
From B.A. to Broadway
Welcome to From B.A. to Broadway! A weekly theatre podcast exploring the business of show-business!
Hosted by: Brennan Stefanik
Hosted by: Brennan Stefanik
Episodes
90 episodes
In the Spotlight #34: Hello Dolly!
In this week's mini-sode, we are not only shining the spotlight on the Broadway classic, Hello Dolly!, we are also celebrating the one year anniversary of From B.A. to Broadway!!! Thank you to all who have ever tuned in to this show, and here's...
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Ep. 53: Audition Season - LIVE at BroadwayCon!! with Cara Rose DiPietro
In Episode 53, Brennan is once again joined by Cara Rose DiPietro, as they discuss "Audition Season" during their live podcast recording at BroadwayCon 2025! As we are in the midst of audition season right now, they're giving you the first hand...
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In the Spotlight #33: Oklahoma!
In this week's mini-sode, we're shining the spotlight on Broadway's classic: Oklahoma! With Oklahoma being among the first book-musicals, it helped pave the way for what we know as modern musical theatre today!
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Ep. 52: Trading a Harvard degree for Broadway! with Kim Onah
In Episode 52, Brennan is joined by Broadway's Kim Onah, as they talk about her journey from getting an English degree from Harvard, to making a Broadway principal debut with a bunch of strangers! Choosing to pivot from Ivy-League to musical th...
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In the Spotlight #32: Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
In this week's "mini"-sode, we are shining the spotlight on Broadway's most haunting musical: Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Another one of Sondheim's masterpieces, this show has seen many an iteration with some Broadway powerh...
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Ep. 51: Act Smarter Not Harder! with Nik Walker
In Episode 51, Brennan is joined by broadway's Nik Walker, as they talk about his journey to Broadway, and his current position as a Theatre professor at his alma mater! As both actor and college educator, Nik has a really cool place in the wor...
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In the Spotlight #31: Spring Awakening
In this week's mini-sode we are shining the spotlight on the 2000's Broadway hit: Spring Awakening! Every theatre kid has a Spring Awakening phase and its for good reason, because this show beautifully melds very serious/ important content matt...
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Ep. 50: From ECC to Leading Man! with Jordan Dobson
In Episode 50, Brennan is joined Broadway’s Jordan Dobson as they talk about his journey from being labeled dancer-only to being several leading men on Broadway! Does he maybe steal his costume pieces sometimes? Well, you’ll just have to listen...
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In the Spotlight #30: Pippin
In this week's mini-sode we are shining the spotlight on everyone's favorite Broadway show within a show: Pippin! Well according to Brennan, maybe not everyone... So tune in and let us know if you're a Pippin person!
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Ep. 49: Zip Zap Zopping Our Way to Democracy! with Ally Bonino
In Episode 49, Brennan is joined by Broadway's Ally Bonino as they talk about her journey as a New York actress to her recent Broadway debut in Suffs the Musical. With recent events, theatre like this is so important now more than ever, and All...
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In the Spotlight #29: Camelot
In this week's mini-sode, we're shining the spotlight on the Broadway classic: Camelot! Camelot has historically had quite mixed reviews, but it's welcome at this round table any time!
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Ep. 48: Building Your Community! with RJ Christian
In Episode 48, Brennan is joined by NYC actor/ composer RJ Christian as they talk about navigating the biz during a pandemic, working on Ratatouille the TikTok musical, and how building a strong community is vital to maintaining your theatre ca...
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In the Spotlight #28: She Loves Me
In this week's mini-sode we are shining the spotlight on the classically, charming Broadway hit musical: She Loves Me! This one has not always gotten the love it deserves, but it is certainly more in the mainstream now, and it has a TON of pote...
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Ep. 47: Make 'Em (Evil) Laugh! with Don Darryl Rivera
In Episode 47, Brennan is joined by Broadway's Don Darryl Rivera as they talk character acting, TYA, and his run in Disney's Aladdin on Broadway! Now we just gotta work on getting Iago a power ballad...
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In the Spotlight #27: Sunset Blvd.
In this week's mini-sode, we're shining the spotlight on the Tony Award winning musical: Sunset Blvd. Current revival aside, Sunset Blvd. has a long history fraught with controversy on its long road to Broadway. Brennan and Danny just saw the r...
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Ep. 46: A Year in Review! with Brennan
In Episode 46, Brennan embarks on the first solo episode of the show as he gets everyone ready for audition season by reviewing everything we learned in 2024! There were 45 full episodes prior to this one, and hours upon hours of wisdom shared ...
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In the Spotlight #26: Passion
In this week's mini-sode, we're shining the spotlight on the Tony Award winning musical: Passion! This is probably the weirdest one we've done so far, so buckle up!!
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Ep. 45: Debriefing the Wicked Movie! with Danny Saulle
In Episode 45, Brennan is finally joined in a main episode by our very own Danny Saulle as they discuss the smash-hit phenomenon: Wicked Part 1! They could talk about it for hours, but they did a very good job of keeping it under 60 minutes!!
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In the Spotlight #25: The Color Purple
In this week's episode we are talking about the legendary Broadway musical: The Color Purple. Based on the classic American novel, this show has touched audiences around the world with its hauntingly powerful story. With the original book now b...
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Ep. 44: Auditioning for Colleges! with Julie Galorenzo
In Episode 44, Brennan is joined by actress/ audition coach Julie Galorenzo as she explains the college audition process that students currently go through to study musical theatre. There's sure a whole lot to do, so make sure you tune in and g...
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In the Spotlight #24: Annie
In this week's mini-sode we're shining the spotlight on the Broadway classic: Annie the musical! Everyone knows the story of the little, red-headed orphan, but the production itself has a long, rich history, so make sure you tune in!
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Ep. 43: Theatre Etiquette and Pirates? with Brandon Walters
In Episode 43, Brennan is joined once again by NYC-based actor Brandon Walters as they have a VERY chaotic discussion about audience etiquette in theatre! Not sure if there's a whole lot of wisdom to be found in this one, but a lot of fun was c...
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In the Spotlight #23: Mean Girls
In this week's mini-sode we're shining the spotlight on the 2018 hit-musical Mean Girls! Of course based on the hit movie, Mean Girls the musical had a good life on Broadway and even made it to the big screen last year! The episode admittedly e...
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Ep. 42: Make Those Connections! with Tyler Dema
In Episode 42, Brennan is joined by NYC-based actor Tyler Dema, as they assess the age old mantra: It's about who you know! It's certainly proven true for Tyler and he has a lot of stories to show for it, so make sure you tune in!
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Bonus Episode: "We're Not Really Strangers" with Katy Geraghty
Surprise! Even though we're taking this week off, we couldn't leave you with nothing to listen to! So we're giving you a look at our most recent bonus content with a round of "We're Not Really Strangers" with Katy Geraghty! If you want more bon...
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