IN THE ROOM with Steven & Dana

A little Summer Solstice action today with a delightful catch up between your hosts. Topics include: the closings of Steven’s shows: Tina and Come From Away, and of course… a gentle recap of the 2022 Tony Awards with our theatre professional in residence: Steven Ferezy. @intheroompod @danakellycraig @sferezy @broadwaypodcastnetwork We would be gob smacked into next week if you gave us a rating and review on iTunes! We so appreciate your lurve, shout outs, and support! XOXO IN THE ROOM is a proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. www.bpn.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are IN THE ROOM with Jessica Rush (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Dear Evan Hansen, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Jersey Boys, Gypsy!) Happy Mother’s Day Month ya’ll! To celebrate, we are doing a BPN crossover episode with Jessica Rush, co-host of Mamas Talkin’ Loud podcast (@mamastalkinloud)! We talk manifesting things you want, an actor’s motivation, taking big swings, huggin’ stage right, working with Patti & Benanti, put-ins, werk ethique, amplifying voices, raw carrot juice, and more! @jessisarush @intheroompod @danakellycraig @sferezy @broadwaypodcastnetwork We would be gob smacked into next week if you gave us a rating and review on iTunes! We so appreciate your lurve, shout outs, and support! XOXO IN THE ROOM is a proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. www.bpn.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are IN THE ROOM with Jennifer Elise Cox (The Brady Bunch Movies, Web Therapy, Will & Grace, Idiotsitter, Hype)! OMG Jennifer Elise Cox you guys. Every interview from here on out is trash! TRASH! You know her from everything you’ve ever watched. She hits ALL your buttons. If she’s in it, it’s gold. We could have danced all night with this one. Please enjoy our delightful chat with our comedy queen JEC!! We talk growing up on the Lower East Side, silly dads, Broadway advertising, going to the “Fame” high school, theatre geekery, The Method, filming the Brady movies, Shelley Long, theatre queenery, poker excellence, RuPaul, Jean Smart, Broadway dream roles, Shakespeare, dance, Lily Tomlin, and more! Find Jennifer on Cameo here: https://www.cameo.com/jenniferelisecox @jenniferelisecox @intheroompod @danakellycraig @sferezy @broadwaypodcastnetwork We would be gob smacked into next week if you gave us a rating and review on iTunes! We so appreciate your lurve, shout outs, and support! XOXO IN THE ROOM is a proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. www.bpn.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are IN THE ROOM with Samantha Williams (Caroline, or Change, Dear Evan Hansen)! The effervescently sweet Samantha Williams won all of our hearts as Caroline’s free-spirited daughter Emmie Thibodeaux in the recent revival of Caroline, or Change at Studio 54. She won rave reviews for her portrayal and we cannot wait to see what she does next! Actually, we know what she’s doing next - originating a role in a new musical at the Goodman Theatre this summer called “Life After.” Casual. We talk Quisisana Resort (is it a cult?), Broadway shut down (the day of their invited dress! The nerve!), starring in Dear Evan Hansen whilst still in college (fierce!), finishing college (yay!), recording the Caroline cast album (bucket list!), working with Sharon D. Clarke (QUEEN!), working with Tony Kushner (normal genius!), dream roles, and more! @sawmie @intheroompod @danakellycraig @sferezy @broadwaypodcastnetwork We would be gob smacked into next week if you gave us a rating and review on iTunes! We so appreciate your lurve, shout outs, and support! XOXO IN THE ROOM is a proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. www.bpn.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are IN THE ROOM with Broadway darling & DJ - Ari Groover! (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical Head Over Heels, Holler If Ya Hear Me). Look who’s back…. back again. We have returned from hibernation with the one, the only - Ari Groover! Steven is now working at TINA on Broadway as a dresser, and brought his fabulous colleague Ari into our virtual room. Ari has been a fixture of NYC theatre for awhile, and is currently starring in TINA as Tina’s sister Alline and also understudies the role of Tina. But Ari made waves the night she went on as Tina in March ‘22. And you probably didn't know, Marjorie, that Ari was not just any Tina, she was the Tina. She didn't lose just a wig, that wig was on fire. And when that wig flew into the air, it flew higher, further, faster than any wig has ever flown before, hitting a transformer and showering the darkened theatre with sparks! And when it finally did come down, Marjorie, Ari threw that tousled wig into the wings, and 12,000 people jumped to their feet for sixteen and one-half minutes of uninterrupted thunderous ovation, as flames illuminated her tear-stained face! And that, Marjorie – just so you will know and your children will someday know – is the night that the wig flew OFF at TINA! @ari_grooves @intheroompod @danakellycraig @sferezy @broadwaypodcastnetwork We would be gob smacked into next week if you gave us a rating and review on iTunes! We so appreciate your lurve, shout outs, and support! XOXO IN THE ROOM is a proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. www.bpn.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We made it to the end of 2021, babes!! We can’t wait to roll up our proverbial sleeves and start another year. Steven started a new career path and tells us all about his wild nights on Broadway (during Covid!) as a dresser! Dana is speaking quietly as to not wake up her new baby nephew. Steven has a long lost family member? Dana loves her Buy Nothing Astoria group. We play our end-of-year game called “What Were You Doing On?” where we choose random dates from 2021 and recount said days. It’s thrilling. If you made it to the end of the episode, you A) are our moms, B) are our best friends, or C) forgot the episode was playing. WE LOVE OUR LISTENERS and we hope you have a grand end of 2021, and a fabulous new year. We will see you in February with fresh eps! @intheroompod @danakellycraig @sferezy @broadwaypodcastnetwork We would be gob smacked into next week if you gave us a rating and review on iTunes! We so appreciate your lurve, shout outs, and support! XOXO IN THE ROOM is a proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. www.bpn.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steven and Dana check in on each other. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Just us today, folks! We do a much needed culture catch up, and dole out our end-of-year thanks. Topics covered: brisket, babies, SNL, Meg Stalter, Hannah Einbinder, Thanksgiving traditions, Girl From the North Country, Caroline, or Change, Tick, Tick Boom!, Jonathan Larson, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Buy Nothing groups, and more! Have a great Thanksgiving, listeners! Gobble up your goodies, and don’t you dare wear anything but soft clothes. @intheroompod @danakellycraig @sferezy @broadwaypodcastnetwork We would be gob smacked into next week if you gave us a rating and review on iTunes! We so appreciate your lurve, shout outs, and support! XOXO IN THE ROOM is a proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. www.bpn.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are IN THE ROOM with best harlot of the pod - Natalie Joy Johnson - for a very HallowQueeny ep! Topics covered: Dialects, Siri’s terrible multiple personalities, favorite Halloween costumes from years past, masonry, seeing shows on Broadway again, spooky ghosty stories, fantasy ghost brunch… The convo gets particularly heated when the ghouls dish on best & worst of Halloween candy. Why in the hell are Circus Peanuts still being produced? Who is buying bags of Circus Peanuts? Can anyone explain Circus Peanuts? #candycorn4evah See Natalie Joy Johnson every Saturday night @7:30pm in NYC at Q! It’s free, it’s extra, and it’s a “guaranteed good time” - NY (Good) Times. @njjisrelentless @intheroompod @danakellycraig @sferezy @broadwaypodcastnetwork We would be gob smacked into next week if you gave us a rating and review on iTunes! We so appreciate your lurve, shout outs, and support! XOXO IN THE ROOM is a proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. www.bpn.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are IN THE ROOM with Lance Horne & Kurt Phelan! Thrilled to get to talk to these two creative powerhouses who are also husbands as well as business partners as well as cuties as well as expert conversationalists. Lance is an Emmy award-winning composer, pianist, singer, and music director who has arranged for/performed with: Alan Cumming, Kylie Minogue, Liza Minnelli, Kristin Chenoweth and Ben Folds, just to name a mere modest handful. He is also a Steinway Artist which is a BFD (big forking deal.) You can catch him (& Kurt!) at his Monday night piano parties at Club Cumming (Monday’s In The Club With Lance) and Tuesdays at The Q NYC Nightclub. Kurt is an award winning Aussie actor, theatre maker, and sommelier. Together, they make….. CANDLES that support artists! WE LIGHT HOME Now through October 11th, 2021, you can get $5 off with the code: BROADWAYSBACK at: www.welighthome.com (@welighthome). PLUS - any order over $50 gets a $20 cash back! @lance_horne @kurtphelan.au @welighthome @mondaysintheclub @spidermanhamlet @intheroompod @danakellycraig @sferezy @broadwaypodcastnetwork We would be gob smacked into next week if you gave us a rating and review on iTunes! We so appreciate your lurve, shout outs, and support! XOXO IN THE ROOM is a proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. www.bpn.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are IN THE ROOM with the stars of the upcoming “Hairspray” National Tour - Niki Metcalf and Toneisha Harris! Niki Metcalf (Tracy Turnblad) and Toneisha Harris (Motormouth Maybelle) will be lighting up the country in the new National Tour of Hairspray, starting November 12th! You may know Toneisha Harris as the Season 18 runner-up on NBC’s “The Voice” (famously half-filmed during quarantine) or from Season 4 of BET’s gospel competition show “Sunday Best.” During the finale of “The Voice,” Toneisha was able to share an original song, “My Superhero,” written for her youngest son during his battle with leukemia, which reached #8 on iTunes. And we are so excited for America to get to know the dazzling Niki Metcalf! This tour is in great hands. We LOVED our conversation with these two! They are thrilled to be spreading the message of love, hope and inclusion across the country and their generosity of spirit is infectious! Topics covered: showing your range, taking on new adventures and experiences, finding “your shine,” ASL SURPRISE!, leaving folks better than you found them, reading, cooking, tour hobbies, and more! HAIRSPRAY TOUR TICKETS: https://hairspraytour.com/ www.toneishaharrismusic.com www.nikimetcalf.com @iamtoneishaharris @nikimetcalf @hairsprayontour @intheroompod @danakellycraig @sferezy @broadwaypodcastnetwork We would be gob smacked into next week if you gave us a rating and review on iTunes! We so appreciate your lurve, shout outs, and support! XOXO IN THE ROOM is a proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. www.bpn.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We love TV. STEVEN'S COUPON CORNER ALERT! WE LIGHT is offering listeners of IN THE ROOM $5 off their order through AUGUST 10, 2020!! Use code INTHEROOM at checkout! www.welighthome.com | @welighthome | @lance_horne | @kurtphelan.au @intheroompod @danakellycraig @sferezy @broadwaypodcastnetwork We would be gob smacked into next week if you gave us a rating and review on iTunes! We so appreciate your lurve, shout outs, and support! XOXO IN THE ROOM is a proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. www.bpn.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are IN THE ROOM with singer-songwriter Eleri Ward! (New album: “A Perfect Little Death” by her - let’s say… alter ego - SUF/SOND is now on Spotify and Apple Music). www.eleriward.com NEW BEST FRIEND ALERT: Our first podcast of 2021 with a guest couldn’t have been more delightful! Eleri Ward is a musical theatre-lovin’ Chicago native who went viral on TikTok due to the fact that she’s undeniably great at mashing up her indie rock influences (most notably, Sufjan Stevens) with Mr. Stephen Sondheim. Hence, her SUF/SOND brainchild. We chat about Boston, the actual horror of moving, our shared love of “Documentary Now: Original Cast Album: Co-Op,” pop music influences, high school, exorcising demons, social media hacks, creative output (yay!) and so much more. PS. Eleri's second EP "Friction" JUST came out and is available on all platforms! June truly is busting out all over and we are into it. @eleriward @intheroompod @danakellycraig @sferezy @broadwaypodcastnetwork @ghostlightrecords We would be gob smacked into next week if you gave us a rating and review on iTunes! We so appreciate your lurve, shout outs, and support! XOXO IN THE ROOM is a proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. www.bpn.