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Laura Heywood Interviews

by Laura Heywood

Laura Heywood Interviews airs LIVE Mondays and Wednesday from Noon-1PM Eastern. Following one week of exclusive on-demand access for subscribers, each episode will be available as a free Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and everywhere else podcasts are found.Laura Heywood Interviews embodies Laura's signature intersection of contagious enthusiasm and deep research. The launch marks ten years since the first tweet Laura posted as her formerly anonymous online alter-ego, @BroadwayGirlNYC (50k followers across Twitter, Instagram, YouTube & Facebook).The show features visits from celebrity newsmakers, tastemakers and changemakers from both inside and beyond the world of theatre; phone calls with listeners and contests available only to those listening live; and interviews from Laura's extensive archive, consolidated and combined to celebrate current events and timely themes.While best known for her long-form interviews with over 150 Broadway stars on AOL's Build Series, CBS, Siri

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  1. Laura Heywood Interviews Nick Cordero (From the Archives)

    Nick Cordero is a Tony nominated actor (Bullets Over Broadway, Waitress, A Bronx Tale). I sat down with him a few years ago at Build Series in New York City. I chose this interview from the archives because I want you to know how great Nick is, and for you to keep him in your thoughts. Because my...

  2. Laura Heywood Interviews Kyle Jarrow (Whisper House, Spongebob)

    NOTE: WHISPER HOUSE WAS CANCELED THE DAY BEFORE ITS FIRST PREVIEW DUE TO COVID-19. WE ARE ALL HOLDING HOPE THAT IT WILL BE PRODUCED AT A LATER DATE. Kyle Jarrow was nominated for a Tony Award for his brilliant, fully original book of a musical for Spongebob Squarepants: The Musical. His current...

  3. Laura Heywood Interviews Steven Sater (Spring Awakening, Alice By Heart)

    Steven Sater is a Tony, Grammy, and Olivier Award winning lyricist, librettist, writer, poet and much more. He is the man responsible for Spring Awakening, the show that inspired the passion that led to Laura Heywood's online alter ego, @BroadwayGirlNYC. His new novel, Alice By Heart, is a…

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  4. From the Archives: "The Girl From the North Country" off-Broadway cast

    Featuring the music of Bob Dylan, with a book and direction by Connor Macpherson, The Girl From the North Country is now playing at the Belasco Theatre on Broadway. In Fall 2018, Laura Heywood sat down with three of the original principals from the Public Theater's production of the show — the...

  5. Laura Heywood Interviews Ben Crawford (Phantom of the Opera)

    Ben Crawford is currently and creepily embodying Broadway's favorite malformed and maladjusted romantic hero: The Phantom of the Opera.Is hero the right word? He's certainly the leading man. But that Phantom, he's a dark dude. And I can't wait to dig into his complexities with the actor who…

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  6. Laura Heywood Interviews Tamar Greene and Fergie Philippe (Hamilton)

    Tamar Greene and Fergie Philippe are two of the newest cast members in HAMILTON on Broadway! Tamar, with a deep baritone and linebacker physique, is playing the larger-than-life George Washington — and Fergie is James Madison, our country's fourth president, as well as a youthful, hilarious...

  7. Laura Heywood Interviews Morgan James (Memphis Magnetic)

    Morgan James has five Broadway credits, five solo albums — including her newest, "Memphis Magnetic" — and literally tens of millions of views on YouTube. Her most impressive trait, however, is that she never assumed that talent was enough. There is zero entitlement in this woman — instead of…

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  8. Laura Heywood Interviews Ann Harada (Emojiland, Avenue Q)

    Ann Harada's resume is, without a doubt, impressive. On Broadway she has sung Rodgers and Hammerstein, Boublil & Schonberg, Dolly Parton, Ahrens & Flaherty, and Robert Lopez, plus appeared in David Henry Hwang's celebrated play M. Butterfly in her Broadway acting debut. On screen she has appeared...

  9. Laura Heywood Interviews Eden Espinosa (Lempicka, The Green Room 42)

    Eden Espinosa is known for playing Elphaba in Wicked, Brooklyn in Brooklyn: The Musical, and Maureen in the closing company of Rent. She recently returned from playing Trina on the National Tour of Falsettos and is originating the title role of the polish painter Lempicka in a new musical by Matt...

  10. Laura Heywood Interviews Benjamin Salka (Story Pirates)

    Story Pirates "pairs the best actors, comedians and musicians in the world with some of the most creative educators, and puts them together to create real collaborations with kids." Original stories, written entirely from kids' imaginations, become huge-scale production numbers — sketch comedy...

  11. Laura Heywood Interviews Lesli Margherita (Emojiland: The Musical)

    If Broadway had a poster child for living out loud, it would be Lesli Margherita, currently starring as The Princess of Emojiland in Emojiland: The Musical. Never had there been a fiercer, more outspoken advocate for living your truth, owning your weirdness, and ruling your own kingdom. There's a...

  12. Laura Heywood Interviews Jim Caruso (Broadway at Birdland)

    Jim Caruso made his Broadway debut alongside none other than Liza Minnelli in Liza's At The Palace in 2008, which won a Tony Award for Best Special Event and also earned a Grammy nomination. He has performed at the White House, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and in Times Square for a crowd of...

  13. Laura Heywood Interviews Jen Wheeler Kahn (Scenery Bags)

    Jennifer Wheeler Kahn is the founder of Scenery Bags, a sustainable fashion company that uses reclaimed curtains, backdrops and stages from Broadway and touring shows to create purses, clutches, totes and other accessories beloved by theatre fans and fashionistas alike. A portion of every sale…

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  14. Laura Heywood Interviews Norbert Leo Butz ("The Long Haul")

    Two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz has appeared on Broadway in My Fair Lady, Catch Me If You Can, Wicked, Rent, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Big Fish, Dead Accounts, Enron, Is He Dead, and Speed the Plow. The Last Five Years off-Broadway provided an equally pivotal role. In addition to his...

  15. Laura Heywood Interviews Mykal Kilgore ("A Man Born Black")

    Mykal Kilgore has appeared on Broadway in Motown, The Book of Mormon, and Hair; on TV, in The Wiz and Jesus Christ Superstar; and in the gorgeous City Center production of Jason Robert Brown's Songs for A New World, which you can find on all music streaming services. After growing up in Florida…

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  16. Laura Heywood Interviews Jamison Stern ("After Forever")

    Jamison Stern is a life-long actor who works constantly and puts everything he has into his characters. From one-man onstage triumphs like his recent "Fully Committed," to full-body transformations such as his turn as Tracy in "The Legend of Georgia McBride," Jamison commands an audience. His...

  17. Laura Heywood Interviews Sam Maher (YesBroadway.com)

    Sam Maher is one of the most passionate, dedicated, informed consumers of theatre in New York. His website, YesBroadway.com, is designed to help you sort through the noise that's prevalent on other sites — it's quality, not quantity, of articles & features that matter. Two of the website's…

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  18. Laura Heywood's Holiday Hamilton Supershow

    Lin-Manuel Miranda. Leslie Odom, Jr. Phillipa Soo. Daveed Diggs. Renee Elise Goldsberry. Christopher Jackson. Okierete Onaodowan. Anthony Ramos. Alex Lacamoire. David Korins. Javier Muñoz. Rory O'Malley. Mandy Gonzales. James Monroe Iglehart. Daniel Breaker. Morgan Marcell. Lexi Lawson. Welcome…

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  19. Laura Heywood Interviews Daryl Roth, live at NAMT 2019

    Daryl Roth is one of the most prolific, influential producers in the history of New York theatre. Her mission is to champion thought-provoking, inspiring work onstage, and she is honored to hold the singular distinction of producing 7 Pulitzer Prize-winning plays: Anna in the Tropics; August…

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  20. Laura Heywood Interviews Tony Vincent (PCG Theatrical, American Idiot)

    Tony Vincent is a Rock/Broadway hybrid creature, having charted six songs before making his Broadway debut in RENT. He went on to appear in the film and Broadway revival of Jesus Christ Superstar, We Will Rock You in London, American Idiot both pre- and on-Broadway, and Rocktopia. He was also a…

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  21. Laura Heywood Interviews John Robert Allman ("A is for Audra"

    John Robert Allman is the author of "A is for Audra: Broadway's Leading Ladies from A to Z." This book is a quintessential must-have gift for everyone on your holiday list. I'm talking everyone. It's a picture book — so you can get it for the little ones — and many people may see "A is for Audra"...

  22. Laura Heywood Interviews Marty Thomas ("Slow Dancing with a Boy"

    Marty Thomas has basically been a star since he was a child. His first Broadway credit was when he was only eleven years old, in The Secret Garden; since then he has appeared in Xanadu and Wicked, and has created and performed hundreds if not thousands of shows on New York stages as a stalwart of...

  23. Laura Heywood Interviews Vivek Tiwary (producer, Jagged Little Pill)

    Vivek Tiwary is a lead producer of Jagged Little Pill, the new musical inspired by and featuring songs from the iconic Alanis Morissette album. JLP is a powerhouse rock show that is also an intimate family portrait, with a brand new story by the Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody and directed...

  24. Laura Heywood Interviews Josh Lamon (Josh Swallows Broadway)

    Josh Lamon is one of Laura's longest-lasting friends in the Broadway industry. Seen most recently in the Tony-nominated musical The Prom, his Broadway credits include Groundhog Day, Finding Neverland, Elf and Hair -- plus notable off-Broadway productions including A New Brain at City Center…

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  25. Laura Heywood Interviews Julie Taymor and Eve Ensler (from the archives)

    Laura revisits conversations with two of her theatrical heroes, Julie Taymor and Eve Ensler. Taymor redefined both Disney and Broadway with her vision of The Lion King; she spoke to Laura in the summer of 2018 about the cinematic re-release of Across The Universe, the glorious film featuring the...

  26. Laura Heywood Interviews Wes Taylor and Alex Wyse (Indoor Boys)

    Broadway actors Wesley Taylor (Spongebob Squarepants, The Addams Family, Rock of Ages) and Alex Wyse (Waitress, Spring Awakening, Lysistrata Jones) have teamed up on the short-form fictional series "Indoor Boys," an award-winning web-based sitcom that follows two homebody roommates as they try to...

  27. Laura Heywood Interviews Kyle Post (Kinky Boots, The Weirdo's Way)

    Kyle Post performed over 2000 times in Kinky Boots on Broadway, achieving his life's greatest dream. He then realized his purpose was to coach others to live their own. Kyle Post Life Coaching is the answer, and his newest program, The Weirdo's Way, is designed for for self-identified oddballs.…

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  28. Laura Heywood Interviews Kooman and Dimond (The Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes)

    Michael Kooman (music) and Christopher Dimond (book & lyrics) are a New York City-based writing team for the stage and screen. The world premiere recording of their musical "The Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes" is out now. Their most recent musical, Romantics Anonymous, debuted to rave reviews…

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  29. Laura Heywood Interviews Christian Dante White (My Fair Lady; Hello, Dolly!)

    Fresh off of the Broadway productions of My Fair Lady — where he played Freddy Einsford Hill and Hello Dolly, where he understudied — and often went on for — the Tony Award winning role of Cornelius Hackel, Christian Dante White is here! The two of us originally met over social media — the first...

  30. Laura Heywood Interviews Rob Rokicki and the cast of The Lightning Thief (from the Archives)

    Rob Rokicki (composer), Sarah Beth Pfeifer and Kristin Stokes (actors) all made their Broadway debuts this season in The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson musical. The show has had its own hero's journey: from one-hour school show, to sold-out off-Broadway run, to national tour, to the Longacre...

  31. Laura Heywood Interviews Ann Sanders & Ivan Hernandez (Dear Evan Hansen)

    Ann Sanders and Ivan Hernandez have stepped into the shoes of Cynthia and Larry Murphy in the 2017 Tony Award winning musical, Dear Evan Hansen. They play the grieving parents of Connor and Zoe Murphy, who welcome Evan Hansen into their home under the auspices of a friendship that never really...

  32. Laura Heywood Interviews Diana DeGarmo & Ace Young

    Diana DeGarmo & Ace Young met in the Broadway production of "HAIR" in 2010, connecting over their shared experience as American Idol contestants. Diana has a new album out, "GEMINI," a country big band record available digitally and on vinyl. Ace is working on his new solo project, too! And next...

  33. Laura Heywood Interviews Eva Noblezada (Hadestown)

    Eva Noblezada stars as Eurydice in the 2019 Tony Award winning Best Musical, Hadestown, It's rare that an actress bursts onto the Broadway scene with as much power and relevance as my guest today. Making her debut at age 21 in Miss Saigon, she received a Tony Award nomination as best leading...

  34. Laura Heywood Interviews Joel B. New (Monkey Trouble: Unleashed!)

    Joel B. New is the winner of the American Theatre Wing's Jonathan Larson Grant and MAC's John Wallowitch Award. His musicals include "To Hell and Back," performed at the New York Musical Festival in 2015; "McKenzie and the Missing Boy," developed by the Musical Theatre Factory; and the EP "Cabot...

  35. Laura Heywood Interviews Julia Murney (#FiftyFabulousThings)

    Julia Murney -- of Wild Party, Lennon, and Wicked fame -- is celebrating her 50th year of life by doing #FiftyFabulousThings. She is here to celebrate the 50th episode of Laura Heywood Interviews! Julia & Laura's conversation runs the gamut from growth mindset to Disneyland to philanthropy to a...

  36. Laura Heywood Interviews Telly Leung (Aladdin, Glee)

    Telly Leung has been killing it on the Broadway stage for over a decade, with roles in Rent, Flower Drum Song, Pacific Overtures, Godspell, Allegiance, In Transit — and most recently starring for almost two years in the title role in Disney's Aladdin. He was also a favorite on Glee, as "Wes the...

  37. Laura Heywood Interviews Shoba Narayan (Hamilton, Great Comet)

    Just off of a triumphant run as Eliza Hamilton in the National Tour of Hamilton: An American Musical, followed by celebrating her wedding in a fete worthy of the movies, Shoba Narayan has returned to New York, and New York is celebrating. Specifically celebrating at the Greenroom 42 inside the...

  38. Laura Heywood Interviews Shoba Narayan (Hamilton, Great Comet)

    Just off of a triumphant run as Eliza Hamilton in the National Tour of Hamilton: An American Musical, followed by celebrating her wedding in a fete worthy of the movies, Shoba Narayan has returned to New York, and New York is celebrating. Specifically celebrating at the Greenroom 42 inside the...

  39. Laura Heywood Interviews Brenda Meaney (Little Gem at Irish Rep)

    Brenda Meaney is currently starring in "Little Gem" at Irish Repertory Theater as Lorraine, who is juggling roles as the single mother of a pregnant teenager and the only child of aging parents, while trying to stave off her own mental breakdown. But far from a tale of despair, this production is…

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  40. Laura Heywood Interviews Louie Pearlman & Joel Esher ("Joey & Ron: A New Sixties Bubblegum Rock Musical")

    Louie Pearlman & Joel Esher are the creators of "Joey & Ron: A New Sixties Bubblegum Rock Musical," which will premiere off-Broadway this November at the Players Theatre. Both Louie & Joel have been Story Pirates for over ten years (as has Laura!). In addition, Louie Pearlman has been an…

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  41. Laura Heywood Interviews Todrick Hall

    Todrick Hall is known for a ubiquitous YouTube presence, the epic "Straight Outta Oz" visual album, judging and choreographing for RuPaul's Drag Race, and countless pop hits including the newly remixed "Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels" with Ciara -- and he's back on Broadway, stealing the show at…

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  42. Laura Heywood Interviews Rachel Sussman (theatre and event producer)

    Rachel Sussman is a Tony Award-nominated producer committed to cultivating dynamic, inclusive theatrical work through collaboration. With credits including What The Constitution Means To Me, The Woodsman, NYMF (Artistic Director), and Audible, she is also the lead producer and co-creator of In a...

  43. Laura Heywood Interviews Jawan M. Jackson (Ain't Too Proud)

    Jawan M. Jackson is currently on Broadway playing Melvin Franklin, one of the original and longest lasting members of the Temptations. From the group's founding in the early 1960s to Melvin's death in 1995, he never left the group — and his impact has never left the world of music. As one of the...

  44. Laura Heywood Interviews Lena Hall (Bat out of Hell, Hedwig, Becks, Obsessed)

    Lena Hall is most recognizable for her Tony Award winning run as Yitzak in Hedwig and the Angry Inch (a production that also won the Tony for best Revival of a Musical). She made her Broadway debut at age 18 in Cats and has worked onstage virtually consistently since then — with roles in 42nd...

  45. Laura Heywood Interviews Alice Ripley (The Pink Unicorn, Next to Normal, Side Show)

    Alice Ripley is one of the heavyweights of American Musical Theatre. A Tony winner for her star-turn as Diana in the Pulitzer Prize winning musical "Next to Normal," Alice Ripley is known world-wide for showstopping roles, including those in Side Show (for which she was also Tony nominated,...

  46. Laura Heywood Interviews Joe Iconis (Be More Chill, Love in Hate Nation)

    Joe Iconis is the composer and lyricist of Be More Chill, Broadway Bounty Hunter, Love in Hate Nation, The Black Suits, and more. Mr. Iconis has done a lot of interviews. This one is different. Rather than go over the questions he's answered a hundred times before, on LHI Joe has the chance to…

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  47. Laura Heywood Interviews Christina Bennington (Bat Out of Hell: The Musical)

    Christina Bennington slays the role of Raven, the young ingenue of "Bat Out of Hell: The Musical," whose father is a tyrant ruling over a post-apocalyptic city called Obsidian — formerly known as New York City. She is deeply in love with the forbidden heartthrob Strat, made forever young by an...

  48. LHI Behind the Scenes Series: Dominic Grijalva, Graphic Artist (TeeRico)

    Dominic Grijalva, independent graphic artist and Design Director for the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, kicks off the new Behind the Scenes Series on Laura Heywood Interviews, where we explore fascinating people outside the spotlight. Broadway fans will recognize Dom's work for…

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  49. Laura Heywood Interviews Thomas Schumacher (From the Archives)

    Thomas Schumacher, President of Disney Theatricals, joined Laura in November 2017 to talk about the 20th Anniversary of The Lion King on Broadway. They became fast friends, digging into his long history with the Walt Disney company, including his ushering in a new era in theatre with this...

  50. Laura Heywood Interviews Nicholas Christopher (Hamilton)

    Nicholas "Nik" Christopher plays George Washington in "Hamilton: An American Musical," after starring in the touring production as Aaron Burr. He was also John in the recent Broadway revival of Miss Saigon, and has prestigious credits including having attended Juilliard. Today these acclaims take…

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Laura Heywood Interviews airs LIVE Mondays and Wednesday from Noon-1PM Eastern. Following one week of exclusive on-demand access for subscribers, each episode will be available as a free Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and everywhere else podcasts are found.Laura Heywood Interviews embodies Laura's signature intersection of contagious enthusiasm and deep research. The launch marks ten years since the first tweet Laura posted as her formerly anonymous online alter-ego, @BroadwayGirlNYC (50k followers across Twitter, Instagram, YouTube & Facebook).The show features visits from celebrity newsmakers, tastemakers and changemakers from both inside and beyond the world of theatre; phone calls with listeners and contests available only to those listening live; and interviews from Laura's extensive archive, consolidated and combined to celebrate current events and timely themes.While best known for her long-form interviews with over 150 Broadway stars on AOL's Build Series, CBS, Siri

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