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Matt Tmanini (0:30)
Broadway for Wednesday, September 10, 2025 on Broadway Radio's Matt Tmanini and I'm Tell.
Grace Aki (0:35)
Me on a Sunday podcast.
Matt Tmanini (0:36)
Grace Aki I have booked a really fun interview for our next Patreon exclusive episode that'll come out sometime this weekend. Grace earlier this week I had kind of talked about the fact that it seems like the Evita transfer that we had been told was happening is no longer happening because Jamie Lloyd and Andrew Lloyd Webber have had a falling out. I booked the best person I know to talk about all things London theater and especially getting the inside dirt, and that is Mickey Jo Theatre. So Mickey Jo is going to join me later this week and we're going to talk about this. And then one of the things that Gracie, you and I love to talk about is the things that could potentially transfer from London to New York and then great shows coming to London. So we'll have a very London centric conversation, but focusing primarily on the Evita controversies and infighting over there at that production. So you want to hear that? Head over to patreon.com broadwayradio broadwayradio.com patreon and sign up at the Mezzanine tier and above. Grace for people who don't know Mickey Joe from his great commentary and criticism, mostly on YouTube, what do they need to know about Mickey Joe?
Grace Aki (1:46)
Oh, Mickey Jo is just such a light. I think that he's so excitingly progressive in the theater commentary and review space, especially on YouTube. So if you've never checked out his channel, you absolutely should.
Matt Tmanini (1:59)
Yeah, he is fantastic and I'm looking forward to having him on Broadway radio for the first time. All right, let's dive into some news. Grace and yesterday we got the complete cast announcement for the upcoming Broadway return engagement for Beetlejuice the Musical the third time. Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice. That the show will be on Broadway. Beetlejuice is going to play the palace theater for a 13 week run beginning on Wednesday, October 8th and currently scheduled to play through January 3rd. The vast majority of of the cast is coming from the national tour almost wholly intact. That includes Justin Collette as the ghost with the most as well as Isabella Essler as Lydia. However, for certain performances, Madison Mosley will be playing Lydia. Both of those women have played the part on tour, so they didn't say if this is going to be like an alternate situation, like Isabella is only going to do certain performances or if she's going to be out for a certain amount of time. But I did see Isabella on tour and she was fantastic. So either way I think you're probably in good shape there. Will Burton will be playing Adam. Megan McGinnis is playing Barbara. Jenny Barber is playing Delia. Jesse Sharp is playing Charles. Vanessa Aurora Sierra is playing Miss Argentina. Remember in the original Broadway version, Delia and Miss Argentina were played by the same person, Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer. That was not the case on tour and I'm not even sure if it was the, I think the third or the second return engagement on Broadway. It wasn't like that. So it is a different track there for those women. Patrick Oliver Jones is playing Otho. Travis Mitchell is playing Maxi Dean. And then we'll have the rest of the cast in the show notes as well. But Grace, this is one that people love. We've seen Grace these tour stops. Most recently it was the Wiz that was a little bit different. But we're seeing it with Mamma Mia. Now as well where these have been really well received. There are shows that people love and for a limited time only, like I think that this could be a really fun way to not only hit spooky season but also get, you know, the nice tourist bump in the holidays for the Palace. Otherwise, you know, maybe it would have sat empty until a new show comes in in the spring.