Playbill's podcast has officially launched! The latest episode of The Playbill Podcast: A Show On Broadway, featuring Operation Mincemeat Broadway stars Natasha Hodgson and Jak Malone, is now available anywhere you get your podcasts, including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also listen below.
Hodgson is also part of SplitLit, the U.K. comedy group that created the musical, which recounts a wild but true story about a World War II-era scheme that involved launching a corpse into enemy territory to throw the Nazis off of British invasion plans. Malone won an Olivier Award for his performance in the musical's West End bow, from which both he and Hodgson are reprising their work. The musical is running at the John Golden Theatre.
Along with a chat with Hodgson and Malone, the Operation Mincemeat episode of The Playbill Podcast also features host Playbill Chief Operating Officer and Vice President Alex Birsh joined by Playbill Creative Producer Bryan Campione, our resident superfan of the musical, to discuss what makes this little-musical-that-could an unlikely Olivier-winning hit and, now, Broadway transfer. Listen to the full episode below.
Future episodes of The Playbill Podcast are slated to center on Redwood with its star and co-creator Idina Menzel, & Juliet with current stars Maya Boyd and Alison Luff, Oh, Mary! with its writer-star Cole Escola and director Sam Pinkleton, and lots more in the weeks ahead.
“The two most common questions anyone at Playbill gets from friends or family are: 'What's on Broadway? And what should I see?,'" says Birsh of the inspiration behind the new project. "The Playbill Podcast is here to help. Whether you’re a Broadway veteran or just starting to explore, we'll bring you the magic of Broadway, one show at a time.”
Along with Birsh and stars from each spotlighted show, episodes feature conversations with Playbill's resident theatre experts, aka the staffers that spend all their days writing and working on theatre and most nights seeing shows. The Playbill Podcast connects listeners with the savvy and fun theatre fans you've been looking for, whether it's to help you find your next ticket to buy or just giving you a place to geek out about your favorite show.
Jak Malone and Zoë Roberts in Operation Mincemeat
Company of Operation Mincemeat
Company of Operation Mincemeat
Company of Operation Mincemeat
Company of Operation Mincemeat
Company of Operation Mincemeat
David Cumming, Natasha Hodgson, and Claire-Marie Hall in Operation Mincemeat
