Kaila Mullady is a worldwide beatbox champion, cast member of the Tony Award-winning Freestyle Love Supreme, and founder of The Academy of Noise, dedicated to inspiring youth to find their power of voice. Learn about Kaila's work promoting mental health fitness through beatboxing by listening to Season 5, Episode 5 of the Broadway Gives Back Podcast. Connect with Kaila Mullady Facebook: @kailamullady Instagram: @kailamullady Twitter: @kailamullady The Academy of Noise Freestyle Love Supreme Free...
Jun 25, 2024•53 min
Lamar Richardson is a 3 Time Tony Award-nominated producer and award-winning actor. You may have seen him in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Blue Bloods, New Amsterdam, or Weird City, and heard of his co-producing work on shows including Merrily We Roll Along and The Wiz. Listen to Season 5, Episode 4 of the Broadway Gives Back Podcast to learn about Lamar's passion for diversifying the investor pool on Broadway and bringing new playwrights and voices of all ages to the stage. Current mentor https://w...
Jun 11, 2024•31 min•Season 5Ep. 4
On this episode of the Broadway Gives Back podcast, we have two crazy talented and very passionate guys as our guests - Robin de Jesús and Ryan Morales. Robin de Jesús is a film and theater actor best known for playing roles in the Broadway musicals In the Heights, La Cage aux Folles, and in The Boys in the Band, which earned him three Tony Award nominations. He also starred in the film adaptation of The Boys in the Band on Netflix. He was in the mini-series Welcome to Chippendales and the film ...
Feb 21, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Season 5Ep. 3
Music is our focus today on the Broadway Gives Back podcast, and I have two very special women as my guests. So first, Let’s “Let it go” for Oscar, Emmy, and Grammy award-winning, Kristen Anderson-Lopez. Kristen is best known for her work from Frozen, Coco, In Transit, Up Here and Finding Nemo. Kristen is also very involved in two important organizations… Brooklyn Children’s Theatre and Maestra Music. Speaking of Maestra… we will also be talking to multiple award winning music director, composer...
Nov 28, 2023•59 min•Season 5Ep. 2
In this episode of Broadway Gives Back we talk about Transport Group and their mission of crafting risk-taking and thoughtful productions of theatre that widen the lens on our American experience. Their works create space for new American perspectives that deepen our shared capacity for empathy and understanding. My guests are two incredible human-beings. Jack Cummings III is the co-founder and artistic director at Transport Group, and has been nominated for Drama Desk and Obie awards. Donna Mur...
Nov 28, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 5Ep. 1
Our guest today is the “Beautiful” actor, and we mean that literally and figuratively, Jessie Mueller! Jessie starred in Beautiful, the Carole King musical and won the Tony Award for her performance. Jessie also has been nominated for a Tony for the leading roles in Waitress, Carousel and On A Clear Day You Can See Forever. Her body of work is breathtaking and inspiring. As impressive as her acting career is, her social activism is equally as impressive. Jessie supports art education, LGBTQ+ rig...
Apr 27, 2023•59 min•Season 4Ep. 6
Our guest in this episode is a true activist. Laura Bell Bundy is also an actress, a recording artist, a singer/songwriter, a director, a producer, and a podcaster. Broadway fans will know her as Tina in Ruthless, Amber in Hairspray, Elle Woods in Legally Blonde, where she was nominated for a Tony Award, and she played Glinda in Wicked. She started her own foundation called Women of Tomorrow, which works to raise the social consciousness by bringing awareness to women’s issues through art, educa...
Apr 22, 2023•56 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Our special guest today is Andrew Barth Feldman who won the 2018 National High School Musical Theatre Award, and went on to make his Broadway debut as the title character in the Tony Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen as a junior in high school. Since then, he has starred in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical, and various other television shows and films, and he has won an Emmy Award for hosting the 2020 Roger Rees Awards. He works as a performer, w...
Apr 13, 2023•48 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Best known for his role as Eric Beale on the CBS series NCIS: Los Angeles, Barrett Foa is an incredibly talented cross-over artist and actor who has performed in Hollywood and the theatre world. He made his Broadway debut in 2001 in the original cast of Mamma Mia, which launched his stage career. He then starred in shows like: Avenue Q, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and Buyer and Cellar off-Broadway. Barrett is also the vice-chair of Every Day Action, an organization whose goal is ...
Apr 06, 2023•54 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Our special guest today is Telly Leung, who in addition to his incredible acting career, is an activist. He was born and raised in New York City so the world of theatre and art was always a part of his life. And on this podcast, Telly talks about the importance of sustainable cities, which includes the arts. Telly has been in so many Broadway shows including: Flower Drum Song, Pacific Overtures, Rent, Aladdin, Godspell, and of course, Allegiance. Telly also produces and directs shows and is a pr...
