In this episode: Gary Holmes discusses his journey bringing 30's Harlem Composer J.C. Johnson's music to life in a book musical, TRAV'LIN. A mentor to Gary as a young boy, J.C. wish was to have an honest book musical, now brought to life at NYMF. Book writer, Chip Zien and Director Nick Corley discuss their (tongue firmly in cheek) desire to have the "most pretentious musical" at NYMF this year. A unique a surreal journey of a 12 year old boy with no regards to the boundaries of time, THE HISTOR...
Aug 31, 2010•1 hr 16 min
In this episode: Justin Sayre brings his variety show, THE MEETING, satirizing the gay agenda to raise money and awareness for the Ali Forney Center, and organization dedicated to helping Homeless LBGT Youth. He came into the studio to discuss the organization and show. The Prospect Theatre Company brings the musical (and 2007 NYMF favorite) WITH GLEE to Theatre Row in July. Director, Igor Goldin and actor Dan Lawler talk about the show and share some recordings of the music. The Oberon Theatre ...
Jun 07, 2010•1 hr 21 min
In this episode: Taren Sterry has been performing her one woman show, 180 DAYS, as a tool to help raise awareness and volunteers for the Visiting Nurse Service of New York. Here she tells us how that all came to be! In the wake of air travel's recent headaches, Alex Lyras' show, THE COMMON AIR, certainly feels timely. Alex and director Robert McCaskill stop by to discuss the show. Actors Alysia Reiner and Jack Gwaltney tell us about MODOTTI, and discuss the period and history that inspired the s...
May 25, 2010•1 hr 12 min
connectionsfestivity.com and hear about some of the shows in our dedicated episode! In this episode: Festivity organizers, Glory Bowen and Carly Robbins talk about this year's events. Actors Fred Rueck and Margie Ferris discuss FOX TALES Playwright Carol Carpenter and Director Dianna Martin discuss MTWorks production of GOOD LONELY PEOPLE Writer/Producer Jason Grossman discusses LOVE ME Producer/Co-Writer Mehr Mansouri talkes about the musical, GIVE TIL IT HURTS Director Melissa Moschitto and ac...
May 10, 2010•2 hr
In this episode: Dick Scanlan - Nominated for Best Book of a Musical for EVERYDAY RAPTURE John Logan - Playwright of Best Play nominee, RED Rob Ashford - 5 time Tony Nominee, this year Best Choreography for PROMISES, PROMISES Sue Frost and Randy Adams of Junkyard Dog Productions nominated for Best Musical; MEMPHIS Donald Margulies - Playwright of Best Play nominee, TIME STANDS STILL Joe D. Pietro (Best Book and Best Score) & David Bryon (Best Score) for MEMPHIS Karina Plantadit up for Best S...
May 04, 2010•1 hr 42 min
In this episode: MTWorks is presenting Barrier Island from April 30-May 22, and Playwright David Stallings and Actress Jennifer Laine-Williams stop by to discuss the play which is set in Galveston Texas as the city awaits a Hurricane in 2008. Congratulations to NEXT TO NORMAL and writers Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey for being only the 8th musical ever (and the first in 15 years) to win the Pulitzer Prize for drama. To celebrate, we're playing the closing song from the Cast Recording, "Light". Pick ...
Apr 13, 2010•45 min
In this episode: Dan Butler ("Bulldog" from Frasier) talks about his new Off-Broadway Show, THE IRISH CURSE (now running at the SoHo Playhouse), as well as his career and position as a gay rights activist in this in-depth interview. Will and Anthony Nunziata are bringing their cabaret act to Feinsteins with FROM PELLHAM TO PARK AVENUE and they stop by to discuss the show as well as perform two songs live in our studio! THE REALM from Down Payment Productions is receiving it's New York Premiere a...
Mar 30, 2010•1 hr 12 min
In this episode: ENJOY has been translated from Japanese to English, and The Play Company is bringing it to New York Audiences. Director Dan Rothenberg (Philly's Pig Iron Theatre Company) came by to discuss the show and its translation challenges, and he also talks about the thriving theatre scene in Philadelphia. P.S. Classics has released the new cast recording for the Broadway Revival of Finian's Rainbow. We play "Old Devil Moon", sung by Cheyenne Jackson and Kate Burton. Pick up the cast rec...
