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Arj Barker! Comedian! Actor! Friend! Delight! More! Arj's new comedy album The Mind Field is out now from Blonde Medicine! We have a great talk and you can have a great listen! ABOUT ARJ BARKER: Barker started his comedy career in the 90s as a dare but quickly dropped out of college to focus on the craft. Through the years he developed his distinct performance style, characterized by heavy sarcasm, absurd logic, and a stage persona that blends unwavering confidence with hilarious ignorance. After 35 years of late-night stand-up sets, acting and writing for the stage and on TV, and headlining shows of all sizes, he remains a beloved, globe-trotting powerhouse in the contemporary comedy landscape. On The Mind Field, Arj Barker encourages the audience to reflect on questions insufficiently explored by science: What is consciousness? Is it stored in the brain or is there a bigger reality somewhere beyond our minds? "Having lost my best friend quite suddenly a few years ago, these questions took on more urgency, and this stand up that formed around that." says Arj.  On the album he also explores equally important topics like meditation, masturbation, and travelling over an hour to eat mediocre pizza. Barker wraps up the album with a song about drinking too much coffee in Australia, which he brings to life with a harmonica, inspiring the audience to sing along.  MORE ABOUT ARJ BARKER: Acclaimed stand-up comedian and actor Arj Barker's early career took shape in San Francisco during the early 90s, where he hosted a regular open-mic night at Café Nuvo. His breakthrough arrived in 1997 when he won the prestigious Perrier Best Newcomer Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He became a frequent fixture on late-night TV, making multiple stand-up appearances on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Tonight Show, and The Late Show with David Letterman. He has hosted many Comedy Central Presents specials, co-written and starred in the Off-Broadway parody show The Marijuana-Logues in 2004 and joined the cast of the hit HBO sitcom Flight of the Conchords in 2007. For decades Barker has been a headline regular and record-breaking ticket seller at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the Adelaide Fringe. Now living in Australia, Barker has achieved monumental status as an adopted superstar there. His widespread appeal across Oceania has been bolstered by regular appearances on major Australian television programs such as Thank God You're Here, Rove, and Spicks and Specks. He has released several top-selling comedy albums and live specials, including the ARIA award winning DVD Organic and co-wrote and starred in The Nut Farm in 2024. FOR EVEN MORE ABOUT ARJ BARKER... LISTEN TO THE PODCAST! PS This is only the first half of our converasation. For part two, subscribe via Apple Podcasts OR simply click on over here to Patreon! Enjoy! Thank you!​

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Getting you caught up with all the latest pop culture headlines. Also, Broadway's Kara Young stops by to discuss her role in the Off-Broadway production of “The Whoopi Monologues”. Plus, a look at a new fitness class called “Stroller Bodies”. And, Aleeza Pressman, a developmental psychologist and author of “The Five Principles of Parenting” shares tips on back-to-school parenting. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Swinewomb is a Southern Gothic psychosexual horror play set in the deeply religious town of Caleb's Rest, where two siblings unravel in the aftermath of their parents' deaths. As Shiloh spirals into a dangerous affair and begins hearing a voice that may be the devil's, hysteria spreads through the community. The play blurs the line between piety and possession, asking where evil truly lives.This episode features Reese Villella, Julia Ordway and Carter Williams.Play opening details:Venue: The West End Theatre, 263 W 86th St, New York, NY 10024 Dates: August 22 & 23, 2026This is Something Rather Than Nothing

This week Erin's spilling the tea (from a paper cup) about the Baywatch reboot set drilling next door to her office, and Bryan's wrapping up his Off-Broadway run this weekend and is going to start putting his thoughts in a gratitude journal to remember the experience. Bryan discusses two former professional cisgender male basketball players publicly declaring they are "identifying as women" in order to declare for the women's league draft to exploit the vague language in the official WBNA policy. Erin details abuse of Flock Camera data by local police officers to stalk and harass women, and how the federal government can weaponize the information collected to target queer people moving to liberal cities and women crossing state lines to access reproductive healthcare. Listen to this week's bonus Dateline Recap on our Patreon! Bryan's show Are You Mad At Me?? ends its New York run this weekend! Get $10 off tickets with code IMSORRY. Get your tickets here. Join our Discord for episode discussions, watch parties, community and more!

Kevin Wade is a screenwriter and show-runner, behind some of the biggest films and series of recent times. After acting for a bit, he started off penning Off-Broadway plays. Kevin moved on to write on 'Working Girl', 'Meet Joe Black', 'Maid in Manhattan', before getting huge success as the exec producer and showrunner for most of the 'Blue Bloods' series. The show was a police procedural starring Tom Selleck. It ran for years, and meant Kevin and his team needed to write over 20 mysteries a season, that individually wrapped up and all contributed towards the overall was series arc.His debut novel, 'Johnny Careless', was nominated for an Edgar Award, and he's followed that up with 'One Good Eye'. It tells the story of Police Chief Jeep Mullane, who sets off on a lonely and dangerous path to find out who attacked one of his oldest, closest friends.We discuss the marathon of writing 20+ episodes of a show every year, and learning to hit the beats and fit the format of network television. Also you can hear why he ditched the initial idea for the novel, and why a fire isn't really exciting.Get a copy of the book - uk.bookshop.org/shop/writersroutineSupport the show - patreon.com/writersroutineko-fi.com/writersroutineFind the newsletter - writersroutine.substack.com@writerspodwritersroutine.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode we are joined by performer Kennedy Caughell! Kennedy is currently playing Jersey on the national tour of Hell's Kitchen and her debut solo album, Just the Beginning is out now wherever you get your music (make sure to download her album)! Her Broadway credits include Paradise Square, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 and Beautiful. Other credits include Waitress, Wicked, Frozen, 9 to 5 and American Idiot. This fall she is be returning to New York to star in Midnight a new musical by Todrick Hall!We talk with Kennedy about what got her into performing, an actor's life on tour, working on her new album and much more!

Matty is BACK! After a three-month hiatus, Matty Durkin returns for Episode 70 of The Pop Corner with Matty and, as always, he is ready to MENTION IT ALL!In this jam-packed comeback episode, Matty catches the Poppers up on everything they missed during his time away—from moving into his own NYC apartment to hosting and attending events with some of your favorite Bravolebrities.Matty takes you behind the scenes of a special Concern Worldwide US event, where Erin Lichy from The Real Housewives of New York City joined him and his organization to honor Laura Modi, CEO and Co-Founder of Bobbie Formula. He also shares the details from attending the Next Gen NYC Season 2 premiere, where DJ Meredith Marks was dropping the hits (and yes… WE WERE ENGAGING). Speaking of engaged, Matty talks about the Married at First Sight premiere party officiated by Summer House queen, Lindsay Hubbard, Then it's time for a major summer pop culture catch-up! Matty breaks down the biggest movies of the summer, including Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, The Invite, Obsession and Toy Story 5—which apparently required tissues (you will too) The divas are also RUNNING the music game, with Matty dishing on Olivia Rodrigo, Madonna and Ariana Grande and the biggest moments in pop music.Broadway is next! Matty shares his thoughts on the hit Tony award winning Best Musical, Schmigadoon!, Death Becomes Her, CATS: The Jellicle Ball, and the Off-Broadway production of Girl, Interrupted, starring his friend Sally Shaw.And finally, Matty gives you his summer TV watchlist, including I Will Find You on Netflix, The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20th, Your Friends & Neighbors and so much more.After three months away, it feels SO GOOD to be back in the Pop Corner. Grab your popcorn, pour yourself a cocktail (or something fun) and get ready to catch up! Welcome back, Poppers! We're back, baby!

Jason SweetTooth Williams is a singer, an actor and a writer. He's performed in cabaret, on TV, in films and on Broadway. He was in the Broadway musical “Be More Chill”, and regionally and Off Broadway in “Freaky Friday”, “Benny and Joon”, “Bloodsong of Love”, “The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S Thompson Musical” and “Once Upon a Mattress”. And he's an original member of Joe Iconis and Family. On screen he appeared in “WeCrashed” and in episodes of “Only Murders in the Building”, “BULL”, “FBI”, “The Marvelous Mrs Masiel” and “American Horror Stories”.  My featured song is “The Buzz”, my latest single. Spotify link. —------------------------------------ The Follow Your Dream Podcast:Top 1% of all podcasts with Listeners in 200 countries! Click here for Start Here Click here for All Episodes  Click here for Guest List  Click here for Guest Testimonials Click here for Pillars Click here for Robert's Project Grand Slam Click here to Subscribe  Click here to receive our Email Updates Click here to Rate and Review the podcast —---------------------------------------- ROBERT'S NEWEST RELEASE:“THE BUZZ” - Ft. Darius de Haas (vocals) and Dave Eggar (Celo). Short, Sweet and Totally Different CLICK HERE FOR OFFICIAL VIDEO CLICK HERE FOR ALL LINKS —-------------------------------------- Audio production: Jimmy RavenscroftKymera FilmsConnect with the Follow Your Dream Podcast:Website - www.followyourdreampodcast.comFollow Robert's band, Project Grand Slam, and his music:Website - www.projectgrandslam.com    

The Audible Original® adaptation of “Mexodus” brings the acclaimed Off-Broadway musical into a new immersive audio experience in Dolby Atmos®. Created and performed by Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson, “Mexodus” is a live-looped, two-person musical set in the 1850s, telling the powerful story of the Underground Railroad that led south, following enslaved people who sought freedom across the Rio Grande into Mexico. Quijada and Robinson join sound designer Mikhail “Misha” Fiksel to discuss both the live stage production and the Audible Original adaptation, and how they used music, sound design, foley, live performance, and an immersive audio mix to bring this story to life, in two radically creative ways. “My obsession with this [immersive audio] medium is that it's [for] an audience of one. For most people, it's an intimate experience between their ears. So literally the sound is kind of actually inside them. But using spatial dynamics, you can place the audience at different kind of perspectives, different vantage points… It's no longer a realistic experience, but much more [a] sort of impressionistic and psychological experience for the audience.”—Mikhail “Misha” Fiksel, Sound Designer, “Mexodus” Be sure to check out The Audible Original adaptation of “Mexodus,” now available on the Audible app in stunning Dolby Atmos. “Mexodus” tour dates and ticketing information can be found here. Please subscribe to Dolby Creator Talks wherever you get your podcasts, now available as a video podcast on YouTube and Spotify! Many, many thanks to YOU, our audience, for being with us for 300 episodes! We can't wait to bring you our next 300. Learn more about the Dolby Creator Lab and check out Dolby.com. Connect with Dolby on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn.

Join us as Ocean House owner and award-winning author Deborah Goodrich Royce has a conversation with New York Times Bestselling author Luanne Rice about her new book, Until Midnight. Author Bio: Luanne Rice is the New York Times bestselling author of thirty-nine novels, including three YA novels, that have been translated into thirty languages. Until Midnight is her most recent. Rice's books often center on love, family, nature, and the sea. The Beautiful Lost deals with teen depression, something Rice experienced herself.  She is an advocate for mental health awareness, a participant in McLean Hospital's Deconstructing Stigma: A Change in Thought Can Change a Life Several of Rice's novels have been adapted for television, including Crazy in Love for TNT, Blue Moon for CBS, Follow the Stars Home and Silver Bells for Hallmark Hall of Fame, and Beach Girls for a mini-series on Lifetime.  Rice contributed a monologue to Motherhood Out Loud, a play that premiered at Hartford Stage Company and was performed Off-Broadway and at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. In 2002, Connecticut College awarded Rice an honorary degree.  Her papers are located in the college's Special Collections Library. A profile of Rice appeared in Connecticut College Magazine, Fall 2014. She was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from St. Joseph College in West Hartford, Conn.  In June 2014, she received the 2014 Connecticut Governor's Arts Award for excellence and lifetime achievement as a literary artist.  Christopher Plummer, actor, and Tim Prentice, sculptor, were also celebrated, and Rice was thrilled to share the moment with them.  Rice, an avid environmentalist, is honored to be a creative affiliate of the Safina Center. Visit her links page to find out more about the causes and organizations that offer support and work for a better world. About the Book: Until Midnight is the thrilling new novel from the Amazon Charts and New York Times bestselling author Luanne Rice (Last Night, The Shadow Box and Last Day). The Reid Brothers are back… Rhode Island's picturesque Ocean House is the perfect setting for Kate Woodward and Conor Reid's fairy-tale wedding weekend. But there may not be a happily ever after. When an old friend of Conor's disrupts the rehearsal dinner and reveals a blindsiding secret—a claim that she and Conor share a child—Kate calls off the wedding, thinking things can't get any worse. Until the next morning, when that same woman is found with her throat slashed. As investigators close in and suspicions mount, the evidence points to a mystery deeper than anyone imagined. The soundproof boat with telltale signs of something sinister. The mansion on the hill that lures in young girls and doesn't let them go. A secret society whose members might be more familiar than not. And the truth of the dead woman's past that draws Kate and Conor into a nightmare.   For more information about Luanne Rice, visit luannerice.com, and for more on Deborah Goodrich Royce and her new release, Best Boy, along with information about the Ocean House Author Series, visit deborahgoodrichroyce.com

