Patty & Emily sit down with Ben Rimalower to talk all things Patti LuPone, including his show Patti Issues. They talk about what it’s like having famous friends, growing up loving theatre, and how amazing Fun Home is.
On the episode, Patty & Emily welcome their friends Leslie Kritzer and Nick Gereffi of How Does the Wine Taste. They discuss shows they saw this week, including On the Town. They also discuss all the casting news: Rachel York and Betty Buckley in Grey Gardens, Danielle Brooks in The Color Purple, and Keke Palmer in Grease Live!. Leslie and Nick also answer The Patty & Emily 10.
Patty & Emily talk Brandy in Chicago, Speakeasy Dollhouse’s Ziegfeld’s Midnight Frolic, Leslie Kritzer’s standup, and The Sound and The Fury at The Public. They discuss the Taye Diggs’s casting announcement, Kate Shindle’s presidency, and how Love Never Dies will never die.
Patty & Emily discuss the shows they saw this week, including a showcase by new songwriting team McGuire and Simon, the Side Show concert at 54 Below, Patti Issues at The Duplex, and Summertime. They discuss Deborah Cox in The Bodyguard, Tuck Everlasting‘s Broadway announcement, Rebecca drama, and more!
Patty & Emily sit down with Elisabeth Gray and Alison Fraser to talk about their new webseries Understudies. Elisabeth talks about her own experience as an understudy in Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Alison talks about The Secret Garden and encounters with critics. They all fangirl over John Cameron Mitchell.
Patty & Emily are celebrating six months of podcasts! They discuss their upcoming Shmazie Awards and the Drama Desk nominee press event. They mourn the closing of Doctor Zhivago and discuss how sexist Zorba! is and how the new Encores! season can me it up to them.
Patty & Emily went to the Drama Desk Awards’ Meet the Nominees event! We got to talk to a lot of great people: Warren Carlyle, Joshua Bergasse, Max von Essen, Julie Halston, Brad Oscar, Wayne and Karey Kirkpatrick, Anne Kauffman, Erin Davie, Elizabeth Stanley, Nancy Opel, Alex Sharp, Josh Grisetti, Leslie Odom, Jr. and Renée Elise Goldsberry, and Carolee Carmello!
Patty & Emily discuss the shows closing: The Heidi Chronicles, Living on Love, and Hamilton. They also discuss the shows they’ve seen this week, including True Believer and Hamlet, and this week’s news stories, including Stomp and The Tony nominations.
Patty & Emily talk to actress Tracee Chimo about the revival of The Heidi Chronicles, now through May 3rd, Wendy Wasserstein, feminism, Sutton Foster, and dog walking. If you haven’t seen her show, see it before it closes! And make sure you see her in whatever she does.
Patty & Emily saw a million shows this week, including ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore, Nirbhaya, Airline Highway, and the Spring Spectacular! They also went to the Drama Desk Nomination Announcements and talked with Judith Light and Jessie Mueller.