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steven and Dana brush up on Pippin! We were able to watch it via Amazon Prime at time of recording. ALSO! BIG NEWS! The Broadway Podcast Network has a new iOS App! Check it out in the App Store or by visiting bpn.fm/app! (Pro Tip: You can add your non-BPN podcasts to the BPN app and make it your new favorite podcast app!) @sferezy @danakellycraig @intheroompod @broadwaypodcastnetwork Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steven & Dana watch the movie musical version of How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967) and discuss. This episode is dedicated to character actors everywhere and to Mary Blair - color designer and animator. @intheroompod @danakellycraig @sferezy @broadwaypodcastnetwork We would be gob smacked into next week if you gave us a rating and review on iTunes! We so appreciate your lurve, shout outs, and support! XOXO IN THE ROOM is a proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. www.bpn.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

*CONTAINS SPOILERS!* We were supposed to see Barb & Star together last summer. We all know how that ended. *CONTAINS SPOILERS!* Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dana finally saw “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street!” Other topics covered: WW, egg cookers, greek wings, Jeffrey Epstein, pedicures, and Tim Conway! @sferezy @danakellycraig @intheroompod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy 2021, listeners! We took January to refuel (also Dana moved to Wisconsin for a couple months) but we are BACK with a new series: Broadway Blindspot! We all have one so once a month Steven and/or Dana will watch a piece of theatre they've never seen and report back. We invite you to watch with us! *Normally these episodes will be released in their entirety, but due to a very, very sad technical oopsie-doopsie-whoopsie this first one will be released as a two-parter so come back next week for Dana's reactions! As a HUGE Sondheim nut, Steven couldn't live with the fact that Dana had never seen Sweeney Todd. Thankfully, the original tour was filmed in 1982 and Dana didn't have to watch the film. Come listen to what Dana thinks she knows about Mr. Todd and Mrs. Lovett and join us next week for Part 2!! We'd love to hear what's in your Broadway Blindspot! Let us know! Please rate us. Please review us. Please enjoy us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Just us today, kids! We’re going to keep this one short and sweet. We play our favorite end of the year calendar game - “What Were You Doing On…” and well, not much on the calendar this year for obvious reasons, but we play anyway because the show must go on! Thank you so much for listening, we’re so glad you’ve joined us this year. We very much look forward to 2021, and the return of live theatre. Stay healthy, safe, and we’ll see you on the other side! @intheroompod @danakellycraig @sferezy @broadwaypodcastnetwork We would be gob smacked into next week if you gave us a rating and review on iTunes! We so appreciate your lurve, shout outs, and support! XOXO IN THE ROOM is a proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. www.bpn.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you don’t follow @adventcarolndar on Instagram & TikTok yet, this is your 10 minute warning to do so immediately. Joel & Julia have been dropping some serious Holiday HEAT with their one minute Christmas Caroling DOOZIES. 25 new holiday carols for 25 days, starting on December 1st! They are hilarious, catchy, highly creative, epically stupid, and have become essential holiday viewing. We talk origin stories of them meeting each other, becoming comedy partners, starting the advent calendar songs and sharing them with the world, singing back up for Ben Platt on Jimmy Kimmel Live, and how they collaborate on writing these tiny-silly-dumb-and-executed-perfectly miracles. In the middle of the episode, Dana falls over her box of Playbills and onto her face. She is ok… just FYI. And no podcast featuring Joel & Julia would be complete without an original tune made up on the spot - we leave you with “Pigeon the Teacup Reindeer." As we head into cooler weather, we will be getting cozy with some of our favorite cast mates from various shows and “things.” We are calling this mini-series “GETTIN’ COZY WITH CASTMATES,” natch. So put on your sweaters, pour yourself a hot chai, and join us for some little mini-reunions! Double the pleasure, double the fun! @adventcarolndar @joelwaggoner @juliamat @intheroompod @danakellycraig @sferezy @broadwaypodcastnetwork We would be gob smacked into next week if you gave us a rating and review on iTunes! We so appreciate your lurve, shout outs, and support! XOXO IN THE ROOM is a proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. www.bpn.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices