Had to Ask
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Had to Ask: Shannon Lewis on Choreographing Just In Time, SNL, and 25+ Years on Broadway
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shannon Lewis (@realshanlew) is a veteran Broadway performer turned choreographer whose career spans more than 25 years on stage and screen. She made ...
Had to Ask: John Cardoza on Love, Loss, and Finding His Way from Moulin Rouge! to The Notebook
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
John Cardoza (@johnfcardoza) joins me on Had to Ask for a vulnerable, moving, and deeply human conversation about love, grief, and resilience. From to...
Had to Ask: Matt Doyle on Company, Sondheim, and Surviving Broadway’s Toughest Truths
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tony Award winner Matt Doyle (@mattfdoyle) — who you may know from Company, Spring Awakening, The Book of Mormon, and more — joins me on Had to As...
Had to Ask: Burke Swanson on Stranger Things, Back to the Future, and Building Community Through Theatre
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You might know Burke Swanson (@burke_swanson) as Young Hopper in Stranger Things: The First Shadow on Broadway — but his path to the Upside Down sta...
Had to Ask: J. Harrison Ghee on Some Like It Hot, Winning a Tony, Drag as Revelation & Being Seen
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Had to Ask is back with the one and only J. Harrison Ghee (@jharrisonghee) — Tony Award-winner, Broadway trailblazer, and all-around radiant soul. I...
Had to Ask: Drew Gehling on Booking the Role That Got Away in & Juliet, the Broadway Community, and Loving Julia Mattison
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when Broadway’s favorite Shakespeare gets real about love, legacy, and the role that got away? In this episode of Had to Ask, Drew Gehl...
Had to Ask: Erich Bergen on Playing the Villain in Boop! on Broadway, Being a Multi-Hyphenate, and Why Blake Still Hits Hard
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You may know Erich Bergen (@erichbergen) from Jersey Boys, Waitress, or playing the internet’s favorite political heartthrob on Madam Secretary (M...
Had to Ask: Tatianna Córdoba on Real Women Have Curves on Broadway, Societal Expectations, Immigration, and the People Who Raised Us
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Before Real Women Have Curves closed on Broadway, Tatianna Córdoba (@tatiannasophia) sat down with Had to Ask to talk about everything this momen...
Had to Ask: Emma Pittman on The Outsiders on Broadway, Parasocial Relationships, and What’s on Her For You Page (It’s Unhinged)
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Emma Pittman: Broadway’s rising star who’s breaking the mold, telling her truth, and giving us all the backstage tea in the very first episod...