Something to sing about: Broadway vocal coach Joan Lader receives a special Tony honor next month. She discusses how she went from performing and voiceover work (“I did one for toilet paper”) to teaching for the past 34 years. Lader helped Mado

Martha Plimpton : The Joe D Show Episode 44

Apr 29th, 2016 12m 26s

Three-timeTony nominee Martha Plimpton discusses her role in the BroadwayActs for Women benefit at Feinstein’s/54 Below on Sunday, “TheUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” star Titus Burgess’s wine line (sheloves it), and what’s up with her ABC sitco

Drew Hodges, Advertising Broadway : The Joe D Show Episode 43

Apr 15th, 2016 27m 32s

How did the “Hamilton” poster end up being black and gold? Who came up with the tagline “spread the word” for “The Vagina Monologues” advertising campaign?Drew Hodges, founder of the ad agency SpotCo and author of the new book “On Broadway: Fr

Charles Busch, author and star of the play, 'Cleopatra' : The Joe D Show Episode 42

Apr 8th, 2016 14m 29s

The Queen of the Nile is having a major moment.Ask Charles Busch, author and star of the play, "Cleopatra," now in a sold-out run at Theater for the New City though April 17."Cleopatra seems to be reinvented every decade or so" in pop culture

David Tennant, Frank DiLella, Andy Karl and Orfeh : The Joe D Show Episode 41

Apr 1st, 2016 30m 10s

Is there a “Doctor” in the house?David Tennant, of “Doctor Who” fame, stars in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s “Richard II,” now at Brooklyn Academy of Music. The royal drama is part of the RSC four-play “King and Country” cycle that includes

Darron Cardosa a.k.a. 'The Bitchy Waiter' : The Joe D Show Episode 40

Mar 18th, 2016 33m 8s

Darron Cardosa a.k.a. 'The Bitchy Waiter' sits with Joe Dziemianowicz to talk about his blog and new book 'The Bitchy Waiter' based on his life as a waiter in New York City. Follow Joe here: @TheJoeDShow Follow Darron here: @bitchywaiterPro

Adrienne Warren : The Joe D Show Episode 39

Mar 11th, 2016 14m 8s

Jazz Age star Florence Mills has been called “the Beyonce of that time.” Gertrude Saunders, her peer, was Bessie Smith’s husband’s mistress, which led to a public brawl.Actress Adrienne Warren plays both stars in “Shuffle Along, Or, the Making

Kerry Butler and Rachel York : The Joe D Show Episode 38

Mar 4th, 2016 15m 23s

Kerry Butler (“Hairspray”) and Rachel York (“City of Angels”) share a dressing room and the stage at the Nederlander Theatre, where the musical comedy “Disaster!” is now in previews and opens March 8.The costars talk Broadway, disco, (the spoo

Tom Kirdahy and Devlin Elliott : The Joe D Show Episode 37

Feb 26th, 2016 20m 2s

“White Rabbit Red Rabbit” is its own Off-Broadway species. For this solo play by Iranian writer Nassim Soleimanpour, there’s no rehearsal, director or set. The performer gets the script as he or she steps on stage. Scary? You bet. Irresistible?

Colman Domingo : The Joe D Show Episode 36

Feb 12th, 2016 22m 12s

New York actor and author Colman Domingo has a lot on this plate. His new play “Dot,” about family grappling with Alzheimer’s, is at the Vineyard. He’s filming his juicy role in the zombie-infested “Fear the Walking Dead” in Mexico. And he’s st

Rebecca Fenton : The Joe D Show Episode 35

Feb 5th, 2016 12m 52s

Dominic West’s plummy voice is its own theatrical special effect.You don’t have to trek to London to get a taste of West and Janet McTeer acting up as manipulative former lovers in “Les Liaisons Dangereuses.”You can hear them in character as

Stephen Karam : The Joe D Show Episode 34

Jan 29th, 2016 24m 25s

Stephen Karam’s family drama “The Humans” was supposed to start previews on Saturday, but got hijacked by winter storm Jonas.“It’s an understatement to say that it was a bit of a crazy event to have your Broadway debut completely snowed out,”

Michael Feinstein and Stephanie J. Block : The Joe D Show Episode 33

Dec 18th, 2015 23m 35s

It’s beginning to look — and sound — a lot like Christmas.Michael Feinstein’s show of seasonal classics and evergreen standards runs Sunday to Dec. 30 Feinstein’s/54 Below.Stephanie J. Block joins Brian d’Arcy James and Essential Voices USA

