The Ensemblist
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The Ensemblist is the online advocate for talented artists working in theatre ensembles on Broadway and across the country.
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Clean#119 - February 2019 (feat. Kathryn Allison, Maria Briggs) | Welcome back listeners to our monthly episode, where we share some of the most popular stories from our blog at The Ensemblist.com. On this episode, we here from Kathryn Allison about how the surprises of creating her first studio album, and Maria Br | 2/11/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#118 - Rent Live: "I Should Tell You" (feat. Fred Odgaard) | Just last weekend, Rent joined The Sound of Music, Grease, The Wiz and more to become part of the modern canon of live TV musicals. Over the years, I’ve grown curious about how putting on one of these live television musicals differs from what we do i | 2/5/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#117 - Rent Live: "I Should Tell You" (feat. Khori Petinaud) | On Sunday, January 27, Rent became the 7th Broadway show to join the modern canon of live TV musicals. On this episode, we spoke to cast member Khori Petinaud about working with choreographer Sonya Tayeh, and co-star Brennin Hunt’s now-infamous injury | 1/31/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#116 - Doubletapped (feat. Olivia Puckett) | Doubletapped features candid, one-on-one interviews with Broadway actors about authenticity on social media. These are questions that any user of social media platforms grapples with - sometimes consciously, sometimes subconsciously. However this balanc | 1/17/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#115 - Doubletapped (feat. Gerard Canonico) | Doubletapped features candid, one-on-one interviews with Broadway actors about authenticity on social media. These are questions that any user of social media platforms grapples with - sometimes consciously, sometimes subconsciously. However this balanc | 1/14/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#114 - Doubletapped (feat. Kamille Upshaw) | Doubletapped features candid, one-on-one interviews with Broadway actors about authenticity on social media. These are questions that any user of social media platforms grapples with - sometimes consciously, sometimes subconsciously. However this balanc | 1/10/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#113 - Doubletapped (feat. Charlie Williams) | Doubletapped features candid, one-on-one interviews with Broadway actors about authenticity on social media. These are questions that any user of social media platforms grapples with - sometimes consciously, sometimes subconsciously. However this balanc | 1/6/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#112 - December 2018 (feat. Wesley Ian Cappiello) | On this episode, we announce the 2018 Ensemblist Award recipients, share our thoughts of Broadway’s newest musical The Cher Show, divulge the details on a sweepstakes we are hosting for screening passings to Mary Poppins Returns and we share a story | 12/8/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#111 - November 2018 (feat. Matt Meigs, Kim Taylor) | This month, we dish our reviews of what we thought of The Prom and King Kong, as well as share a stories from Wicked’s Matt Meigs and Hamilton’s Kim Taylor. Matt Meigs reads a story in which he credits letting go of fear to paving the yellow brick | 11/17/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#110 - October 2018 (feat. Kenny Francoeur, Kalyn West, Diane Phelan) | We're back... sooner than expected! We’ve had so many great stories shared with us this fall that we couldn’t wait to share them on the podcast. So here we are to share three more incredible stories from our blog, read by the actors who wrote them. | 10/16/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#109 - September 2018 (feat. Eloise Kropp, Jacob Keith Watson) | In our new monthly format (!), The Ensemblist podcast is back to share some of our favorite stories from our website. On this episode, we share some of the very best stories from our blog this summer, read by the actors who wrote them. In addition, we s | 9/22/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#108 - Summer 2018 (feat. Lauren Haughton, Emilio Ramos, Kirstin Tucker) | The Ensemblist podcast is back to share some of our favorite stories from our website: TheEnsemblist.com/blog. And, as a special added bonus, we’re bringing back our segments on favorite performances by Broadway ensemblists in our Summer Roundtable. | 8/3/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#107 - Spring 2018 (feat. George Abud, Aaron J. Albano, Kimberly Dodson, Ian Liberto, Tommar Wilson) | The Ensemblist is back in your podcast feed, to share some of the very best stories from our blog this spring, read by the actors who wrote them. We’ll hear in their own words about what happens when you get to perform with your childhood idol, what h | 5/6/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#106: Coda | Hey. We have some news. | 1/21/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAdvice for Success | You KNOW how much we love to talk about success here at The Ensemblist - and how much we love to ask our friends and colleagues to redefine that often-dirty word for themselves. Well, here's a whole lot of those friends and colleagues, talking success, | 1/14/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#105: Fall 2017 Roundtable | OHAI. Here's a holiday treat from Ensemblist HQ: our opinions! Wanna know what Nikka, Mo, Kevin, and Jackson thought of all the shows they saw over the past six months? We know you do. Listen in, and happy happy holidays! | 12/24/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#104: Broadway At Every Stage, pt. 4 | We sincerely hope you've enjoyed spending time with these six gorgeous artists, and that they've made you think a little bit about what defines success, what it means to be an artist, and what it takes to make a life in the theatre. We're endlessly grat | 12/3/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRehearsal Reports: The Band's Visit #3 | We can't believe we're at the end of this season's Rehearsal Reports! Big thanks to the awesome Sharone Sayegh for taking us along with her as The Band's Visit came to Broadway. Listen as Sharone takes us through opening night and what sounds like it w | 11/19/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#103: Broadway At Every Stage, pt. 3 | How the years are flying! We've been hearing all sorts of trajectories for lives in the theatre with Adinah Alexander, Kevin Carolan, Alma Cuervo, Ann Harada, John Eric Parker, and Bob Stillman. What now? Well, we keep going! These amazing fol | 11/12/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRehearsal Reports: The Band's Visit #2 | Well, The Band's Visit is in full swing, and we've got all the details! Listen to Sharone Sayegh tell us about creating the sleepy town of Bet Hatikvah for the Broadway stage. Enjoy! | 10/29/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#102: Broadway At Every Stage, pt. 2 | It's the second trip down memory lane with our six brilliant guests - and this time, we're talking life after those first few years pounding the pavement. What happens when you've made those first connections, filled out those first few lines on the res | 10/22/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRehearsal Reports: The Band's Visit #1 | A new season means a new set of Rehearsal Reports! Join the amazing Sharone Sayegh as she spills all the secrets about the creation process of the new Broadway musical The Band's Visit. We love Sharone, we love making new work, and we love process. We t | 10/8/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#101: Broadway At Every Stage, Pt. 1 | Oh, hi. Didn't see you there. Thanks for stopping by! Yeah. We're back! And this season, we're doing something a little different. We're diving in with Adinah Alexander, Kevin Carolan, Alma Cuervo, Ann Harada, John Eric Parker, and Bob Stillman. | 10/1/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEPISODE 100! | HO-LY BANANAS, GUYS! We've done it. We've gone and made one HUNDRED of these full-length episodes. We're so incredibly grateful to you, our dear friends, for sticking with us over these past four years. And to celebrate, it's just Team Ensemblist (#Tea | 6/25/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#99: Broadway in Bryant Park | Oh, it's one of the most fun summer events for the Broadway community AND the public to come together! It's Broadway in Bryant Park, the once-weekly summer lunchtime concerts that happen out in the open in the park, for anyone and everyone who happens t | 6/18/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#98: Broadway Sports | Yeah, you heard us right. Broadway Sports. Though us Broadway-type-folk are mostly known for being...well...not so sporty, there are actually a great many people who wait eagerly for summer and the Broadway Softball League! In the winter, they wait just | 6/4/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#97: Spring 2017 Roundtable | To borrow some nomenclature from The Nerdist, we've got some hostful goodness here for you today! Want to hear about all the shows we saw this season and what we thought of them, their use of ensembles, and our favorite performances? Want to hear Kevin, | 5/28/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#96: Spotlight On Animal Trainers | Yay! More puppies! You previously met our friend Brian Michael Hoffman a few episodes earlier this season, where he talked to us about his parallel careers as an actor and an animal trainer. In this episode, we zoom in a little closer on the animal trai | 5/21/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRehearsal Reports: Bandstand #3 | We're back with Bandstand ensemblist Jessica Lea Patty and her final rehearsal report! The show is frozen, the press has come, and we wish them a long and healthy run! Want to know what happened up until that zero hour? You've gotta listen to find out. | 5/14/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#95: Awards Season | You think awards season just means the Tony Awards? Hooooo boy, you've got another think coming! Being an ensemblist in a new show during the spring season is about way more than just getting organized for Broadway's biggest night! Listen along as Jeni | 5/7/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#94: Activism | We in the theatre community are not known as a bunch who shy away from getting stuff done. We believe in standing up, speaking out, and using our voices to raise each other up. Theatre helps us heal, it shines a light on problems we face as a society, a | 4/30/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRehearsal Reports: Bandstand #2 | Our dear friend Jess is back and breaking down the Bandstand process for you, our lovely Ensemblist fam! Jess gets the scoop from her castmates, lets us listen in on some more band goodness, and shares it all with us. Enjoy! | 4/23/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#93: Containing Multitudes, pt. 5 - BroadwayCon | Oh, you thought you were done hearing from the amazing friends we dragged to the microphone at BroadwayCon? You're not, because they just keep on keepin' on. These inspiring folks have so much to say about the ways they contain multitudes within the Bro | 4/16/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#92: Opening Night | Dressing up in your fancy fun outfits, barely being able to see your mirror because of the mountains of flowers and gifts, the roar of a crowd that wants to celebrate your accomplishments and hard work, and the community building of passing down traditi | 4/9/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit#90: Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS | Quick Warning: This episode contains a few words in reference to labels placed on people by society. They may be inappropriate for young children or loudspeaker listening. When Broadway performers talk about the community events they love more than anyt | 4/2/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#90: Invited Dress Rehearsals | The excitement. The anxiety. The love of just being in the room. An invited dress rehearsal is a thrilling theatre tradition, made even more thrilling when under the Broadway magnifying glass. Hear Jenifer Foote, Linda Mugelston, and Tyler Hanes talk ab | 3/26/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRehearsal Reports: Bandstand #1 | Bandstand is one of the exciting new musicals hitting Broadway this season, and we've got the inside scoop from ensemblist extraordinare Jessica Lea Patty! Listen in as Jess talks us through the rehearsal process, Equity meetings, and drops in some surp | 3/19/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#89: Theater Neighbors | We're flinging open the gates to the Broadway stage doors and situating you right in the middle of the theatre district! Join us, Tyler Hanes, Bre Jackson, and Paul HeeSang Miller as we walk you through Midtown Manhattan and tell you all the secrets of | 3/12/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#88: Fall Roundtable | We know you're aching to hear about all the shows we saw this season, and we know better than to disappoint! We sat down at Ensemblist HQ with our graphics guru Kevin Bianchi, and talked about the shows we saw, how they used their ensembles, who we coul | 1/8/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#87: Listener Questions with the 2016 Ensemblist Award winners! | It's our favorite time of year - we get to award four lucky shining beacons of the Broadway community with our Ensemblist Awards, usher them into the studio, make them feel feelings, and then have them answer your questions! GOOD STUFF, right? We though | 12/18/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#86: Spotlight on Dramaturgy | What better way to spotlight this season full of research and relevance than with the job that brings everything we've talked about for the last few months into one neat research-filled job? The dramaturg, and this particular dramaturg (the glorious Ani | 12/11/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#85: Hamilton | Well, friends, we've done it! We have finally reached the most recent Pulitzer Prize winner, Hamilton. And because there has been so much press on this groundbreaking show, we had to find a new way in. And with the help of the brilliant Sasha Hutchings | 12/4/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRehearsal Reports: The Great Comet #3 | We've reached the end of our Fall 2016 Rehearsal Reports! Thank you to the amazing Erica Dorfler and everyone at Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 for being so open and letting us peek into this one-of-a-kind theatrical experience. Listen t | 11/27/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#84: Next to Normal | We assembled some pretty brilliant folks to talk about this brilliant show. Hear Adam Chanler-Berat, Pearl Sun, Michael Berresse, and Michael McElroy talk about how a show with only six cast members can make an ensemble, the trust that's needed to tell | 11/20/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#83: RENT | It's time to measure our lives in love, meditate on the power of standing up for what we believe in, and do it all with a healthy dose of rock 'n roll. Because, as the song goes, everything is RENT, and RENT is everything to us. Hear from Adam Chanler-B | 11/13/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#82: Sunday In The Park With George | We may not be able to tell you who George was at the zoo with (the monkeys and WHO, George?), but we can dive into the unbelievable masterpiece that is Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Sunday In The Park With George. With guests John Jellison, Adam | 11/6/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRehearsal Reports: The Great Comet #2 | Try and try and try as we might, we cannot find an "I'M.IN.TECH." gif. If you are so inclined to make and send us one, we would be eternally grateful... Because, y'all, Erica Dorfler is IN.TECH. Listen to her latest Rehearsal Report to find out what ha | 10/30/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#81: A Chorus Line | Well, friends, we've arrived. It's the ensemblist show of all ensemblist shows. With music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban and a book by James Kirkwood, Jr. and Nicholas Dante, A Chorus Line distills the experience of fighting for what you l | 10/23/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#80: How To Succeed In Business (Without Really Trying) | Do you want all the secrets to climbing the ladder of success, creating a hit Broadway musical, and garnering tons of awards and accolades, all while challenging gender stereotypes, satirizing corporate culture, and making sure the audience leaves the t | 10/16/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#79: Fiorello! | We're jumping right into the Mayor's office with our next Pulitzer winner - Fiorello! - all about the life and career of one of NYC's most legendary mayors. Join us, Jennifer Ashley Tepper, Kevin Ligon, and Kelsey Ryan Moore as we discuss satire, humor, | 10/9/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#78: Containing Multitudes, part 4 | Can you believe we're on our FOURTH installment of the Containing Multitudes series? It's almost as if there are ENDLESS ways to balance a career in show business with outside passions, other creative pursuits, and giving back! We said endless. We didn' | 10/2/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRehearsal Reports: The Great Comet #1 | It's a new season full of new shows, and that means we're dusting off our binders, sharpening our pencils, grabbing our Equity highlighters (they're amazing, they erase.), and heading to rehearsal! And you know what rehearsal means in Ensemblist-land... | 9/25/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#77: South Pacific | This week, we (and Jennifer Ashley Tepper) get into that brilliant and beautiful second Pulitzer-winning musical full of gorgeous songs, compelling characters, and important societal commentary: South Pacific. We're joined by Eric Anderson, MaryAnn Hu, | 9/18/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#76: Of Thee I Sing | We begin our journey into the history books this season with the first musical to ever be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama - Of Thee I Sing. The show first premiered in 1931 to rave reviews, shining a satirical light on the electoral process and Ame | 9/11/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSeason Two Intro: The History of the Ensemblist | Hey there, friends! We're back, we're rested, we're better than ever, and we're SO EXCITED to tell you all about our new season in this here Intro episode! Find out about what's inspiring us, what lies in store for our second full official season, and w | 9/4/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSpring 2016 Roundtable with Louis Peitzman | We wanted to subtitle this episode (a list of shows that made us all cry), but we knew it wouldn't fit all on one line, so we're putting it here. It's our last episode of the season, friends! To celebrate the shows we saw and all the ensemblists therei | 6/26/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAudition Stories 2016 | WE. LOVE. AUDITION. STORIES. You know that. Everyone's got great ones, and our guests are no exception: hear Laura Marie Duncan, Ray Lee, Krysta Rodriguez, Jessica Rush, Betsy Struxness, and Nicholas Ward spill the goods on getting those jobs. Enjoy! | 6/12/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#74: As Cast | We're taking another deep dive into contractual language today, but with a really fun twist. We talk a lot about the creation process of new musicals, but what is it that allows ensemblists to create all those characters? Do they like doing it? How are | 6/5/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#73: Spotlight On Associate Directors | A new Spotlight! Wow, so many titles! Well, sort of. This week, we sit down behind the table (FINALLY!) and talk to three magical humans (Steve Bebout, Jen Bender, and Brandon Ivie) about their experiences on the directing side of a Broadway show. From | 5/22/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#72: Creating Characters | Sometimes, the most fun (and challenging) thing about ensemble work is playing all sorts of different characters throughout a single show! You can be anything from the fanciest royal personage to an anthropomorphic inanimate object and do a cross as a t | 5/1/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#71: Pre-Production | This week, we dive into another much-talked-about but rarely-dissected aspect of putting up a Broadway show: Pre-Production. It's that nebulous time before rehearsals begin where the choreography team gets in a room with some willing dancers to throw th | 4/17/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#70: Replacements | We're breaking down this most essential of Essentials again - the process of being hired as a replacement in Broadway show! We sat down with three Broadway vets who each have very different experiences replacing in shows. Hear Polly Baird, Lauralyn McCl | 4/3/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#69: Swings | We're revisiting one of our favorite topics - SWINGS. WE LOVE SWINGS. We love them so much, we know we used all-caps there and we don't care who knows it. These multitalented performers somehow juggle all the things, all the people, all the traffic patt | 3/20/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#68: Spotlight On The Music Department | This one makes our hearts sing- and luckily, these three legendary guests will make sure we're in tune, on time and on budget while we do it. The music department is VITAL to making a Broadway musical run- but what exactly does that entail? Who are all | 2/28/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#67: Encores! | Take one part world class theatre organization, one part a roster of crazy-talented Broadway luminaries, and one part "hey kids, I've got a barn- let's put on a show!" What do you get? City Center Encores!, one of New York City's most beloved and unique | 2/7/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#66: Broadway Parents | As we welcome Mo's brand new baby boy into the world (hi, sweet Brady!) with love and affection and the strength that his community provides, we also give you, our community, this episode. Broadway is hard, parenting is harder, and both come with unexpl | 1/24/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#65: Fall Theatre Roundtable feat. Patrick Hinds! | It's that time in the theatrical season, friends, where we gather 'round the microphone with a special guest or two and talk about all the shows we've seen over the past six months. This week, we've brought the one and only Patrick Hinds from the Theate | 1/10/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#64: Listener Questions 2015 (with 2015 Ensemblist Award winners!) | We are madly in love with this one, because we are MADLY IN LOVE with these four unbelievable guests! We put out a call to you, our dearest most wonderfullest listeners, to ask your questions for the 2015 Listener Questions episode. You came back to us | 12/27/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRehearsal Reports: School of Rock #6 | It's Jesse's final Rehearsal Report! We are so grateful that Jesse has taken the time to talk with us about his experiences in rehearsal with School of Rock over the past few months- it's been everything a Broadway rehearsal process can be- exhausting, | 12/20/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#63: Original AND Revival Casts, Same Ensemblists! | It's a fun one this week - and it all started with a cryptic email from our friend Grasan Kingsberry that came right before the casting for The Color Purple was announced. He asked us whether or not we knew of any ensemblists who had been in both the or | 12/13/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRehearsal Reports: School of Rock #5 | Lots of crazy cool things are happening over at School of Rock as they keep creating, and luckily we've got Jesse Swimm to tell us all about them! Previews finally begin, the kids meet their movie counterparts, and Jesse goes on for the first time! Beca | 12/6/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#62: Live TV Musicals | Over here at Ensemblist HQ, we've really embraced the fact that NBC (and now Fox!) has brought back the Live TV Musical. Not only is it a massive cultural event being broadcast to millions of people, it's really an opportunity to, as a community, celebr | 11/29/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRehearsal Reports: School of Rock #4 | Tech and previews are NO JOKE, guys. They are some long, exhausting, exhilarating, infuriating, and joyful (all at the same time!) days. And luckily, we have School of Rock superswing Jesse Swimm to tell us all about them- the good, the bad, the hilario | 11/22/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#61: Post-Ensemblist Life | You know how the #1 thing we're into is being a whole entire person and containing multitudes? You've heard us talk about that before. And how when we put out our Parallel Careers episode last year, we found out how many of you needed to hear from brill | 11/15/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRehearsal Reports: School of Rock #3 | He's back, he's in tech, and he's ready to tell you alllllllll about it! Find out how the past two weeks have been for School of Rock's Jesse Swimm as he begins the long process of putting up such a massive new show! Enjoy! | 11/8/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit#60: American Sign Language on Broadway | We are SO excited to bring you this one, as it's been in the works for a long time. We're always trying to find different angles and experiences on ways we (as humans) tell stories, and how those stories make it to Broadway is another level we can't sto | 11/1/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRehearsal Reports: School of Rock #2 | Jesse Swimm is back with another installment of Rehearsal Reports - hear what it was like to rehearse that crazy 360° video, how things are going over at School of Rock, and what we can expect from those kids in the band! YAY! Don't forget to submi | 10/25/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#59: Playing History On Broadway | Not the history OF Broadway, because that's too much for one episode! This is about history ON Broadway: fact and fiction, time periods, historical accuracy, and more! We talk to three Broadway vets about the different ways an ensemblist can play histor | 10/18/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#58: Live Show Highlights: St. James Songs and Stories | Hi! In case you missed it, we teamed up with Greg Young and Tom Meyers of The Bowery Boys to put on a really cool concert at 54 Below in September. We got in our time machines (yeah, we have time machines) and put the St. James Theatre in context throug | 10/4/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRehearsal Reports: School of Rock #1 | You've got us - Ensemblist HQ is just a massive collection of Google Docs shared between the staff, but that doesn't mean that fall isn't truly underway over here! We love fall. Okay, we just love how cute we look in cozy sweaters, but can you blame us? | 9/30/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit#57: Actors' Equity Association | In our continuing series of figuring out how to answer the totally amazing (and hard!) questions you, our faithful/gorgeous/talented listeners have been sending in, we bring you this episode about Actors' Equity Association. We've gotten more than a few | 9/20/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#56: College (or, There's No One Way To Broadway) pt.2 | We're back to school (or not) with the second part of this episode! You'll meet a new crop of Broadway folks, hear about their journeys to the Great White Way, and the educational experiences that got them there, whether in college or not. We love it! | 9/6/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#55: College (or, There's No One Way To Broadway) pt.1 | It's getting to be that Back-To-School time, and we here at The Ensemblist thought we'd celebrate the new school year with this two-parter! We get so many questions about educational experiences, where to go to school, and what the Right Way To Broadway | 8/23/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Ensemblist #53: Summer Stock | It's hot up here (it's hot and it's monotonous). All kidding aside (even though we all know Stephen Sondheim is nothing to joke about), as we get into the middle of summer and all our friends' Instagrams are photos of them rehearsing really fun shows i | 7/19/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Ensemblist #52: Spring Theatre Roundtable | It's the Spring 2015 Theatre Roundtable! In this episode, special guests Josh Rhodes and Lee Wilkins sit down with Mo and Nikka to discuss some of the musicals that opened in the spring. We talk about the shows, how they used their ensemblists, and some | 6/28/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Ensemblist #51: Broadway Revivals | While an exciting plethora of new musicals has popped up this past (2014-2015) season, over half of the ensemblists' contracts were in the revivals. That got us thinking: What are the differences between being in the Original Broadway Cast of a brand sp | 6/14/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Ensemblist #50: Kids on Broadway | A lot has been said about those many shows with kids above the title - the adorable and plucky protagonists, imploring us to give them just a little more so the sun will come out tomorrow- but what about their onstage classmates/friends at the orphanage | 5/31/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Ensemblist #49: Tony Season For Understudies | It's TONY SEASON, you guys! And we don't know about you, but we are SUPER excited to cheer everyone on during Broadway's biggest night! Of course, since this is The Ensemblist, you know we're not taking the Tonys at face value- we wanted to dig a little | 5/17/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Ensemblist #48: Broadway in the 1970s | We've got a great guest host this week as the one and only Ilene Graff (Nikka's mom) steps in, filling in while Nikka is in rehearsal! Why Ilene, you ask? Because she was on Broadway in the 1970s, and had been nudging us for awhile to make an episode w | 5/3/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Ensemblist #47: [DRessed as] A Girl: on Broadway | One of the oldest conventions in theatre history since the Greeks is making a slightly newer cultural splash. Across all media platforms, gender roles in storytelling are becoming more fluid, as men are donning heels and wigs to play women, transgender | 4/19/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Ensemblist #46: Ballet on Broadway | Ballet is BACK on Broadway! With musicals like On The Town and An American in Paris popping up in midtown this season, classical dance is making a grande jete into the theatre scene like we haven’t seen in a long time, and Broadway ensemblists are bei | 4/5/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Ensemblist #45: Parallel Careers | It may seem like performing on Broadway is THE dream come true- the pinnacle of career achievement. And while that might partly be true, we know that so many of Broadway’s best and brightest break the boxes they’re put in, and have many passions tha | 3/22/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Ensemblist #44: Life On Tour | Each year, major theatrical productions travel all across North America, bringing the magic of Broadway to theatregoers who can’t get to New York City. Whether opening a new company or joining a show that has already completed its Broadway run, life o | 3/8/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Ensemblist #43: Understudies | A Broadway show is a team, and that team wouldn’t be able to go on eight shows a week without their understudies. And as most of a show’s understudies come from its ensemble, we wanted to highlight this very important aspect of an ensemblist’s lif | 2/22/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Ensemblist #42: Spotlight On Costumes | Nikka and Mo are so excited to bring you the latest edition of their “Spotlight On” series, which began in April 2014 to highlight behind-the-scenes careers on Broadway. On this episode of The Ensemblist, we hear from three important members of th | 2/8/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Ensemblist #41: Half Hour | Nikka and Mo give listeners another special episode of The Ensemblist, featuring a number of recent podcast guests discussing their preparations before they hit the stage. Actors’ Equity requires that all performers arrive at the theatre one half ho | 1/25/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTheEnsemblist #40: Fall Theatre Roundtable with Patrick Hinds | Happy New Year! Welcome, listeners, to our Fall 2014 Theatre Roundtable! For our first episode of 2015, we're doing something a little different. In this episode, we are going to discuss four of the plays and musicals that opened on Broadway during th | 1/11/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Ensemblist #39: Listener Questions with Tamika Lawrence | Hello Gorgeouses! Here we are with the second of our listener questions mini-episodes- this one with one of Broadway's most fabulous forces of nature. We LOVED talking to this amazing lady! Tamika Lawrence made her Broadway debut in 2012 as a replaceme | 12/28/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Ensemblist #38: Listener Questions with Jess LeProtto | Hi, gorgeous listeners! We love you! For this year’s listener questions episode, we decided to speak to just two guests, and to ask them each multiple questions. These two episodes will be released today (December 21), and on December 28, so look out | 12/21/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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