In this episode: The Neo-Futurists are back with a new performance piece. THE SOUP SHOW celebrates the 30th anniversary of Women's History Month, and the three writer/performers, Desiree Burch, Cara Francis and Erika Livingston stop by to talk about their racy and provocative production. The Prospect Theatre Company's new musical, THE HIDDEN SKY is underway, and we talk with Composer/Lyricist Peter Foley and Book Writer Kate Chisholm about their futuristic musical based on a short story by Ursul...
Feb 16, 2009•1 hr 40 min
This episode we talk with Natalie Toro (Tale of Two Cities, Les Miz) about her new solo CD and her upcoming gig at the Metropolitan Room. We also talk with the producers of the FRIGID New York Festival. And of course we have a couple great performances from our most recent showcase!
Feb 09, 2009•1 hr 14 min
This episode we talk with (Re)Directions about their upcoming production of FIGARO/FIGARO, LaMama about THE BOOK OF LAMBERT and we also hear some more great performances from the first Sunday Spotlight.
Feb 03, 2009•1 hr 25 min
We've got a jam packed episode for you this week! New Cabaret sensation, Tony DeSare stops by to talk about his new CD, his show at the Oak room, and plays two songs live in our studio! We've also got two one-man shows playing in rep at the SoHo, Michael Laurence in "Krapp 39" and Mark Sam Rosenthal in (deep breath) "Blanche Survives Katrina in a FEMA Trailer Named Desire" We've also got some live recordings from our first Live Event (Don't miss our next one, Feb. 8th!) James Barbour showed up b...
Jan 27, 2009•1 hr 23 min
This week we get a special sneak preview from Duncan Sheik's new concept CD, "Whisper House". We also talk with the talent involved with the Oberon Theatre Ensemble and the play, "The Wendigo" produced by the Vagabond Theatre Ensemble. We also have Marty Cooper "On the Positive Side" and Ken Davenport with the Producer's Perspective. So buckle up and hop on board the Broadway Bullet!
Jan 19, 2009•57 min
WELCOME BACK FROM Thanksgiving break. Hope all of your holidays were wonderful. We've got a big ole show for you this week. We have a holiday gift giving guide for theatre lovers. We also sit down with the multi-talented Gregory Jbara to talk about his newest role as the dad in Billy Elliot. We also get to talk to Legally Blonde's Autumn Hulbert - the search for the next Elle Woods runner-up - about her starring role in Glimpses of the Moon. We talk to James Barbour as he gets ready for his new ...
Dec 09, 2008•2 hr 34 min
In Vol. 223 we talk with Kleban Award Winning Lyricist Joe Iconis and Director John Simpkins about their two new shows, "Rewrite," and "Things to Ruin." Joe also performs two songs live in-studio. We also talk with the director and an actor from Theatre of the Expendable about their new production of Anton Chekov's "Three Sisters."
Nov 24, 2008•52 min
This week we feature an all female production of Twelfth Night and an all male buddy show about old college friends. We sit down with the Artistic director of Boomerang Theatre to talk about their tenth anniversary season. We also have a new one man show that focuses on learning about life from the most unusual of places.
Nov 11, 2008•1 hr 41 min
THIS WEEK IS JAM packed with lots of insider news and talk. We sit down with Tom Berger and Erin Smiley to discuss giving up civil liberties in the name of protection and their new show, "As We Speak," for (re:) Directions Company. We also talk to the producer and an actor from the charity concert version of Jeremy Schonfeld's "Drift." In the studio, an artistic director and one of the founding members of TACT talk about their new comedy, "Bedroom Farce." We also have Jesse Cutler in to talk abo...
Oct 21, 2008•1 hr 51 min
This week we sit down with the creative team behind Like You Like It at the Gallery Players in Brooklyn, and we get to hear a live in-studio performance of one of the songs from the show. We also sit down to talk to Tony Nominated Michael John LaChiusa about his latest cd release for Little Fish, and we get to hear a few of his songs from the show as well. In the studio we also have Melinda Atwood who comes by to talk about her work with Dance Break. We also listen to an excerpt from the cast al...
Oct 07, 2008•1 hr 57 min
Broadway Bullet had exclusive backstage access to the 2008 NY IT Awards (New York Innovative Theatre Awards) and were able to interview all the winners and presenters live backstage! You can hear from all the award winners about their shows, and get the perspective of the award presenters (Tony winners, Pulitzer winners; probably, Oscar and Emmy winners tucked in there as well) as we talked to Edward Albee, Rob Ashford, Anna Louizos, Barrett Foa, Olympia Dukakis, John Buccino, Tina Howe, Catheri...
Sep 22, 2008•2 hr 25 min
This week we sit down with the creative team behind CYCLONE AND THE PIG-FACED LADY. Also, actor and producer from the show LOVE JERRY are here. The director and musical director from PLAY IT COOL stop by. The composer and lyricist of the new song cycle LINES is here. The composer and bookwriter/lyricist from the cringlingly title BEDBUGS!!! come by to chat. The creative team from I COME FOR LOVE are also in the studio this week. And finally, from VILLA DIODATI, composer and librettist, come in t...
Sep 22, 2008•2 hr 20 min
First, we sit down with the writer and an actor from TWILIGHT IN MANCHEGO as well as hear music from the new musical. We chat with an actress and the multi-talented book/music/lyric writer for ROAD TO RUIN. The co-author of COLLEGE: THE MUSICAL comes by with one of the actors from the show. The famed Prospect Theatre Company is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year and NYMF is helping. We talk to the founder and the artistic director of the company. Also, the director and producer for the n...
Sep 15, 2008•1 hr 48 min
STEP INTO 'EL CLUB Voodoo,' an illegal cabaret on a side street in Havana, where impresaria Lolita presides over an unruly troupe of dancing girls, dissidents, bootleggers and drag queens. On the night Castro himself decides to take a look, farce turns to fiasco -- and the troupe has no choice but to set sail for Florida in a converted '56 Chevy. Castronauts is a spicy blend -– a witty backstage comedy and an unexpected profile in courage. Book and lyrics by Academy Award winning documentarian B...
Sep 08, 2008•2 hr 10 min
We begin our NYMF 2008 coverage this episode with 7 shows from the festival. We will also be going 3 more weeks in a row with more exclusive NYMF musical coverage! In this episode we talk with various people involved with the shows, "Freshly Tossed", "The Jerusalem Syndrome", "About Face", "You Can Take the Girl Outta Brooklyn", "Ubu: a Patamusical", "Wood" and "Heaven in Your Pocket". You'll also hear music and songs from all the shows!
Sep 01, 2008•1 hr 51 min
We sit down with the boys of Bash'd! (the gay hip-hop opera), Chris Craddock and Nathan Cuckow. We also get to hear the opening number from the show. We also have the two lovely ladies of [title of show], Susan Blackwell and Heidi Blickenstaff. They bring along a couple of songs from the hit musical. Patrick Huguenin, playwright of Paper Dolls, drops in to give up the dirt on his new production. Mark Brown drops in to talk about his new musical comedy, China - the Whole Enchilada, and let us hea...
Aug 12, 2008•1 hr 49 min
This episode we have two more festival shows and one that's not, as well as all those news and notes you love about the Great White Way. Ken Davenport is here as well this week. So let's get this show on the road, how about it? We talk this week to the Musical Director and Author of Love, Incorporated and hear a song from the show. Also the director and Playwright from What to do When You Hate All Your Friends drop in to chat. And we have the lyricist/book writer/director, the musical director, ...
Jul 22, 2008•1 hr 10 min
It's festival season again in New York, and we bring you some participating shows! Ken Davenport, producer extraordinaire, stops by to share a lot of his views, and kick off his new, regular segment, "The Producer's Perspective". We also have interviews and music from the musical "OPA!" and The Midtown Children's Musical Theatre Festival. We also speak with the creators of the fringe show, "Anais Nin Goes to Hell" from MTWorks.
Jul 08, 2008•1 hr 31 min
This episode features interviews and performances with several cast members from the upcoming show, VANITIES; Sheera Ben-David from COME SUMMER; Tony award winner Scott Lehrer (SOUTH PACIFIC); and a Broadway Abridged rendition of LES MISERABLES. What are you waiting for? Come aboard the Broadway Bullet.
Jun 23, 2008•2 hr 2 min
BOY, DO WE HAVE a jam up show for you this week. IT's the pre-Tony-Tony-Nominee-Special. We rounded up some of the best of the best of the nominees this year. We sit down with the Orchestrators of IN THE HEIGHTS to chat about the show and how they revitalized the Broadway sound to fit this uptempo new show. We also talk to Rondi Reed about her performance in AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY and Steppenwolf. Daniel Breaker drops in to talk to us about PASSING STRANGE and Shakespeare. We also have set designe...
Jun 09, 2008•2 hr 18 min
This week we have two-time Tony Award Nominee Danny Burstein in the studio to talk about SOUTH PACIFIC and his career. We hear a couple of songs from Mr Burstein. We also have XANADU star Kerry Butler in to give us a little preview of her new cd, and we also hear a couple of tracks from it. Capathia Jenkins drops in to chat about her new cabaret at Joe's Pub and gives us a live in-studio performance. We have the director and star of CINEPHILIA, the newest production from PossEble Theater Company...
