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In the first part of our conversation with Zhailon Levingston, Director of Chicken & Biscuits, we chat staging in the round, staging on a budget, his hopes of having a "Joe Mantello situation", and so much more! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! ABOUT ZHAILON LEVINGSTON is a Louisiana-raised director and storyteller specializing in the development of new plays and musicals. He is making his Broadway debut with Chicken & Biscuits, as the youngest Black director in Broadway history. Other credits include Neptune at Dixon Place and the Brooklyn Museum, The Years That Went Wrong at The Lark and MCC, The Exonerated at Columbia Law School, Chariot part 2 at SoHo Rep for The Movement Theatre Company and Mother of Pearl at LaGuardia Performing Arts Center. He is the co-director of Reconstruction with Tony Award winner Rachel Chavkin. He is the director of industry initiatives for the Broadway Advocacy Coalition and the resident director at Tina—The

In the first part of our conversation with Zhailon Levingston, Director of Chicken & Biscuits, we chat what it takes to direct a comedy, asking questions from new work, casting unicorns and so much more! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! ABOUT ZHAILON LEVINGSTON is a Louisiana-raised director and storyteller specializing in the development of new plays and musicals. He is making his Broadway debut with Chicken & Biscuits, as the youngest Black director in Broadway history. Other credits include Neptune at Dixon Place and the Brooklyn Museum, The Years That Went Wrong at The Lark and MCC, The Exonerated at Columbia Law School, Chariot part 2 at SoHo Rep for The Movement Theatre Company and Mother of Pearl at LaGuardia Performing Arts Center. He is the co-director of Reconstruction with Tony Award winner Rachel Chavkin. He is the director of industry initiatives for the Broadway Advocacy Coalition and the resident director at Tina—The Tina Tur

In the second part of our conversation with Lawrence E. Moten III, Scenic Designer of Chicken & Biscuits, we chat hiding pieces in the set, conscious hiring practices, and so much more! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! ABOUT LAWRENCE E. MOTEN III He/him/his. Broadway debut. Off-Broadway: STEW (Page 73), How to Load a Musket (59E59), The White Chip (59E59), Behind the Sheet (EST). Regional: The Sound Inside (TheaterWorks Hartford); Hype Man (Company One); Hi, Are You Single? (Woolly Mammoth); Gloria (A.C.T.); Feeding Beatrice (St. Louis Rep); Native Son (Playmakers Rep); House of Joy (CalShakes); A Human Being, Of a Sort (Williamstown). Lecturer: Princeton University and Rutgers Mason Gross. Member: USA 829, Wingspace Theatrical Design. Connect with Lawrence! @motendesigns / @motendesigns / motendesigns.com/ MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Chicken & Biscuits on Instagram: instagram.com/chickenandbiscuitsbway Chicken & Biscuits on Facebook: fa

In the first part of our conversation with Lawrence E. Moten III, Scenic Designer of Chicken & Biscuits, we chat first visions of the script, how he picked a color palate, the questions he asks in his process, and so much more! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! ABOUT LAWRENCE E. MOTEN III He/him/his. Broadway debut. Off-Broadway: STEW (Page 73), How to Load a Musket (59E59), The White Chip (59E59), Behind the Sheet (EST). Regional: The Sound Inside (TheaterWorks Hartford); Hype Man (Company One); Hi, Are You Single? (Woolly Mammoth); Gloria (A.C.T.); Feeding Beatrice (St. Louis Rep); Native Son (Playmakers Rep); House of Joy (CalShakes); A Human Being, Of a Sort (Williamstown). Lecturer: Princeton University and Rutgers Mason Gross. Member: USA 829, Wingspace Theatrical Design. Connect with Lawrence! @motendesigns / @motendesigns / motendesigns.com/ MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Chicken & Biscuits on Instagram: instagram.com/chickenandbiscuit

In the second part of our conversation with Twi McCallum, Sound Designer of Chicken & Biscuits, we chat how previews affected her design, what her responsibility is to the show after opening, and so much more! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! ABOUT TWI MCCALUM is honored to serve Chicken & Biscuits as the first woman of color sound designer on Broadway. Theatre: Baltimore Center Stage, Atlantic Theater Company, Kansas City Rep. Cinema sound design: STARZ, NBC, Marvel. Education: the illustrious Howard University and incomparable Yale School of Drama. All glory to her creative and moral support system: Zhailon Levingston, Mike Backhaus, Dede Ayite, David Zinn, Nevin Steinberg, Adam Honoré and Sam Lerner. Connect with Twi! @twi.wavfile / twibackstage.me MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Chicken & Biscuits on Instagram: instagram.com/chickenandbiscuitsbway Chicken & Biscuits on Facebook: facebook.com/chickenandbiscuitsbway Get Your Tickets: chi

In the first part of our conversation with Twi McCollum, Sound Designer of Chicken & Biscuits, we chat about how she prepared for her Broadway debut, why she works with an agent, why the actors don't wear microphones, and so much more! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! ABOUT TWI MCCALUM is honored to serve Chicken & Biscuits as the first woman of color sound designer on Broadway. Theatre: Baltimore Center Stage, Atlantic Theater Company, Kansas City Rep. Cinema sound design: STARZ, NBC, Marvel. Education: the illustrious Howard University and incomparable Yale School of Drama. All glory to her creative and moral support system: Zhailon Levingston, Mike Backhaus, Dede Ayite, David Zinn, Nevin Steinberg, Adam Honoré and Sam Lerner. Connect with Twi! @twi.wavfile / twibackstage.me MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Chicken & Biscuits on Instagram: instagram.com/chickenandbiscuitsbway Chicken & Biscuits on Facebook: facebook.com/chickenandbiscuitsbw

In this episode, you are attending the opening night of Chicken & Biscuits on Broadway with us! On October 10th, 2021, we had the pleasure speaking with members from the show's cast and creative team along with many notable guests including Norm Lewis, Andrew Barth Feldman, Rachel Chavkin, Krysta Rodriguez, Michael Urie, Michael Park, Britton Smith, and so many more! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! ABOUT CHICKEN & BISCUITS Broadway’s dishiest family is coming together for Grandpa’s funeral – hopefully without killing each other! Rivaling sisters, Baneatta and Beverly, are burying their father—but it’s the non-stop family drama that might be the death of them. Beverly just wants to show the congregation what she’s been “blessed with.” Baneatta’s husband tries to keep the family peace while preparing the eulogy. Baneatta’s youngest son brings his very white, very Jewish boyfriend who is maybe, sort of, okay definitely afraid of Baneatta. Mean

In the second part of our conversation with Douglas Lyons, playwright of Chicken & Biscuits, we chat all about seeing a play through a playwrights perspective, who this play was written for, why this play is different from any Broadway play before it, and so much more! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! ABOUT DOUGLAS LYONS is an award-winning actor, director, composer-lyricist and teacher. TV writing: “Fraggle Rock” (Apple TV). Theatre: the Off-Broadway Alliance-winning Polkadots (Atlantic Theater Company), Beau (Adirondack Theatre Festival) and Five Points (Theater Latte Da), now in development with Hamilton’s Andy Blankenbuehler. Broadway acting: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (original cast), The Book of Mormon. Tours: Rent, Dreamgirls and The Book of Mormon first national. Douglas wouldn’t be here without Velman and Tilden Lyons, who raised him to be unapologetically fearless. Big love to WME, Grandview, CLA, SRDA, Ethan Pakchar, this

In the first part of our conversation with Douglas Lyons, playwright of Chicken & Biscuits, we chat all about the process of bringing the show to Broadway, casting, getting your work seen as an artist, and so much more! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! ABOUT DOUGLAS LYONS is an award-winning actor, director, composer-lyricist and teacher. TV writing: “Fraggle Rock” (Apple TV). Theatre: the Off-Broadway Alliance-winning Polkadots (Atlantic Theater Company), Beau (Adirondack Theatre Festival) and Five Points (Theater Latte Da), now in development with Hamilton’s Andy Blankenbuehler. Broadway acting: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (original cast), The Book of Mormon. Tours: Rent, Dreamgirls and The Book of Mormon first national. Douglas wouldn’t be here without Velman and Tilden Lyons, who raised him to be unapologetically fearless. Big love to WME, Grandview, CLA, SRDA, Ethan Pakchar, this incredible cast, producing and creative team. Gay

In this episode in our SIX the Musical series, we are chatting with the music coordinator of SIX, Kristy Norter! We chat all about her process overseeing that the production follows all the union rules for their musicians, how she balances contracting SIX and playing Saxophone at Tina: The Tina Turner musical at the same time, and so much more! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! ABOUT KRISTY NORTER Kristy Norter is a freelance musician specializing in woodwind instruments. She is the music coordinator for SIX, making her the only female music coordinator on Broadway. Kristy also currently plays saxophone on Broadway in Tina: The Tina Turner Musical. Some of her past credits include A Bronx Tale, In the Heights, Newsies, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, the Big Apple Circus, Radio City Spring Spectacular, Himself and Nora, and multiple shows at the Paper Mill Playhouse including originating the Reed 1 books for Ever After, Bandstand, Bronx Ta

In this episode in our SIX the Musical series, we are chatting with the casting director of Chicago Shakespeare and original US casting director of SIX, Bob Mason! We chat all about his process casting the original US queens who would eventually reign in the Broadway production of SIX as well as a few pre-Broadway pit stops! We talk about what Bob and the creative team were looking for, how they searched far and wide in their casting process and much more! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! ABOUT BOB MASON Broadway: debut. Off-Broadway: Ride the Cyclone (MCC); Rose Rage (The Duke on 42nd St); Marionette Macbeth (New Victory). Chicago Shakespeare: over 125 productions since 2000. Regional: Goodman Theatre; Asolo Repertory Theatre; Arena Stage; Ride the Cyclone (5th Avenue/A.C.T., Alliance Theatre); SIX (A.R.T., Citadel Theatre, Ordway Center). International: Pacific Overtures (Donmar Warehouse, Olivier Award for Best Musical); Henry IV, Parts

In this episode in our SIX the Musical series, we are chatting with the choreographer of SIX, Carrie-Anne Ingrouille! We chat all about her process working on multiple productions of SIX around the globe, how changes are implemented, and we even hear her break down the choreography from a song in the show! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! ABOUT CARRIE-ANNE INGROUILLE Carrie-Anne Ingrouille is a go-to U.K. choreographer for multi-disciplined work. She is currently represented in the West End and on Broadway with her critically acclaimed choreography on SIX playing at the Lyric Theatre, London and the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York.   For her work on the show, Carrie has received an Olivier Award Nomination for Best Theatre Choreographer and WhatsOnStage, OFFIE, and The Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award nominations for Best Choreography.  Notable Choreography and Movement Direction credits include: This is My Family (Chichester Festival Thea

In this episode in our SIX the Musical series, we are chatting with the co-writers of SIX, Toby and Lucy! We chat all about their process from idea to paper... and then from the paper to the stage... and beyond! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! ABOUT TOBY MARLOW: Toby is the composer and co-writer of SIX, alongside Lucy Moss. Following the show’s debut at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2017, it has been performed in London's West End, a UK Tour, three cruise ships, a North American Tour, Australia and Broadway. Toby is also the co-writer and co-performer of the award-winning Hot Gay Time Machine, which has enjoyed runs in London’s West End and at both the Edinburgh and Brighton Fringe Festivals. Other co-writing and composing credits include Courtney Act's Christmas Extravaganza (Channel 4), Courtney Act: Fluid (international tour), and Stay Inside (for Kyle Hanagami). Toby studied English at the University of Cambridge. twitter/insta: @thetobymar

We get down with Broadway's Anna of Cleves, Brittney Mack to find out what her process has looked like to develop her character in the hit Broadway show. If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! ABOUT BRITTNEY MACK: A.R.T.: SIX. Off-Broadway: Black Nativity. Tour: Memphis (Ethel/Ensemble), Networks. Regional: SIX, Chicago Shakespeare Theater; Beehive (Tina Turner), Merry-Go-Round Playhouse; Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Charlaine), Avenue Q (Gary Coleman, 2014 ariZoni Theatre Awards), Memphis (Ensemble/Dance Captain), All Night Strut (Myself), Beehive (Tina Turner/Dance Captain), Little Shop of Horrors (Crystal/Dance Captain), Phoenix Theatre; All Shook Up (Lorraine), The Palace Theatre; Hairspray, (Lil Inez), All Shook Up (Lorraine, 2011 ariZoni Theatre Awards) Arizona Broadway Theatre; The Wiz (Ensemble/Evilene u/s), Maine State Music Theatre; In the Heights (Carla), Shrek (Voice of Gingy/Sugar Plum Fairy), Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts; Ain’

In the first episode in our SIX the Musical series, we sat down with Tony Award-winning Producer Kevin McCollum to learn about his process of bringing six queens to North America and then ultimately to Broadway. If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! ABOUT KEVIN MCCOLLUM: Kevin McCollum has received the Tony Award for Best Musical for In the Heights (2008), Avenue Q (2004), and Rent (1996), which also won the Pulitzer Prize. Mr. McCollum is currently represented on Broadway with SIX and Mrs. Doubtfire, and off-Broadway and on tour with the Olivier Award-winning The Play That Goes Wrong. Mr. McCollum’s upcoming projects include the Broadway productions of The Devil Wears Prada and The Notebook, along with the new adaptation of West Side Story directed by Steven Spielberg. He produced Motown: The Musical (Broadway, West End, UK & US Tours), Something Rotten! (Broadway, National Tour), Hand to God (Broadway, West End), The Drowsy Chaperone (Broadwa

As we look back on 50 episodes, we reminisce about all the guests from last year. We also make an exciting announcement about Year 3! Thank you for taking the time to listen to our babble! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! Resources from this episode: Cody Renard Richard Micayla Brewster Richard Patterson Marc Jablonski Ruthie Fierberg Stevie Coleman Alie B. Gorie Check out Broadway's Premier Cocktail Destination: Broadway By The Glass Get Your Tickets: www.sixonbroadway.com --- Come say hi to us! Facebook: @PageToStagePodcast @BroadwayPodcastNetwork Instagram: @PageToStagePodcast @TheMaryDina @BrianSedita @BroadwayPodcastNetwork Twitter: @TheMaryDina @BwayPodNetwork Youtube: @PageToStagePodcast @BroadwayPodcastNetwork #PageToStagePodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After taking her career into her own hands, Arts Journalist Ruthie Fierberg shares how you can too. Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Ruthie Fierberg! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! About Ruthie Fierberg: Ruthie Fierberg is a savvy, intuitive, and creative freelance journalist. Based in New York City, Ruthie is the creator and host of the podcast Why We Theater on the Broadway Podcast Network. She has written for such national publications as Playbill, Parents, American Baby, Parents Latina, Good Housekeeping, and Backstage. An in-demand moderator, Ruthie is the regular host for Second Stage Theater Company's new artist talk series 2STREAM and has led talkbacks and panels for the 92nd Street Y, the JCC Manhattan, Disney Theatrical Productions, and BroadwayCon 2016-2021. Most recently, she served as the Executive Editor of Features and Branded Content at Playbill, creating innovative and engaging content through in-

How are ticket prices determined for Broadway shows? Marc Jablonski shares his insights on ticket prices, digital marketing, streaming marketing, A/B testing, and more! Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Marc Jablonski! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! About Marc Jablonski: Marc Jablonski is an arts and culture researcher at AKA NYC, where for nearly 5 years he has focused on turning data into actionable insights for over 60 theater and arts clients including Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, The Met Museum, The Sound Inside, Sea Wall / A Life, Sweeney Todd at Barrow Street, and Be More Chill. Working with sales, pricing, digital, and media analytics as well as market research, he helps clients understand and grow audiences. Marc is also a writer and composer with work heard at venues including The Drama League, Dixon Place, HERE, The New Ohio, and the NJ Rep. Resources from this episode: AKA NYC: www.aka.nyc  "R

General Managers are the secret weapon to any musical or play and Daniel Kuney explains why its' imperative they be brought onto a project as early as possible. Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Daniel Kuney! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! About Daniel Kuney: Daniel Kuney is the President and Founder of KGM Theatrical General Management and is considered the leading expert in theatrical general management today. His innovations have broken new ground in theatrical management, allowing for more adventurous, profitable and efficient productions. Having managed some of the most successful Broadway and Off-Broadway productions of the last decade, Daniel has been a keynote speaker at both BroadwayCon and CTI, is a featured guest on numerous Broadway podcasts and is a longtime member of the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers and the Broadway League. He is a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School

To get from the page to the stage, the show needs to go through casting. And Christine McKenna-Tirella, Casting Specialist at Backstage, is here to explain cast some light on the subject (you're welcome for the pun by the way!). Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Christine McKenna-Tirella! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! About Christine McKenna-Tirella: Christine is an experienced Casting Director and Talent Specialist based in New York. Projects include: Spongebob The Musical (First National Tour), Waitress (Non-Union National tour), Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief (Broadway/National Tour), Elf the Musical (National Tours), Sound of Music (National Tours). Christine also aided in the casting for the Broadway production of Chicago The Musical (Broadway/National Tour), Hadestown (Broadway), Goodspeed Opera House, AIDA Cruise Lines. Off-Broadway projects include A Clockwork Orange (New World Stages), As You Like