Broadway ReFocused is in conversation with 17-year old composer and writer, Elise Marra. In May of 2020, Elise’s sixth musical, Frankie! The Musical was released on Broadway Records making her the youngest female in history to release a cast concept album. The show has been developed with New York Theatre Barn and featured on Playbill.com and Broadwayworld.com. In this podcast, we learn what the show is about, where it’s at in its development process, and we get to listen to one of the first tracks off the new cast album. Learn more about Elise at <a href="http://www.elisemarra.com">www.elisemarra.com</a>. And follow Frankies’ journey on Instagram: @frankiemusical.

Conversation with Jamie Jarrett, composer/writer of "Wonder Boy"

Welcome to "Musicals with Impact," a podcast that is part of the Broadway ReFocused Project, exploring Broadway’s past with a goal to reshape its future. In each episode, we learn about a new and innovative musical that encompasses BIPOC, transgender, queer, women, disabled, and other under-represented voices. We celebrate a culture-shifting musical as it begins its journey to the Broadway stage. “Musicals with Impact” is developed in partnership with New York Theater Barn, a not-for-profit theatre company that incubates original musicals that tell untold stories, produced by Fashion Consort and part of the FC Podcasts network. Creator and host, Spencer Williams, is a musical theatre educator, composer and playwright.

Conversation with Elise Marra, composer/writer of "Frankie! The Musical"