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Jamal Lee Harris Part 2 Disney’s The Lion King

Jamal Lee Harris (IG:@maleemall)(TW:@jamallee) joins the show to discuss his time with The Lion King on tour and on Broadway. He also dives deep on energy control and training dogs. I hope you enjoy!

Jamal Lee Harris Part 1 ”Seek Help”

Jamal Lee Harris (IG:@maleemall)(TW:@jamallee) joins the show to discuss his time with The Lion King on tour and on Broadway. He also dives deep on energy control and training dogs. I hope you enjoy!

JoAnn M.Hunter Part 2 ”Suck It”

JOANN M. HUNTER (IG:@joann_m_hunter)(LI:@joann-m-hunter)has 20 Broadway shows to her credit as a Choreographer, Assoc Choreographer and Performer. Choreography includes: Broadway – SCHOOL OF ROCK (Bdway and West End), DISASTER, ON A CLEAR DAY…, BROADWAY BOUND. Off Broadway – ROCK AND ROLL REFUGEE, DEDALUS LOUNGE, THE TWELVE (workshop). National Tour/Regional:  A SIGN OF THE TIMES (Goodspeed) by Bruce Vilanch,  HARMONY (Ahmanson Theatre) by Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman, World premier of Marvin Hamlisch and Rupert Holmes’ THE NUTTY PROFESSOR directed by Jerry Lewis. Nat’l tour of CHTTY CHITTY BANG BANG. PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES, GREASE, OLIVER and CURTAINS all at (PMP). She has directed Debra Monk in her one woman show with special guest Ron Rifkin, Andrea Martin, Victor Garber, and David Hyde Pierce. In development,  Lourds Lane superhero rock musical CHIX 6 and PERFECT SPIRAL, conceived by JoAnn is a ballet with words about the will to do what you were born to do regardless of a possible outcome, the loss of your own identity. Assoc Broadway Choreographer – SPRING AWAKENING, CURTAINS, THE WEDING SINGER, ALL SHOOK UP. As a performer,  THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, THOU SHALT NOT, KISS ME KATE, CHICAGO, A FUNNY THING HAPPENED…, STEEL PIER, HOW TO SUCCEED…, DAMN YANKEES, GUYS AND DOLLS, MISS SAIGON, SHOGUN THE MUSICAL, JEROME ROBBINS BROADWAY.

JoAnn M. Hunter Part 1 ”Suck It”

JOANN M. HUNTER (IG:@joann_m_hunter)(LI:@joann-m-hunter)has 20 Broadway shows to her credit as a Choreographer, Assoc Choreographer and Performer. Choreography includes: Broadway – SCHOOL OF ROCK (Bdway and West End), DISASTER, ON A CLEAR DAY…, BROADWAY BOUND. Off Broadway – ROCK AND ROLL REFUGEE, DEDALUS LOUNGE, THE TWELVE (workshop). National Tour/Regional:  A SIGN OF THE TIMES (Goodspeed) by Bruce Vilanch,  HARMONY (Ahmanson Theatre) by Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman, World premier of Marvin Hamlisch and Rupert Holmes’ THE NUTTY PROFESSOR directed by Jerry Lewis. Nat’l tour of CHTTY CHITTY BANG BANG. PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES, GREASE, OLIVER and CURTAINS all at (PMP). She has directed Debra Monk in her one woman show with special guest Ron Rifkin, Andrea Martin, Victor Garber, and David Hyde Pierce. In development,  Lourds Lane superhero rock musical CHIX 6 and PERFECT SPIRAL, conceived by JoAnn is a ballet with words about the will to do what you were born to do regardless of a possible outcome, the loss of your own identity. Assoc Broadway Choreographer – SPRING AWAKENING, CURTAINS, THE WEDING SINGER, ALL SHOOK UP. As a performer,  THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, THOU SHALT NOT, KISS ME KATE, CHICAGO, A FUNNY THING HAPPENED…, STEEL PIER, HOW TO SUCCEED…, DAMN YANKEES, GUYS AND DOLLS, MISS SAIGON, SHOGUN THE MUSICAL, JEROME ROBBINS BROADWAY.

Michael Rubinoff Part 2 ”Kindness Is Always Better”

A theatre producer and lawyer, Michael Rubinoff (TW:@mrubinof) IG:@mrubinoff)is most passionate about igniting creation and supporting storytellers. Over the last decade he sparked a renaissance in Canadian musical theatre by developing thirty new musicals through the Canadian Music Theatre Project (the "CMTP"), an internationally recognized incubator of new works that he founded in 2011. Michael conceived the creation of the international hit musical Come From Away, for which he is a Producer and the Creative Consultant on productions worldwide, and has received the Olivier Award for Best Musical, a Tony Award Nomination for Best New Musical and the Meritorious Service Cross awarded by the Governor General of Canada on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen and all Canadians. During a decade of service in post-secondary education, Michael has served as academic leader, director of a research centre and elected member of a Board of Governors. He has collaborated with producers, creators and educators around the world to support innovation and creativity in theatre and arts education. As a leading expert and thought leader in the development of new musicals, he has been called upon to provide guidance and leadership to not for profit organizations, colleges and universities, commercial producers, emerging arts practitioners and government agencies.
Education:Michael completed his B.A. (Political Science) and LL.B. at Western University. He was the recipient of the Dean Ivan C. Rand Award in recognition of meritorious academic standing throughout his years in law, and outstanding contributions in the service of the undergraduate students of the Faculty of Law. He remains the only student to have been elected twice as president of Western Law’s Student Legal Society. He also served as the elected student representative to Western’s Board of Governors. He was a member of the 2000 winning team of the Niagara International Law Moot Court Competition and the valedictorian of his graduating law class. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 2002 and is a member of the Law Society of Ontario. Michael is a graduate of the Commercial Theatre Institute's intensive producing program in New York and is a 2015 member of the Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Conference.   
“I think only people in the theater know what a producer is. The public does not know. It knows a writer writes, and an actor acts, and a director tells them what to do. A producer raises money. Well, he does, and in some cases that's all he does. But the workers in the theater know that this is not the real thing. A producer is a rare, paradoxical genius -hard-headed, soft-hearted, cautious, reckless, a hopeful innocent in fair weather, a stern pilot in stormy weather, a mathematician who prefers to ignore the laws of mathematics and trust intuition, an idealist, a realist, a practical dreamer, a sophisticated gambler, a stage-struck child. That's a producer.”— Oscar Hammerstein II

Michael Rubinoff Part 1 ”Kindness Is Always Better”

A theatre producer and lawyer, Michael Rubinoff (TW:@mrubinof) IG:@mrubinoff)is most passionate about igniting creation and supporting storytellers. Over the last decade he sparked a renaissance in Canadian musical theatre by developing thirty new musicals through the Canadian Music Theatre Project (the "CMTP"), an internationally recognized incubator of new works that he founded in 2011. Michael conceived the creation of the international hit musical Come From Away, for which he is a Producer and the Creative Consultant on productions worldwide, and has received the Olivier Award for Best Musical, a Tony Award Nomination for Best New Musical and the Meritorious Service Cross awarded by the Governor General of Canada on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen and all Canadians. During a decade of service in post-secondary education, Michael has served as academic leader, director of a research centre and elected member of a Board of Governors. He has collaborated with producers, creators and educators around the world to support innovation and creativity in theatre and arts education. As a leading expert and thought leader in the development of new musicals, he has been called upon to provide guidance and leadership to not for profit organizations, colleges and universities, commercial producers, emerging arts practitioners and government agencies.
Education:Michael completed his B.A. (Political Science) and LL.B. at Western University. He was the recipient of the Dean Ivan C. Rand Award in recognition of meritorious academic standing throughout his years in law, and outstanding contributions in the service of the undergraduate students of the Faculty of Law. He remains the only student to have been elected twice as president of Western Law’s Student Legal Society. He also served as the elected student representative to Western’s Board of Governors. He was a member of the 2000 winning team of the Niagara International Law Moot Court Competition and the valedictorian of his graduating law class. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 2002 and is a member of the Law Society of Ontario. Michael is a graduate of the Commercial Theatre Institute's intensive producing program in New York and is a 2015 member of the Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Conference.   
“I think only people in the theater know what a producer is. The public does not know. It knows a writer writes, and an actor acts, and a director tells them what to do. A producer raises money. Well, he does, and in some cases that's all he does. But the workers in the theater know that this is not the real thing. A producer is a rare, paradoxical genius -hard-headed, soft-hearted, cautious, reckless, a hopeful innocent in fair weather, a stern pilot in stormy weather, a mathematician who prefers to ignore the laws of mathematics and trust intuition, an idealist, a realist, a practical dreamer, a sophisticated gambler, a stage-struck child. That's a producer.”— Oscar Hammerstein II

Julie Benko Part 2 ”Meditate”

Julie Benko, (juliebenko.com)(TW:@JujujulieBee)(IG:@jujujuliebee) an award-winning actress, singer, and writer based in NYC,  is currently marching her band out all across Broadway as the standby Fanny Brice in Funny Girl. Look for her new album, Hand in Hand, which will be released on Club44 Records this August. You can listen to her debut jazz album on Spotify here!
Julie is a recipient of the Wilde Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her performance as Girl in Once. She also received a BroadwayWorld nomination for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Luisa in The Fantasticks, as well as Theatre Bay Area Awards and SF Critics Circle Awards Best Featured Actress in a Musical nominations for her interpretation of Bella in Rags. She holds a BFA in Drama and an MFA in Acting from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
In addition to lending her voice to the 85th Academy Awards and the 70th Tony Awards ceremonies, Julie took home the Gold Medal and the Johnny Mercer Award in the national American Traditions Vocal Competition. In spring 2021, she was named a semi-finalist in the international Lotte Lenya Competition.
Julie recently wrote, directed, and starred in her first short, "The Newlywed's Guide to Physical Intimacy." The film won an Honorable Mention at its premiere July 2020 premiere at New Faces New Voices Film Festival and has since gained admission and won praise in numerous other festivals. Her first full-length play, "The District," received a public reading at Astoria Performing Arts Center in fall 2021 and is currently in development.
She spent the pandemic raising money for various charities via her "Quarantunes" musical duo series with jazz pianist (and her spouse) Jason Yeager, picking up French and Yiddish on DuoLingo, and fulfilling her lifelong dream of learning to play the clarinet.

Julie Benko Part 1 ”Meditate”

Julie Benko, (juliebenko.com)(TW:@JujujulieBee)(IG:@jujujuliebee) an award-winning actress, singer, and writer based in NYC,  is currently marching her band out all across Broadway as the standby Fanny Brice in Funny Girl. Look for her new album, Hand in Hand, which will be released on Club44 Records this August. You can listen to her debut jazz album on Spotify here!
Julie is a recipient of the Wilde Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her performance as Girl in Once. She also received a BroadwayWorld nomination for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Luisa in The Fantasticks, as well as Theatre Bay Area Awards and SF Critics Circle Awards Best Featured Actress in a Musical nominations for her interpretation of Bella in Rags. She holds a BFA in Drama and an MFA in Acting from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
In addition to lending her voice to the 85th Academy Awards and the 70th Tony Awards ceremonies, Julie took home the Gold Medal and the Johnny Mercer Award in the national American Traditions Vocal Competition. In spring 2021, she was named a semi-finalist in the international Lotte Lenya Competition.
Julie recently wrote, directed, and starred in her first short, "The Newlywed's Guide to Physical Intimacy." The film won an Honorable Mention at its premiere July 2020 premiere at New Faces New Voices Film Festival and has since gained admission and won praise in numerous other festivals. Her first full-length play, "The District," received a public reading at Astoria Performing Arts Center in fall 2021 and is currently in development.
She spent the pandemic raising money for various charities via her "Quarantunes" musical duo series with jazz pianist (and her spouse) Jason Yeager, picking up French and Yiddish on DuoLingo, and fulfilling her lifelong dream of learning to play the clarinet.

Patrick O’Neill Part 2 ”You Just Gotta Know Why You’re Here”

Patrick O’Neill (patrickoneill.me)(IG:@itspatrickoneill)(TW:@ptonyc)(LI:@ptonyc)is an American choreographer, director, and educator who is passionate about developing work that connects us and cultivates communication and understanding. We discuss School of Rock and so much more! Enjoy!

Patrick O’Neill Part 1 ”You Just Gotta Know Why You’re Here”

Patrick O’Neill (patrickoneill.me)(IG:@itspatrickoneill)(TW:@ptonyc)(LI:@ptonyc)is an American choreographer, director, and educator who is passionate about developing work that connects us and cultivates communication and understanding. We discuss School of Rock and so much more! Enjoy!