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2 episodes with anthony veneziale
2 episodes with anthony veneziale
2 episodes with anthony veneziale
2 episodes with anthony veneziale
Anthony Veneziale and Aneesa Folds return to the podcast with the same brilliance and warmth that made their first appearances unforgettable—this time teaming up to talk about their new boundary-breaking musical, Co-Founders, premiering at ACT in San Francisco. With its Bay Area hip hop roots, tech satire, and cutting-edge stage visuals powered by Unreal Engine, the show challenges both theatrical norms and late-stage capitalism, all while telling a deeply personal story about representation, equity, and belonging. We unpack the eight-year journey behind the show's creation, how Aneesa came aboard, and how both artists bring authenticity and heart into every moment—onstage and off. We also dive into hip hop's regional influence on the show's score, the emotional toll of being labeled a “breakout star,” and why community and kindness are non-negotiable parts of the creative process. And if that's not enough, we improvise the plot of a musical called Mystical Desperate Zebras. This episode is a celebration of art that disrupts, heals, and uplifts—don't miss it. Anthony Veneziale is a Tony Award-winning co-creator of Freestyle Love Supreme and co-founder of FLS Academy. He's known for blending freestyle rap with neuroscience and education to foster creativity and collaboration. Aneesa Folds made her Broadway debut in Freestyle Love Supreme and has since become a standout performer and educator, known for her powerhouse presence and vibrant improvisational skills. Together, they now star in Co-Founders, a new musical blending activism, technology, and Bay Area hip hop culture. Connect with Anthony & Aneesa @twotouchfls (Anthony) @aneesafolds (Aneesa) Connect with The Theatre Podcast: Support the podcast on Patreon and watch video versions of the episodes: 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
Imagine starting life with a speech impediment and ending up as a Broadway's beatboxing, improv master - that's Anthony Veneziale's journey! A presentation and storytelling expert, Grammy-nominated star of both Broadway and film, he is the co-creator of the acclaimed Freestyle Love Supreme, an improvised, hip hop, live musical performance with a rolling cast of characters including the likes of Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher Jackson and Daveed Diggs. Anthony proves that the best ideas come from embracing yes, and... Jim Joyce and I had a blast on today's episode of #TheShot of #DigitalHealth today as it was packed with epic freestyle moments, brain science, and enough energy to light up all of Las Vegas.
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SEEN: JUNE 28, 2022 Conceived by Anthony Veneziale Created by Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Anthony Veneziale Directed by Thomas Kail Before Hamilton, before In the Heights, there was Freestyle Love Supreme. Now—direct from Broadway—the original hip-hop musical improv phenomenon from Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Anthony Veneziale is coming to San Diego. The subject of the Hulu documentary We Are Freestyle Love Supreme, every performance of this Tony Award–winning and Grammy Award–nominated show brings the unexpected, as the crew takes the crowd on a freestyle, hip-hop, improvisational comedy ride. The performers take suggestions from the audience and spin them into instantaneous riffs and full-length musical numbers. See it for the first time—each time—as no two shows are ever the same. A “delightfully wit-laced evening of comedy rap for a wide range of ages” (The Washington Post).
What happens in someone's brain when they're freestyling or doing improv comedy? Anthony Veneziale - a Philadelphia native who started Freestyle Love Supreme with Lin-Manuel Miranda - has actually been studying that, and teaching others how to harness the skills of freestyle for their everyday lives through FLS Academy. He breaks down the neuroscience for us, along with some history of hip-hop, freestyle, and improv, and he gives us a demo. Plus, he tells us how he met Lin-Manuel Miranda, how Freestyle Love Supreme began, and what you can expect to see on stage when the show comes to the Miller Theater from June 7-12. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
When this improv artist—he created Freestyle Love Supreme with Lin-Manuel Miranda—received a guitar from his wife, he was eager to play at bedtime for their two young daughters. “They were like, ‘Could you stop? Could you just cuddle?'” The ups and downs, but mostly ups, of a performer's life.
Before ‘Hamilton’ or even ‘In the Heights’, a guy from Philadelphia met Lin-Manuel Miranda at college and started a hip-hop improv group called Freestyle Love Supreme. That group eventually went to Broadway and is now touring the country. They’ll be at the Miller Theater from June 7-12, and that guy from Philadelphia - Anthony Veneziale - tells us how it all started and gives us a demo of how a freestyle rap comes together. It’s a Friday, so that means we recognize our latest Philadelphia Sports Fan of the Week. This week, Dave Uram catches up with members of the Sons of Ben, the renowned Philadelphia Union supporters group. Plus, Justin Udo presents a new haiku. This week’s theme? A pesky problem. And we preview an upcoming episode of Bridging Philly with Philadelphia Department of Prisons Commissioner Blanche Carney, discussing some disturbing allegations within the system. The Jawncast is Jay Scott Smith, Sabrina Boyd-Surka, and Brian Seltzer. Follow @TheJawncast on Twitter for every new episode.
This week Marco and Amy review Freestyle Love Supreme conceived by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail, and Anthony Veneziale. We enjoyed the last performance at the Emerson Theater in Boston MA. Get 30 days of Free Audible when you click on this Link: https://www.audibletrial.com/entertainmentrants Check us out on social media: Facebook.com/entertainmentrants Instagram @entertainmentrants Twitter @entertainrants Drop us a line and let us know want you want to rant about engage@entertainmentrants.com We appreciate you listening. If you like the show please take a moment and leave us a quick review and we may even read it on the podcast. Thank you!
[REBROADCAST FROM October 21, 2021] "Freestyle Love Supreme" returned with a star-studded Broadway premiere on October 19. We speak to Anthony Veneziale, who co-created the group with Lin Manuel Miranda, along with cast members Andrew Bancroft, Kaila Mullady and Aneesa Folds, about their return to Broadway and the FLS Academy.
"Freestyle Love Supreme" returned to Broadway with a star-studded premiere October 19. We speak to Anthony Veneziale, who co-created the group with Lin Manuel Miranda, along with cast members Andrew Bancroft, Kaila Mullady and Aneesa Folds, about their return to Broadway and the FLS Academy. "Freestyle Love Supreme" is on Broadway at the Booth Theatre through January 2022.
Today on Backstage Babble, I am so thrilled to present my celebration of the 2020 Tony Awards. The four-hour ceremony can still be viewed on Paramount+ and the CBS App. The evening begins with a few photos and video interviews from the red carpet. I was also invited to be part of the virtual press room for this year's ceremony, and you can see the questions I got to ask to the night's winners including Lois Smith, Alex Timbers, and Anthony Veneziale. You can also see longer interview clips that include my questions with director Kenny Leon and playwright Matthew Lopez, because what they said was so powerful it had to be shared. Following this, my extended 40-minute interview with legendary Broadway press agent and producer Irene Gandy, who shares many stories of her career, including learning from Douglas Turner Ward, walking into the New York Times office wearing hot pants, why attitudes about press have changed, the magic of August: Osage County, and the way in which she saw racism in the publicity industry. This program is best viewed in a video format, which is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p91K_oSS9U/ You can watch Ms. Gandy's Tonys speech here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffx2MRRCzPY&t=81s/
That's a rap! As part of the three-day Curtain Up! celebration of Broadway's reopening this past weekend, Broadway Gives Back host Jan Svendsen joined FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME cast members Kaila Mullady, Anthony Veneziale, Tarik Davis, and James Monroe Iglehart to discuss the hit Broadway show returning to the Booth Theater in October. Connect with Freestyle Love Supreme: Website: FreestyleLoveSupreme.com Facebook: @freestylelovesupreme Twitter: @freestylelove Instagram: @freestylelovesupreme Connect with The Broadway Gives Back Podcast: Facebook: @broadwaygivesbackpodcast Instagram: @broadwaygivesbackpodcast Twitter: @broadwaygives Hosted & Executive Produced by Jan Svendsen and co-produced & edited by Jim Lochner. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. Special thanks to Dori Berinstein, Alan Seales, and Kimberlee Garris from BPN; Julian Hills from The Bulldog Agency; and Eric Becker from Broderick Street Music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Say my name 3 times. It must be spoken, unbroken. Curtain Up!, a three day outdoor festival taking place in the heart of Times Square. Curtain Up! will takeover Broadway stretching between 45th and 48th Streets. 22 unique events will take place on stages in Duffy Square and between 45th & 46th Streets. BPN will kick off the festival everyday that weekend with Wake Up, Broadway!. What's Up Broadway? host Ayanna Prescod and co-host Christian Lewis will be setting the tone before introducing your favorite theater talents to the stage. Here is our schedule: Friday, September 17, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. join the Be More Chill celebration of Joe Iconis' birthday, with the master creator himself and the fans who made the show what it is today. Hosted by How to Be More Chill's Ilana Levine and Sam Maher with special guest appearances and answers to fan submitted questions. Saturday, September 18, 11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m., Freestyle Love Supreme cast members: Kaila Mullady, Anthony Veneziale, Tarik Davis, and James Monroe Iglehart join Jan Friedlander Svendsen, Chief Creative Officer of the Charity Network and host of Broadway Gives Back to discuss the hit Broadway show returning to the Booth Theater in October. Sunday, September 19, 9 a.m. - 10 a.m., Off Book: The Black Theatre Podcast!, a safe haven for Black theatre artists to talk about the real tea, will welcome esteemed guests from the Broadway community for a live podcast recording with hosts Drew Shade, Kim Exum and Ngozi Anyanwu. Broadway News: BEETLEJUICE is returning to Broadway in April 2022. The show will play at the Marquis Theatre in the spring. Audra McDonald and Leslie Odom Jr., will host the 74th Annual Tony Awards on September 26. Audra, the Six-time Tony winner will lead the awards portion of the evening, streaming on Paramount at 7 PM ET, while Hamilton Tony winner Leslie is set to emcee the live concert event Broadway's Back!, airing at 9 PM on CBS, Paramount, and the CBS app. The theater community gathered for the Trans March on Broadway and Christian discusses the movement. Everyone's Talking about Jamie musical adaptation will release on Amazon on Friday, September 17. Casting: Is This A Room and Dana H. running in rep at the Lyceum have announced their full cast. Becca Blackwell, Will Cobbs, and Pete Simpson join Emily Davis in Is This A Room. The play recounts the story of the FBI investigation of former Air Force intelligence specialist Reality Winner. Deirdre O'Connell will reprise her role in Dana H., playing Hnath's mother as she recounts a terrifying kidnapping experience. Previews for Is This A Room begin September 24 and previews for Dana H. begin on October 1st. Nkeki Obi-Melekwe will succeed Adrienne Warren in the title role of Broadway's Tina—The Tina Turner Musical on November 2. The Book of Mormon will star Kevin Clay as Elder Price, Cody Jamison Strand as Elder Cunningham, Kim Exum as Nabulungi, Olivier Award winner Stephen Ashfield as Elder McKinley and Sterling Jarvis as Mafala Hatimbi. Be sure to download the BPN iOS app via bpn.fm/app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
ANTHONY VENEZIALE (Two-Touch) is conceiver and co-creator FLS and FLS Academy. Founding member of American Immigrants (San Francisco). He has used improv techniques to create endeavors with Thomas Kail & Lin-Manuel Miranda (In the Heights, Bartlett, “The Electric Company”), Daveed Diggs (The Freeze), numerous networks/companies (HBO, Cartoon Network, Sesame Workshop, Boardwalk Pictures, Google) and co-founded speechlessinc.com, an improv thinking company that helps humans create, collaborate, and find their authentic voice. STAGE: Freestyle Love Supreme, Servicemen, Death in One Acts, and Trashin': Time to Waste. TV: ”Sex and the City”, “Freestyle Love Supreme”. ANEESA FOLDS made her Broadway debut in Freestyle Love Supreme in 2019. Off-Broadway/NYC: Sistas The Musical. Regional: North Shore Music Theatre, Goodspeed Opera House, Arrow Rock Lyceum. National Tour: Ragtime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Just like [re]born Broadway, I'm young, scrappy and hungry... Broadway News: Playbill, in partnership with The Broadway League and the Times Square Alliance have announced Curtain Up!, a three day outdoor festival taking place in the heart of Times Square. Curtain Up! will takeover Broadway stretching between 45th and 48th Streets. 22 unique events will take place on stages in Duffy Square and between 45th & 46th Streets. BPN will kick off the festival everyday that weekend with Wake Up, Broadway!. What's Up Broadway? host Ayanna Prescod and co-host Christian Lewis will be setting the tone before introducing your favorite theater talents to the stage. Here is our schedule: Friday, September 17, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. join the Be More Chill celebration of Joe Iconis' birthday, with the master creator himself and the fans who made the show what it is today. Hosted by How to Be More Chill's Ilana Levine and Sam Maher with special guest appearances and answers to fan submitted questions. Saturday, September 18, 11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m., Freestyle Love Supreme cast members: Kaila Mullady, Anthony Veneziale, Tarik Davis, and James Monroe Iglehart join Jan Friedlander Svendsen, Chief Creative Officer of the Charity Network and host of Broadway Gives Back to discuss the hit Broadway show returning to the Booth Theater in October. Sunday, September 19, 9 a.m. - 10 a.m., Off Book: The Black Theatre Podcast!, a safe haven for Black theatre artists to talk about the real tea, will welcome esteemed guests from the Broadway community for a live podcast recording with hosts Drew Shade, Kim Exum and Ngozi Anyanwu. Every weekend this month a new movie musical will be released. September 3rd Cinderella on Amazon September 10 Come From Away on Apple TV+ September 17 Everybody's Talking About Jamie on Amazon September 24 Dear Evan Hansen will release in theaters. And as a bonus on October 1st, Netflix will release Diana: The Musical. Casting: MJ: The Musical is going on a nationwide search for their young Michael Jackson. Whomever is cast as Young Michael will also be featured on iHeartRadio Broadway. Myles Frost will make his Broadway debut as adult Michael Jackson when the show begins previews on December 2nd. Ain't Too Proud announced their casting. Leading the cast as The Temptations will be Nik Walker as Otis Williams, James Harkness as Paul Williams, Jawan M. Jackson as Melvin Franklin, Matt Manuel as David Ruffin, and Jelani Remy as Eddie Kendricks. All five were starring in the production prior to the COVID-19 shutdown. Jane Krakowski also joined the cast of NBC's Annie Live. Sasson Gabay and Janet Dacal will lead The Band's Visit's North American Tour to round out the cast of Joe Joseph as Haled, Clay Singer as Itzik, Yoni Avi Battat as Camal, and Coby Getzug as Papi. Tootsie national tour will be headed by Drew Becker as Michael Dorsey, Ashley Alexandra as Julie Nichols, Payton Reilly as Sandy Lester, Lukas James Miller as Max Von Horn, Jared David Michael Grant as Jeff Slater, and Kathy Halenda as Rita Marshall. Be sure to download the BPN iOS app via bpn.fm/app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hosts LAURA and ALEX dig into it with FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME founding member ANTHONY VENEZIALE!!!
What a full, and at times bittersweet, conversation with Jenny Steingart today about her life in the arts. Jenny spoke about how her mentor, the late Margo Lion, paved the way for her in producing, what most nourishes her about the arts, and the poignant inspiration behind her founding Arts Nova. Jenny produces theater, film, and television. Recent productions include Freestyle Love Supreme on Broadway, a limited engagement of Sir Patrick Stewart's A Christmas Carol, Tina Fey’s Mean Girls, Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish and Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 starring Josh Groban. She most recently produced the documentary We Are Freestyle Love Supreme, which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, and is now available on Hulu. Jenny produced the cult film Black Dynamite and the subsequent animated television series on Adult Swim, and is the co-founding partner of the Japanese animation studio Ultra Super Pictures (Trigger, Sanzigen, Ordet and Liden Films). She is a partner in FLS Academy, a music, improvisation and rap school founded by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tommy Kail and Anthony Veneziale. Jenny is also the co-founder of Ars Nova, New York City’s premier theater for emerging artists and new work. For 18 years, Ars Nova has launched the careers of such artists as Beau Willimon (House of Cards), Liz Meriwether (New Girl), Billy Eichner, Tommy Kail (Hamilton), Alex Timbers (Moulin Rouge!) along with Pulitzer Prize winners Annie Baker and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Visit ArsNovaNYC or follow Ars Nova on Instagram @ArsNovaNYC for the latest and greatest artists on the rise. Be sure to keep up with Jenny on Instagram @JennySteingart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this twelfth episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 5, DB learns from Dr. Caricia Catalani and Anthony Veneziale, Co-founders of Bloom. Bloom is modernizing sexuality education, helping it become the empathy, safety, and biology education it always should have been. Bloom has three incredible and engaging playbooks for youth ages 5+, 7+, and 9+ so parents can start and continue having critical conversations about gender, friendship, boundaries, and so much more. Check them out a bloomscience.org. --- Sex Ed with DB, Season 5 Team: Creator, Co-Producer, Sound Engineer, and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB) Co-Producer and Communications Lead: Cathren Cohen Graphic Illustrator: Andrea Forgacs Social Media Intern: Leslie Lopez Website: Alex Morton --- Sex Ed with DB, Season 5 is Sponsored by: Clone-A-Willy, Pandia Health, Uberlube, and Emojibator. --- Love Sex Ed with DB? Email us at Sexedwithdb@gmail.com for comments and questions about what's coming up this season. --- About the podcast: Sex Ed with DB is a feminist podcast bringing you all the sex ed you never got through unique and entertaining storytelling, centering LGBTQ+ folks and BIPOC. We discuss topics such as intersex rights, abortion, dominatrixes, sex toys, queer sex ed, sex and disabilities, HIV, sex in entertainment, and more. --- Follow Sex Ed with DB on: Website: www.sexedwithdb.com Twitter: @sexedwithdb Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast Facebook: @edwithdb TikTok: @sexedwithdb ---
Anthony Veneziale, also known by his stage name ‘Two-Touch’, is the conceiver and co-creator of the improvisational hip-hop comedy musical group Freestyle Love Supreme, as well as the FLS Academy. He has been performing and teaching improv for more than 20 years and is a leader in the field of musical improvisation. Anthony has used these techniques for endeavors with names such as Tommy Kail, Lin Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs, and numerous others. He co-founded Speechless Inc, an “an improv thinking company that helps humans create, collaborate, and find their authentic voice”. For several years Anthony has worked with, and been involved in studies by, Dr. Charles Limb out of UCSF Sandler Center, who is renowned for his research on brain activity during musical improvisation. Anthony was most recently seen on Broadway in the limited run of Freestyle Love Supreme, and has appeared on TV in Sex and the City, All My Children, Looking, Bartlett, and the Hulu documentary We Are Freestlye Love Supreme, which documents the groups 15 year history. Never once did Anthony think he could make a living out of doing improv. But, he says, “I loved it so much that I continued to do it until people paid me for it”. During our conversation, Anthony reiterates how interested he is in the affects improvising has on people's brains. This is evident in his creation of and work with the companies Speechless Inc., and Freestyle Love Academy. Even more so, he is interested in the affects improv can have on a community. In their classes at FLS Academy, they work to create an environment where people feel authentically themselves, where they are seen and recognized as their authentic selves, and are then able to encourage others to do the same. Improv has proved to be “a fabulous tool to help people do that”. Anthony also shares more on the work he has been a part of with Dr. Charles Limb, who uses an fMRI machine to create 3D models of the brain, and identify when subjects are in a “flow state”. For some, this flow state is a “runner’s high” while running, and for others, improv is the key. In this episode, we talk about: The parts of the brain associated with a “flow state” Discovering hip hop music when he was 10 years old Auditioning for his college improv troupe How he got his stage name, Two Touch The mission and work of Freestyle Love Supreme Academy, and Speechless Inc. How isolation during COVID affects our brains Alan and Anthony play an improv game called Convergence Connect with Anthony: IG: @freestylelovesupreme, @FLS_Academy Twitter: @AnthVeneziale, @freestylelove, @FLS_Academy 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. A very special thanks to our patrons who help make this podcast possible! Cheryl Hodges-Selden, Paul Seales, David Seales If you would like to see your name in this show notes or get a shout out on the pod itself, visit ttp.fm/patreon to become a member and show your support! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
For Freestyle Love Supreme’s cornerstone performers—Broadway superstar Christopher Jackson ("Hamilton," "In the Heights," "The Lion King") and improv innovator Anthony Veneziale—freestyle rapping is more than just the center of their show; it’s an art form that teaches you how to get out of your comfort zone and embrace the ups and downs life sends your way. Learn more about Roadtrip Nation at: roadtripnation.com Contact us: podcast@roadtripnation.org
This week's episode of The Spark File is Part 2 of Susan and Laura's conversation with Freestyle Love Supreme's Anthony "Two-Touch" Veneziale and Chris "Shockwave" Sullivan. Recorded LIVE from The Spark File New Year 2020 Creativity Workshop in NYC, Anthony and Shockwave share their belief in restorative play, mental fitness and the ability to learn how to learn. Plus, the unforgettable story of Anthony taking a tennis ball to the, well,... balls during a performance at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Brutal.
In this episode, we celebrated the end of a decade and the end of the 2019 season of The Producer's Perspective Podcast with inspirational and funny quotes from previous guests! Thank you to Julie Halston, Mark Sendroff, Stephanie Lee, Susan Blackwell, Adam Gwon, Anthony Veneziale, Ali Stroker, Mara Isaacs, Charlotte Wilcox, Ken Cerniglia, Glen Kelly, and Alan Cumming for joining me on the podcast this season! Thanks, Terry Knickerbocker, for supporting this episode. Terry Knickerbocker Studio offers a two-year acting conservatory, workshops, studio rentals, one-on-one coaching, beginner acting classes, and the best actor training in New York. For more information, visit terryknickerbockerstudio.com. The final #SongWriterOfTheWeek for the 2019 season is . . . Kerrigan-Lowdermilk! And my good friend and Godspell company member, Lindsay Mendez is singing their song called Hand in Hand from their immersive house party musical THE BAD YEARS. If you like what you hear and want to learn more, check out www.kerrigan-lowdermilk.com or @kerrigan_lowdermilk on Instagram. We'll be back with a BRAND NEW season of The Producer Perspective Podcast on February 24, 2020. During the break, keep up with me on Instagram, @KenDavenportBway, and check out my blog for weekly content. www.theproducersperspective.com www.broadwaypodcastnetwork.com This episode was edited by Mary Dina. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vivek Venugopal is an improviser, comedian, actor and musician. He’s the director of revenue at Speechless, Inc., which teaches an improv comedy approach to public speaking. Vivek and his business partner Anthony Veneziale, perform an improv show called “American Immigrants.” He and Ali talked about using comedy to help people reflect on their own immigrant heritage, and the importance of effectively telling your story.
In a special Talks at Google event, members of the Freestyle Love Supreme cast discuss the current show on Broadway, and the amazing future of the FLS Academy. About the show: More than 15 years after its inception, Freestyle Love Supreme — the original hip-hop musical phenomenon from Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Anthony Veneziale — arrives on Broadway. Every performance, the crew takes the crowd on a freestyle, hip-hop, improvisational, never-before-seen comedy ride. See it for the first time every time as the performers take suggestions from the audience and spin them into instantaneous riffs and full-length musical numbers. With special — and spontaneous — guest appearances from Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher Jackson, Daveed Diggs, James Monroe Iglehart, and more, every night brings the unexpected. Panelists Include: - Chris Sullivan - Anthony Veneziale - Aneesa Folds - Arthur Lewis - Kaila Mullady - Jenny Steingart (Producer) More info via https://freestylelovesupreme.com/ Moderated by Brad Kemp. Visit http://g.co/TalksAtGoogle/FLSAcademy to watch the video.
This episode features Chris Sullivan (aka Shockwave) & Aneesa Folds (aka Young Nees) who are two of the newest stars to the Broadway stage. They’re part of the amazing cast that makes up the critically acclaimed, completely improvised hip hop show FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME, which was just extended to Sunday, January 12th, 2020. In 2004 before In The Heights and Hamilton, there was FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME. It is the critically acclaimed show created by Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Anthony Veneziale, FLS is a blend of hip-hop, improvisational theater, music and vocal stylings and with recent special guests including Christopher Jackson, James Monroe Iglehart, Wayne Brady, Sarah Kay, Daveed Diggs, and Lin-Manuel Miranda. The joyful show features talented performers providing non-stop action throughout this fast-paced evening, spinning suggestions from the audience into humorous bits, instantaneous songs and riffs, and fully realized musical numbers. Interview content begins at 2:16. Closing standards begin at 42:52. Connect with Chris and Aneesa freestylelovesupreme.com freestylelovesupreme.com/academy Chris on IG: @sharkwave Chris on Twitter: @offbookbeatbox Aneesa on IG: @aneesafolds Aneesa on Twitter: @aneesafolds Connect with The Theatre Podcast: Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheTheatrePodcast Twitter & Instagram: @theatre_podcast Facebook.com/OfficialTheatrePodcastTheTheatrePodcast.com Alan's personal Instagram: @alanseales Email me at feedback@thetheatrepodcast.com. I want to know what you think. Thank you to our friends Jukebox The Ghost for our intro and outro music. You can find them on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @jukeboxtheghost or via the web via jukeboxtheghost.com. A very special thanks to our patrons who help make this podcast possible! Cheryl Hodges-Selden, Paul Seales, David Seales If you would like to see your name in this show notes or get a shout out on the pod itself, visit ttp.fm/patreon to become a member and show your support!
Anthony Veneziale (Two-Touch) is the conceiver and co-creator Freestyle Love Supreme and FLS Academy. Founding member of American Immigrants (San Francisco). He has used improv techniques to create endeavors with Thomas Kail & Lin-Manuel Miranda (In the Heights, Bartlett, “The Electric Company”), Daveed Diggs (The Freeze), numerous networks/companies (HBO, Cartoon Network, Sesame Workshop, Boardwalk Pictures, Google) and co-founded speechlessinc.com, an improv thinking company that helps humans create, collaborate, and find their authentic voice. STAGE: Freestyle Love Supreme, Servicemen, Death in One Acts, and Trashin': Time to Waste. TV: ”Sex and the City”, Freestyle Love Supreme. Listen in to this podcast, and you'll hear about the origins of this new form on Broadway, and how he helped Lin-Manuel Miranda and Tommy Kail with In The Heights, and a ton more, including (yes, I'm giving you the full bullet points, because this podcast is that good): Why Hip-Hop/Rap is so effective in the theater and why this is just the beginning. How his success happened overnight . . . NO IT DIDN'T! It took a long time, and why and how he had the courage to keep at it. The most commonly uttered words on my podcast from all my guests, and why those words helped Anthony crush his goals. How he teaches freestyle at the Freestyle Love Supreme Academy (if I can do it - anyone can). And in addition to me beatboxing, you can bet he shows a little of his freestylin' skills as well. This week’s #SongwriterOfTheWeek is Douglas Lyons and Ethan Pakchar. Check out "Runnin'" (sung by Matt Rodin) from their new musical Beau at the end of this episode. If you enjoyed the outro music in this episode, go on over to www.beauthemusical.com. This week's episode is brought to you by AJV Media. They've been our videographers for our Super Conference since the beginning! They're professional, easy to work with, and local to NY! If you're looking for a videographer and want more information, visit their website www.AJVMedia.com. Keep up with me: @KenDavenportBway This podcast was edited by Stanley Wiercinski. www.theproducersperspective.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In a hilarious, completely improvised talk, improv master Anthony Veneziale takes to the TED stage for a truly one-of-a-kind performance. Armed with an audience-suggested topic ("stumbling towards intimacy") and a deck of slides he's never seen before, Veneziale crafts a meditation on the intersection of love, language and ... avocados?
이 우스운 즉석 강연에서는, 즉흥 공연 전문가 앤토니 베네지엘리가 그만의 독특한 무대를 선보입니다. 관객들이 뽑은 주제 ("친밀함을 향한 비틀거림") 와 전혀 내용을 모르는 슬라이드 쇼를 가지고, 베네지엘리는 사랑과 언어, 그리고 아보카도(?)의 교차점에서 이야기를 풀어갑니다.
In a hilarious, completely improvised talk, improv master Anthony Veneziale takes to the TED stage for a truly one-of-a-kind performance. Armed with an audience-suggested topic ("stumbling towards intimacy") and a deck of slides he's never seen before, Veneziale crafts a meditation on the intersection of love, language and ... avocados?
In einer urkomischen, vollständig improvisierten Rede, nimmt der Improvisations-Meister Anthony Veneziale die TED Bühne ein, für einen wirklich einzigartigen Vortrag. Mit einem vom Publikum vorgeschlagenen Thema ("Auf Intimität stoßen") und ein paar Folien ausgestattet, die er noch nie vorher gesehen hat, gestaltet Veneziale eine Meditation vom Schnittpunkt der Liebe, Sprache und ... Avocados?
Em uma hilária palestra totalmente improvisada, o mestre do improviso Anthony Veneziale faz do TED seu palco para uma apresentação verdadeiramente única. Sua matéria-prima é o tema sugerido pela plateia ("De cara com a intimidade") e um conjunto de slides com imagens que ele nunca havia visto antes. Veneziale elabora uma reflexão sobre o que há de comum entre o amor, a linguagem e... abacates?
Anthony Veziale, grand prêtre de l’impro nous fait une intervention unique en son genre, hilarante et entièrement improvisée sur la scène de TED. Il s’empare d’un thème suggéré par le public « trébucher vers l’intimité » et d’un ensemble de slides qu’il n'a jamais vu pour tisser une méditation à l’intersection de l’amour, du langage et ... des avocats ?
En una charla divertida y completamente improvisada, Anthony Veneziale se presenta en TED con una plática muy original. Con un tema sugerido por la audiencia ("Tropezando hacia la intimidad") y una serie de diapositivas que jamás había visto, Veneziale realiza una meditación sobre la intersección del amor, el idioma y... aguacates?
Anthony's third episode opens with an emotional story involving Freestyle Love Supreme's own Arthur Lewis (Arthur the Geniuses), a significant loss, and how the crew grieved together live on stage during FLS' most recent run. After a pizza break, Anthony answers more questions from the Patreon Peeps including how his daughters reacted to seeing him at FLS (and how more and more kids are coming to the shows), how much he loves being in a classroom, and a new way to sing "Your Obedient Servant." FLS Mic Check: https://twitter.com/freestylelove/status/1102395450261426176 Twitter @freestylelove Instagram @freestylelovesupreme Ars Nova https://arsnovanyc.com/ Freestyle Love Supreme Academy https://freestylelovesupreme.com/academy/ Caricia Catalani https://www.ideo.com/people/caricia-catalani https://www.who.int/ http://www.publichealthcomms.com/news/2016/4/29/caricia-catalani-an-introduction-xcpft-h9m36 Speechless https://www.speechlessinc.com/ LL Cool J - “Around the Way Girl” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwgt9Dxyyv0 Young MC - “Stone Cold Rhymin'” https://open.spotify.com/album/5epYkQqWldhYysHIH9mrmE?autoplay=true&v=L
Anthony Veneziale (aka Two Touch) kicks off his second episode with his Hamilton experience, from Lin-Manuel Miranda calling him as Hercules Mulligan to seeing it in previews at The Public. We also have a therapy session about why freestyling seems so terrifying and why people (especially women) have been hardwired to think that way. Plus, Anthony explains how Freestyle Love Supreme stays positive in this political climate. And then Mike comes home and we order pizza! Yeah, there's a lot going on in this one. FLS Mic Check: https://twitter.com/freestylelove/status/1102395450261426176 Twitter @freestylelove Instagram @freestylelovesupreme Ars Nova https://arsnovanyc.com/ Freestyle Love Supreme Academy https://freestylelovesupreme.com/academy/ Caricia Catalani https://www.ideo.com/people/caricia-catalani https://www.who.int/ http://www.publichealthcomms.com/news/2016/4/29/caricia-catalani-an-introduction-xcpft-h9m36 Speechless https://www.speechlessinc.com/ The Power of Shared Imagination | HUGE: Anthony Veneziale & Chris Libby | TEDxConstitutionDrive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsHin8cxlgI&t= Anthony's Favorite Philly Pizza https://www.tacconellispizzeria.com/ "Second Chance" Freestyle Love Supreme Episode 8: "You Better Work(shop)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTUNrzCc6h4&list=ELLpHMo3LpQj5ddv90QMB0Ew
Anthony Veneziale (Freestyle Love Supreme's Two Touch) is here and oh mannnnnn did we have one hell of a conversation. In his first episode Anthony talks about the FLS origin story (including freestyling with Tommy Kail on a road trip, getting Cool Points from Chris Jackson, and working on In The Heights), the brain science behind improvisation, and the importance of bringing women and people of color into the space he's created. Twitter @freestylelove Instagram @freestylelovesupreme Ars Nova https://arsnovanyc.com/ Freestyle Love Supreme Academy https://freestylelovesupreme.com/academy/ Hamletmachine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamletmachine Freestyle Love Supreme Cypher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl7ovlJU_wc clipping - “Inside Out” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tFXIy7OWos “Sunrise” Freestyle Love Supreme Episode 2: “Feed Me” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS7dodhE8c8&list=ELLpHMo3LpQj5ddv90QMB0Ew Moondrunk - “My Words” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4xE3xA0mxw Syndee Winters - “Focus” https://youtu.be/k8LSmUPy9G4
Have you ever dreamt of going on stage and not knowing your lines or even what show you were in? Is that only an ex-actor’s recurring nightmare? What about walking on stage to give a TedX talk with slides you’ve never seen and no rehearsal? What if I told you my guest today, Anthony Veneziale, from Speechless, Inc., does that every day for a living? Today, Anthony is giving you 3 tips on how to Power Up Your Presentation Skills so you won’t be left Speechless in your next presentation or demo… No matter how rehearsed you are, there is always some unscripted component of your presentation that makes it “real” and curve balls that will keep you on your toes. How will you deal with it? If you’re an introvert, this one is especially helpful for you! And if you’re in my coaching program, we’ll be playing this game together once every six weeks! In this week’s Monday Morning Motivator you’ll get: [Intro & Intention] Meet Anthony Veneziale, Chief Creative Officer at Speechless, Creators of “What’s Your Point?” the party game you’re not really prepared for... [Metrics Minute] Accountability time! Anthony shares with us the OCR’s, or KPIs they use as a team at Speechless… [Motivation Minute] Anthony shares three tips on how to get ready for a presentation to keep you on your toes and get comfortable doing presentations on the fly.. SALES LEADERS: Check out what Speechless is doing for teams on their website: https://www.speechlessinc.com/training Resources*: https://www.speechlessinc.com/games Enter Code JPM at checkout for a super special discount! Twitter: @speechlessshow IG: @speechlesslive FB: @speechlesssf Before you go: What’s your best tip for prepping for a presentation? Let me know in the comments! Have a great week! - Jess Join my FREE TRAINING this week: The Science Behind Why People REALLY Buy, so you can apply these tips into a presentation that tells the story your customer wants to hear: freetraining.jpmpartners.com © JPM Partners, LLC
Jan 29th - William Rempel, Anthony Veneziale, Robert Knight
Jan 29th - William Rempel, Anthony Veneziale, Robert Knight
Utkarsh went to San Francisco this weekend to work with his longtime friend Anthony Veneziale aka Two Touch, founding member of Freestyle Love Supreme. The boys take a road trip and discuss the genesis of Freestyle Love Supreme and their new TV show on Seeso, Anthony meeting a 20 year old "hot mess" named Utkarsh, and leaving acting in the name of love. ALSO--FREESTYLE RAPS! DO NOT MISS HISTORY BEING MADE.
This show is a veritable pastiche of comedy podcasts from all over the interwebs as, each week, my self and our esteemed associate producer, Tyson Saner, get out there and harvest clips from shows both far AND wide. Sometimes comedy podcasters themselves even send along clips from their shows – which they are always welcome to do – after all, who knows their shows better than they themselves? In this show, Epi92, we have got not only a solid handful or so of clips but also an interview with three guys who are behind a show some Succotashians will have heard me mention before. The show — Speechless – is a live comedy show with a whole new format that’s been running San Francisco for the past year and a half. (Full disclosure: I’ve been a part of the behind-the-scenes action.) It’s beginning to get some real notice and it’s also starting to get out beyond the Bay Area. In fact, coming up on August 25th, Speechless will make its debut in New York. Very exciting stuff, and later on in the show I’ll have my interview with Sammy Wegent (who was our guest way back in Epi35, talking about his web series Everybody's A Comedian) and producers Scott Lifton and Anthony Veneziale. The Usual Stuff On tap this episode we have TWO Burst O' Durst segments with political/cultural comedian Will Durst, a classic Henderson's Pants commercial, and our Tweetsack segment. They're Back (Almost…) One of the things we're playing for you in this epi is a teaser announcement from our friends at the Superego podcast. They will be back with long-awaited season 4 in September and, as part of the announcement, it seems that Paul F. Tompkins - who was a frequent guest with Superego in the past - is now a regular cast member. The Top 10 Most Active Show in Stitcher's Top 100 Comedy Podcast List Normally when I look at the Top 100 Comedy Podcasts on Stitcher, I don’t even glance at the top ten any more because it never seems to change. But this past week, it looks like some shifting has been going on – there’s even a show up there I’ve never heard of! And normally the moves are pretty meek – get a load of the swing numbers this week: AT MOVED7 Fernando & Greg’s Daily Podcast +1627 SModcast >> Edumacation +2537 Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 -3457 About Last Night Podcast -4762 This Week In Blackness Radio +3965 The Dead Authors Podcast +4869 Vos & Bonnie’s “My Wife Hates Me” +2983 Wits -6798 Kumail Nanjiani’s The X-Files Files +60100 Who’s Paying Attention +99 There was a LOT of action in that Top 100 list this week – those were just the top movers. Hop over to http://Stitcher.com and you can check it out yourself. The Clips Here are the comedy podcasts that we're featuring in this episode. To visit each show's homesite, simply click on the title to the show listed below. Attaboy ClarenceOkay, so this podcast that is not a comedy podcast per se. The host is not a comedian and the subject matter, although some it may venture into the comedy area, is also not about comedy. Nonetheless, the Attaboy Clarence podcast IS a funny offering, as served up by the host, Adam Roche. The focus is classic movies and old time radio shows – which, for my money, is the closest thing there has ever been, historically speaking, to podcasts. This clip is actually the opening to the show from recent episode 17, harvested by our AP, Tyson Saner, and recommended to us by both @Good_Podcasts and Megan M aka @PodcastWhore. The Snooki Podcast OR The Naturally Nicole PodcastI was not a fan or even a viewer of The Jersey Shore when it was taking TV by storm. Not a fan of reality TV at all, actually. (Mostly because I write for TV and why would I be rooting for content that gives me LESS of a chance of writing than I already fight against?) Anyway, Jersey Shore. Not a fan. Not really sure who Snooki is. Nor is she, apparently. She has a podcast now – so you KNOW podcasting is beginning to hit the mainstream – and even she can’t decide to call it The Snooki Podcast or The Naturally Nicole Podcast, because Nicole Polizzi is her real name. Grumpy Young MenTommy and Justin are a couple of Canadian lads who host the Grumpy Young Men podcast. And they grouse about everyday topics like movies, technology, business, and life in general. Like most of the podcasts featuring guys sitting around and chatting about stuff, they’re about as well informed as anyone else who gets their news from Twitter, Google, and web chatter in general. Broken FilterGot a request via the Twitter to check out a podcast called Broken Filter, hosted by Rockstar Joe and Jonesy. I get the feeling after checking out their site that they frequently have guests, although I clipped a chunk out of a recent show that featured just the two hosts together. (They actually do a “livecast” every Tuesday night at 8 PM EDT from Port Chester, New York, via video on ZenTV.tv, then audio podcast it later.) The clip we have features one of their usual feature, Random Thoughts. WANHTPY (We Are Not Here To Please You)If you’re new to Podcastland you may not know that podcasting is truly an international phenomenon. And here on Succotash, we regularly features shows from all over the place, including the US, Canada, Britain, and Australia. I think THIS is the first time that we’ve gotten a slice from a show in Finland, all thanks to the hosts – Rafael and Arttu – suggesting that we give their show a listen. Our man Tyson grabbed a chunk from W-A-N-H-T-P-Y, that’s how it’s listed on iTunes. It stands for We Are Not Here To Please You and that’s a tough call which of those you’re even going to remember. Rafael is German. Arttu is Finnish. And their website says they decided to record a podcast “just for the hell of it.” Huh. I think that’s everybody’s story, really. But these guys do it in Finland, so that’s something different. Their guest this episode is J. Scott Peter, who has something to do with the video game biz. That's it for Epi92. Feel free to help us out in defraying the costs behind doing this podcast. There are THREE different ways right on the Succotash homesite itself that you can use: The Amazon banner at the top of the page, the Donate button on the right-hand side of the page. Or the Succotashery - where our merch lives - also on the right-hand side. Little help? Please remember to pass the Succotash! — Marc Hershon
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