Musical Theatre Radio presents "Be Our Guest"

Veteran Broadway press agent Jim Byk is the co-founder of The Press Room, a theatrical and entertainment publicity office based in New York City. Current clients include Hamilton, The Book of Mormon, Born for This, Chasing Rainbows: The Road to Oz, Broadway Black’s The Antonyo Awards, Beyond Babel, Working Girl The Musical, Estella Scrooge: A Christmas Carol with a Twist, Havana Music Hall, Make Some Noise: The Legend of Frankie Wilde, Out of the Box Theatrics’ The Last Five Years and Baby, Vineyard Theatre, The Wooster Group, Barrington Stage Company, Miami New Drama’s Seven Deadly Sins, Why Not Theatre’s Mahabharata for the Shaw Festival, actor/pianist Hershey Felder, Rosie’s Theater Kids, Hunter Theater Project, Theatre Row, New York Classical Theatre, Swamp Motel, Shakespeare’s Globe and Southern California’s 3-D Theatricals.

Ernest has been singing, dancing, and acting professionally since childhood. His formal training began at The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City. A protégé of famed vocal teacher Katie Agresta, Ernest credits her for helping him develop his critically acclaimed vocal talents. He has studied dance with the American Ballet Theater and the respected choreographers' Chuck Kelly and Drew Packolyk. A recording artist and multi-talented performer, he has become a celebrated force within the music industry with an impressive body of international hits. With 21 consecutive “Top Ten” smash singles, seventeen of which soared to the Number One position in Dance Music Authority (DMA), Billboard, Street Sound and Dance Music Report’s (DMR) Top Fifty charts and Dance Radio charts

Hear the complete radio presentation of Word: the Urban Musical by Dante' Pirtle

Dante is a writer, director, and educator. More Information: Word: The Urban Musical

Marc is an entrepreneur and producer.

Darren is a composer, lyricist and founder of New UK Musicals More Info: New UK Musicals

Neil is a producer, director & writer in Australia. More Info: GoodingProductions.com

Lisa is the Artistic & Executive Director for the Seagal Centre for the Performing Arts in Montreal, Quebec, Canada More Info: Seagal Centre for the Performing Arts

Grayce is the Director Of Communications and Michael is the Producing Artistic Director & Co-Founder of 11th Hour Theatre Company. More Info:  11thhourtheatrecompany.org

Wendy is an accomplished singer and member of the group Ida. More Info: Wendy /  Ida

Michael is a composer, lyricist and book writer. More Info: http://mikemusic.com/

Learn more about 10glo.com Learn more about The Green Room

Mark is a London based theatre critic. More Info: Shentonstage.com

Mark is the Associate Director at Paper Mill Playhouse. More Info: papermill.org

David is a performer, director, choreographer and creator of 'Matinee to Z' a musical theatre master class series. More Information: https://www.davidwconnolly.com/matinee-to-z

John is the founder and owner of Jay Records.  More information: www.jayrecords.com

Mark is the co-author of the book "Musical Misfires" https://store.bookbaby.com/book/musical-misfires

David is a singer, producer and creator of the musical 'Scarface: The Musical"

Ned is a performer, writer, producer for stage, screen and internet.  More info: www.neddonovan.com

Julian is a writer, composer, lyricist and theatre critic in the UK.

Andrea is a singer/actor and creator of the musical "The Velvet Devil.

Noa is the social media guru for Broadway Custom Twitter: @Broadway_Custom

Adam and Michael are the creators of the musical Scotland PA.

Joshua and Scott are the creators of the CD Losing My Mind: A Sondheim Disco

Jennifer is the lyricist and bookwriter of "Quarter Life Crisis: The Musical.

Stephanie is a Canadian actor, director and choreographer.  

Bruce is an actor and creator of musicals. He has performed in both Canada and the United States on Broadway and at the Stratford Festival in Ontario.

Simon is an actor, director, producer and founder of SimG Productions and SimG Records. More Info: SimG Productions

Peter is the creator of the musical "Desperately Seeking Susan" then his follow up one man show "Desperately Seeking the Exit" More Info: www.petermmarino.com

Glenn has written lyrics for such #musicals as 'Sister Act', 'The Little Mermaid', 'Love Never Dies' & 'School of Rock' as well as for the TV show 'Galavant'

Noel is an American composer, lyricist, and bookwriter for musical theatre. More info: Noelkatz.wordpress.com

Ashley is an award winning actor, director and creator of the musicals "Lyra: A Dark Fairytale" & "Spectacle: The Musical"

Carl is a teacher and creator of the musical "Pride and Prejudice: When a Vampire Loves a Werewolf" More Info: Pride and Prejudice: When a Vampire Loves a Werewolf

Rebecca is the co-creator of the musical 'Pedro Pan'. More Info: Pedro Pan

Lorna and Eudora are the creators of the musical "It Tastes Like Home" More Information: It Tastes Like Home

Mariana is a stage manager and production manager in Mexico.

Brad is a performer and creator of musicals in Australia.  More Information: http://www.bradleymccaw.com/

John is a former keyboardist for Ozzy Osborne and Spinal Tap as well as the composer and lyricist of the musical "Voice of a Generation"

Sue is the creator of "Motherhood: The Musical" More Information: Motherhood: The Musical

Aimee is a performer, director, choreographer and accountant.  More Information: https://www.lococosarabura.com/

Three times a charm as the talented creator Stuart Brayson visits us once again to talk about his show 'Pink Angora Sweater', '2 Dumb' and 'From Here To Eternity'.

Katy is the company director and producer of Aria Entertainment. More Info: http://aria-entertainment.com/

Elise is the Artistic Direct of New Musicals Inc as well as an accomplished performer. More Info: www.nmi.org

Noelle is a performer, for both stage and screen and founder of the theatre company "In The Wings Promotions. More Info: www.inthewingspromotions.com

James is the founder of Broadway Radio, a podcast that everyday delivers all the news from the Great White Way. Their podcast can be heard on Musical Theatre Radio Monday through Friday at 8am and 8pm EST More Info: www.BraodwayRadio.com 

Tralen is the Director of Marketing at Broadway Licensing as well as an accomplished performer. More Info: www.broadwaylicensing.com

David Sisco and Laura Josepher run ContemporaryMusicalTheatre.com  a subscription website that connects voice teachers, students and musical theatre professionals with today’s best contemporary writers and songs. More Info: www.contemporarymusicaltheatre.com

Jeff Thomson is an accomplished composer who's works include:  Pump Up the Volume, Nancy Drew: The Musical, and The Oliver Experiment to name a few. More Information: www.jeffthomsonmusic.com

Douglas Lyons is an accomplished actor and  one half of the writing team of Lyons & Pakchar. Douglas's works include  Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical, Five Points and Beau. More Information: www.lyonsandpakchar.com

Mark Perry is the Executive Director of the Chiswick Playhouse in London, UK More Information: http://www.chiswickplayhouse.co.uk/

Sara & Giles are a UK based musical theatre writing team, who's works include: Country Dreams and Barcelona! More Information: http://www.saraandgiles.co.uk/

Paul Boyd is the composer and lyricist for 23 musicals and counting working in the UK. Billy Reece is an up and coming composer and lyricist based in NYC

We follow up with Stuart Brayson to see how the his shows are going and what the future holds

Alena Bernardi is an accomplished singer/actor and the creator of the musical Swiped: APPily Ever After. Sami Staitman and Corbin Williams are cast members of the Off Broadway hit "The Green Room"

Craig Christie is a prolific writer with over 30 musicals to his name. A former teacher from Australia, he now makes a full time living writing musicals. More Information Website: http://nomatesproductions.com/ Twitter: @nomatesprod

Donald Sanborn III is a copyright assistant, composer, freelance writer and theatre reviewer. He is also a founding member of the From Scratch Performance Company. More Information Website: https://donaldhsanborniii.wordpress.com/ Twitter: @don3comp Website: https://fromscratchperfco.wordpress.com/ Twitter: @FromScratchPerf

Holly Reed is the Owner/Chief Excitement Officer of musicalwriters.com.  This website was created to help Musical Theatre creators develop their works as well as give them a central location for resources such as producing tips, writing tips as well as a wealth of other knowledge to help creators succeed.  More Information www.musicalwriters.com Twitter: @musicalwriters @hollyreed13 Faebook: MusicalWriters.com

jackbenny is comprised of twin brothers, Jack and Benny Lipson, a writing and performing duo based in California More Information https://www.jackbennynow.com/ Twitter: @jackbennynow Facebook: jackbennynow

Meet the creative team behind the up coming Off Broadway hit " The Green Room" Music and Lyrics by Chuck Pelletier Book by C. Stephen Foster and Rod Damer  https://www.millercoffmanproductions.com/shows

Athena So and Shannon Murtagh, a couple of women in their early twenties blazing a trail in the musical theatre scene  with their new theatre company, "On It's Way Musical Productions"  https://www.facebook.com/onitswaymp 

Eric Sirota is the composer the musicals 'Frankenstein' an 'You're Name on my Lips' and has a PhD in Physics. More Information: Frankenstein You're Name on my Lips

Stephen Cole is an accomplished lyricist and librettist and has written 15 musicals and counting. He has worked with legends in the musical theatre industry including Hal Linden, Gavin MacLeod, Chita Rivera as well as was friends with Ethel Merman. Stephen also wrote  the first American musical to premiere in the Middle East "ASPIRE",  More Information:  https://www.stephencolewriter.org/

Stuart Brayson is a lyricist and librettist based in the UK who has written many shows including "From Here to Eternity" and "Pink Angora Sweater" to name just a few.   More Information:  https://www.stuartbrayson.co.uk/ 

Ray Rackham is a lyricist &  playwright as well as the owner of Overtures West End Musical Theatre Piano Bar. More Information: Ray Rackham --- Overtures

Stephen Miller is the Artistic Director and Stage Manager for the upcoming Off Broadway show, "The Green Room" and Jessica Jennings is the director of this production. 

Alena Bernardi is an accomplished singer/actor and the creator of the musical Swiped: APPily Ever After.

 A mystery guest or guests joins Jean-Paul Yovanoff to share their love of musical theatre. Some one famous or just a lover of showtunes, you never know who's going to be on the air each week.  This week we have KayGeni and Paulina Luciani visit and talk about the new musical "The Miseducation of Man" by KayGeni.

Paul Boyd is the composer and lyricist for 23 musicals and counting working in the UK.

Ryan Kelly is an accomplished actor, teacher, acting coach and quite the story teller. Find out how his Broadway audition went. Best, story, ever. 

Musical Theatre Radio attended the eSAX Networking Event in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and found out from Jarrod Goldsmith, the founder of eSAX a little about the event and then interviewed the average person to find out what their favourite musical was.

Danny Sylvan is a recent graduate of York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and alumni of the theatre company Vanier College Productions. Listen in as we talk about racial barriers to theatre as well as the future of Terminator: The musical.

Wilton and Barry Brown are the composers and lyricists to the musical called "Do You Remember Me?" which tells the story of two children in the Residential Schools system, taken from their parents to be raised as “White” in church/state run schools and their attempt to escape. 

Paulina Luciani and Stefan Porfirio are both recent graduates of York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and alumni of the theatre company Vanier College Productions. Listen in as we find out their favourite musicals as well as who won't be hiring them in the future.