DRAMA. with Connor & Dylan MacDowell
Drama! Sit down with resident dramatics, Connor MacDowell & Dylan MacDowell, as they explore theatre, entertainment, pop culture, and the vibrance of love and life in New York City. Joined weekly by thrilling special guests, they have intimately casual conversations about the dramatic journey that brought them here. Oh that’s a gag, honey! Say no more… it’s DRAMA.
Episodes
Settle in for one of your favorite ways to spend an hour: a twin talk! The world may be ending, but at least the twins are on their (self-made) platform to gab their way through it. Dylan and Connor recap Dylan’s bachelor(ette) party – The Dylanette. Highlights from West Hollywood, Paramount Studios, a mimosa happy hour, and a full rundown of the reality stars they met. They also share a never-before-told story of going to SUR and ...
Dylan and Connor are joined by Hannah Solow (Oh, Mary!). Ahead of her residency as the titular First Lady (and cabaret chanteuse), Hannah arrives on the pod in a blaze of glory. She charts her entire journey with Oh, Mary!, from the first time she stepped into rehearsals for the Off-Broadway run at the Lucille Lortel all the way to over a year later at the Lyceum Theatre. Hannah shares memories from making her Broadway debut, creat...
Connor and Dylan are joined by two-time Tony-nominee Christopher Sieber (Death Becomes Her, Spamalot!). Get ready for a rip-roaring, dazzling, breezy chat with your favorite Broadway star and his new favorite twins. So much drama, so little time. Christopher currently stars as Ernest Menville in the smash hit musical version of Death Becomes Her. We dive into all things DBH, from working with his miraculous leading lady costars Jen...
Dylan and Connor are joined by the reigning winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars 10, Ginger Minj! Well, we got her gal! The Glamour Toad joins the twins for an end-of-summer chat that is so queer, so draggy, and so gaggy that you’ll be begging for part two immediately. Ginger reflects on her entire ten-year journey on Drag Race: season 7 filming conditions, reactions, and castmates; how much she’s grown in that time; favorite me...
Your favorite twins are talk, talk, talking again! Y’all, the amount of theatre, pop culture, love, and life that is discussed in this episode is truly limitless. Buckle up. We fully break down Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl announcement, guess what the songs will be about, analyze her appearance on her boyfriend (fiancé by the time of release!) Travis Kelce’s podcast, and debate whether or not we’re true Swiftie stan. Spoil...
Dylan and Connor are joined by two-time Olivier Award-nominee Marisha Wallace (Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, Guys and Dolls). On the album release day of Marisha Wallace: Live in London, The Toast of Mayfair joined the twins for a good ol’ kiki! This incredible concert recording features all the gaggiest hits from Marisha’s career so far, including Guys & Dolls, Dreamgirls, Waitress, Hairspray, Oklahoma, and of course Cabaret. S...
Dylan and Connor are joined by Chiara Aurelia (John Proctor is the Villain, Dilaria). It’s a cruel, theatre girlie summer, y’all! The twins are GAGGED to be joined by Chiara, who is currently making her Broadway debut as Shelby Holcomb in John Proctor is the Villain. We discuss the hit play, how she went from seeing her childhood friend Sadie Sink in the show to finding herself starring in it within a matter of months, and what goe...
Dylan and Connor are joined by Burke Swanson (Stranger Things: The First Shadow, Back to the Future the Musical). Burke is currently starring as James Hopper Jr., AKA young David Harbour, in the stage play origin story of Netflix’s hit TV series Stranger Things. So yeah, you’re gonna be GAGGED! 100 performances into the play, Burke shares what his return to Broadway has been like, his favorite moments onstage with his costars, and ...
Connor and Dylan are joined by Christopher Briney (The Summer I Turned Pretty, Dilaria). It’s here, y’all: the summer you turned UP your volume and listened to your favorite twins chat with television’s Conrad Fisher: Chris Briney. Chris is currently starring in Dilaria, the new off-Broadway play by Julia Randall. Hear all about his New York onstage debut, his costume of a slutty rugby tee and Calvins, and his costars Ella Stiller,...
Originally released November 6, 2019.
Connor and Dylan premiere DRAMA. with their special guest Krysta Rodriguez (‘Smash,” The Addams Family, Spring Awakening) as they dive into the “hard knock life'‘ of Broadway, soaring in silks as Ana Vargas, doing chemo and tech at the same time, Connor’s crush on Nate Archibald from “Gossip Girl,” and the great equalizer. Oh yeah, and the tea on “Smash” is spilled, honey!
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Originally released November 13, 2019.
Connor and Dylan are joined by special guest Zach Adkins (Anastasia, Kinky Boots) as they break down the drama of their shared Ohio roots, being a Broadway heartthrob in Anastasia, writing and releasing the personal EP “January to June,” Zach’s equally personal journey with his abs, and the one and only Moose.
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Connor and Dylan are joined by Olivier Award winner and three-time Tony Award nominee Natasha Hodgson (Operation Mincement). It all started with a podcast… oop! Not this podcast, but Natasha’s hit musical Operation Mincemeat came to her by listening to a pod, so maybe this episode will inspire the next theatrical smash! This Manchester lass is taking New York by storm as part of the cast and writing team behind Operation Mincemeat....
Connor and Dylan toast to 200 episodes of DRAMA. with this special anniversary celebration with Tony Award winner Kelli O’Hara (The King & I, The Gilded Age). After some sentimental words, the twins welcome this absolute queen to the podcast, diving into a conversation about the origins and importance of Days of Wine and Roses at the Atlantic Theater Company (now through July 16). Kelli gushes over working with Brian d’Arcy Jam...
Dylan and Connor are joined by Grace Hodgett Young (Sunset Blvd, Hadestown). Ahead of her final weekend of performances in the Tony-winning revival of Sunset Blvd, Grace sits down with the twins for a thrilling exit interview for the ages. We cover: auditioning for the ensemble, getting cast as Betty Schaeffer, why Grace initially passed on the New York transfer, and what her Broadway highlights have been. We of course dive into al...
Breaking news: Soda Scout has left the Villa. And so has Cierra. And the twins are about to, as well. There is MUCH to discuss on this week’s TWIN TALK. But first, just like the rest of the world who likes inflicting pain upon themselves, Connor and Dylan break down their thoughts on season three of And Just Like That… yikes. Much is afoot in the theatre world: Gypsy has a Sunday Mama Rose (hello, Montego Glover!), Tom Francis took...
Dylan and Connor are joined by Jordan Tyson (Gypsy, The Notebook). Here she is, pod. Here she is, WORLD! During a heat wave and New York Pride, the twins sat down with Broadway’s Jordan Tyson, a performer as generous and kind as she is talented. It’s Dainty June herself, y’all! But first: a return to the Boat (OG listeners are in for a treat). Hear all about Jordan’s experience playing June in Gypsy, sharing the stage with Audra Mc...
Connor and Dylan are joined by Graham Phillips (Little Shop of Horrors, 13). Suddenly, Graham y’all! The twins are gagged to have this star of stage and screen on the podcast to honor his highly anticipated return to the New York stage. But first, the boys gag over Orville Peck and Eva Noblezada in Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club. Graham is currently starring as Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors, alongside longtime friend and castmate ...
Connor and Dylan are joined by the one, the only, THE bombshell: Robyn Hurder (Smash, Moulin Rouge! The Musical). The first ever 3x guest on the pod, y’all! With only one week left in SMASH on Broadway’s too-short run, Robyn joins the twins to mention it ALL. We talk playing the stage version of Ivy Lynn, how Robyn stays healthy and positive as one of Broadway’s triple threat leading ladies, and what her favorite onstage moments an...
What happened? IT happened! The twins are talking this week to break down the 78th Annual Tony Awards, hosted by Cynthia Erivo. The highs, lows, glitz, glamour, history-making wins, snubs, and favorite moments are all on the table. The most dramatic, debated, and delicious Best Lead Actress in a Musical race finally has a winner… what did we think? Connor has a hot take on a major category that left Dylan stunned. From Oh, Mary! ha...
Dylan and Connor are joined by Betty Who (Recording Artist, Hadestown). Now there’s fire burning in the valley, y’all… THE Betty Who joins the twins for the 300th episode of DRAMA. Ahead of the “Out of the Darkness” tour, Betty is here to talk all things new: music, show, and era. But not just an era of artistry, it’s a new era of life that they’re feeling supercharged for. Leave those Pride flags out and get ready to SWEAT in this...
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