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    The Theatre Podcast with Alan Seales

    Intimate, personal conversations with the biggest talents from professional theatre, tv, film, and more. Hear their secrets, what makes them laugh, stresses them out, and how they manage the anxiety of success. We feature both stars and creatives such as producers, stage managers, directors, press and marketing agents, or even the people who own the theaters or productions themselves.​

    This is a podcast for artists, made by artists. With over 2 decades of experience in film and theatre both as cast and creative, host Alan Seales speaks with Broadway, TV, film and beyond’s biggest talents to learn more about not only how the world of theatre and performing operate, but also what makes it so real and human. In-depth, personal, behind-the-scenes conversations will highlight special details of the industry that most people may not know exist, will always find out what makes the guests love their craft, what makes them tick, and what truly inspires them.

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    Ep108 - Alice Lee: Spring Awakening, Spider-Man, TV/film star, and indie recording artist Sep 15, 2020
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    Alice Lee is an actress, singer and musician who made her Broadway debut in 2008 when she joined the cast of Spring Awakening. Her other New York theater credits include Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark on Broadway, as well as Off-Broadway productions of Bare and Heathers: The Musical. While she is no stranger to the stage, she is also no stranger to the screen. Alice was a contestant on the ABC reality TV show Rising Star in 2014, with other television credits that include Smash, The Mindy Project, Switched at Birth, 2 Broke Girls, Take Two, Zoe’s Extraordinary Playlist, and many more. She can also be seen in the Netflix film Sierra Burgess Is a Loser, and last year's hit indie movie Brittany Runs a Marathon. While she lived in NYC, Alice performed in numerous concerts at Rockwood Music Hall, where she frequently debuted original material. Coming up next she can be seen online performing through the Times Square Alliance Broadway Busker’s Concert series.


    Alice was born and raised in the north suburbs of Chicago, the only child of parents who immigrated from South Korea. She shares that music entered her life at a very early age, and recalls learning to play instruments and sing long before she knew she wanted to be a performer. Her dad is also a great singer, and when Alice was young they would sing karaoke together. While she dabbled in the drums and clarinet, the two instruments she still plays today are the piano and guitar. When deciding what course of study to pursue in college, Alice researched the programs at NYU. And feeling like she didn’t quite fit into either the musical theater or the classical vocal performance categories, she opted to earn her BM in Music Business. It was while she was a freshman at NYU that Alice attended a performance of Spring Awakening, and in her own words, became “obsessed”. So when she found out they were holding open calls for replacements, Alice went and auditioned - and booked her first Broadway show.


    In our conversation, Alice candidly talks about growing up and feeling different, but so badly wanting to fit in. And while she and her parents never had any conversations specifically about race, she recalls that she was always aware of the differences, and of other people's attitudes towards them. Alice also lovingly recalls visiting family in South Korea every two years as she grew up, memories which she holds onto and celebrates as part of her identity. Shortly after quarantine began this year, Alice left her apartment in Los Angeles where she lives alone to go spend time with her parents outside Chicago. While there Alice shares she has been spending her time writing, recording demos and making pop music. “This is my frickin destiny” she realized this summer, affirming her vision for her next big dream - to become the first big Asian-American pop star.


    In this episode, we talk about:

    • Deciding to major in Music Business
    • Why she moved from NYC to LA about 5 years ago
    • Her experience on the reality TV show Rising Star on ABC
    • Being recognized in public for her performances
    • Activism on Instagram
    • Growing up the child of immigrants
    • The joy she finds in writing and making music



    Connect with Alice:

    • IG @aliceheyalice


    Connect with The Theatre Podcast:

    • Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheTheatrePodcast
    • Twitter & Instagram: @theatre_podcast
    • Facebook.com/OfficialTheatrePodcast
    • TheTheatrePodcast.com
    • Alan's personal Instagram: @alanseales
    • Email me at feedback@thetheatrepodcast.com. I want to know what you think.


    A very special thanks to our patrons who help make this podcast possible!

    Cheryl Hodges-Selden, Paul Seales, David Seales

    If you would like to see your name in this show notes or get a shout out on the pod itself, visit ttp.fm/patreon to become a member and show your support!

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    Ep107 - Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer: Hadestown, Grease LIVE!, In the Heights Sep 08, 2020
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    This multifaceted, multi-talented performer takes us on a trip into her psyche, sharing how she lives by the idea that “competence breeds confidence”, which encourages her to continue to learn and grow even after achieving great success.

    Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer is a Cuban-American actress, author, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. She performed as Cha Cha in Fox’s Grease: Live, Vanessa in the 1st Broadway National tour of In the Heights, and currently as one of the Fates in the Tony Award-winning musical Hadestown on Broadway. Yvette has starred in stage productions of West Side Story, Much Ado About Nothing, and 3 Mo’ Divas, and won a Craig Noel Award in the category of Outstanding Female Lead. On television she has appeared as Kiki in the Emmy Award Winning Nickelodeon TV series The Fresh Beat Band, and Soleded Penagos on Madam Secretary. As a singer and songwriter, Yvette won the prestigious John Lennon Songwriting Contest, and her songs have been heard on Sirius XM and in a variety of films and TV shows, including the feature film Life Itself and television’s NCIS: Los Angeles. Yvette has performed at prestigious venues like Madison Square Garden and Carnegie Hall, toured around the globe with a variety of artists, and can now be seen online performing through the Times Square Alliance Broadway Busker’s Concert series.

    In our conversation, Yvette lovingly articulates what it is she finds so addicting about performing. There is something to be said about losing yourself in a character, she says, about losing “myself in what I’m doing”. She shares that she finds a liberation and a freedom on stage, which then almost becomes like mediation. Yvette is also a firm believer in continually working on your craft, and always continuing to learn. She puts her money where her mouth is too, taking guitar lessons during quarantine, because in her own words, “competence breeds confidence”. Yvette is missing performing, and was excited to share some of her own original music through the Broadway Busker’s Concert series.


    In this episode, we talk about:

    • The story behind of the origin of her last name “Nacer”
    • The violin her mother made her when she was 1.5 years old
    • Being bullied in elementary school, and how drawing became her escape
    • What she finds so liberating about performing
    • The inspiration behind her music single “Quicksand”, and who she originally wrote it for
    • The power of positive thinking
    • The importance of not staying silent about the things that matter


    Connect with Yvette:

    • On the web
    • Twitter: @YvetteNacer
    • Instagram: @YvetteNacer


    Connect with The Theatre Podcast:

    • Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheTheatrePodcast
    • Twitter & Instagram: @theatre_podcast
    • Facebook.com/OfficialTheatrePodcast
    • TheTheatrePodcast.com
    • Alan's personal Instagram: @alanseales
    • Email me at feedback@thetheatrepodcast.com. I want to know what you think.


    A very special thanks to our patrons who help make this podcast possible!

    Cheryl Hodges-Selden, Paul Seales, David Seales

    If you would like to see your name in this show notes or get a shout out on the pod itself, visit ttp.fm/patreon to become a member and show your support!

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    Ep106 - Montego Glover: The Color Purple, Memphis, Les Miserables & Netflix's Inventing Anna Sep 01, 2020
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    Montego Glover is an actor, singer and voiceover artist who made her Broadway debut in the original Broadway production of The Color Purple as Celie and Nettie. She went on to create the role of Felicia Farrell in the Broadway musical Memphis, for which she received a Tony Award Nomination, and won both the Outer Critics’ Circle Award and the Drama Desk Award. Montego also received acclaim for her performances in The Royale at Lincoln Center Theater, and All The Natalie Portmans produced by MCC Theater. She starred in the 2016 Broadway revival of Les Miserables as Fantine, and most recently, Montego completed a run as Angelica Schuyler in the Chicago Company of Hamilton. On television she can be seen in Bull, Black Box, The Following, Hostages, Smash, Golden Boy, The Good Wife, White Collar, NYC 22, Law & Order, and Memphis on Broadway for PBS. Montego has lent her voice to many video gaming projects which include: Battlefront, Renegade Squadron & The Old Republic all for the Star Wars franchise. And in the world of animation she can be heard voicing characters for Dora the Explorer, Go Diego Go. We will soon see Montego in a new show called Inventing Anna on Netflix.

    After moving to New York City to pursue her career, Montego gave herself a month to learn her new home - to get acquainted with the city, the subway, and catch up with old friends. During this month, she told herself she wouldn’t worry about auditions. However, two weeks after her move, she received a phone call from a fellow FSU alumni who was in a show downtown, and they’d just lost their leading lady. She auditioned and landed the job on the spot. Montego began working steadily in theater, but soon added commercials, television, voice-over projects, and guest spots with symphony orchestras to her repertoire. In her own words, the current pandemic has “changed the game”, and Montego shares with us how she is continuing to take care of her heart and her spirit, allowing her to keep showing up for herself, her career, her family, and her chosen family.


    In this episode, we talk about:

    • How she is staying busy and sane during quarantine
    • One of the things she loves most about Theater
    • Her “toolbox”
    • Playing a woman with “a darkness” inside in All the Natalie Portman’s
    • How she recovers after a deeply emotional performance
    • Stumbling upon her first acting class in school when she was young
    • Her BFA program at Florida State University
    • Her views on abundance


    Connect with Montego:

    • On the web
    • IG: @montegoglover
    • Twitter: @montegoglover


    Connect with The Theatre Podcast:

    • Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheTheatrePodcast
    • Twitter & Instagram: @theatre_podcast
    • Facebook.com/OfficialTheatrePodcast
    • TheTheatrePodcast.com
    • Alan's personal Instagram: @alanseales
    • Email me at feedback@thetheatrepodcast.com. I want to know what you think.


    A very special thanks to our patrons who help make this podcast possible!

    Cheryl Hodges-Selden, Paul Seales, David Seales

    If you would like to see your name in this show notes or get a shout out on the pod itself, visit ttp.fm/patreon to become a member and show your support!

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    Ep105 - Adam Pascal: Rent, Aida, Memphis & Solo Rock Artist Aug 25, 2020
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    Adam Pascal is an actor, singer, and musician most widely known for originating the role of Roger in the original 1996 cast of Jonathan Larson's musical Rent on Broadway. Rent was not only his Broadway debut, it also earned him a Tony Award nomination, a Theater World award, and an Obie Award. He went on to originate the role of Radames in Aida, as well as play the Emcee in the 1998 revival of Cabaret, Huey Calhoun in Memphis, Billy Flynn in the revival of Chicago, Chad in Disaster!, and William Shakespeare in Something Rotten! Adam reprised his role as Roger in the 2005 movie version of Rent, as well as the Broadway tour in 2009. He also performed in the London concert version of Chess at the Royal Albert Hall in London, alongside his Rent co-star and friend, Idina Menzel. Adam has two solo rock albums to his name, Model Prisoner (2000) and Civilian (2004), as well as a collaborative rock album called Blinding Light (2008) with pianist Larry Edoff. Most recently Adam has been seen onstage in limited engagements of Pretty Woman. And soon he can be seen virtually as part of the Times Square Alliance Broadway Busker’s Concert series.

    During our conversation, Adam shares how growing up and becoming a responsible adult was a challenge after having had his first audition experience lead to such success so early on. Amid this initial success, Adam recalls still being one hundred percent focused on playing in a rock band one day. When he started getting offers to audition for starring roles in Hollywood, what he really wanted was a record deal. This disconnect led to him making some “bad decisions” based on his ego, which he then spent years working on scaling back. Rent began the long journey of accepting the harsh realities of the career in which he found himself, but it also gave him a sense of safety. It gave him the overwhelming feeling of comfort whenever he walked out on stage. The feeling of being home in a way that playing in a rock band had never given him. He finally felt like he was where he belonged. And 25 years later, he’s still going strong.

    In this episode, we talk about:

    • Which movie musicals had an influence on him as a child
    • How his friendship with Idina Menzel led to his audition for Rent
    • The struggles that came with early success and recognition
    • How he helped open the door for different types of voices on Broadway
    • Why he prefers playing pre-existing roles to originating a character
    • His desire for a record deal, and finally getting one
    • What he would want to talk to Jonathan Larson about today


    Connect with Adam:

    • Listen on Spotify
    • IG: @adampascal
    • Twitter: @adampascal20


    Connect with The Theatre Podcast:

    • Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheTheatrePodcast
    • Twitter & Instagram: @theatre_podcast
    • Facebook.com/OfficialTheatrePodcast
    • TheTheatrePodcast.com
    • Alan's personal Instagram: @alanseales
    • Email me at feedback@thetheatrepodcast.com. I want to know what you think.


    A very special thanks to our patrons who help make this podcast possible!

    Cheryl Hodges-Selden, Paul Seales, David Seales

    If you would like to see your name in this show notes or get a shout out on the pod itself, visit ttp.fm/patreon to become a member and show your support!

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    Ep104 - Jeannette Bayardelle: Girl from the North Country, HAIR, The Color Purple Aug 18, 2020
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    A go-getter spirit at heart, a spirit which has taken her from singing in church to singing on a Broadway stage, this Broadway veteran shares how she is finding new focus during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how her Girl From The North Country Family is helping sustain her.

    Jeannette Bayardelle is a Broadway veteran seen most recently as Mrs. Neilson in the new Bob Dylan musical Girl From The North Country. Her other Broadway credits include the revival production of HAIR as Dionne, and The Color Purple as Celie. Jeannette originated the role of Celie on the First National Tour of The Color Purple where she received an NAACP award for best lead actress in a musical. Other stage credits include the 10th-Anniversary production of Rock of Ages, touring productions of Rent and Deaf West’s Big River, as well as many other regional credits. Jeannette is the first Broadway actress to write the book, music, lyrics and star in her own musical, entitled SHIDA, which premiered Off-Broadway in NYC and went on to have successful runs at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge MA, The West Angeles Theater in Los Angeles, CA, as well as in London. Her success has landed her television appearances with Oprah and Live with Regis & Kelly, the opportunity to perform for President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, and work on Disney’s Princess and the Frog.

    Jeannette also created and stars in the new web series “I Take Thee Zoe".

    Jeanette shares with us how her experience with The Girl From The North Country has changed her life - from workshop, to the Public Theater stage, to Broadway - and refers to the show as her “church”. She couldn’t have known that when the Public Theater called saying they wanted her to be a part of this project, at that time just a reading, the Girl From The North Country family would be the one with which she would experience the COVID-19 pandemic. Believing there will be a renewed appreciation for live theater when it finally comes back, Jeanette is now patiently awaiting the approval of the COVID-19 vaccine so that she can share in this revival of theater when Girl from the North Country and Broadway return.


    In this episode, we talk about:

    • Meeting and hanging out with Bob Dylan in his dressing room at the Beacon
    • How she began preparing for COVID back in February
    • How COVID is creating opportunities for change, both personal and societal
    • The differences in the rehearsal process for Girl From the North Country from other shows she’s done
    • The inspiration behind and process of creating SHIDA - her one woman musical
    • How her cast mates inspired her to learn guitar, and what the instrument has taught her about herself


    Connect with Jeannette:

    • IG: @jbayardelle
    • Twitter: @jbayardelle


    Connect with The Theatre Podcast:

    • Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheTheatrePodcast
    • Twitter & Instagram: @theatre_podcast
    • Facebook.com/OfficialTheatrePodcast
    • TheTheatrePodcast.com
    • Alan's personal Instagram: @alanseales
    • Email me at feedback@thetheatrepodcast.com. I want to know what you think.


    A very special thanks to our patrons who help make this podcast possible!

    Cheryl Hodges-Selden, Paul Seales, David Seales

    If you would like to see your name in this show notes or get a shout out on the pod itself, visit ttp.fm/patreon to become a member and show your support!

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    Ep103 - Rachel Potter: The Addams Family, Evita, Wicked tour & Nashville indie artist Aug 11, 2020
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    Rachel Potter is not only a Broadway veteran, she is also an accomplished Nashville recording artist. She made her Broadway debut in 2010 as Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family, and originated the role of the Mistress in the 2012 Tony Nominated revival of Evita, starring Ricky Martin and Michael Cerveris. Rachel has also toured with the smash hit, Wicked, where she understudied Glinda. Rachel’s television appearances include MTV’s Legally Blonde: The Search for Elle Woods, where she placed in the top 15, and season 3 of FOX’s The X Factor as a Top 12 finalist. Rachel has been a guest soloist with many symphony orchestras, and enjoys a fruitful solo career, having released 2 solo albums and multiple singles. Recently, she released a new EP as Rachel Potter & Steel Union, a fresh country trio, made up of herself, Josh Matheny and Donny Fallgatter. And she can now be seen virtually as part of the Times Square Alliance Broadway Busker’s Concert series.

    Rachel shares with us her experiences flying back and forth from Orlando to New York CIty to attend EPA’s and ECC’s after graduating college. She recounts meeting Pat Goodwin at an open call for Leap of Faith, which led to Bernard Tesley helping her get an audition for MTV’s Legally Blonde: The Search for Elle Woods. She shares how finding her voice while singing in a wedding band helped sustain her until the audition that would lead to her booking the National Tour of Wicked. It was on this tour that she received the call to audition for Wednesday Addams, the role that would mark her Broadway debut in The Addams Family. And all the while, Rachel continued to write and explore her love of country music. A love which would eventually land her in Nashville, where she would successfully record 2 solo albums and multiple singles.


    In this episode, we talk about:

    • The first album she recorded when she was 15
    • Growing up in the Baptist Church, and the events that lead to her leaving
    • How working for Disney opened her eyes
    • Discovering her voice while singing in a wedding band
    • The Glinda audition which booked her the job
    • Driving to the airport in a blizzard to get to her The Addams Family audition
    • The pull she felt to move to Nashville
    • The X-Factor experience she still recalls as traumatic


    Connect with Rachel:

    • IG @therachelpotter
    • Twitter: @therachelpotter
    • Watch the Broadway Buskers: TSQ.org/BroadwayBuskers or on our Facebook page: Facebook.com/TimesSquareNYC


    Connect with The Theatre Podcast:

    • Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheTheatrePodcast
    • Twitter & Instagram: @theatre_podcast
    • Facebook.com/OfficialTheatrePodcast
    • TheTheatrePodcast.com
    • Alan's personal Instagram: @alanseales
    • Email me at feedback@thetheatrepodcast.com. I want to know what you think.


    A very special thanks to our patrons who help make this podcast possible!

    Cheryl Hodges-Selden, Paul Seales, David Seales

    If you would like to see your name in this show notes or get a shout out on the pod itself, visit ttp.fm/patreon to become a member and show your support!

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    Ep102 - James Harkness: Ain't Too Proud, Beautiful, The Color Purple, and Navy veteran! Aug 04, 2020
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    James Harkness is a Broadway veteran, as well as a best director nominee, and award winning choreographer, and a songwriter. He made his Broadway debut in AIDA in 2001, and has been on a roll ever since. He is currently starring as Paul Williams in Ain’t Too Proud - The Life And Times Of The Temptations, and previously could be seen in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Other Broadway credits include Chicago and The Color Purple, as well as the Dreamgirls national tour. In 2017, James wrote and performed his debut show, Fragments of Me, at the Metropolitan Room in New York. And on August 4th, he can be seen online performing more of his original work through the Times Square Alliance Broadway Busker’s Concert series.

    Originally from El Paso, Texas, James grew up constantly bouncing around and jumping “off all the things” - including the roof of his single-story childhood home. He recalls his mother always singing and dancing around the house, and is sure he learned to move by watching her. But it wasn’t until high school that he encountered structured dance classes, which changed his life. He had found a place that made him “100% happy”. After graduation, James joined the Navy and was stationed in San Diego, and it was there that dance came back to him. Throughout his career in the Navy, James would spend his days working on a ship, and then attend dance classes in the evening. When he left the military behind, James started going on regular job interviews. He signed up with a temp agency, and got an office job. But, he also continued going on dance auditions.

    James shares with us how a one-off audition for Whitney Houston’s concert tour led to him signing with an agent, auditioning for Debbie Allen, and finally meeting Kenny Ortega at an audition to dance for Michael Jackson on tour. While he didn’t tour with Michael Jackson, James would spend two and half years on tour dancing for Puerto Rican Latin pop singer Chayanne. And after continuing to pursue a career as a commercial dancer in LA, he was pulled to Las Vegas by work and friends. It was in Las Vegas he would book his first job singing and dancing as the lead in a show - “one of the best things that has ever happened” to him. And a little while later, when Broadway came calling - it called twice. James simultaneously booked Saturday Night Fever and AIDA, all without an agent. And he has been gracing stages in New York City ever since.


    In this episode, we talk about:

    • The nickname his AIDA cast mates gave to him
    • How he came to find dance again when stationed in San Diego
    • The Whitney Houston concert tour gig he was offered, but couldn’t take
    • Shaking Debbie Allen’s hand
    • What a typical audition day looked like for him between LA and San Diego
    • The theater experience that convinced him to move to Las Vegas
    • The honor and responsibility he feels in portraying Paul Williams in Ain’t Too Proud


    Connect with James:

    • Twitter: @ijamesharkness
    • Instagram: @ijamesharkness
    • Watch the Broadway Buskers: TSQ.org/BroadwayBuskers or on our Facebook page: Facebook.com/TimesSquareNYC
    • Le James Cafe with The Wiggles


    Connect with The Theatre Podcast:

    • Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheTheatrePodcast
    • Twitter & Instagram: @theatre_podcast
    • Facebook.com/OfficialTheatrePodcast
    • TheTheatrePodcast.com
    • Alan's personal Instagram: @alanseales
    • Email me at feedback@thetheatrepodcast.com. I want to know what you think.


    A very special thanks to our patrons who help make this podcast possible!

    Cheryl Hodges-Selden, Paul Seales, David Seales

    If you would like to see your name in this show notes or get a shout out on the pod itself, visit ttp.fm/patreon to become a member and show your support!

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    Ep101 - Lisa Goldberg: Ballet Dancer Turned Press Agent for the Stars Jul 28, 2020
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    Lisa Goldberg is the founder and owner of LSG Public Relations in New York, Los Angeles and London. She represents talent and creatives all across the board in film, television, theater and music, as well as in charity work, at bars and for red carpet events. Her clients have been nominated and won Emmy’s, Golden Globes, SAG Awards, Grammy’s, Independent Spirit Awards and Tony Awards, and participated in campaigns for multiple Oscar nominated films.

    Lisa maintained a successful career in the theater for a while, but then she suddenly started getting sick. After struggling with an autoimmune disorder which made her unable to perform, she had to move back home with her parents in South Carolina for a few years to seek treatment. But New York City was still calling her name, and once she was in remission, she packed her bags, went back, and “had to figure out what she wanted to be when she grew up.” Lisa shares how a chance offer to do in house PR for one restaurant eventually turned into two restaurants, which turned into phone calls with George Clooney’s publicist. A publicist who would later become her mentor, and recommend she start her own firm. So she did, and continues to work successfully almost 14 years later.


    In this episode, we talk about:

    • When her parents had to convince her to go to college, rather than NYC right out of high school
    • The curve ball her autoimmune disorder threw at her
    • Chasing down George Clooney’s publicist after beginning PR work for a restaurant
    • How she made connections and gained clients early on in her PR career
    • How her experience as a publicist has changed amidst COVID-19
    • Losing client and friend Nick Cordero to COVID-19
    • Why she enjoys and continues working for herself, rather than joining a larger firm


    Connect with Lisa:

    • IG: @LisaGoldbergPR
    • Twitter: @LisaGoldbergPR
    • Web: LSG Public Relations


    Connect with The Theatre Podcast:

    • Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheTheatrePodcast
    • Twitter & Instagram: @theatre_podcast
    • Facebook.com/OfficialTheatrePodcast
    • TheTheatrePodcast.com
    • Alan's personal Instagram: @alanseales
    • Email me at feedback@thetheatrepodcast.com. I want to know what you think.


    A very special thanks to our patrons who help make this podcast possible!

    Cheryl Hodges-Selden, Paul Seales, David Seales

    If you would like to see your name in this show notes or get a shout out on the pod itself, visit ttp.fm/patreon to become a member and show your support!

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    Ep100 - Rebuilding Broadway: With Erika Alexander, Karen Olivo, James Monroe Iglehart, Nik Walker, Adrianna Hicks & Brittney Mack Jul 21, 2020
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    In a special LIVE panel discussion, moderator Erika Alexander (Living Single, The Cosby Show, Get out, John Lewis: Good Trouble) will be guest hosting the 100th episode of The Theatre Podcast with Alan Seales, exclusively on the Broadway Podcast Network. This panel, composed of prominent BIPOC Broadway performers, will discuss how to move forward from where we are and create an equitable, anti-racist, and safe Broadway community. If the industry is torn down, there will be nowhere left to work. We must help create the world we want to live in.

    Panelists: Tony-winner Karen Olivo (Moulin Rouge, West Side Story), Tony-winner James Monroe Iglehart (Freestyle Love Supreme, Aladdin, Hamilton), Nik Walker (Ain’t Too Proud, Motown, Hamilton), Adrianna Hicks (The Color Purple, SIX), & Brittney Mack (SIX).

    Moderator: Erika Alexander (Living Single, The Cosby Show, Get out) who most recently produced the documentary John Lewis: Good Trouble.

    A roundtable discussion designed to bring to light the inequality and racist behavior towards Black people and people of color in the theatre and wider entertainment industries, presented in a way that offers an open-discussion for BIPOC performers to discuss their experiences and their hopes for the future.


    Watch the video of the event here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKVK-LmwZA0


    Connect with The Theatre Podcast:

    • Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheTheatrePodcast
    • Twitter & Instagram: @theatre_podcast
    • Facebook.com/OfficialTheatrePodcast
    • TheTheatrePodcast.com
    • Alan's personal Instagram: @alanseales
    • Email me at feedback@thetheatrepodcast.com. I want to know what you think.


    A very special thanks to our patrons who help make this podcast possible!

    Cheryl Hodges-Selden, Paul Seales, David Seales


    This episode is released in a time of crisis and mass awakening. Black Lives Matter. Please consider donating to any of the following:

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    Ep99 - Harris Doran, Jason Schafer, and Arthur Bacon, the "Bleeding Love" Creatives Jun 30, 2020
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    It’s first incarnation may have been 10 years ago, but in a surreal case of art mirroring life, their show which takes place in a world where it's too dangerous to go outside is more relevant than ever.

    Harris Doran, Jason Schafer, and Arthur Bacon are well known individually for their own bodies of work. But their most recent collaboration, Bleeding Love (a brand new original musical podcast radio play on The Broadway Podcast Network) is truly one of a kind. Recorded completely during quarantine, the World Premiere Podcast production of Bleeding Love isdirected by Harris Doran, based on a story by Jason Schafer, suggested by Oscar Wilde’s fairy tale “The Nightingale and the Rose” with a book by Jason Schafer, music by Arthur Lafrentz Bacon, and lyrics by Harris Doran. Not only does the show feature an all-star cast of Broadway veterans, it is the same cast of performers who participated in the original demo recordings for Bleeding Love 10 years ago.

    Jason Schafer’s inspiration for Bleeding Love started as a small idea while he was an undergrad. He shares that it was not a quick process, as the show evolved over a number of years. “It was a back-burner project” through many of his other projects. Eventually Schafer came to know Harris Doran, who started his career as an actor, and performed in some of Schafer’s work. Doran later met Arthur Bacon at the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, a prestigious workshop in New York for musical theatre composers, lyricists and librettists. The trio began working together on Bleeding Love in 2010, and after recording demos, Bleeding Love had its premiere at NAMT (National Alliance for Musical Theatre) in 2012. It went on to have a successful world-premiere run in 2015, live on stage in Denmark at the Fredericia Teater. A few years passed and the fate of Bleeding Love was unclear. After being approached by The Broadway Podcast Network early this year, they questioned how they felt about revamping the show to be an audio-only experience. But less than a week later, COVID-19 changed everything. And a week after that, they began recording.


    Make sure to listen to all of Bleeding Love via bpn.fm/bleedinglove


    In this episode, we talk about:

    • What inspired Jason Schafer to write this story, and how he did it
    • How Harris Doran and Arthur Bacon met, and what their writing process looks like
    • What it’s like collaborating on a new musical
    • The ways in which the script had to be altered in order to suit a podcast production
    • Harris Doran’s experience editing the final product
    • What inspired them each to become involved in the performing arts in the first place


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