Dear Multi-Hyphenate
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Dear Multi-hyphenate, hosted by Michael Kushner, explores the full potential of an artist in show business. Are you unsure if you could do anything other than what your BFA allows you to do? Are you sitting on a project and you have no idea how to get started? What if others have cornered you into thinking that you are just an actor, or just a director, or just a producer? Let go of the rules and take agency of your full potential! Listen to me and my guests, the leaders of the multi-hyphenation station, as we dissect the mentality and possibilities about doing it all.
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Episodes
#74 – Ari Axelrod: Jewish Identities in Show Business
This episode is special. I mean… really special. Ari Axelrod is an artist and I’ve seen him in action, growing throughout the years. The episode is sort of broken down into three parts. What crafts a great cabaret? Our views on the multi-hyphenate. And Jewish identities in showbusiness, ...
#73 – Carl Moellenberg: The Path to Survival
“All of a sudden,” says Moellenberg. “While I was sitting there, I literally heard for about 15 - 20 minutes a deep, male voice, which I assumed was a higher being, telling me that I had a long life to live. It was going to be very productive ...
#72 – Carol Burnett & Eila Mell: The Majestic is Fit for a Prince
#themajesticisfitforaprince When Carol Burnett wants something done, it's gotta get done. That's why fashion writer and producer Eila Mell joined forces with Burnett to start the campaign The Majestic ...
#71 – Greg Carruthers of EveryBODY On Stage: Fatphobia in the Theatre Industry
“People are dying from your fatphobia and that’s wild. We are so hung up on the way theatre has looked forever that we can’t change our perspective enough to literally save people’s lives.” TW: ...
#70 – Charles Busch: Too Gay for the Industry
“I’ve been blessed with a somewhat pragmatic view, and I had a good sense of who I was and what I had to offer.” Charles Busch has been around a while… and in the meantime. He is one of the first ...
#69 – Robbie Rozzelle: Broadway Adjacent: Sopranos Need Jokes
“You have to choose yourself and other people will choose you.” – Robbie Rozzelle on what he learned from the late Jan Maxwell. There’s a lot of musical theatre references in this episode, folks ...
#68 – LIVE @ BroadwayCon 2022: John Cariani, Kaisha Huguley, Michael Kushner, Jennifer Ashley Tepper, and Jen Waldman
This amazing episode features an incredible live panel from BroadwayCon 2022, featuring some of the leading multi-hyphenates in the Broadway, television, and film communities. Topics include process and ...
#67 – Jared Grimes: My Gifts Are Not A Distraction
“Being a multi-hyphenate is not a disability – it’s an ability. It’s an advantage.” Jared Grimes is a Tony Nominated actor currently starring in Funny Girl on Broadway. His effervescent energy ...
#66 – Moisés Kaufman: Building Theatre from the Ground Up
“Visibility equals donors. The more work you do, the more you’re out there, the more people come to see the shows, the more you continue to maintain your lists of who is coming to see the work – ...
#65 – Melissa Rose Hirsch: We Are All the Same, Afterall
“Birth is art. Birth is theatrical. Birth is a nothing to a something. Birth is a ceremony. Birth is a transformation. So, my art – my writing, my blog writing, my performing, my acting – has gotten ...
