Breaking Broadway with Kerry Butler

How can you create your own work? Sandy Rustin started out as a performer and transitioned into writing. The Cottage, written by Rustin, recently played on Broadway and her play Clue is on tour. Today we will hear about her transition into writing and what she learned about auditioning from being behind the table.   Sandy Rustin is a Broadway playwright and actress. One of the most produced playwrights in America, Sandy penned the adaptation of the cult-hit film, CLUE which has enjoyed over 3,500 productions worldwide. The NY TIMES called CLUE “a welcome throwback to an era of physical comedy!” CLUE will launch a national tour in February 2024 and is available for licensing via Broadway Licensing. Sandy’s original comedy, THE COTTAGE, (“Laugh Out Loud!” – The NY Times), directed by Jason Alexander (Seinfeld) ran at The Hayes Theatre for a limited-engagement on Broadway, starring Eric McCormick and Laura Bell Bundy, and is available for licensing via Broadway Licensing’s Dramatists Play Service. Follow Sandy on Instagram: @sandyrustin_ You can find me on Instagram @kerrybutler1 and TikTok @kerrybutlernyc. For coaching and teaching, visit my website at kerrybutlercoach.com, follow @kerrybutlercoach on Instagram, or email me at kerrybutlercoach@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's episode is a crossover with Jayke Workman's podcast, Oh My Pod U Guys. Oh My Pod U Guys Episode Description: From Hairspray to Beetlejuice, to a Tony Nominated performance as Kira in Xanadu, Kerry Butler has one of the most extensive careers on Broadway. I am joined by Bway icon, Kerry Butler, to chat all about her incredible career on Broadway and beyond! Kerry talks about her background as an artist, and how she ended up in the world of art. She touches on her experience originating roles on Bway, as well as all the roles she had a hand in creating but never got to play. We dive into the extracurriculars, and how important it is for an artist to have interests and joys outside of the theater bubble. Kerry also shares about her incredible podcast, Breaking Broadway, and how much she enjoys instilling wisdom about the industry for the next generation. U guys, Kerry is amazing, U don't wanna miss this episode!  Follow Oh My Pod U Guys: Instagram: @ohmypodugys bpn.fm/ohmypod You can find me on Instagram @kerrybutler1 and TikTok @kerrybutlernyc. For coaching and teaching, visit my website at kerrybutlercoach.com, follow @kerrybutlercoach on Instagram, or email me at kerrybutlercoach@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have casting director, Jason Styres, back for part two- giving insight into the casting process. Jason discusses casting from open calls- What makes someone stand out in auditions?  How to work on the material for auditions. Then we have Margot Plum on to chat about side hustles. Jason is an award-winning casting director whose work is currently globally represented, covering every facet of the industry: theatre, film, television, commercials, live events, dance, company consultation, and more. He is the founder and creative director of the Casting Collaborative, as well as the founder of the Caucus for Independent Casting.  He has cast projects such as the Tony Award Winning Best Musical A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder (Broadway, 1st National Tour, and 2nd National Tour), the hit Off-Broadway comedy Puffs, The Lion King (Broadway & National Tour), and over 15 different productions for the prestigious New York City Center Encores! series., from Merrily We Roll Along (starring Lin Manuel Miranda, 2012) to Cabin in the Sky (his first foray into stage collaboration with Camille A. Brown, 2016). You can find me on Instagram @kerrybutler1 and TikTok @kerrybutlernyc. For coaching and teaching, visit my website at kerrybutlercoach.com, follow @kerrybutlercoach on Instagram, or email me at kerrybutlercoach@gmail.com. Follow Jason Styres: Instagram: @castingbyjasonstyres and @thecastingcollab www.thecastingcollab.com Follow Margot Plum: Instagram: @margyplum and @plumtreeprojects Follow The Hustle: Instagram: @thehustle_nyc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have casting director, Jason Styres, on this episode giving insight into the casting process. Jason discusses casting from open calls - What makes someone stand out in auditions?  How to work on the material for auditions. Then Margot Plum joins to give the logistics on finding open calls.   