My First Show

Eva talks to New York City Ballet Principal Dancer Tiler Peck. While performances at the Koch Theater are on pause, this Broadway and Ballet star is on anything BUT pause! Tune in to hear about her daily live Instagram dance classes, her new book, "Katarina Ballerina," and a (now) not-so-secret love of the movie Flashdance!

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Stage actor, screen actor, activist, Tony winner, gubernatorial candidate... Just a few things that Cynthia Nixon has achieved thus far in her illustrious career. Eva talks to Cynthia about her thoughts on Governor Cuomo, lessons learned from Blythe Danner and the role that came down to her and Sarah Jessica Parker.

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#DorothyGoals. Eva talks to her dear friend, Tony Award-winner and Glee Project Finalist/Glee guest star, Ali Stroker. Ali reveals how she got her start from a backyard production of ANNIE (directed by Rachel Antonoff), what accessibility means to her, and a beloved Broadway hippie she’s itching to play!

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Take a trip down memory lane with MEAN GIRLS star Barrett Wilbert Weed, as she unearths old Playbills from her childhood bedroom in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Including the national tour of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, with fellow MEAN GIRLS star Kerry Butler as Belle! Thanks, 1994.

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Two guests are better than one! Eva speaks with power couple Katie Lowes (Scandal) and Adam Shapiro (Never Have I Ever), TV stars that are theater lovers at their core. Tune in to hear about their time on Broadway in Waitress, running LA’s IAMA Theater Company, and memorable experiences they each had with shows involving chandeliers…

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Eva talks to Wayne about his early days as a performer at Walt Disney World, the 1970s revival he wishes he could have been a part of, and one his favorite duets from the musical theater canon. Recorded on Juneteenth. 

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A definitively ‘delightful’ episode in which Mo reflects on his experience seeing SHOWBOAT as a young man, the relationship between hard work and fun, his stint in competitive gymnastics, and the world’s most thorough investigation of THE WIZARD OF OZ’s inciting incident. 

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This week, Eva talks to the lovely and hilarious Jesse Tyler Ferguson on MY FIRST SHOW’s very first episode. In addition to being an actor of stage and screen, who makes us laugh and feel, Jesse is an activist who fought for same-sex marriage and LGBTQ rights. Tune in to hear Jesse’s stories, ranging from community theater in Albuquerque to his Broadway debut.

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Like many of us, Eva grew up doing theater. 

She attended musical theater camp and loved Broadway musicals. While a true passion, Eva chose to pursue a career in politics. She began by working for the Gore campaign during the infamous 2000 presentational election. She then transitioned to journalism, spending five years with ABC News as an Assignment Editor and Coordinating Producer, where she covered 9/11, the Iraq War, the 2004 Presidential Election, the death of Pope John Paul II, amongst others.

En route towards a successful lifetime career in news, Eva made the decision to follow her original, true passion. In 2005, she left her job at ABC News to pursue a life in the theater, as a producer. The decision to leave a steady job and start from scratch in a famously cutthroat industry was not an easy one. But it certainly paid off. Eva has amassed over 18 Broadway credits and three Tony Awards. And, last year, she had four Broadway shows running simultaneously at one point. Her success can, of course, be attributed to her hard work and tenacity, but also to returning to her first love, building on the passion generated from her formative experiences in the theater—her first shows.

On each episode of My First Show, Eva speaks with a different luminary from the entertainment industry, framing the discussion around four questions:

Through a lively and personal conversation, Eva explores each guest’s formative experiences, how ambitions became reality and what dream roles still remain.

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