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Feb. 13, 2024

Merrily We Roll Along Recap

🎫 Following sold-out runs in London and at the New York Theatre Workshop, Merrily We Roll Along is back on Broadway — and with Maria Friedman’s widely acclaimed production, it is poised at last to take its place in the pantheon of great American musicals. Featuring one of Sondheim's most celebrated and personal scores, and moving backwards in time, @Merrily on Broadway charts the turbulent relationship between three lifelong friends — played by Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, and Lindsay Mendez — and traces every milestone of their lives for nearly two decades as they navigate success, show business and unbreakable bonds.
Feb. 13, 2024

Titanique - Jackie Burns’ last show

🎫 the story begins when Céline Dion hijacks a Titanic Museum tour and enchants the audience with her totally wild take, recharting the course of Titanic’s beloved moments and characters with her iconic song catalog. Featuring powerhouse voices and show-stopping numbers (plus, contemporary pop culture and punchy odes to the 90s film), TITANIQUE is a one-of-a-kind musical voyage bursting with nostalgia and heart. ⁣
Feb. 13, 2024

A Beautiful Noise - Sweet Caroline (1/29)

🎫 Created in collaboration with Neil Diamond himself, A BEAUTIFUL NOISE is the uplifting true story of how a kid from Brooklyn became a chartbusting, show-stopping American rock icon. With 140 million albums sold, a catalogue of classics like “America,” “Forever in Blue Jeans,” and “Sweet Caroline,” an induction into the Songwriters and Rock and Roll Halls of Fame, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and sold-out concerts around the world that made him bigger than Elvis, Neil Diamond’s story was made to shine on Broadway, where the biggest stars tell their story. Like Jersey Boys and The Carole King Musical before it, A BEAUTIFUL NOISE THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL is an inspiring, exhilarating, energy-filled musical memoir, that tells the untold true story of how America’s greatest hitmaker became a star, set to the songs that defined his career. ⁣
Feb. 13, 2024

Harmony on Broadway Recap

About @Harmony A New Musical: Six remarkably talented young men form a singing group who become international sensations: The Comedian Harmonists. They sell millions of records, star in major motion pictures, and play the biggest theaters around the world. By 1935, they were never heard from again. What happened? That’s the extraordinary true story of HARMONY. Featuring an original score by Tony®, Grammy® and Emmy® Award winner Barry Manilow with lyrics and book by long-time collaborator and Drama Desk Award winner Bruce Sussman, HARMONY has been hailed by The New York Times as a Critic’s Pick and “impossible to forget.” Directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Warren Carlyle (The Music Man,  Hello Dolly!), this timely and captivating rags-to-riches story lost to history came to dazzling life with a sensational cast of Broadway favorites, including Sierra Boggess (Phantom of the Opera), Julie Benko (Funny Girl), and Chip Zien (Into the Woods). Harmony is based in part on The Co…
Feb. 12, 2024

How To Dance In Ohio Recap

🎫 Based on a true story, this “feel-good milestone” (The New York Times) follows a group of young adults and their families navigating change and preparing for a spring formal dance—a rite of passage that breaks open their daily routines in Columbus, Ohio. Starring seven autistic actors, How to Dance in Ohio is “an exuberant coming-of-age musical comedy with a superb cast” (The Wall Street Journal). Don’t miss “Broadway’s most original new musical” (The Daily Beast)! ⁣
Jan. 25, 2024

Backstage With Becca B. Ep. 149 w/ Broadway's Mary Kate Moore

Follow Kate on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/mkathrynmoore/ About (Mary) Kate Moore: A proud graduate of OCU Bass School of Music. Recent credits include Broadway and New York City Center’s Into the Woods (u/s Baker’s Wife, Cinderella, Little Red, Florinda); National Touring productions of Les Misérables (Fantine), for which she received BroadwayWorld LA Award: Best Featured Actress in a Musical; Fiasco Theater’s Into The Woods (standby Witch/Baker’s Wife/Cinderella); and a Cruising Production of CATS (Grizabella). Regional: Songs For a New World (The Gateway Playhouse), Spring Awakening and The Rocky Horror Show (Lyric Theater of Oklahoma). TV: “The Other Two” (2021). Currently you can see her as Rachel on the tour of MJ The Musical.
Jan. 22, 2024

Backstage With Becca B. Ep. 148 w/ Broadway's Jordan Dobson

Follow Jordan on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/jordandobson_ About Jordan Dobson: Broadway: Bad Cinderella (Prince Sebastian), Hadestown (Orpheus), A Beautiful Noise (Shilo, OBC), West Side Story (Tony). Select Regional: Hair (Two River Theatre), Austen’s Pride (ACT of Connecticut), The Wanderer (Paper Mill Playhouse), Cabaret, Gypsy (Arden Theatre Co.). William in Netflix’s Maestro directed by Bradley Cooper out now.
Dec. 21, 2023

