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The Playbill Podcast: A Show on Broadway

The two most common questions anyone at Playbill gets from friends or family are: "What"s on Broadway? And what should I see?" The Playbill Podcast is here to help.Each episode highlights a currently running Broadway show and features an interview with members of the cast and/or creative team. Hosted by Alex Birsh (Playbill"s VP & COO), the podcast is co-hosted by an interchanging "theatre friend," someone at or connected to Playbill who is well-versed in Broadway within their own social

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31:08

The Lost Boys, from New York Comic Con

The Playbill Podcast: A Show on Broadway ·

2025/12/16

Playbill went to New York Comic Con in October and hosted several panels on Broadway and beyond, including one on the highly anticipated new musical The Lost Boys, based on the cult classic film. On the panel were producer and stage/screen star Patrick Wilson, two-time Tony-winning director Michael Arden, and members of the cast: Ali Louis Bourzgui, LJ Benet, and Maria Wirries. Hosted by Emmy-nominee and Broadway veteran Zachary Quinto, the panel touched on how the idea for the musical came to be

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52:43

Little Shop of Horrors, from New York Comic Con

The Playbill Podcast: A Show on Broadway ·

2025/12/02

Playbill went to New York Comic Con in October and hosted several panels on Broadway and beyond, including one on the record-breaking off-Broadway revival of Little Shop of Horrors. On the panel were composer and EGOT winner Alan Menken, Thomas Doherty (Seymour), Madeline Brewer (Audrey), and Major Attaway (Audrey II). They discussed what it's like to put on this wacky and wild show eight times a week, and how this "little" show in the 1980s helped spark the Disney Renaissance of the late 1980s and

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59:40

The Lion King with Gavin Lee and Lindiwe Dlamini, the...

The Playbill Podcast: A Show on Broadway ·

2025/11/11

What do you get when you combine more than 11,000 performances, 124 million attendees, and six Tony Awards? You have arguably the most successful and impactful Broadway show in its history. The Lion King debuted in 1997 and has since helped lift the art form and its patrons up, spreading the joy of its work across the world through its many productions. The show, helmed by multi-time Tony Award-winner Julie Taymor, has helped jumpstart countless careers and sparked general interest in live theatre,

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56:11

Hamilton, from New York Comic Con

The Playbill Podcast: A Show on Broadway ·

2025/11/04

Playbill went to New York Comic Con in October and hosted several panels on Broadway, including Beetlejuice's return, Hamilton's lasting legacy, the rise of Death Becomes Her, Little Shop of Horrors' impact on entertainment history, and a look into the new spring musical, The Lost Boys. We know everyone who'd want to hear these panels couldn't be there in person, so we're turning them into podcast episodes!The second one we're bringing to you is our panel on Hamilton, and how this remarkable,

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50:37

Beetlejuice The Musical, from New York Comic Con

The Playbill Podcast: A Show on Broadway ·

2025/10/28

Someone must have said his name three times again...since Beetlejuice is back on Broadway for a third time! Playbill went to New York Comic Con earlier this fall and hosted several panels on Broadway, including Beetlejuice's return, Hamilton's lasting impact, the rise of Death Becomes Her, Little Shop of Horrors' impact on entertainment history, and a look into the new spring musical, The Lost Boys. We know everyone who'd want to hear these panels couldn't be there in person, so we're turning them

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1:04:41

Breaking the Binary Theatre Roundtable

The Playbill Podcast: A Show on Broadway ·

2025/10/20

Breaking the Binary Theatre is a new work development and community building hub wherein transgender, non-binary, and Two-Spirit+ artists come together to reclaim their artistic license and liberty. This year the theatre will celebrate the fourth annual Breaking the Binary Theatre Festival, opening on October 20 with a one-night-only concert ofThe Drowsy Chaperoneat Carnegie Hall featuring a star-studded all-trans and non-binary cast led by Laverne Cox, Alex Newell, Betty Who, Jonathan Van Ness,

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40:28

My Life in the Theatre - Audra McDonald

The Playbill Podcast: A Show on Broadway ·

2025/09/17

One of the recurring multimedia series we make at Playbill is called My Life In The Theatre, and you can find it in the Playbill programs on Broadway, on our YouTube page, and on our website. The premise is simple: we hand a theatre legend a binder filled with Playbills of their past stage shows, and they talk to us about their time in each.The first episode we edited for this podcast was with Jonathan Groff, which got a great listener response. We wanted to turn our most recent installment into

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1:11:16

Death Becomes Her with Jennifer Simard and...

The Playbill Podcast: A Show on Broadway ·

2025/08/18

The musical "Death Becomes Her" has become a Broadway mainstay, thrilling packed houses each night and building an impressive audience. For thoseof you who haven’t seen it, you may have heard a clip of it before, especially if you have a TikTok, as a sound from the song "Hit Me" has gone viral, heard by millions ("That. Was. Rude....").Broadway star Jennifer Simard plays Helen Shaw, the friend/rival of Madeline Ashton, the over-the-hill stage and screen actress played by Broadway powerhouse Megan

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34:56

Take a Banana for the Ride with "Roastmaster General"...

The Playbill Podcast: A Show on Broadway ·

2025/08/04

On this episode of the Playbill Podcast, host Alex Birsh talks with "Roastmaster General" Jeff Ross about his new solo show, Take a Banana for the Ride. On Broadway through the end of September. Ross shines the spotlight on himself and his journey, which includes his upbringing in New Jersey and even his bouts with multiple conditions and illnesses, including alopecia. Birsh and Ross chatted on the rooftop of the Hard Rock Hotel in Times Square before Jeff's press day got fully underway. They

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45:16

The magic of the MUNY with Rob McClure, Maggie Lakis,...

The Playbill Podcast: A Show on Broadway ·

2025/07/28

We here at Playbill hope you are having a great summer. It was a whirlwind, wonderful season on Broadway, capped by the Tony Awards in early June. We have slowed down a bit on podcast episode production to take a little break to catch our breath, but fear not -- we will be back with more Broadway show-focused Playbill Podcast episodes later this summer.This episode is a special one, focused on a 2025 Tony Award winner: the Municipal Theatre Association of St. Louis, more commonly known as The MUNY,

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39:02

My Life in the Theatre - Jonathan Groff

The Playbill Podcast: A Show on Broadway ·

2025/06/23

Hi Playbill Podcast listeners! We make a lot of content here at Playbill: for the Playbill programs, our website, and our social media/YouTube pages. While we’re working on future podcast episodes to be released later this summer, we thought you’d enjoy an audio version of an episode fromMy Life in the Theatre, our video series where a theatre legend walks us through their career on the stage, one Playbill at a time.This episode is our most recent, featuring the star of Just In Time on Broadway,

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1:10:43

Tony Awards Predictions with Adam Feldman and Elysa...

The Playbill Podcast: A Show on Broadway ·

2025/06/02

The Tony Awards are on Sunday, June 8, and what better way to prepare for the big night than by talking about what could happen! As a Tony Awards partner, Playbill and host Alex Birsh (Playbill’s C.O.O.) can’t disclose too many opinions…but that’s why we brought on two people who CAN share their thoughts and are Tony Awards voters themselves.Adam Feldman (Time Out) and Elysa Gardner (The New York Sun, The New York Times, Broadway Direct) are theatre critics and have plenty of thoughts on who and

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52:57

Jeremy Jordan on Floyd Collins and his Tony nomination

The Playbill Podcast: A Show on Broadway ·

2025/05/27

In the early 1990s, college students Adam Guettel and Tina Landau embarked on a wild idea: writing a musical based on the strange-but-true story of Floyd Collins, the Kentucky man who got stuck in a cave in 1925 trying to turn the cave into a tourist attraction. The topic was so intriguing because of what happened after he got stuck: the news story became one of the country's first "viral stories," reaching far and wide and creating such pandemonium that thousands would gather atop the entrance to

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49:36

Oh, Mary! with Cole Escola and Sam Pinkleton

The Playbill Podcast: A Show on Broadway ·

2025/05/19

Few shows on Broadway get to be considered a "breakout hit," but the original play Oh, Mary! at the Lyceum Theatre has officially hit the mainstream, hosting sold-out crowds and major celebrities like few other Broadway shows this season. Most surprising of all: it is a farce, a smash hit comedic play based on the mostly untrue story of Mary Todd Lincoln and her husband, former US President Abraham, during his final weeks. In this episode, host Alex Birsh brings on the creator and star of the show,

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31:59

&Juliet with Maya Boyd and Alison Luff

The Playbill Podcast: A Show on Broadway ·

2025/05/12

What would happen next if Shakespeare's Juliet decided not to take her own life? The story told each night at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre is an answer to that question.&Juliet came to Broadway in 2023 and has captivated the hearts of theatergoers with its infectious story and pop music hits, all produced by one person: Max Martin, the five-time Grammy Award winner who has worked with the likes of The Backstreet Boys, N'Sync, Katy Perry, Ariana Grande, and more. Each of these artists, plus a

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44:45

Redwood with Idina Menzel

The Playbill Podcast: A Show on Broadway ·

2025/05/05

In this episode, we talk to Idina Menzel, one of Broadway's brightest stars, about her musical Redwood. Co-created by Menzel and writer/director Tina Landau, Redwood the Musical is about finding inner peace within the beautiful Redwood Forest. Menzel talks about what it's meant to her to bring Redwood to the Nederlander Theatre, as well as how surreal it is to be back in that specific theatre, in her old dressing room, from her days in RENT. Before the interview with Idina, host Alex Birsh brings on

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52:20

Operation Mincemeat with Natasha Hodgson and Jak Malone

The Playbill Podcast: A Show on Broadway ·

2025/04/28

This episode highlights one of the most captivating new Broadway shows today: Operation Mincemeat! Winner of London's Olivier Award for Best Musical in 2024, the show tackles the complex but exhilarating story of British intelligence officers in WWII fooling the most dangerous man in the world.Playbill Podcast host Alex Birsh brings on Natasha Hodson and Jak Malone, two stars of the show. Natasha is also one of the creators, first thinking about this concept thanks to a podcast episode. Before their

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45:39

SIX: The Musical with creators Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss

The Playbill Podcast: A Show on Broadway ·

2025/04/21

When Broadway returned from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, it needed a jolt, a bolt of lightning. Happily, we did not just get one. We got SIX.In this episode, host Alex Birsh talks with Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, the creators of SIX: The Musical, to discuss how an idea developed in a university dorm room turned into a smash-hit musical that has played over 1,400 performances on Broadway and around the world. Before the interview, Birsh chats with Meredith Ammons, Playbill's Social Media

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51:22

Maybe Happy Ending with Darren Criss

The Playbill Podcast: A Show on Broadway ·

2025/04/14

Could a show about robots be Broadway's best new love story?On this episode, we talk with Golden Globe winner Darren Criss (American Crime Story, Glee) who stars in Maybe Happy Ending, one of the buzziest new musicals on Broadway. He chats with Playbill's Alex Birsh about what the show means to him and what it's like bringing it to audiences each week. The episode also features an interview with the theater friend of the week, Diep Tran (Playbill's Editor-In-Chief), who talks about why this show

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37:05

Hadestown with Merle Dandridge and Carlos Valdes

The Playbill Podcast: A Show on Broadway ·

2025/04/07

Welcome to The Playbill Podcast! Join us for our inaugural episode as we chat about Hadestown, the fan-favorite Broadway show that won the 2019 Best Musical Tony Award. Alex Birsh hosts the episode with guests Merle Dandridge (The Last of Us, Station 19) and Carlos Valdes (The Flash, Up Here) who currently play Persephone and Orpheus on Broadway. Our theater friend of the week is Margaret Hall, a member of Playbill's writing staff, who talks about why Hadestown is one of her favorite shows. Hosted

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