Behind the Awards with Eila Mell & Bruce Gotlieb

By: Broadway Podcast Network
  • Summary

  • Celebrating extreme excellence in theater, film and tv, this podcast takes listeners all over the world on a journey behind the scenes featuring never-before-heard stories from Academy Award winners, Tony Award winners, Golden Globe Award winners, and so much more. Co-Hosts Eila Mell, bestselling author (The Tony Awards: A Celebration of Excellence in Theatre) and renowned podcast host, and Bruce Gotleib, who has never met an Awards show he doesn’t like, take guests through their experience of being nominated and subsequently winning their award(s), highlighting interesting and intimate details about their awards experience that will leave everyone happy to be a part of the experience. Visit http://bpn.fm/behindtheawards to learn more.
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Episodes
  • #52 - A Year in Review - Things that made us go hmmm 2024
    Dec 26 2024
    Eila & Bruce go through their top moments of 2024 including: The Outsiders, Wicked, Taylor Swift, Sunset Blvd and more! Plus don’t miss what they are excited about for 2025! Make sure to check out Eila's book, "The Tony Awards", and all her other amazing books: https://amzn.to/43WMu5Y. Connect with Eila and Bruce: Instagram @behind_the_awards Eila @eilamell Bruce @cominghomewithbruce Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    29 mins
  • 51 - Grey Henson - Everyone’s Buddy
    Dec 18 2024
    Grey Henson visited to discuss his starring role as Buddy in Elf the Musical on Broadway. Grey talks about working with his co-start Sean Astin who is making his Broadway Debut. Grey also recalls where he was when he received his Tony Nomination for Mean Girls. We learn how his career started in Book of Mormon and how he almost didn’t do Shucked on Broadway. Also in this episode - Hugh Laurie Gold Globe win for House. Review of A Guide the Homesick and TV Sitcom Actors…how old are they? Grey Henson is currently starring as Buddy the Elf in Broadway’s limited engagement of Elf The Musical. He made his Broadway debut as Elder McKinley in Broadway’s The Book of Mormon, a role that he performed on the first national tour. He starred as Storyteller 2 in the 2022 Broadway musical of Shucked, which received a Tony Award Nomination for Best New Musical and received Tony and Drama Award nominations for his performance as Damian in the original Broadway cast of Mean Girls. He recently made his Kennedy Center debut in Tick Tick Boom. On television, Grey recurred as Tate in Netflix’s Girls5Eva and on ABC’s Suburgatory. Additionally, he can be seen in Sony Pictures A Journal for Jordan directed by Denzel Washington. He is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University. Make sure to check out Eila's book, "The Tony Awards", and all her other amazing books: https://amzn.to/43WMu5Y. Connect with Eila and Bruce: Instagram @behind_the_awards Eila @eilamell Bruce @cominghomewithbruce Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    47 mins
  • #50 - T.R. Knight - Something Strange is Coming
    Dec 11 2024
    Award winning actor TR Knight stopped by on the heels of the casting announcement of Stranger Things on Broadway. TR also discusses The Merchant of Venice, Grey’s Anatomy and his passion of all things Jim Henson and getting to work with the Muppets on Sesame Street. Also on this episode - Julie Bowen Emmy Win for Modern Family, a review of Gypsy starring Audra McDonald, Danny Burstein, Joy Woods, and Jordan Tyson. T.R. Knight’s Broadway credits include A Life in the Theatre, It’s Only A Play, Noises Off and Tartuffe. Off-Broadway credits include The Merchant of Venice, Pocatello, Romeo and Juliet, and Scattergood, for which he received a Drama Desk nomination. Other theater credits include Parade at the Mark Taper and Amadeus at the Guthrie. His television credits include The Flight Attendant Genius: Picasso, Genius: Einstein, Stephen King’s 11.22.63, and The Comey Rule. He received an Emmy nomination for his work on Grey’s Anatomy. Film credits include 42 and Forge. Make sure to check out Eila's book, "The Tony Awards", and all her other amazing books: https://amzn.to/43WMu5Y. Connect with Eila and Bruce: Instagram @behind_the_awards Eila @eilamell Bruce @cominghomewithbruce Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 6 mins

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