• Time To Kill: Making The Lost Boys Musical -- Part 2, The Direction
    Feb 24 2026

    The Lost Boys musical is on its way to Broadway, and it is one of the season’s most highly anticipated new shows. Previews start March 27th at the Palace Theatre, with tickets available now at lostboysmusical.com.


    The production is in the middle of the final sprint to the finish that all new shows need to take on to open on Broadway successfully, and while there is rarely time to reflect in those moments, the producing and creative teams for the show are peeling back the curtain with a three-part podcast series called "Time To Kill: Making The Lost Boys Musical." And lucky for you all, we’re releasing those episodes here on the Playbill Podcast.


    The hosts of the series are producers James Carpinello, Marcus Chait, and Patrick Wilson, and each episode will feature a different member or members of the creative process, such as the music, the direction, and the cast.


    The first episode of the series focused on the music with special guests The Rescues. In this second installment, the hosts bring on the two-time Tony Award-winning director of the musical, Michael Arden.

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    53 mins
  • Time To Kill: Making The Lost Boys Musical -- Part 1, The Music
    Jan 27 2026

    The Lost Boys musical is on its way to Broadway and it is one of the season’s most highly anticipated new shows, with previews starting March 27th at the Palace Theatre. Tickets are available now at lostboysmusical.com.


    The production is in the middle of the final sprint to the finish that all new shows need to take on to open on Broadway successfully, and while there is rarely time to reflect in those moments, the producing and creative teams for the show are peeling back the curtain with a three-part podcast series called "Time To Kill: Making The Lost Boys Musical." And lucky for you all, we’re releasing those episodes here on the Playbill Podcast.


    The hosts of the series are producers James Carpinello, Marcus Chait, and Patrick Wilson, and each episode will feature a different member or members of the creative process, such as the music, the direction, and the cast.


    In this first installment, the focus is on the band that created the music for the production: The Rescues.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    1 hr
  • The Lost Boys, from New York Comic Con
    Dec 16 2025
    Playbill went to New York Comic Con in October and hosted several panels on Broadway and beyond, including one on the highly anticipated new musical The Lost Boys, based on the cult classic film. On the panel were producer and stage/screen star Patrick Wilson, two-time Tony-winning director Michael Arden, and members of the cast: Ali Louis Bourzgui, LJ Benet, and Maria Wirries. Hosted by Emmy-nominee and Broadway veteran Zachary Quinto, the panel touched on how the idea for the musical came to be and what fans should be excited about as the show gears up for its run on Broadway, with previews beginning March 27 at the Palace Theatre.

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    31 mins
  • Little Shop of Horrors, from New York Comic Con
    Dec 2 2025
    Playbill went to New York Comic Con in October and hosted several panels on Broadway and beyond, including one on the record-breaking off-Broadway revival of Little Shop of Horrors. On the panel were composer and EGOT winner Alan Menken, Thomas Doherty (Seymour), Madeline Brewer (Audrey), and Major Attaway (Audrey II). They discussed what it's like to put on this wacky and wild show eight times a week, and how this "little" show in the 1980s helped spark the Disney Renaissance of the late 1980s and early 1990s, thanks to Menken's incredible collaborative efforts with his great friend and collaborator, Howard Ashman.

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    53 mins
  • The Lion King with Gavin Lee and Lindiwe Dlamini, the show's longest-tenured actor
    Nov 11 2025

    What do you get when you combine more than 11,000 performances, 124 million attendees, six Tony Awards? You have arguably the most successful and impactful Broadway show in its history. The Lion King debuted in 1997 and has since helped lift the art form and its patrons up, spreading the joy of its work across the world through its many productions. The show, helmed by multi-time Tony Award-winning Julie Taymor, has helped jumpstart countless careers and sparked general interest in live theatre, a theme in this episode.


    Host Alex Birsh brings on his father, Phil Birsh (Playbill's Chairman and CEO), to talk about the indelible mark the show has made on Broadway, and they reminisce about Phil bringing Alex to The Lion King when he was eight years old.


    Alex then brings on two cast members, Gavin Lee (Scar) and Lindiwe Dlamini (multiple roles), who discuss what it's like to bring this show to life every day, from the perspective of the newest cast member (Lee) and the one who has been with the production since the very beginning (Dlamini).Yes...since 1997!


    00:25 - Sneak peek into The Lion King


    02:17 - Alex and Phil interview


    18:09 - Gavin Lee and Lindiwe Dlamini interview

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    1 hr
  • Hamilton, from New York Comic Con
    Nov 4 2025

    Playbill went to New York Comic Con in October and hosted several panels on Broadway, including Beetlejuice's return, Hamilton's lasting legacy, the rise of Death Becomes Her, Little Shop of Horrors' impact on entertainment history, and a look into the new spring musical, The Lost Boys. We know everyone who'd want to hear these panels couldn't be there in person, so we're turning them into podcast episodes!


    The second one we're bringing to you is our panel on Hamilton, and how this remarkable, history-making show has electrified Broadway for a decade and is performed all over the world. On the panel, we had Jisel Soleil Ayon (Angelica Schuyler), Trey Curtis (Alexander Hamilton), Tamar Greene (George Washington), Cherry Torres (Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds), Morgan Anita Wood (Eliza Hamilton), and Patrick Vassel (Associate Director).

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    56 mins
  • Beetlejuice The Musical, from New York Comic Con
    Oct 28 2025

    Someone must have said his name three times again...since Beetlejuice is back on Broadway for a third time! Playbill went to New York Comic Con earlier this fall and hosted several panels on Broadway, including Beetlejuice's return, Hamilton's lasting impact, the rise of Death Becomes Her, Little Shop of Horrors' impact on entertainment history, and a look into the new spring musical, The Lost Boys. We know everyone who'd want to hear these panels couldn't be there in person, so we're turning them into podcast episodes!


    The first one we're bringing to you is our panel on Beetlejuice, and how fans cannot get enough of the ghost with the most. We brought on the current Beetlejuice and Lydia, Justin Collette and Isabella Esler, to talk about what it takes to put this musical on. We also had Warner Bros.' executive Mark Kaufman and marketing agency SPOTCO executive Callie Goff on the panel to explain how the show, and its public image, were created in the first place.

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    51 mins
  • Breaking the Binary Theatre Roundtable
    Oct 20 2025

    Breaking the Binary Theatre is a new work development and community building hub wherein transgender, non-binary, and Two-Spirit+ artists come together to reclaim their artistic license and liberty. This year the theatre will celebrate the fourth annual Breaking the Binary Theatre Festival, opening on October 20 with a one-night-only concert of The Drowsy Chaperone at Carnegie Hall featuring a star-studded all-trans and non-binary cast led by Laverne Cox, Alex Newell, Betty Who, Jonathan Van Ness, Dylan Mulvaney, and more. All net proceeds will benefit Trans Lifeline, Black Trans Liberation, and Breaking the Binary Theatre.


    In this episode, Playbill Podcast host Alex Birsh passes the mic to Breaking the Binary Theatre founding artist director George Strus who moderates a roundtable with participants of this year's festival: Tony nominee L Morgan Lee, Sis Thee Doll, Samora la Perdida, and Cheeyang Ng. The group discuss their participation in the festival, the importance of representation in the industry (both in front and behind the table), and more!

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    1 hr and 5 mins