May 19, 2008•2 hr 39 min
First off we have two of the actors from the new production at Playwright's Realm, SUBSTITUTION, Brandon Espinoza and Shanna Dowdeswell. Also the guys who brought you TITLE OF SHOW and are bringing it to Broadway, Hunter Bell and Jeff Bowen come by. We also get to hear a couple of songs from the show as well. From the double feature CROTHER SPYGLASS and THE RESISTABLE RISE OF FAITLINDA PALOKA, playwrights Timothy Dowd and Marcy Wallabout drop in. And two young performers from the new musical DON...
May 05, 2008•1 hr 56 min
Actors Jordan Lage and Mary McCann from the Atlantic Theatre talk about "Almost an Evening"; we get up close with Karen Olivo from "In the Heights"; learn about "The Caucasian Chalk Circle"; Jeremy Shonfeld lets us know about his new CD and Birdland performance; dance troupe, Company XIV, tells us about "The Judgement of Paris"; we hear about the show "Wild Imaginings" from the teen theatre group, Little Fig Stage; and the stars and producer of "Sweet Mama Stringbean" share their stories with us...
Apr 21, 2008•2 hr 22 min
We have Barbra Russell and Ron Sharpe (in their first interview for the production) from the new musical, opening after CURTAINS takes it's final bow, A TALE OF TWO CITIES, as well as music from the show and the singing producorial couple. Also from (Re:)Directions Theatre Company, playwright Steven Ives and Director Tom Berger drop in to talk about their new production BORDERTOWN. Abby Baum and Tripp Pettigrew come by to talk about the musical TRIUMPH OF LOVE and we get to hear a couple of song...
Apr 07, 2008•1 hr 36 min
We have a chat with Jace Alexander and Jason Chimonider from the newest venture from Ground Up Productions, THE OPTIMIST, to fill us on in on what happens during the weekend their play is set. Also Christopher Domig, the star and only actor from DIRT, comes by to tell us about what it's like to play an Arab immigrant. This episode also includes the songs, "Evil Woman" from XANADU and "Nothin' Hurts Like Love" from CUPID. And The Actor's Company Theatre comes in to talk about their production of ...
Mar 25, 2008•49 min
WE'RE BACK WITH ANOTHER bang up week, with some of today's top stage personalities and creative teams. So what are we waiting for, let's get this show on the road... This week we have two cast members from the tour de force new production of PASSING STRANGE on Broadway, Colman Domingo and Rebecca Naomi Jones. Also the composer (Chris Miller) and lyricist (Nathan Tysen) from FUGITIVE SONGS drop in to tell us a little about their new song cycle, and give us a preview of three songs from the show. ...
Mar 10, 2008•1 hr 42 min
This episode we get up close with composer-lyricist Carol Hall (Best Little Whorehouse in Texas) as she discusses her career and new CD, Hallways. We also have interviews with the shows "Night of the Iguana" and "Life in a Marital Institution" and hear a song from the new cast album release, "Gone Missing". We also have news and more!
Feb 26, 2008•1 hr 41 min
This week we have Alan Palmer and Curtis Jerome of Fabulous Diva's of Broadway, making it's off Broadway premiere this week, as well as getting two in studio performances from the show. Also Paul Stroli of Straight up with a Twist comes in to chat about his new production. Producer Roy Arias comes in to talk about his wonderful rehearsal spaces for rent as well as chatting with Robert Harrelson about the Roy Arias' production of Knock 'Em Dead. Actor Stephen Plunkett and Composer John Mercurio c...
Feb 12, 2008•2 hr 7 min
Jim Bauer and Ruth Bauer stop in to talk about the new musical at The Prospect Theater Co., THE BLUE FLOWER. We also hear a couple of songs from the show. We also give you a sneak peak at the new Broadway production of PASSING STRANGE, with exclusive 25 minutes of audio footage from a rehearsal of the cast and director, Annie Dorsen. Chuck Saculla, Dan Amboyer, and Steven Sherman of Emerging Artist's TRIPLE THREAT come by and chat about their new production. We also sit down with NYU Steinhardt'...
Jan 22, 2008•1 hr 58 min
Grammy winning songwriter, Jeff Silbar, swings by the studio to talk about his first ever solo album, and also to perform live in studio for us. Closing out our season finale Michaela Goldhaber, Co-artistic director of Flying Fig Theater, comes in to talk about their production of New Amsterdames and we hear a song from a musical in development, "1812".
Dec 11, 2007•48 min
