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On this episode of the Broadway Gives Back podcast, we have two crazy talented and very passionate guys as our guests - Robin de Jesús and Ryan Morales.

Robin de Jesús is a film and theater actor best known for playing roles in the Broadway musicals In the Heights, La Cage aux Folles, and in The Boys in the Band, which earned him three Tony Award nominations. He also starred in the film adaptation of The Boys in the Band on Netflix. He was in the mini-series Welcome to Chippendales and the film tick, tick... BOOM!, directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, for which he received massive critical acclaim. Robin has a reputation of being one of Hollywood’s and Broadway’s hardest-working actors who always delivers.

Ryan Morales is an actor, a singer, a producer, an activist and the Founder & Producing Artistic Director of Latiné Musical Theatre Lab, an organization that develops and advocates for new Latiné-written works of musical theatre. His mission is to radically change who gets to tell musical stories on stages across the country and around the world. Ryan has a passion for telling stories about men who find strength in their vulnerability - not shame. Stories that elevate the Latiné and LGBTQ+ experience beyond the boundaries they typically exist in.

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Connect with Robin de Jesús:

Instagram: @robinofjesus


Twitter: @robinofjesus



Connect with Ryan Morales & Latiné Musical Theatre Lab:

Instagram: @ryanmoralesgreen @latinemtlab


Latiné Musical Theatre Lab


Hosted & Executive Produced by Jan Svendsen
A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
Special thanks to Dori Berinstein, Alan Seales, and Kimberlee Garris from BPN; Julian Hills from The Bulldog Agency; and Eric Becker from Broderick Street Music.

Robin's morning music inspo:
Vivir Mi Vida
La Vida Es Un Carnaval

Ryan's morning music inspo:
Dreamer
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Music is our focus today on the Broadway Gives Back podcast, and I have two very special women as my guests. So first, Let’s “Let it go” for Oscar, Emmy, and Grammy award-winning, Kristen Anderson-Lopez. Kristen is best known for her work from Frozen, Coco, In Transit, Up Here and Finding Nemo. Kristen is also very involved in two important organizations… Brooklyn Children’s Theatre and Maestra Music. Speaking of Maestra… we will also be talking to multiple award winning music director, composer, lyricist, pianist, and music producer, Georgia Stitt, who started Maestra Music to provide support, visibility, and community to the women and nonbinary people who make the music in musical theatre— and now together with Lin-Manuel Miranda, they are developing and managing the RISE Theatre Directory which is helping to build a more equitable and inclusive theatre industry. 

Learn more about about the worthy causes discussed in this episode and how you can donate and/or help:
risetheater.org
maestramusic.org
brooklynchildrenstheatre.org
tadatheater.com

Connect with Georgia Stitt:

Website: georgiastitt.com


Instagram: @georgiastitt



Connect with Kristen Anderson-Lopez:
Instagram: @kristenampersandlopez


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Hosted & Executive Produced by Jan Svendsen.

A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.

Special thanks to Dori Berinstein, Alan Seales, and Kimberlee Garris from BPN; Julian Hills from The Bulldog Agency; and Eric Becker from Broderick Street Music.
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In this episode of Broadway Gives Back we talk about Transport Group and their mission of crafting risk-taking and thoughtful productions of theatre that widen the lens on our American experience. Their works create space for new American perspectives that deepen our shared capacity for empathy and understanding. My guests are two incredible human-beings. Jack Cummings III is the co-founder and artistic director at Transport Group, and has been nominated for Drama Desk and Obie awards. Donna Murphy is on the Artistic Advisory Board at Transport Group and she is a Five time Tony Award nominee and two time Tony winner. Her career spans film, television, and of course, theatre. Donna has starred in shows like: Passion, The King & I, Wonderful Town, and Into the Woods to name a few. For her contribution to the arts, she has received numerous special honors and she donates her time to many different organizations. 

Learn more about about the worthy causes discussed in this episode and how you can donate and/or help:

Website: transportgroup.org


Instagram: @transportgrp



Connect with Donna Murphy:
Instagram: @officialdonnamurphy


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Hosted & Executive Produced by Jan Svendsen.

A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.

Special thanks to Dori Berinstein, Alan Seales, and Kimberlee Garris from BPN; Julian Hills from The Bulldog Agency; and Eric Becker from Broderick Street Music.
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Our guest today is the “Beautiful” actor, and we mean that literally and figuratively, Jessie Mueller! Jessie starred in Beautiful, the Carole King musical and won the Tony Award for her performance. Jessie also has been nominated for a Tony for the leading roles in Waitress, Carousel and On A Clear Day You Can See Forever. Her body of work is breathtaking and inspiring. As impressive as her acting career is, her social activism is equally as impressive. Jessie supports art education, LGBTQ+ rights, anti-gun violence, women’s rights, Broadway Cares and the Entertainment Community Fund. 
In this episode, Jesse joins the podcast along with Anika Larsen, a Tony Award Nominee and a climate devotee, to talk about the environment during Earth Month. This is part of the series, called The United Nations Global Goals where we talk about tackling the world’s “to do” list to make our planet a better place. 

Learn more about about the worthy causes discussed in this episode and how you can donate and/or help:

GlobalGoals.org

BroadwayGreen.com/

BPN.fm/SaveThePlanet


Learn more about composting:

EPA: epa.gov/recycle/composting-home


NYC.gov: nyc.gov/assets/dsny/site/services/food-scraps-and-yard-waste-page/composting-residents-organics


Wirecutter: nytimes.com/wirecutter/guides/how-to-start-composting/



Connect with Jessie Mueller:
Instagram: @jessiermueller


Connect with The Broadway Gives Back Podcast:

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Hosted & Executive Produced by Jan Svendsen.

A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.

Special thanks to Dori Berinstein, Alan Seales, and Kimberlee Garris from BPN; Julian Hills from The Bulldog Agency; and Eric Becker from Broderick Street Music.
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Our guest in this episode is a true activist. Laura Bell Bundy is also an actress, a recording artist, a singer/songwriter, a director, a producer, and a podcaster. Broadway fans will know her as Tina in Ruthless, Amber in Hairspray, Elle Woods in Legally Blonde, where she was nominated for a Tony Award, and she played Glinda in Wicked. She started her own foundation called Women of Tomorrow, which works to raise the social consciousness by bringing awareness to women’s issues through art, education and community. 

As part of the Broadway Gives Back podcast's Earth Month series, “United Nations Global Goals” we are talking about tackling the world’s “to do” list to make our planet a better place. I’m joined by my Earth Month co-host Tony Nominee, Anika Larsen. We decided to work together on this series and bring in guests to talk about the ways in which we all can make small changes for the greater good. Join us as Laura talks about Global Goal #5, Gender Equality.

Learn more about about the worthy causes discussed in this episode and how you can donate and/or help:

WomxnOfTomorrow.org/

GlobalGoals.org

BroadwayGreen.com/

BPN.fm/SaveThePlanet


Connect with Laura Bell Bundy:

Website: laurabellbundy.com


Instagram: @laurabellbundy


Facebook: @laurabellbundy


Twitter: @laurabellbundy



Connect with The Broadway Gives Back Podcast:

Facebook: @broadwaygivesbackpodcast


Instagram: @broadwaygivesbackpodcast


Twitter: @broadwaygives



Hosted & Executive Produced by Jan Svendsen.
A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
Special thanks to Dori Berinstein, Alan Seales, and Kimberlee Garris from BPN; Julian Hills from The Bulldog Agency; and Eric Becker from Broderick Street Music.
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Our special guest today is Andrew Barth Feldman who won the 2018 National High School Musical Theatre Award, and went on to make his Broadway debut as the title character in the Tony Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen as a junior in high school. Since then, he has starred in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical, and various other television shows and films, and he has won an Emmy Award for hosting the 2020 Roger Rees Awards. He works as a performer, writer, creator, and an advocate.
This episode is part of our Earth Month series, called The United Nations Global Goals, where we talk about tackling the world’s “to do” list to make our planet a better place. I’m joined by my passionate co-host, Tony Nominee Anika Larsen. We decided to work together on this series during Earth Month and bring in guests to talk about the ways in which we all can make small changes for the greater good, with a focus on the Broadway community and theatre fans.

Learn more about about the worthy causes discussed in this episode and how you can donate and/or help:

EntertainmentCommunity.org/

GlobalGoals.org

BroadwayGreen.com/

BPN.fm/SaveThePlanet


Connect with Andrew:

Website: andrewbfeldman.com


Instagram: @andrewbfeldman_


Twitter: @andrewbfeldman


YouTube: @andrewbarthfeldman6353



Connect with The Broadway Gives Back Podcast:

Facebook: @broadwaygivesbackpodcast


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Twitter: @broadwaygives



Hosted & Executive Produced by Jan Svendsen.
A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.
Special thanks to Dori Berinstein, Alan Seales, and Kimberlee Garris from BPN; Julian Hills from The Bulldog Agency; and Eric Becker from Broderick Street Music.
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