The 29-Hour Podcast

This week we talked with writer Brandon Michael Lowden about the similarities between electrical engineering and musical theatre writing, how we present ourselves on the internet, and what on God's green earth dogs are.

This week we talked with percussionist and arranger/orchestrator Jeremy Yaddaw about bringing diversity to musical theatre orchestras, communication between percussionists and composers, and seeking the approval of imaginary people.

This week we talk with composer Will Aronson about voice vs. versatility in writing, the effect of humming Irving Berlin tunes to your infant, and the unsolvable mystery of what makes music satisfying.

This week we talk with writer Gordon Leary about laugh leaders, arbitrary ideas about how long a musical "should" be, and the elusive similarities between Henry Sweet Henry and Pregnancy Pact.

This week we talk to writer Shoshana Greenberg about the strange experience of seeing childhood favorite shows as adults, gender differences in what characters get to sing about, and the difference between writing for pleasure and building a career.  

This week we talk to writer Michael R. Jackson about strange loops, the ability to explode a draft and put the pieces back together, and why it's important that not everybody likes your show. 

This week we talked to actress Ally Bonino about originating roles, the difference between type and brand, and our many feelings about reality TV.

This week we talked with performer and writer Dustin Sullivan about latent murder undertones in his love songs, the wonderful community around Heathers: The Musical, and the theatrical mega-event that was Lindsor Newt and His Real Boy Suit at the Hangar Theatre in the summer of 1995.

This week we spoke to actress Alyse Alan Louis about creating full, distinct characters, the special way she prepared for her A New Brain audition, and what you learn from doing a show about porn stars.

This week we spoke to actress Dana Steingold about encounters with offended audience members, why she likes it when an understudy goes on, and what playing a child does to your psyche.