Billboard on Broadway

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Significant Other Apr 04, 2017

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Cast members of the play “Significant Other” discuss its unique use of pop music and their own very musical theater careers.

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Alan Menken Mar 31, 2017

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Award-winning composer Alan Menken sits down with Rebecca to delve into his singular career composing for Disney and Broadway.

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A Bronx Tale Mar 23, 2017

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Host Rebecca Milzoff chats with composer Alan Menken and cast members Nick Cordero, Bobby Conte Thornton and Ariana DeBose about turning Chazz Palminteri’s monologue into a musical.

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In Transit Mar 17, 2017

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The four writers of the all-acapella musical In Transit visited the Billboard on Broadway podcast to talk about their unique collaboration (all four are credited with writing book, music and lyrics – a rarity on Broadway). Guests Kristen Anderson-Lopez (who co-wrote Frozen’s music with her husband, Bobby Lopez), Sara Wordsworth, James-Allen Ford and Russ Kaplan join Billboard's Rebecca Milzoff.

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"Beautiful: The Carole King Musical" Mar 03, 2017

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What makes a songwriter's music compelling for a musical? Beautiful: The Carole King Musical stars Jake Epstein and Chilina Kennedy visit.

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