Guys Who Like Musicals

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Alex Boniello Is Telling You to Take Voice Lessons Mar 27, 2020

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Rockstar Alex Boniello talks with us on the BEST SOUNDING PODCAST YET!! The Dear Evan Hansen star joins us via Zoom with his badass microphone from his home recording studio so, FEAR NOT, the tech on this week's episode is 100. You know Alex from Dear Evan Hansen, Spring Awakening, and off-Broadway sensations like Cruel Intentions and Brooklynite BUT .. did you know he is a Tony Award winning producer?? Oh yeah... He was a co-producer on a little musical called Hadestown. We get in to all the things he's doing to stay sane in this crazy time. Listen in for when he and Dan were sleeping on the floor of a tour bus doing the non-equity tour of American Idiot.

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Ryann Redmond and Broadway is Cancelled Mar 13, 2020

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THIS WEEK OLAF IS HERE!! Yes, Broadway is cancelled, BUT Ryann Redmond is here and it's the perfect musical theater escape from the corona virus. Ryann is one of the voices of our generation. She is hilarious, smart, and belts for the heavens. She's been seen on Broadway in IF/ THEN, ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE, and BRING IT ON. We pick her brain this week about changing the dialogue about body positivity in the theater, how much she is going to miss Joe, how Broadway is LITERALLY a marathon, and getting to be your stupid self.. wherever that may take you.

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Donald Webber Jr. knew Broadway was Calling Mar 06, 2020

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Always pick up a 212 area code because it’s always Broadway calling. In Donald Webber Jr’s case it was Jersey Boys. Dan sits down with Hamilton and Gun and Powder star Donald Webber Jr! Dan flies solo again this week in the final weeks of the run of Gun and Powder in DC. Donald has been in a million cool things including Hamilton Broadway as well as on tour, Motown, Holler If You Hear Me, Jersey Boys, and The Wiz LIVE. Listen in for when Donald got his break in the 6th grade singing EVERY role in The Wiz. We talk about voice cracking in auditions, standing up for yourself in rehearsal, the universe will listen to what you say, and definition of the word JONT.

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Emmy Raver-Lampman Only in Flops Until... Feb 28, 2020

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"Time is the only thing we don't get more of." BOOM PUT IT ON A SHIRT. We are so thrilled this week that Emmy Raver-Lampman was willing to sit down with Dan while in the middle of Gun and Powder performances in DC. The radiant voiced, wildly successful, INSANELY talented Emmy Raver-Lampman grew up with our friends Adrienne Warren, RJ Brown, and Grant Gustin doing theater in Virginia. She has a resume that would make any actor drool. Broadway credits include Hamilton (Original Broadway cast), A Night with Janis Joplin, Jekyll & Hyde, Hair. She toured with Hamilton, Wicked, Jekyll & Hyde, Hair and she's currently on the hit Netflix Original Series: The Umbrella Academy as Allison Hargreeves. Dan and Joe are now fully unemployed actors... if anyone has any leads on jobs... let us know.

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Bobby Creighton and Kevin Del Aguila are Multi-Hyphenates Feb 21, 2020

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Broadway Dads Bobby Creighton and Kevin Del Aguila sit down with Joe for a post show bourbon. Bobby and Kevin shared a dressing room with Joe for the past year at Frozen and are two of the most inspiring guys you'll ever meet. In addition to doing Frozen eight times a week they are both constantly writing and working on original projects. Bobby Creighton has done EIGHT Broadway shows including The Lion King, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and The Mystery of Edwin Drood. He also wrote and starred in the off-Broadway hit (and Broadway bound) Cagney; an original musical based on the life of James Cagney. Kevin Del Aguila is an Emmy Award winning writer as well as a Broadway vet. He is currently (meaning while he's backstage) the head writer of Blues Clues and previously wrote for Clifford The Big Red Dog on PBS. He was seen in Peter and the Starcatcher as Smee as well as Rocky. He is also the book writer for many musicals including the off-Broadway sensation Altar Boyz. These guys are the real deal. We talk about the writing process, creating character, and Facetime-ing with your kids as you put on eyeliner.

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SEXY KRISTOFF NOAH RICKETTS Feb 14, 2020

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Noah Ricketts once got apprehended at a Russian airport in the name of musical theater. TRUE STORY. Frozen's smooth singing Kristoff is with us this week!! Joe has three more days with the good people at Frozen on Broadway and Dan heads into the final stretch of the SOLD OUT run of Gun and Powder in DC. Our favorite part of this week is talking to Noah about the keys he uses to staying positive and fresh three years into a run of a show. He is entering his third year with Frozen after doing three plus years with the hit Beautiful: The Carole King Musical both on Broadway and on tour. We talk about gratitude lists, going on as Kristoff without a costume in Denver, the gift of training, and fighting Russian meddling in our musical theater.

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Patti FREAKING Murin Feb 07, 2020

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ANA IS HERE!!! Joe sits down with Broadway's goofiest Princess to talk about The Bachelor, Nerds The Musical, wine, and all things Frozen. This one was REALLY cool as it was our first truly backstage interview bringing backstage at the St. James Theater in the star dressing room with Frozen's star. With Dan still in DC, Joe was on his own and, true to form, almost blew the entire interview with tech issues. The mics almost didn't work. SHOCKER. We are so grateful to Patti for taking time out of her day to let us pick her brain about what she will miss most about Frozen, what Caissie Levy means to her, and how she wants ALL the dogs....

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Kate Lumpkin Challenges the System Feb 02, 2020

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We're All At the Same Table. STOP SAYING "THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TABLE". This is one for the quote board. Kate Lumpkin is FULL of amazing one-liners, life advice, and helpful tips to stop you from going crazy. We talked about stalking old women at the Korean Town YMCA, finding actors on the subway, and the good of social media... Yes... Dan was thrilled. We loved this conversation with our friend Kate and, frankly, we never wanted it to end. Kate most recently worked on the Bandstand National Tour, off-Broadway shows including We Are The Tigers, Medusa, and The Bad Years. She's SO smart. She's hilarious. She's a badass. Listen in.

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Reed Campbell Turns The Mics on Joe and Dan Jan 31, 2020

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Well.. if you ever wanted to go drinking with Dan and Joe, this is about as close as it gets. Our dear friend Reed Campbell is here to ask US questions. We have an actor therapy session with our best friend as we ramble about the life, relationships, the business, college, heartbreak, unemployment, social media, and, most importantly, the thing that keeps us going: our friends. In this life we are only as good as the company we keep and Reed is one of the best. We need our friends to survive this insane business of show and we were thrilled to talk with him. This is a good episode for a long drive, long walk, maybe a long root canal? ... three long winded guys sit down to talk about thing stuff they love more than anything in this life... musicals.

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Ross Baum and Angelica Cheri Talk Gun And Powder!! Jan 24, 2020

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Gun and Powder COMING AT YOU! This week we are so excited to talk to the two people who gave Dan a job when no-one else would.. just kidding. BUT, seriously, Angelica Cheri and Ross Baum the writers of Gun and Powder are here!! Angelica calls Ross "The Jewish John Legend". We were so grateful to chat with them right as they were about to head to DC for the world premier of their new musical directed by Slave Play’s Robert O’Hara. The received the Richard Rogers Award for Gun and Powder which they started writing together at NYU’s Graduate Musical Theater Writing Program. This is such a great conversation with WRITERS. Anyone who has questions about the writing process (Joe and Dan definitely do) will love this conversation. Just a heads up... there were over 80 songs written for Gun and Powder... only 25 remain. That's writing a musical for ya. Check out this conversation before Gun and Powder heads to Broadway!!

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