Mamas Talkin’ Loud
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In year four of sharing a dressing room at Broadway’s Jersey Boys, hosts Cara Cooper and Jessica Rush found themselves in uncharted territory, juggling motherhood and eight shows a week. Knowing they weren’t alone in the struggle, they founded a support group for mothers in the business of show, called Broadway Baby Mamas. Join Cara and Jessica as they discuss in depth the usually funny, always emotional and very frank comedy and tragedy of motherhood with today’s great mamas of Broadway and beyond. Make sure to find out more information about them and the podcast via mamastalkinloud.com.
Produced by Alan Seales and Dori Berinstein and Broadway Podcast Network.
Music by Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Bobby Lopez and Justin Ward Weber.
Graphic by Rachel Spencer Hewitt.
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Episodes
#5 – High Kickin’ Thru the Holidays with the Radio City Rockettes – Part 1
Part 1 - It’s the most wonderful time of the year! The Radio City Christmas Spectacular is a New York institution and the iconic Rockettes are the stars of the show. This year seven, that’s right SEVEN, mothers are high kickin’ on the line and we were lucky ...
#4 – Jennifer DiNoia and Pearl Sun, Mamas Standing By
The position of a standby in a Broadway show takes a special type of person. It takes great mental aptitude and talent, not to mention the ability to go on with a moments notice, for one or many roles, oftentimes in a lead role where much is expected ...
#3 – Megan McGinnis and Becky Gulsvig, Have Baby, Will Tour
Fresh off the “Come From Away” national tour, Becky Gulsvig and Megan McGinnis talk about what it really means to tour once you have a child. When going out on the road with that “dream show” means everything from taking your baby to every city on the map, ...
#2 – Celia Keenan-Bolger, Taking Care of One Another… and Ourselves
2019 Tony Award Winner, Celia Keenan-Bolger, opens up about her motherhood experience; how bringing Scout Finch to life eight times a week has been as fulfilling as it has been depleting, and how she navigates that, all while raising her son with the same call to action that ...
#1 – Laura Benanti, let’s get real
Tony Award winning star of stage and screen, Laura Benanti, gets real with Cara and Jessica on the first episode of Mamas Talkin' Loud. With mental health as the focus, they cover everything from miscarriages and postpartum depression to how social media has really distorted our expectations as ...
Podcast Trailer
In year four of sharing a dressing room at Broadway’s Jersey Boys, Cara Cooper and Jessica Rush found themselves in uncharted territory, juggling motherhood and eight shows a week. Knowing they weren’t alone in the struggle, they founded a support group for mothers in the business of show, ...
