Hadestown Episodes

Backstage With Becca B. Episode 172 with David Schubert, the guest experience manager at the @civilianhotel is now LIVE on Youtube. On this episode I talked with David about travel tips for visitors to New York City, the hotel’s bustling holiday season, the unique atmosphere at The Civilian Hotel where staff members are encouraged to express their individuality, creating a welcoming environment by having genuine interactions with hotel guests, why it’s important the Civilian Hotel serves as a hu...

On this episode I talked with Jordan about discusses his journey to becoming an actor, including his inspiration from watching conductors in shows like Wicked, his Broadway debut in West Side Story, how he became the standby for Tony, why he chooses to advocate for the normalization of having alternates and covers for roles on Broadway, working on the Maestro with Bradley Cooper and how his background in theater helped him adapt to screen acting, his experience playing Orpheus in Hadestown and h...

On this episode I talked with Amaya about making her Broadway debut at age 10 as July in Annie, being a part of the prestegious Broadway cast of The King & I at Lincoln Center and soon after toured with The King & I, her singing group with her two sisters called The Braganza Sisters and how they came up with the idea to form a group, her audition process for Hadestown on tour where she is the second Filipino to play the part of Eurydice, seeing Eva as Eurdyice before being cast in the show and h...

On this episode I talked with Grace about when she first knew she wanted to be a theatre performer, playing Dorothy in The Wizard Of Oz in Kindergarten, the first professional show she ever saw, how she worked on a well-rounded performer growing up, changing her major to theatre during her junior year of college, how everyone’s journey and career path is different, performing in Into The Woods at The Hollywood Bowl where she played Florinda, advice she got from Patina Miller while working with h...

On this episode I talk with Alex about his first role as Frog #1 in Narnia: The Musical, when he fell in love with musical theatre, choosing the University of Michigan to study at and what the most valuable lesson he learned there was, booking the National Tour of Legally Blonde right after college, his audition process, what it was like taking a show with as much popularity as Legally Blonde on tour across North America, portraying Riff in West Side Story’s International Tour in Paris, how audi...

On this episode I talked with Chibueze about when he discovered his passion for music, why music and telling stories through music means so much to him, the moment he realized he wanted to be a theatre performer, how he worked on become a well-rounded performer while growing up, what made him choose to study at NYU Tisch University and his most valuable takeaway, why Once has been his favorite regional show, his audition for Hadestown on tour, how he first heard of Hadestown and what made him wa...

On this episode I talked with Morgan about when she figured out she wanted to be a theatre performer, how she has worked on becoming a well-rounded performer, why she consider herself an actress first, making her Broadway debut in Be More Chill where she understudied four different characters, her learning process for learning four different roles in the same show, why she thinks Be More Chill had/has such a huge fanbase, Moby Dick at A.R.T., why being a part of Moby Dick as Pip was so special t...

On this episode I talked with Belén about when she knew she wanted to perform on stage, what the first show she ever saw live was, playing violin, accordion, and piano, how/if playing multiple musical instruments has helped her with theatre, advice she’d give to those from other countries where musical theatre isn’t as popular on how one can get involved with theatre, her off-broadway debut in Assistants The Musical, auditioning for Hadestown, the rehearsal process for the National Tour of Hades...

On this episode I talked with Jessie about when she knew she wanted to be a performer and be on Broadway, 36 Questions the Podcast Musical and what made her want to take on the role of Natalie/Judith in it, getting cast to be Dawn on the Waitress tour, how she managed to adjust to life on the road with Waitress, how she ended up getting involved in the off-Broadway production of Cruel Intentions Musical, her involvement with Hadestown since it’s New York Theatre Workshop Days, when she was told ...

On this episode I talked with Jewelle Blackman about breaking into the theatre industry in Canada, starring in shows like The Lion King and Dreamgirls on Canada stages, how playing the violin has helped her in the theatre industry, how she first heard of of Hadestown and what made her want to audition for the show, when she heard that she would be going to Broadway with the show, how her and fellow Fates Kay and Yvette harmonize perfectly every night, what she thinks makes Hadestown so successfu...

On this episode I talked with Afra about her experience as a Radio City Rockette, Thanksgiving Day Parade performances, her Broadway debut in Wicked, what it was like to be a part of original Broadway casts of shows like In The Heights, Ghost, and Shuffle Along, how people she’s worked with have inspired her, her experience performing at the Tony Awards, about what she thinks makes Hadestown such a special show, and more.

On this episode I talked with John and Molly about Cruel Intentions: The Musical and how they met working on it, the moment John realized how beloved a show Hadestown is, Molly’s audition process for Last Man Standing, how they work on self confidence, Disneyland, and much more.