Real Talk with Mason Bray

Jenna Rich is an amazing marketing professional and producer based in NYC and working on countless Broadway and Off-Broadway productions! Right now, she is on the Marketing Team for Winnie the Pooh Off-Broadway and is the brain behind the New York City-wide Honey Hunt and various other partnerships. She has also run the social media for Chicago the Musical, Waitress the Musical, Company Revival, and much more!

In this episode, we discuss her winding path to working in press and marketing, random encounters with Bernie Telsey, her advice for getting into the industry as a marketer or social media manager, and you can get some VERY helpful tips to creating successful partnerships (from one of the best)!

If you want to check out some of the amazing resources Jenna has put together, check out the link below:

jennaonstage.com/links

Find Jenna on social media:

Instagram - @rich_jenna

Twitter - @rich_jenna

TikTok - @jennaonstage

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Ryan Scott Oliver is the phenomenal composer behind 35 MM with Lindsey Mendez, Alex Brightman, Betsy Wolfe, Jay Armstrong Johnson, and Ben Crawford. He also wrote the musical Future Demons, Three Points of Contact, Rope, Mrs. Sharp, and so many other great thrilling rock musicals!

In this episode, you can hear us talking about his road to creating musicals, where his inspiration for 35mm and his other shows come from, what drives him to create more, and everything in between!

You can check out Ryan and his work here:

Instagram - @ryanscottoliver

Twitter - @ryanscottoliver

Website - ryanscottoliver.com

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Broadway lost one of the greatest artists ever in the past few weeks. Stephen Sondheim was such a huge influence on my life and the lives of so many others. He has truly been an inspiration to millions...

I was introduced to his work in a time where I had very little hope in continuing theatre, quitting was at the forefront of my mind and "Into The Woods" reeled me back in, again. His musicals got me through the pandemic and has me still fully into musical theatre enough to make a podcast about it.

His passing was such a culture shock to people all around the United States, take a look at some of the celebrations of his life:

BwaySho/ Lin-Manuel Miranda reads from Stephen Sondheim's "Look, I Made A Hat" at "Sunday" for Sondheim

BwaySho/ "Sunday" for Sondheim

CBS/ Patti LuPone one-on-one with Stephen Sondheim

NY Times/ ‘Elemental and Irreplaceable’: Stars Pay Tribute to Stephen Sondheim

What's Up, Broadway?/ Happy Trails, Stephen Sondheim

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Heather Hitchens is the CEO and President of the American Theatre Wing which hosts the Annual Tony Awards, Obie Awards, and has so many great educational and empowering programs to get people involved with the arts. Before becoming the CEO of The Wing, she worked in Arts Management through New York for decades with jobs through the New York State Council on the Arts, Meet the Composer, and several other amazing organizations!

In this episode, we discuss her pathway to the American Theatre Wing, what drives her to keep up these amazing campaigns, The Tony Awards, her daily duties as a CEO/President, and (as always) her views on education or experience. There is so much more on top of all of this, that I am so excited for you to hear!

Connect with the American Theatre Wing!

Instagram - @TheWing

Facebook - American Theatre Wing

Twitter - @TheWing

Website - americantheatrewing.org

This season I want to highlight the people that can and should be the mentors for people of all ages wanting to get into the industry! Join me in connecting to Broadway and figuring our way into the industry! 

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Douglas Lyons is the phenomenal Broadway playwright behind “Chicken & Biscuits”! Not only did he write that show, he also worked on the musical “Breathe” virtually during the pandemic!

His play opened at the Circle in the Square Theatre on October 10th and it was just announced it will be closing early on November 29th due to the loss of ticket sales while there was a breakthrough case of COVID-19 in the cast!

But, Douglas has since said that there will still be a life for the show after Broadway…

In this episode, we discuss his road to Broadway, how he reacted when he saw that Lin-Manuel Miranda saw (and loved) his play, handling the rave reviews from acclaimed critics like Ayanna Prescod and so many more, and his process to being grateful for his life!

This season I want to highlight the people that can and should be the mentors for people of all ages wanting to get into the industry! Join me in connecting to Broadway and figuring our way into the industry! 

Follow Douglas on social media:

Instagram - @chocolatehipster

Twitter - @DouglasSings

Check out his shows on social media, too:

Instagram - @chickenandbiscuitsbway, @breatheonstage, @polkadotsmusical

Twitter - @ChickenBway, @BreatheMusical, @polkadotsmusical

Facebook - Chicken and Biscuits

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Alice Brooks is the genius cinematographer behind the films “In The Heights” and “tick, tick…BOOM” and the Apple TV series “Home Before Dark”! But that’s not all! She is also the Director of Photography for the upcoming “WICKED” movie starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, directed by Jon Chu!

I sat down with her earlier this week and we discussed how she got into the industry and working with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jon Chu on so many amazing projects, what advice she would give on getting into the world of cinematography, and as much as we could about the “WICKED” film!

This season I want to highlight the people that can and should be the mentors for people of all ages wanting to get into the industry! Join me in connecting to Broadway and figuring our way into the industry! 

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Bailey Ford is the amazing social media manager behind Joe Iconis and a founding member of the Be More Chill team going all the way to Broadway! She has also worked on several other Joe Iconic shows as the Social Media Manager and Intern. Before any of that, she started as a programming intern at Feinstein’s 54 Below during her college years!

This week, I sat down with her to discuss her pathway to New York City and we talk about the relevance of social media in modern theatre!

You can follow her social medias below:

Instagram - @lipstickbailey

TikTok - @liptstickbailey

Twitter - @lipstickbailey

Wanna follow Joe Iconis and Be More Chill?

Instagram - @MrJoeIconis and @BeMoreChillmusical

Twitter - @MrJoeIconis and @BeMoreChill

TikTok - @MrJoeIconis

This season I want to highlight the people that can and should be the mentors for people of all ages wanting to get into the industry! Join me in connecting to Broadway and figuring our way into the industry!

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Mason sits down with the twin brothers from the awesome Drama Podcast, Connor and Dylan MacDowell! 

Real Talk is back to connect you to Broadway and the Theatre community! As a welcome back, I wanted to sit down with my friends Dylan and Connor and talk about all things theatre, podcasting, and everything in between!

I like to think of this episode as a “roadmap” and “FAQ” about podcasting to answer all the questions that I have had while creating a Theatre Podcast!

Want to listen to their show? linktr.ee/TheDramaPodcast

Support their Patreon: The Drama Podcast

This season I want to highlight the people that can and should be the mentors for people of all ages wanting to get into the industry! Join me in connecting to Broadway and figuring our way into the industry!

Instagram - @_RealTalk_Pod

Twitter - @_RealTalk_Pod

TikTok - @realtalkpodcast

Website - realtalkmasonbray.com

Facebook - Real Talk with Mason Bray

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Alan is a fellow podcast host on the Broadway Podcast Network with his show The Theatre Podcast with Alan Seales. Not only does Alan have a podcast on the network but he is also the Chief Technical Officer and a Co-Founder for the BPN! He also works for Talks at Google where he conducts interviews with A-list celebrities!

I am so excited to have him join my line-up for Season 5 and I am SO excited for you to join us! In this episode, you can hear us talk about Alan's early life, getting a degree in Computer Science, Meeting Dori Berinstein and starting the Broadway Podcast Network, how theatre affected his life, and so much more! On top of all of that, you can hear from him about starting out podcasts and what he suggests for people wanting to get into content production!

Check out Alan's Podcast:

Instagram - @theatre_podcast

Twitter - @theatre_podcast

Broadway Podcast Network - BPN.fm/ttp

Website - TheTheatrePodcast.com

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Matt DeAngelis is a Broadway actor who is in the ensemble for Waitress the Musical (which just opened on Broadway on September 4th)! Before that, Matt made his Broadway debut in Diane Paulus’s revival of HAIR! Other productions Matt has worked on include the 1st national tour of American Idiot, 1st National Tour of Once, and Matt came back to Broadway with another Diane Paulus show- alongside Jessie Mueller and the rest of the amazing original Broadway cast of Waitress! He also went out on the tour with Waitress alongside Christine Dwyer, his real-life wife! There are so many things on Matt’s resume that I couldn’t fit in this short bio, but he is amazing and I was fortunate enough to see him on the road right before he left! 

I am so excited for him to join my show this week! AND I cannot wait for you to hear this interview as we talk about coming back to Broadway, rehearsal guidelines, how tour life impacted him, what he learned on the road, and so much more!

Check out Matt’s Social Media!!

Instagram @mattdeangelis22

Interested in getting coached by Matt and his wife, Christine Dwyer?

Go to TheWorkingStudio.net or e-mail [email protected] for more information!

Additionally, you can check out: noelvoicestudio.com 

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