Emmy-nominated Producer and Broadway Director Kenneth Ferrone (Smash) joins Robert Peterpaul on The Art of Kindness for a conversation about the power of listening, the importance of community, and what happens when creative teams genuinely support one another. This podcast podcast features: How to create a safe space where people can take creative risks and feel seen Kindness as a healer while filming Grease Live! with Vanessa Hudgens, Rent Live! amid an on set injury and Annie Live! during COVID Learning how to lead from legends like Jessica Lange and Jeremy Jordan, plus much more KENNETH FERRONE is a director and Emmy-nominated producer known for bringing ambitious, large-scale productions to life. As producer, Kenneth has been behind landmark live television events, including the Emmy-winning Grease Live!, Rent, and Annie Live! In scripted television, he has produced the series SMASH, Rise, Ironside, and Deception on NBC, and he has overseen global production for Echo 3 on Apple TV+. His work extends to feature film (Poor Behavior), immersive experiences (Broadway 4D), and award-winning shorts (Hey Beautiful). On stage, Kenneth has built a dynamic career directing and developing original musicals and boldly imagined new works. He directed the world premiere of The Wanderer, and the musical adaptation of Prelude to a Kiss. His credits include the Off-Broadway hit Rolling Thunder, the first national tour of Cruel Intentions: The 90's Musical, and collaborations on projects ranging from intimate new works to major productions in development for Broadway, including a slate of new musicals, most notably Charming and Better Days. He has also been a key creative force behind acclaimed Broadway productions as the associate director of SpongeBob SquarePants, Floyd Collins, Mother Play, Redwood, and Love Letters. His Off-Broadway directing work includes Sistas, Lucie Pohl: Hi, Hitler, and Colin Quinn's The New York Story. A graduate of Northwestern University, Kenneth is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, the Producers Guild of America, and the Television Academy. He is based in New York City and Los Angeles. Follow Kenneth: ⁠@kennethferrone Follow us: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@artofkindnesspod⁠⁠⁠⁠ / ⁠⁠⁠⁠@robpeterpaul⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the show! (⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theaok⁠⁠⁠⁠) Music: "Awake" by Ricky Alvarez & "Sunshine" by Lemon Music Studio. We are supported by the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the Saturday August 8, 2026 edition of The Richard Crouse Show we’ll meet filmmaker, director, producer, and podcast host Pete Ferriero. Pete gained recognition for his documentaries The Price of Fame (about wrestling legend Ted DiBiase) and Her Name Is Chef (streaming on Hulu), which was praised by Padma Lakshmi for spotlighting women in the culinary world. He’s also the creator and host of the popular Beverly Hills, 90210 Show podcast, where he dives deep into the iconic series alongside its original producers and cast. His latest project, the feature documentary The Best Pizza is in LA, makes the bold case that Los Angeles is home to the world’s best pizza — complete with celebrity chefs and unforgettable pie tours. Then we meet Jake David Smith, a Broadway and national-tour musical theatre veteran. who made his Broadway debut in Disney’s Frozen, starred as Marius on the national tour of Les Misérables, and originated Prince Oliver in the Off-Broadway (and Amazon Prime) production of Between the Lines. Today we talk about his career and playing Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby, a extravaganza that Entertainment Weekly said explodes with life and energy. It’s playing at the CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre in Toronto until August 23.

On the Saturday August 8, 2026 edition of The Richard Crouse Show we'll meet filmmaker, director, producer, and podcast host Pete Ferriero. Pete gained recognition for his documentaries The Price of Fame (about wrestling legend Ted DiBiase) and Her Name Is Chef (streaming on Hulu), which was praised by Padma Lakshmi for spotlighting women in the culinary world. He's also the creator and host of the popular Beverly Hills, 90210 Show podcast, where he dives deep into the iconic series alongside its original producers and cast. His latest project, the feature documentary The Best Pizza is in LA, makes the bold case that Los Angeles is home to the world's best pizza — complete with celebrity chefs and unforgettable pie tours. Then we meet Jake David Smith, a Broadway and national-tour musical theatre veteran. who made his Broadway debut in Disney's Frozen, starred as Marius on the national tour of Les Misérables, and originated Prince Oliver in the Off-Broadway (and Amazon Prime) production of Between the Lines. Today we talk about his career and playing Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby, a extravaganza that Entertainment Weekly said explodes with life and energy. It's playing at the CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre in Toronto until August 23.

Joshua Yuhas delivers the latest entertainment news on:- KATSEYE's Sophia taking a hiatus for mental health.- Spider-Man: Brand New Day with a stellar second weekend.- Off-Broadway's "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown" casting.

This episode we are joined by multi-hyphenate actress-singer-writer-teacher Grace McLean! Grace has appeared on Broadway in Suffs, Bad Cinderella and Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812. She also has many off-Broadway credits that include Alice By Heart and her own show In the Green that was commissioned by Lincoln Center Theater. Starting today(!) through August 30th, you can see her at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival performing in Penelope which she is a co-book writer on along with Alex Bechtel (who also wrote the music and lyrics) and Eve Steinmetz. You can also listen to Penelope: Live at Joe's Pub where you stream your music! Also, Grace's debut full length album My Lovely Enemy is out now and can be listened to anywhere you stream your music!We talk with Grace about how she got involved in working on Penelope, finding creative outlets and much more!

In this episode, we talk with playwright Ellen Abrams, whose work has been produced Off-Broadway at Urban Stages and whose plays have been published by Smith & Kraus and Next Stage Press. Her extensive body of work includes Spark of Life, Closing Time, Lizzie Borden Gets Engaged, Hamlet Investigations, Inc., Giving, and many others, spanning comedy, history, and stories inspired by real people and events. We dive into her play Eleanor and Alice, which brings together two of the most influential women of the 20th century: Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt. First cousins, friends, rivals, and “frenemies,” the two women meet at eight pivotal moments throughout their complicated lives, debating and arguing over their husbands, children, politics, and the state of the world. Through their sharp exchanges, laughter, and disagreements, Eleanor and Alice explores the remarkable lives of two women who found themselves at the center of American history from very different vantage points. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amy is the star of a new Off-Broadway musical, an anonymous individual joined Ryan's Spotify jam at the gym, Amy's road rage is back but only slightly, filet-o-fishes, Amy's Dad confronts her, we chat Olivia Rodrigo fans who defecate front row of her shows, Amy went to the cabin with the lesbians and her buddy, Ryan booked a role in his journal entry, a PLT story from Fingercats, and we end with a Queer Quiz! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ronna's ready to record, even if she's sitting at a toddler table in a spare bedroom. But don't blame her. Her new LA pied-à-terre is still getting nipped and tucked, so this was the only space that wasn't abuzz with activity.  But she (& Bryan) have a fab show in store for you! After Ronna receives shocking news about (Bryan)'s parents and their heights, they give advice on tattoo regrets and setting boundaries with a parent.  (Bryan)'s Off-Broadway show ARE YOU MAD AT ME is almost done with its run, and if you're in the area, it's a MUST see. Now playing through August 15th at HERE Arts Center in Soho! areyoumadatmeshow.com  Sponsor:  Without question, Lola Blankets are the best blankets we've ever used. We LOVE ours! And you will too. Lucky for you, listeners to our show are getting 40% off their orders! Go to lolablankets.com and use code RONNA for 40% off today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send us Fan MailDrew Larimore a Brooklyn-based playwright, screenwriter and librettist who's been produced in the U.S. and internationally. His plays have been developed and presented with Asolo Repertory's Unplugged New Works Festival, The Barrow Group, Denizen Theatre's New Play Development Series, ANDTheatre, Ensemble Studio Theatre and the Short & Sweet New Play Festival (Sydney & Melbourne). He's been a finalist for the Heidman Award, Lark Playwrights' Week and P73 Playwriting Fellowship.His play, SMITHTOWN was featured in River Styx's 2025 “Posthuman” edition and his play UPSTATE, initially commissioned by Denizen Theatre was presented in the FIRST LOOK series at the Studios of Key West in 2024. Drew made his Off-Broadway debut in 2012 at Walker Space with OUT OF ICELAND. Other plays include TOUCH and THE ANNIVERSARY which is published in Vintage Press' anthology of new work, Shorter, Faster, Funnier.  Drew wrote the book and was co-lyricist for the musical The New Peggy as well as the book and co-lyrics for the satirical holiday show THE BESTEST OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY EVERResidencies include Djerassi, Key West Literary Seminar, Studios of Key West, Telluride Playwright's Festival, Dairy Hollow, and Hawthornden Castle in Scotland.For tickets to The Cannibals of McGower County playing at TheaterWorks Hartford in Connecticut opening August 6th through August 30th, visit -https://theaterworkshartford.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/#/events/a0SUg000000ik0jMAATo watch the video format of this episode, visit - https://youtu.be/CTUSeDhrRXoResources mentioned in this episode -TheaterWorks Hartford - https://twhartford.orgWebsites and socials for Drew Larimore - www.drewlarimore.comSubstack - https://drewlarimore.substack.comIG -  https://www.instagram.com/bklynobserved/Websites and socials for James Elden, Punk Monkey Productions and Playwright's SpotlightPunk Monkey Productions - www.punkmonkeyproductions.comPLAY Noir -www.playnoir.comPLAY Noir Anthology –www.punkmonkeyproductions.com/contact.htmlJames Elden -Twitter - @jameseldensauerIG - @alakardrakeFB - fb.com/jameseldensauerPunk Monkey Productions and PLAY Noir - Twitter - @punkmonkeyprods                  - @playnoirla IG - @punkmonkeyprods       - @playnoir_la FB - fb.com/playnoir        - fb.com/punkmonkeyproductionsPlaywright's Spotlight -Twitter - @wrightlightpod IG - @playwrights_spotlightPlaywriting services through Los Angeles Collegiate Playwrights Festivalwww.losangelescollegiateplaywrightsfestival.com/services.htmlSupport the show

