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In this episode in our SIX the Musical series, we are chatting with the casting director of Chicago Shakespeare and original US casting director of SIX, Bob Mason! We chat all about his process casting the original US queens who would eventually reign in the Broadway production of SIX as well as a few pre-Broadway pit stops! We talk about what Bob and the creative team were looking for, how they searched far and wide in their casting process and much more!

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ABOUT BOB MASON

Broadway: debut. Off-Broadway: Ride the Cyclone (MCC); Rose Rage (The Duke on 42nd St); Marionette Macbeth (New Victory). Chicago Shakespeare: over 125 productions since 2000. Regional: Goodman Theatre; Asolo Repertory Theatre; Arena Stage; Ride the Cyclone (5th Avenue/A.C.T., Alliance Theatre); SIX (A.R.T., Citadel Theatre, Ordway Center). International: Pacific Overtures (Donmar Warehouse, Olivier Award for Best Musical); Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2 (CST at the Royal Shakespeare Company); Othello: The Remix (Shakespeare’s Globe, Melbourne, Dubai). For Neil.

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In this episode in our SIX the Musical series, we are chatting with the choreographer of SIX, Carrie-Anne Ingrouille! We chat all about her process working on multiple productions of SIX around the globe, how changes are implemented, and we even hear her break down the choreography from a song in the show!

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ABOUT CARRIE-ANNE INGROUILLE

Carrie-Anne Ingrouille is a go-to U.K. choreographer for multi-disciplined work. She is currently represented in the West End and on Broadway with her critically acclaimed choreography on SIX playing at the Lyric Theatre, London and the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York. 

 For her work on the show, Carrie has received an Olivier Award Nomination for Best Theatre Choreographer and WhatsOnStage, OFFIE, and The Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award nominations for Best Choreography. 

Notable Choreography and Movement Direction credits include: This is My Family (Chichester Festival Theatre), The Catherine Tate Show Live (UK Tour), Jeeves & Wooster in Perfect Nonsense (Duke of York’s Theatre), The Suicide (National Theatre), The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party (Royal Opera House, The Roundhouse).

Carrie is also currently the Resident Choreographer for Hamilton, West End. 

Forthcoming projects include choreography on Bernstein’s Wonderful Town at Holland Park Opera and the U.K. premiere of the Broadway hit musical Something Rotten for Birmingham Rep.:

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In this episode in our SIX the Musical series, we are chatting with the co-writers of SIX, Toby and Lucy! We chat all about their process from idea to paper... and then from the paper to the stage... and beyond!

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ABOUT TOBY MARLOW:

Toby is the composer and co-writer of SIX, alongside Lucy Moss. Following the show’s debut at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2017, it has been performed in London's West End, a UK Tour, three cruise ships, a North American Tour, Australia and Broadway. Toby is also the co-writer and co-performer of the award-winning Hot Gay Time Machine, which has enjoyed runs in London’s West End and at both the Edinburgh and Brighton Fringe Festivals. Other co-writing and composing credits include Courtney Act's Christmas Extravaganza (Channel 4), Courtney Act: Fluid (international tour), and Stay Inside (for Kyle Hanagami). Toby studied English at the University of Cambridge. twitter/insta: @thetobymarlow

ABOUT LUCY MOSS:

Lucy is one half of Marlow and Moss, the writing duo behind the musical SIX (West End, Broadway, Australia & New Zealand Tour). She is also one half of the show’s directors, making her the youngest woman ever to direct a musical on Broadway (lol). Other writer-director credits include the multi-award-winning Hot Gay Time Machine, (West End). She has also written for Courtney Act’s Christmas Extravaganza (Channel 4); Courtney Act: Fluid (International Tour) Stay Inside (for Kyle Hanagami). Previous directorial credits include Pelican: The Cat Man Curse (Soho Theatre); Pelican: Fisk (Soho Theatre). Lucy studied history at Cambridge University and trained in Dance and Musical Theatre at Laine Theatre Arts. socials: @mucyloss

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We get down with Broadway's Anna of Cleves, Brittney Mack to find out what her process has looked like to develop her character in the hit Broadway show.

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ABOUT BRITTNEY MACK:

A.R.T.: SIX. Off-Broadway: Black Nativity. Tour: Memphis (Ethel/Ensemble), Networks. Regional: SIX, Chicago Shakespeare Theater; Beehive (Tina Turner), Merry-Go-Round Playhouse; Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Charlaine), Avenue Q (Gary Coleman, 2014 ariZoni Theatre Awards), Memphis (Ensemble/Dance Captain), All Night Strut (Myself), Beehive (Tina Turner/Dance Captain), Little Shop of Horrors (Crystal/Dance Captain), Phoenix Theatre; All Shook Up (Lorraine), The Palace Theatre; Hairspray, (Lil Inez), All Shook Up (Lorraine, 2011 ariZoni Theatre Awards) Arizona Broadway Theatre; The Wiz (Ensemble/Evilene u/s), Maine State Music Theatre; In the Heights (Carla), Shrek (Voice of Gingy/Sugar Plum Fairy), Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts; Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Charlaine), Roxy Regional Theatre; RENT (Alexi Darling/Ensemble), All Shook Up (Lorraine), Seacoast Repertory Theatre. International: Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines (Production Singer). TV: “Empire” (Feature Dancer), FOX. Education: Certificate from Integrated Program, American Musical and Dramatic Academy.

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In the first episode in our SIX the Musical series, we sat down with Tony Award-winning Producer Kevin McCollum to learn about his process of bringing six queens to North America and then ultimately to Broadway.

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ABOUT KEVIN MCCOLLUM:

Kevin McCollum has received the Tony Award for Best Musical for In the Heights (2008), Avenue Q (2004), and Rent (1996), which also won the Pulitzer Prize. Mr. McCollum is currently represented on Broadway with SIX and Mrs. Doubtfire, and off-Broadway and on tour with the Olivier Award-winning The Play That Goes Wrong. Mr. McCollum’s upcoming projects include the Broadway productions of The Devil Wears Prada and The Notebook, along with the new adaptation of West Side Story directed by Steven Spielberg.

He produced Motown: The Musical (Broadway, West End, UK & US Tours), Something Rotten! (Broadway, National Tour), Hand to God (Broadway, West End), The Drowsy Chaperone (Broadway), Mike Birbiglia’s The New One (Broadway, US Tour); Baz Luhrmann’s production of Puccini’s La Boheme in 2002, [title of show] in 2008, the touring and Broadway productions of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, the off-Broadway hit De La Guarda, and the 2009 Broadway revival of West Side Story.

In 1995 Mr. McCollum co-founded the Producing Office, and has since created Alchemation, a theatrical and media producing company committed to new work. Mr. McCollum was trained at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and earned his Master’s degree in film producing from the Peter Stark Program at the University of Southern California. In 1995, he received the Robert Whitehead Award for Outstanding Commercial Theatre Producing.

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As we look back on 50 episodes, we reminisce about all the guests from last year. We also make an exciting announcement about Year 3!

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After taking her career into her own hands, Arts Journalist Ruthie Fierberg shares how you can too.

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About Ruthie Fierberg:

Ruthie Fierberg is a savvy, intuitive, and creative freelance journalist. Based in New York City, Ruthie is the creator and host of the podcast Why We Theater on the Broadway Podcast Network. She has written for such national publications as Playbill, Parents, American Baby, Parents Latina, Good Housekeeping, and Backstage. An in-demand moderator, Ruthie is the regular host for Second Stage Theater Company's new artist talk series 2STREAM and has led talkbacks and panels for the 92nd Street Y, the JCC Manhattan, Disney Theatrical Productions, and BroadwayCon 2016-2021. Most recently, she served as the Executive Editor of Features and Branded Content at Playbill, creating innovative and engaging content through in-depth written pieces, multimedia and video features, live broadcasts, and as executive producer of digital concert specials.

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How are ticket prices determined for Broadway shows? Marc Jablonski shares his insights on ticket prices, digital marketing, streaming marketing, A/B testing, and more!

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About Marc Jablonski:

Marc Jablonski is an arts and culture researcher at AKA NYC, where for nearly 5 years he has focused on turning data into actionable insights for over 60 theater and arts clients including Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, The Met Museum, The Sound Inside, Sea Wall / A Life, Sweeney Todd at Barrow Street, and Be More Chill. Working with sales, pricing, digital, and media analytics as well as market research, he helps clients understand and grow audiences. Marc is also a writer and composer with work heard at venues including The Drama League, Dixon Place, HERE, The New Ohio, and the NJ Rep.

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General Managers are the secret weapon to any musical or play and Daniel Kuney explains why its' imperative they be brought onto a project as early as possible.

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About Daniel Kuney:

Daniel Kuney is the President and Founder of KGM Theatrical General Management and is considered the leading expert in theatrical general management today. His innovations have broken new ground in theatrical management, allowing for more adventurous, profitable and efficient productions. Having managed some of the most successful Broadway and Off-Broadway productions of the last decade, Daniel has been a keynote speaker at both BroadwayCon and CTI, is a featured guest on numerous Broadway podcasts and is a longtime member of the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers and the Broadway League. He is a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. In his spare time, Daniel is a casual marathon runner and occasional triathlete. 

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To get from the page to the stage, the show needs to go through casting. And Christine McKenna-Tirella, Casting Specialist at Backstage, is here to explain cast some light on the subject (you're welcome for the pun by the way!).

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About Christine McKenna-Tirella:

Christine is an experienced Casting Director and Talent Specialist based in New York.

Projects include: Spongebob The Musical (First National Tour), Waitress (Non-Union National tour), Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief (Broadway/National Tour), Elf the Musical (National Tours), Sound of Music (National Tours). Christine also aided in the casting for the Broadway production of Chicago The Musical (Broadway/National Tour), Hadestown (Broadway), Goodspeed Opera House, AIDA Cruise Lines. Off-Broadway projects include A Clockwork Orange (New World Stages), As You Like it (Classic Stage Company), Curvy Widow (Westside Theatre), Stuffed (Westside Theatre), Dirty Dancing (National Tour). TV Credits with Stewart/Whitley include Freaky Friday (Disney Channel); Stewart/Whitley commercial, voiceover and industrial resume available upon request.

Before joining the Stewart/Whitley Team, Christine spent three years at Harriet Bass Casting, as a Casting Associate, working primarily on regional Equity theatre and Off-Broadway theatre/projects. Clients included: Portland Center Stage, Alliance Theatre, Virginia Stage Company, Syracuse Stage and Dallas Theater Center. During this time, she also worked as a Freelance Casting Director at Telsey + Co. where she assisted in casting a number of pilots and commercials.

Christine started her career freelancing with Paladino Casting where she worked on various international and national commercials, live and promotional events such as the opening of Lexus Fashion show 2013, as well as television projects ranging from reality television to scripted material such as Team Umizoomi (Nickelodeon) and Taxi Brooklyn (TF1/CBS). 

Christine holds a Bachelor of Law (Hons), from Queens University, Belfast; a Diploma in Acting from LAMDA, London, and an Associate Acting Degree from The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York.

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