For female business owners who want to know how to use social media to get more clients. This podcast will share tools and strategies on how to carve out a place for yourself and your business in a busy online world, whether you're quirky, quiet or quite overwhelmed.
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This is an unparalleled look behind the scenes and between the lines of the landmark musical Into the Woods. Ben Rimalower produces and hosts candid conversations with the original stars and creatives of Into the Woods offering their unique perspectives on the development process of its iconic original production. Guests include writer-director director James Lapine, dramaturg Ira Weitzman, and original stars Bernadette Peters, Phylicia Rashad, Chip Zien and Joanna Gleason.
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113. Find Your X Factor: Make Your Message Connect & Boost Sales
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13:35In a world where AI is churning out generic content faster than ever, your unique X factor is what will set you apart. But what exactly is your X factor? How do you find it? And most importantly, how do you use it to create content that attracts the right people to your business? I’m sharing real-life examples of brands and businesses that have nai…
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112. The $27 Workshop Experiment: What Worked, What Didn’t & What’s Next
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17:51If you've ever wanted to test a new idea, build connections, or just get people to take action without the pressure of a massive launch, this episode is for you. I’m breaking down why I started these workshops, how I tweaked things along the way, and the surprising lessons I learned about engagement, repeat customers, and why people actually sign u…
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#65 - Lin-Manuel Miranda, The Legacy of Into the Woods
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1:02:54Lin-Manuel Miranda shares Sondheim's hilarious request for Spanish translation of "I Feel Pretty" and reflects upon the legacy of Into the Woods. Join host Ben Rimalower for this candid conversation exploring how Sondheim and Lapine went Into the Woods Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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111. Your Next Experiment in Business Could Be Worth $1 Million
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15:45Yes, you heard that right! But here’s the catch—you actually have to put it out into the world instead of just thinking about it. So many business owners—coaches, therapists, creatives, and professionals—get stuck in the cycle of working hard to pay the bills while daydreaming about their next big idea. But fear of failure, perfectionism, and overt…
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110. #1 Way to Waste Money in Your Online Business is to NOT Send Regular & Fabulous Emails to Your List
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26:53We’re diving into one of my absolute favourite topics—real fabulous email marketing. If you've ever run ads to build your list, created a lead magnet, or hosted a webinar, only to let those email addresses sit there gathering dust… well, my friend, you’re basically burning your hard-earned cash. But don’t worry, I’ve got you! This episode is all ab…
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109. Why I'm Doubling Down on Email Marketing in 2025
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21:49In this episode, I'm diving headfirst into why I'm doubling down on email marketing in 2025. With major shifts happening on social media platforms, and some concerning alliances forming in the tech world, it's time to reconsider how we connect and communicate with our audiences. I explore why email marketing isn't just a safe bet, but a golden oppo…
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108. REPLAY: The Lead Magnet Strategy - Turn Cold Leads into Loyal Clients in 3 Steps
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1:03:05In this episode I’m diving into the power of online lead generation, especially for those of you who are curious about running Facebook and Instagram ads with a replay of my recent webinar! If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by the idea of creating effective lead magnets or even wondered if paid advertising could work for your business, this episode i…
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In this episode of Real Fabulous Marketing, we’re diving into one of the most powerful tools for online businesses—Meta Pixel! Have you ever wondered how websites seem to know exactly what you’re interested in and follow you around the internet with targeted ads? Well, the secret is the Meta aka Facebook Tracking Pixel. In this episode, I'll explai…
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106. Boost Your E-Commerce Sales with Email List Building Strategies
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11:22In this episode of Real Fabulous Marketing, I’m shifting gears a little to focus on my e-commerce business owners. List building is something I always talk about, but today I’m sharing a powerful strategy that can transform how you approach your email marketing efforts, specifically for e-commerce. I dive into using lead form ads to build your emai…
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105. Mastering E-commerce Success with Jodie Minto
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42:03In this episode of Real Fabulous Marketing, I'm joined by the inspiring Jodie Minto, a seasoned Ecommerce Expert & Ads Coach who started her own clothing label, Iland.co., while living in Dubai and working full-time. Jodie successfully scaled Iland.co from humble market stall beginnings to a seven-figure business, ultimately selling it and turning …
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#64 - Donna Murphy, the Witch at the Delacorte and Original Auditionee
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1:57:50Donna Murphy charts her decades long journey with the seminal show and finally sets the record straight on the rumor she recored Meryl Streep's vocals for the film. Join host Ben Rimalower for this candid conversation exploring how Sondheim and Lapine went Into the Woods Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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104. Why you need to start running list building ads now! (Not next year!)
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14:13In this episode I detail seven reasons why you need to stop waiting and tart your list building ads right now! I also share my strong dislike of testimonial sliders... Register for 3 Steps to Build Your List with Ads Without Wasting Your Money Check out my testimonial slider free homepage: https://mirandaivey.com/…
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103. 4 top reasons why you know it's time to run ads (and what to do when your ads are / aren't working!)
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16:13Think you're maybe but not quite ready for Facebook ads? Listen to this episode and know for sure the 4 best reasons why you should or could run ads! In this episode I mention: Upcoming webinar: 3 steps to build Your list with Facebook Ads without wasting your money! Profitable Ads Guide
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As a Facebook Ads Manager I'm going to say "of course not!" but I'm going to share with you how I know they're not dead and why you should be investing in yourself & your business with list building ads in 2024. Download my Free Profitable Ads Guide Join the One Amazing Ad Wait List
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101. Reviewing my 90 Day Goals & Setting up for my next 90 days
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19:38Do you love EOFY as much as I do? Such a great time for renewal on so many levels. I also set some very restorative 90 day goals for the quarter and this episode leans into the "real" in real fabulous as I review how I went and look towards the next 90 days. This is your reminder to set your own up! Mentioned in this episode: Join the One Amazing A…
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#63 - Dana Ivey, the Witch in the Playwrights Horizons Reading
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24:20Dana Ivey shares her experience working in musical theater for a change--and explains why it was so enjoyable for her. Join host Ben Rimalower for this candid conversation exploring how Sondheim and Lapine went Into the Woods Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Broadway Podcast Network
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100. Celebrating 100 Episodes with 10 lessons in 10 years of solo business!
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17:30Woohoo! It's been a long time coming but I've made it... 100 episodes of Real Fabulous Marketing! Listen to 10 lessons I've learnt in 10 years of solo business now. While you're here... Leave a Review if you've enjoyed any of the past 100 episodes! Do my Micro Business Self Check-in Check out One Amazing Ad…
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99. 10 Things Every Website Needs to Make Money
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21:22Over the years I've questioned if we still even need an up to date website when there's so many ways for people to contact us. But I keep coming back to how it's your online home and without an up to date website people won't know if you're still in business or if you're worth working with! Tune into this episode where I cover 10 Things Every Websi…
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#62 - Heidi Ettinger, the Original Producer and Graphic Designer
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31:08Heidi Ettinger explains how a she came to design the logo art for Into the Woods while producing the show. Join host Ben Rimalower for this candid conversation exploring how Sondheim and Lapine went Into the Woods Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Broadway Podcast Network
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98. What to consider when pricing your services & how to add value instead of discounting
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16:17Let's get one thing clear, you don't need to discount in order to make sales! You also will never win a race to the bottom! In this episode I share 3 things to consider when it comes to your pricing and ways to value add instead of discounting your services and courses. Book a 1:1 Mentoring Session with Miranda Ivey Download my Run More Profitable …
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#61 - Mary D'Arcy, Cinderella in the Playwrights Horizons Workshop
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33:44Mary D'Arcy recalls Paul Gemignani teaching her the score to Act One of Into the Woods and speculates on why she wasn't cast when the production moved forward. Join host Ben Rimalower for this candid conversation exploring how Sondheim and Lapine went Into the Woods Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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97. I'm updating my website and here's what I'm thinking about
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15:27My current website feels like it's being held together with spit and tissue paper. I'm using this as an opportunity to "reinvent" myself and look at my brand values, how I want to work with clients and also my customer journey in terms of payments and "next steps". Tune in to find out how it's going. Have you read my Marketing Report for Small Busi…
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#60 - Michael Chybowski, First Assistant to the Lighting Designer
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35:18Michael Chybowski shares what it was like to work under Richard Nelson in designing the lighting for the original Broadway production of Into the Woods. Join host Ben Rimalower for this candid conversation exploring how Sondheim and Lapine went Into the Woods Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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96. Stop being for everyone and enjoy your business more!
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12:23In this episode I cover off some timely reminders on why you don't have to work with everyone (especially if you're having some kind of physical reaction to the work!!) Covering boundaries, red flags and your "new normal" this episode is for you if you're feeling overstretched but still underpaid. Do the Mighty Micro Business Check-In now…
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#59 - Patti LuPone, Broadway Legend/Rejected Cinderella
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26:35Patti LuPone spills all the tea about her audition to play Cinderella in Into the Woods, why she passed on playing the Witch twice, and whether she might be up for taking a crack at the role now. Join host Ben Rimalower for this candid conversation exploring how Sondheim and Lapine went Into the Woods Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho…
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95. From Frazzled to Fabulous, how this working mama got her groove back
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13:04What I've been up to for the past 4.5 months... Selling, buying, moving, holidays, starting school, extra dance classes and being away 4 weeks in a row, I realised I had to stop. I don't often talk too much about being a mum in business, that's because many of my clients don't have kids, or they have older kids, or step kids. I don't see it as part…
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#58 - Tom Galantich, Replacement Prince on Broadway
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30:45Tom Galantich talks about his time on Broadway as an understudy and replacement in the original Broadway production. Join host Ben Rimalower for this candid conversation exploring how Sondheim and Lapine went Into the Woods Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Broadway Podcast Network
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#57 - Stuart Zagnit, Replacement Steward on Tour
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43:40Stuart Zagnit gives the ins and outs of acting on a national tour, and drops some delicious show biz tidbits along the way, including a hilarious experience with Carol Channing and Betty White. Join host Ben Rimalower for this candid conversation exploring how Sondheim and Lapine went Into the Woods Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone…
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#56 - Judy McLane, Replacement Baker’s Wife on Tour
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29:41Judy McLane checks in from the current national tour of Company to talk about this full circle Sondheim moment in her long and varied career. Join host Ben Rimalower for this candid conversation exploring how Sondheim and Lapine went Into the Woods Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Listen Now - Singular Sensation: The Podcast
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10:10Join us for an extraordinary deep dive inside the most transformative decade on Broadway through gripping behind-the-scenes accounts of shows such as Sunset Boulevard, Rent, Angels in America, Chicago, The Lion King, and The Producers - shows that changed the history of the American theater. Host Michael Riedel, author of the best-selling book Sing…
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#55 - Robert Duncan McNeill, Jack on the National Tour
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1:25:09Robert Duncan McNeill remembers the good times on tour with Into the Woods and reveals his participation in the Public Theater workshop of Sondheim and Lapine’s Muscle, including some major co-stars! Plus, Ben discovers the original table reading cast of Into the Woods! Join host Ben Rimalower for this candid conversation exploring how Sondheim and…
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#54 - Eric Stern, Co-Musical Director at The Old Globe
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42:34Eric Stern recalls how Paul Gemignani mapped out their sharing of musical director duties as well as his own contributions to the underscoring. Join host Ben Rimalower for this candid conversation exploring how Sondheim and Lapine went Into the Woods. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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#53 - Marianne Cane, Stage Manager on Broadway
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1:01:21Marianne Cane offers a detailed depiction of the rehearsal process for Into the Woods on Broadway and in the final workshop, including vivid descriptions of Betty Buckley's vocal performance, and what it was like to be in the room with her. Join host Ben Rimalower for this candid conversation exploring how Sondheim and Lapine went Into the Woods. L…
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#52 - Robert Sean Leonard, Jack in the Playwrights Horizons Workshop
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41:11Robert Sean Leonard remembers working on the early incarnation of Into the Woods and how James Lapine told him he wouldn't be going forward with the show. Join host Ben Rimalower for this candid conversation exploring how Sondheim and Lapine went Into the Woods. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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#51 - Maureen Davis, the Original Sleeping Beauty and Stunt Witch
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50:25Maureen Davis explains how all the magic worked transforming Bernadette Peters from the old crone to the beautiful enchantress. Join host Ben Rimalower for this candid conversation exploring how Sondheim and Lapine went Into the Woods. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Broadway Podcast Network
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#50 - Bernadette Peters, the Original Witch
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42:54Bernadette Peters opens up about when she first fell in love with Stephen Sondheim's songs and how James Lapine pulled her back from the broad comedy she initially brought to the role of the Witch. Join host Ben Rimalower for this candid conversation exploring how Sondheim and Lapine went Into the Woods. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega…
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#49 - RJ Cutler, Assistant to the Director (Broadway and Final Workshop)
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55:07RJ Cutler remembers walking Betty Buckley's dog and and waiting with bated breath for the big songs that would complete Act Two of Into the Woods. Join host Ben Rimalower for this candid conversation exploring how Sondheim and Lapine went Into the Woods. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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#48 - Jean Louisa Kelly, the original Snow White
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33:02Jean Louisa Kelly was excited and scared to join Broadway star Bernadette Peters in Into the Woods as Snow White and understudy to Rapunzel and Little Red Riding Hood. She left the cast to resume her normal high school life just in time to miss filming the show for PBS, but went on to a successful Hollywood career anyway. Join host Ben Rimalower fo…
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#47 - David Warren, Assistant to the Director (Playwrights Horizons, Old Globe, and National Tour)
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1:11:07David Warren was in the room where it happened and remembers everything from the moment he first heard No One Is Alone to leaving Sondheim lost in the middle of San Diego. Join host Ben Rimalower for this candid conversation exploring how Sondheim and Lapine went Into the Woods. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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#46 - Kay McClelland, the original Florinda and Replacement Baker's Wife
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1:04:33Kay McClelland comes clean on how she never felt her job was safe in her three years with Into the Woods and how the only job security she got was, as the Baker's Wife at the end of the run, being told the show would close soon so it was too late to replace her. Join host Ben Rimalower for this candid conversation exploring how Sondheim and Lapine …
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#45 - Tony Straiges, the original Set Designer
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41:30Tony Straiges tells all the secrets of his magical scenic design. Join host Ben Rimalower for this candid conversation exploring how Sondheim and Lapine went Into the Woods. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Broadway Podcast Network
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Phylicia Rashad recalls her happiness at being asked to audition for Into the Woods and recounts her embrace of the challenges of performing Stephen Sondheim's songs. Join host Ben Rimalower for this candid conversation exploring how Sondheim and Lapine went Into the Woods. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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#43 - Daniel Henning, the Witch in James Lapine's Blocking Exercises
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46:28Daniel Henning was a Senior at NYU when he got the opportunity of a lifetime, to play the Witch in James Lapine's blocking exercises. His vivid memories set the tone for a far-ranging and colorful conversation about the show and the actors who came before and after him in it. Join host Ben Rimalower for this candid conversation exploring how Sondhe…
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#42 - Marcia Milgrom Dodge, Auditioned Choreographer
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40:40Marcia Milgrom Dodge dishes on her audition to choreograph Into the Woods and how--at the eleventh hour--James Lapine invited her back to the final workshop for one more look, just in case. Join host Ben Rimalower for this candid conversation exploring how Sondheim and Lapine went Into the Woods. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm…
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#41 - Jacqui Dankworth, Cinderella in London & Cleo Laine's Daughter
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40:53Jacqui Dankworth fell in in love with Into the Woods watching her legendary mother Cleo Laine play the Witch in the National Tour. Little did she know, she'd be originating the role Cinderella on the West End just under two years later. Join host Ben Rimalower for this candid conversation exploring how Sondheim and Lapine went Into the Woods. Learn…
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#40 - Jonathan Hadley, Rapunzel's Prince on the National Tour
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59:23Jonathan Hadley has vivid memories of his time on tour with Into the Woods, recalling everything from his abbreviated rehearsal process as standby to Charlotte Rae's plastic covered furniture and star Cleo Laine's salty sense of humor backstage. Join host Ben Rimalower for this candid conversation exploring how Sondheim and Lapine went Into the Woo…
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#39 - Tracy Katz Paladini, Little Red Riding Hood on the National Tour
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52:38Tracy Katz Paladini got the plum role of Little Red Riding Hood on the National Tour of Into the Woods fresh out of school, but her talent and training could hardly have prepared her for the strain of life on the road. Join host Ben Rimalower for this candid conversation exploring how Sondheim and Lapine went Into the Woods. Learn more about your a…
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94. 7 Powerful Annual Review Questions for 2023 & 3 Questions to Set Yourself Up in 2024
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17:12I love doing Annual Reviews. They allow me to put the year to bed (so to speak) while also reflecting on the lessons I've learnt and what worked / what didn't. In this episode I split the questions between 7 reviewing 2023 and 3 questions to ask yourself before we leap into a fabulous new year! Let me know how you go! @mirandaiveymedia…
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#38 - Douglas Sills, Rapunzel's Prince on the National Tour
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1:18:47Douglas Sills opens up about everything from the challenges of being an out actor in the 80s and 90s to his almost #MeToo moment with Sondheim and message from the master beyond the grave. Join host Ben Rimalower for this candid conversation exploring how Sondheim and Lapine went Into the Woods. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/…
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Ben Wright confesses how he struggled with the high notes and explains why he had thought Betty Buckley wasn't taken to Broadway. Join host Ben Rimalower for this candid conversation exploring how Sondheim and Lapine went Into the Woods. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Broadway Podcast Network
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