Broadway Gives Back

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S5 Ep5: Kaila Mullady Jun 25, 2024

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Kaila Mullady is a worldwide beatbox champion, cast member of the Tony Award-winning Freestyle Love Supreme, and founder of The Academy of Noise, dedicated to inspiring youth to find their power of voice. Learn about Kaila's work promoting mental health fitness through beatboxing by listening to Season 5, Episode 5 of the Broadway Gives Back Podcast.

Connect with Kaila Mullady

Facebook: @kailamullady
Instagram: @kailamullady
Twitter: @kailamullady

The Academy of Noise

Freestyle Love Supreme

Freestyle+

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Hosted & Executive Produced by Jan Svendsen

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Special thanks to Dori Berinstein, Alan Seales, and Kimberlee Garris from BPN; Julian Hills from The Bulldog Agency; and Eric Becker from Broderick Street Music.

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S5 Ep4: Lamar Richardson Jun 11, 2024

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Lamar Richardson is a 3 Time Tony Award-nominated producer and award-winning actor. You may have seen him in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Blue Bloods, New Amsterdam, or Weird City, and heard of his co-producing work on shows including Merrily We Roll Along and The Wiz. Listen to Season 5, Episode 4 of the Broadway Gives Back Podcast to learn about Lamar's passion for diversifying the investor pool on Broadway and bringing new playwrights and voices of all ages to the stage.

Current mentor https://www.c5la.org/

https://www.newyorkcares.org/

Former Big Brother https://www.bbbs.org/

Former next Gen perspectives participant https://www.generationcitizen.org/

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Facebook: @lamarrichardson13
Instagram: @lamarrichardson_
Twitter: @Lamar_Alphonso

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Hosted & Executive Produced by Jan Svendsen

A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.

Special thanks to Dori Berinstein, Alan Seales, and Kimberlee Garris from BPN; Julian Hills from The Bulldog Agency; and Eric Becker from Broderick Street Music.

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S5 Ep3: Latiné Musical Theatre Lab with Robin de Jesús & Ryan Morales Feb 21, 2024

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On this episode of the Broadway Gives Back podcast, we have two crazy talented and very passionate guys as our guests - Robin de Jesús and Ryan Morales.

Robin de Jesús is a film and theater actor best known for playing roles in the Broadway musicals In the Heights, La Cage aux Folles, and in The Boys in the Band, which earned him three Tony Award nominations. He also starred in the film adaptation of The Boys in the Band on Netflix. He was in the mini-series Welcome to Chippendales and the film tick, tick... BOOM!, directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, for which he received massive critical acclaim. Robin has a reputation of being one of Hollywood’s and Broadway’s hardest-working actors who always delivers.

Ryan Morales is an actor, a singer, a producer, an activist and the Founder & Producing Artistic Director of Latiné Musical Theatre Lab, an organization that develops and advocates for new Latiné-written works of musical theatre. His mission is to radically change who gets to tell musical stories on stages across the country and around the world. Ryan has a passion for telling stories about men who find strength in their vulnerability - not shame. Stories that elevate the Latiné and LGBTQ+ experience beyond the boundaries they typically exist in.

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Instagram: @robinofjesus
Twitter: @robinofjesus

Hosted & Executive Produced by Jan Svendsen

A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.

Special thanks to Dori Berinstein, Alan Seales, and Kimberlee Garris from BPN; Julian Hills from The Bulldog Agency; and Eric Becker from Broderick Street Music.

Robin's morning music inspo:

Vivir Mi Vida

La Vida Es Un Carnaval

Ryan's morning music inspo:

Dreamer

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S5 Ep2: RISE Theatre Directory & Maestra Music with Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Georgia Stitt Nov 28, 2023

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Music is our focus today on the Broadway Gives Back podcast, and I have two very special women as my guests. So first, Let’s “Let it go” for Oscar, Emmy, and Grammy award-winning, Kristen Anderson-Lopez. Kristen is best known for her work from Frozen, Coco, In Transit, Up Here and Finding Nemo. Kristen is also very involved in two important organizations… Brooklyn Children’s Theatre and Maestra Music. Speaking of Maestra… we will also be talking to multiple award winning music director, composer, lyricist, pianist, and music producer, Georgia Stitt, who started Maestra Music to provide support, visibility, and community to the women and nonbinary people who make the music in musical theatre— and now together with Lin-Manuel Miranda, they are developing and managing the RISE Theatre Directory which is helping to build a more equitable and inclusive theatre industry.

Learn more about about the worthy causes discussed in this episode and how you can donate and/or help:

risetheater.org

maestramusic.org

brooklynchildrenstheatre.org

tadatheater.com

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Website: georgiastitt.com
Instagram: @georgiastitt

Connect with Kristen Anderson-Lopez:

Instagram: @kristenampersandlopez

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Special thanks to Dori Berinstein, Alan Seales, and Kimberlee Garris from BPN; Julian Hills from The Bulldog Agency; and Eric Becker from Broderick Street Music.

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S5 Ep1: Donna Murphy and Transport Group Nov 28, 2023

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In this episode of Broadway Gives Back we talk about Transport Group and their mission of crafting risk-taking and thoughtful productions of theatre that widen the lens on our American experience. Their works create space for new American perspectives that deepen our shared capacity for empathy and understanding. My guests are two incredible human-beings. Jack Cummings III is the co-founder and artistic director at Transport Group, and has been nominated for Drama Desk and Obie awards. Donna Murphy is on the Artistic Advisory Board at Transport Group and she is a Five time Tony Award nominee and two time Tony winner. Her career spans film, television, and of course, theatre. Donna has starred in shows like: Passion, The King & I, Wonderful Town, and Into the Woods to name a few. For her contribution to the arts, she has received numerous special honors and she donates her time to many different organizations.

Learn more about about the worthy causes discussed in this episode and how you can donate and/or help:

Website: transportgroup.org
Instagram: @transportgrp

Connect with Donna Murphy:

Instagram: @officialdonnamurphy

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Hosted & Executive Produced by Jan Svendsen.

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Special thanks to Dori Berinstein, Alan Seales, and Kimberlee Garris from BPN; Julian Hills from The Bulldog Agency; and Eric Becker from Broderick Street Music.

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S4 Ep6: Earth Month Series - Jessie Mueller Apr 27, 2023

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Our guest today is the “Beautiful” actor, and we mean that literally and figuratively, Jessie Mueller! Jessie starred in Beautiful, the Carole King musical and won the Tony Award for her performance. Jessie also has been nominated for a Tony for the leading roles in Waitress, Carousel and On A Clear Day You Can See Forever. Her body of work is breathtaking and inspiring. As impressive as her acting career is, her social activism is equally as impressive. Jessie supports art education, LGBTQ+ rights, anti-gun violence, women’s rights, Broadway Cares and the Entertainment Community Fund.

In this episode, Jesse joins the podcast along with Anika Larsen, a Tony Award Nominee and a climate devotee, to talk about the environment during Earth Month. This is part of the series, called The United Nations Global Goals where we talk about tackling the world’s “to do” list to make our planet a better place.

Learn more about about the worthy causes discussed in this episode and how you can donate and/or help:

Learn more about composting:

Connect with Jessie Mueller:

Instagram: @jessiermueller

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Hosted & Executive Produced by Jan Svendsen.

A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.

Special thanks to Dori Berinstein, Alan Seales, and Kimberlee Garris from BPN; Julian Hills from The Bulldog Agency; and Eric Becker from Broderick Street Music.

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S4 Ep5: Earth Month Series - Laura Bell Bundy Apr 22, 2023

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Our guest in this episode is a true activist. Laura Bell Bundy is also an actress, a recording artist, a singer/songwriter, a director, a producer, and a podcaster. Broadway fans will know her as Tina in Ruthless, Amber in Hairspray, Elle Woods in Legally Blonde, where she was nominated for a Tony Award, and she played Glinda in Wicked. She started her own foundation called Women of Tomorrow, which works to raise the social consciousness by bringing awareness to women’s issues through art, education and community.

As part of the Broadway Gives Back podcast's Earth Month series, “United Nations Global Goals” we are talking about tackling the world’s “to do” list to make our planet a better place. I’m joined by my Earth Month co-host Tony Nominee, Anika Larsen. We decided to work together on this series and bring in guests to talk about the ways in which we all can make small changes for the greater good. Join us as Laura talks about Global Goal #5, Gender Equality.

Learn more about about the worthy causes discussed in this episode and how you can donate and/or help:

Connect with Laura Bell Bundy:

Website: laurabellbundy.com
Instagram: @laurabellbundy
Facebook: @laurabellbundy
Twitter: @laurabellbundy

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Hosted & Executive Produced by Jan Svendsen.

A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.

Special thanks to Dori Berinstein, Alan Seales, and Kimberlee Garris from BPN; Julian Hills from The Bulldog Agency; and Eric Becker from Broderick Street Music.

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S4 Ep4: Earth Month Series - Andrew Barth Feldman Apr 13, 2023

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Our special guest today is Andrew Barth Feldman who won the 2018 National High School Musical Theatre Award, and went on to make his Broadway debut as the title character in the Tony Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen as a junior in high school. Since then, he has starred in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical, and various other television shows and films, and he has won an Emmy Award for hosting the 2020 Roger Rees Awards. He works as a performer, writer, creator, and an advocate.

This episode is part of our Earth Month series, called The United Nations Global Goals, where we talk about tackling the world’s “to do” list to make our planet a better place. I’m joined by my passionate co-host, Tony Nominee Anika Larsen. We decided to work together on this series during Earth Month and bring in guests to talk about the ways in which we all can make small changes for the greater good, with a focus on the Broadway community and theatre fans.

Learn more about about the worthy causes discussed in this episode and how you can donate and/or help:

Connect with Andrew:

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Hosted & Executive Produced by Jan Svendsen.

A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.

Special thanks to Dori Berinstein, Alan Seales, and Kimberlee Garris from BPN; Julian Hills from The Bulldog Agency; and Eric Becker from Broderick Street Music.

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S4 Ep3: Earth Month Series - Barrett Foa Apr 06, 2023

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Best known for his role as Eric Beale on the CBS series NCIS: Los Angeles, Barrett Foa is an incredibly talented cross-over artist and actor who has performed in Hollywood and the theatre world. He made his Broadway debut in 2001 in the original cast of Mamma Mia, which launched his stage career. He then starred in shows like: Avenue Q, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and Buyer and Cellar off-Broadway. Barrett is also the vice-chair of Every Day Action, an organization whose goal is to change the way Hollywood manages food waste. On the podcast, Barrett talks about ways in which we can help feed people with food insecurities.

Today’s podcast is part of our Earth Month series, called United Nations Global Goals, where we talk about tackling the world’s “to do” list to make our planet a better place. I’m joined by my passionate Co-Host for this series, Anika Larsen, who was a guest on this podcast last year and introduced me to the Global Goals. Anika is a Tony Award Nominee and advocate for sustainability and the environment. We decided to work together on this series and bring in guests to talk about the ways in which we all can make small changes for the greater good.

Learn more about about the worthy causes discussed in this episode and how you can donate and/or help:

Connect with Barrett:

Instagram: @BarrettFoa
Facebook: @BarrettFoa

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Hosted & Executive Produced by Jan Svendsen.

A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.

Special thanks to Dori Berinstein, Alan Seales, and Kimberlee Garris from BPN; Julian Hills from The Bulldog Agency; and Eric Becker from Broderick Street Music.

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S4 Ep2: Earth Month Series - Telly Leung Apr 06, 2023

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Our special guest today is Telly Leung, who in addition to his incredible acting career, is an activist. He was born and raised in New York City so the world of theatre and art was always a part of his life. And on this podcast, Telly talks about the importance of sustainable cities, which includes the arts. Telly has been in so many Broadway shows including: Flower Drum Song, Pacific Overtures, Rent, Aladdin, Godspell, and of course, Allegiance. Telly also produces and directs shows and is a proud graduate of Carnegie Mellon University. He passionately believes in the power of “paying it forward” and works to help young performers and supports Arts Education programs.

This podcast is part of a new Earth Month series, called United Nations Global Goals where we talk about tackling the world’s “to do” list to make our planet a better place. I’m joined by my passionate Co-Host Anika Larsen, who was a guest on this podcast last year and introduced me to the Global Goals. Anika is a Tony Award Nominee and a passionate advocate for sustainability and the environment. We decided to work together on this series and bring in guests to talk about the ways in which we all can make small changes for the greater good.

Learn more about about the worthy causes discussed in this episode and how you can donate and/or help:

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