This week, we're talking about a musical that host Michael Fatica's middle school self would have loved - Spongebob Squarepants. I bet you're thinking that it's just a musical for kids, but …
Beetlejuice star Leslie Kritzer has done a few shows... Something Rotten, Elf, Sondheim on Sondheim, A Catered Affair, Legally Blonde, Hairspray, BUT MOST importantly... She is a student of …
Playwright Lily Houghton shares her experiences with the dark side, building a creative life, establishing herself as a professional playwright on her own terms after growing up in the NYC O…
It's a scientific fact that Justin Guarini's voice can get women AND men pregnant. Frankly, I'm sickened by the man's talent and kindness. I mean it's no secret that the man became a househo…
Nearly one year ago, Broadway went dark, leading to the longest emergency shutdown in Broadway's 150 year legacy. Born out of this extended intermission have been a handful of grassroots mov…
Lion's and Tigers and Bears and Jessica Grové! Jessica talks about her magical teens years playing "Dorothy" in the MSG/National Tour of The Wizard of Oz!
From The Voice, to the Beautiful tour to making history as the first Black Regina George in Meangirls on Broadway, to Beautiful on Broadway to Hamilton as 'And Peggy,' Ashley De La Rosa is a…
Cody Renard Richard, one of the top stage managers in the industry, takes a bow while reflecting on his accomplishments in episode 38. After stage managing for shows like the Lion King, Hami…
"They say times are hard for dreamers, But they won't be hard for me...." This week Jess & Andrew take a look at the european romantic musical Amelie, and compare the original broadway v…
Broadway Actress & Cabaret Icon, Karen Mason bares it all about starring on Broadway as well as her legendary cabaret career (she's a 13-time MAC Award winner).
In which special guest Sasha Hutchings (Broadway's Hamilton, Oklahoma and Rocky) comes on the pod and all of a sudden our only thoughts are on Jed Bartlet, Toby Ziegler and The West Wing.
Stars from London's hit shows Waitress v And Juliet chat to Chris and Laurence about their careers and time in these sensational shows.It's the Musicals Quiz for West End & Broa…
In learning about how The Addams Family found popularity after its initial professional mountings, I wanted to dig one level deeper. Thanks to Jim Hoare at Theatrical Rights Worldwide, I had…
In the Great Depression, Jack Kurtzberg draws himself out of the tenement slums of Manhattan and into the world of comics. A chance meeting after a strike at the Popeye cartoon studio leads …
"My goal was not to be Victoria; it was just to be an a**hole and wear a white unitard." This episode dives into one of the grandest CATS audition you'll ever hear. Emma Caymares, who starre…
Today we are Hanging with one of my favorite bands, and whose members happen to be three of my favorite people, The Dives. The Dives are Mike, Jimmy and Sergio.
Jared and Lindsay Bradshaw are dear incredible Broadway performers, loving parents, and two of the most creative and energetic souls you'll meet. We feel lucky to call them our dear friends.…
The eager Carrie cast arrives in the Big Apple only to discover that very little has been done to address the show's major problems, and that the show's set has been lost in transit. But the…
After a smash-hit run at Central Park's Delacorte Theater in summer of 2008, HAIR returned to Broadway for the first time in over 30 years in March 2009. The story of a group of young Americ…
When To Kill a Mockingbird opened on Broadway, all eyes were on Celia Keenan-Bolger and Gideon Glick. Their immortal performances as Scout and Dill scored a Tony Award for Celia and a Tony n…
It was such a treat to sit down with Jeffrey Finn, the Vice President of Theater Producing and Programming at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. As the curator, commissioner…
Every so often, we're fortunate enough to welcome personal favorites from show business to The Batter's Box. That's very much the case this week, as Megan Hilty joins the show for one of our…
Part 2 - Susan Young is an Opera singer and Coach who has survived many lives and has gifts to share from her journey,
Today, we celebrate the Broadway sensation Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations. The shows follows the Temptations journey from the streets of Detroit to the Rock n Roll ha…
Stephanie Hsu is a familiar face on both the stage and screen, maybe best known for originating the role of Christine in Be More Chill at Two River Theater, and then on Broadway. She previou…