Shows
The Salisha Show with Salisha ThomasLIVE from the TEETH Red CarpetTEETH is taking a bite out of New World Stages as the stars, cast, and creatives walk the red carpet for opening night on the spookiest night of the year, Halloween! Go trick or treating with host Salisha Thomas as she talks to Alyse Alan Louis, Andy Karl, Will Connolly, Jason Gotay, Michael R. Jackson, Anna K. Jacobs, Raja Feather Kelly, Jessica Vosk, Eden Espinosa, and more!Check out Broadway Podcast Network on Instagram and TikTok for more red carpet content and fashion hot takes with host Salisha Thomas.Instagram: @broadwaypodcastnetworkTikTok: @broadwaypodcastnetwork2024-11-1026 min
The Broadway ExclusiveLIVE from the TEETH Red CarpetTEETH is taking a bite out of New World Stages as the stars, cast, and creatives walk the red carpet for opening night on the spookiest night of the year, Halloween! Go trick or treating with host Salisha Thomas as she talks to Alyse Alan Louis, Andy Karl, Will Connolly, Jason Gotay, Michael R. Jackson, Anna K. Jacobs, Raja Feather Kelly, Jessica Vosk, Eden Espinosa, and more!Check out Broadway Podcast Network on Instagram and TikTok for more red carpet content and fashion hot takes with host Salisha Thomas.Instagram: @broadwaypodcastnetworkTikTok: @broadwaypodcastnetwork2024-11-0826 min
The Re-Emancipation of Social Dance Podcast"Time is a Mother" with Raja Feather Kelly and Yolanda WisherOur final episode of the podcast is a conversation between co-creators Raja Feather Kelly and Yolanda Wisher on the eve of the final show, reflecting on the culmination of their vision for the world premiere of The Re-Emancipation of Social Dance. They highlight unforgettable moments in the premiere at Christ Church Neighborhood House and share what surprised them, what left them shook, and what lies ahead. Take a listen.This podcast is produced by Dr. Bruce Campbell Jr. with V. Shayne Frederick, Nia Benjamin and Yolanda...2024-07-1540 min
The Re-Emancipation of Social Dance Podcast“Emancipate corporeality, material existence, the human condition” with Vitche Boul-RaIn this episode, host Raja Feather Kelly talks with Vitche-Boul Ra, a self-described transhumanist and folk theurgist. Coming from a background in sculpture, Ra's practice as a choreographer and dancer involves pulling things apart, putting things back together, and making something out of nothing. In this episode, Ra and Raja ponder questions like: What is a body? What is dance? And what does it mean to want to rip those definitions apart? Listen in.This podcast is produced by Dr. Bruce Campbell Jr. with V. Shayne Frederick, Nia Benjamin and Yolanda Wisher for Intercultural...2024-05-2927 min
The Re-Emancipation of Social Dance Podcast“Emancipate corporeality, material existence, the human condition” with Vitche Boul-RaIn this episode host Raja Feather Kelly talks with Vitche-Boul Ra, a self-described transhumanist and folk theurgist. Coming from a background in sculpture, Ra's practice as a choreographer and dance involves pulling things apart, putting things back together, and making something out of nothing. In this episode, Ra and Raja talk ponder questions like: what is a body? what is dance? And what does it mean to want to rip those definitions apart. Listen in.This podcast is produced by Dr. Bruce Campbell Jr. with Nia Benjamin and Yolanda Wisher for Intercultural Journeys2024-05-2827 min
GOOD SHOW! with Sarah GoodmanLEMPICKA Bonus Episode!“A messy bed in the corner; my lover mixing just that shade of green. Is this what it feels like to be seen?” There’s a brand new queer show in the Broadway canon featuring a Sapphic love story! This BONUS EPISODE is all about LEMPICKA- a bold new musical about famed European painter Tamara de Lempicka and her love affair with a woman in Paris who became her artistic muse. Showbiz siblings, Kristen and Sarah Goodman, chat about the highlights from the show, and Sarah shares interviews from the red carpet on opening night! Featuring conversations with co...2024-04-1938 min
The Roundtable with Robert BannonOpening Night Of "Lempicka" The Creatives, Stars, & VIP Guests Are Here On The Roundtable!Woman sure is powerful! "Lempicka" arrived on Broadway and we were there for it all! From the creative team like Matt Gould, Carson Kreitzer, Raja Feather Kelly, to the cast (Eden! Amber! Beth! Natalie!) to the VIP Arrivals like Dylan Mulvaney, Shoshana Bean, etc. we have you covered! It was a PARTY and a TIME on the red carpet! Listen and join the action!For tickets to Lempicka: www.LempickaMusical.com______________________________________________________________________________Check out “The Roundtable with Robert Bannon” everyday right here on The Broadway Podcast Network!www.RobertBannon.comFoll...2024-04-1845 min
