The COVID-19 Specials #5

Ollie Southgate on why Putting It Together won't be making an immediate return in the new year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ollie Southgate talks all things Broadway publicity, REBECCA, and "Burnt" with reporter and fellow BPN host Blake Ross. “Rebecca” the musical was supposed to be the next “Phantom of the Opera”, Broadway’s multi-billion dollar hit. Instead, “Rebecca” turned into one of the wildest, most bizarre, true-crime scandals the stage has ever seen. When a multi-millionaire stranger suddenly dies, a fire is lit that ends up consuming everyone involved in the show. In Burnt, the story of “Rebecca” winds its way through secret stings, many courtrooms, prison and freedom — and when the smoke finally clears, we’re left to wonder: who is really to blame and how in the hell did this happen? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With many shows now back on stage, three of Broadway's newest senior appointments in the world of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) join host Ollie Southgate to discuss their experiences, intentions and expectations in their new roles and the kinds of change they hope to bring about across the industry. With Christina Alexander (Director of Social Responsibility at WICKED), Chloe Beck (Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at MOULIN ROUGE: THE MUSICAL) and Gennean Scott (Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the Broadway League). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hadestown and Little Shop Of Horrors producer Sally Cade Holmes about the imminent return of commercial theater in New York, and making more publicly accessible the secret sauce of how to produce a show. We discuss everything from the newfound value of TikTok and Digital Captures to the theatre business to the safe re-opening of the in-person experience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ollie Southgate sits down with twelve time Tony Award-winning producer Daryl Roth to talk about the highs and lows of thirty years producing work both on and off Broadway and the unique opportunity she had to be among the first to bring audiences back into a New York theatre. We discuss what she looks for when it comes to choosing which show to bring to the stage next and what a year without live entertainment has meant for one of the titans of the business. Tickets for BLINDNESS are available on Telecharge; see www.blindnessevent.com for details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the City and the State continue to tout re-opening dates for Broadway, Ollie Southgate discusses how re-openings in Australia and off-Broadway have played out, and how the industry's unions are responding to widespread allegations surrounding abusive producers and coming back better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With news finally emerging on city and state plans for bringing live theater back in New York City, Ollie Southgate provides an updated timeline and a look into things to come on Putting It Together throughout the rest of 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the pandemic continues to keep hundreds of thousand of arts jobs around the world hanging in the balance, now for over a year in many cases, we discuss a serious but often undiscussed issue faced by the live entertainment industry around the world. On today’s show I’m talking to arts industry survivor Meg Massey, the woman behind burnout coach Maggie Supernova, about the highs and lows of working in the commercial theater business and the warning signs to watch out for to avoid letting a high speed career meet a brick wall. We discuss how her passion and personality helped her thrive in the arts but ultimately reach a boiling point, the traits that leave both employees and employers more susceptible to the perils of burnout, and how she’s now using her experience to help others avoid it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew Lowy discusses Theatre2050; his online thesis of what Broadway and American theater may look like three decades from now. We discuss his takes on everything from the streaming and broadcast of Broadway shows to the potential future of a United States National Theatre and his takes as a ticketing professional on what selling Broadway tickets will look like post-pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The infamous New York Post columnist and author of the New York Times bestseller "Razzle Dazzle" about his new book "Singular Sensation". We discuss his twenty year career reporting the ups and downs of the Broadway business in both his tabloid articles and his books, and the rapidly changing role of the theatrical journalist in the digital age. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices