Episodes

  • SIX: The Musical with creators Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss

    SIX: The Musical with creators Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss
    Apr 21 2025

    When Broadway returned from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, it needed a jolt, a bolt of lightning. Happily, we did not just get one. We got SIX.


    In this episode, host Alex Birsh talks with Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, the creators of SIX: The Musical, to discuss how an idea developed in a university dorm room turned into a smash-hit musical that has played over 1,400 performances on Broadway and around the world. Before the interview, Birsh chats with Meredith Ammons, Playbill's Social Media Coordinator, about why she suggests SIX to her friends and family who ask her, "What Broadway show should I see?"

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    46 mins
  • Maybe Happy Ending with Darren Criss

    Maybe Happy Ending with Darren Criss
    Apr 14 2025

    Could a show about robots be Broadway's best new love story?


    On this episode, we talk with Golden Globe winner Darren Criss (American Crime Story, Glee) who stars in Maybe Happy Ending, one of the buzziest new musicals on Broadway. He chats with Playbill's Alex Birsh about what the show means to him and what it's like bringing it to audiences each week. The episode also features an interview with the theater friend of the week, Diep Tran (Playbill's Editor-In-Chief), who talks about why this show resonated with her so much.

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    51 mins
  • Hadestown with Merle Dandridge and Carlos Valdes

    Hadestown with Merle Dandridge and Carlos Valdes
    Apr 7 2025
    Welcome to The Playbill Podcast! Join us for our inaugural episode as we chat about Hadestown, the fan-favorite Broadway show that won the 2019 Best Musical Tony Award. Alex Birsh hosts the episode with guests Merle Dandridge (The Last of Us, Station 19) and Carlos Valdes (The Flash, Up Here) who currently play Persephone and Orpheus on Broadway. Our theater friend of the week is Margaret Hall, a member of Playbill's writing staff, who talks about why Hadestown is one of her favorite shows.

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    37 mins
  • Introducing 'The Playbill Podcast'

    Introducing 'The Playbill Podcast'
    Mar 26 2025
    Welcome to The Playbill Podcast! There are always so many choices of what to see on Broadway, and it's always hard to know if you're not...in the know. The Playbill Podcast is here to help. Hosted by Playbill's vice president, Alex Birsh, whose family has operated Playbill since the 1960's, each episode will focus on a currently running Broadway show and help you with the question: would this show be for me? And if you've seen the show discussed, the second part of the episodes feature an interview with current cast members or creative forces that helped make the show what it is today.

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    2 mins
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