Dogfight, Falsettos, a new EP out this week, movies, plays, musicals, Godspell... THE MAN IS NON STOP. Broadway multi-hyphenate Nick Blaemire is HERE!!! So you know that one friend you always ask for help? That one friend you constantly lean on who asks nothing in return? For us... That's Nick Blaemire. We have asked Nick Blaemire to "help us move" approximately a thousand times. "Hey Nick! We're writing a TV show.. will you help us?!" .. "Hey Nick! I wanna write a movie ... where do I...

From Wall Street to Wicked. Broadway star Jessica Vosk has one of the craziest stories out there, showing the world that it's never too late to follow your dream. Wicked, Fiddler on the Roof, The Bridges of Madison County, and Finding Neverland to name a few. Jessica Vosk is hilarious and insightful and we are thrilled that she took the time to chat with us. We recorded this on inauguration day so we recap all the good of January 20th. Gaga's choice of key, Garth Brooks phrasing, J-Lo being...

"No one is worse off for hard work". The week's conversation with the lovely Kerstin Anderson is chock full of pull-quotes. Joe is Kerstin Anderson's stalker. He's been following her around New York for 6 years, lurking in audiences, admiring her performance. Is that weird? Dan and Kerstin toured the US with The Sound of Music and her clarion voice blew people away all over country. Currently, you can find Kerstin wandering around the Upper West Side and singing through Riverside Park. This...

The definition of an enzyme is "a substance produced by a living organism which acts as a catalyst to bring about a specific biochemical reaction." This is the closest metaphor Joe could come up with to describe role of Casting Director. The Casting Director is the actor's best friend. Without a Casting Director, actors float around in a sea of troubles, singing their 16 bars into an abyss, waiting for someone to find them. Without Pat, Diane Paulus and the producers of WAITRESS wouldn't know...

Caissie Levy will always be Elsa to us. Caissie's son Izaiah still watches the Frozen films and points to Elsa and says, "That's you Mommy!!"... BE STILL MY HEART!! Just to be clear, we don't sleep with the Elsa doll like Caissie son (well Dan probably does). We are so excited that Caissie is here with us today. Joe can barely contain his excitement to trap Caissie and force her to listen to his ramblings of fandom. She is one of the iconic voices of our generation and her "Let It Go" is THE...

KINKY BOOTS, FROZEN, THE BOOK OF MORMON.. Ever heard of it?!?! If it weren't for Brian Usifer, Elder Price, Elsa, and Charlie Price wouldn't know how to sing. Music director, pianist, orchestrator, arranger, producer and composer Brian Usifer was the man behind the batton for Joe in FROZEN and Dan in KINKY BOOTS. This man has had such a huge impact on both of our careers and we are thrilled that he took the time to chat with us. We talk about how your "fight or flight instinct" doesn't go...

THE Genie, Tony WINNER James Monroe Iglehart is here!!! Oh man. You know him from ALADDIN, MEMPHIS, and HAMILTON, but what you need is his Sweeney, his Porgy, his Freestyle, and his deep love of comic books. We talk about it ALL this week. From sustaining a long run, to auditioning for your best friend, Lin Manuel Miranda.. James leads us through his career in a way only the Genie can. He's hilarious, insightful, generous, and we're so grateful he took the time to talk with us. This Christmas...

Have you heard of THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA? Joe wants 2020 to be over for Taylor Iman Jones' sake. Broadway's newest IT girl was having the best year ever until COVID screwed everything up. HAMILTON and THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA were about to happen at the same time!! UGH. BUT all hope is not lost... 2021 is coming and so is Taylor Iman Jones. The star of HEAD OVER HEELS is hilarious, insightful, so real, so kind, and she put up with Dan for a year on the bus and truck tour of AMERICAN IDIOT so you...

XOXO TV STAR!! Do you have any advice for Dan? It's gonna be alright Dan... Take a deep breath and listen to Jason. Smooth singing, handsome as hell, SUPER SWEET Jason Gotay sits down with us today and YES Joe and Dan hate auditioning after this guy. YOU try following that voice. SPIDERMAN and BRING IT ON star Jason Gotay is about to blow up with the brand new Gossip Girl HBOMax show. Look out. Check out that opening night cast of BRING IT ON ... they're all STARS. We love this guy. He's so...

We are so grateful that the OG Jasmine is with us this week!! Kirsten Dunst had done a million movies and Courtney Reed felt like she was behind. ALADDIN star Courtney Reed is truly a jack of all trades. She's an entrepreneur (check out Gagged Chokers), and a member of the Broadway Princess Party as well as being one of the most sought after women on Broadway.  She thinks that her audition for ALADDIN was easy, but it really took her five years, multiple readings, two out of town tryouts, and...

We are so grateful that the OG Jasmine is with us this week!! Kirsten Dunst had done a million movies and Courtney Reed felt like she was behind. ALADDIN star Courtney Reed is truly a jack of all trades. She's an entrepreneur (check out Gagged Chokers), and a member of the Broadway Princess Party as well as being one of the most sought after women on Broadway. She thinks that her audition for ALADDIN was easy, but it really took her five years, multiple readings, two out of town tryouts, and...

The Guys are back with Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey writer Davy Nathan! We owe this interview to our good friend Shoshana Bean. Davy and Shoshana have been collaborators for years and we're so grateful she connected us with Davy. Ok... this movie is about to be a BIG DEAL. Jingle Jangle is out TODAY (breaking news podcast over here) on Netflix so be sure to get into the holiday spirit early. Davy and his writing partner, Philip Lawrence (of Bruno Mars fame) wrote 8 out of the 9 songs,...

“A day of peace.A day of pride.A day of justice. We have been denied. Let the new day dawn, Oh, Lord, I pray... We'll never get to heaven. Till we reach that day.” If you don’t know RAGTIME, get in the car, drive three hours and listen to every word. CHRISTIANE KNOLL IS HERE!! She is a Tony nominee for the 2010 revival and Dan’s theatrical Mom. She (before COVID) was Cynthia Murphy in DEAR EVAN HANSEN On bway and has done 1 million shows. Joe was Younger Brother in college and it was the...

Have you seen cell block tango recently?!?!? POP, SQUISH, CICERO... Let's GO CHICAGO!! Arguably the best movie musical of all time (feel free to fight us).. We love Chicago. Dan and Joe danced in the ensemble of CHICAGO in college and they were BAD. But that's okay. We're thrilled that Broadway vet and Fosse superfan Tyler Hanes is here to talk with us about it!! Tyler has NINE Broadway credits to his name and a slew of TV credits including Jerry Orbach in the F/X sensation Fosse/ Verdon....

Hey friends, no one is alone....  I WISH .. there wasn't a pandemic. But that's not what we're talking about this week. This week we're talking about INTO THE WOODS!! We're so grateful that our friend and casting director extraordinaire, Benton Whitley is with us to talk about his favorite show, INTO THE WOODS. There are so many great recordings available, but if you haven't seen Bernadette and Johanna Gleeson in the 1991 OG recording, STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING and go check it out. Joe loves the...

"And I love her so." We REALLY love the show this week. Joe's Broadway debut and favorite show ever, ONCE: THE MUSICAL. If you need a good cry you can check out the John Carney film on Amazon and iTunes. We relive Joe's glory days in the 2012 Tony Award-winning  Best Musical. From the acapella Gold to Glen Hansard's excellent use of decrescendo, everything is perfect. Steve Kazee, Cristin Milioti, Paul Nolan, Arthur Darvill, Laura Dreyfuss, Joe Carroll. Dan snuck in to see the Broadway...

It's snowing in Colorado. Joe is directing a play and he wants you to audition!! Check out https://aclassactny.com/ and sign up if you or someone you know might be interested! This week we're talking about the Be An Arts Hero #artshero campaign and if anyone wants to drive to the Berkshires and see GODSPELL, we're driving. Joe loves FUNNY GIRL and Dan has chills listening to Beautiful City. 

YE GODS Dan and Joe are FIGHTING. Dan loves THE MUSIC MAN, Joe can’t stand it. Tune in this week sports fans, we're fighting. We break down all the wonderful things in THE MUSIC MAN. Yes, we talk about the sexy Hugh Jackman and the stunning Sutton Foster , but we also nerd out about Kristin Chenoweth, Rebecca Luker, Barbara Cook, and Robert Preston. Every single song in THE MUSIC MAN slaps. Yup. We said it. Does Shapoopi make sense? NOPE. But The Beatles love THE MUSIC MAN so why shouldn’t...

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...

WILL BURTON IS BACK!! Friend of the pod and all around winner, Will Burton, has returned to nerd-out with us about HELLO, DOLLY! That's Hello Comma Dolly Exclamation Point. DON'T YOU FORGET IT. In case you're wondering, HELLO, DOLLY! is a musical about a woman and her favorite restaurant. In college, Will had to write a 40 page paper on HELLO, DOLLY! (that's musical theater college for ya) and he appeared as Ambrose in the recent revival with DAME Bette Midler. Will has been in three...

BRAND NEW SEGMENT! Fridays are for musicals we love, Tuesdays are for Broadway news. Starting this week, Dan and Joe will take you through a few highlights in the Broadway Newscape. Why? BECAUSE THINGS ARE HAPPENING!! Our sweet theatre industry is trying to come back slowly and there is Broadway news to be had. This week we highlight our friend Colton Ryan who was just cast as Connor Murphy in the film adaptation of Dear Evan Hansen. Check out our interview with Colton from November 24th...

He gave a Mermaid her voice and a Beast his soul. Joe sings backup as Dan belts out "Kiss The Girl". This week we love Howard, a new documentary now on Disney+. Howard is the untold story of Howard Ashman, the brilliant lyricist behind Disney classics like “Aladdin,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Little Mermaid” and creator of musicals including “Little Shop of Horrors.” First, listen to our show, and then go relive your favorite Disney lyrics in this remarkable documentary.  We had the...

This week we're chatting with stage and small screen star Jim Hogan, founding member and arranger for the viral Tiktok group t.3 (tik tok tenors), and we're nerding out over another Musical We Love.....The Phantom of the Opera.   The longest-running show of all time, Phantom of the Opera has made more than $6 billion dollars worldwide. It has played to over 140 million people in 35 countries in 166 cities. It has been performed in 15 languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Danish,...

This week we're talking Dan's favorite musical, COMPANY, with one of Joe's best friends, Matt Doyle. Matt is currently playing the gender-swapped role of "Jamie," in the revival of COMPANY on Broadway. He shares with us his mad dash to learn "Not Getting Married Today" 16 hours before the final callback, and the utter generosity that Mr. Sondheim shares with all his collaborators. Put some vodka on ice, sit back in your recliner, and treat yourself to the 2006 Revival...just maybe don't...

This week we start a brand new format...MUSICALS WE LOVE… We love Musicals, we miss musicals… Starting this week we’re going to explore some shows you might not know and get a closer look at the shows you love. This week… Joe’s favorite musical of all time. PASSING STRANGE  . . "You know its weird when you wake up that morning and realize that your entire adult life was based on the decision made by a teenager… A stoned teenager.” Passing Strange won the Tony for Best Book of a Musical at...