Putting It Together

Ollie Southgate on why Putting It Together won't be making an immediate return in the new year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ollie Southgate talks all things Broadway publicity, REBECCA, and "Burnt" with reporter and fellow BPN host Blake Ross. “Rebecca” the musical was supposed to be the next “Phantom of the Opera”, Broadway's multi-billion dollar hit. Instead, “Rebecca” turned into one of the wildest, most bizarre, true-crime scandals the stage has ever seen. When a multi-millionaire stranger suddenly dies, a fire is lit that ends up consuming everyone involved in the show. In Burnt, the story of “Rebecca” winds its way through secret stings, many courtrooms, prison and freedom — and when the smoke finally clears, we're left to wonder: who is really to blame and how in the hell did this happen? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With many shows now back on stage, three of Broadway's newest senior appointments in the world of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) join host Ollie Southgate to discuss their experiences, intentions and expectations in their new roles and the kinds of change they hope to bring about across the industry. With Christina Alexander (Director of Social Responsibility at WICKED), Chloe Beck (Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at MOULIN ROUGE: THE MUSICAL) and Gennean Scott (Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the Broadway League). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hadestown and Little Shop Of Horrors producer Sally Cade Holmes about the imminent return of commercial theater in New York, and making more publicly accessible the secret sauce of how to produce a show. We discuss everything from the newfound value of TikTok and Digital Captures to the theatre business to the safe re-opening of the in-person experience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ollie Southgate sits down with twelve time Tony Award-winning producer Daryl Roth to talk about the highs and lows of thirty years producing work both on and off Broadway and the unique opportunity she had to be among the first to bring audiences back into a New York theatre. We discuss what she looks for when it comes to choosing which show to bring to the stage next and what a year without live entertainment has meant for one of the titans of the business. Tickets for BLINDNESS are available on Telecharge; see www.blindnessevent.com for details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the City and the State continue to tout re-opening dates for Broadway, Ollie Southgate discusses how re-openings in Australia and off-Broadway have played out, and how the industry's unions are responding to widespread allegations surrounding abusive producers and coming back better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With news finally emerging on city and state plans for bringing live theater back in New York City, Ollie Southgate provides an updated timeline and a look into things to come on Putting It Together throughout the rest of 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the pandemic continues to keep hundreds of thousand of arts jobs around the world hanging in the balance, now for over a year in many cases, we discuss a serious but often undiscussed issue faced by the live entertainment industry around the world. On today’s show I’m talking to arts industry survivor Meg Massey, the woman behind burnout coach Maggie Supernova, about the highs and lows of working in the commercial theater business and the warning signs to watch out for to avoid letting a high speed career meet a brick wall. We discuss how her passion and personality helped her thrive in the arts but ultimately reach a boiling point, the traits that leave both employees and employers more susceptible to the perils of burnout, and how she’s now using her experience to help others avoid it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew Lowy discusses Theatre2050; his online thesis of what Broadway and American theater may look like three decades from now. We discuss his takes on everything from the streaming and broadcast of Broadway shows to the potential future of a United States National Theatre and his takes as a ticketing professional on what selling Broadway tickets will look like post-pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The infamous New York Post columnist and author of the New York Times bestseller "Razzle Dazzle" about his new book "Singular Sensation". We discuss his twenty year career reporting the ups and downs of the Broadway business in both his tabloid articles and his books, and the rapidly changing role of the theatrical journalist in the digital age. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the Broadway shutdown enters its seventh month, Ollie Southgate sits down with six workers who were actively involved with Broadway shows at the time the shutdown began to discuss both their positive and negative experiences of this break in our industry and the potential personal consequences of their long-term unemployment. With guests Dominic Barbaro, James Canal, Meghan Dixon, Emily Poworoznek, Brooke Smith, and Michael Rudd. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As Putting It Together celebrates its first year, so does the Broadway Podcast Network, and we talk to its founders Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales about the inspiration behind the platform. One is a Tony and Emmy award winning producer, the other the spearhead figure behind the world-renowned “Talks At Google” series, and together they’ve beaten the odds to drastically grow a Broadway centric business in the year of coronavirus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Producer Kate Cannova talks about the transition from performer to producer and the lessons learned on the other side of the table. From a basement production of "Annie" to Broadway productions of some of the most socially challenging productions of the past decade, we discuss her producing career and the changing shape of Broadway on the other side of coronavirus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the Broadway shutdown enters its third month, Ollie Southgate sits down with nine frequent Broadway theatergoers to discuss their expectations of "the new Broadway" and what they're looking for in their show-going experiences on the other side of COVID-19.

With the Broadway shutdown looking set to continue through the summer, Ollie Southgate speaks to another six guests from the world of show business about the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic on live theater, focusing this month on the eventual comeback and what shape it may take based on what little we know so far. In this episode, Ollie chats with Damian Bazadona (Situation Interactive), Elizabeth Furze & Scott Moore (the managing partners of AKA NYC), Michele Groner (of independent marketing consultancy The Groner Group), Bob van der Beek (the Group Commercial Director of Stage Entertainment), and Kelly Wajsgras (a Broadway avid).

With Broadway on hiatus, Ollie Southgate speaks to seven of Broadway's best business minds from all across the industry about the toll of the coronavirus pandemic on live theater, from producers and general managers to the owners of the adjacent companies that are suffering a knock-on impact from every venue going dark at once. In this first episode, Ollie chats with Randy Adams & Sue Frost (the producers of COME FROM AWAY), Kate Cannova (a developmental producer), Bonnie Comley & Stewart Lane (the founders of BroadwayHD), Brian DeVito (the ticketing director at the general management company RCI Theatricals), and Chris Harper (the producer of COMPANY).

Get a first listen at our new mini-series focusing on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Broadway businesses.

Broadway marketing director Michele Groner, founder of The Groner Group, sits down to talk about the many cogs that make up a Broadway marketing campaign and just where she fits in. We discuss her eclectic career across some of Broadway's biggest players including Serino Coyne, Disney Theatrical and Stage Entertainment.

Mike Karns, CEO of Broadway's social media management company Marathon Digital sits down to talk about the rapidly changing way Broadway shows talk to their audiences. We discuss the industry's response to the social media revolution and how a specialism may be the key that opens the door, but being a jack of all trades keeps his business going.

Janette Roush, Managing Director of Marketing at New York City's official Destination Marketing Organization NYC & Company sits down to talk about the business of selling a city. We discuss her twenty year history of marketing and advertising Broadway's biggest titles and the role the Great White Way plays in New York's wider tourism world.

We discuss the advent of BroadwayHD with its founder and owner Bonnie Comley, and try to answer the question of whether digital captures are friend or foe to the live theater business. From licensing and distribution to technology and even VR, we discuss what she hopes BroadwayHD will become, and why the industry needs it sooner rather than later.

Producer, author, historian and creative and programming director of Feinstein’s/54 Below Jennifer Ashley Tepper talks about how an eclectic and varied career comes full circle, and how she handled one of the busiest years of her life. We discuss everything from putting on the perfect 54 Below show to maintaining a well organized email inbox, and how it all comes together to keep her at the top of Broadway’s list of people to watch.

General Manager Carl Pasbjerg of Alchemy Production Group talks about the true meaning of "show business" and the ultimate importance of being a jack of all trades. From Phantom in Las Vegas to Come From Away all over the world, we discuss how being open to opportunity and always ready to mobilize led Carl to a career in producing and managing some of Broadway's biggest success stories. You can find out more about the work of Carl and his team at www.alchemyproductiongroup.com - and you can see the fruits of their labor on Broadway right now in Come From Away at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (www.comefromaway.com) and this holiday season in The Illusionists: Magic Of The Holidays at the Neil Simon Theatre (www.theillusionistslive.com).

TodayTix CEO & Co-Founder Brian Fenty shares the early producing experiences that revealed an opportunity in the ticketing market to appeal to a new kind of audience. We discuss the unique challenges of being a tech start-up in an industry that holds tradition in esteem, and what he's planning to do with a landmark $73 million of new investment. You can find out more about the work of Brian and his team, and of course see what's playing where you are and get your hands on tickets at www.todaytix.com or by downloading TodayTix on your iOS or Android device.