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In the first part of our conversation with Zhailon Levingston, Director of Chicken & Biscuits, we chat staging in the round, staging on a budget, his hopes of having a "Joe Mantello situation", and so much more!

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ABOUT ZHAILON LEVINGSTON

is a Louisiana-raised director and storyteller specializing in the development of new plays and musicals. He is making his Broadway debut with Chicken & Biscuits, as the youngest Black director in Broadway history. Other credits include Neptune at Dixon Place and the Brooklyn Museum, The Years That Went Wrong at The Lark and MCC, The Exonerated at Columbia Law School, Chariot part 2 at SoHo Rep for The Movement Theatre Company and Mother of Pearl at LaGuardia Performing Arts Center. He is the co-director of Reconstruction with Tony Award winner Rachel Chavkin. He is the director of industry initiatives for the Broadway Advocacy Coalition and the resident director at Tina—The Tina Turner Musical on Broadway and the associate director of Hadestown in South Korea. Thank you, Shannon Levingston and Louella Levingston, for giving me the consent to dream the biggest dreams.

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In the first part of our conversation with Zhailon Levingston, Director of Chicken & Biscuits, we chat what it takes to direct a comedy, asking questions from new work, casting unicorns and so much more!

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ABOUT ZHAILON LEVINGSTON

is a Louisiana-raised director and storyteller specializing in the development of new plays and musicals. He is making his Broadway debut with Chicken & Biscuits, as the youngest Black director in Broadway history. Other credits include Neptune at Dixon Place and the Brooklyn Museum, The Years That Went Wrong at The Lark and MCC, The Exonerated at Columbia Law School, Chariot part 2 at SoHo Rep for The Movement Theatre Company and Mother of Pearl at LaGuardia Performing Arts Center. He is the co-director of Reconstruction with Tony Award winner Rachel Chavkin. He is the director of industry initiatives for the Broadway Advocacy Coalition and the resident director at Tina—The Tina Turner Musical on Broadway and the associate director of Hadestown in South Korea. Thank you, Shannon Levingston and Louella Levingston, for giving me the consent to dream the biggest dreams.

Connect with Zhailon! @zhailon

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In the second part of our conversation with Lawrence E. Moten III, Scenic Designer of Chicken & Biscuits, we chat hiding pieces in the set, conscious hiring practices, and so much more!

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ABOUT LAWRENCE E. MOTEN III

He/him/his. Broadway debut. Off-Broadway: STEW (Page 73), How to Load a Musket (59E59), The White Chip (59E59), Behind the Sheet (EST). Regional: The Sound Inside (TheaterWorks Hartford); Hype Man (Company One); Hi, Are You Single? (Woolly Mammoth); Gloria (A.C.T.); Feeding Beatrice (St. Louis Rep); Native Son (Playmakers Rep); House of Joy (CalShakes); A Human Being, Of a Sort (Williamstown). Lecturer: Princeton University and Rutgers Mason Gross. Member: USA 829, Wingspace Theatrical Design.

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In the first part of our conversation with Lawrence E. Moten III, Scenic Designer of Chicken & Biscuits, we chat first visions of the script, how he picked a color palate, the questions he asks in his process, and so much more!

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ABOUT LAWRENCE E. MOTEN III

He/him/his. Broadway debut. Off-Broadway: STEW (Page 73), How to Load a Musket (59E59), The White Chip (59E59), Behind the Sheet (EST). Regional: The Sound Inside (TheaterWorks Hartford); Hype Man (Company One); Hi, Are You Single? (Woolly Mammoth); Gloria (A.C.T.); Feeding Beatrice (St. Louis Rep); Native Son (Playmakers Rep); House of Joy (CalShakes); A Human Being, Of a Sort (Williamstown). Lecturer: Princeton University and Rutgers Mason Gross. Member: USA 829, Wingspace Theatrical Design.

Connect with Lawrence! @motendesigns / @motendesigns / motendesigns.com/

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In the second part of our conversation with Twi McCallum, Sound Designer of Chicken & Biscuits, we chat how previews affected her design, what her responsibility is to the show after opening, and so much more!

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ABOUT TWI MCCALUM

is honored to serve Chicken & Biscuits as the first woman of color sound designer on Broadway. Theatre: Baltimore Center Stage, Atlantic Theater Company, Kansas City Rep. Cinema sound design: STARZ, NBC, Marvel. Education: the illustrious Howard University and incomparable Yale School of Drama. All glory to her creative and moral support system: Zhailon Levingston, Mike Backhaus, Dede Ayite, David Zinn, Nevin Steinberg, Adam Honoré and Sam Lerner.

Connect with Twi! @twi.wavfile / twibackstage.me

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In the first part of our conversation with Twi McCollum, Sound Designer of Chicken & Biscuits, we chat about how she prepared for her Broadway debut, why she works with an agent, why the actors don't wear microphones, and so much more!

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ABOUT TWI MCCALUM

is honored to serve Chicken & Biscuits as the first woman of color sound designer on Broadway. Theatre: Baltimore Center Stage, Atlantic Theater Company, Kansas City Rep. Cinema sound design: STARZ, NBC, Marvel. Education: the illustrious Howard University and incomparable Yale School of Drama. All glory to her creative and moral support system: Zhailon Levingston, Mike Backhaus, Dede Ayite, David Zinn, Nevin Steinberg, Adam Honoré and Sam Lerner.

Connect with Twi! @twi.wavfile / twibackstage.me

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In this episode, you are attending the opening night of Chicken & Biscuits on Broadway with us! On October 10th, 2021, we had the pleasure speaking with members from the show's cast and creative team along with many notable guests including Norm Lewis, Andrew Barth Feldman, Rachel Chavkin, Krysta Rodriguez, Michael Urie, Michael Park, Britton Smith, and so many more!

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Broadway’s dishiest family is coming together for Grandpa’s funeral – hopefully without killing each other!

Rivaling sisters, Baneatta and Beverly, are burying their father—but it’s the non-stop family drama that might be the death of them. Beverly just wants to show the congregation what she’s been “blessed with.” Baneatta’s husband tries to keep the family peace while preparing the eulogy. Baneatta’s youngest son brings his very white, very Jewish boyfriend who is maybe, sort of, okay definitely afraid of Baneatta. Meanwhile, Beverly’s daughter couldn’t mind her own business if it was on a leash. But when a family secret reveals itself at the church altar, things really go crazy…and even Baneatta can’t deny the truth.

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In the second part of our conversation with Douglas Lyons, playwright of Chicken & Biscuits, we chat all about seeing a play through a playwrights perspective, who this play was written for, why this play is different from any Broadway play before it, and so much more!

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ABOUT DOUGLAS LYONS

is an award-winning actor, director, composer-lyricist and teacher. TV writing: “Fraggle Rock” (Apple TV). Theatre: the Off-Broadway Alliance-winning Polkadots (Atlantic Theater Company), Beau (Adirondack Theatre Festival) and Five Points (Theater Latte Da), now in development with Hamilton’s Andy Blankenbuehler. Broadway acting: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (original cast), The Book of Mormon. Tours: Rent, Dreamgirls and The Book of Mormon first national. Douglas wouldn’t be here without Velman and Tilden Lyons, who raised him to be unapologetically fearless. Big love to WME, Grandview, CLA, SRDA, Ethan Pakchar, this incredible cast, producing and creative team. Gaynl, this one’s for you. DouglasLyons.net

Connect with Douglas! @DouglasSings / @ChocolateHipster / www.douglaslyons.net

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In the first part of our conversation with Douglas Lyons, playwright of Chicken & Biscuits, we chat all about the process of bringing the show to Broadway, casting, getting your work seen as an artist, and so much more!

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ABOUT DOUGLAS LYONS

is an award-winning actor, director, composer-lyricist and teacher. TV writing: “Fraggle Rock” (Apple TV). Theatre: the Off-Broadway Alliance-winning Polkadots (Atlantic Theater Company), Beau (Adirondack Theatre Festival) and Five Points (Theater Latte Da), now in development with Hamilton’s Andy Blankenbuehler. Broadway acting: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (original cast), The Book of Mormon. Tours: Rent, Dreamgirls and The Book of Mormon first national. Douglas wouldn’t be here without Velman and Tilden Lyons, who raised him to be unapologetically fearless. Big love to WME, Grandview, CLA, SRDA, Ethan Pakchar, this incredible cast, producing and creative team. Gaynl, this one’s for you. DouglasLyons.net

Connect with Douglas! @DouglasSings / @ChocolateHipster / www.douglaslyons.net

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In this episode in our SIX the Musical series, we are chatting with the music coordinator of SIX, Kristy Norter! We chat all about her process overseeing that the production follows all the union rules for their musicians, how she balances contracting SIX and playing Saxophone at Tina: The Tina Turner musical at the same time, and so much more!

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ABOUT KRISTY NORTER

Kristy Norter is a freelance musician specializing in woodwind instruments. She is the music coordinator for SIX, making her the only female music coordinator on Broadway. Kristy also currently plays saxophone on Broadway in Tina: The Tina Turner Musical. Some of her past credits include A Bronx Tale, In the Heights, Newsies, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, the Big Apple Circus, Radio City Spring Spectacular, Himself and Nora, and multiple shows at the Paper Mill Playhouse including originating the Reed 1 books for Ever After, Bandstand, Bronx Tale, The Sting, The Honeymooners, Halftime, and Benny and Joon. Kristy has subbed on dozens of Broadway musicals and performed with many talented musicians including Idina Menzel, Chita Rivera, Nancy Wilson, Bernadette Peters, Kristin Chenoweth, Michael Feinstein, Bootsy Collins, the Four Tops, the Temptations, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, Broadway Backwards Orchestra, Broadway on Broadway Orchestra, Diane Schuur, and Alan Cumming. Her Music Coordinator credits include Cyrano, For Colored Girls, Kristin Chenoweth’s For the Girls Concert Series, and SIX.

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