Backstage With Becca B. Ep. 147 w/ Dionne Gipson

Follow Dionne Gipson on OFFICIAL WEBSITE: https://www.dionnegipson.com INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/dionnegipson Tickets for Scissorhands Musical HERE: https://feverup.com/m/139293 About Dionne Gipson: Dionne is a professional actress and singer. She was born and raised in Peoria, Illinois and got her start in the entertainment industry through singing with her father Byron “Wild Child” Gipson; a popular local musician. By her teens she was performing in local plays and pageants to hone her talents and soon set her sights on a career in theatre and music. She attended the Historical Black University Florida A&M where she earned a double-degree in English and Theatre. After winning a national competition in the categories of dramatic monologue, oral interpretation of pros and one-act play, she was invited to audition for several graduate programs who offered full scholarships and selected Penn State University. She made her debut on the professional stage in the hit mus…
Dec. 12, 2023

Backstage With Becca B. Ep. 146 w/ guest Vaughan Reilly

Follow Vaughan on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/vaughan_reilly/ OFFICIAL WEBSITE: https://www.vaughanreilly.com About Vaughan Reilly: Vaughan Reilly is a New York native actor and singer who hails from 4 generations of circus performers. She will make her film debut as the beloved character Maude Ivory in the upcoming ‘Hunger Games’ prequel, “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” (Lionsgate, 2023). She co-starred opposite Natasha Lyonne as Young Nora in Season 2 of ‘Russian Doll’. Vaughan is a series regular in the animated series “Scooby Doo and the Mystery Pups” and “Rockoons”, and has voiced Russian-accented characters in 2 episodes of “Teenage Euthanasia” directed by Scott Adsit. She also voices everything from podcasts to narration to commercials. She loves ‘90s era pop/punk/grunge, is a musical theater fanatic, and a straight A student. On weekends, you can find her writing scripts, playing with her beloved rescue pup, and strumming her guitar while doing impressions of c…
Nov. 26, 2023

Backstage With Becca B. Ep. 145 w/ Mamma Mia's Grant Reynolds

Follow Grant Reynolds on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/grantreynoldss/?hl=en Buy tickets for Mamma Mia The Tour on https://mammamiathetour.com About Grant Reynolds: Grant is currently on tour with the North American cast of Mamma Mia where he plays Sky. Born and raised in the small village of Oak Park Chicago, Grant has spent the majority of his life trying to find something to cultivate his larger than life personality. The product of a healthcare professional and an architect, Grant has always had an inherent love for learning and research, but it wasn’t until one day when a late pick up from school turned into an audition for the sixth grade musical “Pirates of Penzance.” The rest is history. A very strong actor, singer and dancer, Grant is most attracted to work that provokes thought, action, and ignites change. He enjoys working on pieces that challenge the traditional paradigm of theatre by centering it around universal issues such as social justice and civil righ…
Oct. 27, 2023

Backstage With Becca B. Ep. 144 w/ Hadestown's Amaya Braganza

Follow Amaya on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/amaya_braganza/?hl=en Buy tickets for Hadestown on tour: https://hadestown.com/tour?_ga=2.243076930.1746943912.1698390553-1423429276.1698275534 Follow The Braganza Sisters on TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebraganzasisters About Amaya Braganza: Currently on the National Tour of Hadestown as Eurydice. Broadway: the 2012 revival of Annie (July), and the 2015 revival of The King And I (Royal Child). Off-Broadway: How To Defend Yourself (Nikki, NYTW). National Tour: The King And I. Regional: Spring Awakening (Martha, Northern Stage). TV: "Succession". She also makes music with her sisters "The Braganza Sisters" found on all streaming platforms, @thebraganzasisters. Currently fulfilling a BSW in Social Work at Fordham University.
Oct. 20, 2023

WELCOME TO MY CHANNEL!

Interviews with Greer Grammer, Ben Fankhauser, Molly McCook, John Krause, Kara Lindsay, Adante Carter, Aimie Atkinson, Phoenix Best, James Gish, JJ Nieman, Aline Mayagoitia, Max Chernin, and MANY MORE!
Oct. 17, 2023

Backstage With Becca B. Ep. 143 w/ Funny Girl's Izaiah Harris

Follow Izaiah on: INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/_izaiahharris/ Buy tickets for Funny Girl on Tour: https://funnygirlonbroadway.com/tour/ About Izaiah Harris: Since being put in tap classes taught by his mother as a child, he has learned to shine from Chicago to NY. Recent highlights: NY City Center’s Artists at the Center, Riverdance, The Tap Dance Kid, After Midnight (Tap Mathematician). BTA Award for Outstanding Actor, Jeff Award for Best Ensemble, Jacob’s Pillow Alumni, MADD Rhythms. Currently you can catch Izaiah Harris as Eddie Ryan on the National Tour of Funny Girl.
Oct. 9, 2023

