“The Magic Sing” with Jasmine Forsberg + The Life of a Showgirl Twin Talk

Connor and Dylan are joined by Rodd Cyrus (Ragtime, The Light in the Piazza). It was the music of a podcast beginning… wig… Rodd shares stories about starring as Harry Houdini, his favorite Ahrens & Flaherty songs to hear every night, and what it’s been like bringing Ragtime for New York City Center to Broadway. Rodd discusses being part of “the loop group” on The Gilded Age, shooting an episode of Elsbeth, his journey from the west coast to Juilliard, the “Black Mirror” experience of performing in Ragtime at NYCC during the 2024 Presidential Election, and sharing the screen with the QUEEN: Queen Latifah. Rodd tells his love story with his girlfriend Stella, including details of their White Lotus adjacent vacation, and spills on their dream show to do together. Listen in to hear about why Connor is at a Netflix crossroads, Rodd’s love of Riverdance, and a debrief on Jennifer Lopez in Kiss of the Spider Woman. Prepare to be amazed by Rodd in Ragtime at Lincoln Center Theater!Follow Rodd on InstagramFollow DRAMA. on Twitter & Instagram & TiktokFollow Connor MacDowell on Twitter & InstagramFollow Dylan MacDowell on Twitter & InstagramSubscribe to our show on iHeartRadio Broadway!Support the podcast by subscribing to DRAMA+, which also includes bonus episodes, Instagram Close Friends content, and more!

This week the twins are yapping their little pod mics off about all of the hottest hot button topics in pop culture and in the theatre world at large. Jane Krakowski’s starring turn in Oh, Mary, Betsy Wolfe in Death Becomes Her, Bat Boy at New York City Center, the musicians strike drama, and MORE. Listeners, friends, and lovers submitted juicy topics to get into, so we mention it all. There’s a power ranking breakdown of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, thoughts on Dr. Wendy Osefo, Gizelle Bryant, Ashley Darby, and the cast of The Real Housewives of Potomac, and of course, Britani Bateman’s solo show: What About Me? at 54 Below. Dream DRAMA guests, worries about AI, and celebrity cosmetic surgeries are only the tip of this iceberg and baby you’re the Titanic! Listen and love, y’all!Follow DRAMA. on Twitter & Instagram & TiktokFollow Connor MacDowell on Twitter & InstagramFollow Dylan MacDowell on Twitter & InstagramSubscribe to our show on iHeartRadio Broadway!Support the podcast by subscribing to DRAMA+, which also includes bonus episodes, Instagram Close Friends content, and more!

Dylan and Connor are joined by Jay Armstrong Johnson (I Put a Spell on You, Moulin Rouge the Musical). Jay is BACK on the pod. Thankfully no one had to wait 300 years for a virgin to light the Black Flame Candle… I Put a Spell on You, Jay’s Halloween extravaganza, returns to Webster Hall on October 20th for its 10th anniversary celebration benefiting the Ali Forney Center. The twins catch up with Jay on all things Winifred Sanderson, how the show has evolved, and which special guests and treats attendees can expect this year. Hint: Robyn Hurder, Ariana DeBose, and more. Y’ALL! Jay is currently starring as Christian in Moulin Rouge the Musical, a role he’s dreamed of since youth but never thought he’d get the opportunity to play. Hear the tea about being passed over for it previously, but how the timing finally was right. We also discuss Jay’s turn in Parade at New York City Center and on Broadway, his love story with his gorgeous boyfriend, and what it was like to step onstage for the 50th anniversary of A Chorus Line. We’re so thrilled to welcome our friend Jay back to the pod for some Double Drama and we know you will love it too. See you on Halloween Night (aka October 20th!).Follow Jay on InstagramGet tickets to I Put a Spell On You at Webster Hall on October 20th!Follow DRAMA. on Twitter & Instagram & TiktokFollow Connor MacDowell on Twitter & InstagramFollow Dylan MacDowell on Twitter & InstagramSubscribe to our show on iHeartRadio Broadway!Support the podcast by subscribing to DRAMA+, which also includes bonus episodes, Instagram Close Friends content, and more!

The twins are giving you a Twin Talk AND an interview with Jasmine Forsberg (I & You, Six) all packed into one fabulous episode. First, listen to Connor and Dylan break down the juiciest hot topic on the planet: Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl album. Immediate reactions, whether or not their title predictions match the song content, and a dissection on all things Taylor. Speaking of Showgirls, we’re ALSO chatting with Jasmine Forsberg, who you will know from Six the Musical, Here Lies Love, and Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends. Are you gagged? We get into “Heart of Stone,” the way David Korins brilliantly redesigned the Broadway Theatre, and how much fun she and the cast had on and offstage while performing Sondheim BOPS. Oh, did we mention Lea Salonga’s impact? Queens, everywhere! Jasmine is currently starring in the world premiere of I & You: The Musical, running at Princeton’s McCarter Theatre. She gets into what it’s like building a brand new show alongside Benji Santiago. That’s showgirl life, my darlings! J’adore!Follow Jasmine on InstagramFollow DRAMA. on Twitter & Instagram & TiktokFollow Connor MacDowell on Twitter & InstagramFollow Dylan MacDowell on Twitter & InstagramSubscribe to our show on iHeartRadio Broadway!Support the podcast by subscribing to DRAMA+, which also includes bonus episodes, Instagram Close Friends content, and more!

Connor and Dylan are joined by Tony Award nominee Lorna Courtney (Heathers the Musical, & Juliet). It’s a beautiful freaking day on the pod, y’all! The QUEEN of Westerburg High is here to dish on all things Heathers the Musical. SO very. We discuss Veronica Sawyer, her take on the role, the gaggy cast filling out the halls of Westerburg, and her pre (and post!) show rituals. What songs does Lorna love to sing? Also, tune in to hear which show Lorna was ALSO auditioning for at the same time as Heathers. Hint: it’s coming to Broadway this fall. We of course discuss & Juliet, the hit Broadway show that garnered Lorna her first Tony nomination for Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical. Favorite memories, song, backstage guests, and Mama Melanie La Barrie are just a few of the tidbits she shared from that time. Stick around for Little Mix, Jade, and Perrie chatter, plus reality television and Halloween tea. Can we be seventeen, please? We love Lorna!Follow Lorna on InstagramFollow DRAMA. on Twitter & Instagram & TiktokFollow Connor MacDowell on Twitter & InstagramFollow Dylan MacDowell on Twitter & InstagramSubscribe to our show on iHeartRadio Broadway!Support the podcast by subscribing to DRAMA+, which also includes bonus episodes, Instagram Close Friends content, and more!

Settle in for one of your favorite ways to spend an hour: a twin talk! The world may be ending, but at least the twins are on their (self-made) platform to gab their way through it. Dylan and Connor recap Dylan’s bachelor(ette) party – The Dylanette. Highlights from West Hollywood, Paramount Studios, a mimosa happy hour, and a full rundown of the reality stars they met. They also share a never-before-told story of going to SUR and meeting the new “number one guy in the group” on the upcoming season of Vanderpump Rules. Gag it! We spill the tea on why Cheno is in Broadway news this week, Cabaret’s premature closing, the Dreamgirls star search, and whether or not Evita, Burlesque, and The Devil Wears Prada will transfer stateside. Whew! There are doses of drama galore, but you’ll have to tune in for more. See you in the mountains of Provo with the Salt Lake City Housewives, y’all!Follow DRAMA. on Twitter & Instagram & TiktokFollow Connor MacDowell on Twitter & InstagramFollow Dylan MacDowell on Twitter & InstagramSubscribe to our show on iHeartRadio Broadway!Support the podcast by subscribing to DRAMA+, which also includes bonus episodes, Instagram Close Friends content, and more!

Dylan and Connor are joined by Hannah Solow (Oh, Mary!). Ahead of her residency as the titular First Lady (and cabaret chanteuse), Hannah arrives on the pod in a blaze of glory. She charts her entire journey with Oh, Mary!, from the first time she stepped into rehearsals for the Off-Broadway run at the Lucille Lortel all the way to over a year later at the Lyceum Theatre. Hannah shares memories from making her Broadway debut, creating her version of Mary, and how she honors Cole Escola’s Mary Todd legacy onstage. Tune in for a conversation stock full of pop culture chatter – the Emmy Awards, theatrical dream casting, #NotSinceHamilton, performing arts high school, Tisch, the theatre scene in California, the glory days of Instagram, Cole Escola, and MORE. The twins also recap Dylan’s bachelor(ette) party, The Dylanette, which was full of West Hollywood dreams, reality television guest appearances, and memories to last a lifetime. Keep your eye out for Hannah’s upcoming solo show and don’t miss her as Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary! on Broadway from September 30 – October 12!Follow Hannah on Instagram and Twitter Follow DRAMA. on Twitter & Instagram & TiktokFollow Connor MacDowell on Twitter & InstagramFollow Dylan MacDowell on Twitter & InstagramSubscribe to our show on iHeartRadio Broadway!Support the podcast by subscribing to DRAMA+, which also includes bonus episodes, Instagram Close Friends content, and more!

Connor and Dylan are joined by two-time Tony-nominee Christopher Sieber (Death Becomes Her, Spamalot!). Get ready for a rip-roaring, dazzling, breezy chat with your favorite Broadway star and his new favorite twins. So much drama, so little time. Christopher currently stars as Ernest Menville in the smash hit musical version of Death Becomes Her. We dive into all things DBH, from working with his miraculous leading lady costars Jennifer Simard and Megan Hilty, personally crafting Ernest’s big solo number, and fan response to the show. They learn about Christopher’s journey with his gay identity, including meeting his beloved husband while performing in Beauty and the Beast together in the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Stage credits we discuss include playing Gaston in Beauty and the Beast, Rapunzel’s Prince in Into the Woods, Sir Dennis Galahad in Spamalot!, Lord Farquaad in Shrek the Musical, and Trent in The Prom. Up next, Christopher will appear in Bat Boy: The Musical at New York City Center. We loved our chat with this incredible man, and you’ll surely love him. Stick around for book recommendations, love for The Pitt on HBO Max, and a River Phoenix tribute podcast that you’ll just devour. Don’t miss Christopher in Death Becomes Her! It all really is for the gays, y’all!Follow Christopher on InstagramFollow DRAMA. on Twitter & Instagram & TiktokFollow Connor MacDowell on Twitter & InstagramFollow Dylan MacDowell on Twitter & InstagramSubscribe to our show on iHeartRadio Broadway!Support the podcast by subscribing to DRAMA+, which also includes bonus episodes, Instagram Close Friends content, and more!

Dylan and Connor are joined by the reigning winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars 10, Ginger Minj! Well, we got her gal! The Glamour Toad joins the twins for an end-of-summer chat that is so queer, so draggy, and so gaggy that you’ll be begging for part two immediately. Ginger reflects on her entire ten-year journey on Drag Race: season 7 filming conditions, reactions, and castmates; how much she’s grown in that time; favorite memories and moments; why she felt it was time to return to All Stars again, and what winning really felt like. Ginger is hot off her summer residency in Provincetown and getting ready for Hokus Pokus Live with Sapphira Cristal and friend of the pod Jujubee. Spooky season is coming, y’all! She teases what to expect, the origins of the show, and becoming Bette Midler’s drag daughter on the set of Hocus Pocus 2. Ginger shares what it’s been like to have a health journey shown onscreen for the entire world. This is DRAMA, honey, so we of course get into her theatrical side, even teasing a Broadway debut in the VERY near future. Tune in for all of that and more in this fabulous episode of DRAMA.Follow Ginger on Instagram & Twitter & TiktokSee Hokus Pokus Live on tour!Follow DRAMA. on Twitter & Instagram & TiktokFollow Connor MacDowell on Twitter & InstagramFollow Dylan MacDowell on Twitter & InstagramSubscribe to our show on iHeartRadio Broadway!Support the podcast by subscribing to DRAMA+, which also includes bonus episodes, Instagram Close Friends content, and more!Photo of Ginger Minj by Magnus Hastings

Your favorite twins are talk, talk, talking again! Y’all, the amount of theatre, pop culture, love, and life that is discussed in this episode is truly limitless. Buckle up. We fully break down Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl announcement, guess what the songs will be about, analyze her appearance on her boyfriend (fiancé by the time of release!) Travis Kelce’s podcast, and debate whether or not we’re true Swiftie stan. Spoiler alert: we are. Connor continues to be obsessed with Sabrina Carpenter, and can’t wait for Man’s Best Friend, while Dylan waxes poetic about the chilling, intense, and extraordinary Netflix miniseries Adolescence. But that’s not all. There is theatre casting news out the wazoo! June Squibb and Cynthia Nixon in Marjorie Prime, Carrie Coon in Bug, Jasmine Amy Rogers in Spelling Bee, Sherie Rene Scott in Queen of Versailles, oh my! Lady Gaga’s Mayhem Ball, Laurie Metcalf’s allegiance to Scott Rudin, and so much more. Love, light, and showgirl life, y’all. Stream Jason Schmidt’s original music btw!Follow DRAMA. on Twitter & Instagram & TiktokFollow Connor MacDowell on Twitter & InstagramFollow Dylan MacDowell on Twitter & InstagramSubscribe to our show on iHeartRadio Broadway!Support the podcast by subscribing to DRAMA+, which also includes bonus episodes, Instagram Close Friends content, and more!