Apr 06, 2023•57 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Join us for the launch of our Earth Month series as Jan welcomes Tony nominee, Anika Larsen, to be her co-host and brings in special Broadway guests to discuss the United Nations Global Goals for sustainable development. We will talk about tackling the World’s To Do List to make the planet a better place and look at ways in which Broadway shows, casts and crews, as well as fans, can make small changes for the greater good. We are focused on being helpful and hopeful, as opposed to helpless and h...
Apr 01, 2023•35 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Happy Earth Month! Broadway Gives Back has partnered with Anika Larsen and the Broadway Green Alliance to bring you The Broadway Vlog to Save The Planet - a month-long video and podcast series dedicated to helping Broadway go from feeling helpless to hopeful when it comes to the climate change revolution. You'll hear from guests like Telly Leung, Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley, Sierra Boggess, Andrew Barth Feldman, Laura Bell Bundy, and more on how Broadway is making the world a more sustainable...
Apr 01, 2023•1 min
Currently rockin’ out as the mom in ALMOST FAMOUS THE MUSICAL on Broadway, Anika Larsen is a Drama Desk winner and Tony and Outer Critics Circle Award nominee for her role as Cynthia Weil in BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL. She recently released an album of lullabies for all ages called Sing You to Sleep and is on the board of NYC Children’s Theater. The mother of two “beautiful” boys, she joined the Broadway Green Alliance and is a passionate ambassador for the Global Goals for Sustainabilit...
Dec 21, 2022•55 min•Season 3Ep. 8
The Museum of Broadway is an immersive and interactive theatrical experience devoted to musicals, plays, and the people who create them. Featuring the work of dozens of designers, artists, and theater historians, this one-of-a-kind museum takes visitors on a journey along the timeline of Broadway, from its birth to present day, where the past, present, and future of Broadway come together like never before! In addition, a portion of each ticket sold to the Museum of Broadway will be donated to B...
Dec 15, 2022•41 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Actress and comedienne Julie Halston is one of the funniest women on Broadway and off. She has starred in TOOTSIE, YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU, ANYTHING GOES, HAIRSPRAY, and GYPSY. She has also appeared in the television reboots of SEX AND THE CITY and GOSSIP GIRL. Julie is also a staunch advocate for people living with pulmonary fibrosis, receiving the 2020 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award for her charitable work for the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF). Halston is a Board member of the PFF and ...
Nov 10, 2022•50 min•Season 3Ep. 6
From his current role in LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS to his Tony Award-nominated performances in SOMETHING ROTTEN! and THE PRODUCERS, MRS. DOUBTFIRE, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, SPAMALOT, and many more, Brad Oscar is one of the funniest men on Broadway and off. For 20 years, Brad has also supported and now serves on the board of Only Make Believe, an amazing charity that brings theater into special needs schools and hospitals throughout New York City and Washington, DC. Join Brad as he discusses the healing p...
Oct 27, 2022•42 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Soprano Sharon Azrieli has enjoyed international success with leading organizations such as the Canadian Opera Company, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, and the New Israel Opera, among others. Sharon created the Azrieli Music Prizes for the Azrieli Foundation in 2014 and is devoted to arts education and philanthropy. She is a director on the board of the Azrieli Foundation, and concurrently sits on the boards of several other philanthropic organizations including National Arts Centre of Canada...
Oct 06, 2022•34 min•Season 3Ep. 4
David Ambroz is a national poverty and child welfare expert and advocate. After growing up homeless and then in foster care, he graduated from Vassar College and later from UCLA School of Law (J.D.), and was recognized by President Obama as an American Champion of Change. Join David as he shares his powerful story of growing up homeless on the streets of New York City and discusses the next steps in the fight against poverty. Learn more about about the worthy causes discussed in this episodes an...
Sep 29, 2022•33 min•Season 3Ep. 3
From THE GOONIES to Emmy Award-winning actress and activist, Martha Plimpton has been a welcome face in film, television, and on stage for over 40 years. She’s a three-time Tony nominee, a Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle winner, and recently won an Independent Spirit Award for her most recent film, MASS. Her new show SPRUNG is currently streaming. In 2012, she co-founded A Is For, which amplifies art and artists that work to end the stigma against abortion. Join Martha as she discusses her h...
Sep 22, 2022•38 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Vanessa Williams is one of the most respected and multi-faceted performers in the entertainment industry today. From her hit recording career to celebrated performances in film and television, Vanessa is equally at home on stage. She’s best known to Broadway fans for her memorable roles in KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, INTO THE WOODS, AFTER MIDNIGHT, and her recent performance in POTUS: OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE. Vanessa is also a ...
Sep 13, 2022•38 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Hugh Jackman is the most down to earth superhero. A multiple award winner with Tonys, Emmys, a Grammy, and a Golden Globe, Hugh won a special Tony Award in 2012 recognizing his accomplishments as a performer and a humanitarian. Hugh and his wife, Deb Furness, support a number of important causes, and he has broken the fundraising record for Broadway Cares multiple times. Join everybody’s favorite music man as he discusses a lifetime of giving back. Learn more about about the worthy causes discus...
Jun 29, 2022•27 min•Season 2Ep. 31
Dori Berinstein is an Emmy Award-winning documentarian, a four-time Tony-winning Broadway producer, an Olivier Award winner, Golden Globe nominee. She’s also the Co-Founder/CEO of the Broadway Podcast Network. Sammi Cannold (Dori’s daughter) is a director who is one of Forbes Magazine's 30 Under 30 in Hollywood & Entertainment, and has worked on and off Broadway, in film, and in television on shows for CBS, Nickelodeon, Paramount+, and Cirque du Soleil. Sammi also works with Human First Coal...
Jun 29, 2022•38 min•Season 2Ep. 30
Victoria Bailey has been the executive director of TDF (Theatre Development Fund) since 2001. TDF is dedicated to bringing the performing arts to everyone by engaging and cultivating a broad and diverse audience and eliminating barriers to attendance. Tory envisions a world where the transformative experience of attending live theatre is essential, relevant, accessible, and inspirational. During her 20-year tenure, Tory has led the development of the new TKTS booth at Duffy Square, the expansion...
Jun 29, 2022•47 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Broadway power couple Sergio Trujillo and Jack Noseworthy are as magnetic offstage as they are onstage. Sergio began his career on Broadway as a performer in such legendary musicals as JEROME ROBBINS’ BROADWAY, GUYS AND DOLLS, and FOSSE before becoming one of the industry’s most sought after choreographers, including MEMPHIS, JERSEY BOYS, ON YOUR FEET, and his Tony Award-winning choreography for AIN’T TOO PROUD: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS. Jack is a familiar face on film and televisio...
Jun 29, 2022•41 min•Season 2Ep. 28
SPRING AWAKENING, HAMILTON, FROZEN, LOOKING, MINDHUNTERS, GLEE… Jonathan Groff is a Grammy winner, Obie winner, two-time Tony nominee, and Emmy nominee. From Melchior to Kristoff, King George, and more, he’s a familiar face on stage, screen, and television. In addition to supporting causes like Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, LGBTQIA+ rights, and the Entertainment Community Fund, he recently produced a SPRING AWAKENING reunion on HBO as a charity benefit. Join Jonathan as he discusses his ama...
Jun 29, 2022•39 min•Season 2Ep. 27
Cody Renard Richard is an advocate, educator, producer, and professional stage manager with a career that spans Broadway, television, Cirque Du Soleil, and opera. On Broadway, he has stage managed 14 productions and was most recently the Production Stage Manager and Associate Director for FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME, a co-producer on THOUGHTS OF A COLORED MAN, and is now working on the tour of MOULIN ROUGE. As a philanthropist and activist, he has worked with numerous organizations, including Broadwa...
Mar 24, 2022•42 min•Season 2Ep. 26
Heather Hitchens is the President & CEO of the American Theatre Wing. As CEO, she is charged with co-presenting and maintaining the Wing’s brand of excellence in the Tony Awards as well as the Wing’s other vital grant-making and professional development, educational, and media programs. Join Heather as she takes us backstage at the Wing, supporting artists and arts education. Learn more about about the worthy causes discussed in this episodes and how you can donate and/or help: American Thea...
Mar 17, 2022•52 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Our guest this week—Naila McKenzie Ross—is spearheading change in the fight for diversity, equity, and inclusion. As Disney Theatrical Production’s Director of Inclusion Strategy, Business Affairs & Legal Counsel, a board member of the Black Theatre Coalition and Broadway Advocacy Coalition, and an active member of the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee of The Broadway League, she helps to support historically excluded and under-represented communities on Broadway and beyond. Join Nai...
Mar 03, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Tony Award nominee Rory O’Malley has appeared on Broadway in THE BOOK OF MORMON, THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, and HAMILTON, and is a familiar face in films and on television. He also supports a number of really important causes, including the fight for gay marriage, arts education with his alma mater Carnegie Mellon University, and many more. Join Rory as he takes us backstage with these hit shows and leads the Broadway charge for marriage equality. Learn more about about the wort...
Feb 24, 2022•55 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Kellie Overbey, is—to quote her Twitter and Instagram bios—a “democrat, activist, feminist, actor, reader, writer, knitter,” and, perhaps most importantly, a “mouthy agitator.” Kellie has worked for over 30 years as a professional actress in theater, television, and film. She has performed in over 70 plays, has written several plays, and penned the screenplay for the 2012 film That’s What She Said. Kellie is an Eastern Principal Councilor at Actors Equity Association, the co-founder and executiv...
Feb 17, 2022•50 min•Season 2Ep. 22
