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Life is a cabaret, every night at 54 Below, AKA "Broadway's living room." Sarah chats with her boss at 54 Below and one of her favorite sound engineers, Amanda Raymond, continuing her Women in Sound Series. Amanda Raymond is an award-winning New York City based Production Manager and Audio Engineer. She production managed shows both on and off-Broadway before settling into her long-time home as Production Manager/Audio Engineer at 54 Below. She is often seen touring the country with a variety of performers as the Production Manager and Audio Engineer for Full Circle Artists.  Connect with GOOD SHOW! Instagram: ⁠@goodshowpodcast⁠  Tik Tok: ⁠@goodshowpodcast ⁠  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Directors are authors of a production," is the vision held by Trip Cullman, director of the play, We Had a World. This beautiful play explores intergenerational relationships in a family with complicated dynamics. Starring Joanna Gleason, Andrew Barth Feldman, and Jeanine Serralles and written by Joshua Harmon. Sarah and Trip discuss the play, queer representation on stage, the importances of live theatre, and more! Trip Cullman (Director). Broadway: Cult Of Love, The Rose Tattoo, Choir Boy, Lobby Hero (Tony nom., Best Revival), Six Degrees of Separation (Tony nom., Best Revival), Significant Other. Select Off Broadway: I Can Get It For You Wholesale (Best Revival, Drama Desk and Outer Critics) (CSC); The Lonely Few, Moscow Moscow…, YEN, Punk Rock (Obie), A Funny Thing Happened… (MCC); Days Of Rage, The Layover, The Substance of Fire, Lonely I'm Not, Bachelorette, Some Men, Swimming In The Shallows (Second Stage); Unknown Soldier, The Pain Of My Belligerence, Assistance, A Small Fire (Drama Desk nom.), The Drunken City (Playwrights Horizons); Significant Other (Roundabout); Choir Boy (MTC); Murder Ballad (MTC and Union Square); The Mother, I'm Gonna Pray For You So Hard (Atlantic); Roulette (EST); The Hallway Trilogy: Nursing (Rattlestick); The Last Sunday In June (Rattlestick and Century Center); Dog Sees God (Century Center); US Drag (stageFARM); several productions with The Play Company. Select regional: Berkeley Rep, McCarter, Geffen, Arena, Alliance, Old Globe, La Jolla, South Coast Rep, Bay Street, Williamstown. Connect with GOOD SHOW! Instagram: ⁠@goodshowpodcast⁠  Tik Tok: ⁠@goodshowpodcast ⁠  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A week before the High Holidays, three rabbis find themselves in a room fighting to save a family by building a bridge between orthodoxy and modernity. One of these rabbis is Chava, the child of a dynastic Hasidic rabbinical family and destined to become a leader of the next generation before the revelation of her trans identity clashed explosively with the strictly gendered world in which she was raised. As we jump through memory—and wrestle with theology—truths and secrets emerge that ensure no one will read the old stories the same way again. Sarah chats with playwright, Emil Weinstein about this exciting new play, Becoming Eve. EMIL WEINSTEIN (Playwright) is a writer and director whose work spans theater, television, and filmmaking. He graduated from the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, where he directed the first workshop production of Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris. His productions as a theater director include Twelfth Night and Romeo & Juliet at Two River Theater, Comedy of Errors and As You Like It (upcoming) at the Old Globe, and developmental work with EnGarde Arts, Rattlestick Theater, Shakespeare and Company, and New York Theatre Workshop. For television, Emil worked as a staff writer on Amazon's “A League of Their Own,” and directed four episodes for the final season of “The L Word Generation Q” for Showtime. His short films “Candace” and “In France Michelle is a Man's Name” played at festivals around the world, winning multiple awards including two Academy Award Qualifying Grand Jury Prizes. Becoming Eve is Emil's Off-Broadway playwriting debut. Emil is a transgender man and uses he/him pronouns. Connect with GOOD SHOW! Instagram: @goodshowpodcast  Tik Tok: @goodshowpodcast   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I'm just a Broadway Baby! and living my theatre kid dreams once again chatting with ICONS like Bernadette Peters, Lea Salonga, Beth Leavel, Bonnie Langford, and more of the cast of Sondheim's Old Friends on the opening night red carpet! Plus some fabulous VIP guests including Lorna Luft, Charlotte d'Amboise, Hannah Cruz, and many more! Connect with GOOD SHOW! Instagram: @goodshowpodcast  Tik Tok: @goodshowpodcast   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“I am tired of myself tonight. I should like to be somebody else.” A deal with the devil; eternal youth, for the ultimate price. LIVE from the opening night red carpet for The Picture of Dorian Gray on Broadway! Sarah chats with Sarah Snook, Kip Williams, Marg Horwell, Nick Eynaud, Benjamin Wheelwright, Natalie Rich, Will Colacito, Dara Woo, and MORE about this exciting new production! Connect with GOOD SHOW! Instagram: @goodshowpodcast  Tik Tok: @goodshowpodcast   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

LIVE from the Rainbow Carpet at Joe's Pub- Sarah is interviewing the performers, writers, and VIP guests at Queering the Canon: A Retrospective, a gala to benefit Ring of Keys. Ring of Keys is an artist service organization that promotes and fosters community and visibility for musical theatre artists - onstage and off - who identify as queer women, transgender, and nonbinary artists. We strive to create a vibrant and diverse musical theatre landscape. Ring of Keys, established in 2018 in New York City, was created to counter the lack of parity and opportunity in musical theatre for queer women, transgender, and nonbinary artists, as well as the broader LGBTQIA+ community's absence from significant representation. Founders Andrea Prestinario and Royer Bockus launched the organization to transform an industry that accepts gay-representation as sufficient queer-representation in our field. Find out more at www.ringofkeys.org Connect with GOOD SHOW! Instagram: @goodshowpodcast  Tik Tok: @goodshowpodcast   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Looking at the names on the marquees, it may seem like almost all the sound designers on Broadway are men. But there are many women who have been working in the industry for years and it's time to shine a light on them! This is another installment of Good Show's Women in Sound Series. Today's guest is Joanna Lynne Staub. Joanna Lynne Staub is a New York City based Sound Designer & Audio Engineer. She has over two decades of experience on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Regional Theatre, Concerts, Television, Corporate, Podcasts, & Multi-Media Events. Joanna's experience as a producer and audio engineer for Television, Sporting Events, Concerts, Studio Engineering, Podcasts, Corporate Events, and Multi-media projects allows her to generate expansive ideas and ​innovative outlooks for any project.​ ​Her award-winning sound designs and original music have been heard across the United States in such places as La Jolla Playhouse, Goodman Theatre, Public Theatre, Seattle REP, ​The Alliance Theatre, The 5th Avenue Theatre, Dallas Theatre Center, Trinity Rep, Geva Theatre, and Oregon Shakespeare Festival.​ She has worked as an engineer and associate sound designer on over three-dozen Broadway Shows & National Touring Companies - Both Musicals & Plays. With a background as a classically-trained musician, coupled with extensive technological, logistical, and acoustical training, she brings a unique view ​to both artistic and technical design. www.jlssound.com Connect with GOOD SHOW! Instagram: @goodshowpodcast  Tik Tok: @goodshowpodcast   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did you know that sound engineers and designers are only 4% women? This is the first episode of a new mini-series about Women in Sound! As a sound person myself, I wanted to shine the spotlight on other women in the field. Today's guest is Sun Hee Kil. Sun Hee Kil associate designed Broadway productions to PyeongChang Winter Olympics Opening & Closing Ceremonies in South Korea. Her sound design includes Off Broadway, regional and international theatre productions. Her sound designs were nominated for Henry Hewes Awards and World Stage Design, and selected to exhibit at Prague Quadrennial. Sunny is an Assistant Professor of Sound Design at Purchase College, State University of New York and a proud member of United Scenic Artists Local 829, Audio Engineering Society and Theatrical Sound Designers & Composers Association. www.sunheekil.com Connect with GOOD SHOW! Instagram: @goodshowpodcast  Tik Tok: @goodshowpodcast   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recorded Live at Welcome to Times Square, Sarah had a fabulous conversation with founder of the Skeleton Rep(resents), Ria T. DiLullo about the new play, Georgia and the Butch by Carolyn Gage. Sarah and Ria talk theatre, catharsis, movement, gender expression, sapphic love letters and so much more! This episode is powered by Welcome to Times Square. Ria T. DiLullo is a native New Yorker, theater artist, and holistic movement coach. Ria founded The Skeleton Rep(resents), an indie new works development company with a mission to explore modern myth in 2015. Through TSR, Ria runs a playwriting residency, has produced and directed 11 full stage shows, three short play festivals of myth-based work, 60+ salons of new plays, countless readings, a 3-part pandemic film project, and an award-winning feature length indie film, The Great Vanishing: Part IV. In addition to their work captaining The Skeleton Rep(resents), Ria assisted comedian Judy Gold's solo performance & writing class for many years, as well as provide research, feedback, and text support on her book “Yes I Can Say That: When They Come For The Comedians, We Are All in Trouble." Ria made the 2023 Kilroys List and has been the recipient of directing residencies at The Tank, ESPA Primary Stages, MTC, and The Flea. You can learn more about Ria and their work at www.skeletonrep.org  This episode is powered by @ Welcome to Times Square Connect with Ria T DiLullo Instagram: @dilulloria Connect with GOOD SHOW! Instagram: @goodshowpodcast  Tik Tok: @goodshowpodcast   welcome-to-times-square.