Mar 15, 2010•55 min
In this episode: We let you hear James Barbour's new single, WALK WITH ME. He recorded the single for Haiti Relief, and it was produced by your host, Michael Gilboe and written by Gary Burton. Make sure you pick up the single at iTunes or Amazon to support a good cause! Clare Burt has been a big star on the West End for over a decade, and she is making her New York debut with her cabaret show, NOW YOU KNOW March 9-13. She stopped by the studio to discuss her show, her upcoming CD release and her...
Mar 01, 2010•1 hr 34 min
In this episode: Jamie Fox stops by to talk about her show, MAZELTOV COCKTAIL, playing from Jan. 26th-Feb 20th and also discusses some of the aspects of her day job as a personal assistant to many celebrities. The Original Cast Recording of VANITIES just came out on Sh-k-Boom/Ghostlight, and composer/lyricist David Kirshenbaum stops by to talk about the show and let us hear two songs from the CD! 3 Graces Theatre Company is presenting POWER OF BIRDS from Feb. 19th-Mar. 13th, and co-artistic dire...
Feb 03, 2010•1 hr 28 min
J. Bernard Calloway and James Monroe Iglehart have both traveled a long journey with MEMPHIS, the new Broadway hit. They stop by to tell us about the journey, their Broadway debuts, and to share a couple songs from the just-released cast album with us! GLORY DAYS may have only lasted one day on Broadway, but how many Broadway shows are on *your* resume? The cast album was just released, and composer/lyricist Nick Blaemire is here to tell us about the release, and the show's history and journey t...
Dec 14, 2009•1 hr 26 min
In this episode: Find out more about Ethel Merman in story and song! Klea Blackhurst is presenting her one woman show, EVERYTHING THE TRAFFIC WILL ALLOW at the Snapple Theatre celebrating the life and music of one of Broadway's most enduring Divas. She shares two songs with us as well during her interview. The Brick Theater is presenting FIGHT FEST from Dec. 1-20. 8 Shows featuring all types of stage combat are featured for the action lovers. 4 of the participants, Alyssa Simon, Jeff Lewonczyb, ...
Nov 24, 2009•1 hr 11 min
In this episode: Daniel Jenkins and Robert Stanton stop by to talk about their backstage, two man tour-de-force, LOVE CHILD, currently playing at New World Stages. Andrew Goffman's childhood serves as the inspiration for his one-man show, THE ACCIDENTAL PERVERT, a ribald coming of age story. He dropped in with director Charles Messina to discuss the show, opening Dec. 4th. Dan Fortune is back with Lush and Lively, this episode sharing a unique, disco-recording of a song from HAIR. Don't mis his ...
Nov 10, 2009•1 hr 13 min
In this episode: Tod Kimbro (Book/Music/Lyrics) and Julia Granacki discuss a distopian future filled with Rock and Roll in MY ILLUSTRIOUS WASTELAND Mark Robertson (Book/Music/Lyrics) and Jim Newman (Actor) discuss musicalizing an old Irish folk tale into the new musical, MARRING MEG Will Reynolds (Composer/Conceptualizer) discusses cut and pasting the Bard into a new musical, THE GREENWOOD TREE, which is playing as a concert reading. Ryan J. Davis (Director/Co-Producer) and Joe Drymala (Author/C...
Oct 14, 2009•1 hr 33 min
In this episode: Original Jersey Boys, Daniel Reichard and Tituss Burgess stop by with THE HAPPY EMBALMER's writer, Mark Noonan to discuss this new musical. (As well as discuss what Jersey Boys did for their careers!) ONE NIGHT STAND is a new, improvised musical every night, and they are coming to New York for NYMF. Company members Kobi Libii and Samantha Martin stop by with pianist, Andrew Resnick to discuss how they make up their shows on the spot, and then perform a two-song, improvised music...
