Deep Dive Broadway – Details, episodes & analysis

This episode features some of the key creative team behind the Broadway musical How to Dance in Ohio, a heartwarming musical based on a true story that follows a group of young adults on the autism spectrum preparing for a spring formal dance. The show is praised for its uplifting message, its celebration of neurodiversity, and its talented cast, which features seven autistic actors. The event is moderated by 5 time Tony winning Broadway producer and co-founder of the Broadway Podcast Network Dori Berinstein, let’s begin. Our panelists are: Sammi Cannold, Director Alexandra Shiva, Film Director Jacob Yandura, Composer Ben Holtzman, Producer Nicole D'Angelo, Assistant Musical Director & Script Supervisor This event was organized as part of an ongoing live event series at the Jacob Burns Center called Life on the Stage: Conversation and Film, and is presented in partnership with The Entertainment Community Fund, a national human services organization that fosters stability and resiliency, and provides a safety net for performing arts and entertainment professionals over their lifespan. Visit https://entertainmentcommunity.org/ to learn more. This podcast was produced by Broadway Podcast Network. For more information about the Jacob Burns Center and the Life on Stage event series, visit bpn.fm/lifeonstage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BroadwayCon 2023 is here!!! This thrilling, not-to-be-missed, immersive Broadway experience is jam-packed with Broadway Stars, Panel Discussions, Cosplay, Games, Performances and so much more. No surprise that it takes a year to organize!! How do they do it?? Join us for a fascinating discussion with BroadwayCon Founder Melissa Anelli, Creative Director Jordan Edwards and Programming Director Kristopher Sandoval for a candid, insider peek at the magic behind the magic!!  BroadwayCon is happening July 21-23, 2023 in Times Square NYC. Learn more at broadwaycon.com and follow @BwayCon on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, and YouTube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today and always we celebrate PRIDE. Our guests are the creators of the PRIDE PLAYS – Producers Doug Nevin and Michael Urie and Festival Director Nick Mayo. Now in it’s second year, the Pride Plays – in association this year with Playbill and Rattlestick Playwright’s Theatre – are once again celebrating spectacular queer-themed works from renoun artists such as Lisa Kron and the Five Lesbian Brothers, Donja R. Love, MJ Kaufman and Mart Crowly…alongside brand new voices with a spectacular line-up of theatrical events, readings and workshops. Once COVID hit, Doug, Michael and Nick scrambled to figure out to present PRIDE PLAYS 2020 entirely online. Join us for this DEEP DIVE celebrating the artists of this year’s PRIDE PLAYS and into the incredible process of creation behind-the-digital-curtain. Let’s dive in! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join us for the first-ever LEGALLY BLONDE MUSICAL REUNION. 20 members of the original Broadway company along with the show's creators, director/choreography and producers come together to share crazy behind-the-curtain memories and to celebrate and raise money for BC/EFA's COVID-19 Emergency Fund.  DEEP DIVE BROADWAY welcomes Laura Bell Bundy, Annaliegh Ashford, Andy Karl, Orfeh, Richard Blake, Leslie Kritzer, Nikki Snelson, Michael Rupert, Kate Shindle, Asmeret Ghebremikael, Kate Wetherhead, Natalie Joy Johnson and Becky Gulvisg along with creators Larry O'Keefe, Nell Benjamin and Heather Hach, director/choreographer Jerry Mitchell and Producers Hal Luftig, Mike Isaacson and Dori Berinstein for this special podcast event.  Please join us in supporting BC/EFA by making a contribution to Broadwaycares.org/help2020.  To watch the video of this live event, please click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7zwtz-GE8U Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I can’t imagine a more perfect show for the world we’re living in right now. The new Netflix TV Series, SWEET MAGNOLIAS, is all about renewal, joy, love and perseverance. Based on the novels by Sherryl Woods, the show about three women who lift each other up as they juggle relationships, family and careers in the small, Southern town of Serenity. SWEET MAGNOLIAS is jam-packed with theatre talent including Heather Headley, Brooke Elliott and JoAnna Garcia Swisher. Our guests are all top in their field and responsible for bringing this very special show to life.  Producer Dan Paulson (Chesapeake Shores and over 40 TV and theatricals films… ), Director Norman Buckley (The O.C., Chuck, Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars, etc.) and Executive Producer & Show Runner Sherryl Anderson (Charmed, Ties That Bind, A Summer to Remember, etc…).  Connect with Dori https://www.dramaticforces.com https://instagram.com/dori.berinstein https://BroadwayPodcastNetwork.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To celebrate the premier of the star-studded radio horror comedy play "DRACULA, A COMEDY OF TERRORS, Deep Dive Broadway hosted a Live Town Hall Event with cast members Alex Brightman, Ashley Park, James Monroe Iglehart, Rob McClure, Christopher Sieber, Richard Kind, Alan Tudyk, Kathy Fitzgerald, Orville Mendoza and writer/director Gordon Greenberg & writer Steve Rosen. The show was edited by Bart Fassbender (Soft Power, Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson) with a score and soundscape by Victoria Delorio. The Special Event raised money for the Actor's Fund and Broadway Cares Equity Fights Aids. You can still contribute by going to: broadwaycares.org/help2020.  Subscribe and listen to Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors via BPN.fm/Dracula To watch the video from this BPN Town Hall, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFUt5yE0ijE Connect with Dori https://www.dramaticforces.com https://instagram.com/dori.berinstein https://BroadwayPodcastNetwork.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kerry Butler is a theatrical powerhouse. A triple threat - Actor. Singer. Podcaster! A comic genius, Kerry has created many iconic roles including: Penny Pinkleton in "Hairspray", Clio/Kira in Xanadu, Brenda in "Catch Me If You Can", Marianne in "Disaster!", Betsy Horan/Mrs. Norby/Mrs. George in "Mean Girls" and most recently Barbara in "Beetlejuice". Kerry also starred in "Little Shop", "Rock of Ages", "Beauty and the Beast" and Blood Brothers. And now, Kerry is taking the Podcasting world by storm with BREAKING BROADWAY, an invaluable podcast offering a roadmap to making it on Broadway. Join us on DEEP DIVE BROADWAY as Kerry takes us through her extraordinary career (which began when she was 3-years-old!!) and shares extraordinary insider, behind-the-curtain stories.  Connect with Dori https://www.dramaticforces.com https://instagram.com/dori.berinstein https://BroadwayPodcastNetwork.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Rock! Live from BroadwayCon we ‘Deep Dive’ with the creators, director, choreographer and several original actors from the hit musical COME FROM AWAY. How did this incredibly moving, universal story of hope, generosity and compassion come to life? Creators Irene Sankoff and David Hein, Director Christopher Ashley, Choreographer Kelly Devine and original Broadway cast members Joel Hatch and Astrid Van Wieren, share their process of creation from day one. During these challenging times, this remarkable story of human kindness…of ordinary people being extraordinary…could not be more timely.  Connect with Dori https://www.dramaticforces.com https://instagram.com/dori.berinstein https://BroadwayPodcastNetwork.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part 2: The PROM collaborators Bob Martin (Book Writer) and Chad Begulin (Book Writer / Lyrist) share their process of creation on DEEP DIVE BROADWAY. Their priceless insider stories are as clever, whimsical, poignant and unforgettable as their magnificent work. Connect with Dori https://www.dramaticforces.com https://instagram.com/dori.berinstein https://BroadwayPodcastNetwork.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part 1: The PROM collaborators Bob Martin (Book Writer) and Chad Begulin (Book Writer / Lyrist) share their process of creation on DEEP DIVE BROADWAY. Their priceless insider stories are as clever, whimsical, poignant and unforgettable as their magnificent work. Connect with Dori https://www.dramaticforces.com https://instagram.com/dori.berinstein https://BroadwayPodcastNetwork.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices