Two Kids & A Broadway Star

Ellie and Haley interview STEPHANIE D’ABRUZZO!

Stephanie is the OG Kate Monster in Avenue Q! It’s a role that earned her a Tony nomination and showed the world a brand-new kind of puppeteering—right on stage! She’s built her whole career on amazing puppeteering and voice work, with roles on Sesame Street, Julie’s Greenroom, in video games, on TV, in movies, off Broadway and more!

From puppeteering to Avenue Q, Stephanie tells us about:

⭐️ Her first puppets, and where they are now!

⭐️ What it was like to meet Big Bird as a grownup

⭐️ How Avenue Q was supposed to be a TV show

⭐️ What she thinks happened to Princeton and Kate Monster <3

⭐️ Her favorite Sesame Street guest stars

⭐️ Her advice for young performers

⭐️ And what’s the difference between a puppet and a Muppet anyway?

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Ellie and Haley interview DREW GASPARINI! Drew is a composer, songwriter and performer, and he’s been making big waves lately with the new Karate Kid musical and a stage version of It’s Kind of a Funny Story.

In this episode, Drew tells us all about ...

⭐️ Staying true to Karate Kid and when we can see its out-of-town run!

⭐️ Becoming a noodle.

⭐️ How he feels about Cobra Kai.

⭐️ Some exciting news about It’s Kind of a Funny Story!

⭐️ How he became friends and writing partners with Alex Brightman, and what they’re working on right now!

⭐️ His new puppy, Gordy.

⭐️ The first show he’s going to see when Broadway reopens—and who he’s taking with him!

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Ellie and Haley interview TAMAR GREENE! Or as we like to call him: George Washington! Tamar joined the Broadway cast of Hamilton in January before the shutdown, and before that, he spent a year and a half in the role during the show’s run in Chicago. And he was born right here in Rochester, NY, where he went to the Eastman School and performed in some of the same local theaters we’ve been lucky to be a part of.

In this episode, Tamar tells us all about …

⭐️ His first Broadway audition, and his Hamilton audition!

⭐️ His background in opera and piano

⭐️ When Hamilton will be back in rehearsals!

⭐️ His advice for young performers

⭐️ Ham 4 Progress and how we can bring Broadway back BETTER!

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Ellie and Haley interview AARON ALCARAZ! We first saw Aaron as Angel in the 20th anniversary tour of RENT! And he later made his Broadway debut as a swing in the cast of Mean Girls. He’s one of the nicest actors we’ve ever met and we can’t wait for you to hear what he had to say about …

⭐️ How he learned Angel’s crazy dance moves!

⭐️ How he got from the RENT tour to the Broadway stage!

⭐️ What’s harder: Being a lead or being a swing?

⭐️ What’s next for Mean Girls

⭐️ Where all the swings hang out!

⭐️ His advice for young performers

⭐️ How we can bring Broadway back BETTER!

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Ellie and Haley interview ALEX BRIGHTMAN! You know him as the ghost with the most. The teacher with the meacher. He’s rocked out in School of Rock and he’s haunted the Winter Garden as Beetlejuice. He’s a two-time Tony nominee, a writer, a voice actor and a member of the comedy group The (M)orons. AND he’s the nicest Broadway star we’ve ever met. In this episode, Alex tells us all about …

⭐️ The new TV show he’s writing!

⭐️ What he fell back on when Broadway shut down.

⭐️ What he thinks might be next for Beetlejuice.

⭐️ His advice for young performers and how he found theater as a kid.

⭐️ Why it’s important to share what you know!

⭐️ How we can all support the theater community.

⭐️ How Kevin is doing.

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Ellie and Haley interview JENNIFER ASHLEY TEPPER! Jennifer produced BE MORE CHILL on and off Broadway, and also produced Love In Hate Nation and Broadway Bounty Hunter. She’s also an author, the creator of The Jonathan Larson Project and is working on the Tick Tick Boom movie. AND she’s the one who gets all those awesome shows to Feinstein’s/54 Below. Phew!

Jennifer definitely told us all of her secrets, liiike:

⭐️ How she was a theater kid just like us. Right down to the show!

⭐️ What a Broadway producer really does. (Hint: Everything.)

⭐️ All things Be More Chill!

⭐️ George Salazar. 😍 Lin-Manuel Miranda. 🤯

⭐️ The Jonathan Larson Project and working on the Tick Tick Boom movie!

⭐️ Her favorite theater secret!

⭐️ And who’s in the yeti costume???

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Rory O’Malley has played some of Broadway’s funniest, most likeable characters! And after talking to him, we can tell you that sounds just like him! He was nominated for a Tony Award for his role as Elder McKinley in Book of Mormon and was the first replacement for King George in Hamilton. WHOA. We had so much fun talking to him and finding out a bunch of theater secrets, like:

⭐️ How Elder McKinley was created and what makes him so funny

⭐️ How to turn any audition into a good relationship

⭐️ How Jonathan Groff helped Rory take over as King George in Hamilton

⭐️ His advice for theater kids

⭐️ Who would win in a beauty pageant: Elder McKinley or King George?

⭐️ What Josh Gad and Leslie Odom Jr. were like in college (Spoiler alert: At least one of them was a !)

⭐️ The secret behind that crazy Book of Mormon costume change!

And always ➡️ what we can do to support theater RIGHT NOW!

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Ellie and Haley interview KRISTIN STOKES! Kristin originated the role of Annabeth Chase in the Lightning Thief musical off-Broadway, on the national tour and in the show’s limited Broadway run.

Kristin talks to the girls about:

⭐️ How being her mom’s theater buddy led to her start in theater.

⭐️ How she auditioned for The Lightning Thief before even reading the Percy Jackson books!

⭐️ What she has done in 2020 to recover from her crazy 2019.

⭐️ What’s next for her and The Lightning Thief.

⭐️ Which Broadway star would be the best quest partner.

⭐️ How she totally became the Annabeth of the Lightning Thief cast.

⭐️ Seaweed. Brain.

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Ellie and Haley interview DANA STEINGOLD! Dana played the Girl Scout in Tony-nominated Beetlejuice and starred in Avenue Q and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. She’s also the voice of Saraline on the Emmy-nominated Welcome to the Wayne.

Dana talks to the girls about:

⭐️ How attending theater camp changed her life.

⭐️ Her secrets for auditioning and puppeteering.

⭐️ Being in the fun and challenging Avenue Q.

⭐️ What it was like when Beetlejuice closed early.

⭐️ How we can support theater right now.

⭐️ What kids with big Broadway dreams can do to build their skills now.

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Haley and Ellie interview HUNTER FOSTER! Hunter is a Tony Award nominee who has been in Grease, Urinetown, Little Shop of Horrors, the Producers and more! Today, he’s artistic director at Redhouse Theater in Syracuse, NY.

Hunter talks to the girls about:

⭐️ His career path and how he got where he is today.

⭐️ Hus favorite role.

⭐️ The surprising way he and his sister Sutton found their way to musical theater.

⭐️ Why he agreed to do a musical all about pee.

⭐️ How they can make it to Broadway when they’re older and how all of us can help support theater and the arts right now!

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