It’s The Broadway Beat’s 2026 Spring Preview! Editors Zach Raffio, HaleyJane Rose and Edward Precht walk you through all of the season’s new plays and musicals, which are all 100% real. Plus some surprise special guests drop by to talk about THEIR real musicals!

00:00 - Hellooooo

02:24 - What's coming to Broadway?

13:29 - These upcoming shows are NOT fake!

27:20 - Shaggy and Baggy, surprise guests

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Edward Precht: @pertoltprecht

Zach Raffio: @zachraffio

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The Broadway Beat Podcast is created, produced, and hosted by Zach Raffio. It is produced and engineered by HaleyJane Rose, with additional contributions by associate producer Edward Precht. The theme song is composed by JaKe Rose and sung by Patti Lupone.

Hey baby! Eleri Ward (Internal Rituals, Gatsby: An American Myth) joins this week’s eppy to discuss recording music in a closet, what if Gatsby took place in Boston, and how a wake is really a rehearsal for a funeral. Then, The Broadway Ghostwriter stops by to discuss helping theatre performers transition into the world of pop music. Plus a round of The Broadway Beat’s Jimmy Fallon Wheel of Impressions!

00:00:00 - Welcome back and headlines 00:02:09 - Eleri Ward 00:21:46 - The Broadway Ghost Writer 00:38:09 - The Broadway Ghost Writer shares his lyrics! 00:44:54 - The Broadway Beat’s Jimmy Fallon Wheel of Impressions

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The Broadway Beat Podcast is created, produced, and hosted by Zach Raffio. It is produced and engineered by HaleyJane Rose, with additional contributions by associate producer Edward Precht. The theme song is composed by JaKe Rose and sung by Patti Lupone.

Intermission is over and new episodes have ARRIVED! Season three kicks off with special guest Emma Pittman (Broadway’s The Outsiders) as we discuss winning The Search for Roxie, student audiences, and box office grosses are looking at the Jacobs these days. Then, raccoon Tyler joins us to discuss being evicted from the Delacorte Theatre. And finally, we play a game of Outsider or Insider!

00:00:00 - Welcome back and headlines 00:03:20 - Emma Pittman 00:20:19 - Tyler the Delacorte Raccoon 00:33:23 - Let's play Outsider or Insider!

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The Broadway Beat Podcast is created, produced, and hosted by Zach Raffio. It is produced and engineered by HaleyJane Rose, with additional contributions by associate producer Edward Precht. The theme song is composed by JaKe Rose and sung by Patti Lupone.

It’s our season two finale! We made it. Louis Peitzman (Vulture) joins us to gab and gab about armpit acting, immersive theatre, and selling the food a character makes on stage. Then, Patti LuPone’s life standby Lorna Portillo gives us an inside look at one of Broadway’s most coveted gigs. Plus, one of our famous “games”!

See you in a few weeks for season three!

00:00:00 - Hiiii, Headlines, Third H Thing 00:03:08 - Louis Peitzman, everybody! 00:21:49 - Lorna Portillo, Patti LuPone's Life Standby 00:39:14 - It's A Scream!

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The Broadway Beat Podcast is created, produced, and hosted by Zach Raffio. It is produced and engineered by HaleyJane Rose, with additional contributions by associate producer Edward Precht. The theme song is composed by JaKe Rose and sung by Patti Lupone.

Get in your time machines! Theatre historian and producer Jennifer Ashley Tepper (The Jonathan Larson Project, Women Writing Musicals: The Legacy That the History Books Left Out) stops by the pod to discuss some of her favorite Broadway history, exactly where she was when multiple famous people died, a forbidden hard drive, and much more. Then, "investor" Terrance Rozier teaches us all about Broadway show betting.

00:00:00 - Hello and headlines 00:01:51 - Jennifer Ashley Tepper is here! 00:18:12 - Terrance Rozier gives us the odds 00:32:01 - RAPID RAFFIO

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Follow Mike - @thewrongcatdied

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The Broadway Beat Podcast is created, produced, and hosted by Zach Raffio. It is produced and engineered by HaleyJane Rose, with additional contributions by associate producer Edward Precht. The theme song is composed by JaKe Rose and sung by Patti Lupone.

We got booped! Ricky Schroeder (BOOP! The Musical) stops by to discuss his Broadway debut, pitch some merch, and finally reveal whether or not the Pudgy puppet is sentient. Then, legendary Broadway agent Gloria Burbank joins us and tells it how to make it in this biz (hint: don't be an uggo). Plus, a game!

00:00:00 - Hello and headlines 00:02:56 - Ricky Schroeder gets Booped 00:19:52 - Gloria Burbank, talent agent to the stars 00:37:46 - We play Broadway Hit or No Way, Git!

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The Broadway Beat Podcast is created, produced, and hosted by Zach Raffio. It is produced and engineered by HaleyJane Rose, with additional contributions by associate producer Edward Precht. The theme song is composed by JaKe Rose and sung by Patti Lupone.

It’s just family this week, as Zach and his fellow Broadway Beat editors HaleyJane Rose and Edward Precht talk all the brand new shows hitting Broadway this spring, and EVERY SHOW they mention is REAL. Don’t you take that tone with us!

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Edward Precht: @pertoltprecht

Zach Raffio: @zachraffio

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The Broadway Beat Podcast is created, produced, and hosted by Zach Raffio. It is produced and engineered by HaleyJane Rose, with additional contributions by associate producer Edward Precht. The theme song is composed by JaKe Rose and sung by Patti Lupone.

Listen up! Max Mendoza Crumm (High, Sweetie!; Grease) stops by to chat about their role in Easy A, their experience as a reality TV show winner, not being afraid of Jason Robert Brown and more. Then, Amber pops in to discuss her Broadway-related fursona. Plus, a game!

00:00:00 - Hello and headlines 00:01:52 - Max Mendoza Crumm, everybody! 00:20:46 - A booking error? Amber is here. 00:36:32 - BroadwayCONnections

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The Broadway Beat Podcast is created, produced, and hosted by Zach Raffio. It is produced and engineered by HaleyJane Rose, with additional contributions by associate producer Edward Precht. The theme song is composed by JaKe Rose and sung by Patti Lupone.