Big Theatre Kid Energy

Guest Morgan Meadows (if that name sounds familiar, it’s cuz Jared Popkin and Ryan Garcia couldn’t stop singing her praises in Reefer Madness at Wisteria Theatre) joins to talk about the uniquely complex and moving musical: FALSETTOS. She starred in a recent production by Conundrum Theatre, and again proved her prowess as a singer, dropped in performer, and deft comedian on the stage. We talk about the real world issues this show dives into, explore the themes of immature men making life changing decisions, and why concessions should ALWAYS have COLD Diet Coke in stock.

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In the Season 2 premiere of BIG THEATRE KID ENERGY, Haley Fitzgerald joins to talk about the national tour of The Outsiders: A New Musical. Haley is a professional dancer, filmmaker, and actor, most recently starring as Viola in the hit movie Obsession. They talked her experience in the film, what made the fights and choreo in The Outsiders so riveting, and why Bo Burnham is Haley’s forever north star!

More info on the play: https://tour.outsidersmusical.com/

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They interviewed ME about the show I’m currently performing in: The Visit at Pasadena Playhouse. Running through October 4th.

More information on the play: https://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/event/the-visit/

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SURPRISE!! I booked a play. And when you’re in theatre, you don’t have time to see theatre. Honestly, somebody needs to fix that.

I’ll be in The Visit at Pasadena Playhouse. Running from September 9th through October 4th. Please come and see it if you are in town!

Let's consider this the end of Act One of Big Theatre Kid Energy. Be soon with Act Two!

More information on the play: https://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/event/the-visit/

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Good Guy With a Gun is a new musical comedy concept album by Philip Labes and Micah O'Konis, with executive music production by Hal Rosenfeld.

It’s like Book of Mormon for the NRA! The musical is STAR STUDDED, hilarious, moving, and unafraid to call out both sides of the political divide.

It’s available to listen to ANYWHERE! https://open.spotify.com/album/4pJUcuzZdpU8AyT6qnqtrh?si=hKRCDuEDRPKWY0UpfyfSkA

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Samantha Fekete (Professional Fangirl) joins to talk about the magic missing from the 30th anniversary North American tour of Beauty and the Beast. While the performers were incredible, the show had little to no personality or life to it! Where did it all go?

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Combine Whose Line is it Anyway with NSFW Muppets, and you get Brian Henson’s Puppet Up! My guest Malie Mason and her actual taxidermied fox Estelle joined to talk about our experience at the show. PLUS the studio gets flooded midway through the episode! Which was… A WILD EXPERIENCE.

More info on Puppet Up! here: https://www.puppetup.com/

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Curt Mega (Glee, Team Starkid) joins to talk StarKid’s newest musical TOMB QUEST at The Colony Theatre. We talk being Joseph Gordon-Levitt lookalikes, our love of the movie Newsies, and how making art with your friends is KINDA THE WHOLE POINT!

Check out all that Team Starkid is up to at: https://www.teamstarkid.com/And go see Tomb Quest at The Colony Theatre through August 23rd: https://www.colonytheatre.org/

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Rachel Rosenbloom (Silicon Valley, Platonic, Good Trouble) joins to talk PROOF at El Portal Theatre. The show starred Ed Begley Jr. and his daughter Hayden Begley, and was a fundraiser for Parkinson’s research, with all the net proceeds going to the Michael J. Fox Foundation. You can still donate at: https://www.michaeljfox.org/be-fundraiser

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Kiki Andersen (TWO EMMY AWARDS, Stand Up Comedian) joins to talk MEXODUS at Pasadena Playhouse. They talk about how BLOWN AWAY they were by this live looping hip hop musical all about the little known underground railroad that went south into Mexico.

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EXCITING NEW FORMAT! Cailyn Hoertz (Social Media Department Lead for TryGuys) joins to compare the different versions of Phantom of the Opera. Which is best? The movie, the touring production (at Pantages), or the immersive Masquerade now running in NYC?? This episode was maybe my favorite so far!

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Karalynn Dunton (Phineas and Ferb, The Runaways, instagram sketches) joins to review MAMMA MIA! at Ahmanson Theatre. They discuss how they’ll never be able to sing like these UNBELIEVABLE talents on stage, Karalynn’s foray into writing, producing and performing sketch comedy, and why switching gender roles doesn’t make being a “predator” a good comedic choice.

Go see Mamma Mia! at Ahmanson Theatre through July 19th!

https://www.centertheatregroup.org/

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Nik Walker (Shrek in Shrek the Musical, Masquerade, Hamilton, Chicago, too much Broadway shit to list) is BACK to talk all things SHREK at The Muny in St. Louis, MO. They chat about weather delays in outdoor theatre (opening night got rained OUT), being TERRIBLE at receiving compliments, how being a comedian requires endless generosity of self and talent.

Check out all the things happening at The Muny this summer!

https://muny.org/

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Kacie Rogers (The Pitt, Two Time NAACP Award Winner) joins to talk about ANGRY, RAUCOUS, AND SHAMELESSLY GORGEOUS at Geffen Playhouse. They talk working on The Pitt, the taboo nature of discussing the lack of fully fleshed out female characters in August Wilson plays, and why that “glassy skin” look is in. Like… why is it in?

Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous runs at Geffen Playhouse through July 12th.

https://www.geffenplayhouse.org/

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Brian Rosenthal (Tin Can Bros, Starkid, Make the Damn Show) joins to talk about How to Have Sex Again at Odyssey Theatre, written by Louis Reyes McWilliams and produced by The Rebel and the Warrior in residence at Sanguine Theatre Company. They talk about how to produce indie theatre, the secrets of LA parking, and how bad ass the producing duo Rosalind Bevan and Hannah Beebe.

Learn more about Odyssey Theatre

https://odysseytheatre.com/

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Jonathan Faircloth Kirk (Try Guys, Shoulda Books) joins to talk about PRIMARY TRUST at Mark Taper Forum. They talk about how there are TOO MANY ADS in playbills, Jonathan’s work as a writer/director, and his enrichingly delicious podcast SHOULDA BOOKS, all about the books you SHOULDA read by now.

Go see Primary Trust playing at Mark Taper Forum, playing through June 28th:

https://www.centertheatregroup.org/

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Marissa Rivera (Good Trouble, Lucifer, Try Guys) joins to talk about HELL’S KITCHEN at Hollywood Pantages Theatre. Ryan picks Marissa’s brain about her incredible success as a commercial actor, the incredible voices and moves of this Hell’s Kitchen cast, and what it’s like for actors to become YouTubers .

Go see Hell’s Kitchen at Hollywood Pantages Theatre, playing through June 21st:

https://www.broadwayinhollywood.com/

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Whitney Avalon (Princess Rap Battles, Phineas and Ferb, St. Denis Medical) joins to talk about BRIGADOON at Pasadena Playhouse. They discuss the hard work that goes into producing your own work, the genius of this adaptation of a classic musical, and our connections to Jack McBrayer, Jefferson Mays, and Alfred Molina (all in attendance at opening night).

Go see Brigadoon at Pasadena Playhouse, playing through June 14th:

https://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/

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Brent Bailey (Hot Santa at Target, LBJ, The Lincoln Lawyer, Holiday Dating Guide) joins to talk about a classic: Death of a Salesman at A Noise Within Theatre. They discuss the business of being a BUSY working actor, the relevance of Arthur Miller’s play, and why using your notes app as a calendar is the least efficient way to function in society.

Check out A Noise Within Theatre:

https://www.anoisewithin.org/

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Jared Popkin (Poppa’s home the bitch is back) joins to talk about Reefer Madness at Wisteria Theater. They talk about the difference between performing as an actor vs. as a Try Guy, how baller the women who own and operate Wisteria Theater are, and all about the power of the almighty REEFER!

Reefer Madness is playing at Wisteria Theater through May 17th:

https://www.wisteriatheater.com/

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