Celebrate the mammoth effort of opening a show on Broadway. Whether you have seen the show, watched the slime tutorials, entered lotteries, or are begging for tickets for your birthday – dive into the beginning, middle, and sometimes premature end of what it means to be on Broadway straight from the people working on your favorite shows. This isn’t just an ordinary interview show – we dive in deep asking hard-hitting questions. Hosts Eila Mell and Michael Kushner will take you on an educational, yet emotional and very fun journey as you learn every detail of what goes into opening, sustaining, and closing your favorite Broadway shows. This podcast features spoilers, so make sure you’re ready for them if you haven’t seen the show.
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Celebrate the mammoth effort of opening a show on Broadway. Whether you have seen the show, watched the slime tutorials, entered lotteries, or are begging for tickets for your birthday – dive into the beginning, middle, and sometimes premature end of what it means to be on Broadway straight from the people working on your favorite shows. This isn’t just an ordinary interview show – we dive in deep asking hard-hitting questions. Hosts Eila Mell and Michael Kushner will take you on an educational, yet emotional and very fun journey as you learn every detail of what goes into opening, sustaining, and closing your favorite Broadway shows. This podcast features spoilers, so make sure you’re ready for them if you haven’t seen the show.
Tony Nominations. Life Changes. Taking Comedy Seriously.
Leslie Kritzer has been around for a second – two decades to be specific – and finally she has received a Tony Nomination for her brilliant turn as The Lady of the Lake in the 2024 revival of Spamalot. This episode is full of laughs as we talk about taking comedy seriously and full of tears as we talk about personal loss while performing one of the funniest shows in the musical theatre cannon.
“I did not get here alone,” says Kritzer on this emotional episode. Let’s dive in and celebrate this comedic genius who gives us her all, not just eight times a week, but even after the show closes.
Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer recently finished her run on Broadway as The Lady of the Lake in Spamalot, for which she received a Tony Nomination. Other Broadway credits include Delia in Beetlejuice where she received Drama Desk and Drama League nominations, Something Rotten!, Elf, Sondheim on Sondheim, Legally Blonde, A Catered Affair (Drama Desk nomination), and Hairspray. Off-Broadway: The Robber Bridegroom (Lucille Lortel Award and Drama League awards), Gigantic (Lucille Lortel nomination), ROOMS: A Rock Romance (Outer Critics Circle nomination), The Great American Trailer Park Musical (Drama Desk nomination). Television credits include recurring roles in The First Lady, Bridge and Tunnel, New Amsterdam, Vinyl, and the final season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, portraying the iconic Carol Burnett. Other television appearances include Difficult People, Slugfest, Kevin Can Wait, Younger, and Law and Order: SVU. Kritzer has created several solo shows, including Burn it to the Ground, Beautiful Disaster, and Leslie Kritzer Is Patti LuPone at Les Mouches, for which she received a TimeOut NY award.
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The After Party
Celebrate the mammoth effort of opening a show on Broadway. Whether you have seen the show, watched the slime tutorials, entered lotteries, or are begging for tickets for your birthday – dive into the beginning, middle, and sometimes premature end of what it means to be on Broadway straight from the people working on your favorite shows. This isn’t just an ordinary interview show – we dive in deep asking hard-hitting questions. Hosts Eila Mell and Michael Kushner will take you on an educational, yet emotional and very fun journey as you learn every detail of what goes into opening, sustaining, and closing your favorite Broadway shows. This podcast features spoilers, so make sure you’re ready for them if you haven’t seen the show.