Jonathan and Katy Goodwin & Megan McGinnis and Adam Halpin : The Joe D Show Episode 32

Dec 4th, 2015 28m 21s

What’s it like working with your spouse?For daredevils Jonathan and Katy Goodwin of “The Illusionists: Live on Broadway,” which will be featured in an NBC special on Dec. 9, it’s about shooting sharp pointy arrows in each other’s direction.F

Melissa Errico and Adam Gopnik : The Joe D Show Episode 31

Nov 14th, 2015 34m 34s

Don’t speak!When actress Melissa Errico broke a small blood vessel in her throat in 2013 that became her reality — for 106 days.“I couldn’t talk. I couldn’t whisper,” she says. “In an instant I was swept to a place where I couldn’t communicat

John Benjamin Hickey and Bruce Jordan : The Joe D Show Episode 30

Nov 6th, 2015 25m 54s

“The Joe D Show” welcomes actor John Benjamin Hickey, who’s in “Dada Papa Woof Hot,” and Bruce Jordan, director of“ Shear Madness.”Peter Parnell’s “Woof” concerns the joys and jolts of having children, says Hickey, and “the existential ache ..

Mark Strong : The Joe D Show Episode 29

Oct 23rd, 2015 20m 44s

British star Mark Strong plays Brooklyn longshoreman Eddie Carbone in Ivo van Hove’s Olivier Award-winning production of “A View from the Bridge,” now in previews at the Lyceum Theatre.Arthur Miller’s 1955 family tragedy marks the Broadway deb

Annaleigh Ashford - The Joe D Show Episode 28

Oct 9th, 2015 21m 30s

Four months after winning a Tony for “You Can’t Take It With You,” Annaleigh Ashford is back on Broadway playing the titular pooch in “Sylvia.”Sylvia’s breed is unspecified in A.R. Gurney’s 1995 play, but Ashford has been inspired by Labradood

Ana Villafane : The Joe D Show Episode 27

Oct 2nd, 2015 24m 44s

Broadway baby Ana Villafane begins her starring role as Gloria Estefan in the biomusical “On Your Feet!” on Oct. 5 at the Marquis Theatre.Villafane, who went to the same high school in Miami as the pop superstar she’s portraying, isn’t going

Conrad Ricamora from 'How to Get Away with Murder' and “The King and I' : The Joe D Show Episode 26

Sep 25th, 2015 16m 39s

On TV and Broadway, rising-star actor Conrad Ricamora faces rocky romance.“Pat Benatar had it right, love is a battlefield,” he says. “And that’s why there are so many stories of people wanting to be together but facing obstacles.”In the Tony

Camryn Manheim : The Joe D Show Episode 25

Sep 18th, 2015 22m 6s

Camryn Manheim, known for her Emmy-winning role on “The Practice” and the solo show she wrote and starred in, “Wake Up, I’m Fat,” joins the podcast to talk about her Broadway debut in “Spring Awakening.”The Deaf West revival of Duncan Sheik an

Whitney Bashor : The Joe D Show Episode 24

Sep 11th, 2015 22m 10s

Up-and-coming actress Whitney Bashor celebrates “songstresses of the 1960s and 1970s” at on Sept. 15 at 9:30 p.m. at 54 Below. Songs by Joni Mitchell anchor a set list that includes Joan Baez, Laura Nyro and Judy Collins.“Joni’s lyrics take

Agile Rascal Traveling Bike Theatre : The Joe D Show Episode 23

Aug 28th, 2015 23m 8s

Different spokes for different folks.The Bay Area-based Agile Rascal Traveling Bike Theatre pulled into New York on Thursday with more than 4,000 miles behind it.They perform “Sunlight on the Brink,” written in collaboration, on Friday at

Bryce Pinkham : The Joe D Show Episode 22

Aug 14th, 2015 15m 29s

This job is murder!Bryce Pinkham is back in his role as the homicidal social climber in the 2014 Best Musical Tony winner “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder.”Turns out homicide on Broadway is like riding a bike.“My muscles knew wher

Elena K. Holy : The Joe D Show Episode 21

Aug 7th, 2015 18m 43s

Fringe binge, anyone?The 19th annual New York International Fringe Festival launches its 16-day, 200-show theaterpalooza on Aug. 14.As always, it’s a eclectic buffet of theater.Think: serious dramas like “Lincoln’s Blood,” noir-y backstage f