Episodes
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Tony Nominee, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series star Julia Lester comes to Take A Bow where she shares how her built in love for Musical Theater changed her life.
In this episode, hear all about:
Into The Woods
I Can Get It To You Wholesale
HSMTMTS
Fan-girling over cast mates Sara Bareilles
Joe Serafini, Joshua Bassett, and Olivia Rodrigo turning to music
Getting Stephen Sondheim's stamp of approval
How EVERYTHING is connected
Biggest learning moments
How Ashlyn has grown in the High School Musical franchise
"My Days" Joy Woods
Coming from a musical family
+ So much more!
Curtain up, Julia Lester
Connect with Julia Lester on Instagram: @juilalester
Connect with Take A Bow on social: @takeabowpodcast
Connect with host, Eli Tokash on social: @tokash_eli
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Musical theatre, Voice, and Tik Tok star Echo Picone comes to Take A Bow where she shares how Sesame Street began her never-ending love for singing and music.
In this episode, hear all about:
Trevor off-Broadway
Watching herself on Disney+
Pinkalicious
Understanding your voice
Impressions
TikTok
Creating trends
Songwriting
Riffing
16 years old (for not much longer)
+ So much more!
Curtain up, Echo Picone
Connect with Echo Picone on Instagram: @echopicone
Connect with Take A Bow on social: @takeabowpodcast
Connect with host, Eli Tokash on social: @tokash_eli
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In this episode, hear all about:
Making her Broadway Debut
On Your Feet on Broadway
Influence of Gloria Estefan
Meeting at the White House
N/A the play
Working with Diane Paulus
Working with Holland Taylor
Being a fan while being a professional in the industry
Her process to approaching a role
Performing in Sinatra in the West End
The importance of N/A in today's time (especially for young audiences.)
+ So much more!
Curtain up, Ana Villafañe
Connect with Ana Villafañe on Instagram: @anavillafaneofficial
Connect with Take A Bow on social: @takeabowpodcast
Connect with host, Eli Tokash on social: @tokash_eli
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We are in the presence of an ANGEL (DUST)! What a joy to be able to witness the emergence of Blake Roman who has accomplished it all in such a short amount of time. In just the past 2 years he starred as a leading role on Broadway, stars in a hit animated tv show, released his own music, and so much more. If you aren't already on the Blake Roman fan train, allow me to introduce you as we talk about his process as an actor throughout the industry, pointing out the differences, yet also similarities, between the different mediums of entertainment he continues to fall in love with.
Blake Roman, Curtain Up!
In this episode, hear all about:
Making his Broadway Debut
Harmony on Broadway
Building a musical from the ground up
Working with Barry Manilow + performing with him
Imposter Syndrome in the industry
Hazbin Hotel
Creating the voice of Angel Dust
Tips to voice over acting
Writing his own music
+ So much more!
Curtain up, Blake Roman
Connect with Blake Roman on Instagram: @itsblakeroman
Connect with Take A Bow on social: @takeabowpodcast
Connect with host, Eli Tokash on social: @tokash_eli
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In this episode, hear all about:
Jimmy Awards
Rehearsing at Julliard
Performing "I love Betsy" in front of Andrew Barth Feldman after his iconic performance that won the Jimmy's
Being a tall girl in musical theater
Biggest takeaways from the week of "bootcamp"
How many times have they watched the full show after having their Broadway Debut taped
The audition process of advancing through the show
Dream roles
How the exposure has opened doors for them even just one week from the Awards
+ So much more!
Curtain up, Peter Dessert and Mackenzie Crawford
Connect with Mackenzie Crawford on Instagram: @mackenziemcrawford
Connect with Peter Dessert on Instagram: @peter_the_dessert
Connect with Take A Bow on social: @takeabowpodcast
Connect with host, Eli Tokash on social: @tokash_eli
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In this episode, hear all about:
Eden's 1st Tony Nomination
Lempicka
Rent
Wicked
Understudying her idol, Idina Menzel
Playing her dream role in RENT
Preparing for her Tony Nominated performance in Lempicka
Taking paint classes to learn how to hold a brush
Telling a queer story
What it's like to be in shows where cast mates idolize her.
+ So much more!
Curtain up, Eden Espinosa
Connect with Eden Espinosa on Instagram: @edenespinosa
Connect with Take A Bow on social: @takeabowpodcast
Connect with host, Eli Tokash on social: @tokash_eli
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In this episode, hear all about:
1st Tony Nomination
Spamalot
Improvisation
Balancing comedy with high stakes
How to read your audience to not cross a line with a joke
The Creation of Lady of the Lake: The Farewell Tour
Live Show at Joe's Pub
Alex Brightman creating cults
Beetlejuice
Indebted to a fan base
+ So much more!
Curtain up, Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer
Connect with Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer on Instagram: @lesliekritzer
Connect with Take A Bow on social: @takeabowpodcast
Connect with host, Eli Tokash on social: @tokash_eli
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In this episode, hear all about:
Journey to becoming a performer/storyteller
How he grew up in this industry
School of Rock
Working with Alex Brightman
Trevor on Disney+
Filming a new TV Show in Paris
Sing Street
Becoming an award nominated actor
Broadway Star Project
Actors Tool Kit
+ So much more!
Curtain up, Diego Lucano
Connect with Diego Lucano on Instagram: @diego_lucano
Connect with Take A Bow on social: @takeabowpodcast
Connect with host, Eli Tokash on social: @tokash_eli
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Velkommen, bienvenue! Welcome to the Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club! That's right, we are bring the Kit Kat Club to you as we talk to the cast, creatives, and Broadway's biggest celebrities ahead of the opening night. Hear the behind the scenes inside scoop to a show like never before. From what it was like to bring a production from the UK to the US, reviving an iconic show in such an innovative way, completely redesigning a Broadway theatre and what it's been like to perform in the round, and so much more.
Hear from stars such as Eddie Redmayne, Ato Blankson-Wood, Henry Gottfried, Marty Lauter (Marcia, Marcia, Marcia), BERNADETTE PETERS, Harvey Fierstein, Julie Benko, Julia Lester, Tom Francis, Dylan Mulvaney and more.
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Join us for an extraordinary deep dive inside the most transformative decade on Broadway through gripping behind-the-scenes accounts of shows such as Sunset Boulevard, Rent, Angels in America, Chicago, The Lion King, and The Producers - shows that changed the history of the American theater. Host Michael Riedel, author of the best-selling book Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway, has created a companion podcast featuring his never-before-heard, taped audio interviews with legendary artists from Andrew Lloyd Webber, Stephen Sondheim, Patti LuPone, and so many more.
Michael presents the drama behind the decade’s mega-hits and shocking flops, bringing readers into high-stakes premieres, fraught rehearsals, tough contract negotiations, intense Tony Award battles, and more. From the bitter feuds to the surprising collaborations, all the intrigue of a revolutionary era in the Theater District is packed into Singular Sensation. Broadway has triumphs and disasters, but the show always goes on.
Enjoy Singular Sensation: The Podcast everywhere you get your podcasts or use http://bpn.fm/singularsensation to listen and learn more, and be sure to get the book here: https://amzn.to/4cNdfO3.
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OUR WHITE WHALE GUEST! He's here! The only one person in the world who could be our guest for episode 200. Matthew Morrison. He has graced both the screen and stage for many years. He is an Emmy, Golden Globe, and Tony Award nominee (among many other award nominations and wins). You know him for playing the role of Mr. Will Schuester in Glee. I know him as "my dad" in Finding Neverland, as host, Eli Tokash, reunites with "Mr. Barrie." Here, it's safe, in this place, above the clouds, that is episode 200!
Hear all about:
Journey to becoming a performer/storyteller
What took so long
How he grew up in this industry
The constant shifts
Finding Neverland
Mentorship roles
Earning your stripes
How he deals with the media
Glee
Directing while acting
How directing shaped his new process as an actor
Chicago in Japan
+ So much more!
Curtain up, Matthew Morrison
Connect with Matthew Morrison on Instagram: @matthewmorrison
Connect with Take A Bow on social: @takeabowpodcast
Connect with host, Eli Tokash on social: @tokash_eli
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After her rise to stardom on social media, Amber Ardolino is proving she has the talent to lead a Broadway Company in A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical. After appearing in the ensembles of Hamilton and Head Over Heels, she understudied Satine in Moulin Rouge where she showed her first glimpse of her triple threat abilities. She then continued to originate roles in Back To The Future and Funny Girl. Now, she's taking her, well deserved, solo bow on Broadway eight times a week in A Beautiful Noise. This episode has it all from vocal tips, bts of her iconic TikTok videos, advice, inside perspective of the industry at all the levels of a performer, and so much more.
Hear all about:
Journey to becoming a performer/storyteller
How she didn't listen to her teachers (thank god) who told her she wouldn't make it
Making her Broadway Debut
Hamilton Shoulder
Bouncing from show to show
The difference between originating and replacing a role
A BEAUTIFUL NOISE
A Beautiful Noise special bows
The process of her "Show Announcement Videos"
Red Flags
Vocal Tips
+ So much more!
Curtain up, Amber Ardolino
Connect with Amber Ardolino on Instagram: @ambernicoleardolino
Connect with Take A Bow on social: @takeabowpodcast
Connect with host, Eli Tokash on social: @tokash_eli
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After her Breakout performance on Broadway by originating the role of Katherine Howard in SIX: The Musical, Samantha Pauly comes to Take A Bow a day before she returns to Broadway at the Broadway Theater in the Great Gatsby. Sam chats with us right before heading to a call time for tech in her opening week of her first show in a brand new musical. This episode has it all from meaningful friendships, fandom, advice, knowledge, and so much more.
Hear all about:
Journey to becoming a performer/storyteller
How theatre chose her
Audition process of Gatsby
How she heard she got the role (it was by accident)
Returning to Broadway in Great Gatsby
Pre-Broadway run at PaperMill Playhouse
Journey to creating Jordan Baker
How her songs have been cut, re-added, changed, etc. from the show.
Sharing a stage with Jeremy Jordan and Evan Noblezada
Falling in love with Noah J. Ricketts
+ So much more! (including a psa from our host about their school, PPAS)
Curtain up, Sam Pauly
Connect with Sam Pauly on Instagram: @sampauly
Connect with Take A Bow on social: @takeabowpodcast
Connect with host, Eli Tokash on social: @tokash_eli
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Hear all about:
Journey to becoming a performer/storyteller
Growing up auditioning
Touring with Dear Evan Hansen
Having their Broadway moment
Adjusting to eight shows a week
What working with Ben Platt, Jordan Fisher, etc. taught him
Voice Over/Commercial acting
TikTok
Sephora Musical
Advice for performers to gain exposure and allow social media to help you
+ So much more!
Curtain up, Jared Goldsmith
Connect with Jared Goldsmith on Instagram: @jaredbgoldsmith
Connect with Take A Bow on social: @takeabowpodcast
Connect with host, Eli Tokash on social: @tokash_eli
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EMMY Award Winner and Broadway star, Mia Sinclair Jenness joins us to Take A Bow and bares all about her journey through growing up in the Entertainment industry. This episode has it all from education, memories, advice, and tons of laughs. From open call to the EMMYs, to reminiscing of growing up on Broadway.
Hear all about:
Journey to becoming a performer/storyteller
Growing up on Broadway
Normalcy of a Broadway Kid
Sharing stories of her time growing up with Gaten Matarazzo and Joshua Colley
Appropriate on Broadway
Understudying Elle Fanning
Grey House
Les Miz
Broadway Park
Voice Over acting
Meeting celebrities who watch her perform
Matilda
+ So much more! (including a psa from our host about their school, PPAS)
Curtain up, Mia Sinclair Jenness
Connect with Mia Sinclair Jenness on Instagram: @miasinclairjenness
Connect with Take A Bow on social: @takeabowpodcast
Connect with host, Eli Tokash on social: @tokash_eli
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GRAMMY Award winner and Broadway star, Adrianna Hicks joins us to Take A Bow for her work in the entertainment industry. Adrianna has a wealth of knowledge from performing around the WORLD. From Germany to Austria, touring the United Stated to Broadway. She's done it all while performing in at least one of your favorite shows! Hear all about:
Journey to becoming a performer/storyteller
Why being an adventurer can help you as a performer
Aladdin, Sister Act, Dirty Dancing, Legally Blonde and more!
THE COLOR PURPLE
Influences of other performers as a young actor
What performing with Jennifer Hudson, Jennifer Holliday, and Heather Headley taught her
Going out on tour
SIX
Living out her Beyonce dreams on a Broadway Stage
What changes were made from London to Broadway
SOME LIKE IT HOT
The GRAMMYs
Becoming a GRAMMY winner
+ So much more!
Curtain up, Adrianna Hicks
Connect with Adrianna Hicks on Instagram: @missadriannahicks
Connect with Take A Bow on social: @takeabowpodcast
Connect with host, Eli Tokash on social: @tokash_eli
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The new STARS of Hadestown come to Take A Bow chatting all things HADESTOWN! This episode features the different perspectives of performers in different stage of their career with different relationships with the show. Hear all about how the show began with Ani, to Lola making her debut in this GIANT show fresh off of a hit tv show, to Jordan Fisher cherishing the moment in his life he gets to tell this story.
Ani Di Franco
How HADESTOWN was made
Hadestown as a concept album
Why she decided to make her Broadway debut
Finding the balance of Persephone
Lola Tung
The Summer I Turned Pretty
On set vs on Broadway
Surprising people by showcasing her singing talents
Learning from Jordan Fisher and previous Eurydice such as Solea Pfeiffer and Eva Noblezada
Jordan Fisher
Becoming a Broadway Veteran
What he has learned from playing Orpheus
How he approaches a role
THE GASP
How he relates to all of the characters he's played on Broadway
Fan-girling over the MUSIC
+ So much more from each of them!
Curtain up on Jordan Fisher, Lola Tung, and Ani DiFranco!
Connect with Jordan Fisher on Instagram: @jordanfisher
Connect with Lola Tung on Instagram: @lola.tung
Connect with Ani DiFranco on Instagram: @anidifranco
Connect with Take A Bow on social: @takeabowpodcast
Connect with host, Eli Tokash on social: @tokash_eli
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