LITTLE ME: Growing Up Broadway – Details, episodes & analysis

Film and TV star - Luke Islam breaks down his wild ride to fame in episode 77 of LITTLE ME: Growing up Broadway! Little Me host and Broadway Workshop director, Marc Tumminelli sits down with his student Luke Islam to talk about his incredible career going from Broadway super fan to one of the most talked about America's Got Talent contestants and his rise to stardom on Disney+' Mighty Ducks, Netflix's movie musical 13 and the upcoming film Theater Camp! Luke Islam shot to national stardom when he appeared on Season 14 of America's Got Talent. After a show stopping performance he received the Golden Buzzer, sending him straight to the Quarter finals as well as viral acclaim, following his success on AGT, he made his professional acting debut as the series regular on the Disney+ series The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers. He starred in the Netflix musical move, 13: The Musical, this summer he can be seen playing the role of Christopher L in the anticipated film Theater Camp starring Ben Platt. But before Theater Camp hits theaters, Luke will be seen back on stage as "Bobby Strong" in Broadway Workshop/Project Broadway’s main stage production of URINETOWN at theater 555 in NYC! Produced by Marc Tumminelli and The Broadway Podcast Network! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special SPOTLIGHT episode, Marc sits down with Broadway Casting Director, MERRI SUGARMAN to chat about her career and her new book: From Craft to Career, A Casting Directors Guide for the Actor! Merri Sugarman (of Tara Rubin Casting) has cast the Broadway, touring, Chicago, Las Vegas and international companies of Spamalot, Jersey Boys, The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Jesus Christ Superstar, It Shoulda Been You, School of Rock, Miss Saigon, A Bronx Tale and Ain't Too Proud. She has also cast for many regional theaters including the Papermill Playhouse, The Kennedy Center, The Stratford Theater Festival, Dallas Theater Center and many others. She is the casting director of the critically acclaimed web series Submissions Only and has many TV and film projects, workshops, labs and developmental readings to her credit, including the musical TREVOR.  Broadway Workshop director, and Little Me host, Marc Tumminelli breaks down the Broadway casting process and everything that is part of Merri's new book From Craft to Career, A Casting Directors Guide for the Actor, now available for pre-order! Buy the Book! https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/from-craft-to-career-9781350276017/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're Back! The Broadway star of Beetlejuice - Elizabeth Teeter tells it all in episode 67 of Little Me: Growing Up Broadway! Little Me host and Broadway Workshop director, Marc Tumminelli sits down with the all grown up child star, Elizabeth Teeter to talk about her incredible career starting at 10 years old in the closing company of Mary Poppins on Broadway and going on to work along side Helen Mirren in The Audience as well as the Broadway revival of The Crucible starring Ben Whishaw and Saoirse Ronan and what her life is like playing Lydia in the hit Broadway musical - Beetlejuice. Produced by Marc Tumminelli and The Broadway Podcast Network --- Find out more on instagram @elizabethteeterofficial @littlemepodcast @marctumminelli Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rueby Wood & Aria Brooks share their behind the scenes story of making the newly released Disney+ film - Better Nate Than Ever! Broadway Workshop director and Little Me host, Marc Tumminelli is reunited with Better Nate Than Ever stars - Rueby Wood and Aria Brooks to break down their experience making the new Disney+ film. Marc, who served as the movie's acting/dialogue coach gets Rueby and Aria to open up about their audition process, the first day of filming, what it was like working with co-stars - Lisa Kudrow & Joshua Bassett, their relationship with director Tim Federle, their most challenging and rewarding days on set, the LA and NY premieres, their incredible families and their unbelievable connection "being the same person in different fonts"! Watch Better Nate Than Ever on Disney + Produced by The Broadway Podcast Network and Marc Tumminelli Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The history making original star of Annie, ANDREA MCARDLE is with us to celebrate our 2nd anniversary! In this historic anniversary episode Little Me host and Broadway Workshop director, Marc Tumminelli sits down with the Broadway star that started it all for young performers on Broadway - Andrea McArdle. Andrea breaks down her amazing career, the major moments that defined her, the ups and downs, the incredible celebrity encounters, the missed opportunities, and so much more in the 65th episode of Little Me: Growing Up Broadway! Andrea McArdle first captured the hearts of theatergoers everywhere in 1977 when she originated the title role in the mega-musical Annie. As “Annie”, Andrea became the youngest performer ever to be nominated for a Tony Award as Best Lead Actress in a Musical. She also received the Theater World and Outer Critics' Circle Awards for her performance and went on to star when the show was produced on London’s West End. Also, on Broadway, Andrea starred in the Jerry Herman musical Jerry’s Girls alongside Carol Channing and Leslie Uggams, in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express, State Fair; Les Miserables and as Belle in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Andrea also starred as Judy Gardland in the TV movie, RAINBOW on NBC and has dazzled audiences all over the world in her numerous concert appearances. Produced by The Broadway Podcast Network and Marc Tumminelli Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tammy Minoff recounts her time starring on Broadway in The Goodbye Girl and The Will Rogers Follies in episode 64 of Little Me: Growing Up Broadway! Actress, director, writer and producer, Tammy Minoff joins Little Me host, Marc Tumminelli for a hilarious backstage tour of her years starring on Broadway! Tammy unpacks her childhood experince originating the role of Mary Rogers in The Will Rogers Follies directed by the great Tommy Tune and creating the role of Lucy McFadden in Neil Simon’s The Goodbye Girl opposite Bernadette Peters and Martin Short. Tammy also catches us up on what she has been up to in recent years including writing, directing and starring in the romantic comedy - Limerence! Produced by Marc Tumminelli and The Broadway Podcast Network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Broadway star of Caroline or Change and Dear Evan Hansen - Samantha Williams tells her Broadway story this week on Little Me: Growing Up Broadway! Little Me host and Broadway Workshop director, Marc Tumminelli sits down with Samantha Williams who made her Broadway debut during her junior year of college in the Tony Award-winning hit musical Dear Evan Hansen playing the role of Alana Beck. Samantha tells us her backstage story of going from college student to Dear Evan Hansen and then the life changing experience of playing Emmie in the Broadway revival of Caroline, or Change. Produced by The Broadway Podcast Network and Marc Tumminelli Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Samantha Massell spills the tea on her Broadway debut in Baz Luhrmann's La Bohème in this weeks LITTLE ME: Growing Up Broadway! Little Me host and Broadway Workshop director, Marc Tumminelli catches up with Samantha Massell who has appeared on Broadway as Hodel in the acclaimed revival of Fiddler on the Roof as well as a child star turn in Baz Luhrmann's Broadway production of La Bohème. Samantha talks about being a child actor growing up in NYC, desperately wanting to be in Annie, working as an assistant to Lin-Manuel Miranda, performing in the Met's children's chorus, remounting the musical Rags, being part of the original cast of Hunchback and eventually finding herself back on Broadway in the same theater where she started her Broadway journey. Produced by The Broadway Podcast Network and Marc Tumminelli Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Broadway child superstar - Eamon Foley breaks down his early career and his quest for a Broadway "Show Jacket" in this weeks LITTLE ME: Growing Up Broadway. Little Me host and Broadway Workshop director, Marc Tumminelli sits down with Broadway's Eamon Foley who tells his unbelievable backstage story of working on Broadway starting at nine years old, performing in the original casts of Gypsy, directed by Sam Mendes, Assassins, directed by Joe Mantello, 13! The Musical, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, and stopping the show opposite Sherie Rene Scott in Everyday Rapture, directed by Micheal Meyer. Eamon shares what he is working on now, reads a letter from Stephen Sondheim, talks about working with Michael Arden, his time and Princeton and what it's like to be outed in the New York Times at age 11. Produced by The Broadway Podcast Network and Marc Tumminelli Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Broadway's Brandon Espinoza breaks down his 25+ years in show business in the first LITTLE ME episode of 2022! Little Me, Host and Broadway Workshop director, Marc Tumminelli sits down with Broadway, TV and film actor, Brandon Espinoza who made his Broadway debut at the age of 10 in The Will Rogers Follies, and then went on to star as a kid on Broadway in 90's mega musicals; Les Misérables, and BIG! Brandon also recounts his time on Broadway as an adult in Gypsy, Tuck Everlasting and Spongebob Squarepants. He shares his backstage stories, his celebrity encounters, his time in training in college and so much more. Produced by Marc Tumminelli and the Broadway Podcast Network   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices