Curt Mega (Glee, Team Starkid) joins to talk StarKid’s newest musical TOMB QUEST at The Colony Theatre. We talk being Joseph Gordon-Levitt lookalikes, our love of the movie Newsies, and how making art with your friends is KINDA THE WHOLE POINT!

Check out all that Team Starkid is up to at: https://www.teamstarkid.com/ And go see Tomb Quest at The Colony Theatre through August 23rd: https://www.colonytheatre.org/

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Rachel Rosenbloom (Silicon Valley, Platonic, Good Trouble) joins to talk PROOF at El Portal Theatre. The show starred Ed Begley Jr. and his daughter Hayden Begley, and was a fundraiser for Parkinson’s research, with all the net proceeds going to the Michael J. Fox Foundation. You can still donate at: https://www.michaeljfox.org/be-fundraiser

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Kiki Andersen (TWO EMMY AWARDS, Stand Up Comedian) joins to talk MEXODUS at Pasadena Playhouse. They talk about how BLOWN AWAY they were by this live looping hip hop musical all about the little known underground railroad that went south into Mexico.

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EXCITING NEW FORMAT! Cailyn Hoertz (Social Media Department Lead for TryGuys) joins to compare the different versions of Phantom of the Opera. Which is best? The movie, the touring production (at Pantages), or the immersive Masquerade now running in NYC?? This episode was maybe my favorite so far!

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Karalynn Dunton (Phineas and Ferb, The Runaways, instagram sketches) joins to review MAMMA MIA! at Ahmanson Theatre. They discuss how they’ll never be able to sing like these UNBELIEVABLE talents on stage, Karalynn’s foray into writing, producing and performing sketch comedy, and why switching gender roles doesn’t make being a “predator” a good comedic choice.

Go see Mamma Mia! at Ahmanson Theatre through July 19th!

https://www.centertheatregroup.org/

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Nik Walker (Shrek in Shrek the Musical, Masquerade, Hamilton, Chicago, too much Broadway shit to list) is BACK to talk all things SHREK at The Muny in St. Louis, MO. They chat about weather delays in outdoor theatre (opening night got rained OUT), being TERRIBLE at receiving compliments, how being a comedian requires endless generosity of self and talent.

Check out all the things happening at The Muny this summer!

https://muny.org/

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Kacie Rogers (The Pitt, Two Time NAACP Award Winner) joins to talk about ANGRY, RAUCOUS, AND SHAMELESSLY GORGEOUS at Geffen Playhouse. They talk working on The Pitt, the taboo nature of discussing the lack of fully fleshed out female characters in August Wilson plays, and why that “glassy skin” look is in. Like… why is it in?

Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous runs at Geffen Playhouse through July 12th.

https://www.geffenplayhouse.org/

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Brian Rosenthal (Tin Can Bros, Starkid, Make the Damn Show) joins to talk about How to Have Sex Again at Odyssey Theatre, written by Louis Reyes McWilliams and produced by The Rebel and the Warrior in residence at Sanguine Theatre Company. They talk about how to produce indie theatre, the secrets of LA parking, and how bad ass the producing duo Rosalind Bevan and Hannah Beebe.

Learn more about Odyssey Theatre

https://odysseytheatre.com/

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Jonathan Faircloth Kirk (Try Guys, Shoulda Books) joins to talk about PRIMARY TRUST at Mark Taper Forum. They talk about how there are TOO MANY ADS in playbills, Jonathan’s work as a writer/director, and his enrichingly delicious podcast SHOULDA BOOKS, all about the books you SHOULDA read by now.

Go see Primary Trust playing at Mark Taper Forum, playing through June 28th:

https://www.centertheatregroup.org/

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Marissa Rivera (Good Trouble, Lucifer, Try Guys) joins to talk about HELL’S KITCHEN at Hollywood Pantages Theatre. Ryan picks Marissa’s brain about her incredible success as a commercial actor, the incredible voices and moves of this Hell’s Kitchen cast, and what it’s like for actors to become YouTubers .

Go see Hell’s Kitchen at Hollywood Pantages Theatre, playing through June 21st:

https://www.broadwayinhollywood.com/

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