Posted by admin on June 17, 2009 under News, Podcast Notes | 
In this episode:
- VANITIES is set to open in previews at Second Stage on July 2nd. Producers Randy Adams and Sue Frost of Junkyard Dog Productions stop by the studio to talk about the shows twisty history to the New York stage and share two of David Kirshenbaum’s songs from the show.
- Broadway Abridged Live! is back on Broadway Bullet, this time skewering LITTLE MERMAID. Writer Gil Varod tackles getting those long Broadway Shows down to a digestible length on his website, Broadway Abridged, and every once and a while we bring a script to life in our studio. Featuring the voice talents of Rachel Pincus, Randall Meehl, Stephen Olander and Jaclyn Huberman. Also, for those of you who missed his hysterical take on the 2009 Tony Awards, you can still catch it HERE.
- Jenna Esposito is coming up in the New York Cabaret Scene. She opens her new cabaret show, JENNA ESPOSITO SINGS CONNIE FRANCIS on June 26th, and recently released her debut CD, 13 MEN…AND ME. SHe stops by the studio to discuss these projects, and sing two songs from her CD live in our studio. Discover more at her website, www.jennaesposito.com
- On July 8th EBE Ensemble is launching their new show, PRE-DISPOSAL, savage comedy about race, terror in all its forms, and the role of art in a world that has all but usurped dissent. Director Joshua Luria and Actor/cp-managing director Joe Mullen stop by to discuss the project and theatre company.
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Posted by admin on July 2, 2009 under News |
There will be a week delay on our season finale. The episode will be out next Thurs., July 9th.
This will be our season Finale. New episodes will return in September!
Thanks for a thrid great year! I look forward to heading into the fourth!
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Posted by admin on June 10, 2009 under News |
One Broadway Bullet fan is going to win a great prize and see anything (and bring a friend!) they want in the Planet Connections Festivity!
Here’s How to enter!
1. Become a FAN of the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/business/dashboard/?ref=sb#/pages/Planet-Connections-Festivity/38194389699?ref=ts
2. Email you favorite charitable cause and theatrical production or artist to planetconnectionspass@gmail.com
3. Please include: Name, Address, Phone, Email, affiliation (ie: if your a member of a theatre company/actor/director…)
Name will be drawn at Thursday June 18th–allowing one week to see all the shows your heart desires.
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In this Episode we talk with seven of the shows involved with the Planet Connections Festivity running from June 9th - June 28th. Find out more information on their website at www.planetconnectionsfestivity.com Interviews in this episode are:
- We talk with Tony Asaro (Composer/Lyricist) and Justin Utley (Lead Actor) from the new country-themed musical, OUR COUNTRY, where a country superstar is outed and rises from the ashes with an all gay band. We also play two songs from the show’s demo.
- We talk with playwright John Kearns and lead actresses Amy Chang and Joy Lanceta about the show, RESIGNATIONS, which discusses satisfactiction in the workplace. We get sidelined a little bit by discussing the growth of roles for Asian-American actors.
- HOUND is a rethinking of the Sherlock Holmes cannon from the point of view of Watson. The show has been imported from Louisiana, and we talk with playwright, John Patrick Bray and actor Blain Peltier about the show and the trials of a temporary move to New York City.
- CLEOPATRA: A LIFE UNPARALLELED is a new rock musical. Rich Labbadia (Producer) and Melissa Labbadia (Cleopatra) talk about the development of the show and the trials of working with family. Also, Melissa Labbadia, Jessica Labbadia and Joshua Woodie sing three songs from the show live in our studio!
- Dorothy Parker’s story has been told many times, but not so much her stories. Playwright Maureen VanTrease and Third Eye Theatre Artistic Director, Michael Levesque attempt to remedy that situation with THOSE WHISTLING LADS, a show that puts five of Dorothy Parker’s Stories/Poems on stage.
- WAIT OF THE WORLD is a unique multi-media presentation/play that discusses many of our fears of the future and pulls from the past. writer Peter Dagger and Director Jeremy Bloom stop by to discuss what makes their show tick.
- There is no question that Americans have become more and more dependent on prescription medication this past two decades. NY IT Award winning playwright Aliza Shane addresses this in humorous was in a modern adaptation of Moliere, THE IMAGINARY INVALID: BY PRESCRIPTION ONLY, which she also produces and directs.
