Putting It Together
Exploring the business of Broadway with the people who make it happen. Host Ollie Southgate sits down with Broadway's best business minds to talk about the state of the art and their role in keeping the world's biggest theatre town at the top of the list.
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An Announcement for 2022
Ollie Southgate on why Putting It Together won't be making an immediate return in the new year.
Blake Ross, Burnt
Ollie Southgate talks all things Broadway publicity, REBECCA, and "Burnt" with reporter and fellow BPN host Blake Ross. “Rebecca” the musical was supposed to be the next “Phantom of the Opera”, Broadway’s multi-billion dollar hit.
EDI on Broadway
With many shows now back on stage, three of Broadway's newest senior appointments in the world of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) join host Ollie Southgate to discuss their experiences, intentions and expectations in their new roles and the kinds of change they hope to bring about across the industry.
Sally Cade Holmes, Holmes Productions
Hadestown and Little Shop Of Horrors producer Sally Cade Holmes about the imminent return of commercial theater in New York, and making more publicly accessible the secret sauce of how to produce a show.
Daryl Roth, Daryl Roth Productions
Ollie Southgate sits down with twelve time Tony Award-winning producer Daryl Roth to talk about the highs and lows of thirty years producing work both on and off Broadway and the unique opportunity she had to be among the first to bring audiences back into a New York theatre.
The COVID-19 Specials #6
As the City and the State continue to tout re-opening dates for Broadway, Ollie Southgate discusses how re-openings in Australia and off-Broadway have played out, and how the industry's unions are responding to widespread allegations surrounding abusive producers and coming back better.
The COVID-19 Specials #5
With news finally emerging on city and state plans for bringing live theater back in New York City, Ollie Southgate provides an updated timeline and a look into things to come on Putting It Together throughout the rest of 2021.
Meg Massey, Maggie Supernova
As the pandemic continues to keep hundreds of thousand of arts jobs around the world hanging in the balance, now for over a year in many cases, we discuss a serious but often undiscussed issue faced by the live entertainment industry around the world.
Andrew Lowy, Theatre2050
Andrew Lowy discusses Theatre2050; his online thesis of what Broadway and American theater may look like three decades from now.
Michael Riedel, Author & Columnist
The infamous New York Post columnist and author of the New York Times bestseller "Razzle Dazzle" about his new book "Singular Sensation". We discuss his twenty year career reporting the ups and downs of the Broadway business in both his tabloid articles and his books, and the rapidly changing role of the theatrical journalist in the digital age.
Charlotte St. Martin, The Broadway League
Charlotte St. Martin, President of the Broadway League talks about her career to date and the role of the League in the ecosystem of the American theater both in business as usual times and these very different ones.
The COVID-19 Specials #4
As the Broadway shutdown enters its seventh month, Ollie Southgate sits down with six workers who were actively involved with Broadway shows at the time the shutdown began to discuss both their positive and negative experiences of this break in our industry and the potential personal consequences of their long-term unemployment.
Dori Berinstein & Alan Seales, Broadway Podcast Network
As Putting It Together celebrates its first year, so does the Broadway Podcast Network, and we talk to its founders Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales about the inspiration behind the platform.
Kate Cannova, Kate Cannova Productions
Producer Kate Cannova talks about the transition from performer to producer and the lessons learned on the other side of the table. From a basement production of "Annie" to Broadway productions of some of the most socially challenging productions of the past decade, we discuss her producing career and the changing shape of Broadway on the other side of coronavirus.
The COVID-19 Specials #3
As the Broadway shutdown enters its third month, Ollie Southgate sits down with nine frequent Broadway theatergoers to discuss their expectations of "the new Broadway" and what they're looking for in their show-going experiences on the other side of COVID-19.
The COVID-19 Specials #2
With the Broadway shutdown looking set to continue through the summer, Ollie Southgate speaks to another six guests from the world of show business about the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic on live theater, focusing this month on the eventual comeback and what shape it may take based on what little we know so far.
The COVID-19 Specials #1
With Broadway on hiatus, Ollie Southgate speaks to seven of Broadway's best business minds from all across the industry about the toll of the coronavirus pandemic on live theater, from producers and general managers to the owners of the adjacent companies that are suffering a knock-on impact from every venue going dark at once.
Michele Groner, The Groner Group
Broadway marketing director Michele Groner, founder of The Groner Group, sits down to talk about the many cogs that make up a Broadway marketing campaign and just where she fits in.
Mike Karns, Marathon Digital
Mike Karns, CEO of Broadway's social media management company Marathon Digital sits down to talk about the rapidly changing way Broadway shows talk to their audiences.
Janette Roush, NYC & Company
Janette Roush, Managing Director of Marketing at New York City's official Destination Marketing Organization NYC & Company sits down to talk about the business of selling a city.
Bonnie Comley, BroadwayHD
We discuss the advent of BroadwayHD with its founder and owner Bonnie Comley, and try to answer the question of whether digital captures are friend or foe to the live theater business.
Jennifer Ashley Tepper, Feinstein's/54 Below
Producer, author, historian and creative and programming director of Feinstein’s/54 Below Jennifer Ashley Tepper talks about how an eclectic and varied career comes full circle, and how she handled one of the busiest years of her life.
Carl Pasbjerg, Alchemy Production Group
General Manager Carl Pasbjerg of Alchemy Production Group talks about the true meaning of "show business" and the ultimate importance of being a jack of all trades.
Brian Fenty, TodayTix
TodayTix CEO & Co-Founder Brian Fenty shares the early producing experiences that revealed an opportunity in the ticketing market to appeal to a new kind of audience.
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