The Broadway Beat Podcast
Real Broadway Interviews by Real Broadway Idiots
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Wednesday Apr 16, 2025
Wednesday Apr 16, 2025
It’s our season two finale! We made it. Louis Peitzman (Vulture) joins us to gab and gab about armpit acting, immersive theatre, and selling the food a character makes on stage. Then, Patti LuPone’s life standby Lorna Portillo gives us an inside look at one of Broadway’s most coveted gigs. Plus, one of our famous “games”!
See you in a few weeks for season three!
00:00:00 - Hiiii, Headlines, Third H Thing00:03:08 - Louis Peitzman, everybody!00:21:49 - Lorna Portillo, Patti LuPone's Life Standby00:39:14 - It's A Scream!
Follow Louis - @louispeitzman
Follow Michael - @michaelabber
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The Broadway Beat Podcast is created, produced, and hosted by Zach Raffio. It is produced and engineered by HaleyJane Rose, with additional contributions by associate producer Edward Precht. The theme song is composed by JaKe Rose and sung by Patti Lupone.
Wednesday Apr 09, 2025
Wednesday Apr 09, 2025
Get in your time machines! Theatre historian and producer Jennifer Ashley Tepper (The Jonathan Larson Project, Women Writing Musicals: The Legacy That the History Books Left Out) stops by the pod to discuss some of her favorite Broadway history, exactly where she was when multiple famous people died, a forbidden hard drive, and much more. Then, "investor" Terrance Rozier teaches us all about Broadway show betting.
00:00:00 - Hello and headlines00:01:51 - Jennifer Ashley Tepper is here! 00:18:12 - Terrance Rozier gives us the odds00:32:01 - RAPID RAFFIO
Follow Jennifer - @jenashtep
Follow Mike - @thewrongcatdied
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The Broadway Beat Podcast is created, produced, and hosted by Zach Raffio. It is produced and engineered by HaleyJane Rose, with additional contributions by associate producer Edward Precht. The theme song is composed by JaKe Rose and sung by Patti Lupone.
Wednesday Apr 02, 2025
Wednesday Apr 02, 2025
We got booped! Ricky Schroeder (BOOP! The Musical) stops by to discuss his Broadway debut, pitch some merch, and finally reveal whether or not the Pudgy puppet is sentient. Then, legendary Broadway agent Gloria Burbank joins us and tells it how to make it in this biz (hint: don't be an uggo). Plus, a game!
00:00:00 - Hello and headlines00:02:56 - Ricky Schroeder gets Booped00:19:52 - Gloria Burbank, talent agent to the stars00:37:46 - We play Broadway Hit or No Way, Git!
Follow Ricky - @rickyaschroeder, @rickyasch
Follow Britt - @brittymigs
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The Broadway Beat Podcast is created, produced, and hosted by Zach Raffio. It is produced and engineered by HaleyJane Rose, with additional contributions by associate producer Edward Precht. The theme song is composed by JaKe Rose and sung by Patti Lupone.
Wednesday Mar 26, 2025
Wednesday Mar 26, 2025
It’s just family this week, as Zach and his fellow Broadway Beat editors HaleyJane Rose and Edward Precht talk all the brand new shows hitting Broadway this spring, and EVERY SHOW they mention is REAL. Don’t you take that tone with us!
HaleyJane Rose: @haleyisfamous
Edward Precht: @pertoltprecht
Zach Raffio: @zachraffio
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The Broadway Beat Podcast is created, produced, and hosted by Zach Raffio. It is produced and engineered by HaleyJane Rose, with additional contributions by associate producer Edward Precht. The theme song is composed by JaKe Rose and sung by Patti Lupone.
Wednesday Mar 19, 2025
Wednesday Mar 19, 2025
Listen up! Max Mendoza Crumm (High, Sweetie!; Grease) stops by to chat about their role in Easy A, their experience as a reality TV show winner, not being afraid of Jason Robert Brown and more. Then, Amber pops in to discuss her Broadway-related fursona. Plus, a game!
00:00:00 - Hello and headlines00:01:52 - Max Mendoza Crumm, everybody!00:20:46 - A booking error? Amber is here.00:36:32 - BroadwayCONnections
Follow Max Mendoza Crumm - @maxcrumm
Follow Esther Fallick - @estherfallick
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The Broadway Beat Podcast is created, produced, and hosted by Zach Raffio. It is produced and engineered by HaleyJane Rose, with additional contributions by associate producer Edward Precht. The theme song is composed by JaKe Rose and sung by Patti Lupone.
Wednesday Mar 12, 2025
Wednesday Mar 12, 2025
Oh Hannah! Hannah Solow (Oh Mary!) joins us to talk pranks, only seeing half of Hamilton, and which musicals need to do a sexy version. Then, beloved starlet Ivory Gams walks all the way from 147th street to chat about her storied career on Broadway, her time in the circus, and her current lawsuit from the MTA. Plus, a game!
00:00:00 - Hello and headlines00:02:26 - Hannah Solow00:20:46 - Ivory Gams00:36:32 - Understudy Over-prepared
Follow Hannah! - @babymcgoo
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The Broadway Beat Podcast is created, produced, and hosted by Zach Raffio. It is produced and engineered by HaleyJane Rose, with additional contributions by associate producer Edward Precht. The theme song is composed by JaKe Rose and sung by Patti Lupone.
Wednesday Mar 05, 2025
Wednesday Mar 05, 2025
Ok! Callum Francis (Titanique, Kinky Boots) joins us to discuss Celine Dion, Ask Jeeves, dropping an elephant in the audience during The Lion King, and so much more. Then, The Gum Under Seat D3 at the St. James stops by to chat about a life in the theater. Plus, a game! Lucky you.
00:00:00 - Hello and headlines00:02:33 - Callum Francis00:19:02 - The Gum Under Seat D3 at the St. James stops by!00:33:18 - We play "Would It Survive the Titanique?"
Callum Francis - @callumf
Elanna White - @Ewelannawhite
Zach Raffio - @zachraffio
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The Broadway Beat Podcast is created, produced, and hosted by Zach Raffio. It is produced and engineered by HaleyJane Rose, with additional contributions by associate producer Edward Precht. The theme song is composed by JaKe Rose and sung by Patti Lupone.
Wednesday Feb 26, 2025
Wednesday Feb 26, 2025
Season two has arrived! New guests, new goofs, same old drama 💅 This week’s episode features the lovely PJ Adzima (Book of Mormon, Stage Time). We chat gambling debts, why Broadway isn’t cool anymore, and staple guns. Then, orphan Duffy joins us to talk about singing while cleaning the orphanage and her quest to finally get adopted.
00:00:00 - Hello and headlines
00:02:39 - PJ Adzima
00:19:32 - The orphan, Duffy, joins the pod!
00:34:18 - We play "Weird Mormon Belief or Drunk Thought"
PJ Adzima - @pjadz, @stagetimenyc
Sarah Lasko - @saraheleora
Zach Raffio - @zachraffio
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The Broadway Beat Podcast is created, produced, and hosted by Zach Raffio. It is produced and engineered by HaleyJane Rose, with additional contributions by associate producer Edward Precht. The theme song is composed by JaKe Rose and sung by Patti Lupone.
Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
It’s our season one finale! Elsie Fisher ("Eighth Grade," "Barry") joins us to discuss craft services, why there should be a Disneyland in Queens, and what a stage is. Then, two exciting new composers pitch their sequel to "Sweeney Todd." Plus, our guests help record some ad reads!
Season two of The Broadway Beat Podcast premiere February 26th! Catch up on season one whenever you get your podcasts.
00:00:00 - Hello and headlines
00:02:38 - Elsie Fisher
00:21:06 - An exciting new production duo!
00:40:09 - Record our ads please
Elsie Fisher - @elsiekfisher
Two Tree Hill - @twotreehillofficial
Zach Raffio - @zachraffio
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The Broadway Beat Podcast is created, produced, and hosted by Zach Raffio. It is produced and engineered by HaleyJane Rose, with additional contributions by associate producer Edward Precht. The theme song is composed by JaKe Rose and sung by Patti Lupone.
Wednesday Dec 11, 2024
Wednesday Dec 11, 2024
Theater loving creators The Theater Lovers (Will Anderson and Rachael Joyce-Anderson) join us to talk bringing drinks into theaters, when movies come out, and that time a dog was in "Pretty Woman: The Musical." Then, heiress Violet Memorial stops by to discuss her family’s dust mine fortune. Plus we play "Could This Thing Catch Kristin Chenoweth?"
00:00:00 - Hello and headlines
00:02:00 - The Theater Lovers
00:18:47 - Violet Memorial joins the pod
00:33:25 - We play "Could This Thing Catch Kristin Chenoweth?"
The Theater Lovers: @the_theater_lovers
James LaBella: @james.la.bella
Zach Raffio: @zachraffio
Follow the Broadway Beat on:
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thebroadwaybeat.com
The Broadway Beat Podcast is created, produced, and hosted by Zach Raffio. It is produced and engineered by HaleyJane Rose, with additional contributions by associate producer Edward Precht. The theme song is composed by JaKe Rose and sung by Patti Lupone.