #theatrekid #theatrelife #theatrememes #spotify #elainestritch #sundayintheparkwithgeorge #podcastsofinstagram #covers #podcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Eleri Ward @eleriward is an actress and singer/songwriter who drops her first solo album with @ghostlightrecords , A Perfect Little Death, tomorrow on Spotify Friday 6/4. 0:00 - Introduction 5:00 - Eleri’s Audience Finding Her 6:30 - Sondheim Stannhood 9:00 - Exposure to Sondheim in High School 12:00 - How To Unleash Your Inner Elaine Stritch 14:30 - Creating Space for Yourself in the Industry/MCC Theater’s Miscast Gala 21:00 - 99 Problems and Musical Theatre is All of Em/Art is about Exploring Humanity 26:00 - Expanding the Musical Theatre Palette 28:00 Your Deepest Insecurity Becomes Your Signature 29:30 - Musical Inspiration : Caroline Polachek, Lake Street Dive, Vulfpeck, Sufjan Stevens 32:00 - Egoless Collaboration/Reemerging Professionally with Lessons Learned from The Pandemic 35:00 - Flock Ya Feathers Fam :) 40:00 - Gatekeepers be Gaslighting Us Bruh 42:30 - Performative Allyship and Pageantry BS 46:00 - Check out Eleri’s work! #cover #singersongwriter #sufsond #musicaltheatre #musical #tiktok #sondheim #sufjanstevens #recordingartist #theatre #theater #guitar #independent #folk #bemorechill #bookofmormon #intheheights #broadway #broadwaymusicals #nyc #elainestritch #theatrekid #theatrelife #theatrememes #spotify #elainestritch #sundayintheparkwithgeorge #podcastsofinstagram #covers #podcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Aaron Salazar, the Producing Artistic Director and a founder of Poseidon Theatre Company. He recently Salazar’s artistic home is Poseidon Theatre Company, of which he is the Producing Artistic Director and Founder. He enters into his second decade in New York with his most recent work: X The Experience (an interactive cinema experience) starring Kim Exum & Cheech Manohar. He is the Creative Director of Alvarez Keko Salazar Productions’ current works included the For F**k’s Sake a theatre podcast aka “4FS Podcast”, Drama: an aural experience and audio fiction series. AKS’s namesake is an homage to his family & ancestors and the courage they had to want a better life for future generations. "I stand on the strength of their bravery.” #podcast #podcastersofinstagram #pod #podcastlife #theatre #theatrekid #theatrelife #theatrememes #theatrepodcast #musical #musicaltheatre #latinx #latino #graduation #theater #standup #comedy #comedypodcast #tiktok #twitter #anchorfm #theatreproblems #actress #actorslife #actor #headshots #dankmemesdaily #dankmemes #twittermemes --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Blair Russell @barussell4 is a Tony-nominated producer, developer, supporter, and lover of theatre whose experience ranges from fringe festivals to Broadway shows. He specializes in the development of new plays and musicals. As a producer, Blair is most proud of bringing Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris to Broadway. During the pandemic, he lead Out of the Box Theatrics' site-specfic production of The Last Five Years. Some of his other favorite credits include the critically acclaimed immersive Off-Broadway production of Sweeney Todd at the Greenwich House Theater, and the West End production of Gyspy with Imelda Staunton. He just wrapped producing the residency of Resounding, an immersive theater company, at Radial Park with live, in-person audio plays, including a remount of the company’s popular Treasure Island, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, & a new ghost thriller 'Beyond The Veil'. His current projects include developing the musicals Hypatia & the Heathens and For Tonight as well as an XR experience series about the Black Imagination. He's a recipient of AKA NYC's Black Producer 500 Hours Initiative. 0:00 - Introduction to Blair 3:00 - Hypatia & The Heathens-New Musical about the First Female Mathematician 7:30 - Theater in South Africa 10:30 - How Do We Make Theatre Global 13:00 - We Need to Change All Theater, Not just Broadway 20:50 - You Don’t Solve a Problem by Trying to Fix All of the Symptoms 22:00 - Expanding Accessibility to All Theatergoers 28:00 - Diverging Consumerism from Broadway To Off-Broadway and Independent Theaters 30:00 - Recalibrating Our Perception of Theatre Producers 33:00 - Different Types of Theater for Different People 33:50 - How Scott Rudin Murdered Beetlejuice 37:30 - Producing Filmed Theatre (The Last Five Years) During the Pandemic 42:00 - Live Theatre in Astoria #broadwaymemes #thelastfiveyears #slaveplay #producer #twittermemes #covid_19 #broadway #offbroadway #actor #brooklyn #plays #broadwayproducer #nyctheatre #nyctheater #theatre #theater #podcast #podcastlife #podcasts #podcastsofinstagram #theatrepodcast #americantheatre #actor #actors #actorlife #nycactors #nycactor #musicaltheatre #musical #hamilton --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Ahead of the Release of Round 27 of The 24 Hour Plays Viral Musicals, we release our conversation with the Artistic Director of The 24 Hour Plays, Mark Armstrong, which took place earlier this year at the Region Five Conference of the Kennedy Center’s American College Theatre Festival. He discusses transforming his leadership and the vision of The 24 Hour Plays in the midst of a global pandemic by creating Viral Monologues featuring actors from a Broadway, film, and TV, and cultivating the Nationals Program into a more inclusive training grounds for emerging artists to meet future collaborators, and tells a slew of incredible stories such as actors performing on an ice sculpture in the American Airlines Theatre, and the importance of looking around you instead of looking up. #24hourplays #playwrightsofinstagram #director #artisticdirector #twittermemes #covid_19 #broadway #offbroadway #actor #brooklyn #noahgalvin #daveeddiggs #nyctheatre #nyctheater #theatre #theater #podcast #podcastlife #podcasts #podcastsofinstagram #theatrepodcast #americantheatre #actor #actors #actorlife #nycactors #nycactor #musicaltheatre #musical #hamilton #hamiltonmemes --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Joel Perez is an Award Winning Performer and Actor. His credits include Fun Home on Broadway, Jesus Christ Superstar on NBC, Stuck Elevator, John Leguizamo’s Kiss My Aztec, and most recently Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice at The New Group. Joel’s upcoming comedy special, PLAYING WITH MYSELF, at Ars Nova this summer with their CAMP Residency. Check out his countless bizarre characters in his Instagram reels at @misterjoelperez . His play The Black Beans Project he wrote with Melinda Lopez will stream on-demand May 11th with Huntington Theatre Company . He is a member of Broken Box Mime Theatre, Shiz Comedy and sketch group The Downstairs Party. 0:00 - Taking Control of Your Career During A Pandemic/UCB, Shiz, and Sketch Comedy 4:25 - Theaters Scrambling to Become Media Companies Throughout the pandemic 5:35 - The Pros and Cons of Developing Theatre Digitally 6:30 - Broken Box Mime Theater 8:00 - Distributing Theatre As Streaming Media in The Digital World 10:50 - Broadway is No Longer the Ticket 11:50 - Stories of Marginalized Communities on Broadway are Often Not Truthful 13:50 - Times Square is a Capitalist Mall Now 16:30 - Scott Rudin/The Beetlejuice Debacle/Give People the Space to Create on a Commercial Landscape 17:40 - The Universe of Joel Perez’s Instagram Reels @misterjoelperez  18:45 - Joel’s Journey from Chemistry Major to Broadway Performer 22:00 - In