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 Thing 00:03:08 - Louis Peitzman, everybody! 00:21:49 - Lorna Portillo, Patti LuPone's Life Standby 00:39:14 - It's A Scream!

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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.

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 headlines 00:01:51 - Jennifer Ashley Tepper is here! 00:18:12 - Terrance Rozier gives us the odds 00:32:01 - RAPID RAFFIO

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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.

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 headlines 00:02:56 - Ricky Schroeder gets Booped 00:19:52 - Gloria Burbank, talent agent to the stars 00:37:46 - We play Broadway Hit or No Way, Git!

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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.

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!

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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.

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 headlines 00:01:52 - Max Mendoza Crumm, everybody! 00:20:46 - A booking error? Amber is here. 00:36:32 - BroadwayCONnections

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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.

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 headlines 00:02:26 - Hannah Solow 00:20:46 - Ivory Gams 00:36:32 - Understudy Over-prepared

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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 headlines 00:02:33 - Callum Francis 00:19:02 - The Gum Under Seat D3 at the St. James stops by! 00:33:18 - We play "Would It Survive the Titanique?"

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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.

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"

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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.