Best Camp Broadway Podcasts (2024)

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Burlesque: The Art of Taking It (Almost) All Off 48:35

1h ago48:35

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This new Broadway season includes the revival of the classic musical GYPSY: A Musical Fable by Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents. This new revival stars Audra McDonald as the irrepressible Mama Rose,in this iconic show based on the memoirs of burlesque performer Gypsy Rose Lee. To celebrate the revival and to take us back into the wo…

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Ep193 - Wendi Bergamini, Jellylorum on US National Tour 5 & Ensemble in Once Upon A Mattress 41:35

5h ago41:35

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"The very first thing they said was there is a very real plot to CATS. It’s not just poems put to song and talking about this real meaning behind the Jellicle Ball and who goes to the Heaviside Layer." This episode features Wendi Bergamini who played Jellylorum and is currently performing in the ensemble of Once Upon A Mattress on Broadway. Hear We…

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BONUS - Eitan Levine, Macavity in Katz The Musical at Camp Kaleidoscope 29:58

7d ago29:58

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"They did the production of CATS, which at the time I really don't think I thought about how hilarious it was that the camp director just decided to name it KATZ but my parents obviously got a chuckle out of it." This bonus episode features Eitan Levine who played Macavity at his Jewish day camp named Camp Kaleidoscope where they renamed the produc…

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The 'Bishop' of Broadway: The Life and Times of David Belasco 51:56

1d ago51:56

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David Belasco -- playwright, producer, impresario, theatre manager, and theatrical visionary -- was one of the most important names in the world of the Gilded Age stage. Beginning his life and career in San Francisco following the Gold Rush years, Belasco moved to New York to revolutionize how theatre was seen and produced in the last years of the …

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Ep192 - Allison Little, Swing/Dance Captain on US National Tour 5 44:28

1d ago44:28

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"We’d always say Shove With Love. If someone doesn’t know where they are going, you should Shove With Love." This episode features Allison Little who was a swing and a Dance Captain on the US National Tour 5 of CATS. Hear Allison share how she had a full circle moment from seeing the show as kid, what the role of Dance Captain adds to the show, and…

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Ep191 - Laura Cable, Jellylorum on US National Tour 5 49:46

22d ago49:46

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"Our rule was eight minutes. If someone had some sort of injury, a sickness, or something that happened to them mid-show, as a swing we were told you need to be on the stage in eight minutes." This episode features Laura Cable who played Jellylorum on the US National Tour 5 of CATS. Hear Laura share really fun stories from her time as a swing on to…

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The Ghost Stories of Henry James and Edith Wharton 53:00

29d ago53:00

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Along with their acclaimed novels and short works of fiction, Henry James and Edith Wharton both extensively explored the genre of the ghost story, enormously popular throughout much of the 19th century. In nearly all of their ghostly tales, James and Wharton explore the inner depths of the human psyche and the all-too-human emotions of fear, aband…

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Ep190 - Amanda LaMotte, Tantomile/Swing on US National Tour 5 & Ensemble in Once Upon A Mattress 39:58

17d ago39:58

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"I feel like I always have intrusive thoughts. I do really want to knock that person’s water bottle over just to mess with them. But I would never do it in real life. But as Rumple, you kind of get to." This episode features Amanda LaMotte who played Tantomile and was a swing on the US National Tour 5 of CATS and is currently performing in the ense…

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Ep189 - JJ Niemann, Mr. Mistoffelees in Elon University 2017 Winter Production of CATS & Ensemble in the Back To The Future Musical 36:07

22d ago36:07

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"I went out and bought a cat tail, ears, cut up fingerless gloves. I had a white tank top with a black vest. I looked insane." This episode features JJ Niemann who played the magical Mr Mistoffelees in the Elon University 2017 Winter Production of CATS and is currently in the ensemble in the Back To The Future Musical. Hear JJ share all about the c…

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Children of the Gilded Age: Seen and Not Heard (Until Now) 50:15

30d ago50:15

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Stories of the Gilded Age so often focus on the world of adults and more often on the highest layer of elite society. Of course, there was much, much more to the story of America's social and economic growth at the end of the 19tth century that involved those of the middle and lower classes - and also included children. Listener favorite Esther Cra…

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Ep188 - Qween Jean, Costume Design in PAC's CATS: "The Jellicle Ball" 38:21

1M ago38:21

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Throughout the summer, we are working with the Perelman Performing Arts Center reimagined production of CATS called CATS: "The Jellicle Ball" to bring you a series of episodes with the cast and creative team. "That was my immediate first question. I was like, are we doing tails? What’s the tea? I had some other ideas." This episode is with Qween Je…

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Ep187 - Will Porter, Mungojerrie on US National Tour 5 55:18

1M ago55:18

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"At the beginning of the show Grizabella was just the teacher. At the end, Grizabella went to the Heaviside Layer in a way that we could afford." This episode features Will Porter who played Mungojerrie on the US National Tour 5 of CATS as well as regionally. Hear Will share incredible stories from his time on tour, many new theories about the char…

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Gossip Girl: Gilded Age Socialite Elizabeth Drexel Lehr Tells All 44:59

1M ago44:59

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Elizabeth Wharton Drexel was a quintessential ingenue of the Gilded Age. Eventual heiress to the Drexel banking fortune, elegant and sophisticated, Elizabeth married but was widowed unexpectedly. But she married again, this time to Harry Symes Lehr, a bon vivant and social playboy. But she soon learned her life was to become a reality far from what…

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Ep186 - Sophie Carmen-Jones, Macavity Girl in 2019 CATS Movie & Nini in Moulin Rouge on Broadway 38:17

2M ago38:17

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"We were like Taylor Swift's little side chicks." This episode features Sophie Carmen-Jones who was one of the Macavity Girls in the 2019 CATS Movie and is currently performing as Nini in Moulin Rouge The Musical on Broadway after originating the role in the West End. Hear Sophie discuss what it was like being in the infamous movie, her experience …

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Ep185 - Erica Leigh Hansen, Jennyanydots on US National Tour 5 and Royal Caribbean Cruise Line's Oasis of the Seas 45:37

2M ago45:37

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"I've done it with Richard Stafford which is the American version and I've done it with Chrissie Cartwright which is the British version. And those are not the same shows." This episode features Erica Leigh Hansen who played Jennyanydots on the US National Tour 5 of CATS as well as on the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line's Oasis of the Seas first and th…

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Louis Comfort Tiffany: Lighting the Gilded Age 1:00:22

2M ago1:00:22

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Just the name "Tiffany" evokes the glamour and elegance of the Gilded Age. But there is much more to the story than just the eponymous retailer who continues to sell fine jewelry and decorative objects today. Carl is joined by Lindsy R. Parrott, the Executive Director of The Neustadt Collection, one of the country's most important collections of Ti…

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Ep184 - André De Shields, Old Deuteronomy in PAC's CATS: "The Jellicle Ball" 57:11

2M ago57:11

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Throughout the summer, we are working with the Perelman Performing Arts Center reimagined production of CATS called CATS: "The Jellicle Ball" to bring you a series of episodes with the cast and creative team. "A theater is a temple. This is the fourth institution where the five necessary questions are answered. You have to answer a question. You ha…

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Ep183 - Primo, Tumblebrutus in PAC's CATS: "The Jellicle Ball" 42:53

2M ago42:53

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Throughout the summer, we are working with the Perelman Performing Arts Center reimagined production of CATS called CATS: "The Jellicle Ball" to bring you a series of episodes with the cast and creative team. "He also has to have that edge of realness. Like straight passing. Because his life outside of this space is not the same." This episode feat…

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In The Good Ole Summertime ENCORE 46:46

3M ago46:46

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It’s nearly the end of the summer but there's still time for one more visit to the seashore and, in particular, one place that was so very popular in the Gilded Age -- Coney Island. Join Carl and guest Esther Crain for an encore presentation of “In the Good Old Summertime: Where the Gilded Age Played.” And coming soon -- Esther will be joining Carl…

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Ep182 - Teddy Wilson Jr, Sillabub in PAC's CATS: "The Jellicle Ball" 39:18

3M ago39:18

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Throughout the summer, we are working with the Perelman Performing Arts Center reimagined production of CATS called CATS: "The Jellicle Ball" to bring you a series of episodes with the cast and creative team. "We were trying to figure out how to push that envelope with Sillabub being the watcher. Zhailon came up to me and was like, what if you had …

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Ep181 - Dava Huesca, Rumpleteazer in PAC's CATS: "The Jellicle Ball" 35:32

3M ago35:32

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Throughout the summer, we are working with the Perelman Performing Arts Center reimagined production of CATS called CATS: "The Jellicle Ball" to bring you a series of episodes with the cast and creative team. "It’s giving like she won Legendary and got the million dollar prize. This is a game show and she wants some coin." This episode features Dav…

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Summer with Queen Victoria: Life at Osborne House 47:26

3M ago47:26

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In this special episode created in partnership with English Heritage, Carl is joined by curator Christopher Warleigh-Lack for a look at the once royal residence of Osborne House on England's Isle of Wight. Christopher guides us through inside the grand estate where Queen Victoria and Prince Albert spent summer and Christmas holidays. Following Albe…

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BONUS - CATS: "The Jellicle Ball" Conversation with Jacob Brent, 1998 CATS Movie Mr. Mistoffelees 50:06

3M ago50:06

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"Theater is moving forward and I think it happened the same way with the same show. When I saw it I had that feeling that this is a real mile marker in musical theater history again with the show." This bonus episode is a conversation about CATS: "The Jellicle Ball" featuring Jacob Brent who played Mr. Mistoffelees on Broadway and in the 1998 CATS …

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LIVE @ BroadwayCon with Omari Wiles & Arturo Lyons, Choreographers of "CATS: The Jellicle Ball" 33:10

3M ago33:10

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Throughout the summer, we are working with the Perelman Performing Arts Center reimagined production of CATS called CATS: "The Jellicle Ball" to bring you a series of episodes with the cast and creative team. We were live at BroadwayCon 2024 with Omari Wiles and Arturo Lyons, the choreography team behind CATS: "The Jellicle Ball," to chat about rei…

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Ep180 - Nora Schell, Bustopher Jones in PAC's "CATS: The Jellicle Ball" 38:48

3M ago38:48

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Throughout June and July, we are working with the Perelman Performing Arts Center reimagined production of CATS called CATS: "The Jellicle Ball" to bring you a series of episodes with the cast and creative team. "We wanted to approach it as this re-contextualized version of fatness and what fatness means. The duality of Fat and Phat." This episode …

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Ep179 - Baby, Victoria in PAC's "CATS: The Jellicle Ball" 41:49

4M ago41:49

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Throughout June and July, we are working with the Perelman Performing Arts Center reimagined production of CATS called CATS: "The Jellicle Ball" to bring you a series of episodes with the cast and creative team. "Macavity wants to steal Victoria from the House of Dots and have me join the House of Macavity." This episode features Baby who plays Vic…

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Great Estates of the Berkshires 57:11

3M ago57:11

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Carl is joined by Cornelia Brooke Gilder, noted Berkshire historian, author and Lenox native, for this special show which delves into the artistic and literary life of the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts as well as its role as a Gilded Age summer enclave. From the early 19th century the lush, green landscape of the Berkshire mountain inspired w…

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Ep178 - Shereen Pimentel, Jellylorum in PAC's "CATS: The Jellicle Ball" 41:16

4M ago41:16

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Throughout June and July, we are working with the Perelman Performing Arts Center reimagined production of CATS called CATS: "The Jellicle Ball" to bring you a series of episodes with the cast and creative team. "There are all these sweet moments but does she not try to push his buttons a little bit?" This episode features Shereen Pimentel who play…

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Ep177 - Antwayn Hopper, Macavity in PAC's "CATS: The Jellicle Ball" 41:36

4M ago41:36

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Throughout June and July, we are working with the Perelman Performing Arts Center reimagined production of CATS called CATS: "The Jellicle Ball" to bring you a series of episodes with the cast and creative team. "We have to remember we’re angelic cats. This is what we’re finding and it’s crazy how it lends itself. It’s called the Jellicle Ball. It’…

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Ep176 - Jonathan Burke, Mungojerrie in PAC's "CATS: The Jellicle Ball" & US National Tour 5 39:49

4M ago39:49

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Throughout June and July, we are working with the Perelman Performing Arts Center reimagined production of CATS called CATS: "The Jellicle Ball" to bring you a series of episodes with the cast and creative team. "In this version we are brother and sister. We have decided that Rumpleteazer is my little sister that I’ve brought into the ballroom comm…

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The Adirondacks and Great Camp Sagamore: Retreating to Nature in the Gilded Age 56:30

4M ago56:30

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Historian and scholar Connor Williams joins Carl for this look at the Gilded Age retreat of the Adirondacks. A number of Gilded Age families came to this leafy paradise despite the dusty two day journey in an attempt to escape the city and recharge in nature. The Gilded Age saw the rise of the "great camps" -- extensive properties owned by families…

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Ep175 - Emma Sofia, Skimbleshanks & Cassandra in PAC's "CATS: The Jellicle Ball" 50:39

4M ago50:39

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Throughout June and July, we are working with the Perelman Performing Arts Center reimagined production of CATS called CATS: "The Jellicle Ball" to bring you a series of episodes with the cast and creative team. "Remembering the first episode I didn’t really understand CATS. Now I get it. I’m in. I drank the Kool Aid. I’m here and I love it." This …

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Ep174 - Josephine Kearns, Dramaturg & Gender Consultant in PAC's "CATS: The Jellicle Ball" 32:23

4M ago32:23

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Throughout June and July, we are working with the Perelman Performing Arts Center reimagined production of CATS called CATS: "The Jellicle Ball" to bring you a series of episodes with the cast and creative team. "If I had a dollar for every time someone said ‘I’ve always hated CATS but I love this CATS’ I’d have doubled my salary on the show." This…

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Ep173 - Sydney James Harcourt, Rum Tum Tugger in PAC's "CATS: The Jellicle Ball" 52:34

4M ago52:34

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Throughout June and July, we are working with the Perelman Performing Arts Center reimagined production of CATS called CATS: "The Jellicle Ball" to bring you a series of episodes with the cast and creative team. "I was able to let Tugger sit on me and fit on me listening to them say - you are already Tugger so just be Sydney." This episode features…

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Ep172 - Robert "Silk" Mason, Mr. Mistoffelees in PAC's "CATS: The Jellicle Ball" 34:35

5M ago34:35

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Throughout June and July, we are working with the Perelman Performing Arts Center reimagined production of CATS called CATS: "The Jellicle Ball" to bring you a series of episodes with the cast and creative team. "All of us have talked about how our characters are us, who we are in life." This episode features Robert "Silk" Mason who plays the magic…

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Hyde Park's Vanderbilt Mansion: Building a Gilded Age House 48:00

5M ago48:00

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Carl is joined by curator Frank Futral for a special on-location visit to the Vanderbilt Mansion in New York's Hudson Valley. Built for Frederick Vanderbil tand his wife Lousie by legendary firm McKim, Mead and White, the mansion is a work of art itself combining classic Beaux Arts style with unique and rare architectural elements brought from Euro…

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Ep171 - "Tempress" Chasity Moore, Grizabella in PAC's "CATS: The Jellicle Ball" 31:32

5M ago31:32

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Throughout June and July, we are working with the Perelman Performing Arts Center reimagined production of CATS called CATS: "The Jellicle Ball" to bring you a series of episodes with the cast and creative team. "When we were building, the connection between us (Macavity & Grizabella) was that he used to be in the House of Glamour at one time." Thi…

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BONUS - "CATS: The Jellicle Ball" Recap with Alan Seales of The Theatre Podcast 38:23

5M ago38:23

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"I love this show and I love this production. This production was so much fun because it spans all theater fans, all ballroom fans, and just people who want to go have a good time will like this." This bonus episode is a recap of "CATS: The Jellicle Ball" featuring Mike and Alan Seales of the Theatre Podcast recorded immediately after seeing a prev…

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Man About Town: The Story of Murray Hall ENCORE 36:21

4M ago36:21

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To celebrate a month of diversity, courage and pride, we are rereleasing this episode which continues to be one of the most talked about shows on The Gilded Gentleman so far. The story of Murray Hall -- a Gilded Age bail bondsman, Tammany Hall representative and loving and devoted father -- is one that few know. It's a story that leaves you inspire…

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Ep170 - Mundi Gove, Head of Wig Department on US National Tour 4 36:31

5M ago36:31

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"The interesting thing with CATS is that the actors eventually do their own makeup. They do all the cat makeup but it has to go into the wig." This episode features Mundi Gove who was the Head of Wig Department on the US National Tour 5 of CATS. Hear Mundi share all of the background on the wig designs, how the wig helps determine the personalities…

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Gilded Age Newspapers: All That Was (Mostly) Fit to Print 59:11

5M ago59:11

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Carl is joined by veteran journalist, writer and tour guide Michael Morgenthal for a journey through the pages of 19th century newspapers. Michael traces the history of several of our most well known newspapers today including the New York Post and the New York Times as well as how Gilded Age journalists and readers had - in their way - the (nearly…

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Ep169 - Mariah Reives, Cassandara on US National Tour 6 and Ensemble in The Great Gatsby Musical 42:27

5M ago42:27

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"I loved how sophisticated she was. How she allowed nothing to really bother her but she was still so fierce. And that seems like exactly the type of cat that I could be." This episode features Mariah Reives who performed as Cassandra on the US National Tour 6 of CATS before the pandemic and is currently in the ensemble in The Great Gatsby Musical …

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Ep168 - 2024 St. Clair College Production ft. Kristyn Wiklanski, Tatum Roy, and Camryn Winnicky-Lewis 50:13

5M ago50:13

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"Once they bought into the idea of doing the show they deep dived into the internet and quickly found the hardcore fans of the musical and would show up to rehearsal and they would have all of these theories that they had never heard of before." This episode features the 2024 St. Clair College Production of CATS where I was joined by the director K…

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The Gilded Age's Most Famous Dress: Alice Vanderbilt's "Electric Light" 47:08

5M ago47:08

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Carl visits the Museum of the City of New York where he's joined by Collections Manager for Costumes and Textiles, Elizabeth Randolph, to discuss the famous dress Alice Vanderbilt wore to her sister-in-law Alva'a ball, while inspecting the original dress itself. On the evening of March 26, 1883, Alva Vanderbilt threw her famous costume ball to offi…

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Ep167 - Chaz Wolcott, Mr. Mistoffelees on US National Tour 5 and Director/Choreographer at Theatre Wichita 1:11:16

6M ago1:11:16

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"I have a thing that I call ‘Cat Story Time’ and I sit down with the cats and I tell them my version of the events, and tell them sort of what I know." This episode features Chaz Wolcott who played the magical Mr. Mistoffelees on the US National Tour 5 of CATS and has been the director and choreographer for multiple regional productions of the show…

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Ep166 - Kevin Winkler, Skimbleshanks on US National Tour 4 and Author of new book "On Bette Midler" 1:00:51

6M ago1:00:51

1:00:51

"I had seen the show after it opened and I knew that Skimbleshanks was the role for me. I knew that was the role that I wanted to do in the show." This episode features Kevin Winkler who performed as Skimbleshanks on the US National Tour 4 of CATS and is the author of a new book called "On Bette Midler". Hear Kevin share his crazy audition stories,…

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Jack the Ripper: Inside the World's Most Famous Unsolved Murders 1:17:21

6M ago1:17:21

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Renowned historian and author Richard Jones delves deeply into one of the world's most fascinating unsolved series of murders. True crime fans may think they know the major elements of the grisly set of Jack the Ripper murders and the resulting investigation, but this show uncovers some angles and aspects that shine a wider light into these horrors…

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Ep165 - Lucy Horton, Jellylorum on US National Tour 5 43:58

6M ago43:58

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"Watching the 1998 VHS which I rented on Netflix. I got the DVD mailed to me." This episode features Lucy Horton who played Jellylorum on the US National Tours 5 of CATS and in multiple regional productions. Hear Lucy share how she actually booked the show multiple times but had to turn down the contracts before joining the 5th Tour, how she approa…

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BONUS - "CATS: The Jellicle Ball" Creative Team ft. Zhailon Levingston, Bill Rauch, & William Waldrop 37:44

6M ago37:44

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"What overtly having categories does dramaturgy of CATS itself is that there is a particular outcome of winner or loser that happens at the end of every song." This bonus episode features the creative team of the Perelman Performing Arts Center reimagined production of CATS set in a ballroom which is appropriately titled: "CATS: The Jellicle Ball".…

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Ep164 - Mackenzie Warren, Bombalurina on 2016 Broadway Revival 42:45

6M ago42:45

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"When I got the audition appointment I was like this would be a blast to pretend to be a cat at this audition. Let's do it. I texted Kim and asked - How much cat do you give at the audition?" This episode features Mackenzie Warren who was Bombalurina in the 2016 Broadway Revival of CATS. Hear Kim discuss seeing her friend Kim perform as Demeter in …

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