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After a small travel delay, we are back back back with the phenomenal Jay Armstrong Johnson! You have seen him everywhere from Phantom of the Opera, to Parade and now starring as Ilya in the wildly successful Heated Rivalry Parody. Jay talks about his on stage chemistry with his co-star, how it's a love lette to the shiny IP, and how the fandom reacted to the musical.
We dish about what makes this parody work, why off broadway is so interesting right now (low budget, high vibes), his group chat with his cast of Hair and what he learned about leading a show from Gavin Creel. We love Jay and you will too!
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After a long weekend we all need a nice heartwarming episode of It's Broadway Bitch so here it is! We welcome composer and lyricist Adam Gwon to the pod! His off broadway show, All the Worlds A Stage has a cast album out now and will be available to see again this fall. The recipient of numerous awards, Adams work includes Scotland PA, Ordinary Days, and String. 
We dish about being mentored by Ahrens and Flaherty, what being on the Tony commitee is like, his role on the board of Roundabout Theatre, where he finds inspiration, and his go to writing snack.
CATCH HIS SONG SATURDAY NIGHT IN A SMALL AUDITORIUM FROM ALL THE WORLDS A STAGE AT THE END OF THE EPISODE!
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From being a swing dresser on Broadway to writing her own book I am utterly fascinated by Teale Dvornik! Currently working as a dresser for the Met Opera, she has also worked on Aladdin and Wicked and through those experiences created The Backstage Blonde. Using the stories she heard from generational stage hands, and her own personal experiences working backstage she started to create the kind of Broadway content she wanted to see which lead to her getting her NYC tourism license and giving in depth Broadway History tours.
We dish about the hidden secrets of some of the most iconic theaters, how Babe Ruth was traded because of a musical, where you should eat before a show and if you should tip your dressers.
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We did it again! We got another amazing guest! A truly womderful woman it's Lauren Marcus!  From Be More Chill and the Jonathan Larson project, she is currently the book writer for the hopefully it's coming soon Girls Just Wanna Have Fun musical! But that's just one of the many projects she's working on she also has a play called Jackie Lee about a true story that happened to her that I cannot wait to hear more about.
We dish about loving actors, applying for grants, covering for Cassie Levy, and how to mom and also be a creative. Spoiler - it's super hard. We end with writing a song together and doing a HOT SCENE/COLD READ about other mothers. 
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With The Tonys just a few days away, we were lucky enough to catch Cats The Jellicle Ball's co-director Zhailon Levingston for a minute to chat all about the exciting revival which sets CATS in the ballroom world! He explains how a joke of an idea to do CATS without CATS became the Jellicle Ball when a friend connected him to Bill Rausch who was also thinking about a new version of CATS.
We dish about how they couldn't change the music but if they could, what song he would want to attack first, what he brings back to Broadway after directing community theater in his local hometown, and he answers the question, why this revival and why now??
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