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Broadway Expert, Laura Heywood, aka Broadwaygirlnyc, brings her story of how she was able to be herself and capitalize on it in her favorite industry. Making a career on being a pivotal role during the Tony Awards, in media, and as a host she inspires listeners to keep their heads up and plow threw. Her hard work and determination is why she's successful today. This episode appearance for Laura was the first time she was able to speak out about her queer identity. She also explains what it is like to be a queer business owner. Her new "Applause Shop" is thriving and having live auctions on EXCLUSIVE In The Heights collectibles. You don't want to miss it. Laura Heywood, Curtain Up! Connect with Laura on Instagram: @broadwaygirlnyc Connect with Take A Bow on Instagram: @takeabowpodcast Connect with host, Eli Tokash on Instagram: @tokash_eli Produced by the Broadway Podcast Network Edited by Tessie Tokash (@tessietokash) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are IN THE ROOM with media personality and Broadway’s original online super fan LAURA HEYWOOD!  You know how Dana missed co-hosting an episode of ITR? Well that’s because she has been doing double duty - directing/editing/producing a new show called “Broadway Fanatic With Laura Heywood” for the new streaming service Broadway on Demand! Dana & Laura created a joyful series which celebrates Broadway fans who are creating their own theatre-related content! Each episode features a handful of creative and inspired “Broadway Fanatics” and Laura reacts to them right along with the audience. We chat with Laura about how she has created her own space in the world by doing what she loves and following her joy. Laura created the anonymous Twitter account @BroadwayGirlNYC in 2009 and in the years since, has become a critical tastemaker and important advocate for all things New York Theatre. This is seriously a masterclass in unapologetically being true to who you are and letting your fan flag fly! Also check out her new charitable endeavor: www.applauseshop.com! @BroadwayGirlNYC @BwayOnDemand @intheroompod @danakellycraig @sferezy  @broadwaypodcastnetwork We would be gob smacked into next week if you gave us a rating and review on iTunes! We so appreciate your lurve, shout outs, and support! XOXO IN THE ROOM is a proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. www.bpn.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joan Marcus is one of the preeminent theatrical photographers working in the US today. Over the past 25 years she has photographed over 500 shows on and off Broadway and regionally. A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Joan graduated from George Washington University. In 2014 she received a Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theater. @joanmarcus Brittney Johnson is currently the Glinda Standby in Wicked on Broadway. Other Broadway credits: Les Mis (Éponine), Motown, Sunset Boulevard, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Greatest thanks to God, Mom, family and my team. Special thanks to Telsey + Co & the Wicked team! Dedicated to you, The Dreamer. @sunnybrittney Laura Heywood, aka @BroadwayGirlNYC, is the host of the daily 6pm Instagram Live show “The Broadway Shutdown Support Group.” With a background in broadcasting including ten years at Sirius XM Radio, she now works as a full-time professional Broadway fan, using her social media platforms to promote positivity, enthusiasm, and joy for the arts. From hosting talkbacks to sold-out houses at Broadway theatres, to conceiving and hosting live events, to being employed as the in-house Broadway expert and Video Package Supervisor for the Tony Awards, Laura is “the most visible and vocal supporter in the business” (Forbes) and “Broadway’s most influential fan” (CBS). She is also an audience advocate and consultant, having worked with clients including Actors Equity, the American Musical & Dramatic Academy, FOUND: The Musical, Grant Thornton, the National Alliance for Musical Theatre, the Kilroys, and multiple Tony- and Grammy-Award winners and nominees. Thank you for taking the time to listen to this episode. We appreciate your support! Want more of My Broadway Memory?! Follow us on Social! @MyBroadwayMemory on Instagram and Facebook and @MyBwayMemory on Twitter MICHAEL KUSCHNER: Instagram or The Dressing Room Project Dear Multi-Hyphenate Podcast BRIAN SEDITA: Instagram, Website, Page to Stage Podcast BROADWAY PODCAST NETWORK: Website or Instagram #MyBroadwayMemory Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nick Cordero is a Tony nominated actor (Bullets Over Broadway, Waitress, A Bronx Tale). I sat down with him a few years ago at Build Series in New York City. I chose this interview from the archives because I want you to know how great Nick is, and for you to keep him in your thoughts. Because my friend is Nick is very sick — he is fighting for his life, in critical condition, in the ICU as a result of Covid-19. He has a 10-month old baby; his wife is understandably distraught; and they are asking everyone everywhere to pray — whatever that looks like — for Nick’s recovery. I interviewed him when starring in the iconic role of Sonny in A Bronx Tale: The Musical, written by and inspired by the life of Chazz Palminteri. With Nick so very much on my mind right now, and in the hearts of the whole Broadway community, I am reaching back to our interview as part of my own prayer process. Please keep Nick and his family in the forefront of your minds, along with the families of everyone else suffering from this horrible pandemic. To all the first responders, heath care professionals, and essential workers: I thank you. To everyone listening: Stay Safe, Stay Healthy, Stay Home. To Nick and his wife Amanda and their baby Elvis: My heart is with you.

NOTE: WHISPER HOUSE WAS CANCELED THE DAY BEFORE ITS FIRST PREVIEW DUE TO COVID-19. WE ARE ALL HOLDING HOPE THAT IT WILL BE PRODUCED AT A LATER DATE.  Kyle Jarrow was nominated for a Tony Award for his brilliant, fully original book of a musical for Spongebob Squarepants: The Musical. His current project is Whisper House, with songs by Duncan Sheik,  off-Broadway at 59E59 in New York City. Kyle also leads the indie-pop-rock band Sky Pony with his wife, Tony nominee Lauren Worsham (A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder), writes for television and movies, and he's a dad.

Steven Sater is a Tony, Grammy, and Olivier Award winning lyricist, librettist, writer, poet and much more. He is the man responsible for Spring Awakening, the show that inspired the passion that led to Laura Heywood's online alter ego, @BroadwayGirlNYC. His new novel, Alice By Heart, is a gorgeous and poetic expansion of the world behind the musical of the same name. Hardly a re-relling of Alice in Wonderland, the story instead is about a different Alice, down a different kind of hole – a lost pubescent girl in the panic of 1940s London, seeking refuge in an abandoned Tube station for herself and her sick best friend. The other children there do seem to oddly resemble the characters from her favorite Lewis Carroll novel, and the more terrifying the war becomes above ground, the more solace she takes in retelling the story she knows by heart to Alfred, the best friend who is succumbing slowly to tuberculosis. As a boy, Steven Sater himself was very sick – confined in quarantine most of his young life – and books were his refuge, too. So as we read the intertwined stories of these two Alices and the plight of struggling youth – we are, in a way, learning Steven’s story, too.

https://indyweek.secondstreetapp.com/2020-Best-of-the-Triangle-Nominations/gallery/217735061 (Click here to nominate the RDU on Stage podcast for Indy Week's Best of the Triangle Podcast.) About the Guest Originally from Oakland, CA, Laura Heywood began working as a commercial actor and print model as a young teenager, appearing in campaigns for Nintendo, Apple Computers, Constellation Brands, GTE Mobile Net, and the infamous Dove Campaign For Real Beauty. Laura attended college at the University of Puget Sound in Washington, where she studied Theatre Arts and writing and was active in LGBT causes and student media. In 2005 she was recruited to New York City for the launch of Sirius Satellite Radio’s MAXIM channel, based on the popular men’s magazine, as both a producer and co-host. In 2009, Laura created the Twitter account @BroadwayGirlNYC, to document her love of New York Theatre. 2010 saw the launch of “At the Stage Door with @BroadwayGirlNYC,” Laura’s weekly column on BroadwayWorld.com about life as a Broadway fan. Laura’s reveal as the force behind @BroadwayGirlNYC came in February of 2015 when she was invited to speak onstage at TEDxBroadway. The public “merging of her two lives,” as Laura put it, allowed her to launch a new company, Laura Heywood Media, to focus on both social media consulting and live appearances as a Broadway expert. Visit Laura online at http://www.lauraheywoodmedia.com/ (www.lauraheywoodmedia.com). https://www.ted.com/talks/laura_heywood_practicing_happiness (Hear Laura's TEDxBroadway talk on Practicing Happiness.) Connect with RDU on Stage Facebook – @rduonstage Twitter – @rduonstage Instagram – @rduonstage Web – http://www.rduonstage.com/ (www.rduonstage.com) Support this podcast

Morgan James has five Broadway credits, five solo albums — including her newest, “Memphis Magnetic” — and literally tens of millions of views on YouTube. Her most impressive trait, however, is that she never assumed that talent was enough. There is zero entitlement in this woman — instead of taking her natural gift for granted, she’s used it like a key to an endless library of learning, growing, enhancing, and redefining her own standards of success. 

Ann Harada's resume is, without a doubt, impressive. On Broadway she has sung Rodgers and Hammerstein, Boublil & Schonberg, Dolly Parton, Ahrens & Flaherty, and Robert Lopez, plus appeared in David Henry Hwang’s celebrated play M. Butterfly in her Broadway acting debut. On screen she has appeared in Smash, Gotham, 30 Rock, The Jim Gaffigan Show, Sex and the Cityvthe digital series Indoor Boys. She is currently starring as the iconic "Pile of Poo" off-Broadway in Emojiland: The Musical.

Lin-Manuel Miranda. Leslie Odom, Jr. Phillipa Soo. Daveed Diggs. Renee Elise Goldsberry. Christopher Jackson. Okierete Onaodowan. Anthony Ramos. Alex Lacamoire. David Korins. Javier Muñoz. Rory O'Malley. Mandy Gonzales. James Monroe Iglehart. Daniel Breaker. Morgan Marcell. Lexi Lawson. Welcome to an eight-hour marathon of HAMILTON interviews! The quintessential one-stop-shop for interviews with the stars of Broadway's most celebrated musical, with "Broadway's most influential fan," Laura Heywood, aka @BroadwayGirlNYC.

Just off of a triumphant run as Eliza Hamilton in the National Tour of Hamilton: An American Musical, followed by celebrating her wedding in a fete worthy of the movies, Shoba Narayan has returned to New York, and New York is celebrating. Specifically celebrating at the Greenroom 42 inside the Yotel on 10th Avenue & 40th Street, where Shoba will be performing for one night only in her solo show, PLACES, which will use the songs of Ingrid Michaelson, Coldplay, Beyonce, and more — yes, including Hamilton — to tell the story of her two-year journey across the country and what it means to find home. 

Alice Ripley is one of the heavyweights of American Musical Theatre. A Tony winner for her star-turn as Diana in the Pulitzer Prize winning musical “Next to Normal,” Alice Ripley is known world-wide for showstopping roles, including those in Side Show (for which she was also Tony nominated, alongside Emily Skinner), The Rocky Horror Show, The Who’s Tommy, Les Miserables, James Joyce’s The Dead, Sunset Boulevard, and American Psycho. She is here today promoting a one-woman monologue show, "The Pink Unicorn," at The Cell, a 60-seat venue in Chelsea. In “The Pink Unicorn,” from Out of the Box Theatrics, Alice plays Trisha Lee, a Christian widow in Texas whose world is shaken when her 14-year-old child, Jolene, announces that they are not in fact female but instead genderqueer, changing their name to Jo, launching a Gay/Straight alliance, and introducing their mom to the concept of gender-neutral pronouns. Trisha is totally thrown for a loop, hurled out of her comfort zone — and the show takes all of us though the complex journey of navigating the conservative community as well as her own biases, and the challenges of loving and accepting a child who defies expectations in service of being themselves. To quote Hunter Bell & Jeff Bowen’s quirky, brilliant musical [title of show]: ALICE RIPLEY, SHE’S FIERCE!

Taylor Louderman, who plays Regina George; Grey Henson, who plays Damien, and Casey Nicholaw, director of the show, who sat down with me together; and Kate Rockwell, who steals the show as Karen Smith are the subjects of these conversations from the Laura Heywood Interviews archives! Thanks to Verizon Media and Build Series NYC for permission to air these conversations originally aired on their platforms. For video of these and over 100 other celebrity interviews, visit www.LauraHeywoodMedia.com !  

In this special crossover episode, Laura is the interviewee on Beth Clayton's gorgeous podcast, "Fiercely Human."  SUBSCRIBE TO "FIERCELY HUMAN" HERE: https://podcasts.apple.com/ao/podcast/fiercely-human/id1458152113 In this episode, we dive into: ● How Laura discovered her life-long quirks have actually been her superpowers in disguise. ● Laura’s synchronistic and “zig-zag” journey from radio host to a popular anonymous alter ego, to professional Broadway fandom. ● How writing our personal mission statement can set the stage for a dream job. ● Why primarily focusing on tangible results is deadly to our creativity, joy and even progress. ● Why it is CRUCIAL to start before you are ready (and without a ton of pressure) ● How satisfaction is directly correlated to the “muscle” we put into our dreams. ● What authenticity is REALLY about and how it has been branded incorrectly as a sales technique. ● How Laura has spread joy even in the midst of the lows of debilitating clinical depression. ● The two pieces of advice Laura would give to someone trying to create a career out of their joyful obsessions. Resources & People Mentioned: Story Pirates Mindset by Carol Dweck Brene Brown You can find Laura at: @BroadwayGirlNYC across social media platforms http://www.lauraheywoodmedia.com/ Laura Heywood Interviews Podcast Reward the Fan app You can find Beth at: @bethclaytoncoach on Instagram www.soulbodylife.com Grab your free e-book, “The Secrets in Your Sabotage” at www.soulbodylife.com/free-stuff Beth’s TedX RIGHT HERE.

Be More Chill's Joe Iconis, Joe Tracz, Stephen Brackett & Chase Brock joined Laura Heywood at the world-famous Guggenheim Museum for their "Works & Process" series.  Writers Iconis and Tracz, director Brackett, and choreographer Brock discussed their creative process in this special edition of Laura Heywood Interviews. In a twist, Dr. Robert Klitzman, Director of the Masters of Bioethics Program at Columbia University, joins them to explore the bioethical implications of the musical.  

LAURA HEYWOOD is a professional enthusiast: a multi-faceted host, consultant, performer, pundit, and writer widely recognized for her commitment to positivity. Through her social media persona @BroadwayGirlNYC, Laura has become “Broadway’s most influential fan” (CBS This Morning) and "the most vocal and visible supporter in the business” (Forbes). In 2018 she worked as the in-house Broadway expert and Video Package Supervisor on the 72nd annual Tony Awards. She regularly acts as a celebrity interviewer for outlets including Build Series NYC and CBS New York, and moderates talkbacks and hosts special events on Broadway stages. She now has her own radio show, as well as podcast, called “Laura Heywood interviews” where she interviews included Tony Award winners, TV stars, fitness experts and activists. In this episode, we dive into: ● How Laura discovered her life-long quirks have actually been her superpowers in disguise. ● Laura’s synchronistic and “zig-zag” journey from radio host to a popular anonymous alter ego, to professional Broadway fandom. ● How writing our personal mission statement can set the stage for a dream job. ● Why primarily focusing on tangible results is deadly to our creativity, joy and even progress. ● Why it is CRUCIAL to start before you are ready (and without a ton of pressure) ● How satisfaction is directly correlated to the “muscle” we put into our dreams. ● What authenticity is REALLY about and how it has been branded incorrectly as a sales technique. ● How Laura has spread joy even in the midst of the lows of debilitating clinical depression. ● The two pieces of advice Laura would give to someone trying to create a career out of their joyful obsessions. Resources & People Mentioned: Story Pirates Mindset by Carol Dweck Brene Brown You can find Laura at: @BroadwayGirlNYC across social media platforms http://www.lauraheywoodmedia.com/ Laura Heywood Interviews Podcast Reward the Fan app You can find Beth at: @bethclaytoncoach on Instagram www.soulbodylife.com Grab your free e-book, “The Secrets in Your Sabotage” at www.soulbodylife.com/free-stuff Beth’s TedX RIGHT HERE.

Jon Hoche, an experienced singer, dancer, actor and puppeteer (War Horse, Soft Power, Vietgone, Little Shop of Horrors), combines his skills into the biggest role on Broadway -- the voice of King Kong! 

Thomas Sadoski of Life in Pieces and The Network talks White Noise, the stunning new play by Suzan-Lori Parks at the Public Theater, as well as his work with INARA and War Child, and the importance of social justice in his daily life. Laura Heywood Interviews airs live Mondays & Wednesday from Noon-1PM Eastern via DNRstudios. Following one week of exclusive on-demand access for subscribers, most episodes are available free on YouTube, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and other podcast platforms. Laura Heywood Interviews embodies Laura’s signature intersection of contagious enthusiasm and deep research. The launch marks ten years since the first tweet Laura posted as her formerly anonymous online alter-ego, @BroadwayGirlNYC (50k followers across Twitter, Instagram, YouTube & Facebook). The show features visits from celebrity newsmakers, tastemakers and changemakers from both inside and beyond the world of theatre; phone calls with listeners and contests available only to those listening live; and interviews from Laura’s extensive archive, consolidated and combined to celebrate current events and timely themes. While best known for her long-form interviews with over 150 Broadway stars on AOL’s Build Series, CBS, Sirius XM, and her own social media channels, Laura is also an accomplished sports talk personality (San Francisco Giants); a radio DJ in formats as diverse as hip-hop, light rock, show tunes, and classic rock; a commercial actor (Dove’s Campaign for Real Beauty), print model (Nintendo, TIME Magazine, Ameliora) and voice over actor (Grand Theft Auto series, Macy’s, Volvo); a world traveler; and a dedicated fitness & personal growth devotee. She is also an activist, focused particularly on arts education in elementary schools. Segments on the show include YES, AND… which explores a surprising feature of each guest’s background, training, or personal interest; TWEETS & SASS, a look into the social media posts that have Laura & her guests “all atwitter”; and JUST ‘CAUSE, a segment dedicated to a charity or non-profit organization chosen by that day’s guest. Subscriptions to Laura Heywood Interviews include over 100 hours of additional content from DNR Studios, including Derek & Romaine, The Taylor Strecker Show, I Love My Wife, Naughty but Nice with Rob Shuter, and Happy Campers with Matthew Camp. For more information and to subscribe, visit www.DNRstudios.com/laura. LAURA HEYWOOD is a professional enthusiast: a multi-faceted host, consultant, performer, pundit, and writer widely recognized for her commitment to positivity. Through her social media persona @BroadwayGirlNYC, Laura has become “Broadway’s most influential fan” (CBS This Morning) and "the most vocal and visible supporter in the business” (Forbes). In 2018 she worked as the in-house Broadway expert and Video Package Supervisor on the 72nd annual Tony Awards. She regularly acts as a celebrity interviewer for outlets including Build Series NYC and CBS New York, and moderates talkbacks and hosts special events on Broadway stages. She has worked in fields ranging from sports radio (San Francisco Giants) to commercial acting (Dove’s Campaign for Real Beauty) to celebrity talent booking (Sirius XM), always bringing a point of view of contagious joy. As a social media expert, Laura has worked with Actors Equity, the American Musical & Dramatic Academy, FOUND: The Musical, Grant Thornton, the National Alliance for Musical Theatre, the Kilroys, and multiple Tony- and Grammy-Award winners and nominees. She volunteers regularly and is on the Board of Directors for the national arts & education non-profit Story Pirates. Her new live radio show, Laura Heywood Interviews, is available at www.DNRstudios.com/laura.

She might be known as "Broadway's most influential fan," but there's more to Laura Heywood than being @BroadwayGirlNYC. In her first radio show in four years, the broadcasting veteran talks identity, vulnerability, values and her plan for the new Laura Heywood Interviews program. Surprise: there's a lot to Laura that goes beyond her (intense) love for Broadway!

Tonya Pinkins and her collaborators Jasmine McLeish and Mary Archibold join Laura to discuss discuss the Truth & Reconciliation of Womyn plays at the Heal Me Too Festival. The conversation quickly and easily turns into a simultaneously intellectual and intimate discussion touching on ancestry, epigenetics, data collection, the power of storytelling, and how every aspect of life could benefit from truth and reconciliation.  For more on the Truth & Reconciliation of Women project, visit https://www.facebook.com/TruthandReconciliationofWomyn/  For more on Heal Me Too Festival, visit https://www.facebook.com/healmetoofest/?rc=p  Follow Tonya Pinkins on Twitter at @tonyapinkins and instagram at @divadivu Follow Laura Heywood on Twitter, Instagram, Youtube and Facebook at @BroadwayGirlNYC For an archive of on-camera interviews, visit www.LauraHeywoodMedia.com To subscribe and listen live, visit www.DNRstudios.com/LAURA  CLICK HERE to further support Laura Heywood Interviews!

Ty Defoe is the kind of performer I (Laura Heywood) gravitate towards because he breaks so many boundaries and has dedicated his life to amplifying voices and stories of communities who are too often disregarded, overlooked, and grossly underrepresented — specifically, but not limited to, trans* and indigenous voices. I first saw Ty onstage in Broadway’s “Straight White Men” — notable because neither he nor the character onstage identifies as straight, white or male. Which was sort of the point.  In addition to his Broadway work, Ty is the co-creator of Ajijaak on Turtle Island, a beautiful theatrical experience with puppetry and music that recently concluded its run at the New Victory Theatre on 42nd street. He has also worked with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, The Museum of the American Indian in Washington DC, and many more. He is a hoop dancer, a storyteller and shape shifter. In a 2015 article on HowlRound, Ty describes himself this way: “I am from Ojibwe Nation and Oneida Nation (People of the Standing Stone). I am two-spirit. I live in New York City. I am a writer. These ways of identifying are only parts of me, but as I move through the world, I find that I can’t take off my identities like a jacket and simply hang them in the closet. They are interwoven, and in creating any theatre that has verisimilitude or humanity, I must lean into the intersection of identities.” I am so drawn to this idea, and so delighted to bring in this unique human being who lives so proudly in the center of a beautiful venn diagram of identity.  

Laura Heywood interviews Broadway star Mandy Gonzalez, aka Hamilton's Angelica Schuyler, aka In The Heights' Nina Rosario, aka Wicked's Elphaba, aka Aida's Princess Amneris, aka upcoming The Who's Tommy's Mrs. Walker at the Kennedy Center, aka founder & leader of the incredibly inspiring #FearlessSquad!  In "Yes, And..." Mandy reveals that she is working on her first book -- a chapter book for young readers that (she wouldn't confirm or deny) may be about Fearlessness, expected by the end of 2019.  In "Tweets & Sass" Mandy discusses the impact of using social media for good, including the growth of an entire support and motivation community that sprouted from a single photo with her Hamilton cast mates.  Mandy's "Just 'Cause" is UNICEF USA, for whom she volunteers and advocates -- we encourage listeners to donate via www.UNICEF.org! In addition, Laura and Mandy bond over their proud dads, geek out over theatrical idols, and laugh so hard they both cry when they realize just how much they have in common.  To listen LIVE and get every episode on demand A WEEK EARLY, subscribe at www.DNRstudios.com/laura (at least eight episodes a month for just $6.95, plus over 100 additional hours of content from other DNR Studios shows)!  Please rate, share, subscribe and like this episode. Every time you do these things, more people discover the show and that helps us continue to make it! To contribute financially to the future of Laura Heywood Interviews, visit www.LauraHeywoodMedia.com/support.  For sponsorship opportunities, email LHeywoodMedia@gmail.com!

Laura Heywood (a.k.a. @BroadwayGirlNYC ) was an anonymous Broadway influencer with a huge social media following until she decided to reveal her true identity. A passionate enthusiast for all things Broadway, Laura used her expertise in brand identity to create a niche for herself as an influencer in the theater world and beyond. An early user of Twitter, Laura has always made the most of her platform and huge social media following by highlighting many wonderful not-for-profit organizations, including her beloved "Story Pirates." And in this truly inspirational episode, Laura opens up to Ilana about a darker time in her life and how she got through it -- and what she continues to do to keep a healthy mental attitude. Whether you know her as "Broadway Girl NYC" or simply Laura, you won't want to miss her on the next "Little Known Facts!" Laura Heywood is a professional enthusiast: a multi-faceted host, consultant, performer, pundit, and writer widely recognized for her commitment to positivity. Her formerly anonymous alter-ego, @BroadwayGirlNYC, is widely regarded as a leading advocate, ambassador, and best friend to Broadway (Forbes calls her "the most vocal and visible supporter in the business”). She has worked in fields ranging from sports talk radio (San Francisco Giants) to commercial acting (Dove’s Campaign for Real Beauty) to social media consulting (Tori Amos), always bringing a point of view of contagious joy. Laura works regularly as a celebrity interviewer for outlets including AOL’s Build Series and CBS New York, and is the creator of the web series The Between The Shows Show. She volunteers regularly and is on the Board of Directors for the national arts & education non-profit Story Pirates.