Josh Swallows Broadway

Originally recorded on Sept 19th, 2020, Josh swallows Wesley Taylor & Isaac Powell. From Indoor Boys to Broadway to Josh also somehow wriggling his way into a 3-way with these two, a safe word is definitely needed. Just remember, Isaac may be beautiful, but he's equal parts stupid to go along with it (according to Wes).

Produced by Alan Seales and Elizabeth Wheless.

A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Originally streamed on April 1st, 2020 as BPN LIVE event, I join former Broadway cast mates from COMPANY for a virtual slumber party. These people are not funny, so don't get your hopes up. Nope, not funny at all.

Produced by Alan Seales and Elizabeth Wheless.

A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This New York born, New Jersey raised actress received TONY and Drama Desk Award nominations and won a Helen Hayes Award for her portrayal of Mother in the Kennedy Center Revival of RAGTIME on Broadway. She starred in the record-breaking First National Tour of DEAR EVAN HANSEN. She made her Broadway debut creating the role of Emma in JEKYLL & HYDE, receiving a FANY award for Best actress in a musical. Ms. Noll received her second Drama Desk nomination for her work in CHAPLIN on Broadway. She has been seen perennially as Sister Margaretta in NBC’s THE SOUND OF MUSIC LIVE with Carrie Underwood and she supplied the singing-voice of Anna in the Warner Brothers animated feature THE KING AND I.

Produced by Alan Seales and Elizabeth Wheless.

A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Originally streamed on April 8th as BPN LIVE event, I join former Broadway cast mates from THE PROM for a virtual slumber party. We make out, have pillow fights, sip mimosas, and other slumber party-y things. Virtually, of course.

Produced by Alan Seales and Elizabeth Wheless.

A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Riedel is an American theatre critic, broadcaster, and columnist. He is the co-host of "Len Berman and Michael Riedel in the Morning" on 710 WOR in New York City, weekdays 6-10am. Riedel has been a controversial and influential Broadway columnist of the New York Post for over 20 years. Razzle Dazzle: The Battle for Broadway won the 2015 Marfield Prize for arts writing and is widely considered to be the successor to The Season, William Goldman's classic 1967 book about Broadway. His second book, Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway was just released back November, 2020 and it's friggin good!

Riedel's skewering of Broadway shows and personalities in his column have made him a controversial and often feared figure on the New York theater scene. He has been called "the enfant terrible of the New York press".

Produced by Alan Seales and Elizabeth Wheless.

A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Season 2 of Josh Swallows Broadway! Our first episode back features Matt Leisy, who at the time of recording the episode was literally one of the only working actors in the world! He recently appeared in the season finale of NBC's "The Blacklist" and played lead roles in Nothing Without You and Eva. Other film and television credits include: Tell, Someone I Used to Know, This is the Girl, Shooting Script, Man From the Dying Planet, The Good Shepard and "Live from Lincoln Center" on PBS.

Recent theatre credits include Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny in the World Tour of The Phantom of the Opera, the Lucille Lortel Award winning Sweeney Todd at the Barrow Street Theatre and the Tony Award winning Broadway First National Tour of A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder where he played the lead role of Monty Navarro at such theaters as The Kennedy Center in Washington DC and The Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. Matt played over 1,000 performances as The Boy in The Fantasticks Off Broadway and appeared at Lincoln Center in Carousel with the New York Philharmonic. Matt has played many of the leading regional theatre houses including Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Repertory Theatre of St Louis, Arizona Theatre Company, Arden Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare Festival in such productions as Red, The Importance of Being Earnest, Ragtime, The 39 Steps, Pride and Prejudice, Camelot, Witness For The Prosecution and The History Boys.

Produced by Alan Seales and Dori Berinstein.

A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beth Leavel is a Tony Award-winning actress and singer who was most recently seen on stage with Josh in The Prom. A native of Raleigh, North Carolina, Leavel studied social work at local Meredith College before earning a graduate degree in theater at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (M.F.A., 1980). She made her Broadway debut when she joined the cast of the 1981 Tony winner for best musical, 42nd Street, as a replacement in 1985. Her subsequent Broadway shows included Crazy for You, Show Boat, and The Civil War, all in the '90s. In the 2000s, she appeared in a revival of 42nd Street before winning a Tony Award in 2006 for her performance in the title role of The Drowsy Chaperone. She followed it with parts in Broadway's Young Frankenstein and Mamma Mia! In the meantime, Leavel earned guest spots on TV series like Law & Order: Criminal Intent and ER, appearing in that show's series finale in 2009. Back on-stage, she earned roles in 2010's Elf: The Broadway Musical and the jukebox musical Baby It's You! before landing a small part in the 2014 feature film This Is Where I Leave You. Originating the role of June Adams, Leavel returned to Broadway in 2017 with the musical Bandstand.

Produced by Alan Seales and Dori Berinstein.

A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sometimes you just have to sit back, relax, and listen to 3 good friends do their thing. Tony nominee Caitlin Kinnunen made her Broadway debut in 2008 at the age of 16 in Spring Awakening. She went on to star in The Bridges of Madison County. Most recently, Caitlin received a 2019 Tony nomination for her performance as Emma in The Prom. Isabelle McCalla made her Broadway debut in 2018 as Jasmine in the production of Aladdin after coming off of the tour of the same name, and starred as Alyssa also in The Prom.

Produced by Alan Seales and Dori Berinstein.

A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Annaleigh Ashford won the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award for her portrayal of Essie in You Can't Take It With You on Broadway. She starred opposite Jake Gyllenhaal as Dot in Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park With George, and played Betty on Showtime's critically acclaimed Masters of Sex. She is known for her work on Broadway as Glinda in Wicked, and Margot in Legally Blonde, as well as for originating the role of Lauren in Kinky Boots, a performance for which she received a 2013 Tony nomination. 

Produced by Alan Seales and Dori Berinstein.

A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Josh and follow Groundhog Day cast mates Taylor Iman Jones, Joseph Medeiros, Tari Kelly, and Travis Waldschmidt as they discuss the ups, downs, turns, turntables, and all other directions that was the wild ride of this show.

Groundhog Day is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin, and book by Danny Rubin. Based on the 1993 film of the same name written by Rubin and Harold Ramis, the musical made its world premiere at The Old Vic in London in summer 2016 and opened at the August Wilson Theatre on Broadway on 17 April 2017. The plot centers around Phil Connors, an arrogant Pittsburgh TV weatherman who, during an assignment covering the annual Groundhog Day event in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, finds himself in a time loop, repeating the same day again and again.

Produced by Alan Seales and Dori Berinstein.

A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices