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The Greg and Dan Show producer Caleb Kelch sits down with Anthony Norman, who portrays the titular role in the Tony and Grammy Award-Winning musical Dear Evan Hansen, for a conversation on the show's current run at the Peoria Civic Center Theater. Norman touches on his time spent at Millikin University, landing the role of Evan Hansen, and his desire to spread the message of mental health awareness. Dear Evan Hansen is currently at the Peoria Civic Center Theater from Friday, June 2nd to Sunday, June 4th. Tickets are available at the Peoria Civic Center Box Office, peoriaciviccenter.com, and BroadwayInPeoria.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Anthony Norman takes the stage by storm in the lead role of Evan Hansen for the touring cast of Dear Evan Hansen. But he's also an incredibly nice guy with a great sense of humor. In fact, Anthony and our co-host, Alan, are two peas in a pod. Heather had her hands full for sure ;) A talented musician who plays multiple instruments, Anthony thought his career would be in Jazz and then he started getting cast in Musicals and the two roads diverged. Anthony has performed in many wonderful shows including The Prom, Newsies, Love...Reconsidered, and City of Light as well as TV shows such as Living the Dream, Chicago Med, and Mare of Easttown. He has been a guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Follow Anthony on his Website, Instagram or TikTok. Go see Dear Evan Hansen in a city near you and check out both Anthony Norman and Past WIC guest, Lili Thomas! Get tickets here. Make sure to follow this podcast everywhere you find podcasts, leave a rating and a review, and slip into our Instagram DMs at @wasitchance. More about Heather via @vickeryandco on Instagram, @Braveheather on TikTok, and listen to The Brave Files More about Alan via @theatre_podcast on Instagram and listen to The Theatre Podcast with Alan Seales EPISODE TAKEAWAYS Anthony grew up as a musician in Chicago as the youngest of three. He loved being in the background watching his older siblings play music and picked up the Sax when he was in 4th grade. At one time he had a fantasy of going to college to play professional basketball. After performing in High School his uncle approached and offered some vocal lessons and things just kicked off from there. Anthony essentially taught himself to play multiple instruments. Getting booked as Jack in Into The Woods for the Illinois Theater competition is what really set things off with acting. He decided to lean into acting (over jazz) when his sister said “Is Jazz a passion or a hobby.” And that provided a lot of clarity. The audition process for Dear Evan Hansen was extremely rigorous but once cast he was really empowered to put his own touch on the character. Playing a high schooler but no longer being one provides a lot of insight in his role as Evan Hansen. Anthony says it's a lot of fun. Touring is hard, hard work. It's fun to explore new places but the constant travel is intense. Anthony says he has a great relationship with failure. Everything he has “failed” at has led to something so much better. Relationships are so key and important in having a creative career. Being in The Prom changed everything in Anthony's life. Anthony honored us with his own version of STFU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In which Adrian El Critico and Jeff talk to Actor/Musician Anthony Norman (Mare Of Easttown) about their shared favorite films, what it's like to be on set during a shoot, and most importantly, why Chicago Pizza is better than New York Pizza. Make sure to watch Mare Of Easttown every Sunday night on HBO. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/webewatchingfilms/support
Originally streamed on April 8th as BPN LIVE event, I join former Broadway cast mates from THE PROM for a virtual slumber party. We make out, have pillow fights, sit mimosas, and other slumber party-y things. Virtually, of course. Support me via Patreon! Twitter: @JoshLamon Instagram: @Josh.Lamon Produced by Alan Seales and Elizabeth Wheless. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Marcia Pendleton is the CEO of Walking Tall Girl Productions, broadways premiere group sales and marketing company that has brought audiences in to Motown the Musical, Fences, Fela, Streetca named desire, Cat on A Hot Tin Roof and so much more. She is my go to marketing specialist whenever i am working in the theater. Produced by Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales, edited by Derek Gunther, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Marcia Pendleton is the CEO of Walking Tall Girl Productions, broadways premiere group sales and marketing company that has brought audiences in to Motown the Musical, Fences, Fela, Streetca named desire, Cat on A Hot Tin Roof and so much more. She is my go to marketing specialist whenever i am working in the theater. Produced by Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales, edited by Derek Gunther, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Alice has coached some of the finest actors and directors from Harry Belafonte to Woody Alan. her book "How to rehearse when there's no Rehearsal" is a classic manual for study. And she has some stories to tell. Produced by Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales, edited by Derek Gunther, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Alice has coached some of the finest actors and directors from Harry Belafonte to Woody Alan. her book "How to rehearse when there's no Rehearsal" is a classic manual for study. And she has some stories to tell. Produced by Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales, edited by Derek Gunther, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A graduate of the Directing Program at the American Film Institute, award winning director Charlotte Brändström speaks English, French and Swedish fluently and has basic knowledge of Spanish and German. She has directed feature films, mini-series and series in many different countries such as the United States, France, England, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Morocco, Czech Republic, Thailand and South Africa. I had the privilege of shadowing her as a director on "Madam Secretary" She has also directed "The Witcher", Counterpart and Ozark. Produced by Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales, edited by Derek Gunther, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A graduate of the Directing Program at the American Film Institute, award winning director Charlotte Brändström speaks English, French and Swedish fluently and has basic knowledge of Spanish and German. She has directed feature films, mini-series and series in many different countries such as the United States, France, England, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Morocco, Czech Republic, Thailand and South Africa. I had the privilege of shadowing her as a director on "Madam Secretary" She has also directed "The Witcher", Counterpart and Ozark. Produced by Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales, edited by Derek Gunther, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Moikgantsi’s accolades include being named one of 25 Women Who Are Shaping the World by Essence Magazine, received the Trailblazer Award from Reel Sisters Film Festival and a proclamation from the City of New York for her work with ImageNation. My short film "What Came After" Screened at Image Nation in 2017. Produced by Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales, edited by Derek Gunther, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Moikgantsi’s accolades include being named one of 25 Women Who Are Shaping the World by Essence Magazine, received the Trailblazer Award from Reel Sisters Film Festival and a proclamation from the City of New York for her work with ImageNation. My short film "What Came After" Screened at Image Nation in 2017. Produced by Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales, edited by Derek Gunther, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Peter Kim is an accomplished actor, award winning producer, director and teacher. I had the pleasure of directing him at the National Black theater reading of Blaine Teamer's "#BoxSeats" You can see him on Netflix in "The Forty-Year-Old Version" premiering on October 9, 2020. Produced by Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales, edited by Derek Gunther, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Anthony Norman (The Prom) is a budding multi-hyphenate who identifies as an actor / musician and coffee enthusiast. Anthony is an incredible, sensitive, and hysterical artist who made his Broadway debut in a different way than he expected. During Quarantine, he is exploring the song writing aspect of himself as well as daily routine and relationship with social media. Follow Anthony on Instagram at @a_norms. Connect with Michael: @themichaelkushner @thedressingroomproject dressingroomproject.com Produced by Alan Seales and the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Peter Kim is an accomplished actor, award winning producer, director and teacher. I had the pleasure of directing him at the National Black theater reading of Blaine Teamer's "#BoxSeats" You can see him on Netflix in "The Forty-Year-Old Version" premiering on October 9, 2020. Produced by Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales, edited by Derek Gunther, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This self described White, Gay, middle class, man of privilege wrote an essay on what he called “WOKE SUPREMACY” in the arts organizations he has worked in so I wanted to take him to task to see if he might also be one of the Woken Dead. Produced by Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales, edited by Derek Gunther, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This self described White, Gay, middle class, man of privilege wrote an essay on what he called “WOKE SUPREMACY” in the arts organizations he has worked in so I wanted to take him to task to see if he might also be one of the Woken Dead. Produced by Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales, edited by Derek Gunther, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Carla Shamberg produced the film Erin Brockovich. We go back to my first professional acting class at the St Nicholas theater in Chicago. I was 15 years old. William H. Macy was our first professional acting coach. Produced by Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales, edited by Derek Gunther, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Carla Shamberg produced the film Erin Brockovich. We go back to my first professional acting class at the St Nicholas theater in Chicago. I was 15 years old. William H. Macy was our first professional acting coach. Produced by Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales, edited by Derek Gunther, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Barbara Azzara is a therapist and healer and octogenarian. Listen and allow yourself to be healed by her loving message. Produced by Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales, edited by Derek Gunther, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Actor/Director, Lou Diamond Phillips and I almost worked together on Broadway in the King and I. Instead Lou directed me in Fear of the walking Dead. Lou has been stranded here since he series Prodigal Son, shut down. Lou and I chat out our careers. Produced by Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales, edited by Derek Gunther, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S. Epatha Merkerson of Law and Order, Chicago Med et al changed my life when we were working with August Wilson and Lloyd Richard’s on the Piano Lesson. S Epatha introduced me to the Harlem Renaissance authors like Nella Larson, Anne Petry and Jesse Faucet. Her documentary “The Contradictions of Fair Hope” gives context to what it was for Blacks to be emancipated into a capitalist economy with zero capital. Produced by Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales, edited by Derek Gunther, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S. Epatha Merkerson of Law and Order, Chicago Med et al changed my life when we were working with August Wilson and Lloyd Richard’s on the Piano Lesson. S Epatha introduced me to the Harlem Renaissance authors like Nella Larson, Anne Petry and Jesse Faucet. Her documentary “The Contradictions of Fair Hope” gives context to what it was for Blacks to be emancipated into a capitalist economy with zero capital. Produced by Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales, edited by Derek Gunther, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Carlos Tanner is the founder of the Ayahuasca Foundation in Iquitos, Peru. Carlos and I discuss the medical studios that show how Ayahuasca can help with depression and PTSD. Produced by Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales, edited by Derek Gunther, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Carlos Tanner is the founder of the Ayahuasca Foundation in Iquitos, Peru. Carlos and I discuss the medical studios that show how Ayahuasca can help with depression and PTSD. Produced by Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales, edited by Derek Gunther, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Psychotherapist, Elizabeth Arnold and I connected through are singing voices in the darkness across a maloca in Iquitos, Peru. We were both there to go deeper in our own soul work. Here we talk about how her Ayahuaca Journeys have made her a better psychotherapist and how her clients lives have improved. Produced by Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales, edited by Derek Gunther, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Psychotherapist, Elizabeth Arnold and I connected through are singing voices in the darkness across a maloca in Iquitos, Peru. We were both there to go deeper in our own soul work. Here we talk about how her Ayahuaca Journeys have made her a better psychotherapist and how her clients lives have improved. Produced by Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales, edited by Derek Gunther, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
I spent the New Year in Peru on an Ayahuasca and Noya Rao journey. During one ceremony I received a message that a man was coming into my life. When I returned from Peru Kilindi Iyi, the worlds foremost psychonaut called. Dennis McKenna called 7grams an heroic dose, Kilindi’s dose was 50grams. We met and the chemistry between is was electric. This may be the final interview he gave before crossing over in April. He told me nothing ever dies. I am sure is will be listening in with us. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
I spent the New Year in Peru on an Ayahuasca and Noya Rao journey. During one ceremony I received a message that a man was coming into my life. When I returned from Peru Kilindi Iyi, the worlds foremost psychonaut called. Dennis McKenna called 7grams an heroic dose, Kilindi’s dose was 50grams. We met and the chemistry between is was electric. This may be the final interview he gave before crossing over in April. He told me nothing ever dies. I am sure is will be listening in with us. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
Blaine Teamer is a brilliant playwright. You can listen to his DEAD WAIT podcast. He suffers from a rare condition called Idiopathic Hypersomnia. Blaine and I discuss the challenges of being a creative artist while wrestling a debilitating physical condition. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
Blaine Teamer is a brilliant playwright. You can listen to his DEAD WAIT podcast. He suffers from a rare condition called Idiopathic Hypersomnia. Blaine and I discuss the challenges of being a creative artist while wrestling a debilitating physical condition. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
Time Out Critic, performer. Who knew he was such a nerd!? Adam and I had a lively discussion about US versus Canadian politics and Caroline or Change. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
Time Out Critic, performer. Who knew he was such a nerd!? Adam and I had a lively discussion about US versus Canadian politics and Caroline or Change. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
2020 pulitzer prize winner in drama talks growing up around the Police and the current calls to abolish the police force. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
2020 pulitzer prize winner in drama talks growing up around the Police and the current calls to abolish the police force. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
In solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, we here at the New York Neo-Futurists are taking a moment of pause – to deeply pay attention to the voices of our community that are asking us to listen, and to activate our roles in refusing to tune out. Instead of this week’s regular episodes of Hit Play, we're featuring Part 2 of an episode of You Can’t Say That, courtesy of the Broadway Podcast Network and Tonya Pinkins. Take a listen, subscribe to, and share their work. BPN.fm/YCST On this show, Tony award winner Tonya Pinkins, has conversations with theatre-makers. Her guest on this episode is Kelley Nicole Girod, the founder and Executive Producing Director of Obie Award winning, The Fire This Time Festival, that also happens at The Kraine Theater – our shared theater home. You Can't Say That is produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. The show is a proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. Hit Play's logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller Take care
John Franklin has worked in law enforcement for over 30 years beginning with a 28 year career with the Chicago Police Department rising through the ranks of patrolman, sergeant, lieutenant and commander. Tonya and John get into the Blue lives vs Black lives matter debate. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
John Franklin has worked in law enforcement for over 30 years beginning with a 28 year career with the Chicago Police Department rising through the ranks of patrolman, sergeant, lieutenant and commander. Tonya and John get into the Blue lives vs Black lives matter debate. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
In solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, we here at the New York Neo-Futurists are taking a moment of pause – to deeply pay attention to the voices of our community that are asking us to listen, and to activate our roles in refusing to tune out. Instead of this week’s regular episodes of Hit Play, we're featuring an episode of You Can’t Say That, courtesy of the Broadway Podcast Network and Tonya Pinkins. Take a listen, subscribe to, and share their work: BPN.fm/YCST On this show, Tony award winner Tonya Pinkins, has conversations with theatre-makers. Her guest on this episode is Kelley Nicole Girod, the founder and Executive Producing Director of Obie Award winning, The Fire This Time Festival, that also happens at The Kraine Theater – our shared theater home. You Can't Say That is produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. The show is a proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. Hit Play's logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller Take care
Widowed four times, former VP at Young and Rubicam, playwright, composer on Grief and Contemplation and Psalm 109 as the prayer America needs in the age of Covid-19. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
Widowed four times, former VP at Young and Rubicam, playwright, composer on Grief and Contemplation and Psalm 109 as the prayer America needs in the age of Covid-19. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
Founder of The New Black Fest, playwright of Pitsbulls [Rattlestick Theater], The Last Saint on Sugar Hill [National Black Theater], The People Before The Park and television writer of Girlfriends, The Good Fight, P-Valley and upcoming The Witches of New York on the state of the arts in the age of Covid-19. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
Founder of The New Black Fest, playwright of Pitsbulls [Rattlestick Theater], The Last Saint on Sugar Hill [National Black Theater], The People Before The Park and television writer of Girlfriends, The Good Fight, P-Valley and upcoming The Witches of New York on the state of the arts in the age of Covid-19. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
After my first “Journey,” I read everything I could about psychedelics and everything was written by white man like Michael Pollan and Dennis and Terrence McKenna. So I scoured the web for people of color and their research and experience with entheogen. Fortunately for me, I found Ifetayo Harvey , founder Of People of Color in Psychedelics. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
After my first “Journey,” I read everything I could about psychedelics and everything was written by white man like Michael Pollan and Dennis and Terrence McKenna. So I scoured the web for people of color and their research and experience with entheogen. Fortunately for me, I found Ifetayo Harvey , founder Of People of Color in Psychedelics. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
I am happy to say that I am not for sale. I know my worth and it can’t be bought. And when you come in the package of a brown female body. For people who think everything is always for sale , the only thing they can say about you is that you are difficult because not being able to have the will by manipulation or money is difficult for them in deed. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
I am happy to say that I am not for sale. I know my worth and it can’t be bought. And when you come in the package of a brown female body. For people who think everything is always for sale , the only thing they can say about you is that you are difficult because not being able to have the will by manipulation or money is difficult for them in deed. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
Kelley Nicole Girod is the founder and Executive Producing Director of Obie Award winning, The Fire This Time Festival. She is a 2008 graduate of Columbia's MFA playwriting program where she was a Stein and Liberace Fellow, as well as a John Golden Fellow. Her plays reflect the rich world of her native Louisiana and include Ambrosia, Straight on til Morning, Poetics of the Creative Process, Parabolas, and Watching. She was named Nytheatre.com Person of the Year for her work on TFTT, and is a part of the Indie Theatre Hall of Fame. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
Kelley Nicole Girod is the founder and Executive Producing Director of Obie Award winning, The Fire This Time Festival. She is a 2008 graduate of Columbia's MFA playwriting program where she was a Stein and Liberace Fellow, as well as a John Golden Fellow. Her plays reflect the rich world of her native Louisiana and include Ambrosia, Straight on til Morning, Poetics of the Creative Process, Parabolas, and Watching. She was named Nytheatre.com Person of the Year for her work on TFTT, and is a part of the Indie Theatre Hall of Fame. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
A friend of mine once bought about 75 acres of land and her sister, who worked for an old wealth family told her boss about her siter’s purchase. the patriarch responded “Why so little” To which the sister replied “That is all that was for sale” and the patriarch quipped “Oh darling, everything is always for sale”. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
A friend of mine once bought about 75 acres of land and her sister, who worked for an old wealth family told her boss about her siter’s purchase. the patriarch responded “Why so little” To which the sister replied “That is all that was for sale” and the patriarch quipped “Oh darling, everything is always for sale”. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
I kind of pride myself on doing things that scare me. My personal motto is that brilliance lies in the moment that might not work. It’s a quote from George C Wolfe that means basically if you’re just repeating what you already know how to do, you have given up on brilliance. Our society will support you in standardizing your art. But is Art that can be replicated like a Big mac or a Mocha latte really art? As much as I thought I was pushing my limits and encounter with my next guest rocked my world and set me on a collision course with personal religious upbringing and values that would change my life forever please join me in welcoming Bridget Everett. She is an alt-cabaret provocateur is the Baddest Babe in Comedy. From Joe’s Pub to Inside Amy Schumer to Pattie Cakes and her series Love You More. Watching her and working with her is life changing. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
I kind of pride myself on doing things that scare me. My personal motto is that brilliance lies in the moment that might not work. It’s a quote from George C Wolfe that means basically if you’re just repeating what you already know how to do, you have given up on brilliance. Our society will support you in standardizing your art. But is Art that can be replicated like a Big mac or a Mocha latte really art? As much as I thought I was pushing my limits and encounter with my next guest rocked my world and set me on a collision course with personal religious upbringing and values that would change my life forever please join me in welcoming Bridget Everett. She is an alt-cabaret provocateur is the Baddest Babe in Comedy. From Joe’s Pub to Inside Amy Schumer to Pattie Cakes and her series Love You More. Watching her and working with her is life changing. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
Coronatine kept you from seeing these men’s performance in the Hot Wing Kings by Katori Hall at The Signature Theater but 4 of the kings and their director sat down with me for a lively chat about Black love and living while Black. It's me on six, my first Gang Bang! Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
Coronatine kept you from seeing these men’s performance in the Hot Wing Kings by Katori Hall at The Signature Theater but 4 of the kings and their director sat down with me for a lively chat about Black love and living while Black. It's me on six, my first Gang Bang! Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
Anath Garber is a friend and colleague whose expertise in psychotherapy and particularly the technique of psychodrama is very intriguing to me because I believe live theater can be religion and therapy and therapy as drama and healing may be the best invention since the wheel. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
Anath Garber is a friend and colleague whose expertise in psychotherapy and particularly the technique of psychodrama is very intriguing to me because I believe live theater can be religion and therapy and therapy as drama and healing may be the best invention since the wheel. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
Part2: I once sat on a panel of all White men and me in an audience of cultural diverse people who were there to share their experience with the powers of the patriarch about the lack of opportunities they had to work. Sadly. the male panelists were more interested in talking about what they had done to support diversity rather than listening to here what still needed to be done to improve diversity. One of them, argued that it should be his right to cast a dog if he wanted to. That speaker was Dick Cavett, who was deaf and dumb to how offensive it is to compare casting of people of color with casting a dog. My next guest is one of the smartest people I know and was the co-founder of the original Non-Traditional casting project join me in welcoming Harry Newman. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
Part1: I once sat on a panel of all White men and me in an audience of cultural diverse people who were there to share their experience with the powers of the patriarch about the lack of opportunities they had to work. Sadly. the male panelists were more interested in talking about what they had done to support diversity rather than listening to here what still needed to be done to improve diversity. One of them, argued that it should be his right to cast a dog if he wanted to. That speaker was Dick Cavett, who was deaf and dumb to how offensive it is to compare casting of people of color with casting a dog. My next guest is one of the smartest people I know and was the co-founder of the original Non-Traditional casting project join me in welcoming Harry Newman. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
Part 2: I had a story about Robert O’Hara that I knew him as an intern for George C Wolfe and now whenever I ran into him her acted like he didn’t know me and gave me shade. I was predisposed to dislike everything he did because of that and then there came Slave Play which I love despite my understanding of all the arguments about why it is dangerous and harmful to Black people. Truth is often polarizing join me in welcoming Robert O’Hara. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
Part 1: I had a story about Robert O’Hara that I knew him as an intern for George C Wolfe and now whenever I ran into him her acted like he didn’t know me and gave me shade. I was predisposed to dislike everything he did because of that and then there came Slave Play which I love despite my understanding of all the arguments about why it is dangerous and harmful to Black people. Truth is often polarizing join me in welcoming Robert O’Hara. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
Part 2: I envy Katori Hall. She gets to call a spade a spade without getting branded an angry black woman or as difficult which is what I always hear about myself from people who don’t know me at all. She is represented on Broadway with Tina the Musical, at The Signature Theater with The Hotwing Kings and on TV with Pussy Valley. She gets to create in every venue imaginable from Broadway to West End to TV/Film. Maybe it’s because she is so remarkably talented and makes so much money for all of them. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
Part 1: I envy Katori Hall. She gets to call a spade a spade without getting branded an angry black woman or as difficult which is what I always hear about myself from people who don’t know me at all. She is represented on Broadway with Tina the Musical, at The Signature Theater with The Hotwing Kings and on TV with Pussy Valley. She gets to create in every venue imaginable from Broadway to West End to TV/Film. Maybe it’s because she is so remarkably talented and makes so much money for all of them. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
Part 2: I was invited to a salon at Staceyann’s house for Black women to share their disdain over Jeremy O’Harris’s SLAVE PLAY. I was afraid I might not get out alive so I invited her to talk about it on the show. She is a force of nature as a poet, Drama Desk Award Winner and star of Tony Nominated DEF JAM Poetry. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
Part 1: I was invited to a salon at Staceyann’s house for Black women to share their disdain over Jeremy O’Harris’s SLAVE PLAY. I was afraid I might not get out alive so I invited her to talk about it on the show. She is a force of nature as a poet, Drama Desk Award Winner and star of Tony Nominated DEF JAM Poetry. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
Part2: Who am I? What is needed? How can I serve? These are the questions serial entrepreneur Anne Hamburger has been asking from early days as a visual performance artist to originating site specific theater, to running a regional theater, to starting Disneys Global entertainment theme park division to her return to socially relevant theater with her company En Garde Arts. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
Part1: Who am I? What is needed? How can I serve? These are the questions serial entrepreneur Anne Hamburger has been asking from early days as a visual performance artist to originating site specific theater, to running a regional theater, to starting Disneys Global entertainment theme park division to her return to socially relevant theater with her company En Garde Arts. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
Part 2: Three time Tony Nominee and current star of Girl From the North Country, Marc Kudisch and I shared the broadway stage in George C Wolfe and Michael John LaChiusa’s Wild Party. Catch us reminiscing about the good , the bad and the ugly of theater, Gen Z’s and what it’s like to be Jewish but look like a Wasp Patriarch. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
Part 1: Three time Tony Nominee and current star of Girl From the North Country, Marc Kudisch and I shared the broadway stage in George C Wolfe and Michael John LaChiusa’s Wild Party. Catch us reminiscing about the good , the bad and the ugly of theater, Gen Z’s and what it’s like to be Jewish but look like a Wasp Patriarch. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
PART 2: The cool thing about being a colleague of McArthur Genius, Pulitzer Prize Finalist Taylor Mac is getting to bear witness to some of the behind the scenes intrigue of his Broadway playwriting debut GARY. Eavesdrop on a conversation with one of America’s most exciting, challenging and thrilling Activists. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
PART 1: The cool thing about being a colleague of McArthur Genius, Pulitzer Prize Finalist Taylor Mac is getting to bear witness to some of the behind the scenes intrigue of his Broadway playwriting debut GARY. Eavesdrop on a conversation with one of America’s most exciting, challenging and thrilling Activists. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
Part 2: Tonya welcomes Ron Russell, award-winning Director and renown educator to YOU CAN'T SAY THAT! Ron is co-founder of four theaters that still produce today. He is the Executive Director of Epic Theatre Ensemble. With Epic, he has directed 16 award-winning Off-Broadway productions, including Premieres of Kate Fodor’s Hannah and Martin, Vern Thiessen’s Einstein’s Gift, Shakespeare’s Richard III, Born with Teeth, and Nilaja Sun’s Pike St., which he is currently touring across the nation and world, where it has won Helen Hayes and FringeFirst Awards. He has won an OBIE Award for Epic’s adaptation of Antigone and the International Ibsen Award for Pillars of Society. He has also designed sound for award-winning productions of Nilaja Sun’s No Child… (OBIE Award) and Judith Thompson’s Palace of The End. His teaching experience includes over 50 public schools, reaching over 18,000 youth, and his work as an educator in NYC has been recognized by citations from the Municipal Arts Society and Mayors Giuliani and Bloomberg. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
Part 1: Tonya welcomes Ron Russell, award-winning Director and renown educator to YOU CAN'T SAY THAT! Ron is co-founder of four theaters that still produce today. He is the Executive Director of Epic Theatre Ensemble. With Epic, he has directed 16 award-winning Off-Broadway productions, including Premieres of Kate Fodor’s Hannah and Martin, Vern Thiessen’s Einstein’s Gift, Shakespeare’s Richard III, Born with Teeth, and Nilaja Sun’s Pike St., which he is currently touring across the nation and world, where it has won Helen Hayes and FringeFirst Awards. He has won an OBIE Award for Epic’s adaptation of Antigone and the International Ibsen Award for Pillars of Society. He has also designed sound for award-winning productions of Nilaja Sun’s No Child… (OBIE Award) and Judith Thompson’s Palace of The End. His teaching experience includes over 50 public schools, reaching over 18,000 youth, and his work as an educator in NYC has been recognized by citations from the Municipal Arts Society and Mayors Giuliani and Bloomberg. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
Part 2 of YOU CAN’T SAY THAT! Host Tonya Pinkins welcomes magnetic playwright of Broadway’s SLAVE PLAY, Jeremy O. Harris and captivating SLAVE PLAY star Joaquina Kalukango. Jeremy exploded onto the theatre scene this year with the Off-Broadway production of DADDY, starring Alan Cumming…and now with the provocative and searing SLAVE PLAY. Jeremy was the winner of the 2018 Paula Vogel Playwriting Award, given by the Vineyard Theatre. The New York Times recently said that Harris’s “ability to render subconscious trauma into provocative theatrical expression, as potentially unsettling as entertaining, has earned him a lot of attention in a very short time.” Joaquina was last seen on Broadway in THE COLOR PURPLE as Nettie. Other Broadway credits include HOLLER IF YA HEAR ME and GODSPELL. She also stars in WHEN THEY SEE US on Netflix and INSTINCT on CBS All Access. Host Tonya Pinkins is a Tony-winning actress, author, producer, director and teacher who has received tremendous acclaim for her starring roles in CAROLINE, OR CHANGE, JELLY’S LAST JAM, THE WILD PARTY, PLAY ON….among many other productions on stage and screen. Tonya recently conceived TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION of WOMYN: Narrative Stories and Songs for the Soul in ten minutes or less”. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
Part 1 of YOU CAN’T SAY THAT! Host Tonya Pinkins welcomes magnetic playwright of Broadway’s SLAVE PLAY, Jeremy O. Harris and captivating SLAVE PLAY star Joaquina Kalukango. Jeremy exploded onto the theatre scene this year with the Off-Broadway production of DADDY, starring Alan Cumming…and now with the provocative and searing SLAVE PLAY. Jeremy was the winner of the 2018 Paula Vogel Playwriting Award, given by the Vineyard Theatre. The New York Times recently said that Harris’s “ability to render subconscious trauma into provocative theatrical expression, as potentially unsettling as entertaining, has earned him a lot of attention in a very short time.” Joaquina was last seen on Broadway in THE COLOR PURPLE as Nettie. Other Broadway credits include HOLLER IF YA HEAR ME and GODSPELL. She also stars in WHEN THEY SEE US on Netflix and INSTINCT on CBS All Access. Host Tonya Pinkins is a Tony-winning actress, author, producer, director and teacher who has received tremendous acclaim for her starring roles in CAROLINE, OR CHANGE, JELLY’S LAST JAM, THE WILD PARTY, PLAY ON….among many other productions on stage and screen. Tonya recently conceived TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION of WOMYN: Narrative Stories and Songs for the Soul in ten minutes or less”. Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
John Ruffin-Writer, Director, Producer & Actor Premier playwright and film director, John Ruffin is a native Chicagoan. He was born on July 3, 1971, and began his career at the early age of twelve, directing a play consisting of his two brothers and two sisters and his parents for an audience. Having a natural love for the performing arts, Ruffin went on to gain a lead role in a children's play, "The Emperor's New Clothes" and "Aladdin" at Thornton Township High School in Harvey, Illinois. Other works accredited to Ruffin include: "I Won't Go Back," a biography about his former Pastor, the late L.T. Hutton, "It's Too Good To Be True" and “We're Dreaming of You, Selena". Ruffin directed and produced a bi-weekly variety show, "Gospeltime, Live At The Legacy". Others have sought Ruffin out for his talents as he has directed Imani Productions, "New Beginning…Startin' All Over", TJW Productions, “He Loves Me..He Loves Me Not” and he has also received calls to direct a Shakespearean piece, "The Age of Othello" (written by Anthony Norman) and "Trouble Don't Last Always". Ruffin has also written many skits for churches around the Chicago land area. Ruffin showcased his God-given writing skills of Gospel hit Stage Plays, "Love Me and Leave Me" and “The Other Woman”, “All for Love” and “No More Sheets”, “Mr. Right Now or Mr. Wrong Later”, all which have sold out across the nation.
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