The Playbill Podcast: A Show on Broadway
Episodes
Cats: The Jellicle Ball with Junior LaBeija, Bill Rauch, and Zhailon Levingston
17 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
"Was there ever a Cat(s) so clever?" That is what people are saying about Cats: The Jellicle Ball, the outstanding revival based on the award-winning ...
The Lost Boys with Patrick Wilson, James Carpinello, and Marcus Chait
02 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If you’ve ever moved to a new town, you know how much of a pain it is. For the Emerson family in the 1980’s, they feel that in a major way as they...
Joe Turner's Come and Gone with Ruben Santiago-Hudson and Joshua Boone
28 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Throughout his life, the legendary and groundbreaking playwright August Wilson wrote ten plays chronicling the Black experience, decade by decade, thr...
Chess with Aaron Tveit
20 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
How does a simple Chess rivalry become more than just one person against another? How about...when both players are involved in a love triangle? And t...
Schmigadoon! with Alex Brightman and Sara Chase
15 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wished to find yourself IN a musical? That is the fate of boyfriend and girlfriend Josh and Melissa, who get trapped in the town of Schm...
David Rockwell on his legendary career on Broadway and beyond
12 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we focus not on a particular show but on a remarkable talent who has helped change the landscape of the theatrical world, literally a...
Dog Day Afternoon with Jon Bernthal
30 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What lengths would you go to for the person you loved, and what lengths would the public love you for it? Those are the central themes of the play Dog...
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) with Christiani Pitts, Sam Tutty, and Tim Jackson
21 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever been lucky enough to visit somewhere, or meet someone, and feel almost immediately that your life is about to change? That is what the c...
Ragtime with Joshua Henry, Caissie Levy, and Brandon Uranowitz
31 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In 1998, composer/lyricists Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, and book writer Terrance McNally brought a big, American musical to Broadway based on Ra...
Time To Kill: Making The Lost Boys Musical -- Part 3, The Cast
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Lost Boys musical is on its way to Broadway, and it is one of the season’s most highly anticipated new shows. Previews start March 27th at the P...
Time To Kill: Making The Lost Boys Musical -- Part 2, The Direction
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Lost Boys musical is on its way to Broadway, and it is one of the season’s most highly anticipated new shows. Previews start March 27th at the P...
Time To Kill: Making The Lost Boys Musical -- Part 1, The Music
27 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Lost Boys musical is on its way to Broadway and it is one of the season’s most highly anticipated new shows, with previews starting March 27th a...
The Lost Boys, from New York Comic Con
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Playbill went to New York Comic Con in October and hosted several panels on Broadway and beyond, including one on the highly anticipated new musical T...
Little Shop of Horrors, from New York Comic Con
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Playbill went to New York Comic Con in October and hosted several panels on Broadway and beyond, including one on the record-breaking off-Broadway rev...
The Lion King with Gavin Lee and Lindiwe Dlamini, the show's longest-tenured actor
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What do you get when you combine more than 11,000 performances, 124 million attendees, and six Tony Awards? You have arguably the most successful and ...
Hamilton, from New York Comic Con
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Playbill went to New York Comic Con in October and hosted several panels on Broadway, including Beetlejuice's return, Hamilton's lasting legacy, the r...
Beetlejuice The Musical, from New York Comic Con
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Someone must have said his name three times again...since Beetlejuice is back on Broadway for a third time! Playbill went to New York Comic Con earlie...
Breaking the Binary Theatre Roundtable
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Breaking the Binary Theatre is a new work development and community building hub wherein transgender, non-binary, and Two-Spirit+ artists come togethe...
My Life in the Theatre - Audra McDonald
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One of the recurring multimedia series we make at Playbill is called My Life In The Theatre, and you can find it in the Playbill programs on Broadway,...
Death Becomes Her with Jennifer Simard and Christopher Sieber
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The musical "Death Becomes Her" has become a Broadway mainstay, thrilling packed houses each night and building an impressive audience. For those ...
Take a Banana for the Ride with "Roastmaster General" Jeffrey Ross
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Playbill Podcast, host Alex Birsh talks with "Roastmaster General" Jeff Ross about his new solo show, Take a Banana for the Rid...
The magic of the MUNY with Rob McClure, Maggie Lakis, and Mike Isaacson
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We here at Playbill hope you are having a great summer. It was a whirlwind, wonderful season on Broadway, capped by the Tony Awards in early June. We ...
My Life in the Theatre - Jonathan Groff
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi Playbill Podcast listeners! We make a lot of content here at Playbill: for the Playbill programs, our website, and our social media/YouTube pages. ...
Tony Awards Predictions with Adam Feldman and Elysa Gardner
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Tony Awards are on Sunday, June 8, and what better way to prepare for the big night than by talking about what could happen! As a Tony Awards part...
Jeremy Jordan on Floyd Collins and his Tony nomination
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the early 1990s, college students Adam Guettel and Tina Landau embarked on a wild idea: writing a musical based on the strange-but-true story of Fl...
Oh, Mary! with Cole Escola and Sam Pinkleton
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Few shows on Broadway get to be considered a "breakout hit," but the original play Oh, Mary! at the Lyceum Theatre has officially hit the mainstream, ...
&Juliet with Maya Boyd and Alison Luff
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What would happen next if Shakespeare's Juliet decided not to take her own life? The story told each night at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre is an answe...
Redwood with Idina Menzel
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk to Idina Menzel, one of Broadway's brightest stars, about her musical Redwood. Co-created by Menzel and writer/director Tina ...
Operation Mincemeat with Natasha Hodgson and Jak Malone
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode highlights one of the most captivating new Broadway shows today: Operation Mincemeat! Winner of London's Olivier Award for Best Musical i...
SIX: The Musical with creators Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Maybe Happy Ending with Darren Criss
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Hadestown with Merle Dandridge and Carlos Valdes
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 M...
Introducing 'The Playbill Podcast'
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...