Backstage With Becca B. Ep. 142 w/ Jonny Perl

Follow Jonny on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/jonnyperl/ TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@jonny.perl About Jonny Perl: As Managing Director of Shinbone Theatre Company, Jonny has developed, produced, and directed new musicals (Shel, Lorelei: I'm Coming Out), cabarets (Macabaret, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), and immersive content (What Went Wrong, Welcome Back Woodchucks, Afterlife Anonymous). As an actor, he was most recently seen in Los Angeles productions of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest,Tick, Tick...BOOM!, and Thoroughly Modern Millie. As a producer for Cinemation/Little Stone Productions, he develops and produces new Broadway musicals and animated films. Most recently, Paws of Fury for Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon. Upcoming: the west coast premiere of the musical Farewell My Concubine in Summer 2024 and co-producing How To Dance In Ohio on Broadway. Jonny also regularly music directs, accompanies, and leads piano bar singalongs. He is best known for his interactive musica…
Oct. 5, 2023

Backstage With Becca B. Ep. 141 w/ Merrily's Leana Rae Concepcion

Follow Leana on: INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/leanarae TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@leanaaraee OFFICIAL WEBSITE: https://www.leanaraeconcepcion.com About Leana Rae Concepcion: Leana (she/her) is a first generation Filipina-American actor + singer. Leana was born and raised in California and relocated to New York City to attend Pace University and graduated in 2019 with her BFA in Musical Theatre. Growing up, Leana had ambitions to attend West Point and continue a career in the military until her Junior Year of High School when her life took a complete 180. She traded her military ambitions and combat boots for artistic ones and has never looked back. Credits: Katie/Annie Oakley in Rattlesnake Kate (World Premiere) at Denver Center for the Performing Arts; Mal in Descendants: One Act edition (Workshop); Michele in Romy and Michele (Workshop); Joanne in Rent (Paper Mill Playhouse); Namsoon Lee in Comfort Women (Off-Broadway). Currently you can catch Leana making her Broa…
Aug. 11, 2023

NEW! Backstage With Becca B. Ep. 140 w/ Wicked's Jordan Litz

Follow Jordan Litz on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/litzjordan/ About Jordan Litz: Jordan made his National Tour debut in Wicked where he understudied Fiyero, before becoming the lead Fiyero, and has recently made his Broadway debut in Wicked as Fiyero. Credits: Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Legally Blonde, numerous productions with Walt Disney World. Jordan hails from California where he was a competitive swimmer, winning collegiate national championships and competing in the 2012 US Olympic Trials.
July 26, 2023

Backstage With Becca B. Ep. 139 w/ Les Miserables' Nicole Morris

Follow Nicole on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/nicole_morris/ OFFICIAL WEBSITE: https://nicole-morris.com About Nicole Morris Nicole (she/her) is a Southern California native who is a recent graduate from Ithaca College for musical theatre. Her whole life, Nicole has been immersed in the arts through her parents’ own performance backgrounds and her own personal theatrical discovery. She began dancing at age 4 and attended the Orange County School of the Arts in Santa Ana, CA from 7th-12th grade; ultimately gaining a genuine love and dedication to musical theatre, leading her to pursue it professionally. Nicole is also a direct descendant of both Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington. Her hopes as a performer is to somehow integrate the importance of her ancestry with her own gratitude for the arts. National Tour: Les Miserables (Swing/Eponine U/S), An Officer and a Gentleman (Ensemble/Seeger u/s); Regional/Summer Stock: Hairspray (Dynamite), Mamma Mia! (Sophie), Fo…
July 19, 2023

Backstage With Becca B. Ep. 138 w/ Broadway's James Gish

Follow James on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/jamesdgish/ OFFICIAL WEBSITE: https://www.jamesdgish.com About James Gish: James hails from the small town of Bullhead City, Arizona, where he discovered his passion for music and live performance. He then put himself through business school at the Barrett Honors College of Arizona State University by performing in a variety of regional productions. Soon after, his voice brought him to the music capitol of the world, Nashville, Tennessee, to produce his debut album with DW Music at Warner Brothers Studios, featuring a 53-piece orchestra and full supporting choir. The solo classical crossover album, So In Love (2017), hit the Top 10 on the iTunes Classical Chart for the full week of its release. James most recently played Fabrizio in New York City Center Encores’ critically-acclaimed production of The Light in the Piazza shortly after making his Broadway debut as Fiyero in Wicked.
July 8, 2023

