Open Call with Chris & Eric: Recent Episodes

Chris Grace & Eric MIchaud

Chris Grace and Eric Michaud give you the latest news and opinions on everything happening on Broadway and beyond!

Oh my, this show is a doozy. And by doozy we mean it's AMAZING.

Or something!

Woooooooof.

We watched Season 1 of "Encore!" so you HAVE TO. Spoilers!

(If you're seeing this episode for a second time in your feed, it's because the first had some audio glitches like the theme song was missing, and I can't abide that. No sir, I can't. This is Chris. Hello how are you. My face is better. Does anyone actually read these summaries? If so, send us an email at opencallpodcast@gmail.com with the codeword "salamander" and you'll win some kind of prize.)

Eric is back and we talk Voldemort and the Teenage Hogwarts Musical Parody, and the theater (or theatre) we saw in London: Noises Off, & Juliet, The Duchess of Malfi, and Magic Goes Wrong!

We weren't planning on talking about "Cats" since Amber Petty already came in to talk about it, but.... we saw it in London and we had to. So enjoy!

We saw "Frozen" at the Pantages and these are our thoughts!

This was supposed to be one episode, but we couldn't stop talking about "Cats", which Amber saw and Chris didn't!

Tim Murray joins us to talk about the latest show from comedian Mike Birbiglia.

Follow Tim on Twitter and Instagram @tmurray06, and go see him on tour as he travels the world doing stand-up comedy!

We talk about Summer.

Our poor podcast listeners!

If you have thoughts send them to opencallpodcast@gmail.com.

And make sure you listen all the way to the end for Eric's secret bonus audio.

We talk about two shows... ONE of which we really liked. The other is Anastasia.

We review two shows we just saw... "Little Shop of Horrors" at Pasadena Playhouse and "The Light in the Piazza" at LA Opera.

The one where we thought we didn't have much to talk about and then went over an hour!

We're back and we discuss: "Equus", "Bridges of Madison County", "Appropriate", "Six", "Big", and bad accents. Bonus side conversation about the cast recording for "Moulin Rouge"! Plus an update on how "Voldemort and the Teenage Hogwarts Musical Parody" went in London!

As always send us an email at opencallpodcast@gmail.com!

New episodes every Monday!

MORE EXCLAMATION POINTS!

We catch you up on the Voldemort tour, shows we saw at Fringe, and seeing "Queen of the Mist" off West End in London!

Eric and Chris are in Scotland so here's a little catchup on the latest shows at the Hollywood Pantages... Phantom of the Opera, Rent, and Miss Saigon!

(Also, I posted this without the intro and outtro, for some reason. I'm TIRED.)

Eric and Chris are back from Sydney! We go over our impressions of the experience and talk about "Indecent" by Paula Vogel at the Ahmanson Theater in Los Angeles. Please send emails and voicemails to opencallpodcast@gmail.com!

We're in Sydney but we watched the Tony Awards and we have thoughts! With special guest Jordan Stidham, who is playing Jon Snow in "Thrones the Musical Parody"... follow him on Instagram @jordanstidgram!

We discuss Les Misérables on tour at the Hollywood Pantages. Also, let's all admire the fact that I got the accent over the right "e" in the name. Are we wrong about the show? Send us an email at opencallpodcast@gmail.com... write it out, or record an audio file and email that!

If you're in Sydney in June 2019, please check out "Thrones! The Musical Parody" at the Sydney Opera House!

This was only supposed to last for 15 minutes and it went over an hour!

And... our thoughts on unions. And Broadway news!

We talk theater news, longing for the old days, and our thoughts on "Fosse/Verdon"!

We're back! Spoilers for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory inside, and discussion of recent theater news, the upcoming "Little Mermaid" concert, and some initial thoughts about seeing "Falsettos" next week!

Chris talks about seeing "Cats" at the Pantages, and Eric sums up Adelaide Fringe!

A franken-episode! Eric talks about understudies, and Chris talks about a few interesting auditions.

Our reactions to two shows in LA, and our last podcast together before Eric leaves for Australia!

We saw it. What did we think? Was Betty better than Bette? LJS over DHP? Chris and Eric break it down for you right here on Open Call.

Amber Petty from "The Masked Podcast" stops by to have a chat about FOX's Rent Live, with Eric and Amber's special insights from seeing an early rehearsal of the production on the studio lot!

Some catchup on the theater news, discussions of diversity, and our thoughts on Lizzie at the Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles. Happy new year!

It's the end of the year and we're counting down the top 5 shows that we saw this year! Have a wonderful rest of 2018 and may your 2019 be amazing. And if you get tipsy tonight, get yourself a Lyft home.

It's almost Christmas! We talk about more closings, people doing accents, Joey McIntyre, and everything Lin-Manuel Miranda is up to!

Now in stereo so you have a little bit of separation between our voices!

We talk about shows that are closing, the performances on Thanksgiving Day, and The Man Who Came to Dinner, all while racing against Chris's Postmates order.

Chris is in Chicago so Eric's here with his recap of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe!

Eric's still in Scotland so we roped in Ryan G. Dunkin to come have an insightful conversation about tour life. Follow him @ryandunkin on Instagram and @ryangdunkin on Twitter, and go see Waitress on its tour when it comes to your town!

We're in New York City for a few days! So we're seeing shows and talking about them.

What show should we see next Sunday night? What's the name of that musical we were talking about? And do you know where to find that old racist movie clip? Send us an email at opencallpodcast@gmail.com!

We discuss two shows we saw in the last two weeks, and Eric catches us up on two new productions on the horizon: The Royal Family of Broadway and Clueless. Send us an email at opencallpodcast@gmail.com!