On this week’s show, Jamie and Rob dive back into their special three part mini-series looking at some of the biggest Broadway musical hits of all time.  In part two, they visit Rydell High, a little orphan named Annie, and perhaps two of the greatest musicals ever.

This week’s music: “Greased Lightning” and “There Are Worse Things I Could Do” from “Grease” and “Grease” from “Grease: New Broadway Cast, 2007”, “You’re Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile”, “Little Girls”, and “Tomorrow(reprise)” “Apples”, all from “Annie”.  “Montage, Pt 1”, “The Music and the Mirror”, “One” from “A Chorus Line”, “Oh, Calcutta” from “Oh, Calcutta”.  “Poison Ivy”,  “On Broadway”, “Yakety Yack”, “I’m A Woman”  from “Smokey Joe’s Cafe”, “We’re In The Money”, “Overture / Audition”, “42nd Street” “Finale” from “42nd Street, Original Broadway Cast” and “Overture / Audition” from “42nd Street, London Cast”.

On this week’s show, Jamie and Rob launch a special three part mini-series looking at some of the biggest Broadway musical hits of all time, beginning with 1943’s landmark “Oklahoma!” and continuing through today’s juggernaut “Hamilton”.  Part One focuses on the biggest hits of Broadway’s golden age.

This week’s music:  “Guns & Ships”, “Yorktown”, “It’s Quiet Uptown”, from “Hamilton”, “Kansas City”, from Royal National Theatre’s “Oklahoma!”, and “Out Of My Dreams” from “Oklahoma”, “Overture” and “I Could Have Danced All Night” from “My Fair Lady”, “Put On Your Sunday Clothes”, “Before The Parade Passes By” from “Hello, Dolly!” (Channing), “Hello, Dolly!” by Louis Armstrong, “Before The Parade Passes By” from “Hello, Dolly!” (Martin), “Before The Parade Passes By” from “Hello, Dolly!” (Midler), “Tradition”, “Fiddler on the Roof”, “Traditsye”, from “Fiddler on the Roof - 2018 Cast, in Yiddish”, “The Man of La Mancha” by Linda Eder, “Dulcinea” and “The Impossible Dream” from “The Man of La Mancha: New Cast Recording, 2002”, “Helpless” from “Hamilton”.

On this week’s episode, Jamie and Rob return to the world of famous (and infamous!) Broadway flop musicals with part two of our look at these flawed and fabulous gems. We investigate Dude(s), space travel, sequels, VAMPIRES and much, much more.  And, we finish out the show with a bit more about “Carrie” from the legendary Betty Buckley.

This week’s music: “So Long Dude” and “Pears and Apples”, from “Dude”, “In A Little Town”, from “The Human Comedy”, “Movin’ Out” and “Well I’m Not” from “Bring Back Birdie”, “But You Go On”, from “Annie 2: Miss Hannigan’s Revenge”,”I’m Leaving Texas” from “The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public”,  “Overture”, and “Garlic” from “Dance of the Vampires”, “Who Will Love Me As I Am?” from “Side Show”,“Tell My Father” from “The Civil War”, “Everything Taboo”, and “Stranger In This World”, from “Taboo”, and “Eve Was Weak” from “Carri

On this week’s episode, Jamie and Rob dive into the world of famous (and infamous!) Broadway flop musicals with a special two-part show focusing on these flawed and fabulous gems. They kick it all off with a look back at “Carrie” (1988) with word from its original star, the incredible Betty Buckley, who provides a rare peak into that experience.  Then, Rob and Jamie move on to discuss such musicals as “Kelly” and “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”, and some less “successful” works by Rodgers & Hammerstein and Stephen Sondheim. Part two follows next week.

This week’s music: “Overture”, “Eve Was Weak”, “Carrie”, and “Out For Blood”, from “Carrie”.  “Opening: Joseph Taylor, Jr.” and “The Gentlemen Is A Dope”, from “Allegro”, “Sweet Thursday”, “Overture”, from “Pipe Dream”, “Me And My Town” from “Anyone Can Whistle”, “Overture”, “Like It Was”, from “Merrily We Roll Along”, and “Who Needs Her” from “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”.

On this week’s show, Rob and Jamie are joined by three-time Tony Award winning composer, lyricist, conductor, arranger, orchestrator, director, and performer Jason Robert Brown, best known for his shows “Songs for a New World”, “Parade”, “The Last Five Years”, “13”, “The Bridges of Madison County”, and “Honeymoon in Vegas”.  Together, they discuss his musical theatre work, solo albums, concerts, monthly residency at SubCulture, Eydie Gormé, the Muppets, and what it’s like making music in quarantine. 

This week’s music: “Opening: The New World” from “Songs for a New World”, “I’m Still Hurting” from “The Last Five Years / SubCulture Concert 58”, “A Little Brains, A Little Talent” from Andrea Burns “A Deeper Shade of Red”, “Melinda”, from “How We React and How We Recover”, “I Love Betsy’, from “Honeymoon In Vegas”, “The Old Red Hills of Home” from “Parade”, “Hope”, from “How We React and How We Recover”,  “Friki-Friki”, from “Honeymoon In Vegas”, “One Second and a Millions Miles”, from “The Bridges of Madison County”, “Moving Too Fast” from “The Last Five Years”, “Sanctuary”, from "SubCulture Concert 58”, “Do the Work”, from “Prince of Broadway”, “Wait ’Til You See What’s Next”, from “How We React and How We Recover”.

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On this week’s show, Jamie, Jennifer, and Rob are joined by actor and director John Benjamin Hickey. Everyone checks in on how they’re dealing with the shut down and trying to stay sane, then John discusses his most recent projects: starring in last season’s “The Inheritance” and his Broadway directorial debut with Neil Simon’s “Plaza Suite”, and the group chats about John’s remarkable roles in “Love! Valour! Compassion!”, “Cabaret", and his Tony Award-winning portrayal of Felix Turner in the 2011 revival of “The Normal Heart”.  Jamie can’t turn down the opportunity to gush about Laura Linney, then Rob gives us a look at the incredible career of playwright Neil Simon.

This week’s music: “Time After Time” from Glee, “Don’t Tell Mama”, “Tomorrow Belongs To Me,” and “Entr’Acte” from “Cabaret: New Broadway Cast Recording”, and “Young Men” from “The Inheritance”.

This week’s show is a special tribute to the life and legacy of Bernard Gersten (1923-2020), a trailblazing producer and non-profit administrator responsible for the success of the Public Theater and Lincoln Center Theater (LCT).  Jamie and Rob sat down with Bernard last summer for what would be his final interview.  You’ll hear excerpts from that conversation along with remembrances and reflections from the Public Theater’s artistic director Oskar Eustis, LCT’s founding artistic director Gregory Mosher, LCT’s current producing artistic director André Bishop, and celebrated director Jerry Zaks.  Tune in to hear the amazing, one-of-a-kind story of how Bernard Gersten shaped and changed the American theatre.

This week’s music: “Prelude”, “You’re the Top”, from “Anything Goes”, “Aquarius”, “Good Morning Starshine" and “Hair” from “Hair”, “Summer, Summer” and “Where’s North” from “Two Gentlemen of Verona”, “I Hope I Get It”,  “At the Ballet”, “One” and “What I Did For Love” from “A Chorus Line” 

On this week’s show, Jamie and Rob share their interview with Matthew Lopez, playwright of “The Inheritance”, which played on Broadway this season.  Together, they talk about Matthew’s inspiration for writing the play, the importance of sharing history and experiences across generations—particularly within the queer community—Matthew’s reaction to the critical response to the play, and his collaboration with director Stephen Daldry in staging this epic, two part, six act piece. Why were the actors barefoot? Tune in to find out!

This week’s music: “The Inheritance”, “The House”, “Henry Sells the House” and “Young Men” all from “The Inheritance” and “Never Never Land” from “Peter Pan"

On this week’s episode, Rob and Jamie chat with Rob’s high school friend, actor, author, activist, podcaster, and producer Jenna Ushkowitz.  Together, they talk about Jenna’s diverse career, from making her Broadway debut at age nine in “The King and I” to her recent Tony Award-winning foray into producing, including her star turn on the hit TV series “glee”. Jenna participates in another round of “quarantine edition” quick questions with Rob and Jamie, and, of course, the three share their love for all things Donna Murphy. 

This week’s music:  “Everything Taboo” from “Taboo: Original Broadway Cast”, “ABC” from “Glee: The Music, Volume 7”, “March of the Siamese Children” and “Getting To Know You”, from “The King and I (New Broadway Cast Recording)”, “There’s A Fine, Fine Line” from “Avenue Q”, “True Colors” from “Glee: The Music Volume 2”, “Waiting For Life” from “Once On This Island: New Broadway Cast”, “Micheal in the Bathroom” from “Be More Chill: Original Broadway Cast”, and “Hung Up” from “Glee: The Music, The Complete Season Four"

On this week’s show, Jamie and Rob celebrate the recent release of the “Soft Power” cast album with the musical within a play’s Tony Award winning composer Jeanine Tesori, best known for writing the scores to “Fun Home”, “Caroline, or Change”, and “Thoroughly Modern Millie”, among others.  Together, they talk about the unique inception and development of “Soft Power”.  Then, Jeanine offers a master class in musical theatre composition as they dive deep into the album with a discussion and analysis of the intention and craft behind each song—from overture to finale!

 This week’s music: “Soft Power: Original Cast Recording"

On this week’s show, Jamie, Rob, and Jennifer chat with “Schitt’s Creek” star Emily Hampshire about her new online talk show “Humpday With Hampshire” that benefits the Actor’s Fund.  Together, they discuss Michelle Obama and Dolly Parton, Emily’s love of bitmojis, and what it was like saying goodbye to “Schitt’s Creek” before throwing some Broadway trivia Emily’s way.  At the top of the episode, Jamie, Jen, and Rob discuss their “quaRoutines” (spoiler alert: they involve sweatpants, yoga and M&M’s).

This week’s music: “Humpday with Hampshire Theme Song”, “Here You Come Again”, by Dolly Parton, “Maybe This Time” sung by Emily Hampshire, “Welcome To The Rock” from “Come From Away” and “On My Own” sung by Lea Solonga.

On this week’s episode, Jamie and Rob talk about the current state of Broadway amid the Covid-19 pandemic, what’s ahead, and what the road back to “normal” looks like with Dori Berinstein, a four-time Tony Award winning Broadway producer and founder of the Broadway Podcast Network, and Lee Seymour, a Senior Contributor on Arts and Hollywood at Forbes Magazine.  At the top of the show, Jamie and Rob get an exclusive look into what the American Theatre Wing has planned with its President and CEO, Heather Hitchens.

This week’s music:  “Changing Lives” and “The Lady’s Improving” both from “The Prom”.

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On this week’s show, Jamie and Rob bring you an interview with the extraordinary choreographer Camille A. Brown, who in the last year alone worked on the Metropolitan Opera’s production of “Porgy and Bess”, The Public Theater’s “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When The Rainbow Is Enuf”, and “Toni Stone” for Roundabout, and earned a Tony Award nomination for her work on Manhattan Theatre Club’s “Choir Boy”.  Camille speaks candidly about her career, what inspires her, and why representation matters.  To close, Rob takes a look at other trailblazing black female choreographers who have worked on Broadway (sadly, the list is short).

The Week’s Music: The "Theme from Fame”, “Mama Will Provide” from “Once on This Island: New Broadway Cast”, “Forget About the Boy” from “Thoroughly Modern Millie”, “I’ve Got A Feeling I’m Falling” from “Ain’t Misbehavin’”, “I’ll Never Say No” from “The Unsinkable Molly Brown: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack”, and “If You Believe”, from “The Wiz”.

On a special episode, Jamie, Rob and Jennifer salute the Actors Fund with Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley, whose “Stars in the House” has taken the internet by storm; Erich Bergen the brainchild behind the one night reboot of “The Rosie O’Donnell Show”; and the one and only Brian Stokes Mitchell, Chairman of the Actors Fund. In this time of crisis, the Actors Fund is there for *everyone* in the entertainment industry.

This week’s music: “It’s Today” from “Mame”, “I Wouldn’t Go Back” from “Closer Than Ever”, “The Rosie O’Donnell Theme Show”, and Brian Stokes Mitchell singing “Make Them Hear You” from “Ragtime” and “There’s No Business Like Show Business” and “What A Wonderful World” from his album “Brian Stokes Mitchell: Plays with Music”

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For their first “quarantine edition” episode, Jamie, Rob, and Jennifer chat remotely with Tony Award-winning director Rachel Chavkin.  As we navigate through this difficult moment, Rachel reflects on what artists can do to help, talks about her latest work, and shares information on some organizations that are doing great things to support artists, theater-makers, and just about everyone else. To close, Rob talks about what you can do to support your favorite non-profit theatre company.

