Billboard on Broadway

Billboard on Broadway

Billboard senior editor Rebecca Milzoff chats with Broadway's current stars, discussing today's most exciting musical theater and its overlap with pop music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

Best of Billboard on Broadway: Alex Lacamoire

September 20, 2019 • 31 mins

The very busy music director/supervisor/orchestrator/arranger just won an Emmy for Fosse/Verdon; Rebecca revisits their deep conversation about his many roles and high-profile theater projects.

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Moulin Rouge!

August 30, 2019 • 38 mins

The explosive new musical's stars — Aaron Tveit, Karen Olivo and Sahr Ngaujah — talk to Rebecca about how their show is changing the way pop music is used on Broadway.

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Tootsie

August 6, 2019 • 37 mins

Composer David Yazbek returns to the podcast, along with Tony-nominated actors Lilli Cooper and Andy Grotelueschen, to chat about adapting the beloved comedy for Broadway.

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Best of Billboard on Broadway: Sara Bareilles and 'Waitress'

July 26, 2019 • 31 mins

After a nearly four year run, the singer-songwriter's acclaimed first musical will close in early 2020; a throwback to Bareilles' chat with Rebecca, along with actors Will Swenson and Betsy Wolfe.

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The Secret Life of Bees

July 19, 2019 • 36 mins

Composer Duncan Sheik reflects on his musical theater career and his latest project, along with lyricist Susan Birkenhead and actor Eisa Davis.

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Alex Timbers

July 12, 2019 • 34 mins

The Tony-nominated director of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Rocky, Beetlejuice and Moulin Rouge (among others) reflects on his career in theater.

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Norbert Leo Butz & Sherie Rene Scott

June 28, 2019 • 36 mins

The "Last Five Years" and "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" co-stars and Broadway vets chat about their longtime creative partnership and their upcoming 54Below show "Twohander."

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Best of Billboard on Broadway: Hadestown

June 21, 2019 • 48 mins

After a long journey from Vermont to downtown New York to London and back, Anais Mitchell's musical is now an eight-time Tony winner, including for best musical. A look back at Rebecca's engaging conversation with Mitchell, best director winner Rachel Chavkin, and stars Amber Grey and Patrick Page.

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Behind the Scenes At the 2019 Tonys

June 10, 2019 • 56 mins

What's it like to actually go to the Tonys? And what did this year's show get right and wrong? Rebecca is joined by The Ensemblist's Mo Brady for a special post-Tony episode.

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Best of Billboard on Broadway: Sutton Foster

June 7, 2019 • 40 mins

She'll be back on Broadway in 2020 and in the meantime has a series of Cafe Carlyle concerts and the sixth season of Younger coming up: a throwback to Rebecca's conversation with one of musical theater's favorite performers.

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Beetlejuice

May 28, 2019 • 40 mins

Composer/lyricist Eddie Perfect joins stars Kerry Butler and Sophia-Anne Caruso to tell Rebecca all about creating the massively entertaining, Tony-nominated new musical.

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Ain't Too Proud

May 17, 2019 • 51 mins

The five men of the Temptations — well, the Broadway version of them — chat with Rebecca about their electrifying new show and the groundbreaking group that inspired it.

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Oklahoma!

May 10, 2019 • 59 mins

What makes the new production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! so groundbreaking? Actor Patrick Vaill (Jud Fry) and orchestrator/arranger/music supervisor Daniel Kluger join Rebecca to chat about the show's evolution; actor Rebecca Naomi Jones (Laurey Williams) joins later.

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Kiss Me Kate

May 3, 2019 • 43 mins

Stars Will Chase, Kelli O'Hara and Corbin Bleu chat with host Rebecca Milzoff about their Tony-nominated musical comedy and its modern update currently on Broadway.

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'Be More Chill' on Broadway

April 26, 2019 • 63 mins

First it was a viral sensation off-Broadway; now, Joe Iconis' musical Be More Chill has hit its biggest stage yet. Stars Gerard Canonico, Stephanie Hsu and George Salazar reflect on their show's crazy journey with host Rebecca Milzoff.

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Hadestown

April 19, 2019 • 50 mins

Composer Anais Mitchell, director Rachel Chaikin, and actors Patrick Page and Amber Grey chat with Rebecca about their buzzy new musical's journey to Broadway.

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Best of Billboard on Broadway: Rachel Bloom and 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'

April 12, 2019 • 54 mins

The CW musical show's four-season run just ended, but the music lives on — as does this podcast favorite. Rebecca chats with creator/star Rachel Bloom, executive music producer Adam Schlesinger, and supervising producer/writer/music consultant Jack Dolgen.

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Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish

March 15, 2019 • 39 mins

Broadway legend Joel Grey is directing a new kind of Fiddler on the Roof -- and it's become an off-Broadway hit. He joins stars Steven Skybell, Rachel Zatcoff and Ben Liebert to explain just how that happened on this week's episode.

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The Prom

March 1, 2019 • 32 mins

Book writer and lyricist Chad Beguelin, composer Matthew Sklar, and (hilarious!) stars Beth Leavel and Christopher Sieber chat about their musical comedy winning rave reviews on Broadway.

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How Do You Make a Grammy-Winning Cast Album?

February 15, 2019 • 35 mins

This year, Tony-winner The Band's Visit took home the Grammy award for best musical theater album. Composer David Yazbek, co-producer/music supervisor Dean Sharenow, and star Katrina Lenk talk to Rebecca about how they made it -- and why (maybe) it won.

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