"Some People" with Klea Blackhurst

Very happy to release this episode of Pardo's Turn with the legendary Karen Mason! The recent lifetime achievement award winner of the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs discusses her dual career as a Broadway star and Cabaret artist, performing an original mash-up by her longtime friend and collaborator, Brian Lasser. She also talks about theatre during 9/11 and throws the great Robert Cuccioli under a bus! 

In this episode, I chat with Broadway music director/arranger/orchestrator Joseph Church about his new book, ROCK IN THE MUSICAL THEATRE, now available through the Oxford University Press. We discuss his musical background, motivations for writing the book, the legacy of The Who's Tommy, maintaining vocal health, auditioning for rock shows, and more. We also discuss his first book, MUSIC DIRECTION FOR THE STAGE: A VIEW FROM THE PODIUM.

Pardo's Turn is back with the fabulous Catherine Porter! In this episode, we talk about her eclectic performance career, battling cancer, kissing Hugh Jackman, and standing by for Marin Mazzie as Diana in Next to Normal on Broadway.

In this episode of Pardo's Turn, the Bearded Broadway Bass, Adam Bashian, talks about his unique career as a bass in musical theatre, a cappella musicals, trusting audiences, and performs an excerpt from SWEENEY TODD. He also talks about his side hustle, selling macabre antiques, oddities, and artifacts.

In this episode of Pardo's Turn, I chat with Broadway veteran Elizabeth Ward Land about Andrew Lloyd Webber, 80s Mega-Musicals, all three iterations of The Scarlet Pimpernel, and her Linda Ronstadt Tribute, Still Within the Sound Of My Voice. We then perform "With One Look" from Sunset Boulevard, which she played recently at the Mac-Haydn Theatre.

FINALLY finished with my Pardo's Turn hiatus after an intense month with I Spy A Spy - The Musical. So happy to invite on my buddy Jeff Kready, one of the most talented and friendly people you'll find on Broadway. We chat about music education, barbershop, his family, and standing by for Santino. We also perform a really great rendition of "Almost Like Being in Love" from BRIGADOON. Enjoy!

The Tonys took place on Sunday. Dan weighs in on the winners and [not winners] in addition to talking about the politics of the telecast, diversity, frontrunners, and this year's in memoriam.

In this special episode of PARDO'S TURN, the last in our first calendar year,  Old School Broadway belter Klea Blackhurst talks about Mama Rose, Dolly Levi, her cabaret career, and the legendary Ethel Merman. We cap off the episode with a killer performance of "Some People" from GYPSY.

In this very brief episode, I talk about Rock Operas in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of The Who's Tommy. 

So honored to have the multi-talented Bill Nolte on Pardo's Turn this week. Rather than diving into one of his classic stage roles, we discuss "Specialty Numbers" and do a signature turn from his club act, Billsville, that he's been performing for 20 years, but never on camera! We also talk about his fine artwork and some of the characters he's played.