Podcasts about Holler If Ya Hear Me

Even though the San Francisco Giants have won three chips in the past 14 years, the fan base has seen it's share of cold days and hard times. There were the windy, foggy days, out at Candlestick Park. The happless teams of the1980's and 90's. Being seductively wooed by Toronto in the 1970's, and by the city of Tampa in the 1990's. As well as the two years of watching Armando Benitez as their closer. This week we examine the baseball history of the venerable city by the bay. Even though the Giants have been residents of the Northern California city for a mere 66 years, the history of the game reaches far back to 1860, when spectators would sit in the stands and fire off their six-shooter pistols in the air. From the San Francisco Seals, to the Giants, being the most successful baseball team of the 21st century, I gotcha hook up. Holler If Ya Hear Me. #SealsStadium #CandlestickPark #OraclePark #RecreationPark #DansOysterSaloon #CincinnatiRedStockings #LeftyODoul #JoeDiMaggio #IkeBoone #WillieMays #OrlandoCepeda #BoozeCage #SanFranciscoChronicle #CaseyStengal #BillyMartin #MissionReds #HoraceStoneham #BobLurie #PeterMagowan

Even though the San Francisco Giants have won three chips in the past 14 years, the fan base has seen it's share of cold days and hard times. There were the windy, foggy days, out at Candlestick Park. The happless teams of the1980's and 90's. Being seductively wooed by Toronto in the 1970's, and by the city of Tampa in the 1990's. As well as the two years of watching Armando Benitez as their closer. This week we examine the baseball history of the venerable city by the bay. Even though the Giants have been residents of the Northern California city for a mere 66 years, the history of the game reaches far back to 1860, when spectators would sit in the stands and fire off their six-shooter pistols in the air. From the San Francisco Seals, to the Giants, being the most successful baseball team of the 21st century, I gotcha hook up. Holler If Ya Hear Me. #SealsStadium #CandlestickPark #OraclePark #RecreationPark #DansOysterSaloon #CincinnatiRedStockings #LeftyODoul #JoeDiMaggio #IkeBoone #WillieMays #OrlandoCepeda #BoozeCage #SanFranciscoChronicle #CaseyStengal #BillyMartin #MissionReds #HoraceStoneham #BobLurie #PeterMagowan

Joaquina Kalukango received the 2022 Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical for her performance as Nelly O'Brien in Paradise Square. She received a 2020 Tony Award nomination for her performance in the critically acclaimed Broadway production of Slave Play. For that production she also received an Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Actress, and Broadway.com listed her as one of the top five performers (male or female) of the year. Kalukango is a 2021 SAG Award nominee for Cast in a Motion Picture for her role as Betty X opposite Kingsley Ben-Adir in Regina King's directorial debut, One Night in Miami. She had a recurring role on the HBO series Lovecraft Country. Other TV credits include Ava DuVernay's Netflix series When They See Us and Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia, directed by Kenny Leon. Additional Broadway credits include The Color Purple, Holler If Ya Hear Me, and Godspell.

Dan has been making music most of his life.  While attending East Carolina University's School of Music, he auditioned and was hired at age 19 to join the cast of the Off-Broadway show "STOMP".  After performing in the New York company, he joined the national tour, eventually playing the lead role and becoming the Rehearsal Director. During this tour, he had the opportunity to perform on stage with Bobby McFerrin for the Presidential Millenium Celebration and appeared on several tv shows, including "Good Morning America", among many others. Dan has since moved back to NYC to continue his music career and has performed at such venues as Madison Square Garden, Town Hall, The Grand Ole Opry, Radio City Music Hall and The Meadowlands Arena.Broadway Drumming 101 is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Dan recently played drums on Broadway for "The Cher Show," a biographical musical co-produced by Cher herself which premiered in December of 2018 at the Neil Simon Theater.  He also acted as the house drummer for seasons 7, 8 & 10 of NBC's "America's Got Talent" and played for the PBS special "From Broadway With Love" featuring Chita Rivera, Kelli O'Hara, Jesse Mueller, Norbert Leo Butz and Lilias White.  He held the percussion chair for the Broadway show "Holler If Ya Hear Me," and has also subbed on drums in the orchestra pit for Broadway shows like "Wicked" and "Little Shop Of Horrors," played hundreds of auditions the casting office of Bernard Telsey Casting and recently played drums for the Obie Award-winning show "The World Is Round" at BAM.  He plays often for Grammy Award winning artist Tim Kubart and was grateful to contribute percussion to his winning album "Home."  He has played for a number of artists including Cher, Andrea Bocelli, Tituss Burgess, Melinda Doolittle (American Idol Finalist), Stephanie Block, Kelli O'Hara, Heather Christian, Montego Glover, Lucie Arnaz, and Randy Rainbow. In addition, he occasionally performs for corporate events for companies such as GM, Microsoft, Pfizer. etc.  Also trained in music production and recording, Dan produces, engineers and mixes music on a for-hire basis. Recently, he produced, engineered and mixed a Christmas record for Randy Rainbow with the title track co-written by Marc Shaiman. It reached #1 on the Billboard Comedy charts and #7 on iTunes Top Albums. Dan also recorded vocals for bounce music legend Big Freedia(the artist featured on Beyonce's “BREAK MY SOUL”) for an upcoming track. He also produced (and played drums for) "The Sedaka Sessions", where he had the honor of working with Neil Sedaka and an incredible team including engineer Roy Hendrickson (Paul McCartney, Miles Davis, Frank Sinatra, etc) and Grammy Award-winning executive producer Tony McAnany. Some other audio production highlights include a national commercial for "The Grinch That Stole Christmas", a track for Coca-Cola's 125th Anniversary Celebration and mixing of promotional content for Broadway shows like "Natasha Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812," and “Smokey Joe's Cafe”.  He also had the opportunity to contribute as an engineer (as well as a background vocalist and percussionist) on the album "LISTEN", which features Hall & Oates, Carly Simon, and Duncan Sheik.Dan proudly endorses Paiste Cymbals and ACS Custom In-Ear Monitors.http://www.danweinerdrums.comClayton Craddock hosts the Broadway Drumming 101 Podcast and has held the drum chair in several hit broadway and off-broadway musicals, including Tick, tick…BOOM!, Altar Boyz, Memphis The Musical, Lady Day At Emerson's Bar and Grill and Ain't Too Proud. He has been a sub drummer on Motown, The Color Purple, Rent, Little Shop of Horrors, Spongebob Squarepants-The Musical, Evita, Cats, Avenue Q, and The Big Apple Circus. The next project he's working on is The Hippest Trip – The Soul Train Musical.Clayton has performed on various TV shows, including Good Morning America, The Colbert Report, The View, The Jimmy Fallon Show, The CBS Early Show, the Today Show, and the 2010 and 2019 TONY Awards at Radio City. He's shared the stage with legends such as The Stylistics, Denise Williams, Chuck Berry, and Ben E. King and was in the Netflix DWYCK episode of Luke Cage with the Delfonics and the HBO version of Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill.Clayton is a proud endorser of Ahead Drum Cases, Paiste Cymbals, Innovative Percussion drumsticks, and Empire Ears.Broadway Drumming 101 YouTube HERE! YouTubeThank you for reading Broadway Drumming 101. This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to Broadway Drumming 101 at broadwaydrumming101.substack.com/subscribe

Strap in because this one is a big one - we breakdown our Top 5 2Pac songs and dive into what he means to us and hip hop at large, with special guest Robert Kuehl from the Next Movement Podcast. A bit of a love letter to Kam's first true hip hop obsession, so enjoy

Broadway Drumming 101 is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Damon DueWhite (drums, percussion) a native of Twin Oaks, Pennsylvania, a Philadelphia suburb, learned to play the drums at the age of six from his father. At fourteen, he played in local bands in the Philadelphia and the New York Tri-State area. Prior to embarking on his first tour with the vocalist Roberta Flack in 1982, DueWhite, attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.DueWhite has performed and/or recorded with Vanessa Williams and The National Symphony Orchestra, Hugh Masekela, Oliver Lake, Regina Carter, Philip Harper, Rachelle Ferrell, Miriam Makeba, Harry Belafonte, Vanessa Rubin, Carla Cook, Craig Harris, Meshell Ndegeocello, Jonathan Butler, George Duke, Roberta Flack, Alex Bugnon, Vivian Reed, Jennifer Holliday, Joe, Joan Osborne, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Chuck Berry, Vernon Reid, Nona Hendrix, Johnny Clyde Copland, Shemekia Copeland, Johnnie Johnson, Sarah Dash, Mick Taylor, Axelle Red and David Linx.His Broadway credits are the first U.S. tour of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical "Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk", the national tour of the Tony Award-nominated blues revue “It Ain't Nothin' but the Blues.” His other work on Broadway includes the Tony Award-winning musical “The Color Purple” and “Holler If Ya Hear Me” based on the music of Tupac Shakur, and the Tony-nominated production of “Motown: The Musical.” The Tony Award-winning show “Hello Dolly.” Featuring Bette Midler and Tina Turner the Musical.DueWhite has also performed in a number of music festivals around the world, including the Montreux Jazz Festival (France), North Sea Jazz Festival (Netherlands), Jazz in Tokyo Festival, Banlieues Bleues Festival(France), Australia's Byron Bay Blues & Roots Festival, International Jazz Festival of Bern, Switzerland, Bastia Equinox Jazz Festival (Corsica), Montreal Jazz Festival, Newport Jazz Festival, JVC Jazz Festival, Long Beach Jazz Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, Chicago Jazz Festival, Fort Meade Jazz Festival, and the Capital Jazz Festival. Along with his countless performances in the United States, DueWhite has toured Africa, Australia, China, South America, Japan, Europe, Canada, the Caribbean, and the Middle East.He has also appeared on The Tonight Show, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, BET Jazz Central, VH-1, C-Span, and WNBC New York Positively Black.For more: https://www.moderndrummer.com/2016/10/beat-damon-duewhite-five-tips-starting/When you subscribe to Broadway Drumming 101, you'll learn everything you need to know about playing drums for broadway musicals and what it takes to be a successful musician.For only $5 a month, or $50 a year, you will receive behind-the-scenes access to the life of a musician who makes a living on Broadway through YouTube videos, bi-weekly podcasts, and articles on what you need to know about being a professional musician.Currently, we have no ads, sponsors, investors, lots of staff, or corporate backers. It is just a small core of us creating valuable content for everyone interested in what we have to offer. We would appreciate any financial contributions you can make to continue the production of high-quality content.If you'd like to become a voluntarily paid subscriber, subscribe here: OR, if you would like to help without becoming a formal subscriber (or supplement your subscription cost, as many generously do…), you can buy us a cup of coffee (or a week's worth) by clicking here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/BD101You can even help with buying us a few drinks (at Manhattan prices) HERE: https://ko-fi.com/broadwaydrumming101• PayPal. https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/broadwaydrumming101• Venmo: https://account.venmo.com/u/broadwaydrumming101We also have merchandise! https://merchandise.broadwaydrumming101.comThanks!Clayton Craddock hosts the Broadway Drumming 101 Podcast and Newsletter. He has held the drum chair in several hit broadway and off-broadway musicals, including Tick, tick…BOOM!, Altar Boyz, Memphis The Musical, Lady Day At Emerson's Bar and Grill and Ain't Too Proud.The Broadway Drumming 101 Instagram page: InstagramThe Broadway Drumming 101 YouTube page: YouTubeFor more about Clayton, click HERE Get full access to Broadway Drumming 101 at broadwaydrumming101.substack.com/subscribe

Award-winning actress Tonya Pinkins will join me live for an interview in The Locher Room. Tonya's recent role as Alma Carthan in ABC's Women of The Movement has been touted as Emmy worthy. Her award-winning debut feature film Red Pill, which she wrote, directed and starred in, was an official selection at the 2021 Pan African Film Festival and won the Best Black Lives Matter Feature and Best First Feature at The Mykonos International Film Festival, Best First Feature at the Luléa Film Festival. Her web-series The Red Pilling of America can be heard on her podcast "You Can't Say That!" at BPN.fm/ycst. Red Pill is currently available on Amazon, Fandango, Vudu, DirectTV, etc. The audiobook on the making of the Red Pill called Red Pill Unmasked is also available along with the narrative game will be available soon at redpillmovie.com.Tonya is known to Daytime television audiences for her role as Heather Dalton on As the World Turns and for her portrayal of Livia Frye on the All My Children. She is also known for her numerous Broadway roles as Sweet Anita in Jelly's Last Jam for which she won the Tony Award. She was also nominated for her roles in Play On! and in Caroline, or Change, where she played the title role. Her additional Broadway credits include Merrily We Roll Along, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, The Wild Party, House of Flowers, Radio Golf, A Time To Kill, and Holler If Ya Hear Me.Original Airdate: 3/18/2022

Michael Bua is a highly experienced union stagehand; “Carp-trician,” having over “25 years of stage experience” with wide ranging equipment expertise!  He is a member of International Alliance of Theatrical Stagehand Employees (I.A.T.S.E.) LOCAL ONE - Member #3050.  Michael's talents include construct, install, maintain and operate the lighting and sound equipment, the scenery, props and special effects which thrill and delight audiences attending Broadway Shows, Concerts at Radio City Music Hall, Madison Square Garden, Carnegie Hall, the magnificent and spectacular productions at The Metropolitan Opera and throughout Lincoln Center, and the many entertaining broadcasts from NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, CNN and PBS.  Plus numerous cable TV studios, major corporate industrials, galas, fashion shows, fundraisers and special events for a multitude of Entertainment Productions in New York City.He has been a Production Carpenter, Staging Assistant, Electrician and Studio Mechanic, Set-Dresser, Prop-maker, “MacGyver”, Light Board Operator, Moving Light Programmer, Follow Spot Operator, as well as Grip, FX, handled Live Props, Set-Dressing, and Property Assistant.His amazing resume includes these works: “The Book of Mormon” (2009-2015), “Lysistrata Jones”, “The House of Blue Leaves”“HAIR”,  “Elf”,  “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”, “The Bronx Bombers” , “Annie”,  “Holler If Ya Hear Me”,  “RENT”, “The Addams Family”, “Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway”,  “700 Sundays”,  “Rebecca”, “End of the Rainbow”, “Golden Boy”, “The Lion King” And more! The Metropolitan Opera – Lincoln Center, New York  -  (2004 – 2011)Night Gang, Service Crew, Property Department, Lighting Crew and Electrics Shop.Midsummer Night Swing, Lincoln Center Outdoor and Red Carpets.Theatrical Resources  (2007 – present) The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore,  NBC's New Year's Eve with Carson Daly,  ABC's Dick Clark's Rockin Eve with Ryan Seacrest,  Radio City's Christmas Spectacular Rehearsals at St. Paul's Cathedral,  Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting, NBC & CBS Thanksgiving Day Parade,  America's Got Talent NYC and Las Vegas,  “Women in the World” at The Koch Theatre,  VH1-You Oughta Know Live in Concert,  The Million Second Quiz,  Time Warner Cable Studios Gala,  Hulu,  The US Open, Mercedes Benz Fashion Week,  American Comedy Awards NYC,  Versus Versace Fashion Show, Giorgio Armani Fashion,  TBS/TNT Upfronts,  G-Shock Production Gala,  JC Penny Jingle Mingle LIVE, Victoria's Secret Fashion Shows,  USA Upfronts,  Tommy Hilfiger Fashion Show,  Chanel Gala,Marc Jacobs Fashion Show,  LOGO TV Trailblazers – St. John's Cathedral,  Black Girls Rock – BET Network, VH1 – Storytellers – Jason Mraz,  LEGO,  Minds and Machines,  NIKE GALA; NIKE PHENOM, NIKE COURT,  Nokia Project Blue Box Times Square – Nicki Minaj,  Robinhood Foundation Galas; Javitz Center and Central Park – Black Eyed Peas,  The Bloomberg Party and The Governor's Ball – Randall's Island,  Bon Jovi Live at The Best Buy Theatre, The Grammy's at Madison Square Garden, The Little Shubert Theatre: Tommy Tunes, Hank Williams.NBC Universal – 30 Rockefeller Center Plaza, New York – (1999 - 2009)The Today Show, Weekend Today, The Toyota Concert Series-Dynamic, demanding, high-pressured, 4 hour constrained live television production.-Construction of different stagings and lighting truss configurations.-Installed, operated and maintained a wide variety of electronic peripherals during training, rehearsal and performance concerts.Saturday Night Live, Conan O'Brien, The Carson Daly Show, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Dateline, NBC Sports, MSNBC and Nightly News.- SNL, The Today Show and Conan O'Brien Prop Department experience.- Obsession Operator, Remote Electrician, Spot Operator and Assistant Lighting DesignerABC Disney – Times Square Studios & 77 West 66th Street, New York – (2006 – present) Regis and Kelly, The View, Eyewitness News, All My Children, One Life to Live, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.- Carpenter, Prop-man, Electrician, Stagehand.CBS Viacom – 524 West 57th Street, New York – (2006 – present)Evening News with Katie Couric, BET, Guiding Light, Nate Berkus, The Marriage Ref.- Carpenter, Prop-man, Electrician, Stagehand. AMV – All-Mobile-Video – Chelsea Studios - (2006 – present)Martha Stewart, The Whatever Show, Rachael Ray, Wendy Williams, Tyra Banks, Project Runway, The Talk, The Iron Chef, The Food Network, HBO, MTV, VH1, The Discovery Channel, Bravo, A&E, and SciFi…Citi-View Productions – The Rainbow Room – Cipriani's  - (2000 – 2006)- Lighting Designer and technician for multiple galas.IATSE Local 340 – Long Island, New York – (1998 – present)Nassau Coliseum, Jones Beach Theatre, Grumman Studios, CW Post Tilles Center, Hofstra U.Gateway Playhouse, GSD Productions, Bestek Lighting,  Electrician, Ground Rigger, Backline and Technician in a multitude of large-scale theatrical, concert event and touring productions.IATSE Local 4 – Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York Stiegelbauer Carpentry Shop – (1998 – 2004)- Learned valuable carpentry skills building sets for SNL, Guiding Light, and As the World Turns.LOCAL 52 – Experience – Motion Picture Studio Mechanics – (1998 – present)Silvercup Studios, Kaufman Astoria Studios, Paramount Studios and Steiner Studios.Boardwalk Empire, Gossip Girl, Law & Order SVU, Salt, Sex and the City I & II, A Couple of Dicks (Copout), Project Runway, Spiderman, The Sopranos, Non-Stop, The Following.Performance Environment Design Group (PEDG) – David Stark Design - (2006- 2012)Robinhood Foundation Gala – The Jacob Javitz Center, New York- Project Manager, Production Assistant, Lighting Coordinator, Stagehand.Oceanside Public School District – Oceanside, New York – (1998 – 2009)Drama Director and teacher for the Drama Department producing a musical every year with a cast of over 60 children.  Auditioned, cast, and directed children, blocked and facilitated rehearsals, choreographed, taught songs, Designed and constructed scenery, costumes, props and special effects for Beauty and the Beast, Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz, The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Cinderella, Aladdin, Annie, and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.The Stage – Long Island Live Theatre – Merrick, New York – (1994 – 2000)Producer, Box Office Manager, Actor, Director, Designer, Stagehand, Scenic Artist.- Supervised and Managed all ticket sales, advertisements, and bookkeeping.  Produced and performed in The 30th Anniversary of the production HAIR.  Responsibilities also included Technical Direction and Set Design, along with Directing Children's Theatre and performing with them on main stage productions.

This episode is all about shining a spotlight on the people who have played a vital role in reopening and keeping Broadway open over the last year: Swings, Understudies, and Standbys! Joining host Ben Cameron live on the Main Stage at BroadwayCon 2022 for this episode are Ari Groover (Tina, Head Over Heels, Holler If Ya Hear Me), Amber Ardolino (Funny Girl, Hamilton, Moulin Rouge), Mallory Maedke (SIX), Lauren Boyd (Hamilton, Wicked), and Tally Sessions (Company, Anastasia, War Paint, Falsettos, School of Rock). Ben and the group chat about what life onstage (and off) is like as a swing, understudy & standby, what their process is, onstage mishaps, and so much more! CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR PATREON Follow us @TheBroadwayCast on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube and Twitter --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-broadway-cast/support

It's Tony Awards' season and we're celebrating with a second 2022 Tony Award nominees episode. Joining host Ben Cameron are Joaquina Kalukango (Paradise Square, Slave Play, The Color Purple), Jared Grimes (Funny Girl, A Soldier's Play, Holler If Ya Hear Me), and Kara Young (Clyde's). Ben and his guests chat about the road to the Tony nomination, how they are navigating the Tony season gauntlet and more! CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR PATREON Follow us @TheBroadwayCast on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube and Twitter --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-broadway-cast/support

We are IN THE ROOM with Broadway darling & DJ - Ari Groover! (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical Head Over Heels, Holler If Ya Hear Me). Look who's back…. back again. We have returned from hibernation with the one, the only - Ari Groover! Steven is now working at TINA on Broadway as a dresser, and brought his fabulous colleague Ari into our virtual room. Ari has been a fixture of NYC theatre for awhile, and is currently starring in TINA as Tina's sister Alline and also understudies the role of Tina. But Ari made waves the night she went on as Tina in March ‘22. And you probably didn't know, Marjorie, that Ari was not just any Tina, she was the Tina. She didn't lose just a wig, that wig was on fire. And when that wig flew into the air, it flew higher, further, faster than any wig has ever flown before, hitting a transformer and showering the darkened theatre with sparks! And when it finally did come down, Marjorie, Ari threw that tousled wig into the wings, and 12,000 people jumped to their feet for sixteen and one-half minutes of uninterrupted thunderous ovation, as flames illuminated her tear-stained face! And that, Marjorie – just so you will know and your children will someday know – is the night that the wig flew OFF at TINA! @ari_grooves @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

Saul Williams, Motion and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film Akilla's Escape, extended family, lived experience, existence as resistance, racialized capitalism, poetry, art and pushing boundaries and why it may not be a great idea to dabble in hope or cynicism.TrailerFind out more about the film here.Synopsis:Akilla's Escape weaves the present and past in a crime-noir about the urban child-soldier. Set in Toronto and New York where over 450,000 Jamaicans reside, the story speaks to the historical criminalization of black boys that modern society overlooks.Akilla Brown is forty years old and for the first time in his life, the clandestine cannabis grow operation he runs is legit. Only one year into government approvedlegalization, the pendulum of hypocrisy takes a toll and Akilla decides to cash out. While making a routine delivery on a cool, summer night, destiny takes anunexpected turn when Akilla confronts a firestorm of masked youths in an armed robbery.In the aftermath of the heist, Akilla captures one of the thieves, a mute fifteen-year-old boy named Sheppard. Upon learning thebandits are affiliated with the Garrison Army, a Jamaican crime syndicate his grandfather founded. Akilla is forced to reckon with a cycle of violence he thought he escaped.About Saul Williams:Saul Williams came to public attention after the release of the internationally acclaimed film Slam, which he co-wrote and starred in. Slam introduced the world to the Slam poetry movement and won Sundance's Grand Jury Prize and the Cannes Camera D'Or in 1998.Saul holds a B.A. in Philosophy and Drama from Morehouse College and an M.F.A. in acting from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. He has performed in over 30 countries with invitations that have spanned from the White House, the Sydney Opera House, Lincoln Center, The Louvre, The Getty Center, Queen Elizabeth Hall, to villages, townships, community centers, and prisons across the world.Saul has published five books of poetry and 7 musical albums. On stage, he was chosen for the lead role in Holler If Ya Hear Me, a Broadway musical featuring music by Tupac Shakur and he has appeared in numerous films and television shows. He is currently working on his directorial debut Neptune Frost.Wendy "Motion" BraithwaiteWendy Motion Brathwaite is a Canadian musician, writer and activist from Toronto, Ontario. She is most noted as cowriter with Charles Officer of the screenplay for the 2020 film Akilla's Escape, for which they won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021.She also wrote the short films A Man's Story (2016) and Theodore (2020) and has worked as a story editor on the television series Coroner.She has performed as a hip hop artist and spoken word poet under the stage name Motion, and released the CD Motion in Poetry: The Audio Xperience and has also published the poetry collections Motion in Poetry and 40 Dayz, and has written theatrical plays including Oraltorio: A Theatrical Mixtape, 4our Woman, Aneemah's Spot, Loveleigh's Logue, Nightmare Dream and Rebirth of the Afronauts: A Black Space Odyssey.Image Copyright and Credit: Cane Sugar FilmWorks.F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck's podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this tenth episode of "Meet the Musicians" Podcast, our host Matthew LaPine again welcomes our guest host, Helen Kernizan, who continues our series of conversations discussing the issues of race with professional, classical musicians and music educators of color. Helen is Rise Up Chorus’s Youth Chorus Director, and she teaches music at the Township of Ocean Intermediate School in Ocean Township, NJ.Born in Southern California and raised in Trenton, New Jersey, Carrie Compere attended Trenton public schools and graduated from Trenton Central High School. She briefly attended Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, NJ.She began acting professionally in 2010 and has both stage and TV/Film experience. A few productions include:Broadway:The Color PurpleHoller If Ya Hear MeOff-Broadway:DaddySistas the Musical.1st National Tour:The Color PurpleShrek the MusicalFilm/TV“Many Saints of Newark” (2020)“Dead Men Tell No Lies” (2020)“The Crew” (Netflix)“City On A Hill” (Showtime)“Manifest” (NBC)“New Amsterdam” (NBC)“Seven Seconds” (Netflix)“NYC 22” (CBS)“Show Boat: Live at Lincoln Center” (PBS)Carrie is a wife of 22 years to her husband, Jerry, and a mother of their two children, Isaiah and Pneuma. Carrie continues to work as an actor but her most important job and commitment remains that of a wife and mother.Meet the Musicians" Podcast is produced by Rise Up Chorus, a community chorus organization whose mission is to bring the community together and enrich lives through musical experiences. For more information about Rise Up Chorus, visit us online at www.riseupchorus.org.

In our first episode for 2021, Hal welcomes Kenny Leon to the podcast. During their chat, Kenny shares with Hal how he approached directing the same play for Broadway twice, why he believes the arts are such an important part of education, and the positive ways the pandemic has forced us to be better listeners for each other. Kenny Leon is a Tony and Obie Award-winning and Emmy-nominated Broadway and Television director. Most recently, he directed Lifetime’s Robin Roberts Presents: The Mahalia Jackson Story set to air this spring. Last year, he directed the Broadway premiere of Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize winning masterpiece, A Soldier's Play. He also directed The Underlying Chris at Second Stage Theatre Company and the acclaimed production of Much Ado About Nothing at the Delacorte/Shakespeare in the Park. Broadway: A Soldier’s Play; American Son; Children of a Lesser God; Holler If Ya Hear Me; A Raisin in the Sun (Tony Award; 2014); The Mountaintop; Stick Fly; August Wilson’s Fences, Gem of the Ocean and Radio Golf. Off-Broadway: Everybody’s Ruby, Emergence-See! (The Public), Smart People (Second Stage). Television: “American Son” (adapted for Netflix), “Hairspray Live!,” “The Wiz Live!,” “Steel Magnolias,” “Dynasty,” “In My Dreams.” Author, Take You Wherever You Go. Artistic Director Emeritus, Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company.  Follow Kenny on Twitter @iamKENNYLEON and see his latest projects on KennyLeon.com. To support Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company, please visit truecolorstheatre.org. For all things Broadway Biz, visit our Instagram @BroadwayBizPodcast or our website broadwaybizpodcast.com. Have a question for Hal or a topic you'd like him to explore? Send Hal an email at broadwaybiz@halluftig.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joaquina Kalukango received a 2020 Outer Critics Circle Award honor and a 2020 Tony Award nomination for her work in Slave Play. In total, Slave Play received 11 Tony Award nominations, the most for any play in Broadway history. Other Broadway: The Color Purple (revival), Holler If Ya Hear Me and Godspell. Off-Broadway: Red Letter Plays: F***ing A (Signature), Our Lady of Kibeho (Signature), Antony and Cleopatra (The Public Theater/ RSC), Emotional Creature (Signature/ Berkeley Rep) and Rent (NYTW). Recipient of a 2012 Theatre World Award and a Drama Desk nominee for Hurt Village (Signature). Television: HBO’s “Lovecraft Country,” “When They See Us” (Netflix), and “Instinct” (CBS). Upcoming film: Regina King’s directorial debut One Night in Miami. Instagram: @Joaquinakalukango

Did you know Chadwick Boseman loved musicals? First of all, 2020 is cancelled. We're DONE. Everything is terrible, but we wanted to celebrate Chadwick Boseman this week. Colon cancer killed the king. The King was a musical theater guy... we would've loved to see The King in Holler If Ya Hear Me, but you can check out Kenny Leon's instagram for some Chadwick hitting some Tupac. We love Julianne Moore, we love Dear Evan Hansen, we love pandemic insurance, Dan is not a Nicole Kidman fan, and Ariana Debose is having the best year ever. 

Donna welcomes beloved actor Kerry Butler, acclaimed Tony-winning actor/activist Tonya Pinkins and maestro lyricist/book writer Nell Benjamin to Sardis. Over lunch, these super power women chat about the twists and turns in their careers, their lives and Broadway. Tony-Nominee Kerry Butler was most recently seen on Broadway in "Beetlejuice". Other unforgettable roles include: “Mean Girls”, “Disaster!”, “Catch Me If You Can”, “Xanadu”, “Little Shop”, “Hairspray” and “Bat Boy”.  Tonya Pinkins, a Tony-winning actor and host of the Broadway Podcast Network Podcast “You Can't Say That', has been celebrated for her work in “Caroline, Or Change”, “Jelly's Last Jam”, “Play On!”, “Radio Golf”, “Holler If Ya Hear Me” and “The Wild Party”. Tony-Nominee and Olivier Award winner Nell Benjamin is a lyricist, writer and composer has been recognized for her work on “Mean Girls”, “Legally Blonde”, “The Explorers Club”, “Sarah Plain and Tall” and “Cam Jansen”.  Produced by Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales, music composed by Matthew Sklar. Part of the Broadway Podcast Network. Every episode is recorded live at the legendary Sardi's restaurant, 234 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036. Thank you so very much to Max Klimavicius, Sean Ricketts, Beth Shafeman and the entire Sardi's family for your tremendous kindness and delicious cuisine! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BLACK LIVES MATTERBUY the music from this Episode: https://buymusic.club/list/ash-black-voices-matterBUY music from black artists on Bandcamp: blackbandcamp.info[DONATE] Justice for Breonna Taylor: https://www.gofundme.com/f/9v4q2-justice-for-breonna-taylor[DONTE] George Floyd Memorial Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd[READ] Remembering Breonna Taylor's Greatness[READ] Justice in June - If you're feeling lost and not sure how you can support, this is a helpful doc with some very clear actions on education and advocacy.[READ] Remembering Breonna Taylor's Greatness[DONATE] Bay Area Orgs: Anti Police-Terror Project || People's Breakfast Oakland || No Justice No Peace SF Multi-Purpose Fund[DONATE] National Orgs: Black Lives Matter || Black Visions Collective || Campaign Zero || Equal Justice Initiative || ACLU Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation. Playlist 0′29″ JUSTICE FOR BREONNA TAYLOR by BLACK LIVES MATTER 1′03″ Power to the People (Demo Version) by Curtis Mayfield 3′43″ Nina Simone by 6′59″ Ain't Got No / I Got Life by Nina Simone 9′00″ Don't Touch My Hair (feat. Sampha) by Solange on A Seat at the Table 13′12″ SirLadyMakemFall by (Liv).e 15′18″ Negus Poem 1 & 2 by KeiyaA on Forever, Ya Girl 18′47″ Casket Pretty by Noname on Telephone 20′29″ BALDWIN (feat. Nico Segal) by Jamila Woods on LEGACY! LEGACY! 24′16″ Body Cast by Dua Saleh 26′40″ Tamika Mallory by BLACK LIVES MATTER 29′18″ sonder by maassai on unsounded points of view 32′21″ I'm Deadass by Medhane on Cold World 33′57″ For Colored Boys by Kota the Friend on Foto 37′31″ Something to Rap About (feat. Tyler, the Creator) by Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist on Alfredo 42′04″ U.D.I.G (United Defenders of International Goodwill) by R.A.P. Ferreira on Purple Moonlight Pages 44′07″ Brick Body Complex by Open Mike Eagle on Brick Body Kids Still Daydream 48′08″ Y U DON'T LOVE ME? (MISS AMERIKKKA) by Joey Bada$$ on ALL-AMERIKKAN BADA$$ 51′17″ Alright by Kendrick Lamar on To Pimp a Butterfly 54′52″ Don't Kill the Wave by Ric Wilson & Terrace Martin on They Call Me Disco - EP 57′18″ Kendrick Lamar by 57′47″ Drowning (feat. Badbadnotgood) by Mick Jenkins on The Healing Component 63′36″ Tupac Shakur by 67′49″ Whitey on the Moon by Gil Scott-Heron on The Revolution Will Not Be Televised 69′05″ My Life by NNAMDÏ on Black Plight 71′45″ SMD by Pink Siifu on NEGRO 73′28″ homicide/genocide/ill die ft. Ted Kamal by Pink Siifu on NEGRO 75′54″ walking in the snow by Run the Jewels on RTJ4 79′42″ Holler If Ya Hear Me by 2pac on Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. 84′12″ Tupac Shakur by 84′57″ Brilliant N***a by Channel Tres on Black Moses (GODMODE) 88′56″ GIL SCOTT HERON by 90′28″ Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Larry Levan's Garage Mix) by Jocelyn Brown, Inner Life on Good Times 2 92′31″ Can You Feel It by Larry Heard on Can You Feel It - EP 103′12″ Clear by Cybotron (Juan Atkins) 108′16″ Go Deep Restructure by MoMa Ready & Gallery S on Gallery S 118′49″ Stanley's Get Down (No Parking on the DF) (Honey Dijon Remix) by Jayda G

Lauren Port has spent the last 11 years casting in NYC, the last 10 years at Caparelliotis Casting where she worked on a number of Goodman productions over the years, including Father Comes Home From The Wars, Parts 1, 2 and 3, Uncle Vanya, The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window, Disgraced, Sweet Bird of Youth and Soups, Stews, and Casseroles, 1976. Also In that time, she worked on the casting of countless Broadway/Off Broadway and other regional theatre productions. Some Broadway highlights include: Junk, Meteor Shower, A Doll’s House Part 2, The Front Page, It’s Only a Play, Disgraced, Fish in the Dark, Holler If Ya Hear Me, The Trip to Bountiful, Grace, Death of a Salesman, Seminar, Stick Fly, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Lend Me a Tenor, and Fences. Lauren is a proud member of the Casting Society of America. @strawbryportcake

With so many events postponed until further notice, I chat with Cheryl Duncan public relations industry veteran, who agency specializes in PR in the entertainment, arts and culture projects.  We talked about how she's dealing with slow down and trying to figure out what to do next if this is the norm for a couple of months.   When the coronavirus pandemic hit hard 3 weeks ago in NYC, in the span of a week, the event market took a huge hit with cancellations and postponements. I lost 3 gigs back to back within 3 days of the announcement. With this being a major part of Cheryl's client business, I wanted to talk to her about how this pandemic affecting her business? How is she retaining her clients? and How she plans to pivot?  Cheryl, also shares how she plans to use her social distancing time wisely,   About Cheryl Duncan Cheryl L. Duncan is a public relations industry veteran whose passion and expertise have helped her create a firm celebrated for its diverse roster of clients. In 2005, she founded Cheryl Duncan & Company, Inc., a New York City-area boutique PR agency specializing in entertainment and social betterment. Cheryl’s many arts and culture projects run the gamut from stage to film to television to music and fine arts and include event production and management and crisis communications. She's handled Broadway shows (including The Trip to Bountiful and Holler If Ya Hear Me) and other theater pieces (including Nathaniel Sam Shapiro’s Diaspora). For more than 13 years she has handled the New York African Film Festival at Film Society of Lincoln Center. She’s promoted Its Showtime at the Apollo and the Peabody Award-winning 180 Days: A Year Inside an American High School (PBS). In music, she has publicized the Essence Music Festival. She was honored to represent Prince and to help get Miles Davis inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, working with the Terrie Williams Agency, for which she served as lead consultant for many years.

Jared Grimes is currently playing the role of Private Tony Smalls in Roundabout Theatre Company’s Broadway premiere of Charles Fuller's A SOLDIER’S PLAY. He was a performer and choreographer for the Tony-nominated Best Musical AFTER MIDNIGHT and was the associate choreographer of HOLLER IF YA HEAR ME. Jared has toured with Mariah Carey, danced alongside legends such as Gregory Hines, Ben Vereen, and Jerry Lewis, and he’s performed for President Barack Obama at the Kennedy Center. His TV credits include MANIFEST, BOARDWALK EMPIRE and FRINGE, among others. You can follow Jared on Twitter @JaredMGrimes and on Instagram @grimeystepz.Hosted by Paul Wontorek, Andy Lefkowitz, and Ryan Lee Gilbert

Joaquina Kalukango is currently making audiences listen as Kaneisha in Jeremy O. Harris' SLAVE PLAY and will be a #LiveatFive guest on Wednesday, January 8 to talk about her journey with the show. Slave Play's final performance will be on January 19. Kalukango previously appeared on Broadway in THE COLOR PURPLE, HOLLER IF YA HEAR ME and GODSPELL, which marked her debut. Follow her on social media at @joaquinakalukango!Hosted by Ryan Lee Gilbert, Paul Wontorek and Caitlin Moynihan.

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.

Dyllón is currently starring as Ricky on the hit TV show Pose, which just got renewed for a second season. He also has an upcoming concert at the Cutting Room on July 23rd. Not only is he a star on screen but he is a star of the stage from his time in Broadway’s Holler If Ya Hear Me. Dyllón’s other screen credits include Misunderstood and Peter Pan Live! Follow Dyllón on social media at @Dyllonburnside.(Hosts: Paul Wontorek, Beth Stevens, Caitlin Moynihan)

From creating the looks for the stars of Broadway stage play, Holler If Ya’ Hear Me to dressing the entire cast of Spike Lee’s 2015 movie, Chiraq, Marci Rodgers knows her way around a wardrobe. Now she’s responsible for bringing the characters of Spike’s new Netflix series, "She’s Gotta Have it", to life. She recently spoke with How I MADE It host, Jasmine Browley to share her journey from being a student at Howard University to head costume designer for some of the biggest productions in Hollywood.

The Tony Award winner talks making her Broadway debut in the infamous Stephen Sondheim musical flop "Merrily We Roll Along," creating the role of Caroline in the Tony-nominated and Olivier Award-winning "Caroline, or Change," and why she was compelled to come back to Broadway this season in "Holler If Ya Hear Me," the mostly rapped-through musical featuring the music, lyrics, and poetry of Tupac Shakur.

Broadway's latest jukebox musical — a show built around pre-existing songs — is a new twist on this now-familiar theatrical form. Holler If Ya Hear Me is inspired by music of the late rap star Tupac Shakur. New York Times theater critic Charles Isherwood discusses the show, its source material, the fictional story created to support the music and the challenges of turning a highly theatrical music form into actual theater. Holler If Ya Hear Me, which features more than a dozen of Shakur's songs and some of his poetry, was written Todd Kreidler and is directed by Kenny Leon, who just won a Tony for the revival of A Raisin in the Sun. It's now playing at the Palace Theater.

On this week’s show on we hear from two members of a new Broadway show inspired by the life and music of Tupac Shakur, Holler If Ya Hear Me. Both actor Saul Williams and playwright Todd Kreidler sit down to talk the show’s message, Tupac Shakur’s legacy, and how both of those found a way to mix on the stage.