‘s podcast about internet news and culture, cohosts Brittany Spanos and Ej Dickson talk with Lewis about Broadway elitism, TikTok-famous ensemble players, and who the real diva of theI’ve been lurking on BroadwayWorld.com for like 15 years, just gathering information. And then the great Patti Murin Exodus of 2018 happened.. She played Anna originally whencame to Broadway and she didn’t like anything about her being discussed on Broadway World.
In a weird way, I think it’s a tactical advantage because people who give me information see me as unassuming because I’m in South Carolina. In a weird way, I think I get more information because I’m in South Carolina because people think I can’t do as much harm.Because they didn’t wait for Lady Gaga to open up her schedule to do it. That’s where it started. This production originally, they reached out to Gaga and they were never gonna give her enough money to star in this production.
It was a weird week. I had a breakup, moved into a friend’s basement. That night, someone texted me, “is replacing Beanie,” and I thought they were kind of pulling my leg because the devil can’t win that hard. I tweeted it on a private Twitter account I have, and I was like, “this isn’t true. But I’m hearing that Lea Michele is gonna be Fanny.” So my initial response was complete disbelief. And then the story started unraveling behind the scenes. And I was like, oh my God, she did it.
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So being a Broadway insider is like declassifying nuclear secrets? You just think about it and then it's so?
My favorite thing about this is people really thought they were going to cast a non-Jewish Fanny. LOL!
I’m curious - how does a someone who trolls message boards from South Carolina become someone with Broadway connections? Inquiring minds need to know.
I think this headline would be more accurate and informative (not to mention lots more fun) if it referred to 'Sweaty Oracle, a soi-disant Broadway insider.'
Thanks for reinforcing that an illiterate TikTok 'expert' is what passses for theatre reporting. JulieBenko was an amazing FunnyGirl. A show about a woman defying showbiz conventions of her era isn't exactly mediocre material. Will you turn to this insider for Stoppard?
ejdickson You really didn’t do any research on who your “Broadway insider” was did you?
Nothing illustrated who this man is for me more than finding out he was one of the people banned for being gross on the Broadway World Boards.
Remember when he deleted his last account because he got clowned for being loud and wrong? PEPPERAGE FARM REMEMBERS.
He is quite literally a message board troll who lives with his parents in South Carolina. Like…lolzies, y’all. 😂
It’s interesting how everyone is just ignoring the valid criticism of elite rich white people propping up abusers and racists on Broadway just to say “hE’s nOt An InSiDeR”
ejdickson what are you doing?!? This person has no Bway credits, no journalism experience and you gave them this platform? It is a fact that people send him ridiculous “tips” and he reports them without fact checking. Irresponsible and you should be ashamed.
Y’all really ran out of reliable sources huh 🤡🤡🤡
this is pathetic, not journalism.
Not to be a snob about this, but like how do you claim to be the most foremost Broadway “information” source and you don’t even live in NYC? Like I talk out the side of my mouth about Broadway stuff all the time and I actually live in NYC! Nobody’s going to me for anything.
Oh. . Honey didn't you get the memo? Half his insider info is fake leads people are sending in because he doesn't confirm ANYTHING before he reports it. How embarrassing for you.
You put “James Barbour” and “James Barber” in the same paragraph. What’s spellcheck?
Umm.. Into the Woods is this season’s biggest show 🤷♂️
Nono no.
Do people not realize we’re all sending in absurd fake tips being reported as factual news
A gossipy gay does not a Broadway Insider make.
Definitely not a broadway insider. There are so many other broadway tiktokers
wait. a real life journalist called someone, who simply regurgitates gossip, an “insider”? where is the “inside”? broadway world message boards
*Barbra
“Broadway insider” is a stretch for someone that is correct 1 out of every 26 TikToks
Yeahhhhh rolling stone, this isn’t it. We give a platform to accounts that love to hate on theatre works and release news that isn’t for public consumption yet? I can point you in the direction of a dozen other theatre content creators doing way better work in this community
Uplifting a person who continually berates fellow artists is in no way a support to the theatrical community. This was a bad idea, even if the goal is to spread 'gossip.'
calling this man a “broadway insider” is incredibly misleading and straight up insulting. he has been consistently wrong with much of his “inside info” and he is extremely rude and arrogant. this seriously makes me question the credibility of your publication.
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