Spelade
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"This show has layers."
Fancy Dance Man Joshua Burrage (NEWSIES, CATS, A BRONX TALE) stops by the Breakdown to discuss his deep love of the movie-turned musical-turned Netflix movie musical SHREK. Joshua and Matt also discuss character secrets in CATS, audio issues with Zoom and how to properly showcase Sutton Foster. Take it home, Stephen!!
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John discovers just how young some of the listeners of Broadway Breakdown are, Matt finally watches The Princess Switch, and producer Lucas McMahon (Something Rotten, Hand to God, The Play That Goes Wrong) pops in to correct some misconceptions about Broadway. It's REVELATORY!
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First National Tours are one of the most important calling cards for the Broadway community. Staged in New York City to cross the country, these facsimiles of Broadway shows bring the experience of attending a Mainstem musical to theatrelovers across the country. But how similar are these touring productions to their Broadway counterparts? And what’s the experience for performers who pick up their lives to travel the country in one of the casts?
Joshua Michael Burrage has performed with not one, but two first national tours: Newsies and A Bronx Tale The Musical. In between, he made his Broadway debut in the recent revival of Cats. I asked him into the studio to talk about those two tours, and how those experiences differed from performing on the Great White Way. Here’s our conversation...
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