Sep 28, 2009•1 hr 30 min
In this episode: Katie Thompson intends to save redheads from extinction in her show, R.R.R.E.D.: A SECRET MUSICAL. She performs two song from the show live in our studio and is joined by Director, Andy Sandberg and Producer, Shea Sullivan. A rock band is the subject of RAINBOW AROUND THE SUNÂ and Composer/Actor Matthew Alvin Brown and Music Director, Nathan Siler stop by to discuss the show and play a song live in our studio. The Korean version of NYMF is represented by MY SCARY GIRL which is c...
Sep 21, 2009•1 hr 42 min
Tons of interviews from the 2009 NY IT awards captured backstage as the awards were going on.
Sep 20, 2009•54 min
NYMF Executive Director, Isaac Hurwitz discusses this year's festival, as well as past seasons. David Eric Davis (Music, Lyrics, Co-Book) and Noah Weisberg (Actor) tell us how they're F#@KING UP EVERYTHING with their new rock musical. David Ingber (Author/Composer), Alvin Hough, Jr (Arranger) and Patrick J. Benedict (Actor) fill us in on the history of FANTASY FOOTBALL: THE MUSICAL? and perform two numbers from the show live in our studio! Bryan Putnam (Book, Music & Lyrics), Kenneth W. Gart...
Sep 06, 2009•1 hr 47 min
Writer/Composer Mickey Zetts and performers Paula Galloway & Carlos R. Fernandez (also known as The Icky House Club) talk about their new musical, INSECURITY! THE RECESSION PROOF MUSICAL (Produced by Oberon Theatre Ensemble) and perform two numbers for the show. Susan Rankus stops by to talk about the Midtown International Theatre Festival's 10th Anniversary this year! (July 14-Aug 2). She discusses several of the shows involved in the festival, so get ready for a lot of shows! Dan Fortune i...
Jul 07, 2009•1 hr 21 min
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 ev...
Jun 15, 2009•1 hr 29 min
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 tal...
Jun 09, 2009•1 hr 36 min
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.
May 19, 2009•1 hr 14 min
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....
May 04, 2009•1 hr 59 min
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.
Apr 21, 2009•1 hr 14 min
We talk with Susan Louise O'Connor, making her Broadway Debut in BLiTHE SPIRIT. We also hear songs from the newly released cast albums for SHREK and NEXT TO NORMAL. We hear from people involved with the plays, CAITLYN AND THE SWAN and TIBET DOES NOT EXIST, and Ken Davenport talks about what's going down with all the critics!
Apr 06, 2009•1 hr 28 min
We talk with people involved with the musicals, GOLDEN BOY OF THE BLUE RIDGE and SOME THINGS GET BETTER WITH AGE and hear two songs from each show! We also talk with people involved with the plays, MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION and LOVE.
Mar 23, 2009•1 hr 28 min
Composer Scott Alan has followed up his extremely successful debut CD with his Sophomore effort, KEYS. We talk with Scott about the process and hear two songs from the CD. Banana Bag & Bodice bring the award winning San Francisco production of BEOWULF - A THOUSAND YEARS OF BAGGAGE to New York, and the creators stop by to discuss the show and share two of the songs from this SongPlay.
Mar 09, 2009•1 hr 18 min
Rooftops from Wreckio Ensemble, Shortened Attention Span Musical Festival, Red Haired Thomas from SoHo Thinktank, The Man in the Newspaper Hat from ManyTracks, Tartuffe from Dog Run Rep and Crazy Head Space from Abraxas Stage Company.
Mar 01, 2009•1 hr 24 min
This episode we talk with the creators of THE LOVE OF BROTHERS playing at Theater For The New City, part of the team from the new Off-Broadway play, RUMSPRINGA while Kevin Dozier stops by to share a few songs from his new CD, LOVE-WISE. And to top it all off, we have part 2 of our interview with Louis St. Louis as he discusses his history and dishes dirt on GREASE!
Feb 22, 2009•1 hr 13 min
This episode we talk with Louis St. Louis about his reworking of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR into a gospel piece, and we hear two NEVER-BEFORE-HEARD songs from his original demo! We also hear from Frank Blocker about SOUTHERN GOTHIC NOVEL, Bobby Funaro (Sopranos) in FRESH KILLS and Director Katherine Krause on The Bull's new take on FOOL FOR LOVE.
Feb 17, 2009•1 hr 23 min
