bwaySHO: The Podcast

This week’s guest is Lauren Boyd. Lauren is in the Broadway company of Hamilton. She toured with West Side Story and Wicked. Plus, she’s the founder of Broadway Babes. Here’s our conversation from January 13th, the 100th episode of The SHO Must Go On...line! Raise a glass to the 18th episode of bwaySHO: The Podcast! This is part one of our conversation, so I hope you’ll be back for part two. HAMILTON is starting previews today in Australia! Keep the Hamilton vibes going all day. Check out their content and head back over to the Hamilton playlist on bwaySHO YouTube. That’s where you can see Lauren’s reaction to Slimbo entering and my reaction to Nessarose.

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Thanks to all the SHOtreons and special shout-out to the SHOstopper and SHOnanigans levels.

Alyssa Walles, Ashley Stasak, John Benson, Shannon Wheeler, Judy Cotner, Naomi Cotner, Lisa Michelle Martin O'Neill, Eva Fink Clausen, Andrea Gilderhus, Theresa Piliero and Julie Larkin.

If This Was Your Jam, You Can Become A SHOtreon! Head Over To Patreon.Com/bwaySHO. We Do Weekly Trivia And Monthly Video Chats! It's A Fun Time, Come Check It Out.

Thanks As Always To Khayle Braxton Aka Gedun For These Awesome Beats, Jelani Remy For The Beautiful Intro Riff, Alex Brightman for the SHO time promo, Chelsey Hill AKA Illustrating Diva, For The Cool Cover Art, all the wonderful guests and all of you for listening!

We don’t know the future of live theatre, or when Broadway will be back, but we do know it’s on all of us to get through this pandemic. Wear a mask, be safe and let’s take care of ourselves. 

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This week’s guests are Eliza Ohman and Nik Walker.

Eliza is best known for her work in Hamilton, King Kong and SIX: The Musical. She was the former dance captain and universal swing in Hamilton on Broadway, original Broadway company member of King Kong, where she was part of the Chita Rivera Award winning ensemble, as well as the assistant dance captain. Most recently, Eliza became the US associate choreographer for SIX: The Musical. Eliza’s Been In Fosse/Verdon, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Saturday Night Live and so much more. In regard to her work teaching, “She’s an enthusiastic teacher who instills confidence of self in young performers so they can achieve true excellence in their craft.” 

Nik Walker is best known for his roles in Hamilton, Ain’t Too Proud: The Life And Times Of The Temptations and MOTOWN: The Musical. He was Aaron Burr in The Philip Company of Hamilton, after performing in the ensemble and understudying multiple roles on Broadway. Most recently, he’s been leading the company of Ain’t Too Proud as Otis Williams. Nik’s been On Law & Order: SVU, Peter and the Starcatcher, and has a multitude of projects he’s been working on, including: THE CHAOS TWINS with Sasha Hutchings and Little Justice: The Podcast with Alex Smolowe. 

Here’s part two of our conversation from April 17th, recorded for my live YouTube Series: The SHO Must Go On...Line!

Thanks for listening to the 17th episode of bwaySHO: The Podcast.

Thanks to all the SHOtreons and special shout-out to the SHOstopper and SHOnanigans levels.

Alyssa Walles, Ashley Stasak, John Benson, Shannon Wheeler, Judy Cotner, Naomi Cotner, Lisa Michelle Martin O'Neill, Eva Fink Clausen, Andrea Gilderhus, Theresa Piliero and Julie Larkin.

If This Was Your Jam, You Can Become A SHOtreon! Head Over To Patreon.Com/bwaySHO. We Do Weekly Trivia And Monthly Video Chats! It's A Fun Time, Come Check It Out.

Thanks As Always To Khayle Braxton Aka Gedun For These Awesome Beats, Jelani Remy For The Beautiful Intro Riff, Alex Brightman for the SHO time promo, Chelsey Hill AKA Illustrating Diva, For The Cool Cover Art, all the wonderful guests and all of you for listening!

We don’t know the future of live theatre, or when Broadway will be back, but we do know it’s on all of us to get through this pandemic. Wear a mask, be safe and let’s take care of ourselves.

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This week’s guests are Eliza Ohman and Nik Walker.

Eliza is best known for her work in Hamilton, King Kong and SIX: The Musical. She was the former dance captain and universal swing in Hamilton on Broadway, original Broadway company member of King Kong, where she was part of the Chita Rivera Award winning ensemble, as well as the assistant dance captain. Most recently, Eliza became the US associate choreographer for SIX: The Musical. Eliza’s Been In Fosse/Verdon, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Saturday Night Live and so much more. In regard to her work teaching, “She’s an enthusiastic teacher who instills confidence of self in young performers so they can achieve true excellence in their craft.” 

Nik Walker is best known for his roles in Hamilton, Ain’t Too Proud: The Life And Times Of The Temptations and MOTOWN: The Musical. He was Aaron Burr in The Philip Company of Hamilton, after performing in the ensemble and understudying multiple roles on Broadway. Most recently, he’s been leading the company of Ain’t Too Proud as Otis Williams. Nik’s been On Law & Order: SVU, Peter and the Starcatcher, and has a multitude of projects he’s been working on, including: THE CHAOS TWINS with Sasha Hutchings and Little Justice: The Podcast with Alex Smolowe. Here’s part one of our conversation from April 17th, recorded for my live YouTube Series: The SHO Must Go On...Line!

Thanks for listening to the 16th episode of bwaySHO: The Podcast. There’s No MCU post-credit scene in this episode, so come back next time to hear the rest of our conversation, starting with the films Eliza and Nik have been watching. Quarantine has been going on so very long that since this interview, John and I are yet again on a Marvel Marathon, but this time we’re watching the Entire Marvel Cinematic Universe: films and TV SHOs. WandaVision has us wanting all the superhero content we can watch. We’re Celebrating Black History Month and coming up on February 21st, #Ham4Progress presents “The Joy In Our Voices” - “An Evening of Hope, Inspiration, and Community Celebrating Black Art and Artists! Starring Members of our current Hamilton Companies and featuring some special guests. This event is streaming February 21 at 7pm EST on Facebook and Youtube.” Speaking of what to watch, of course HamilFilm is out there as part of the legacy of Broadway pro-shots. Which One Would You Love To See Next? Tweet at me: @bwaySHOPodcast.

Thanks to all the SHOtreons and special shout-out to the SHOstopper and SHOnanigans levels.

Alyssa Walles, Ashley Stasak, John Benson, Shannon Wheeler, Judy Cotner, Naomi Cotner, Lisa Michelle Martin O'Neill, Eva Fink Clausen, Andrea Gilderhus, Theresa Piliero and Julie Larkin.

If This Was Your Jam, You Can Become A SHOtreon! Head Over To Patreon.Com/bwaySHO. We Do Weekly Trivia And Monthly Video Chats! It's A Fun Time, Come Check It Out.

Thanks As Always To Khayle Braxton Aka Gedun For These Awesome Beats, Jelani Remy For The Beautiful Intro Riff, Alex Brightman for the SHO time promo, Chelsey Hill AKA Illustrating Diva, For The Cool Cover Art, all the wonderful guests and all of you for listening!

We don’t know the future of live theatre, or when Broadway will be back, but we do know it’s on all of us to get through this pandemic. Wear a mask, be safe and let’s take care of ourselves.

@ElizaOhman / @NikkyWalks / @bwaySHO / @bwaySHOpodcast / bwaySHO.com

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This week’s guest is Jelani Remy!

Jelani is best known for his roles in Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations, The Lion King, Smokey Joe’s Cafe and The Apple Boys. Enjoy our conversation from June 12th, recorded for my live YouTube series: The SHO Must Go On...line!

Thanks to all the SHOtreons and special shout-out to the SHOstopper and SHOnanigans levels.