Betty Buckley is a legendary, multi-award-winning actress/singer whose career spans theater, film, television and concert halls around the world. She is a 2012 Theatre Hall of Fame inductee and the 2017 recipient of  the Julie Harris Awards from The Actor's Fund for Artistic Achievement and received The Lifetime Achievement Award from The American Songbook Association in 2023. She won a Tony Award for her performance as Grizabella, the Glamour Cat, in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats and received her second Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a musical for her performance as Hesione in Triumph of Love. She received an Olivier Award nomination for her critically acclaimed interpretation of Norma Desmond in the London production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard, which she repeated to more rave reviews on Broadway. Ms. Buckley is featured in the film By Design, written and directed by Amanda Kramer, and it made its debut at The Sundance Film Festival in January 2025. She is also featured in the film Eternity for A24 Studios, starring Miles Teller and Elizabeth Olsen, released in November 2025. In March 2024, she co-starred in Imaginary for Blumhouse Productions and released by Lionsgate. She co-starred with James McAvoy in the M. Night Shyamalan hit film Split, one of the top international box office hits of 2017. She received a Saturn Award Nomination for Best Featured Actress for her work in the film. Her other films include her debut in Brian de Palma's screen version of Stephen King's Carrie, Bruce Beresford's Tender Mercies, Roman Polanski's Frantic, Woody Allen's Another Woman, Lawrence Kasdan's  Wyatt Earp and M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening. In 2024, The Mayfly, an animated short film written, produced and narrated by Ms. Buckley played the film festival circuit and won several awards, including Best of Festival, Best Director and Best 2D Character Based Animation at The Los Angeles Animation Festival. The film also won Best Animation at The Lady Filmmakers Festival in Los Angeles. A love letter to New York City and music, The Mayfly is a lyrical tale that was inspired by a true event at the Café Carlyle, with a score composed by seven-time GRAMMY® nominee Christian Jacob. Her other Broadway credits include 1776, Pippin, Song and Dance, The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Carrie. She headlined the first National Tour of the new Broadway production of Hello, Dolly! in 2018/2019. Off-Broadway credits include the world premiere of Horton Foote's The Old Friends, for which she received  a Drama Desk Nomination in 2014, White Lies, Lincoln Center's Elegies, the original NYSF production of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The Eros Trilogy, Juno's Swans. Getting My Act Together and Taking It On  The Road. Regional credits include The Perfectionist, Gypsy, The Threepenny Opera, Camino Real, Buffalo  Gal, Arsenic and Old Lace, The Old Friends at Houston's Alley Theatre and Grey Gardens at the Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor, NY and The Ahmanson Theater in Los Angeles in 2016 for which she received an Ovation Award Nomination. In London, she starred in Promises, Promises for which she was nominated for An Evening Standard Award and in the 2013 British premiere of Dear World. On television, Buckley had a recurring role on Law & Order SVU for NBC. She co-starred in the third season  of AMC's hit series Preacher and has guest starred on the Fox/Warner Bros. TV shows: The Cleaning Lady, The CW hit Supergirl, the NBC Series Chicago Med and ABC Family's Pretty Little Liars. For HBO, she has appeared on Getting On, The Leftovers, The Pacific and for three seasons had a recurring role on OZ. She  starred as Abby Bradford in the hit series Eight is Enough. For more information, visit www.bettybuckley.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I suggest we eat the men... the slogan on the merch for the exciting new play, Hungry Women, at SoHo Playhouse. Sarah chats with the fabulous Julia Lester about this provocative new play, loving playwrights and writers, and making the audience feel something. Julia Lester (she/her) Broadway: Little Red in the 2022 revival of Into the Woods (Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle nominations). Off-Broadway/regional: Queens, All Nighter (Clarence Derwent Award winner, Lucille Lortel and Drama Desk nominations), I Can Get It For You Wholesale (Dorian Theater Award nomination), The Secret Garden, Into the Woods. TV/film: “The Four Seasons” (Netflix), “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” (Disney+), “Prom Dates” (Hulu), “Mom” (CBS).  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're taking this week off, but to tide you over we're giving you a supersized episode featuring one of our favorite Patreon recaps from this year - Murder In Glitterball City! The team behind RuPaul's Drag Race did a two part HBO docuseries that features nutty townspeople from Louisville, gays bringing up property values, Victorian ghost festivals with bad acting, court porn and kinkshaming. We're up to 120 true crime recaps on our Patreon (including a new Dateline this week for our Patrons!) so if you want more head on over to ⁠patreon.com/attitudes⁠. Bryan's one man show Are You Mad At Me?? is playing Off-Broadway in New York through August 15th! Get your tickets now at ⁠areyoumadatmeshow.com

Katie checks in with scenic designer (Cymbeline, The Wolves, The Chinese Lady, Push Party, Royale, Wolf Play and The Ally as assistant/associate, and my production of The Lucky Ones), Yi-Hsuan (Ant) Ma.

Earlier this week I brought back the audio of one of my favorite conversations from the vault. Today, the full video version is here.If you missed the audio episode, here's the short version: in 2018, Mariana Ramirez became the first female Mexican percussionist to ever perform on a Broadway show, subbing Once On This Island. A year later she held the percussion chair on that show's national tour. Then came sub work on Head Over Heels (drumset book) and Ain't Too Proud, plus Off-Broadway runs of Merrily We Roll Along and Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish.Today she holds the percussion chair at the hit Broadway show SIX.But watch this interview and you'll see the chair is just one piece of a much bigger career.Mariana began her studies at the National Conservatory of Music in Mexico City, where she won the percussion position at the Carlos Chávez Youth Orchestra, then earned her Bachelor of Music at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers, picking up the Percussive Arts Society Thomas Siwe Scholarship along the way.She founded Percussion Quartet Excelsis — the first multinational all-female percussion quartet in the U.S. — which Jonathan Haas, head of the NYU Percussion Department, called one of the most innovative and exciting ensembles of this era of chamber music. Excelsis has performed twice on NPR's From the Top, at the Zeltsman Marimba Festival, Tippet Rise in Montana, and the Newport Classical Music Festival, and in 2024 the group received Chamber Music America's highest grant.Her recording credits include Platinum Girls and Song of Solomon on Broadway Records, and a concerto for bandoneon and violin with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. She has performed with the National Symphony of Mexico, the first all-women orchestra of Mexico, and premiered new works at Alice Tully Hall. She's appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and in Mozart in the Jungle. She won the FONCA grant for Mexican artists twice in a row, touring an original percussion-and-dance project across five Mexican cities. She teaches. She's endorsed by Sabian, Pearl, and Innovative Percussion.Traditional Mexican music. Symphony halls. Chamber ensembles. Television. Education. And eight shows a week on Broadway.Nobody builds a career like that by waiting for the phone to ring. Watch the conversation and you'll understand exactly how she did it — starting with a Santana concert in Mexico City when she was 11 years old, watching three percussionists light up a stadium and deciding, right there, what her life was going to be.Watch the full interview above.The audio version is available now on Apple Podcasts and Spotify if you'd rather listen on the go.And coming up next on the podcast: Spencer Inch. Stay tuned — that one's going to be worth the wait.For the complete roadmap to building a career in theater, grab Broadway Bound and Beyond at broadwayboundbook.com.Clayton Craddock is the drummer for Cats: The Jellicle Ball on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre. He is also the founder of Broadway Drumming 101 and the author of Broadway Bound and Beyond: A Musician's Guide to Building a Theater Career.His Broadway credits include Memphis, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, Ain't Too Proud, and Cats: The Jellicle Ball, with additional credits spanning tick, tick…BOOM!, The Hippest Trip: The Soul Train Musical, and subbing on Rent, Motown, Evita, Avenue Q, and the Hadestown tour.Clayton has appeared on The View, Good Morning America, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Today Show, and the Tony Awards. He has performed with artists ranging from Chuck Berry and Ben E. King to Kristin Chenoweth and Norm Lewis.www.claytoncraddock.com Get full access to Broadway Drumming 101 at broadwaydrumming101.substack.com/subscribe

It's a week of firsts! (Bryan) had his first tea ever and Ronna topped him by buying her first LA property ever. You can listen to (Bryan) spiral in real time at this revelation. Once he recovers, (Bryan) and Ronna tackle a pair of international advice questions: one on long distance relationships and the other on whether or not now is the time move abroad. (Bryan)'s hit show ARE YOU MAD AT ME is still playing Off-Broadway in New York through August 15th! Get tickets at areyoumadatmeshow.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did you know that Andrew Stanton released TWO movies this year? Toy Story 5, of course, but also the centuries-spanning sci-fi yarn In the Blink of an Eye?! This episode is dedicated to the latter - kind of. Theater critic and brother of the show Joey Sims joins us to chat about a BUNCH of things, not limited to In The Blink of an Eye; Off-Broadway plays, caveman movies, Power Rangers, and the status of the Lost in Space IP. It's a tangent-heavy listen, folks. Listen to Joey's Pod: House Closed: Theater We Saw Read about how Off-Broadway's PERFECT CRIME and THE OFFICE halted performances due to theft of pipes at the theatre Check out the Hayden Planetarium at the New York Museum of Natural History  Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won't want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook!  Buy some real nerdy merch Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Big Feelings ran at the cell through July 23rd. To learn more, visit www.bigfeelingstheplay.com. Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstageThe Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

In this episode, we sit down with Richard Hoehler to discuss his book Acting Out: How a Prison Theatre Workshop Broke Free. He shares stories from decades of leading theatre workshops with incarcerated men, mounting full productions, and creating transformative spaces for expression, connection, and growth. The episode also features a live performance by members of the Acting Out company. Richard Hoehler is an award-winning playwright and educator whose work has run Off-Broadway, regionally, and abroad. He founded Acting Out, teaches at HB Studio and Stella Adler, and has led theatre workshops in prisons for over 30 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Breaking down the Broadway grosses and major theatre news Patreon: BroadwayRadiohttps://www.patreon.com/broadwayradio For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@broadwayradio.com and include the episode name. 1) Last week’s Broadway grosses:https://www.broadwayleague.com/research/grosses-broadway-nyc/ 2) Oskar Eustis to depart Public Theater in 2028https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/theater/oskar-eustis-public-theater.html 3) Roundabout confirms Broadway, Off-Broadway dateshttps://deadline.com/2026/07/roundabout-full-monty-broadway-2026-2027-season-1236863055/ 4) Show and casting news ‘& read more

This episode we are joined by performer Matthew Curiano! Matthew is currently starring in Masquerade and was last seen off-Broadway in This is Not a Drill at the York Theatre. His regional and tour credits include Nine, Ragtime, Camelot, Something Rotten Les Miserables and Annie. Matt is also the co-creator of The Homo Sapien Experience, with The Theater Enthusiast Podcast alum Brandon Contreras, which an a Telly Awarding winning Queer sketch comedy platform that shares stories of the human experience with the emphasis on "Homo."We speak with Matt about what got him into performing, working on Masquerade and his journey with the show, co-creating The Homo Sapien Experience, and much more!

