Thank you all for listening to the first season of It's Broadway Bitch! It has been so fun to make this podcast so please come back in a few weeks for season 2. We have got some amazing guests already lined up and can't wait to get back in the studio!!

Producer Mike and Casey dish about their favorite guests and stories in this recap episode and what things surprised us. We also talk shows we saw and shows that we fancied and shows that weren't our type on paper.

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"A joy and a delight!" That's me talking about Eleri Ward, our guest on the pod today! A musical theatre girl at heart, she blew up during the pandemic after she recorded an album of Sufjan Stevens inspired Soundheim covers in her closet. You may have also seen her performance at Miscast 23, or caught her in the Florence version of Gatsby which we discuss in this episode!

We also dish about pedestrian lyrics, singing in the groove, how you don't need to know how to do something to do it, and the time she had to pee during her encore. We get into a deep discussion about getting inventive on Broadway and about staying authentic as we discuss the musical she is writing, and about how it's creating a new path in terms of what we think a musical should sound like. 

And I challenge Eleri to mash up different composers with different genres and it gets straight silly so make sure to stay till the end!

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It's Laura Benanti day!!! She's been in 11 Broadway shows and about a million TV shows and is currently selling out her solo show at The Fringe Festival in Edinburgh. Not only is she the coolest, but she also uses her platform and star power to talk about issues affecting women that are often shied away from!

We dish about parenting, how making friends in her 30's saved her, perimenopause, whether or not she's done with Broadway and what's next for her show, Nobody Cares! We also play a game of favorites and find out what the perfect night out for Laura Benanti is. 

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She's. Not. Rude. She is pretty f**kin cool - it's the amazing composer and lyricist of Death Becomes Her, Julia Mattison!! You know the Tik Tok sound bytes, you know the songs, now get to know the woman behind them. And why she was relieved when she didn't win a Tony!

We dish about DBH being a show for lovers of big Broadway, writing during the pandemic, THAT insane cast, and why musicals are the magic factory. She also spills her fave writing snacks, and she patters a song on the fly about Troop Beverly Hills.

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We have the absolutle loveliest guest this week in Al SIlber! You know her from Fiddler on the Roof, but you may also know her from Interlochen summer camp or from her West End debut when she was only 21! 

We dish about her famous class at Interlochen, the life saving surgery she was given by a hot surgeon, her Fiddler family, and that constant nagging feeling wondering if you've done enough. We also touch on grief and how she is adapting Brigadoon!!

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Pinch me I'm dreaming for we have Alex Brightman on the pod today! As a gigantic, huge, massive fan of his, this conversation did not disappoint. From School of Rock, to Beetlejuice, to being a voice on the wildly popular Hazbin Hotel cartoon series, to writing pilots and new musicals, Alex Brightman has been BUSY.

We dish about creating a life work balance after being so busy for so long, de-raunchifying Beetlejuice, his love of comedy, why he stopped doing the stage door and of course, Jamba Juice. Alex also shares why he still loves auditioning for roles and has some advice for actors. 

HOT SCENE/COLD READ - being inspired by The Life and SLimes of Marc Summers, we tackle the Pat Sajak musical. 

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This week we have comedian Avery Pearson on the pod!!!! Avery started in downtown theatre, then discovered he could write funny songs as a career so decided to switch gears.  He has written songs for the Espy's, SNL, and is currently writing a musical called Space Cowgirl. And you can watch his brand new comedy special called GIVE IT UP AVERY PEASON right now on Veeps!

We dish about picking a writing partner, the process of writing it (pomodoro anyone?) and Avery tells us about how Paul McCartney and him ended up taking pictures in the bathroom together.

We play a musical game at the end where I challenge Avery to come up with titles and songs for three new musicals and spolier alert...one involves Creed!

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Had the best time with this weeks guest Ryann Redmond! She has been in so many fun things including Bring It On, Margaritaville, Once Upon a One More Time, and was Olaf in Frozen. I mean, if that's not a party resume I don't know what is!  She most recently was hanging in San Diego doing Regency Girls a show about a reproductive roadtrip that hopefully (fingers crossed) can be seen on Broadway soon.

We dish about being a Georgia peach and moving to the Big Apple, getting plucked from a workshop to audition for Lin Manuel Miranda and having no idea who he is, making your Broadway debut with 25 other newbies, and our favorite Britney songs. 

HOT SCENE/COLD READ - You've heard of Margaritaville but have you ever taken a trip to Pinot Grigioville??? 

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In this house, we adore Jessie Hooker Bailey! Most recently she was in Wonderful Town at City Center but has also been in Waitress, The Jonathan Larson Project, Company, Devil Wears Prada and Beautiful. 

We dish in this ep but we also ask questions - Are old musicals boring??? Are we ready for a Katy Perry Musical??? Does Elton John hate us??? Find out the answer to all these questions and more as well as what being an understudy is like, why she got into teaching, and why she aint doing karaoke! And of course, why we need to leave Audra ALONE.

HOT SCENE/COLD READ - the gals live in man town and are feeling a bit frustrated. Will the run away to woman town? Find out at the end of the ep!

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This weeks episode has my new best friend Patti Murin, and we could not have had more fun! You've either experienced Patti as Anna on Broadway, heard her narrating your favorite rom-com book, or watched her in a Hallmark channel movie - bottom line is you know her. Sadly, the only thing you don't know her from is the musical Nerds that was scraped right before previews which we talk all about. 

We also dish about parenting girls, the good and bad Broadway fans, and Glinda's bubble trouble. Patti will also be reprising her role as Anna in July at The Muny and has a solo show at 54 Below that she panicked titled, "Patti Murin - Here I Go Again" that producer Mike and I will be attending! Join us?

HOT SCENE/COLD READ - what happens when Patti's characters car breaks down on Christmas? Will she except the offer from a kind stranger to stay at his house?

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