We’re officially in the Tonys home stretch! The fiends catch you up on our road to the 2024 Tony Awards. Topics include sipping that me espresso, initial Tony nominations thoughts, dentata, why Shaina Taub is a girl with grit, and a fateful night at the theatre. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dramafiends/support

The fiends are once again joined by fam of the pod Joe - so you know we have a lot to discuss. We unpack our theory of the Post-Spring Awakening Teen Angst Musical. Topics include our favorite pop girlies, 2012 X Factor USA, current bops and flops, Wicked: Part 1, and what makes the perfect teen angst musical. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dramafiends/support

The fiends have so many thespian activities to catch you up on! Topics include LinkedIn influencers, Glee writer Brad Falchuk’s wife, the Lea Michele Eras Tour, ambulatory theatre, and shows that improve in the second act. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dramafiends/support

The fiends are excited to discuss all things How To Dance In Ohio with cast member Cristina Sastre! Topics include Mean Girls The Musical The Movie, being Stannies, Cristina’s journey with How To Dance In Ohio, how this show is different from other experiences, and what the legacy of this show can be for Broadway. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dramafiends/support

The fiends are absolutely swept away by Adrian Blake Enscoe, star of the new Avett Brothers musical Swept Away, which just finished a successful run at Arena Stage. Topics include the importance of composting, authentic storytelling through song, being stranded at sea, and Adrian’s upcoming tour with John Gallagher Jr.! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dramafiends/support

The fiends break down the first in a tale of two Gatsbys - The Great Gatsby at Papermill Playhouse. Topics include why 2024 is the year of the Drama Fiend, the drama of being in TECH, Mama Rose being the Hamlet of musical theatre, and how The Great Gatsby musical lives up to its legendary source material. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dramafiends/support

The fiends are joined by screenwriter, librettist, and novelist Heather Hach to discuss her new thriller The Trouble with Drowning. Topics include Heather’s iconic past projects including Legally Blonde: The Musical and Freaky Friday, books we’re all fiending for, and the wildly entertaining, unique storytelling of her new novel. Heather even fan-casts the novel and breaks down the intriguing title and cover! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dramafiends/support

Oh what a celebration we’ll have today because it’s Wicked’s 20th anniversary! We finally fiend (publicly) for the most magical show on Broadway, and we cannot shut up about it. Topics include which upcoming shows we’re already fiending for, our official endorsements of best Elphies and Glindas, the many hours of Elphaba riff compilations we have clocked, and how this show reminds us all that the future is unlimited. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dramafiends/support

The fiends are super excited to be joined by cabaret and theatre performer Ava Nicole Frances ahead of her solo show at 54 Below! She tells us all about her journey as a performer, her cabaret act, and some theatre-related fiending experiences. Topics include some devastating Broadway news, Troye Sivan and James Charles, Ava’s heartwarming introduction to theatre, telling stories through song, and the incredible classic film and theatre costume recreations Ava does with her dads every year. Get tickets to Ava’s show “Here’s Looking at You Kid” at 54 Below here: https://54below.org/events/ava-nicole-frances/ For more about Ava, check out her website: https://www.avanicolefrances.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dramafiends/support

Find out what the fiends have been up to over summer break! Plus, we share our hopes and dreams for the upcoming Broadway season. Topics include some guy named Shakespeare, a tale of two Gatsbys, deinfluencing listeners from a theatre district hot spot, raccoons, and the F-word for (probably) the last time ever.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dramafiends/support