Alyssa Walles, Ashley Stasak, John Benson, Shannon Wheeler, Judy Cotner, Naomi Cotner, Lisa Michelle Martin O'Neill, Eva Fink Clausen, Andrea Gilderhus, Theresa Piliero and Julie Larkin.

If This Was Your Jam, You Can Become A SHOtreon! Head Over To Patreon.Com/bwaySHO. We Do Weekly Trivia And Monthly Video Chats! It's A Fun Time, Come Check It Out.

Thanks As Always To Khayle Braxton Aka Gedun For These Awesome Beats, Jelani Remy For The Beautiful Intro Riff, Alex Brightman for the SHO time promo, Chelsey Hill AKA Illustrating Diva, For The Cool Cover Art, all the wonderful guests and all of you for listening!

We don’t know the future of live theatre, or when Broadway will be back, but we do know it’s on all of us to get through this pandemic. Wear a mask, be safe and let’s take care of ourselves.

@ItsJelaniRemy / @bwaySHO / @bwaySHOpodcast / bwaySHO.com

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Happy Inauguration Day! In honor of President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.’s Inauguration, where we witnessed a person who stutters make the inaugural address, this week’s guest is Paul Rudd. Uniting with SAY: The Stuttering Association for the Young, is an organization just as MARVELous as Ant-Man.  Here’s our conversation from November 11, 2019 at Paul Rudd's 8th Annual All-Star Bowling Benefit For SAY.

Thanks for listening to the 14th episode of bwaySHO: The Podcast! If you like what you heard, please subscribe, rate and review, so you can be a spy on the inside for future episodes. To watch the video of this conversation with Paul Rudd, as well as my coverage of SAY’s events, head over to bwaySHO.com. To learn more about SAY: The Stuttering Association for the Young, head over to SAY.org. 

Thanks to all the SHOtreons and special shout-out to the SHOstopper and SHOnanigans levels.

Alyssa Walles, Ashley Stasak, John Benson, Shannon Wheeler, Judy Cotner, Naomi Cotner, Lisa Michelle Martin O'Neill, Eva Fink Clausen, Andrea Gilderhus, Theresa Piliero and Julie Larkin.

If This Was Your Jam, You Can Become A SHOtreon! Head Over To Patreon.Com/bwaySHO. We Do Weekly Trivia And Monthly Video Chats! It's A Fun Time, Come Check It Out.

Thanks As Always To Khayle Braxton Aka Gedun For These Awesome Beats, Jelani Remy For The Beautiful Intro Riff, Alex Brightman for the SHO time promo, Chelsey Hill AKA Illustrating Diva, For The Cool Cover Art, all the wonderful guests and all of you for listening!

We don’t know the future of live theatre, or when Broadway will be back, but we do know it’s on all of us to get through this pandemic. Wear a mask, be safe and let’s take care of ourselves.

@bwaySHO / @bwaySHOpodcast / bwaySHO.com

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This week’s guest is Suni.

Suni is best known for being in the Broadway, Chicago and upcoming LA companies of Hamilton, as well as the creator of Auntie’s: an LA-based café centered around community and culture. In Suni’s own words: “Auntie's will be more than just the only coffee shop / Café of its kind. It will be a space that celebrates Black artists, Black writers, and Black musicians. It will be a space that is equipped to grow with me as my community grows.” When this interview was conducted, the business name was Zuni’s cafè and has since been updated to Auntie’s. You can find their GoFundMe link in today’s SHO notes. Here’s our conversation from July 8th, recorded for my live YouTube series: The SHO Must Go On...line!

 Thanks for listening to the 13th episode of bwaySHO The Podcast.

If you like what you heard, please subscribe, rate and review, so you can be a spy on the inside for future episodes.

Thanks to all the SHOtreons and special shout-out to the SHOstopper and SHOnanigans levels.

Alyssa Walles, Ashley Stasak, John Benson, Shannon Wheeler, Judy Cotner, Naomi Cotner, Lisa Michelle Martin O'Neill, Eva Fink Clausen, Andrea Gilderhus, Theresa Piliero and Julie Larkin.

If This Was Your Jam, You Can Become A SHOtreon! Head Over To Patreon.Com/bwaySHO. We Do Weekly Trivia And Monthly Video Chats! It's A Fun Time, Come Check It Out.

Thanks As Always To Khayle Braxton Aka Gedun For These Awesome Beats, Jelani Remy For The Beautiful Intro Riff, Alex Brightman for the SHO time promo, Chelsey Hill AKA Illustrating Diva, For The Cool Cover Art, all the wonderful guests and all of you for listening!

We don’t know the future of live theatre, or when Broadway will be back, but we do know it’s on all of us to get through this pandemic. Wear a mask, be safe and let’s take care of ourselves.

@ezra_menas / @bwaySHO / @bwaySHOpodcast / bwaySHO.com

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Welcome back to part II of my conversation with Ian Weinberger! Ian is the Music Director and Conductor of a little known show called, Hamilton! He was also on the keys as Berger Time in Freestyle Love Supreme preme preme.

If you like what you heard, please subscribe, rate and review, so you can be a spy on the inside for future episodes.

Thanks to all the SHOtreons and special shout-out to the SHOstopper and SHOnanigans levels.

Alyssa Walles, Ashley Stasak, John Benson, Shannon Wheeler, Judy Cotner, Naomi Cotner, Lisa Michelle Martin O'Neill, Eva Fink Clausen, Andrea Gilderhus, Theresa Piliero and Julie Larkin.

If This Was Your Jam, You Can Become A SHOtreon! Head Over To Patreon.Com/bwaySHO. We Do Weekly Trivia And Monthly Video Chats! It's A Fun Time, Come Check It Out.

Thanks As Always To Khayle Braxton Aka Gedun For These Awesome Beats, Jelani Remy For The Beautiful Intro Riff, Alex Brightman for the SHO time promo, Chelsey Hill AKA Illustrating Diva, For The Cool Cover Art, all the wonderful guests and all of you for listening!

We don’t know the future of live theatre, or when Broadway will be back, but we do know it’s on all of us to get through this pandemic. Wear a mask, be safe and let’s take care of ourselves.

@ianstagramiam / @bwaySHO / @bwaySHOpodcast / bwaySHO.com

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This week’s guest is Ian Weinberger! Ian is the Music Director and Conductor of a little known show called, Hamilton! He was also on the keys as Berger Time in Freestyle Love Supreme preme preme. Since Ian and I celebrated Channukah together last year at the FLS stage door, I wanted to kick of the 8 crazy nights with part one of our conversation from July 7th, recorded for my live YouTube series: The SHO Must Go On...line!

The first night of Channukah is Thursday, so join the Twitter watch party for SHOnukkah! We’re starting with The Best of Broadway on the 10th, The Prom the 11th, Hamilton the 12th, Jagged Little Pill’s reunion concert the 13th, Carousel the 14th, Cabaret the 15th, Company the 16th and Newsies the 17th. Light the menorah, turn on the tunes and tweet along using the #SHOnukkah. Remember, this is just part one of our conversation, so just like the festival, Yule Be Back!

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Thanks to all the SHOtreons and special shout-out to the SHOstopper and SHOnanigans levels.

Alyssa Walles, Ashley Stasak, John Benson, Shannon Wheeler, Judy Cotner, Naomi Cotner, Lisa Michelle Martin O'Neill, Eva Fink Clausen, Andrea Gilderhus, Theresa Piliero and Julie Larkin.

If This Was Your Jam, You Can Become A SHOtreon! Head Over To Patreon.Com/bwaySHO. We Do Weekly Trivia And Monthly Video Chats! It's A Fun Time, Come Check It Out.

Thanks As Always To Khayle Braxton Aka Gedun For These Awesome Beats, Jelani Remy For The Beautiful Intro Riff, Alex Brightman for the SHO time promo, Chelsey Hill AKA Illustrating Diva, For The Cool Cover Art, all the wonderful guests and all of you for listening!

We don’t know the future of live theatre, or when Broadway will be back, but we do know it’s on all of us to get through this pandemic. Wear a mask, be safe and let’s take care of ourselves.

@ianstagramiam / @bwaySHO / @bwaySHOpodcast / bwaySHO.com

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This week’s guest is Fergie L. Philippe! 

When you knock him down he gets the f*$k back up again, that’s right: he’s Hercules Mulligan! After graduating from Elon University, Fergie Booked Hamliton: first the Philip Tour and then went on to Broadway. Tune into the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade to watch Fergie and the Hamilton cast Blow us all away (like the balloons!) and check out his podcast: It's Time to Meet The Muppets!

Enjoy our conversation from April 6th, recorded for my live YouTube Series: The SHO Must Go on...line!

Watch Fergie sing, "I'm Going To Go Back There Someday." 

Thanks for listening to the 10th episode of bwaySHO: The Podcast!

If you like what you heard, please subscribe, rate and review, so you can be a spy on the inside for future episodes.

Thanks to all the SHOtreons and special shout-out to the SHOstopper and SHOnanigans levels.

Alyssa Walles, Ashley Stasak, John Benson, Shannon Wheeler, Judy Cotner, Naomi Cotner, Lisa Michelle Martin O'Neill, Eva Fink Clausen, Andrea Gilderhus, Theresa Piliero and Julie Larkin.

If This Was Your Jam, You Can Become A SHOtreon! Head Over To Patreon.Com/bwaySHO. We Do Weekly Trivia And Monthly Video Chats! It's A Fun Time, Come Check It Out.

Thanks As Always To Khayle Braxton Aka Gedun For These Awesome Beats, Jelani Remy For The Beautiful Intro Riff, Alex Brightman for the SHO time promo, Chelsey Hill AKA Illustrating Diva, For The Cool Cover Art, all the wonderful guests and all of you for listening!

We don’t know the future of live theatre, or when Broadway will be back, but we do know it’s on all of us to get through this pandemic. Wear a mask, be safe and let’s take care of ourselves.

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This Week’s guest is Abe Goldfarb!

Abe is best known for being in the original Broadway cast of Beetlejuice! He originated ensemble roles like the mover, neighbor and Census Taker, and understudies Beetlejuice, Adam, Otho and Maxie Dean. He directed The Horror at Gallery Kay and has been on screen and done voice work in When in Rome, Pokémon and so much more. It’s SHO time: Enjoy part two of our conversation from September 9th, recorded for my live YouTube series: The SHO Must Go On...line!

Thanks For Listening To The 9th Episode Of bwaySHO: The Podcast!! 

If you like what you heard, please subscribe, rate and review, so you can be a spy on the inside for future episodes.

Thanks to all the SHOtreons and special shout-out to the SHOstopper and SHOnanigans levels.

Alyssa Walles, Ashley Stasak, John Benson, Shannon Wheeler, Judy Cotner, Naomi Cotner, Lisa Michelle Martin O'Neill, Eva Fink Clausen, Andrea Gilderhus, Theresa Piliero and Julie Larkin.

If This Was Your Jam, You Can Become A SHOtreon! Head Over To Patreon.Com/bwaySHO. We Do Weekly Trivia And Monthly Video Chats! It's A Fun Time, Come Check It Out.

Thanks As Always To Khayle Braxton Aka Gedun For These Awesome Beats, Jelani Remy For The Beautiful Intro Riff, Alex Brightman for the SHO time promo, Chelsey Hill AKA Illustrating Diva, For The Cool Cover Art, all the wonderful guests and all of you for listening!

We don’t know the future of live theatre, or when Broadway will be back, but we do know it’s on all of us to get through this pandemic. Wear a mask, be safe and let’s take care of ourselves.

@AbeGoldfarb / @bwaySHO / @bwaySHOpodcast / bwaySHO.com

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