A Broadway Thanksgiving
Robbie, Dave, and Nicole decided to celebrate Thanksgiving a little early this year. We sit down to talk about all the things we are thankful for on Broadway. We make a list of people we think don’t get enough attention both on stage and off (and we provide their twitter handles below so you can follow them). We dig into the Broadway archives to celebrate Broadway’s history. We talk about the things that inspired our love of Broadway in the first place. And we wish Broadway a bright future–and make some recommendations to change a few things going forward. We can’t help ourselves. There’s always room for improvement.
Hidden Hotties of Broadway
Cassie Beck (The Humans) (3:10)
Clay Thomson (Matilda) (7:53)
Michael K. Lee (Allegiance) (9:30)
Tom Scutt (King Charles III) (12:42)
Elena Shaddow (A Christmas Story) (19:08)
NYC Theater’s Ticket Cheerleaders (TKTS, TKTSErin, TKTSRicky, TodayTix, Lotto Guys & Gals) (23:09)
What we are grateful for from Broadway’s Past
Yuriko and the story of how a Japanese-American internee/modern dancer/and all around badass came to direct The King and I on Broadway in 1977 (28:30)
Cast Recordings and the way they bring Broadway to the world beyond NYC (36:25)
Encores! (and Dave’s fave Kenita Miller) and If It Only Runs a Minute helping to keep Broadway history alive for us today (44:22)
What we hope for Broadway’s Future
Let’s increase Inclusivity and Diversity on Broadway with the stories we portray.
Let’s do more Color Blind Casting and think more openly about casting the reflects the world we live in.
Let’s lower Ticket Prices so more people can partake in Broadway shows.
What are you thankful for with respect to Broadway? Tell us on Twitter: Maxamoo, Dave, Robbie, and Nicole.
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