Ronna's star struck this week, excuse me. We've got Off-Broadway's own (Bryan) with us, fresh off his SMASH hit show, and he and Ronna are ready to mingle and give their usual spot-on advice...if they can avoid cyclospora first. This week Ronna (& Bryan) give advice on a trio of problems: planning a long term stay for an American fruit in London, how to deal with a very extroverted employee, and what the etiquette is at a restaurant when your dining companion is running VERY late. (Bryan)'s show ARE YOU MAD AT ME is selling fast, so if you want tickets, and believe us, you do, you better get your grubs on them now! Go to areyoumadatmeshow.com and use code IMSORRY for $10 off your tickets. The show plays at HERE Arts Center in New York through August 15th, but the discount code is good through this week only. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cat and Pat reunite in New York City for an extra-special in-person episode of Seek Treatment! They discuss their recent fave meals, interactions that may or may not be sexual, Cat's latest Off Broadway show Broad Strokes, and Pat shares a shocking realization. Watch the full episode on our YouTube and follow below!Show Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seektreatmentpodShow Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@seektreatmentpodCat: https://www.instagram.com/catccohenPat: https://www.instagram.com/patreegsSeek Treatment is a production of Headgum Studios. Our producer is Allie Kahan. The show is engineered and edited by Richelle Chen. The show art was created by Carly Jean Andrews.Like the show? Rate Seek Treatment on Spotify and Apple Podcasts and leave a review.Advertise on Seek Treatment via Gumball.fm

Jen Schriever is a Tony Award–nominated lighting designer working across Broadway, the West End, Off-Broadway, regional theatre, and opera.  Most recently, Schriever received the Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for The Lost Boys at the Palace Theatre, a 12-time Tony Award–nominated production that earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Lighting Design, shared with co–lighting designer Michael Arden.  She received two Tony nominations for her lighting design of A Strange Loop at the Lyceum Theatre and Death of a Salesman at the Hudson Theatre. She is also an Obie Award-winner for Sustained Excellence in Lighting Design and received an Obie Award Special Citation as part of the creative team and ensemble of A Strange Loop.  On Broadway and in the West End, her work includes Art (Music Box Theatre), Glengarry Glen Ross (Palace Theatre), Eureka Day and Lackawanna Blues (MTC, Samuel J. Friedman Theatre), Death of a Salesman (Hudson Theatre), 1776 and Birthday Candles (American Airlines Theatre), A Strange Loop (Lyceum Theatre, The Barbican), Mother Play; Grand Horizons and What the Constitution Means to Me (Helen Hayes Theater), The Lifespan of a Fact (Studio 54), Eclipsed (Golden Theatre), and John Leguizamo's Ghetto Klown (Lyceum Theatre and HBO).  Off-Broadway and New York credits include Antigone (This Play I Read in High School) and The Other Americans (Public Theater), Strategic Love Play (Audible, Minetta Lane Theatre), Spain (Second Stage, Tony Kiser Theatre), Shhh (Atlantic Theater Company), Power Strip (Lincoln Center Theater, Claire Tow Theater), Usual Girls (Roundabout Theatre Company), Strange Interlude (Irondale Theatre, Transport Group), Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (New Victory Theater), and Selling Kabul (Playwrights Horizons).  Regionally, her work includes Uncle Vanya (Berkeley Repertory Theatre), Highway Patrol (Goodman Theatre), Hippest Trip: The Soul Train Musical (American Conservatory Theater), A Transparent Musical (Mark Taper Forum), A Strange Loop (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company). She earned a Helen Hayes award for Private Jones at Signature Theatre DC.  In opera, Schriever has designed A Thousand Splendid Suns (Seattle Opera), Iphigenia (tour), The Pearl Fishers and Die Fledermaus (Metropolitan Opera), and La Traviata, Faust, and A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Mariinsky Theatre in Russia, as well as The Pearl Fishers for English National Opera in London.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the world debates if AI will take our jobs, playwright and CTO Doug Clarke is worried about something much quieter: is AI taking our humanity and replacing our friends and therapists?  In this frank chat, we dive into the meaning of our relationship with artificial intelligence through the unique intersection of Hollywood innovation and the Off-Broadway stage.  Doug shares his journey from building high-level tech systems at DTS and IMAX to writing deeply vulnerable plays like Soulmate and Anxious Attachment. We explore the seductive danger of AI companions—tools that never tire, never withdraw, and never ask anything of us—and why that "perfect" consistency is actually a barrier to the healing found in human struggle. If we are relying more and more on Artificial Intelligence as a friend of therapist, Doug - who has been having therapy for years with a real person - offers a wise perspective: set up healthy boundaries! What you will learn from him: The Difference Between Convenience and Growth: Why the "messiness" of human relationships is a requirement for emotional maturity. AI as an Emotional Anesthetic: How those with anxious attachment styles are at risk of using technology to soothe surface-level pain while leaving the underlying wounds unaddressed. The Architecture of "Human Premium" Art: How to lean into live, emotional experiences that digital models can never replicate. Practical Boundaries: How to use AI as a high-efficiency tool without letting it become an emotional escape.   About Doug: Doug serves on the executive committee of the Television Academy's Science and Technology peer group, where he puts together educational programs on the principles of agentic AI in their industry. He is also a playwright. Last year his first play, Soulmate, opened in Los Angeles and then ran off-Broadway in New York. It's a story about grief, depression, and how love can become its own kind of haunting when we don't know how to heal through its loss.  Quotes: AI is becoming, for a lot of people, the most consistent presence in their lives. An AI chatbot is always available to you. It does not get tired of you. It does not get tired at all. It does not withdraw. It does not have its own needs that compete with yours. For a person whose history with other humans may have felt inconsistent, frustrating, or painful, the consistency and presence AI offers can feel like relief.  It can develop into a feeling that can be compared to a kind of love. But what it's doing is quietly keeping us from developing the greater sense of who we are in a world that we share with billions of others. How we need to work hard to truly see, accept, and love others. We are walking into something we are not built for: the slow replacement of the harder, messier, and more honest work of human connection with a simple comfort.  A comfort not found in nature. A comfort that asks nothing of us in return. AI by itself isn't the problem.  The problem is what happens when we start to depend on it to avoid the exact human experiences we need in order to grow, and to stay connected to the people around us. For those with an anxious attachment style, AI is a near perfect anesthetic, because it soothes the surface without ever coming close to the wound underneath.  Topics covered: AI, Anxious Attachment, and the Future of Human Art, is AI good for Therapy, need of human connection, AI friends, emotional growth,    Find Doug here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/douglasaclarke/ Watch this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/5vsP5gg3Oqs   Suggestions: Wondering about the attachment styles Doug mentioned? Grab the definitive guide to understanding human connection, breaking anxious patterns, and building real-world security: Attached by Amir Levine. This best selling book, featuring over 23k reviews,  is found by clicking the link below (Please note this is an *affiliate* link so I earn something like 5 cents if you actually buy it!) https://amzn.to/3SWGTLs   Trade the chatbot for a blank page. Break the habit of venting to an AI therapist and practice true emotional self-reliance by processing your thoughts by hand with a classic Leuchtturm1917 Hardcover Journal. https://amzn.to/4yndhHw (Please note this is also an *affiliate* link so I earn something like 5 cents if you actually buy it!) This notebook opens flat, doesn't bleed through and is offered in many lovely colours. You are worth it!

Bryan is fresh off the first week of his Off-Broadway run and somehow learned the lore behind the Minions franchise. Erin is a working girl living in the phone-obsessed LA culture while becoming a regular at her local Eataly and people watching. Bryan reports on Patti LuPone's gay cruise being blocked AGAIN while attempting a reroute to Egypt and how it should sound alarm bells for countries deciding to piggy-back on each other's discrimination. Erin discusses Graham Planter's failed bid for Senate in Maine after sexual assault allegations, and how problematic men get redemption tours but women with similar backgrounds are kept from opportunities to run for public office. This is the last week to get $10 off tickets to Bryan's one man show Are You Mad At Me?? In New York by using code IMSORRY. Get your tickets here! For this week's bonus Dateline Recap visit patreon.com/attitudes Sign up for our Discord for episode discussions, watch parties and community!

A lesbian with a pregnant wife is confounded and disgruntled at the way Pride celebrations can be a little too sex positive, especially if you have a little kid. Should Pride parades put on a straight-laced appearance, or go full bacchanal? It's an old, old debate. A woman needs her lovers to tell her she's hot and generally praise her during sex. Like, a lot. Is this a kink? On the Magnum, Dan meets his witty, homosexual match in Bryan Safi. The Emmy Award-winning actor, writer, and comedian known for his work on ABC's “9-1-1” as well as his podcasts, Attitudes! and Ask Ronna, is making his Off-Broadway debut this summer with Are You Mad At Me?? They chat about all this, and answer a caller who wonders if she should agree to a man's request on Feeld to be her "foot boy." Safi is magically delightful, and you simply must listen in. And, a woman's butt plug keeps disappearing up her butt. It's not supposed to work like that, right? Right. Call us with your quandaries. 206-302-2064 Record that Q and send it in: Q@Savage.Love. This episode is brought to you by Squarespace. They make it easy to build a website or blog. Give it a whirl at ⁠Squarespace.com/Savage⁠ and if you want to buy it, use the code Savage for a 10% off your first purchase. Foria is an all natural health & sexual wellness company with product lines using the power of plant actives & CBD to effectively enhance intimacy, sexual pleasure, daily wellbeing, and relief from discomfort. Get 30% off sitewide during their National Orgasm Day sale from 7/30-8/2. Just go to ⁠foriawellness.com⁠ to get your 30% off your order! This episode is brought to you by VB Health, Doctor-formulated supplements that work . To learn more about Load Boost, Drive Boost and Soaking Wet and to get 10% off, visit ⁠VB.Health⁠ when you use the code Savage. Dan Savage is a sex-advice columnist, podcaster, author, and creator of the It Gets Better Project. From polyamory, to BDSM, gay rights to sexual health and with a dose of progressive politics, Dan Savage has been cultural force for sex positivity since the 1800s.

Our dear (Bryan)'s Off-Broadway show is officially up and running, and we've got a fabulous episode this week to celebrate! After praising Liza in 'Arthur,' Roger at Wimbledon, and that Viking guy at the World Cup, Ronna (& Bryan) give advice on how to handle a neighbor's noisy baby and who should get the best bedroom in a group Airbnb situation. ARE YOU MAD AT ME is now playing! Go see (Bryan) at the HERE Arts Center in New York now through August 15th. Tickets at areyoumadatmeshow.com and you can still use code IMSORRY to get $10 off your tickets for performances through next week only! Sponsor: How are Ronna and Mr. Cleveland doing in their boudoir? With the help of our new sponsor, Arya, they're doing GREAT, excuse me. Arya is an intimacy membership that turns "we should spice things up" into real experiences. Go to getarya.com/ronna for $10 off your first month! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, SNL's Jane Wickline and comedian Liva Pierce return to Working It Out to discuss the Off-Broadway debut of their two person musical comedy show, Dukes. Mike grills Jane and Liva on the realities of working so closely with another person, and the three of them break apart the existential dread that accompanies most of their creativity. Plus, Jane and Liva work out two new songs from their show and the three of them create a song from a bit Mike is working on. Please Consider Donating To: Survived and Punished NYC  See Jane and Liva Off-Broadway in Dukes. Get tickets here. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On today’s episode, Matt Tamanini is in conversation with magician and illusionist Jamie Allan. The Off-Broadway production of his show “Amaze!” will hit its one-year anniversary at New World Stages and is currently on sale into January 2027. In their conversation, Matt and Jamie discuss the importance of bringing a read more

In 2018, Mariana Ramirez walked into the pit at Once On This Island as a sub and made history. She became the first female Mexican percussionist to ever perform on a Broadway show.Nobody handed her that moment. She built it.I first published this conversation in March of 2022, and it remains one of my favorites. Most of you weren't subscribed back then, so I'm bringing it back — the story is too good to leave in the archive.Who is Mariana Ramirez?Mariana is an NYC-based freelance percussionist who began her music studies at the National Conservatory of Mexico in Mexico City before earning her Bachelor of Music in Percussion at Rutgers University.That first Broadway sub gig at Once On This Island opened doors. She went on to sub Head Over Heels and Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations, then hit the road holding the drums/percussion chair on the Once On This Island national tour. Off-Broadway, her credits include Merrily We Roll Along and Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, among many others. Today, she is one of just two female Mexican drummer/percussionists performing on Broadway.But her career stretches far beyond the pit.She has performed across Europe, Asia, and Mexico with Mexican traditional music bands, symphonic ensembles, chamber orchestras, and pop bands. You may have caught her on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, in the series Mozart in the Jungle, or at the NBC Universal Upfronts at Radio City Music Hall.She also founded Percussion Quartet Excelsis, which Jonathan Haas, head of the NYU Percussion Department, praised as one of the most innovative and exciting percussion ensembles of this era of chamber music. Excelsis has performed twice on NPR's From the Top, at the Percussive Arts Society New York Weekend of Percussion, Brooklyn Bound with Sō Percussion, Zeltsman Marimba Festival, and Tippet Rise Music Festival in Montana. The group is endorsed by Sabian Cymbals.As a symphonic percussionist, she has performed with the National Symphony of Mexico, Orquesta de Minería, the first all-women orchestra of Mexico, Dartmouth Symphony, South Florida Symphony, New England Ensemble, Fairfield Orchestra, and most recently with The Dessoff Choir, premiering works for choir and orchestra at Alice Tully Hall.Traditional Mexican music. Broadway pits. Symphony halls. Chamber ensembles. Television. That range is not an accident — it's the career.In this conversation, we talk about:* The Santana concert in Mexico City that made an 11-year-old girl decide, on the spot, what she wanted to do with her life* Her path from the National Conservatory of Mexico to Rutgers to New York* What it took to break into Broadway subbing — and what it meant to be the first* How versatility across genres and settings keeps a freelance career aliveAnd when you're done with this one, keep an eye on your inbox. Up next on the podcast: Spencer Inch. You won't want to miss that conversation.For the complete roadmap to building a career in theater, grab Broadway Bound and Beyond at broadwayboundbook.com.Broadway Bound and Beyond isn't theory. It's twenty-six years on Broadway broken down into what actually works: how auditions really get decided, how reputation gets built or destroyed, how money works in this business, why versatility keeps you employed, and what it takes to last decades instead of one season. If you want the full career picture, the hardcover is at broadwayboundbook.com.If subbing is specifically your way in, the book gets you the mindset and the etiquette, but the Broadway Sub Playbook goes further. It's the actual system: the four-week prep formula, the show-day routine, how to take notes that stick, how to handle a pit you've never sat in before. It's built for one job — getting you ready for that call when it comes — and it's the resource a lot of working subs wish they'd had before their first one.Grab both at signaturebrandworks.com.Clayton Craddock is the drummer for Cats: The Jellicle Ball on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre. He is also the founder of Broadway Drumming 101 and the author of Broadway Bound and Beyond: A Musician's Guide to Building a Theater Career.His Broadway credits include Memphis, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, Ain't Too Proud, and Cats: The Jellicle Ball, with additional credits spanning tick, tick…BOOM!, The Hippest Trip: The Soul Train Musical, and subbing on Rent, Motown, Evita, Avenue Q, and the Hadestown tour.Clayton has appeared on The View, Good Morning America, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Today Show, and the Tony Awards. He has performed with artists ranging from Chuck Berry and Ben E. King to Kristin Chenoweth and Norm Lewis.www.claytoncraddock.com Get full access to Broadway Drumming 101 at broadwaydrumming101.substack.com/subscribe