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brand new Jonathan Larson song cycle! Join Sarah at the press day for The Jonathan Larson Project, previews beginning February 17th at the Orpheum Theatre! Sarah saw a sneak peak of the show and interviewed the cast and creatives. Listen to Adam Chanler-Berat, John Simpkins, Cynthia Meng, Taylor Iman Jones, Lauren Marcus, Jennifer Ashley Tepper, Andy Mientus, Jessie Hooker-Bailey, Jason Tam, Byron Easley, and Gilbert L. Bailey II tell Sarah everything about this exciting new Off-Broadway musical. Connect with The Jonathan Larson Project Instagram: @thejonathanlarsonproject thejonathanlarsonproject.com Connect with GOOD SHOW! Instagram: @goodshowpodcast  Tik Tok: @goodshowpodcast   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Holding Space? What about Thickening Space?? Inspired by The Muppets, Ani DiFranco, Sinead O'Connor, and Joni Mitchell- queer music icon - B*TCH is here to talk about her musical memoir, B*TCHCRAFT at wild project. Sarah and B*TCH talk about political art, musical theatre, "thickening space" in acting class, violin, One Long Earring, and much much more! B*tch (Creator/Performer) is a longstanding queer music icon who Yahoo Entertainment called “a feminist force that the world needs now more than ever” when she released “B*tchcraft,” her 9th studio album, on the legendary label Kill Rock Stars in 2022. With her signature electric violin and lyrical smarts front and center over huge beats and deep synths, B*tch coined the genre “Poet Pop.” “B*tchcraft is a masterpiece,” said Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls. Both Indigo Girls and Ani DiFranco took B*tch on tour as their opener. Joey Soloway (Transparent) directed the music video for “Easy Target.” B*tch first achieved notoriety as one half of the folk duo B*tch and Animal. The duo had met in acting school at DePaul University (formerly the Goodman School of Drama), where B*tch was the recipient of the Merit Scholarship for two years in a row. They toured with Ani DiFranco, and released two albums on her label Righteous Babe Records, and were nominated for a GLAAD Media award in 2003. In 2004, B*tch went solo, and shared stages with the Indigo Girls, acted in John Cameron Mitchell's film “Shortbus,” co-wrote a song with Margaret Cho, and produced two albums of her elder and folk hero Ferron. Recently, she played a role in the new Audible podcast of Alison Bechdel's “Dykes To Watch Out For,” alongside Jane Lynch, Carrie Brownstein and Roxane Gay. The series was directed by Leigh Silverman (Suffs, Violet, Well), and Bitch co-wrote a song for it with Faith Soloway (Transparent, A Transparent Musical). Connect with B*TCH Instagram: @bitchmusic Connect with GOOD SHOW! Instagram: @goodshowpodcast  Tik Tok: @goodshowpodcast   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sarah is living out her theatre kid dreams and finally met her number one favorite Broadway icon, Miss Bernadette Peters! To add to that, she also interviewed the cast and creatives for Sondheim's Old Friends. Sarah is a huge Sondheim fan, so this was quite a delight! GOOD SHOW! is highly anticipating the opening on Sondheim's Old Friends this coming April. Enjoy Sarah's interviews with: Bernadette Peters, Daryl Roth, Stephen Mear, Matthew Bourne, Beth Leavel, Joanna Riding, David Harris, Kate Jennings Grant, Lea Salonga, Daniel Yearwood, Maria Wirries, Jason Pennycooke, Jeremy Secomb, Jacob Dickey, Jasmine Forsberg, Kyle Selig, Bonnie Langford, Gavin Lee, Peter Neureuther, Kevin Earley, Paige Faure, and Alexa Lopez. Connect with GOOD SHOW! Instagram: @goodshowpodcast  Tik Tok: @goodshowpodcast   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bye Bye 2024! Sarah got to guest on Alan Seales' podcast, The Theatre Podcast for a end of year wrap up convo! Listen in as we recap some of our fav's, not-so-fav's, and tucked inside the episode is even a quick appearance from Jackie Burns. Happy new year! Connect with Sarah: Instagram: @goodshowpodcast TikTok: @goodshowpodcast Listen to GOOD SHOW: https://bpn.fm/goodshow Connect with The Theatre Podcast: Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheTheatrePodcast Twitter & Instagram: @theatre_podcast Facebook.com/OfficialTheatrePodcast TheTheatrePodcast.com Alan's personal Instagram: @alanseales Email me at feedback@thetheatrepodcast.com. I want to know what you think. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Consent is Sexy! Intimacy director Claire Warden on her extensive experience in TV, film, and theater, highlighting her groundbreaking work on Broadway and various TV productions. Claire explains the role of an intimacy director, the importance of actor consent, and how her methods elevate performances by ensuring actors feel safe and empowered. Sarah and Claire also delve into the collaborative nature of her work and its profound impact on storytelling. Claire (she/her) is an intimacy coordinator/intimacy director with over twenty years experience in TV, film and theatre across America and the UK. Claire works as an intimacy coordinator on numerous television productions under various studios including HBO, Hulu, Amazon, Showtime and Apple TV as well major motion picture studios such as Sony and 20th Century Fox. She was the intimacy coordinator for Mrs Fletcher, And Just Like That (S2), Gossip Girl(2021), Dickinson, Billions, Harlan Cobens's Shelter, Your Honor, Looking for Alaska, Hunters and the feature films West Side Story (dir. Steven Spielberg) and A Journal for Jordan (dir. Denzel Washington). She worked as intimacy coordinator and part of the creative team on the TV series of Three Women and has recently finished working as intimacy coordinator on the upcoming TV series Dying For Sex. Claire is the Director of Advanced Training at Intimacy Director and Coordinators, which is a global leader in training and certifying intimacy coordinators for film and intimacy directors for theatre. She is also part of the collaboration team advising SAG-AFTRA on their effort to standardize, codify and implement guidelines for on-set intimacy coordinators. Claire also works in theatre and made history as the first intimacy director on Broadway with Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. She also worked as intimacy director on the Broadway productions of Slave Play, Romeo and Juliet (directed by Sam Gold), The Inheritance, Jagged Little Pill, The Notebook, Company, Death of a Salesman, Waitress and West Side Story. In Jan 2025 she will begin work as the intimacy director for Othello, starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gylennhaal and directed by Kenny Leon. She recently opened the West End production of Slave Play, serving once again as intimacy and fight director. She has also worked on the National Tours of Les Miserables, Company and Waitress. She was awarded Variety Magazine's 2019 '10 Broadway Players to Watch'. Claire was also recently awarded a special Drama Desk Award for “pioneering work as an intimacy choreographer… and her leadership in the rapidly emerging movement of intimacy direction”. Claire is a Drama Desk award winner for ‘Outstanding Fight Choreography' for Slave Play at NYTW and was also nominated in the same category for the play Daddy. Claire trains faculty & students in acting training institutions across the country, including Yale, Brown/Trinity, Brandeis, Tufts, JMU, SITI,University of Hawaii, Stella Adler, the O'Neill Theatre Center and numerous others. She has presented workshops, conferences and training across the globe. www.IDCprofessionals.com www.clairewarden.com Connect with GOOD SHOW! Instagram: @goodshowpodcast  Tik Tok: @goodshowpodcast   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this Giving Tuesday, donate what you can to a theatre in need, wild project! Ani Mari de Quesada chats with Sarah about the importance of local theatre on the Lower East Side.  Ana Mari has been the producing Artistic Director at wild project since its opening in July 2007. As Producing Artistic Director Ana Mari has formed creative partnerships with the Current Sessions, Poetic Theater Productions, Contemporary Performance, New York No Limits, International Human Rights Art Festival, Angela DiCarlo, Jill Pangallo, Heather Litteer & Amber Martin. She has also helped develop the East Village Queer Film Festival as part of wild project's Queer Initiative. Previously, Ana Mari was the Studio Administrator at The Actors Studio from 2013-2016. Ana Mari has worked as a Production Manager & Production Stage Manager on countless New York theatrical productions such as The Actors Studio productions of The Danube byMaria Irene Fornes, Mud by Maria Irene Fornes , The Last Days of Judas Iscariot by Stephen Adly Guirgis (La MaMa), First Born by Lyle Kessler , and Old Times by Harold Pinter. Ana Mari has also worked as a Production Manager for Rattlestick Playwrights Theater productions of my Lingerie Play by Diana Oh, Until The Flood byDael Orlandersmith, Draw The Circle by Mashuq Deen. & The Enclave by Arthur Laurent. She has also toured with Big Art Group as their Assistant Technical Director and Production Manager on North America & European tours of House of No More, Dead Set, S.O.S., The People and Cinema Fury from 2005-2012. Ana Mari is also the Repertory Season Academic Manager at The Actors Studio Drama School MFA Program, Sands College of Performing Arts, Pace University. Since 2007, wild project has presented and produced theater that enriches, educates, and unifies its East Village community in an environmentally responsible green space. We proudly devote specific initiatives toward female, LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC projects and the work of local East Village artists, to ensure nonprofit theater sustains its roots in the community. wild project places the utmost importance on engendering a climate that supports emerging artists and cultivates artistic excellence, enriching the community and promoting social equity. Our staff takes pride in nurturing new and exciting work with a personal and intimate approach to theater. DONATE TODAY TO HELP WILD PROJECT www.thewildproject.org Connect with GOOD SHOW! Instagram: @goodshowpodcast  Tik Tok: @goodshowpodcast   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Celebrate the gay high holiday that is BRUNCH with Lea DeLaria once a month at 54 Below! Today Sarah chats with Lea about her incredible career, her background in jazz, Brunch is Gay (Lea's fabulous monthly series), our mutual hatred of T****, and so much more! Lea DeLaria brings you a fat, fast, and funny Sunday filled with her trademark comedy and musical chops in Brunch Is Gay. Let's face it, brunch is a Gay high holiday, so come and spend it with the highest, gayest human on the planet. Be prepared to hear music from some of her favorite repertoire, including Sondheim, Kander and Ebb, and LaChiusa, as well as classic jazz standards. Emmy Award winner Lea DeLaria was the first openly gay comic on television in America, and is an accomplished Jazz performer who has performed in concert venues all over the world. She is best known as ‘Big Boo' from “Orange is the New Black” (3 SAG Awards). Lea can currently be seen in the indie feature film Potato Dreams of America, and in the Indigo Girls jukebox feature film, Glitter & Doom. She recently starred in the Off-Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' play, The Night of the Iguana, directed by Emily Mann. TV credits include “East New York,” “The Blacklist,” “Physical,” “Reprisal,” “Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness,” “Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts,” “Shameless,” and “Broad City.” Film credits include Cars 3, Support The Girls, and First Wives Club. Broadway credits, POTUS Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive (Bernadette), The Rocky Horror Show (Eddie/Dr. Scott) and On The Town (Hildy), Obie and Theatre World Awards. 54below.org for more info Connect with Lea DeLaria Instagram: @realleadelaria Connect with GOOD SHOW! Instagram: @goodshowpodcast  Tik Tok: @goodshowpodcast   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you on team Fish Tank or team Cat House??? Get into the beef between two Drag clubs in the wildly entertaining off-Broadway show, Drag The Musical. Today on GOOD SHOW!, Sarah chats with the director/ choreographer, Spencer Liff. Dive into the Fish Tank and listen to Sarah and Spencer talk about collaborating with designers, Spencer's beginnings as a child actor, and his love of drag culture. Then they get feisty in the Cat House and talk about the exciting diversity in the cast, Liza Minnelli, and more! Sarah decides "How Queer Is It?" with the newly revamped GOOD SHOW! Queer Scale. Spencer Liff is an award winning Director and Choreographer with work frequently seen on both the stage and screen. He has earned two Emmy Nominations for Outstanding Choreography for his work on the hit FOX TV series "So You Think You Can Dance." Films include the upcoming Legendary Pictures feature film The Toxic Avenger, Steppin' Into The Holiday starring Mario Lopez, and Stephen Karam's Speech and Debate. Past Broadway credits include Head Over Heels, with music by the Go-Go's, The Lincoln Center revival of the groundbreaking musical Falsetto's, Tony Award-Winning revival of Hedwig And The Angry Inch starring Neil Patrick Harris, and the critically acclaimed Tony Nominated revival of Spring Awakening. Connect with Spencer Liff Instagram: @spencerliff Connect with GOOD SHOW! Instagram: @goodshowpodcast  Tik Tok: @goodshowpodcast   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is there secret sapphic subtext between Mary Todd Lincoln and her Chaperone, Louise? Bianca Leigh and Sarah discuss lesbian fan theories, the many many laughs, the transfer from the Lortel to the Lyceum, and more about Cole Escola's Oh, Mary! Then Sarah decides "How Queer Is It?" BIANCA LEIGH is an actress, singer, writer, and educator. Miss Leigh's acting roles include Mary's Chaperone in OH, MARY (Off-Broadway & Broadway), Waxy Bush in MTC's THE NAP on Broadway (Understudy/performed), Mary Ellen in the groundbreaking film TRANSAMERICA, Time/Wind in Taylor Mac's theatre epic THE LILY'S REVENGE, Franny Halcyon in the New York and San Francisco workshops of TALES OF THE CITY THE MUSICAL (performed in concert at the Music Box Theatre), Tatiana in Paul Lucas' award-winning verbatim piece TRANS SCRIPTS at American Repertory Theatre, Beatrice in Christina Anderson's MAN IN LOVE at Kansas City Rep, and Dr. Rachel Sandow on LAW & ORDER: SVU. Bianca wrote and performed her solo musical BUSTED, about the challenges facing a young Trans woman in pre-Disney New York, at the Laurie Beechman Theatre. She is featured in Laverne Cox's documentary DISCLOSURE, an exploration of Trans representation in motion pictures and on television, and can be heard on the Audible recording of Chonburi Hotel and Butterfly Club. Conect with Bianca Leigh Instagram: @bianca_leigh2000 Connect with GOOD SHOW! Instagram: @goodshowpodcast  Tik Tok: @goodshowpodcast   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Middle school is the worst and most formative time in everyone's life according to Jill Sobule and her queer musical memoir, F*CK7thGRADE. With an adolescent romance and a brief rise to pop stardom, F*CK7thGRADE is a queer musical memoir about how we'll never get out of middle school, conceived by award-winning singer-songwriter Jill Sobule – whose 1990's hits include “Supermodel” and the original “I Kissed a Girl.” F*CK7thGRADE stars Jill Sobule, Julie Wolf, Kristen Ellis-Henderson and Nini Camps with Scenic Design by Rachel Hauck, Lighting Design by Oona Curley, Sound Design by Elisabeth Weidner, and Costume Design by Gina Ruiz & David F. Zambrana with Stage Manager Allison Parker and Audio Engineer Gregory Kostroff.  GET TICKETS HERE Connect with Jill Sobule Instagram: @jillsobule Connect with GOOD SHOW! Instagram: @goodshowpodcast  Tik Tok: @goodshowpodcast   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time to VOTE, AMERICA! Lauren Patten is here to represent Broadway for Harris. We are talking about why you should vote for Kamala Harris, important issues in the campaign, the connection between the theatre community and politics, and how you can get involved. Recorded October 24th, 2024 Broadway for Harris is a volunteer coalition of Broadway fans and industry professionals united to elect Vice President Kamala Harris, Governor Tim Walz, and down-ballot Democrats this November. www.broadwayforharris.com Lauren Patten (she/her) was the breakout star of the musical Jagged Little Pill, for which she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, as well as the Grammy, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle awards. Other stage credits include Fun Home on Broadway, the off-Broadway smash The Wolves (Playwright's Realm), Days of Rage (Second Stage Theater), and the original L.A. production of Deaf West Theatre's revival of Spring Awakening. She most recently starred in the world premiere production of the new musical The Lonely Few at Geffen Playhouse. On television, Lauren can currently be seen in the new Hulu series Death and Other Details, as well as Blue Bloods (CBS), The Good Fight (Paramount+), and Succession (HBO). Lauren and her band released an EP, covers, in March. Follow Lauren Patten Instagram @pattenlauren  www.laurenpatten.com Connect with GOOD SHOW! Instagram: @goodshowpodcast  Tik Tok: @goodshowpodcast   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What's in the tarot cards for GOOD SHOW!??? Sarah chats with creator of the The Hirschfeld Broadway Tarot Deck and Guidebook, Emily McGill and gets a mini tarot card reading. EMILY MCGILL is a multi-disciplinary artist and recovering Broadway publicist. At Columbia University's Spirituality Mind Body Institute, she earned her M.A. in Spiritual Psychology. Emily is an early career member of the American Psychological Association, International Association of Applied Psychology, Academy for the Advancement of Postmaterialist Sciences, and the Scientific & Medical Network. She has credits on 20 Broadway shows, including the Tony Award winners A Raisin in the Sun starring Denzel Washington, Memphis, Billy Elliot, and Disney's The Lion King, and will make her debut as a producer on the upcoming Othello starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal. For more, visit IvyLeagueWitch.com. Connect with Emily McGill Instagram @emilyannemcg & @thebroadwayhirschfeldtarot Tik Tok: @emilyannemcg Connect with GOOD SHOW! Instagram: @goodshowpodcast  Tik Tok: @goodshowpodcast   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Note to self: Don't be gay in Indiana.” In this final installment of the QUEER SERIES, showbiz siblings Kristen and Sarah Goodman dive into one of Broadway's most adorable, hilarious, and wholesome gay shows: THE PROM! Find out what Kristen and Sarah loved most about this lovable and affirming piece of theater, and discover “How Queer Is It?” in their final rating of the series. “Build a prom for everyone! Show them all it can be done!” Good Show Instagram: @goodshowpodcast  Good Show Tik Tok: @goodshowpodcast   broadwaycares.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TONY TONY TONY! Sarah had the amazing opportunity to fill in for Alan Seales & The Theatre Podcast at the 77th Annual Tony Awards press room. All the winners are brought to the press room right after they receive their Tony Awards and then all the press folx get to ask questions, it's so fun! Sarah had the time of her life speaking to these incredible artists on Broadway's biggest night. The first half if a designer spotlight! Hear clips from Dede Ayite, Nikiya Mathis, Ryan Rumery, and Cody Spencer. Enjoy highlights from George C. Wolfe, Shaina Taub, Kara Young, Sarah Paulson, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Jonathan Groff, and Maleah Joi Moon. Good Show Instagram: @goodshowpodcast  Good Show Tik Tok: @goodshowpodcast   broadwaycares.org Connect with The Theatre Podcast: Visit: http://bpn.fm/ttp Support the podcast on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheTheatrePodcast YouTube: YouTube.com/TheTheatrePodcast Threads, Twitter & Instagram: @theatre_podcast TikTok: @thetheatrepodcast Facebook.com/OfficialTheatrePodcast TheTheatrePodcast.com My personal Instagram: @alanseales Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join us for an extraordinary deep dive inside the most transformative decade on Broadway through gripping behind-the-scenes accounts of shows such as Sunset Boulevard, Rent, Angels in America, Chicago, The Lion King, and The Producers - shows that changed the history of the American theater. Host Michael Riedel, author of the best-selling book Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway, has created a companion podcast featuring his never-before-heard, taped audio interviews with legendary artists from Andrew Lloyd Webber, Stephen Sondheim, Patti LuPone, and so many more. Michael presents the drama behind the decade's mega-hits and shocking flops, bringing readers into high-stakes premieres, fraught rehearsals, tough contract negotiations, intense Tony Award battles, and more. From the bitter feuds to the surprising collaborations, all the intrigue of a revolutionary era in the Theater District is packed into Singular Sensation. Broadway has triumphs and disasters, but the show always goes on. Enjoy Singular Sensation: The Podcast everywhere you get your podcasts or use http://bpn.fm/singularsensation to listen and learn more, and be sure to get the book here: https://amzn.to/4cNdfO3. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Near, far, wherever you are,” you must listen to this BONUS EPISODE of the QUEER SERIES! Showbiz siblings Kristen and Sarah Goodman participated in BPN's “PodFest” at the Museum of Broadway, and had the chance to interview Marla Mindelle and Constantine Rousouli, the hilarious and super-talented co-creators / original stars of the hit Off-Broadway parody musical TITANiQUE! They chat about how they came up with this kooky crazy idea, the show's journey from LA to NYC, and the importance of queer representation in theater. Our love for these two goofballs runs river deep, mountain high. Our hearts will go on!  Good Show Instagram: @goodshowpodcast  Good Show Tik Tok: @goodshowpodcast   broadwaycares.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“A messy bed in the corner; my lover mixing just that shade of green. Is this what it feels like to be seen?” There's a brand new queer show in the Broadway canon featuring a Sapphic love story! This BONUS EPISODE is all about LEMPICKA- a bold new musical about famed European painter Tamara de Lempicka and her love affair with a woman in Paris who became her artistic muse.  Showbiz siblings, Kristen and Sarah Goodman, chat about the highlights from the show, and Sarah shares interviews from the red carpet on opening night! Featuring conversations with co-creators Carson Kreitzer and Matt Gould, choreographer Raja Feather Kelly, makeup designer Kirk Cambridge Del Pesche, and show-stealing star Natalie Joy Johnson!  Good Show Instagram: @goodshowpodcast  Good Show Tik Tok: @goodshowpodcast   broadwaycares.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're “Changing our Major” to Beth Malone! In this latest episode of the QUEER SERIES, showbiz siblings, Kristen and Sarah Goodman, discuss Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron's groundbreaking musical, FUN HOME, and chat with their new friend, Beth Malone, the Tony-nominated performer who originated the role of Alison Bechdel. She talks about her time in the show, her experience as a queer person growing up in rural Colorado, and the exciting new musical she is co-writing with Mary Ann Stratton and Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls! GOOD SHOW! Instagram @goodshowpodcast  GOOD SHOW! TikTok @goodshowpodcast    Beth Malone Instagram @thebethmalone broadwaycares.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“So, come on in and play me Le Jazz Hot, baby, ‘cause I love my jazz HOT!” In this fourth episode of the QUEER SERIES, showbiz siblings Kristen and Sarah Goodman chat about one of their favorite shows: VICTOR/VICTORIA. Find out why Julie Andrews declined her Tony nomination that year, discover just “How Queer Is It?” and hear who would star in Sarah's fantasy dream cast revival production! GOOD SHOW! Instagram @goodshowpodcast  GOOD SHOW! TikTok @goodshowpodcast    broadwaycares.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Viva la vie Bohème!” In ‘96, Kristen and Sarah Goodman were blasting their RENT cast album CD in their childhood bedroom in Chicago. Today, they're NYC roommates getting to chat with queer icon, Jai Rodriguez, about his experience growing up in a conservative religious family to starring in RENT as one of the youngest lead characters ever cast in the show! There are 525,600 reasons to love this Tony Award winning hit musical by Jonathan Larson. Find out what these two showbiz siblings love most about it and just “how queer is it?” in this third episode of the Queer Series. “No day but today.” Good Show Instagram: @goodshowpodcast  Good Show Tik Tok: @goodshowpodcast     Jai Rodriguez Instagram: @jairodriguez broadwaycares.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Lovers come and lovers go, Lovers live and die fortissimo, This is where we take a stand, Welcome to Falsettoland.” In this second episode of the Queer Series, showbiz siblings Kristen and Sarah Goodman examine some of the themes of William Finn and James Lapine's groundbreaking musical, FALSETTOS. Special guest and Tony award winner Brandon Uranowitz talks about his journey of acceptance of his Jewish identity, what it was like to perform the morning after the 2016 election, and how he accidentally slapped his friend and castmate, Stephanie J. Block.  Good Show Instagram: @goodshowpodcast  Good Show Tik Tok: @goodshowpodcast     Brandon Uranowitz Instagram @branuran broadwaycares.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Life's not worth a damn 'til you can shout out: I AM WHAT I AM!” Queer showbiz siblings Kristen and Sarah Goodman take a deep dive into Jerry Herman's 1983 hit Broadway musical, LA CAGE AUX FOLLES in this first episode of THE QUEER SERIES. Special guest T. Oliver Reid “spills the T” about backstage drama, self-care as a performer, and building equity on Broadway.  Good Show Instagram: @goodshowpodcast  Good Show Tik Tok: @goodshowpodcast   T. Oliver Reid Facebook / Instagram / X: @toliverreid  blacktheatrecoalition.org broadwaycares.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy National Coming Out Day, from GOOD SHOW! We're here. We're queer. Get used to listening to your new favorite musical theater podcast because we're getting ready to launch six new episodes! Showbiz siblings Kristen and Sarah Goodman are proud to announce the second series of the pod: THE QUEER SERIES featuring LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, FALSETTOS, RENT, VICTOR/VICTORIA, FUN HOME, and THE PROM! This isn't just a phase, folx. We're hella gay, and we love Broadway! Follow us on Instagram @goodshowpodcast and TIkTok @goodshowpodcast for announcements about our celebrity special guests and when these new episodes will be coming out of the closet and onto your playlist. Cheers for Queers! Posted on October 11th, 2023 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“You're special fascination'll, prove to be inspirational, we think you're just sensational, Mame!” In the third and final episode of “The Summer Stock Series,” Kristen and Sarah Goodman chat about their favorite Jerry Herman musical which has been a Summer Stock staple for decades. They first were exposed to the marvel of MAME in 1993 at a regional theater near Chicago where their mom starred in the role of Vera Charles. Thirty years later, these showbiz siblings went to TOFT at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts to watch the 1999 Papermill Playhouse production starring Christine Ebersole. Does this show get the Goodman siblings' GOOD SHOW stamp of approval? Does this show shock us with some unnecessary racist set dressing? Do we need a little Christmas? Open a new window, listen to a new podcast, and find out today! This summer, Kristen and Sarah went home to Chicago to visit their family in Chicago to talk about the Theatre at the Center and share memories from when our Mom starred in MAME. Our chat includes our mom, Jenny Giocomo, step-dad Gary Giocomo, and little sister, Gaby Giocomo. Instagram: @goodshowpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CONTENT WARNING / SPOILER ALERT: You probably wouldn't think that an episode about this classic Rodgers & Hammerstein musical would require a trigger warning, but if you saw the 2019 Broadway Revival of OKLAHOMA! at Circle in the Square, then you know why this episode discusses gun violence. When showbiz siblings, Kristen and Sarah Goodman, went to TOFT to watch what was referred to as the “Sexy Oklahoma,” they were expecting to see a nostalgic show from their childhood, not a dark and creepy “Bloody, Bloody Oklahoma!” In this second episode of the “The Summer Stock Series,” Kristen and Sarah go off about why they disagree with a lot of the strong choices made in this revival. “People will say we're in love” with disliking this production, but I can't get those blood-splattered faces “out of my dreams!” This summer, Kristen and Sarah went home to Chicago to visit their family in Chicago to talk about the Theatre at the Center and share memories from when our Mom starred in OKLAHOMA! Our chat includes our mom, Jenny Giocomo, step-dad Gary Giocomo, and little sister, Gaby Giocomo. Instagram: @goodshowpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“It only takes a moment” to fall in love with this classic musical all over again. In the premier episode of “The Summer Stock Series,” showbiz siblings, Kristen and Sarah Goodman, celebrate one of their favorite Broadway shows of all time: HELLO, DOLLY! They were first charmed by the Jerry Herman magic in the Summer of 1993 when their mom, Jenny Giocomo, starred in the role of Irene Molloy at a Chicago-area regional theater called Theatre at the Center. Their step-dad, Gary Giocomo was the artistic director. This summer, Kristen and Sarah went home to Chicago to record a conversation with their mom, step-dad, and little sister Gaby Giocomo (also a theatre kid and current playwright) about their memories from that season thirty years ago. Kristen and Sarah visited the New York Performing Arts Library's Theater on Film and Tape Archive to watch the 2017 Broadway Revival starring Bernadette Peters. They gush about all the wonderful things in this “joy bomb” of a production, and they chat with their very special guest- Broadway star and Tony-nominated actor- the lovely and talented Kate Baldwin. Good Show Instagram: @goodshowpodcast Kate Baldwin Instagram: @realkatebaldwin kate-baldwin.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Pull out the stops! It's Today!” Showbiz siblings, Kristen and Sarah Goodman, take a deep dive into their favorite Broadway shows at the Theater on Film and Tape Archive (TOFT) at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. These two queer theater kids grew up surrounded by entertainment, and now they're roommates in New York City, living out their dreams as theater-makers, performers, and creative consultants. Join them as they journey through the Musical Theater canon, celebrating the good shows that shaped them. Their first series, The Summer Stock Series, celebrates three classic mid century musicals: Hello Dolly!, Oklahoma!, and Mame. These are shows that truly shaped Kristen and Sarah. They grew up watching these musicals at a regional theater near Chicago called Theater at The Center. Their mom, Jenny Giocomo, starred in these three shows which were directed and choreographed by their step-dad, Gary Giocomo, in the Summer of 1993. 30 years later, they are revisiting these shows by watching productions at TOFT and taking a trip home to walk down memory lane. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices