52. CATE BROOMHEAD - Broadway Wig Swing

11/01/21 • 51 min

Beyond the Lights: A Conversation with Theater Professionals

On today's show, I speak with Cate Broomhead, a wig swing on Broadway. With Halloween being yesterday it's only appropriate to release an episode with a person who does a job that we've all benefitted from at some point in our lives. I'd venture to guess MOST of us have worn a wig at least once, and many of us much more frequently than that. Cate walks me through how she got into theater and wig making in the first place, what really goes into creating and maintaining a wig, and what a day in the life of a swing in the hair department on Broadway looks like right now.
For a full transcript of this episode visit beyondthelightspodcast.com.
Mentioned in this Episode
[00:03:39] Walnut Street Theater
[00:04:10] Glimmerglass Opera Company
[00:09:45] Gretchen Evans - Wig Maker
[00:09:45] JJ Janas - Wig Maker/Designer
[00:26:48] Pacific College of Health
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51. RJ MAGEE - Casting Director

On today's show, I speak with casting director RJ Magee. RJ got his start in professional theater at a very young age, a journey that led him to the famous Interlochen School for the Arts and then eventually onwards to casting for musical theater. RJ is currently involved in a pretty unique project called Theality TV which we talk about extensively in this episode.
For a full transcript of this episode visit beyondthelightspodcast.com.
Mentioned in this Episode
[00:05:06] Interlochen
[00:07:17] The Arden
[00:08:45] Jamie Baker Management
[00:08:58] Breakdowns Express
[00:12:07] Actors Access
[00:15:52] Musical Theater Educators Alliance
[00:21:54] Theality TV
[00:21:58] Broadway On-Demand
[00:21:59] Dekkoo
[00:22:12] Fearless
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53. ANDREA GRODY - Broadway Music Director

Andrea Grody is a music director and music supervisor, primarily working in new musicals. Now, if you've been listening for a while you know that one of my specialties and loves is new plays, so it was such a pleasure to discuss what that looks like from a musical director's perspective. Andrea has been on two of the bigger Broadway shows over the last few years, The Band's Visit and Tootsie—two pretty different shows. She walks me through a little of what those processes looked like and the different challenges they each presented.
For a full transcript of this episode visit beyondthelightspodcast.com.
Mentioned in this Episode
[00:04:33] The Civilians
[00:05:53] The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
[00:05:57] Music Directing at Penn State
[00:13:40] The Band’s Visit
[00:17:36] MTI
[00:25:09] Tootsie
[00:40:43] Maestra
[00:49:02] SuffsFollow Andrea
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