Bryan is recovering from a cold and sinus infection on the eve of his Off-Broadway debut but googled Telehealth and isn't sure if he was ripped off, Erin wants to feels tiny and stand next to the large Norwegians playing in the World Cup, and we bond over our shared following of Instagram's @georgesternleadership who shares coworker text responses to after-hours asks from bosses. Erin tells us about former Obama U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance who is sounding the alarm on the fringe TradWife movement of women wanting to give up their right to vote and give up all power to their husbands. Bryan delights in the recent story of Broadway star Patti LuPone's recent gay cruise that was stopped from entering Turkey because of the occupants on board. We are furious, but we are sailing. Bryan's Off-Broadway Debut show Are You Mad At Me?? starts this week and runs through August 15th! Tudes listeners get $10 off with code IMSORRY for the first two weeks of the run. Get your tickets here. Sign up for our Discord for episode discussions, watch parties and community!

It's a Carriage House Catch-Up this week, and we cover a LOT of territory, excuse me. From (Bryan)'s New York Times mention to Dyan Cannon to lithosexuals, we've got a lot to talk about. Then, after a mountain of follow-ups, Ronna (& Bryan) give advice on whether it's wise to put a career on pause for a relationship. ARE YOU MAD AT ME, (Bryan)'s Off-Broadway debut, starts performances THIS FRIDAY in New York! Even the New York Times is excited about this show, pardon me. Go to areyoumadatmeshow.com for tickets and use code IMSORRY for $10 off your ticket to the first two weeks of the run. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we're joined by our new bicoastal friend Bryan Safi whose Off-Broadway solo show ARE YOU MAD AT ME? is opening this week! We explore such topics as: What would it be like if you could just show someone your camera roll? Why do sunsets make dads go absolutely crazy? And are salsa classes just a sick and twisted way for men to TOUCH someone else's WIFE?! If only it were that simple... SEE SAM ON TOUR: linktree.com/samtaggart SEE GEORGE ON TOUR: linktree.com/georgeciveris WATCH GEORGE'S SPECIAL ON AMAZON, APPLE, AND MORE: https://www.comedydynamics.com/catalog/george-civeris-a-sense-of-urgency/ CALL US at 385-GAY-GUYS to leave questions and comments for our next surprise call-in show and you just might hear your call on your favorite podcast. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON at patreon.com/straightiolab for bonus episodes twice a month and don't forget to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From Detroit Rock City to the top of the country charts—and now, to the bright lights of Manhattan. With over one billion streams and counting, powerhouse songwriter J.T. Harding is the creative force behind massive number-one hits for country music's biggest stars, including Blake Shelton, Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, Darius Rucker, and Dierks Bentley. He also co-wrote the global smash hit "Smile" with Uncle Kracker. Now, he's bringing a taste of Nashville to the Theater District. Special guest host Dana Perino recently sat down with J.T. Harding on the FOX News Rundown to discuss his journey to music stardom and his latest venture: Music City. Playing at St. Luke's Theatre in Times Square, this acclaimed Off-Broadway musical tells the story of aspiring singers chasing their dreams at the "Wicked Tickle" bar. J.T. shared with Dana what it takes to write a hit, the transition from radio to the stage, and how he's capturing the heartbeat of Nashville in the heart of New York City. He also had some incredible stories about meeting and sometimes working with some of the biggest music stars, including Prince, Keith Urban, and Kevin Chesney. We made some edits for time for our weekday version of the Rundown, but we know you will want to hear more from JT and Dana as the conversation was full of great advice, stories, and laughs. Today on Fox News Rundown Extra, we will share all of Dana Perino's incredible interview with country songwriter JT Harding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week Bryan's in a bad mood and Erin's back in LA staying at a weird hotel with questionable design and decor as we share gym hacks and review Steven Spielberg's filmography. Erin covers Missouri's abortion restrictions being overturned by Jackson County Judge Jerri Zhang removing requirements for a 72 hour waiting period, medical staff licensing and allowing medication abortions to continue for the first time since 2018. Bryan discusses how red states like Indiana and Tennessee are attempting to take focus off of Pride and rebrand June as Nuclear Family Month. For this week's bonus Kim of Queens Recap visit patreon.com/attitudes Join our Discord for watch parties, episode discussions and community! Bryan's making his Off-Broadway debut July 10-August 15th! Attitudes listeners get $10 off tickets for the first two weeks of the run with code IMSORRY. Get tickets here. Shopify: The only thing standing between you and your own income is getting started. Free trial at shopify.com/attitudes

June 22, 2026 - 8am: Mediators say 'progress has been made ' in talks between the U.S. and Iran VP Vance says talks have created "good foundation" for a permanent deal to end war New book on how to read and understand what's in the U.S. Constitution Actors Bob Odenkirk and Scott Adsit talk about their new Off-Broadway revival highlighting the 'red scare' titled, "Are You Now or Have You Ever Been" To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week we find out we're one degree of separation away from Kim Gravel, and Bryan unearths some newspaper clippings from the 70s about how to be a wife, leading to some scintillating anecdotes from housewives trying to achieve climax from their husbands. Bryan discusses last week's San Francisco Giants Pride Night and how players Landen Roupp, JT Brubaker and Ryan Walker decided to make a statement by writing a bible verse on their rainbow caps instead of just opting not to wear them. Erin details a horrifying story of fertility fraud in Hawaii where retired gynecologist Dr. William McKenzie was found to have inseminated dozens of women with his own semen and faced no consequences due to no state laws prohibiting it. For this week's bonus episode visit patreon.com/attitudes Join our Discord for watch parties, episode discussions and community! Bryan's making his Off-Broadway debut July 10-August 15th! Attitudes listeners get $10 off tickets for the first two weeks of the run with code IMSORRY. Get tickets here.

We just finished 300, and now we're on our way to 400, excuse me! It's a Carriage House Catch-Up this week as Ronna (& Bryan), people pleasers that they are, chat about everything from seed oil to Thanksgiving food to Harry Potter's death spell. Then they answer a trio of listener questions: how to handle a bad B&B experience, whether or not the older person on a date always has to pay, and how to navigate a friendship that might be uneven on meeting each other's needs.  (Bryan) has just one question for you: ARE YOU MAD AT ME? His hit show comes to New York for a month long engagement Off-Broadway this summer July 10 to August 15! Go to areyoumadatmeshow.com and use code IMSORRY for $10 off your ticket to the first two weeks of the run.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices