After 25 years, 6 Tony Awards, 2 Oliver Awards and a Grammy, Chicago returns to Broadway to celebrate it’s 25th anniversary. Learn more about the cast and creatives of Chicago in these podcast interviews, right here on the Broadway Podcast Network!
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Amos Wolff / @amoswolff When Amos Wolff made his Broadway debut at the young age of 25 in Follies, h ...
LIVE from BroadwayCon 2020 in New York City, hear our CATS debate with Nancy Opel, Tommy Bracco, Christopher Gurr, Christine Cornish Smith, and Michael Kushner. Each panelist pulled a random ...
Barrett Wilbert Weed is an actress and singer. She is best known for originating the role of Veronica Sawyer in the Off-Broadway production of Heathers: The Musical and originating the ...
Take a journey with CCS on this episode through Texas, Cincinnati, India, and now NYC. On this journey, Christine talks about her plants, wipe-outs during silent moments on the Broadway ...
Gennean Scott returns for season two with dancers/choreographers Gregory Butler and Ray Mercer as they dig into topics such as fear, shame, value, and what it takes to find your ...
Walter Bobbie, Tony Award Winning Director, discusses how he knew he wasn’t long for life as an actor, the importance of a “safe room” for his actors on any play, ...
This Sunday, we traveled all the way down to the West Village for the Chita Rivera Awards, which celebrates achievements in dance for both film and New York theatre. NYU’s ...
Christine Cornish Smith / @christinecornish was a special guest for our Built For The Stage University series that focuses on training the future Broadway stars of tomorrow. Christine shares with ...
In Episode 7, legendary composer John Kander, Tony Award-nominated book writer David Thompson, and five-time Tony Award-winning director and choreographer Susan Stroman join us for a conversation about THE BEAST ...
The words "Just Do It" should be emblazoned across the office walls of Tony Award winning producer Barry Weissler. On a beautiful Spring day, Barry invited Rob and Kevin into ...
Nicole Benoit / @nicolbenoitonline From Washington State's "Apple Capitol of the World" to New York's "Big Apple", Nicole Benoit has graced the stages of theaters worldwide from North America to ...
This Week: Saying good bye to Shetler Studios, Mamma Mia OG, and Peter Howard gets his due! ...
On this episode, we hear from Kiss Me, Kate’s Christine Cornish Smith, plus reviews of the ensembles of Beetlejuice and Tootsie. ...
Tony Award® nominee Brenda Braxton talks to Assistant Programming Director Kevin Ferguson about "Smokey Joe's Cafe" and "Dreamgirls," living through cultural phenomena, and making an impact on and off ...
On this week’s episode, Jamie and Rob continue their season-long theme of their “favorite things” by paying tribute to the singular life and work of Broadway dancer, actor, choreographer, director, ...
This week I interview Tony Award Winning Lighting Designer, Ken Billington! He has worked on close to 100 Broadway shows. "You are illuminating the playwright's words." - Ken Billington. Make ...
Tony Award-winning Lighting Designer Ken Billington talks about his process for lighting a show, changes in the technology of the lighting business, and more ...
Part two of our conversation with John Kander and Fred Ebb, songwriters for such Broadway shows as WOMAN OF THE YEAR, 70, GIRLS, 70, THE RINK, THE HAPPY TIME, and ...
This fall, we're starting a new collaboration with our friends at Built for the Stage. They've launched a new community for specifically for college students, called Built for the Stage ...
Jamie and Rob are back at Orso Restaurant with six-time Tony Award-winning costume designer William Ivey Long. Together, they discuss William’s long and illustrious career on Broadway, with over seventy-five ...
Creating a character in a new Broadway musical is a gift for any artist, because you get to infuse the show with your own artistry. But it is the lucky ...
WILLIAM IVEY LONG designs for opera, ballet, modern dance, theatre, television, and film. He has 76 Broadway credits - including the new musical DIANA, CHICAGO, BEETLEJUICE, TOOTSIE, CINDERELLA, GREY GARDENS, ...
This Week: Merrily We Roll Along, a secret YouTube clip, a magazine from the past, celebrating the orchestrator, and there WILL be trumpets! ...
PART 1: A 6-time Tony Award winner (with 17 total nominations) over his 43 year career as a costumer designer on Broadway, this Raleigh, NC native shares his incredible story ...
Broadway Actress, Dog Mom, Entrepreneur, Britney Spears Impersonator... Need I say more? Join me on this episode with @rachel_schur as we sit in Bryant Park with some tea from her ...
Barry Weissler, Tony Award-Winning Producer, discusses his journey from actor to director to bullfighter, what he thinks about movies studios entering the Broadway game, and more ...
Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to bring together five of the most experienced and storied ensemble actors working on Broadway today before a live audience at BroadwayCon. We ...
I got to walk in a circle in Columbus Circle, NYC with Jessica Ernest / @maritimegirl01 who is currently in the cast of CHICAGO on Broadway. You can catch up ...
This Week: Saying good bye to Shetler Studios, Mamma Mia OG, and Peter Howard gets his due! Every ...
Six Time Tony Award winning costume designer William Ivey Long brings Rob and Kevin into his studio to discuss his process and to share his memories of working on such ...
Megan Sikora and Barrett Martin are a Broadway Power Couple! Between the two of them, they have performed in 20 Broadway shows! (That’s ten each for anyone keeping score at ...
John Kander and Fred Ebb, the writing team behind such shows as CHICAGO, CABARET, FLORA THE RED MENACE, are interviewed about their over twenty-year collaboration. They discuss how they first ...
One of Broadway's busiest and most respected set designers, Tony Award winner John Lee Beatty, swings by Shetler Studios to sit down with Rob and Kevin and review his portfolio ...
PART 2: A 6-time Tony Award winner (with 17 total nominations) over his 43 year career as a costumer designer on Broadway, this Raleigh, NC native shares his incredible story ...
Over the years, The Ensemblist has had the privilege of sharing personal stories from hundreds of theatre actors on our blog. In this edition, we spoke with Chicago’s Barrett Martin, who ...
Tony Award winning director of Chicago, Broadway's longest running revival, invites Rob & Kevin into his apartment to discuss his journey from Scranton to Broadway, and to discuss what it ...
A rebroadcast of our 2020 interview with Ann Reinking ...
This episode features Christine Cornish Smith who played Bombalurina in the 2016 Broadway revival. Christine and Mike discuss the musical, fan theories, and who Christine thinks is more worthy to ...
Curtain up! Light the lights....literally, because this week's guest is Tony Award winning lighting designer Ken Billington, Ken swings by Shetler Studios to discuss his over one hundred Broadway credits ...
Jeff Gorti grew up in North Philly where his love for the performing arts began in the dance studio. A few of Jeff's favorite credits include "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella" ...
Nicole Benoit / @nicolbenoitonline From Washington State's "Apple Capitol of the World" to New York's "Big Apple", Nicole Benoit has graced the stages of theaters worldwide from North America to ...
This week I interview Tony Award Winning Lighting Designer, Ken Billington! He has worked on close to 100 Broadway shows. "You are illuminating the playwright's words." - Ken Billington. Make ...
Tony Award-winning Lighting Designer Ken Billington talks about his process for lighting a show, changes in the technology of the lighting business, and more ...
In Episode 7, legendary composer John Kander, Tony Award-nominated book writer David Thompson, and five-time Tony Award-winning director and choreographer Susan Stroman join us for a conversation about THE BEAST ...
This Week: Saying good bye to Shetler Studios, Mamma Mia OG, and Peter Howard gets his due! ...
This Week: Merrily We Roll Along, a secret YouTube clip, a magazine from the past, celebrating the orchestrator, and there WILL be trumpets! ...
Six Time Tony Award winning costume designer William Ivey Long brings Rob and Kevin into his studio to discuss his process and to share his memories of working on such ...
Tony Award winning director of Chicago, Broadway's longest running revival, invites Rob & Kevin into his apartment to discuss his journey from Scranton to Broadway, and to discuss what it ...
Take a journey with CCS on this episode through Texas, Cincinnati, India, and now NYC. On this journey, Christine talks about her plants, wipe-outs during silent moments on the Broadway ...
John Kander and Fred Ebb, the writing team behind such shows as CHICAGO, CABARET, FLORA THE RED MENACE, are interviewed about their over twenty-year collaboration. They discuss how they first ...
The words "Just Do It" should be emblazoned across the office walls of Tony Award winning producer Barry Weissler. On a beautiful Spring day, Barry invited Rob and Kevin into ...
This Week: Saying good bye to Shetler Studios, Mamma Mia OG, and Peter Howard gets his due! Every ...
This episode features Christine Cornish Smith who played Bombalurina in the 2016 Broadway revival. Christine and Mike discuss the musical, fan theories, and who Christine thinks is more worthy to ...
Jamie and Rob are back at Orso Restaurant with six-time Tony Award-winning costume designer William Ivey Long. Together, they discuss William’s long and illustrious career on Broadway, with over seventy-five ...
Creating a character in a new Broadway musical is a gift for any artist, because you get to infuse the show with your own artistry. But it is the lucky ...
Curtain up! Light the lights....literally, because this week's guest is Tony Award winning lighting designer Ken Billington, Ken swings by Shetler Studios to discuss his over one hundred Broadway credits ...
Gennean Scott returns for season two with dancers/choreographers Gregory Butler and Ray Mercer as they dig into topics such as fear, shame, value, and what it takes to find your ...
A rebroadcast of our 2020 interview with Ann Reinking ...
Amos Wolff / @amoswolff When Amos Wolff made his Broadway debut at the young age of 25 in Follies, h ...
Jeff Gorti grew up in North Philly where his love for the performing arts began in the dance studio. A few of Jeff's favorite credits include "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella" ...
On this episode, we hear from Kiss Me, Kate’s Christine Cornish Smith, plus reviews of the ensembles of Beetlejuice and Tootsie. ...
Christine Cornish Smith / @christinecornish was a special guest for our Built For The Stage University series that focuses on training the future Broadway stars of tomorrow. Christine shares with ...
This fall, we're starting a new collaboration with our friends at Built for the Stage. They've launched a new community for specifically for college students, called Built for the Stage ...
One of Broadway's busiest and most respected set designers, Tony Award winner John Lee Beatty, swings by Shetler Studios to sit down with Rob and Kevin and review his portfolio ...
On this week’s episode, Jamie and Rob continue their season-long theme of their “favorite things” by paying tribute to the singular life and work of Broadway dancer, actor, choreographer, director, ...
Walter Bobbie, Tony Award Winning Director, discusses how he knew he wasn’t long for life as an actor, the importance of a “safe room” for his actors on any play, ...
Over the years, The Ensemblist has had the privilege of sharing personal stories from hundreds of theatre actors on our blog. In this edition, we spoke with Chicago’s Barrett Martin, who ...
Broadway Actress, Dog Mom, Entrepreneur, Britney Spears Impersonator... Need I say more? Join me on this episode with @rachel_schur as we sit in Bryant Park with some tea from her ...
Tony Award® nominee Brenda Braxton talks to Assistant Programming Director Kevin Ferguson about "Smokey Joe's Cafe" and "Dreamgirls," living through cultural phenomena, and making an impact on and off ...
This Sunday, we traveled all the way down to the West Village for the Chita Rivera Awards, which celebrates achievements in dance for both film and New York theatre. NYU’s ...
Barry Weissler, Tony Award-Winning Producer, discusses his journey from actor to director to bullfighter, what he thinks about movies studios entering the Broadway game, and more ...
Part two of our conversation with John Kander and Fred Ebb, songwriters for such Broadway shows as WOMAN OF THE YEAR, 70, GIRLS, 70, THE RINK, THE HAPPY TIME, and ...
LIVE from BroadwayCon 2020 in New York City, hear our CATS debate with Nancy Opel, Tommy Bracco, Christopher Gurr, Christine Cornish Smith, and Michael Kushner. Each panelist pulled a random ...
PART 1: A 6-time Tony Award winner (with 17 total nominations) over his 43 year career as a costumer designer on Broadway, this Raleigh, NC native shares his incredible story ...
Megan Sikora and Barrett Martin are a Broadway Power Couple! Between the two of them, they have performed in 20 Broadway shows! (That’s ten each for anyone keeping score at ...
Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to bring together five of the most experienced and storied ensemble actors working on Broadway today before a live audience at BroadwayCon. We ...
Barrett Wilbert Weed is an actress and singer. She is best known for originating the role of Veronica Sawyer in the Off-Broadway production of Heathers: The Musical and originating the ...
WILLIAM IVEY LONG designs for opera, ballet, modern dance, theatre, television, and film. He has 76 Broadway credits - including the new musical DIANA, CHICAGO, BEETLEJUICE, TOOTSIE, CINDERELLA, GREY GARDENS, ...
PART 2: A 6-time Tony Award winner (with 17 total nominations) over his 43 year career as a costumer designer on Broadway, this Raleigh, NC native shares his incredible story ...
I got to walk in a circle in Columbus Circle, NYC with Jessica Ernest / @maritimegirl01 who is currently in the cast of CHICAGO on Broadway. You can catch up ...