This week’s music: “Doubt Comes In” and “We Raise Our Cups” both from “Hadestown”, and “Megamix: Take Me To The World”, from “Losing My Mind: A Sondheim Disco Fever Dream”.

On this week’s show, Rob and Jamie are joined at Orso Restaurant by actor, fellow podcaster, and all around fabulous human Ilana Levine. Together, they talk about Ilana’s performance in Richard Greenberg’s “The Perplexed” at Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC), her experience doing the 1999 revival of “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown”, and her extraordinary podcast, “Little Known Facts”. Later on, Rob talks about the history of MTC.

This week’s music:  “Chrysanthemum Tea” from “Pacific Overtures”, “Life Support” from “Rent”, and “Little Known Facts”, “My New Philosophy” “Happiness”, “Bows” all from “You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown: New Broadway Cast, 1999”.

On this week’s episode, Rob and Jamie venture to the “City of Brotherly Love” to catch up with the fabulous Carolee Carmello.  As she winds down the national tour of “Hello, Dolly!”,  they sit down to discuss her remarkable career, her incredible voice, and what playing Dolly Levi has meant to her at this time in history.  Before that, Rob and Jamie geek out about their Carolee Carmello fandom and, a bit later, Rob gives a look into Philadelphia’s historic Academy of Music.

This week’s music: “Under Separate Cover”, from “A Class Act”, “The Winner Takes It All”, from “Mamma Mia”, “Prologue”, from “City of Angels”, “Rose’s Turn” from “Gypsy”, and “You Don’t Know This Man” and “All The Wasted Time” from “Parade”.

On this week’s episode, while Jennifer begins previews with the revival of “Company”, Jamie and Rob settle in to discuss that show and the twenty other shows opening up on Broadway this spring season.  Plus we learn that Jamie’s listening skills aren’t great.

 This week’s music: “Shy” from “Once Upon A Mattress”, “The Ladies Who Lunch” and “Exit Music” from “Company the 2018 London Revival”, “Lot’s Wife”, from “Caroline or Change”, from the Olivier Awards, “Drive It Like You Stole It”, from “Sing Street”, “Dance at the Gym”, from the 2020 revival of “West Side Story”, “Six” from “Six”, and “Flying Over Sunset” from “Flying Over Sunset”.

On this week’s show, Jamie and Rob are joined at Orso Restaurant by “one singular sensation”: Priscilla Lopez!  Currently starring in “Grand Horizons” on Broadway, Priscilla talks about her storied career, from her Broadway debut that wasn’t—the two performance flop “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”—to replacement gigs in “Company” and “Pippin”, and her landmark creation of Diana Morales in “A Chorus Line”.  She talks candidly about working with Michael Bennett, Bob Fosse, and Tommy Tune, and reflects back on a long and fabulous career in the theatre through 50 years and 15 Broadway shows.  Afterward, Rob gives a closer look at “A Day In Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine”, the 1980 musical for which Priscilla won a Tony Award.

This week’s music: “Nothing”, “What I Did For Love” from “A Chorus Line” and “Tick Tock” from “Company”.

On this week’s episode, Rob and Jamie go in deep with all things “Mack & Mabel”, discussing Jerry Herman’s legendary flop as it returns to New York for the first time in 46 years with a new production at New York City Center’s Encores! They speak with Jack Viertel, Artistic Director of Encores!; book reviser Francine Pascal, sister of the late bookwriter Michael Stewart; Rob Berman, long time musical director at Encores!; Josh Rhodes, director and choreographer of this new production; and actors Douglas Sills, Alexandra Socha, and Lilli Cooper.  Time heals everything ... but loving “Mack & Mabel”!

This week’s music: “Overture”,“When Mabel Comes in the Room", ”Time Heals Everything”, “I Won’t Send Roses”, “Movies Were Movies”,  “I Want to Make the World Laugh”, “Tap Your Troubles Away”, “Look What Happened To Mabel”, from the Original Cast Recording, Alexandra Socha singing, “I Won’t Send Roses, reprise”, and “Hit ‘Em on the Head”, from the 1995 London Cast Recording.