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Posted by admin on June 3, 2009 under Podcast Notes |
In this episode we talk with:
- Saul Ilson (Writer Director) and Marcia Rodd (Actress) from the new Off-Broadway Hit Musical, DON’T LEAVE IT ALL TO YOUR CHILDREN. We talk about why the older generation deserves to command the stage every once and a while, and how the field has changed from then to now. We also hear two songs from the show! Special Offer: Mention Broadway Bullet at the Box Office at get tickets for $40! (Regularly $56)
- First Time TONY Nominee, Michael McDonald (Costume Design, HAIR) discusses his career and advice for designers. Topics include how to build your career and survive being an assistant.
- DANNY AND SYLVIA: THE DANNY KAYE MUSICAL Recently opened Off-Broadway, and we have the stars, Brian Childers and Kimberly Faye Greenberg with us to discuss the show and Danny Kaye’s life. We also hear two songs from the show! Special Offer: Mention Broadway Bullet at the Box Office and get tickets for $40! (Regularly $56)
- We also hear songs from the newly released cast recordings of HAIR, ROCK OF AGES, and WEST SIDE STORY, and Marty Cooper and Michael Gilboe discuss their predictions for the Tony Awards in ON THE POSITIVE SIDE.
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Posted by admin on May 20, 2009 under Podcast Notes |
We talk to the producers of Planet Connections Festivity, The Authors of (the recently closed) two-hander musical, ROOMS, Tony Nominee (Sound Design: JOE TURNER’S COME AND GONE) Leon Rothenberg and hear music from Stephanie Block’s solo CD, THIS PLACE I KNOW and the newly released cast recording of THE STORY OF MY LIFE. Also Ken Davenport is on hand to talk about the four rules of internet marketing in The Producer’s Perspective.
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Posted by admin on May 15, 2009 under News |
Due to the earlier release of the Tony Press Conference episode and the fact that I have been sick much of this week, we are changing the podcast schedule to the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month. There fore, Podcast Episode 313 will be released on Thursday, May 21st.
Thanks!
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Posted by admin on May 6, 2009 under Podcast Notes |
We’ve an an episode so embarrassingly stuffed with riches, you be talking about it for weeks!
We’ve got 22 interviews from 14 different shows! All Tony Nominees!
This episode is so hot, we’re using it for our listener/subscriber drive! You can only get it through a podcast subscription with iTunes or another aggregator. But it is absolutely free, so it’s a bargain, and you never have to worry about missing another episode!
So subscribe and tell all your friends about this podcast, because with Tony season in full swing, we’ve got some hot, hot, hot interviews on the way!
Here is the full list of interviewees in this episode! I’ll update with a few more details tomorrow morning, but I wanted to get this up to you ASAP (The event was just this morning!) and I’m a bit exhausted right now!
1. Oskar Eustis - Hair
2. John Clancy - Shrek
3. Christoper Sieber - Shrek
4. Karen Olivo - West Side Story
5. Howard Panter - Guys and Dolls
6. Geoffrey Rush - Exit the King
7. David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori - Shrek
8. Brian d’Arcy James - Shrek
9. - Stephen Daldrey - Billy Elliot
10. Haydn Gwynne - Billy Elliot
11. Constantine Maroulis - Rock of Ages
12. Gregory Jbara - Billy Elliot
13. Marc Kudisch - 9 to 5
14. Thomas Sadoski - Reasons to Be Pretty
15. Hunter Bell - Title of Show
16. Martha Plimpton - Pal Joey
17. Michael Greif - Next to Normal
18. Hope Davis - God of Carnage
19. Jeff Daniels - God of Carnage
20. Will Swenson - Hair
21. Hallie Foote - Dividing the Estate
22. Gavin Creel - Hair
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The Podcast is up! Gorge Yourself HERE
I’m working fast on getting the interviews I did at the 2009 Meet the Nominees Press conference for a new podcast going up tonight, but to when your appetite, here are photos of most of the people I interviewed!
Oskar Eustis - Hair
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Producer - Best Revival of a Musical
We have Martha Plimpton, Gavin Creel, Hope Davis, Brian d’Arcy James, Marc Kudisch, Michael Greif, Constantine Maroulis, and many many more!
Be sure to check out the podcast episode JAM-PACKED with all these interviews and more tonight! The podcast will be available by SUBSCRIPTION ONLY, so subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcatcher with the links in our right hand column!
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Posted by admin on April 22, 2009 under Podcast Notes |
Grab our newest episode for Theatre Music, Interviews, Commentary and more!
We talk to people involved in Babel Theatre Project’s CHRISTMAS IS MILES AWAY, MTWorks premiere production of THE OATH and The Flux Theatre Ensemble’s staging of PRETTY THEFT. We also hear a song from Groovelily’s new musical, SLEEPING BEAUTY WAKES and Marty Cooper discusses 9 to 5 in On the Positive Side.
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