Ep. 117.5: Best of Broadway

Places, everyone! It’s time to lift the curtain on the Best of Broadway special on Go Fact Yourself!

We’ve recently brought the podcast back to live audiences for the first time in two years! To celebrate, we’ve put the spotlight on some of our favorite past guests who love musicals and stage performances that were meant for live audiences. That includes guests like actors Rachel Bloom, Jessica McKenna, Eliza Skinner– and more!

Plus we’ve got an all-star cast of experts that includes Tony-winners, famed performers, and stand-out composers. Time to take the stage!

Appearing in this episode:

J. Keith van Straaten

Helen Hong

Jessica McKenna from Episode 40

Rachel Bloom from Episode 59

Jade Cata-Pretta from Episode 64

Arden Myrin from Episode 65

Eliza Skinner from episode 67

With Guest Experts

Rory O’Malley, Tony Award-nominated actor who’s performed in the stage shows Hamilton and The Book of Mormon.

Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, award-winning songwriters who’ve worked on Broadway and films, including Disney’s Frozen

Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Tony-winning actor from the musical RENT

Lee Wilkof, Actor and originator of the role of Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors.

Michel Cerveris, actor, singer and guitarist who’s won two Tony Awards.

Go Fact Yourself was devised and is produced by Jim Newman and J. Keith van Straaten, in collaboration with Maximum Fun.

Theme Song by Jonathan Green.

Live show engineer is Dave McKeever.

Maximum Fun's Senior Producer is Laura Swisher.

Associate Producer and Editor is Julian Burrell.

Seeing our upcoming live shows in LAby YOU!