the Heights National Tour  24:10 - Developing Pain In My Aztec with John Leguizamo 25:30 - Refuting Latino Stereotypes in Theatre and Comedy  27:00 - Improv World - Lack of Representation  29:00 - Ars Nova Comedy Special Coming This June  30:00 - Joel’s Loop Machine and Other Quarantine Hobbies 31:00 - How has Auditioning Evolved since you started 36:30 - Finding Your Chosen Family in the Industry 40:00 - Black Beans Project Streaming 5/11 at Huntington Theatre Company  42:45 - Interrogating the Status Quo/Desire to have a Communal Experience of Joy 47:30 - Check Out Joel’s Work!! 48:30 - Squirrel Improv Theater; Equity, Transparency, Funny #broadway #funhome #musicaltheatre #queercomedy #latinoactor #comedy #musicals #improv #sketch #intheheights #johnleguizamo #offbroadway #actor #nyctheatre #nyctheater #theatre #theater #podcast #podcastlife #podcasts #podcastsofinstagram #theatrepodcast #anchorfm #blackbeans #cooking #mime #musicaltheater #sundance #shiz --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

TW: Shitty MIC Our guest/BK Baddie Alyssa Haddad is the playwright of Off White: Or the Arab House Party (Ticket Link), a post 9/11 Mean Girls play that premieres on Friday 4/16 at 6:30 at the Pre-Emerging Artists Festival. We chat about the prevelance of Anti-Arabism in our childhood, Missy Elliot then and now, The Amanda Show, the legacy of Nickelodeon, and lessons learned in quarantine. Check out our episode here, on Spotify/Apple Podcasts, and on our YouTube Channel. #playwrightsofinstagram #offwhite #lebanesewriters #twittermemes #covid_19 #broadway #offbroadway #actor #brooklyn #nickelodeon #theamandashow #missyelliot #nyctheatre #nyctheater #theatre #theater #podcast #podcastlife #podcasts #podcastsofinstagram #theatrepodcast #americantheatre #actor #actors #actorlife #nycactors #nycactor\n\n--- \n\nThis episode is sponsored by \n· Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

TW: Shitty MIC Our guest/BK Baddie Alyssa Haddad is the playwright of Off White: Or the Arab House Party (Ticket Link), a post 9/11 Mean Girls play that premieres on Friday 4/16 at 6:30 at the Pre-Emerging Artists Festival. We chat about the prevelance of Anti-Arabism in our childhood, Missy Elliot then and now, The Amanda Show, the legacy of Nickelodeon, and lessons learned in quarantine. Check out our episode here, on Spotify/Apple Podcasts, and on our YouTube Channel. #playwrightsofinstagram #offwhite #lebanesewriters #twittermemes #covid_19 #broadway #offbroadway #actor #brooklyn #nickelodeon #theamandashow #missyelliot #nyctheatre #nyctheater #theatre #theater #podcast #podcastlife #podcasts #podcastsofinstagram #theatrepodcast #americantheatre #actor #actors #actorlife #nycactors #nycactor\r\n\n\n--- \n\nThis episode is sponsored by \n· Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Our guest this week is Jesse James Keitel. They currently star as Jerrie Kennedy on Big Sky at 10/9 CT on ABC, and in that role they are making history as the first non binary series regular on Primetime Network Television. They are also a writer and an activist, recently speaking at the Human Rights Campaign’s LGBTQ+ Inaugural Event and is also known by their drag persona as Peroxide in the Haus of FemAnon, and featured in Vogue Print and NYFW’s Opening Ceremony. They have been featured in OutMagazine’s OUT100 for ushering in a new era of diversity for genderqueer on film and tv in performances on the series Younger and Alex Strangelove.  