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Theatre Producer Michael Rubinoff

Michael Rubinoff is the Associate Dean of Sheridan College’s Department of Visual and Performing Arts.

He’s also the creator and a producer of the Broadway hit musical “Come From Away.” If you have ever wondered how an idea becomes a Broadway show you’ll love this episode.

We start out by discussing Michael’s time at the University of Western Ontario where he studied law. Then move into the process behind developing his idea for a musical into a Broadway hit.

Show Notes
Be sure to follow Michael on Twitter
Come From Away official website
The Canadian Music Theatre Project website at Sheridan College
Brantwood, Music & Lyrics by Bram Gielen, Anika Johnson & Britta Johnson
Broadway Success Has a Price: $2,500 NY Times

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Tony Nappo, actor

Tony Nappo is a Canadian actor who graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York and has appeared in critically acclaimed television, film and stage productions.

Tony was preparing for Coal Mine Theatre’s production of the pulitzer prize winning drama “Cost of Living” when theatres were shut down to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and everything changed.

As well as discussing parenting and acting, Tony shares the story of how he managed to kick his drug habit after a 5-day bender that almost killed him.

Tony writes the weekly column Nappoholics Anonymous on IntermissionMagazine.ca. It’s a no-bullshit, thoughtful, uncensored, and only occasionally unsafe for work bunch of sentences well worth reading.

SHOW NOTES
Tony Nappo on Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
Coal Mine Theatre

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Writer, actor: Bob Martin

Bob Martin interview, performers podcast

For over three decades, Tony Award-winner Bob Martin has worked as an actor and writer. Early in his career, Martin was directing for Second City in Toronto. He’s also written for TV, with the Chicago Tribune calling “Slings and Arrows” “one of the most loving satires to have ever graced television.” He ‘s best known for writing and starring in the hilarious “The Drowsy Chaperone,” for which Martin won the 2006 Tony Award for “Best Book of a Musical.”

His most recent Broadway show, “The Prom,” received 7 Tony Award nominations.
In this episode we talk about:

How the revision process is crucial to a great script.
Working with Broadway’s best comic actors on “The Prom.

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Adapting “The Princess Bride” and “Night at the Museum” for Broadway.
The feelings that Martin experiences when he watches a performance of “The Drowsy Chaperone.”

SHOW NOTES
Bob Martin’s website
Bob Martin on Twitter
The Prom website
The Prom on Instagram

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