Jason is an award-winning casting director whose work is currently globally represented, covering every facet of the industry: theatre, film, television, commercials, live events, dance, company consultation, and more. He is the founder and creative director of the Casting Collaborative, as well as the founder of the Caucus for Independent Casting. He has cast projects such as the Tony Award Winning Best Musical A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder (Broadway, 1st National Tour, and 2nd National Tour), the hit Off-Broadway comedy Puffs, The Lion King (Broadway & National Tour), and over 15 different productions for the prestigious New York City Center Encores! series., from Merrily We Roll Along (starring Lin Manuel Miranda, 2012) to Cabin in the Sky (his first foray into stage collaboration with Camille A. Brown, 2016). You can find me on Instagram @kerrybutler1 and TikTok @kerrybutlernyc. For coaching and teaching, visit my website at kerrybutlercoach.com, follow @kerrybutlercoach on Instagram, or email me at kerrybutlercoach@gmail.com. Follow Jason Styres: Instagram: @castingbyjasonstyres and @thecastingcollab www.thecastingcollab.com Follow Margot Plum: Instagram: @margyplum and @plumtreeprojects Follow The Hustle: Instagram: @thehustle_nyc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Back for Part 2! We have TikTok star and Wicked National Tour standby for Elphaba, Emily Kristen Morris. In addition to being a working actress and social media influencer, Emily is a certified vocal coach. Because she has so much to share, Emily is my guest for the next two episodes. She will share stories about her career and offer her favorite vocal tips. We will also learn all about her digital course and take a deep dive into using social media to help your acting career. You can find me on Instagram @kerrybutler1 and TikTok @kerrybutlernyc. For coaching and teaching, visit my website at kerrybutlercoach.com, follow @kerrybutlercoach on Instagram, or email me at kerrybutlercoach@gmail.com. Follow Emily Kristen Morris: Instagram: @emilykristenmorris and @EKMvocalstudio TikTok: @emilykristenmorris Youtube: @emilushkaa www.emilykristenmorris.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have TikTok star and Wicked National Tour standby for Elphaba, Emily Kristen Morris. In addition to being a working actress and social media influencer, Emily is a certified vocal coach. Because she has so much to share, Emily is my guest for the next two episodes. She will share stories about her career and offer her favorite vocal tips. We will also learn all about her digital course and take a deep dive into using social media to help your acting career. You can find me on Instagram @kerrybutler1 and TikTok @kerrybutlernyc. For coaching and teaching, visit my website at kerrybutlercoach.com, follow @kerrybutlercoach on Instagram, or email me at kerrybutlercoach@gmail.com. Follow Emily Kristen Morris: Instagram: @emilykristenmorris and @EKMvocalstudio TikTok: @emilykristenmorris Youtube: @emilushkaa www.emilykristenmorris.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s college audition time! I did a joint podcast with "Mapping the College Audition" and talked about MY college experience and how that is different from today. (Loved Ithaca College!) They don’t cut people anymore?!!! Hope this helps you trust the process! And trust you will get in where you are meant to be.   Follow Mapping the College Audition! Instagram: @mappingthecollegeaudition YouTube: @MTCA (Musical Theater College Auditions)  TikTok: @mtcollegeauditions  Charlie Murphy:@charmur7  Meghan Cordier:@meghanmarie2014 You can find me on Instagram @kerrybutler1 and TikTok @kerrybutlernyc. For coaching and teaching, visit my website at kerrybutlercoach.com, follow @kerrybutlercoach on Instagram, or email me at kerrybutlercoach@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Your show is moving to Broadway! Actually, not happening. Your show may move to Broadway! Not yet... How do you handle the hope/stress and live your life while you are involved with a show that MAY go to Broadway?  After years and years, Jose Llana is finally back on Broadway with the hit show Here Lies Love.  Listen to his journey getting there!   Follow Jose Llana on Instagram @thejosellana and check out Here Lies Love @herelieslovebway. You can find me on Instagram @kerrybutler1 and TikTok @kerrybutlernyc. For coaching and teaching, visit my website at kerrybutlercoach.com, follow @kerrybutlercoach on Instagram, or email me at kerrybutlercoach@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Douglas J. Cohen recently wrote a a book, How to Survive a Killer Musical, Agony and Ecstasy on the Road to Broadway, giving great insight into creating a new musical. Great insight for anyone who wants to get in on the ground level of creating a new show! Part two of two. Douglas J Cohen's composing credits: Music & Lyrics for No Way to Treat A Lady, The Gig, The Big Time, and The Opposite of Sex (Kerry and Doug worked together on this show). Follow Douglas J. Cohen on Instagram @douglasjcohen and get more info at douglasjcohen.com. You can find me on Instagram @kerrybutler1 and TikTok @kerrybutlernyc. For coaching and teaching, visit my website at kerrybutlercoach.com, follow @kerrybutlercoach on Instagram, or email me at kerrybutlercoach@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Douglas J. Cohen recently wrote a a book, How to Survive a Killer Musical, Agony and Ecstasy on the Road to Broadway, giving great insight into creating a new musical. Great insight for anyone who wants to get in on the ground level of creating a new show! Part one of two. Douglas J Cohen's composing credits: Music & Lyrics for No Way to Treat A Lady, The Gig, The Big Time, and The Opposite of Sex (Kerry and Doug worked together on this show). Follow Douglas J. Cohen on Instagram @douglasjcohen and get more info at douglasjcohen.com. You can find me on Instagram @kerrybutler1 and TikTok @kerrybutlernyc. For coaching and teaching, visit my website at kerrybutlercoach.com, follow @kerrybutlercoach on Instagram, or email me at kerrybutlercoach@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Broadway star Matthew Scott - best known for Jersey Boys and Sondheim on Sondheim talks about creating his own show. Get some tips on how to create your own work and how to write your own show.   Matthew's Broadway credits: Grand Horizons, An American in Paris, Sondheim on Sondheim, A Catered Affair, and Jersey Boys Follow Matthew Scott on Instagram @m.a.t.t.h.e.w_s.c.o.t.t. He'll be performing his show, The Jesus Year, A Letter From My Dad at Theatre Raleigh on September 22nd - theatreraleigh.com and 54 Below on September 26th - 54below.org. You can find me on Instagram @kerrybutler1 and TikTok @kerrybutlernyc. For coaching and teaching, visit my website at kerrybutlercoach.com, follow @kerrybutlercoach on Instagram, or email me at kerrybutlercoach@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reunited with my co-star from Xanadu, Cheyenne Jackson. Cheyenne moved from a very small town, not knowing anything about theater to… Not Broadway... Seattle! From there he eventually made it to Broadway and then Hollywood. I asked him about that transition. He has great self-tape tips!  Cheyenne's Broadway credits include: Into The Woods, Finian's Rainbow, Xanadu, All Shook Up, & Thoroughly Modern Millie Follow Cheyenne on Instagram @mrcheyennejackson. He'll be performing at 54 Below this September - 54below.org/events/cheyenne-jackson/, and you can see us both on thebroadwaycruise.com in March 2024! You can find me on Instagram @kerrybutler1 and TikTok @kerrybutlernyc. For coaching and teaching, visit my website at kerrybutlercoach.com, follow @kerrybutlercoach on Instagram, or email me at kerrybutlercoach@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brilliant award winning song writing team Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman are my guests. Currently they are represented on Broadway in the smash hit Some Like it Hot. I had the privilege of working with them on Hairspray and Catch Me If You Can. You also may know their music from the tv show Smash. We talk about their incredible careers, and they give advice on how to audition. Can you take their music and make it your own? To riff or not to riff, that is the question. Learn more about Marc at marcshaiman.com. On Instagram, follow Marc @marc_shaiman and Scott @scottwittman. You can find me on Instagram @kerrybutler1 and TikTok @kerrybutlernyc. For coaching and teaching, visit my website at kerrybutlercoach.com, follow @kerrybutlercoach on Instagram, or email me at kerrybutlercoach@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Continuing our discussion of side hustles, we have Mandy Gonzalez. She starred in Hamilton for five years, was Elphaba in Wicked, and originated Nina in In the Heights. Even with all those amazing credits, she still finds other work. We also have Aurore Joly, who moved to NYC from France to try to make it on Broadway. While going on auditions and working theater jobs, she created her own pilates business (that I go to!)  Learn more about Mandy Gonzalez at mandygonzalez.com. Follow her on Instagram @mandy.gonzalez. Learn more about Aurore Joly at aurorejoly.art and @cleophaseve and Move Art Studio at themoveartstudio.com and @moveart_studio. You can find me on Instagram @kerrybutler1 and TikTok @kerrybutlernyc. For coaching and teaching, visit my website at kerrybutlercoach.com, follow @kerrybutlercoach on Instagram, or email me at kerrybutlercoach@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I have been doing a series on side hustles, because people don’t talk about how much an actor’s salary can fluctuate. There could be one great year, and then a few years where you barely make money acting. That’s normal. This week we have Katie Webber and David Josefsberg - actors who between the two of them have been in over 20 Broadway shows! They both found side hustles they love that work around their audition schedules AND tap into their other talents and creativity.  Learn more about Katie, her favorite recipes, and her cookbooks at katiewebbernyc.com. Follow her on Instagram @katiewebbernyc. Follow David on Instagram and TikTok @davidsjosefsberg. Learn about his classes at broadwaybreathwork.com, and learn more about the Target 100 program at target100.net. You can find me on Instagram @kerrybutler1 and TikTok @kerrybutlernyc. For coaching and teaching, visit my website at kerrybutlercoach.com, follow @kerrybutlercoach on Instagram, or email me at kerrybutlercoach@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Laura Bell Bundy is about to star on Broadway in The Cottage!  She has been acting in this business since she was eleven, when she starred in Ruthless! Off-Broadway. (She had some very famous understudies.) We have the best time catching up and hearing all her wonderful advice for performers AND learning all about her business and activism that is so important to her - Womxn of Tomorrow. Learn more about Laura Bell Bundy at laurabellbundy.com and on Instagram @laurabellbundy. Follow Womxn of Tomorrow Foundation at womxnoftomorrow.org and on Instagram @womxnoftomorrow. You can find me on Instagram @kerrybutler1 and TikTok @kerrybutlernyc. For coaching and teaching, visit my website at kerrybutlercoach.com, follow @kerrybutlercoach on Instagram, or email me at kerrybutlercoach@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dream of getting a Tony on Broadway? Here are some words of advice from this year's Tony nominees, including Nikki Crawford, Wendell Pierce, Kevin Cahoon, Kevin Del Aguila, Jordan Cooper, Jen Weber, James Ijames, Eva Price and many more! You can find me on Instagram @kerrybutler1 and TikTok @kerrybutlernyc. For coaching and teaching, visit my website at kerrybutlercoach.com, follow @kerrybutlercoach on Instagram, or email me at kerrybutlercoach@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robert Horn, the Tony nominated writer of Shucked and classic tv shows Designing Women, Teen Beach Movie and so many others, tells us what the creative team looks for during auditions. And, why you may have given the best audition, but still not have gotten the part!   Follow Robert @rhorn1 on Instagram and Twitter. You can find me on Instagram @kerrybutler1 and TikTok @kerrybutlernyc. For coaching and teaching, visit my website at kerrybutlercoach.com, follow @kerrybutlercoach on Instagram, or email me at kerrybutlercoach@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bonnie Milligan tells us how she went from open calls to getting a Tony nomination for Kimberly Akimbo on Broadway.   Follow Bonnie in Instagram at @beltingbons and Twitter @BeltingBonnie. You can find me on Instagram @kerrybutler1 and TikTok @kerrybutlernyc. For coaching and teaching, visit my website at kerrybutlercoach.com, follow @kerrybutlercoach on Instagram, or email me at kerrybutlercoach@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 2023 Tony Nominees share the tough times they made it through before becoming a nominee. We spoke live with Nikki Crawford, James Ijames, Kevin Cahoon, Julia Lester, Lorna Courtney, NaTasha Yvette Williams, and Miriam Silverman just days after the nominations were announced. Get ready to be inspired! You can find me on Instagram @kerrybutler1 and TikTok @kerrybutlernyc. For coaching and teaching, visit my website at kerrybutlercoach.com, follow @kerrybutlercoach on Instagram, or email me at kerrybutlercoach@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices