DRAMA. with Connor & Dylan MacDowell

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"Goodbye Cruel Summer" with Kathryn Gallagher May 27, 2020

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Connor and Dylan are joined by special guest Kathryn Gallagher (Jagged Little Pill, You, Spring Awakening) for a damn delightful conversation about everything in the book. Listen in as they discuss the groundbreaking juggernaut of Jagged Little Pill, T. Swift’s City of Lover, gardening & songwriting in quarantine, the bisexual dilemna of watching Normal People, costarring on You with Shay Mitchell, dissecting the plot of The O.C. (17 years later), Kathryn’s newly released EP, and the joys of working in the entertainment industry.
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"The Recipe was Right" with Jelani Remy May 20, 2020

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Connor and Dylan are joined by special guest Jelani Remy (Ain’t Too Proud, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, The Lion King) for a wild and wonderful chat about spending quarantine with family, Frozen on Broadway closing in the wake of the pandemic, cooking crab legs, how Simba is hot, replacing Jeremy Pope in Ain’t Too Proud, the wonders of playing Doody in Grease, how a cast truly can feel like family, Jelani’s connection to Countess Luann de Lesseps and Hillary Clinton, and lots of live vocals on the pod! Kiki, no no!
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"You Were Perfect/I Still Am" with Ali Stroker May 13, 2020

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Connor and Dylan are joined by special guest and Tony Award-winner Ali Stroker (Oklahoma!, The Glee Project, Spring Awakening) for their first gag worthy Zoom conversation. They shared an amazing chat about booking Oklahoma! via a self tape, breaking out as a reality star on Oxygen’s The Glee Project, whether or not Disney Princesses have last names, Connor’s first girl kiss, several ICONIC line readings, Ali’s Broadway debut in the Deaf West production of Spring Awakening, being huge in Brazil, and… that’s what you missed on Glee.
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"Today I Had a Thought" with Connor & Dylan MacDowell May 06, 2020

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Connor and Dylan are here with a very special announcement. Why are you gagging so? You know we bring it to every pod. Join us for a riveting discussion about all things Bravo's Summer House, being meme queens, an update on literally every Ryan Murphy TV project known to man, the live action Hercules film, Dylan's unashamed love for Todrick Hall, & Juliet, and a tease on the #FutureOfDrama.
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"Bernadette Bros" with Connor & Dylan MacDowell Apr 29, 2020

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Connor and Dylan are back, back, back again for your weekly dose of DRAMA. Listen as they cover Lea Michele’s pregnancy, Tony Award nomination snubs, dream casting for the Mean Girls movie musical, Sondheim’s Birthday Concert, Twitter gays stanning The Last Five Years, Ariana Grande, Clare Crawley’s season of The Bachelorette, and the rumored One Direction reunion. Yes. Gawd!
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"Category Is..." with Connor & Dylan MacDowell Apr 22, 2020

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Connor and Dylan are dipping into the drama delivered by YOU, the listeners, in a special Q(uarantine) & A ep! Tea is spilled on Riverdale’s musical episodes, lots of Disney Channel chatter, Rachel Berry being crowned the sole 2020 Tony Award winner, advice to aspiring podcasters (because who isn’t these days?), and personal details about the twins’ blessed broken road that led them straight to DRAMA.
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"Girl, You Messy" with Connor & Dylan MacDowell Apr 15, 2020

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Connor and Dylan are cozy in quar and bringing you a fresh ep of DRAMA. They dive in to Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s A Star is Born (a whole year later!), the Cheetah Girls Instagram live messiness, listener submitted pod recommendations, the Lucille Lortel nominations, the legendary Search for the Next Elle Woods reality series, and a special call to action.
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"Drop the The" with Connor & Dylan MacDowell Apr 08, 2020

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Dylan and Connor are back for another episode recorded during the era of social distancing in Ohio! The second chapter of the Quarantine Diaries includes a full “well”-ness check, a follow up on last week’s Tiger King curiosity, yet another RuPaul’s Drag Race commentary, reminiscing on their summer as Ohio State Orientation Leaders, Gaga’s impact, streaming to stay sane, more of Connor’s quarantine crushes, a Housewives contemplation, QuaranTea on our social media, and even more.
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"Quarantine Queens" with Connor & Dylan MacDowell Apr 01, 2020

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Dylan and Connor are joined by... well, listeners, they’re joined by you! In the first installment of their Quarantine Diaries, listen as they talk #AWorldAfterCorona, the state of Broadway, Drag Race edits, Sex Education (on Netflix), being “well” in these trying times, Aaron Tveit’s road to the Tony, whether or not they should watch Tiger King, Connor’s boy craziness, and much, much more.
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"Before and After Evan" with Andrew Barth Feldman Mar 25, 2020

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Dylan and Connor are joined by special guest Andrew Barth Feldman (Dear Evan Hansen, Jimmy Awards) for a seamless chat about Broadway revivals, the joy of seeing understudies, cut DEH songs, a pre-coronavirus look at the Tony Awards, the brilliance of High School Musical (and HSM:TM:TS), Dylan and Andrew BOTH playing Doody in Grease (legends only…), Star Wars, the best twists in cinematic history, going to Harvard (Elle Woods vibes), theme park culture, Drama’s infamous Spring Awakening controversy , and actually dramatic Dose of Drama… for once? In this climate?
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