The Re-Emancipation of Social Dance Podcast“Unearth what is already here” with Raja Feather Kelly and Yolanda WisherWhere did the idea for The Re-Emancipation of Social Dance come from? This episode is a behind the scenes dip into archival audio from “day one” of the project. Co-creators Raja Feather Kelly and Yolanda Wisher sit down to discuss why Philadelphia is a special case study when it comes to social dance. The two artists talk about what it means to practice freedom, and how they can make a performance that gives audiences an opportunity to see how culture is made in the moment.This podcast is produced by Dr. Bruce Campbell Jr. with V. Sh...2024-04-0821 min
The Re-Emancipation of Social Dance PodcastThe Re-Emancipation of Social Dance Podcast TrailerWelcome to The Re-Emancipation of Social Dance podcast, a prelude to the world premiere of an immersive dance-theater experience created by renowned choreographer and director Raja Feather Kelly, with Philadelphia’s finest poet, Yolanda Wisher. Listen in as 5 multifaceted dancers tell the evolving story of social dance and the impact that it’s had on the people and cultures of Philadelphia. Featuring artists Germaine Ingram, Lela Aisha Jones, Nikki Powerhouse, Vitche-Boul Ra, and Mark Wong, this is one house party you won't want to miss. Now come on in, and let’s move.2024-04-0201 min
Body and SoulMelanie George: The art of returningMelanie George is Associate Curator and Scholar in Residence at Jacob’s Pillow, and guest curator for the 2024 American Dance Platform at the Joyce Theater. As a dramaturg, she has contributed to projects by Raja Feather Kelly, Helen Simoneau, Alice Sheppard, Urban Bush Women, and SW!NG OUT among others. Melanie is featured in the documentary UpRooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance and a contributing to scholar to Jazz Dance: A History of the Roots and Branches, and Rooted Jazz Dance: Africanist Aesthetics and Equity in the Twenty-First Century. Melanie is an Assistant Professor of Dance at Rutgers University an...2024-03-2721 min
Dances with RobotsCode Switch: A Conversation with Raja Feather KellySydney Skybetter sits down with artist Raja Feather Kelly to talk about his work in live performance. The two consider airport security and the end of the world, and Raja shares how his personal experiences and creative work shape one another. About Raja: Choreographer/Director Raja Feather Kelly is the artistic director of dance-theatre-media company the feath3r theory (founded in 2009). In 2018 the feath3r theory merged with New Brooklyn Theatre. Raja has been awarded a Creative Capital Award (2019), a National Dance Project Production Grant (2019), a Breakout Award from the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (2018), Da...2023-12-1528 min
Slate CareersWorking: A Choreographer's Systems for CreativityThis week, host Isaac Butler talks to Raja Feather Kelly, a choreographer and director who works both on Broadway and with his dance-theatre-media company, The Feath3r Theory. In the interview, Raja discusses the useful systems and strategies he’s developed with his collaborators at The Feath3r Theory and how he’s able to apply some of that wisdom to his work on Broadway. He also shares the process behind his upcoming show, The Absolute Future of the Multiverse of How to Cover the Sun with Mud. After the interview, Isaac and co-host June...2023-11-0549 min
Slate ConversationsWorking: A Choreographer's Systems for CreativityThis week, host Isaac Butler talks to Raja Feather Kelly, a choreographer and director who works both on Broadway and with his dance-theatre-media company, The Feath3r Theory. In the interview, Raja discusses the useful systems and strategies he’s developed with his collaborators at The Feath3r Theory and how he’s able to apply some of that wisdom to his work on Broadway. He also shares the process behind his upcoming show, The Absolute Future of the Multiverse of How to Cover the Sun with Mud. After the interview, Isaac and co-host June...2023-11-0549 min
WorkingA Choreographer's Systems for CreativityThis week, host Isaac Butler talks to Raja Feather Kelly, a choreographer and director who works both on Broadway and with his dance-theatre-media company, The Feath3r Theory. In the interview, Raja discusses the useful systems and strategies he’s developed with his collaborators at The Feath3r Theory and how he’s able to apply some of that wisdom to his work on Broadway. He also shares the process behind his upcoming show, The Absolute Future of the Multiverse of How to Cover the Sun with Mud. After the interview, Isaac and co-host June...2023-11-0549 min
Thesis on JoanMeghan & Harrow Return to the ShubertHosts Harrow and Meghan discuss Some Like It Hot and White Girl in Danger. Hear the response from Meghan on the representation(s) of her namesake (but not her spelling) and thoughts on how queerness, gender, race, and identity are represented in these two very different productions. It’s also time for Pride and there are many queer festivals, shows, and actions to take in June to support and celebrate the LGBTQ+ community!Show Discussions:
Some Like It Hot
Book by Matthew López and Amber Ruffin, music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Sco...2023-05-3152 min
Broad Street Review, The PodcastBSR_S07E06 - ABANDON - World Premiere by James IjamesABOUT ABANDONLuella is alone – haunted by the ghost of her son. Joshua is alone – kicked out of his house by his brother. One winter night these two people collide. Luella is looking for redemption; Joshua is looking for family. By the next morning, these two lonely souls are meshed together into an American Family in its truest sense. A world premiere by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright James Ijames, Abandon is sometimes violent, sometimes healing; with a gossamer veil that separates the worlds of the living and the dead, and shame and acceptance.Melanye Finister (Luel...2023-04-2400 min
American MetamorphosisLimitation to InnovationA prominent choreographer, a professor of Organizational Behavior, and the chair of BCG's Henderson Institute share insights and personal stories of how creativity builds resilience.Guest Information:Raja Feather Kelly - choreographer of "A Strange Loop" on Broadway and Director of 2021's Met GalaDr. Ella Miron-Spektor - INSEAD Professor of Organizational BehaviorMartin Reeves - Chairman of BCG's Henderson InstituteHost Information:Emmy nominated journalist Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani2023-03-1427 min
somindboggling journeysS4:E12 - 'Blooming Where We're Planted' with Stephanie Williams (Part 2 of The Artist's Way)Stephanie Williams is BACK! Stephanie has returned to catch us up on where she is with her artist dates + morning pages, bringing Season 4 full-circle. She shares the transformative experience she had going to Cape Town, South Africa and updates us on her one woman show. I share my own artistic growth after seeing some Broadway shows as well. Join us as Season 4 comes to a close. Here's to a softer 2023 ahead.
— Stephanie's Artist Date to South Africa
— My Artist Dates on Broadway to see:
Topdog Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks, directed by Kenny Leon with Corey Hawk...2022-12-1949 min
Detroit OperaPre Opera Talk: Faust Nov 12 2022The opening night pre-opera talk for Detroit Opera's FAUST features Director Lileana Blain-Cruz and Movement Director Raja Feather Kelly; moderated by Director of External Affairs Arthur White, and Director of Education Andrea Scobie.2022-11-1326 min
SDCF Podcast SeriesReturning to Rehearsal with Raja Feather Kelly, Leigh Silverman, & Yuvika TolaniAs live productions resume across the country, theater artists and managers are working to reopen for audiences. There are several conversations they must respond to—namely the ongoing pandemic and calls for action for equity and inclusion. This series will elevate those conversations, hearing from a group of theater leaders, directors and choreographers about their experiences on returning. In the second installment of this series Raja Feather Kelly, choreographer of SUFFS, Leigh Silverman, director of SUFFS, and Yuvika Tolani, Director of Producing at The Public Theater join us in conversation as they discuss the process of putting up...2022-07-2957 min
SDCF Podcast SeriesReturning to Rehearsal with Raja Feather Kelly, Leigh Silverman, & Yuvika TolaniAs live productions resume across the country, theater artists and managers are working to reopen for audiences. There are several conversations they must respond to—namely the ongoing pandemic and calls for action for equity and inclusion. This series will elevate those conversations, hearing from a group of theater leaders, directors and choreographers about their experiences on returning. In the second installment of this series Raja Feather Kelly, choreographer of SUFFS, Leigh Silverman, director of SUFFS, and Yuvika Tolani, Director of Producing at The Public Theater join us in conversation as they discuss the process of putting up...2022-07-2957 min
Thesis on JoanManifesting Broadway with Michael R. JacksonHosts chat with two-time Tony nominated playwright, composer, and lyricist, Michael R. Jackson, creator of the Pulitzer Prize winning musical A Strange Loop which is up for 11 Tony awards! They discuss how A Strange Loop developed into an all Black queer and trans cast that manifested themselves to Broadway, how choreographer Raja Feather Kelly turns up the volume on people, queering religiosity, and the ongoing beef with the cast and a certain actor. Jackson also gets into what he hopes audiences are thinking about when seeing the show, what it feels like to now be a gatekeeper, the horror...2022-05-1844 min
The Chelsea Keefer PodcastEp 49 Bashaun Williams From Classical to Modern & Retirement into FatherhoodBashaun and I go back at least thirteen years, he was one of the first dancers to welcome me into Utah Ballet and made me feel like I had every right to be there. He made the rehearsal process a light-hearted experience where the time spent was more about the journey rather than the destination. After graduating from the University of Utah Bashaun quickly joined Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company and found himself spending hours on end outside of the studio playing catch up on how to move through the floor and let it feed into his movement when approaching modern dance...2021-09-1534 min
Inside the Dancer's StudioDo We Make Popular Culture Or Does Popular Culture Make Us – Raja Feather KellyIn this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with Brooklyn New York based choreographer, Raja Feather Kelly. Raja is the artistic director of New Brooklyn Theatre and founder of the dance-theatre-media company the feath3r theory. EPISODE LINKSthefeath3rtheory.comARTIST BIORaja Feather Kelly (Brooklyn, NY) is a choreographer and director, and the Artistic Director of the dance-theatre-media company the feath3r theory, for which he has created 18 premieres, most recently UGLY Part 3: BLUE at the Chelsea Factory. The company’s latest work, The Absolute Future, will pre...2021-09-1029 min
Movers & Shapers: A Dance PodcastMSP 118: Melanie GeorgeToday's guest is Melanie George. Melanie is a dance educator, choreographer, scholar, and dramaturg. She is the founder and director of Jazz Is… Dance Project and an Associate Curator and Scholar-In-Residence at Jacob’s Pillow. As a dramaturg, she has contributed to projects by David Neumann & Marcella Murray, Raja Feather Kelly, Ephrat Asherie, Susan Marshall & Company, Machine Dazzle, Kimberly Bartosik/daela, and Urban Bush Women among others. A highly sought after teacher and choreographer of the neo-jazz aesthetic, Melanie is featured in the documentary UpRooted: The Journey of Jazz, Dance. For more on this episode: Movers & Shapers: A Dan...2021-07-2557 min
Thesis on JoanLiving Joyously with Melissa Li & Kit YanIn Thesis on Joan’s first duo interview, musical theatre writing team Melissa Li (she/her) and Kit Yan (they/she/he) check in with hosts about the recent rise in anti-Asian violence, how they’ve grown as creative partners over a decade, and what our responsibility is to our elders even when they’re part of the problem. Kit and Melissa also discuss how they healed their friendship through writing the musical Interstate, met the community they now write for while touring to 32 states, and what to do when casting directors tell you they can’t find someone for a ro...2021-04-281h 09
Josh Swallows BroadwayLIVE: A STRANGE LOOP (Michael R Jackson, Stephen Brackett, Raja Feather Kelly)Originally aired as a BPN Live event on May 2020. Watch the original video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpKc9Nuzh1gProduced by Alan Seales and Elizabeth Wheless.A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-04-281h 00
Intimate Conversations with Dani TirrellConversation 23 - Melanie George"Black love looks like family, in all its many guises. Ancestral, by blood, found family. It looks like embodied culture…. and discovered culture. Sometimes we find and find out about lineage later than expected or desired. It doesn’t make it any less real or desired. Black love FEELS like comfort. It’s in our food, our style, our language. It looks like self love, self acceptance, self possession. It looks like bonds not bondage."
Educator and choreographer Melanie George is Dani Tirrell's guest on #IntimateConversations this week. The two talk about hair, Jazz and loving your 40s, and...2020-10-1900 min
For Fuck's Sake "4FS_Podcast"RONA SIDDIQUI - A "Muppet" HeartAnd we're back! And better than ever with our October Guest Co-Host, the brilliant RONA SIDDIQUI; she is a composer/lyricist based in NYC. She is a recipient of the Jonathan Larson Grant and Billie Burke Ziegfeld awards. She was named one of Broadway Women's Fund's Women to Watch and is currently an MTF Maker. Her show Salaam Medina: Tales of a Halfghan, an autobiographical comedy about growing up bi-ethnic in America, had a reading at Playwrights Horizons (dir. by Raja Feather Kelly). Other musicals include One Good Day, The Tin, and Treasure in NYC. She is the recipient of the...2020-10-111h 26
A Star is BoredGarlia Cornelia Jones, Gina Femia, Will SteinbergerWill and Gina are the creative team behind the upcoming co-production from New Light Theatre Company/The Tank of 'meet you at the Galaxy Diner' on August 21st and be on demand on Cybertank until the 27th.
Garlia is producing an exciting the annual theatre festival 48 Hours in Harlem which you can stream August 20-24th. Artists involved include April Matthis, Larry Owens, & Raja Feather Kelly.
We talk about how digital theatre is shaping the culture of accessibility in the theatre, the validity of virtual romance, AIM instant messenger, discrimination against BIPOC as well as Outer Burroughs in institutional theatre...2020-08-2056 min
All Of ItLucille Lortel Nominees: 'A Strange Loop'[REBROADCAST] Playwright, composer, and lyricist Michael R. Jackson joins us to discuss his off-Broadway debut musical, "A Strange Loop", and perform live.
Lucille Lortel nominations:
Outstanding Musical
Outstanding Director (Stephen Brackett)
Outstanding Choreographer (Raja Feather Kelly)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical (Larry Owens)
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical (John-Andrew Morrison)
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical (L Morgan Lee)
Outstanding Costume Design (Montana Levi Blanco)
2020-05-0111 min
A Star is BoredCrowns and Balloons with Raja Feather KellyRaja Feather Kelly is an award winning choreographer and director and the Artistic Director of The Feath3r Theory and the New Brooklyn Theatre. He was just nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for A STRANGE LOOP, and is known for his work Off-Broadway, choreographed the Pulitzer Prize- winning FAIRVIEW as well as WE’RE GONNA DIE (2nd STAGE), AND a sequence in Sam Gold’s Broadway revival of KING LEAR. Our extensive conversation with Raja included his body of work, riding the line between being a leader and a collaborator, a crown, WE MAY NEVER DANCE AGAIN, the impact of o...2020-04-2958 min
call and response podcastCreating a New Form — Raja Feather Kelly: Episode 80We talk with director-choreographer Raja Feather Kelly about why he started the feath3r theory, what he finds rewarding about his work at the intersection of theatre and dance, and what he’s accomplishing with We’re Gonna Die, currently playing at Second Stage Theater.2020-02-1400 min
We Don't Even KnowWDEK Podcast Ep. 77: Raja Feather Kelly, Alex English & Adira Amram - 1/28/2020 Happy 2020! Christian and Shonali roll into 2020 with tales of hunger and dogs gone wild. Have you ever tried the Whole30? Christian and Shonali start the year out with another amazing lineup of guests. Christian and Shonali are obsessed with all of them. Their first guest is award winning choreographer, director, artistic director Raja Feather Kelly. He is the artistic director of his own theater media dance company The feath3r theory. How did a young man from Houston, TX with an obsession for pop culture, musical theater, dance and Andy Warhol become the critical darling of the uptown...2020-02-031h 34
The Hive Poetry CollectivePoetry in the World: Raja Feather Kelly and Prosetry: Charles SimicThis episode features a conversation between Farnaz Fatemi and choreographer, dancer and writer, Raja Feather Kelly, about the intersection of poetry and his art and life. And another fabulous installment of Lisa Allen Ortiz's Prosetry, in which she examines the work of Charles Simic.
More about Raja can be found on Instagram: @rajafeatherkelly, and at: http://thefeath3rtheory.com/2019-08-2759 min
OFF SCRIPT WITH DAN DWYEROff Script with Dan Dwyer: Carson Kreitzer and Matt Gould, “Lempicka”LEMPICKA JULY 19 – AUGUST 1 | MAIN STAGE 2018 SEASON WORLD PREMIERE MUSICAL book and lyrics by Carson Kreitzer music by Matt Gould choreographed by Raja Feather Kelly directed by Rachel Chavkin Featuring Tony nominee Carmen Cusack and Eden... Read More ›2018-07-0627 min
Happy Hour on the FringeS2:E1—Raja Feather Kelly and The Feath3r TheoryWhat sat down to chat with Raja Feather Kelly and The Feath3r Theory in advance of this month's Get Pegged Cabaret!2018-02-0131 min