Backstage With Becca B. Ep. 137 w/ New York, New York's Vanessa Sears

Follow Vanessa on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/vanessa_sears/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/NessaSears FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/ActorVanessaSears/?ref=hl OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://vanessasears.com/ Tickets for New York, New York on Broadway: https://newyorknewyorkbroadway.com About Vanessa Sears: Raised in Deep River, Vanessa Sears is a Dora Award, Toronto Theatre Critics, BroadwayWorld and Critic’s Pick Award winning artist. She has starred on stages across Canada including the Stratford Festival, Shaw Festival, the historic Winter Garden Theatre and many more. Sears has also appeared in numerous film and television programs, highlights including “Suits,” CBC’s “Tallboyz,” Lifetime’s “Too Close for Christmas,” “Sex/Life” (Netflix), "Royally Wrapped for Christmas" (Hallmark), and more. In 2023 she made her Broadway debut in New York, New York where she is the standby for Francine Evans.
July 5, 2023

Backstage With Becca B. Ep. 136 w/ Wicked's Tara Kostmayer

Follow Tara on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/tarakostmayer/?hl=en About Tara Kostmayer: Off-Broadway: A Chorus Line (NYCC Encores!). National Tour: Wicked (Nessarose), Disney’s Aladdin. Regional: Chicago (The MUNY), Pride and Prejudice (TheatreWorks Silicon Valley), Ojo (La Jolla Playhouse) and Disney Cruise Line. B.S. UC San Diego.
June 27, 2023

Backstage With Becca B. Ep. 135 w/ Six's Aline Mayagoitia

Follow Aline on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/alinemayagoitia TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@alinemayagoitia?lang=en YOUTUBE: @AlineMayagoitia OFFICIAL WEBSITE: https://alinemayagoitia.com About Aline Mayagoitia: Aline is a bilingual Mexican actor, singer, and writer. She was part of the 2021 ViacomCBS Comedy Showcase. Aline was born and raised in Mexico City where she began her acting career in theatre, film, and TV. At 10 years old, her family moved to the wonderful city of Austin, Texas which provided a solid base of training in music and dance before being admitted to the prestigious Musical Theatre program at The University of Michigan. Since graduating she's starred in the NYTimes' Critic's Pick Forbidden Broadway: The Next Generation. Regionally she's appeared in Into The Woods, Kinky Boots, In The Heights, and Evita (as Eva Perón). Currently she is on tour with the Boleyn cast of Six where she plays Katherine Howard.
June 12, 2023

Backstage With Becca B. Ep. 134 w/ Beetlejuice's Jackera Davis

Follow Jackera on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/jjackera/ TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@jackerad OFFICIAL WEBSITE: https://www.jackeradavis.com YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF635ISMCCDUwY7CWKGefpA Beetlejuice Tickets: https://beetlejuicebroadway.com/ About Jackera Davis: Jackera was born and raised in the Greater Houston area. Additionally, she is a recent grad and proud alumni of Sam Houston State University! Looking back at her younger self, she can always distinctly remember finding any opportunity to perform. Whether that be a Girl Scout talent show when she was 5, her 6 years of cheerleading throughout high school, or her love for being on the stage that never faded away. Currently Jackera is on the National Tour of Beetlejuice where she plays The Girl Scout and understudies Lydia. When she's not occupied with her obvious passion for Musical theatre she loves having scategories tournaments with her BFFs, making TikToks, thrifting for the perfect outfi…
May 24, 2023

Backstage With Becca B. Ep. 133 w/ New York, New York's Drew Redington

Follow Drew on: INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/drew.redington/ About Drew Redington: Drew is currently in the cast of New York, New York on Broadway where he understudies Jimmy Doyle, Tommy Caggiano, and Alex Mann. Previous Broadway credits include Mean Girls, and original casts of The Prom (Kevin), and Holiday Inn (Roundabout Theatre Co.). Other highlighted credits include appearing as Motel in the critically acclaimed Fiddler on the Roof at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and performances with Paper Mill Playhouse, TUTS Huston, and The Muny St. Louis. Training received at Elon University.
May 18, 2023

Backstage With Becca B. Ep. 132 w/ Tina's Zurin Villanueva

Follow Zurin on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/zurinspired/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/ZurinVillanueva OFFICIAL WEBSITE: https://www.zurinspired.com Buy tickets for TINA TURNER The Musical National Tour: https://tinaonbroadway.com About Zurin Villanueva: Zurin began acting at the Henry Street Settlement at the age of 12 to get ready for her entrance audition to Laguardia High School for the Performing Arts. Zurin started as a freshman in the dance program and switched to the drama program as a sophomore. It was easily the best 4 years of her life until she attended Howard University. She graduated from Howard with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in musical theatre. Zurin also went to the British Academy of Dramatic Art in Oxford England with a similar scholarship that sent Chadwick Boseman before me. Howard is where she found out who she was outside of her "type". ​ She received her equity card during her senior year at Howard. She was cast as Yolanda in the musical Crowns at Aren…