CHAPTERS:  0:00 Canada vs. US COVID Response 2:30 Keith and his national tour  5:45 Keith Growing Up in Long Island  8:00 Jesse Growing up Queer in Conservative LI 10:30 Fear of the Unknown 12:45 The Power of Good Television - Queerness is starting to be well received on TV  13:30 Trans & Queer Stories 15:40 Authenticity Equals a Stronger Product  17:00 Growing Up at Gateway Playhouse 19:00 Booking Auditions Means Trusting Your Gut 24:30 The Scariest Part of Booking Big Sky 30:00 Harboring On ‘Firsts’ Detracts From the Work That Still Needs To Be Done 31:30 The Biggest Issues Facing the Nonbinary and Trans Communities 35:45 Pronouns - The Word Preferential Makes it Seem like it is Okay to Use Something Instead 38:50 Labels Are For Cis People/Actor vs. Actress Label - Why is This a Binary? 41:00 Who Fought For The Privileges of The White Gaytriarchy 43:00 The Golden Globes Shitshow 44:00 Jesse On Writing Their Children’s Book/Pitching A Sci Fi Vehicle --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Rachel Sussman is a Tony-Nominated Creative Producer of critically acclaimed productions such as Pulitzer Finalist ‘What The Constitution Means To Me’ (Now Streaming on Amazon Prime Video), The Woodsman, and Endlings at NYTW. This is our first episode in conjunction with the Kennedy Center’s American College Theatre Festival, with the goals that holding conversation with artists native to each region of students, demonstrates that theatre knows no bounds, can be made wherever you make space to let it. She is a co-founder of  The MITTEN Lab, an emerging artist residency program in her native state of Michigan focused on nurturing the next generation of theatre artists. She is also a co-founder of The Business of Broadway, a new educational venture with the aim of democratizing commercial producing knowledge in an effort to develop more transparency between artists and producers.  Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 2:00 Insurrection of the Capitol/Racism/Anti-Semitism 9:30 Rachel’s Start in the Theatre 13:00 New Play Development  13:50 Why Asking Questions Is Important   15:50 Learning from your mistakes 16:20 Now Is the Time To Reach out to Artists For  Advice! Be Brave.  18:10 Co-Founding The Mitten Lab/The Regional Theatre Renaissance  23:20 Democratizing Theatre/Dismantling Hierarchy in the Producing Model  25:25 Theater Producers of Color 26:35 Industry Standard Group/The Antiquated System of 3 Old White Dudes Running Broadway 28:25 We are Pushing for a More Equitable Theater Community  30:00 Mean Girls in the AUGUST WILSON Theater...bruh. 31:30 Thoughts of a Colored Man/Moving a Production to Broadway   34:00 Theatrical Work Should Speak for Itself/Being Mindful in Anti-Racism  36:00 Marketing Commercial Hits/Co-Producing What the Constitution Means to Me 40:00 The Concept of A Penumbra Is SO CURRENT- We are stuck between what we can see what we cannot see 41:45 Putting What the Constitution Means to Me on Amazon Prime/ If you love theatre when it is on streaming, you’ll want to see it live and view it in a more meaningful way 45:10 The Power of Accessibility/Questioning the rhetoric of theater existing solely as a live experience  47:00 Theater as a tool for Activism/Tikkun Olam- Leave the World Better Than You Found It 49:00 Theater Being Created during the AIDS Epidemic/Developing A Suffragist Musical 51:00 Highlighting The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Michael Potts stars as Slow Drag in the film adaptatin of August Wilson's  Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Now Streaming on Netflix, and will be starring in Prodigal Son on FOX. Spanning a 30 year career on stage and screen, his Broadway credits include The Book of Mormon, Grey Gardens, The Prom, Jitney, and the Iceman Cometh with Denzel Washington. Chapters: 0:00 Welcoming Michael/1st Preview 2:00 Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom 4:50 The Weeknd/Abuse of Black Artists In the Music Industry 6:00 LGBTQ+ Stories on Stage and Screen 9:20 Changes Made from The Play 11:00 Reckoning with Racism in the Theatre 14:00 George C. Wolfe 17:00 Rehearsing Ma Rainey 19:30 Colman Domingo, Viola Davis, Glynn Turman 21:30 Bonding with Denzel Washington 24:00 Wilsonian Scholars (Anthony Chisholm, Stephen Henderson, Theresa Merritt) 25:00 The White Gaze Eclipsing the Authentic Black Identity In Entertainment 31:50 Chadwick Boseman “The King of Wakanda Just Walks Down the Street” 35:00 Reflecting on 28 years on Stage 36:45 The Book of Mormon 43:45 How Has The Book of Mormon Aged? 46:30 Taking Religion with a Grain of Salt 48:30 Joining the cast of FOX’s Prodigal Son 51:00 Theatre Coming Back: Power Concedes Nothing Without a Demand. #MaRaineyFilm #netflix #thebookofmormon #theprom #broadway #broadwaymusicals #truedetective #broadwaytheatre #augustwilson #blackmovies #theatre #theater #theatrekid #theatrelife #hasadigaeebowai #chadwickboseman #bethleavel #theprommusical #thepromnetflix #rubensantiagohudson #netflix #hbo #podcast #podcastersofinstagram #podcastlife #theatrepodcast #musicaltheatre #keepcreating #blkcreatives #stayempowered --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Lesli Margherita is an Olivier Award winning actress and has starred on Broadway in Dames At Sea, Matilda, as well as Emojiland. Her solo performance in Who's Holiday just streamed for BCEFA, she is currently appears in the Broadway Podcast Network's As the Curtain Rises, and is starring in the upcoming prequel to The Soprano's, The Many Saints of Newark coming to HBOMAX this March. 0:00 Welcoming Lesli Margherita 3:00 Learning The Bong for the Stage 5:00 Who was in charge of getting it approved? Lesli explains 6:00 Lesli’s iconic BC/EFA speech  8:00 Getting AEA points at Disneyland/ A Chorus Line 9:45 How Lesli Got Involved in Who’s Holiday 14:33 Lessons Lesli Learned 15:30 Male Playwrights Writing for Women  17:30 Pushing comedic boundaries  19:35 Messages from this shows 20:00 Self tapes  22:00 Seeing Friends Booking on Social Media/”Cats out of the Bag” Posts 25:55 Emojiland!/Loving Josh Lamon 28:26 Keith Talks About Getting A Gastric Sleeve 31:05 Funny Ladies/Triple Threats 32:45 Ann Reinking 35:20 As the Curtain Rises/Ratatouille Parallel 39:40 Sopranos Prequel  42:45 Secret Quarantine Project  44:50 WeSeeYouWAT 49:15 West End Theatre  52:00 Reuniting with the Zorro Cast  52:30 Fuck Resolutions --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Need a Roundtable About Ratatouille the Musical? I guess you do. Well you’ll have to find it in Episode 33, featuring the Producers from the 24 Hour Plays: Nationals Cohort where we promote their upcoming projects which include attempting breaking world records, producing podcasts, trivia nights, and short films. We go on to discuss how this past year’s injustices have reshaped producing in the American Theatre, and specifically.....#RatatouilleTheMusical Guests: Chloe Brevik-Rich @sothishappened , Ryan Duncan-Ayala @ryan_d99 , Dylan Tashjian @dyltash , Olivia Facini @oliviafacini , Kelsi Parsons @kelsiparsons , Narissa Agustin @narissa_agustin 0:00 Introduction of Producers/What do producers do that people don’t know about? 8:05 Hickory Playground/Public Education/Community Based 11:00 Why did you become a producer? 12:53 Stage manager to producer 15:15 What you been doing in quarantine? 17:20 Meeting people only online 19:20 Tetrology 21:00 Narissa Breaking a Guinness World Record - Album of people singing the same song 23:00 What are we gonna be like after quarantine 23:42 Millie Boden short film 'Too Black' produced by Olivia Facini 27:00 Balcony Scene 28:00 Kelsey is Tall 28:30 Cara and Kelsey talk about height 30:00 Listen to Best Paper I Ever Wrote produced by Dylan Tashjian on Spotify 32:40 Keith loves Joe Rogan wtf. 35:00 Trivia Nights 39:00 Chloe promotes DO NOT AIR, sketch comedy show 42:40 RATAOUILLE/What are you looking forward to for our industry? 45:30 Disney ruins everything/anyone can make a musical 47:00 We are pigeonholeing things into theater or film, but there needs to be a third thing. This is where innovation happens 49:00 Non-profit world 53:00 Tony Awards 55:00 It is our job to make change happen! 57:00 Sustainability #theatre #broadway #broadwaymemes #producer #producergrind #theatrekidproblems #theatreislife #ratatouillememes #onstage #toystorymemes #industrystandard #peanutsgang #hamiltonmemes #tiktok #onceonthisisland #findingnemo #mammamia #jennifercoolidge #phantomoftheopera #guinessworldrecord #armenian --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We sit with the composer of Jeannette: the Musical, Hamilton star and American Idol Semi-Finalist Ari Afsar, and director Erin Ortman to discuss the inclusivity of their work, dismantling hierarchy in theatre, separating your ego from your collaboration, and enlisting young musical theatre fans in flipping Georgia. You can check out the concept album for the musical, WE WON'T SLEEP, on Spotify. Chapter Timestampes Below: 0:00 Introduction of Guests 1:22 Janette Brigade  3:10 Team Genie (high school and college student focus groups. December 15th) 7:00 This play is for all people  7:30 Songwriting Journey - American Idol To Hamilton 10:00 How they got into theater 11:40 Cherish Your Mentors 13:00 Erin’s directing journey 14:10 Ensemble Studio Theater/Dismantling Hierarchy 19:00 Influences in theater and music 21:00 Ari digging into her sound for Jeanette  21:50 Erin On The Genius of Ari 24:25 Being Fearless in the Unknown 25:27 Musicality  26:45 Republican means something different now. It is always changing. 28:20 Changing how we look at theater in the virtual space 30:00 Change that can be made to the piece following the death of George Floyd 32:00 What is theater going to look like? #georgia #fundraiser #benefitconcert #bethechange #makeadifference #flipthesenate #vote #aretha #ossoff #warnock #staceyabrams #runoff #georgiaartist #activist #artivist #playwright #screenwriter #singer #actor #musicaltheater #theater #musicals #newmusicals #broadway --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We sit with the composer of Jeannette: the Musical, Hamilton star and American Idol Semi-Finalist Ari Afsar, and director Erin Ortman to discuss the inclusivity of their work, dismantling hierarchy in theatre, separating your ego from your collaboration, and enlisting young musical theatre fans in flipping Georgia. You can check out the concept album for the musical, WE WON'T SLEEP, on Spotify  (https://open.spotify.com/album/4VLwAYBfhNy8YtgNkGLI29) 0:00 Introduction of Guests 1:22 Janette Brigade  3:10 Team Genie (high school and college student focus groups. December 15th) 7:00 This play is for all people  7:30 Songwriting Journey - American Idol To Hamilton 10:00 How they got into theater 11:40 Cherish Your Mentors 13:00 Erin’s directing journey 14:10 Ensemble Studio Theater/Dismantling Hierarchy 19:00 Influences in theater and music 21:00 Ari digging into her sound for Jeanette  21:50 Erin On The Genius of Ari 24:25 Being Fearless in the Unknown 25:27 Musicality  26:45 Republican means something different now. It is always changing. 28:20 Changing how we look at theater in the virtual space 30:00 Change that can be made to the piece following the death of George Floyd 32:00 What is theater going to look like? #georgia #fundraiser #benefitconcert #bethechange #makeadifference #flipthesenate #vote #aretha #ossoff #warnock #staceyabrams #runoff #georgiaartist #activist #artivist #playwright #screenwriter #singer #actor #musicaltheater #theater #musicals #newmusicals #broadway --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app