She got into casting... because she needed a job! Now she's got casting credits to her name such as Patti LuPone's Gypsy , Billions , Inside Amy Schumer, Dallas Buyers Club, Captain America: Civl War, Pitch Perfect, and literally like 60 zillion more. She solidified her love for casting in theater before moving into tv and film. She's got a story that's going to be made into her own made for tv movie. Check it out. Produced by Alan Seales and Elizabeth Wheless . A proud member of the Broadway Po...
Mar 31, 2022•48 min•Season 3Ep. 60
In their respective panic rooms (aka voiceover studios), they go through talk therapy (aka voice over auditions) and this podcast episode! Also BREAKING NEWS, Leslie is going back into Beetlejuice, the Musical! Oh em gee, we are so f'in excited!! Enjoy this episode, and get your BJ tickets. Euphemism intended. Make a nail and press on. Produced by Alan Seales and Elizabeth Wheless . A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Feb 10, 2022•58 min•Season 3Ep. 59
Sexy Hamilton (Javier Muñoz) and Deborah S. Craig (best known for originating the role of Marcy Park in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee ) are two of the funniest people we know. Combined with Josh in a quarantined environment, they are definitely shaken, not stirred. Listen in and some of the behind-the-scenes shenanigans from the cast of WILD (before COVID forced an early closing, of course). Produced by Alan Seales and Elizabeth Wheless . A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Netwo...
Jan 27, 2022•47 min•Ep. 58
Josh's Cambridge production of WILD with Idina Menzel and Javier Muñoz might have been shut down due to COVID, but that doesn't stop Josh from recording these episodes. Literally recording in rooms right next to each other, Josh interviews the "kids" from the WILD cast, and we even get a special sneak peek of one of the songs from the cast album *spoiler alert*! The superstars include: YDE (she/her) Paravi Das (she/her) Luke Ferrari (they/them) Michael Williams (he/him) Produced by Alan Seales a...
Jan 12, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 57
This dude came up with the idea for Assassins! He's also Josh's teacher from college. Oh, and don't forget to Venmo Josh $50k so he can get his cats a new set of boots. Produced by Alan Seales and Elizabeth Wheless . A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Dec 16, 2021•26 min•Season 3Ep. 56
Josh opens up super wide for this episode, swallowing Come From Away Broadway cast members Astrid Van Wieren, De'Lon Grant and Petrina Bromley. Did you know that being a phone sex operator is an Equity gig? Not really, but that's the title of Josh's forthcoming memoirs. For more info, check out comefromaway.com Produced by Alan Seales and Elizabeth Wheless . A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Dec 02, 2021•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 55
You've heard her voice. You really have. She's been the voice of Cascade, Pampers, Johnson & Johnston, Kelloggs, Weight Watchers, the Oxygen Network, Discovery, VH1, bla bla bla I can't type as fast as Josh is rattling this off so just listen to the episode. She is amazing, they play some AMAZING VO improv games, and there's lots of love an adoration sent back and forth. Find out more at https://www.debrasperling.com/about Produced by Alan Seales and Elizabeth Wheless . A proud member of the...
Nov 22, 2021•49 min•Season 3Ep. 54
He began his career working as a cinematographer alongside the Coen Brothers, made a name for himself as a director, and now reflects on much of the journey which brought him to Schmigadoon , and a new memoir: Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother . TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains talk of child sexual abuse and molestation. Barry Sonnenfeld is a filmmaker and writer who broke into the film industry as the cinematographer on the Coen brothers first three films: Blood Simple, Raising Arizona a...
Nov 10, 2021•58 min•Season 3Ep. 53
Your favorite character actor (remember him as Jeffrey Weinerslav from 30 Rock?) joins Josh in the first of a series of 10 minute interviews that we'll be releasing in between the normal. long-form episodes! Produced by Alan Seales and Elizabeth Wheless . A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Nov 03, 2021•16 min•Season 3Ep. 52
One of Josh's oldest friends, Rory O'Malley ( Hamilton, Book of Mormon, Spelling Bee ) , joins baby Joshy-poo to discuss his latest project, Chicago Party Aunt , now available on Netflix! Recording completely remotely through COVID, Rory shares his stories of virtually meeting RuPaul and what it means to him to be a real live gay man voicing a gay character. We all live for RuPaul's laughs! Produced by Alan Seales and Elizabeth Wheless . A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network . Learn mor...
Oct 27, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 3Ep. 51
Coming at you live from the board room above the Daryl Roth Theater, we're back for season 3, baby! Alex Wyse, Ben Fankhauser, Bryonha Marie Parham (aka Bree Marie) chat all things "A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet", currently running now at the Daryl Roth. Go see it, it's funny. No seriously, we're being serious. Go see it. Tickets & info here: https://reginacomet.com/ Produced by Alan Seales and Elizabeth Wheless . A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network . Learn more about your ...
Oct 15, 2021•46 min•Season 3Ep. 50
Also a friend and mentor to Josh, Craig Carnelia is one of the greatest acting teachers of all time. He's an author, composter, lyricist, has received the Johnny Mercer Award, "Emerging American Songwriter", the first annual Gilman and Gonzalez-Falla Musical Theater Award, and the Kleban Award. He also is a mentor to young writers through the ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop, the Dramatists Guild Musical Theatre Fellowship and the Eugene O’Neill Musical Theatre Conference. His book, The Reason to ...
Jun 16, 2021•1 hr 32 min•Season 2Ep. 49
Patti Murin is best known for originating the role of Princess Anna in Disney's "Frozen" on Broadway. Other Broadway/National Tour credits include: Lysistrata Jones (Lysistrata), Wicked (Glinda), Xanadu (Euterpe). Off-Broadway: Love's Labour's Lost (Shakespeare in the Park); Fly By Night (Playwrights Horizons); Lady Be Good! (Encores!). Almost Broadway: Nerds (Sally). Patti is also known in the TV world for her portrayal of Dr. Nina Shore on NBC's "Chicago Med," as Ava on "Royal Pains," and for ...
Jun 02, 2021•50 min•Season 2Ep. 48
Lee Wilkof originated the roles of Samuel Byck in Assassins and Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors , later earning a Tony Award nomination for the 2000 revival of Kiss Me, Kate . His film, " No Pay, Nudity " (starring his buddy Nathan Lane) is available now everywhere you stream movies. Produced by Alan Seales and Elizabeth Wheless . A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
May 26, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 47
Farah has appeared on Broadway most recently in the musical comedy It Shoulda Been You, directed by David Hyde Pierce. She's also been on Broadway in Grease!, Saturday Night Fever, The Look of Love: The Music of Burt Bacharach and Hal David , the Tony Award wining revival of Nine , and Madison Square Garden’s A Christmas Carol . Get your tickets to Farah's performances at The Green Room 42 via this link !! Produced by Alan Seales and Elizabeth Wheless . A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Net...
May 19, 2021•49 min•Ep. 46
Originally aired as a BPN Live event on May 2020. Watch the original video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpKc9Nuzh1g Produced by Alan Seales and Elizabeth Wheless . A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
May 11, 2021•56 min•Ep. 45
Bonnie Milligan is a Broadway and TV actress best known for her award-winning debut in Head Over Heels. She began her Broadway career as Pamela after originating the role at The Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2015. Besides, her other notable theatre credits include ‘Kinky Boots’, ‘God Bless You Mr. Rosewater’, ‘Gigantic’, ‘Jasper in Deadland’, and so on. Outside of Broadway productions, the actress is also known for her TV appearances. In 2017, she made a guest appearance as Evie in the hit come...
May 05, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 44
Originally aired as a BPN Live event on May 2020. Watch the original video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpKc9Nuzh1g Produced by Alan Seales and Elizabeth Wheless . A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Apr 28, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 43
Tonya Pinkins is a filmmaker, writer, producer, and director. Her award-winning debut feature film RED PILL was an official selection at the 2021 Pan African Film Festival, won the Best Black Lives Matter Feature and Best First Feature at The Mykonos International Film Festival, Best First Feature at the Luléa Film Festival, and is nominated for awards in numerous festivals around the globe. Her web-series The RED PILLING of AMERICA can be heard on her podcast You Can’t Say That , also on the Br...
Apr 20, 2021•51 min•Season 2Ep. 42
Originally aired as a BPN Live event on April 2020. Watch the original video here: https://youtu.be/UqeGzMnQ-eM Produced by Alan Seales and Elizabeth Wheless . A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 14, 2021•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 41
Drew Gasparini is writing the scores for a number of new stage musicals including the Broadway-bound adaptation of The Karate Kid , an adaptation of Night Shift for Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, and an adaptation of the Ned Vizzini novel/film It's Kind of a Funny Story for Universal Theatrical Group (book by Alex Brightman), among others. Some of Drew’s original musicals include Crazy Just Like Me (winner of “Best Of Fest” and runner up for “Best Book” in the New York Musical Theatre Festival 2...
Apr 07, 2021•56 min•Season 2Ep. 40
Originally aired as a BPN Live event on April 2020. Watch the original video here https://youtu.be/_cHc447RxMk . Produced by Alan Seales and Elizabeth Wheless . A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Mar 31, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 39
Andrew Polec recently played Matt in The Fantasticks (off-Broadway) and won the "Joe Allen Best West End Debut Award" for his role as Strat in Bat Out Of Hell, at The Stage Debut Awards. Albums include Ben Fold’s Presents: University A Capella and Welcome to Khat House. Veteran MTV watchers might recognize him from a featured role in SuperMade. He has played Jimmy Dodger on CW's Katy Keene. Produced by Alan Seales and Elizabeth Wheless . A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network . Learn mor...
Mar 23, 2021•54 min•Season 2Ep. 38
BPN Town Hall: Josh Swallows WICKED: Shoshana Bean & Megan Hilty, originally aired March 28th, 2020: https://youtu.be/A8InNUpEOFU Produced by Alan Seales and Elizabeth Wheless . A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Mar 09, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 37
After sharing a dressing room with Josh during his time in The Prom on Broadway, he's never been the same. Michael Potts is an American actor. He is best known for playing the roles of Brother Mouzone in The Wire and Mafala Hatimbi in the musical The Book of Mormon. He also played Detective Gilbough in season 1 of True Detective . Most recently, he can be see as Slow Drag in Netflix's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom , alongside Chadwick Boseman and Viola Davis. Produced by Alan Seales and Elizabeth Whe...
Mar 03, 2021•50 min•Season 2Ep. 36
BPN Town Hall: Josh Swallows 2020 Graduates Ana Yi Puig, Evan Parker Shan Taylor Pretty, Michael Hassel, and Rebecah Boesch, including a surprise appearance from Kristin Chenoweth! This episode originally streamed June 17th, 2020: https://youtu.be/afPgoraem6c Produced by Alan Seales and Elizabeth Wheless . A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Feb 24, 2021•57 min•Season 2Ep. 35
Grown man plays in the park with children, act 1 -- aka, FINDING NEVERLAND! Listen in as Josh reunites with his super duper fun time boys Ryan Worsing, Jonathan Ritter, Colin Cunliffe, Ron Todorowski & Chris Dwan. Hush Meadows is for puzzles, ya'all. Produced by Alan Seales and Elizabeth Wheless . A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Feb 16, 2021•54 min•Season 2Ep. 34
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 Americans searching for love and peace during the Vietnam era, HAIR is a timeless portrait of a movement that changed the world. This episode originally streamed March 25th, 2020: https://youtu.be/JbezC-gk3aI Produced by Alan Seales and Elizabeth Wheless . A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network . Learn more...
Feb 10, 2021•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 33
After winning the award for best actor at the National High School Musical Theater Awards (the Jimmy Awards), he joined the cast of Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway in the title role before he could legally vote. He began his own theatre company, Zneefrock Productions, to raise money for autism awareness. He can be heard playing himself in As the Curtain Rises , an original Broadway soap opera podcast, and most recently starred in Ratatouille the TikTok musical. He still can't legally drink yet. Sup...
Feb 02, 2021•59 min•Season 2Ep. 32
She Is Risen - selections from Jesus Christ Superstar, featuring Morgan James, Orfeh, and producers Meg Toohey and Richard Amelius. Find out more info, visit https://www.she-is-risen.net/ Listen via https://stem.ffm.to/sheisrisenvol1 This episode originally streamed April 18th, 2020: https://youtu.be/kytT50Nh-nQ Produced by Alan Seales and Elizabeth Wheless . A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jan 27, 2021•48 min•Season 2Ep. 31
