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by Ryan W Garcia
🎭 Big Theatre Kid Energy is the least pretentious theatre review podcast! Celebrating the best of Los Angeles theatre and beyond, the show is hosted by LA actor and Try Guy Ryan W Garcia. Each episode features candid interviews with actors and creatives, behind-the-scenes insights, and reviews of plays, musicals, and live performances across LA and beyond. Funny, passionate, and just the right amount of dramatic, Ryan is on a mission to prove that Los Angeles is a world-class theatre town.
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- 2 weeks ago9 min
A SURPRISE INTERMISSION
SURPRISE!! I booked a play. And when you’re in theatre, you don’t have time to see theatre. Honestly, somebody needs to fix that.I’ll be in The Visit at Pasadena Playhouse. Running from September 9th through October 4th. Please come and see it if you are in town!Let's consider this the end of Act One of Big Theatre Kid Energy. Be soon with Act Two!More information on the play: https://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/event/the-visit/SUBSCRIBE TO AND FOLLOW BIG THEATRE KID ENERGYInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bigtheatrekidenergy/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bigtheatrekidenerYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@BigTheatreKidEnergy Apple Pod: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/big-theatre-kid-energy/id1838234535 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6DFCft7YJEddofnqd0UIHp?si=TOURv5gJQm2SKw3XQuxFAQRyan: https://www.instagram.com/muchosgarcias/Support your local theatre!
- 3 weeks ago47 min
PHILIP LABES joins for: Good Guy with a Gun
Good Guy With a Gun is a new musical comedy concept album by Philip Labes and Micah O'Konis, with executive music production by Hal Rosenfeld. It’s like Book of Mormon for the NRA! The musical is STAR STUDDED, hilarious, moving, and unafraid to call out both sides of the political divide. It’s available to listen to ANYWHERE! https://open.spotify.com/album/4pJUcuzZdpU8AyT6qnqtrh?si=hKRCDuEDRPKWY0UpfyfSkA SUBSCRIBE TO AND FOLLOW BIG THEATRE KID ENERGYInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bigtheatrekidenergy/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bigtheatrekidenerYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@BigTheatreKidEnergy Apple Pod: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/big-theatre-kid-energy/id1838234535 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6DFCft7YJEddofnqd0UIHp?si=TOURv5gJQm2SKw3XQuxFAQPhilip: https://www.instagram.com/philiplabes/Good Guy with a Gun: https://www.instagram.com/goodguymusical/Host Try Guy Ryan: https://www.instagram.com/muchosgarcias/Support your local theatre!
- Aug 17, 202658 min
Stale and Old as Time: BEAUTY & THE BEAST tour feels empty and corporate | w/ guest Sam Fekete
Samantha Fekete (Professional Fangirl) joins to talk about the magic missing from the 30th anniversary North American tour of Beauty and the Beast. While the performers were incredible, the show had little to no personality or life to it! Where did it all go? SUBSCRIBE TO AND FOLLOW BIG THEATRE KID ENERGYInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bigtheatrekidenergy/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bigtheatrekidenerYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@BigTheatreKidEnergy Apple Pod: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/big-theatre-kid-energy/id1838234535 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6DFCft7YJEddofnqd0UIHp?si=TOURv5gJQm2SKw3XQuxFAQSamantha: https://www.instagram.com/samantha_fekete/Host Try Guy Ryan: https://www.instagram.com/muchosgarcias/Support your local theatre!
- Aug 10, 202645 min
MALIE MASON joins for: Brian Henson's Puppet Up!
Combine Whose Line is it Anyway with NSFW Muppets, and you get Brian Henson’s Puppet Up! My guest Malie Mason and her actual taxidermied fox Estelle joined to talk about our experience at the show. PLUS the studio gets flooded midway through the episode! Which was… A WILD EXPERIENCE.More info on Puppet Up! here: https://www.puppetup.com/SUBSCRIBE TO AND FOLLOW BIG THEATRE KID ENERGYInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bigtheatrekidenergy/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bigtheatrekidenerYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@BigTheatreKidEnergyApple Pod: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/big-theatre-kid-energy/id1838234535Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6DFCft7YJEddofnqd0UIHp?si=TOURv5gJQm2SKw3XQuxFAQMalie: https://www.instagram.com/r0ad_kill_/Host Try Guy Ryan: https://www.instagram.com/muchosgarcias/Support your local theatre!
- Aug 3, 20261h 0m
Is Tomb Quest the best musical StarKid has ever made?
Curt Mega (Glee, Team Starkid) joins to talk StarKid’s newest musical TOMB QUEST at The Colony Theatre. We talk being Joseph Gordon-Levitt lookalikes, our love of the movie Newsies, and how making art with your friends is KINDA THE WHOLE POINT!Check out all that Team Starkid is up to at: https://www.teamstarkid.com/ And go see Tomb Quest at The Colony Theatre through August 23rd: https://www.colonytheatre.org/SUBSCRIBE TO AND FOLLOW BIG THEATRE KID ENERGYInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bigtheatrekidenergy/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bigtheatrekidenerYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@BigTheatreKidEnergy Apple Pod: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/big-theatre-kid-energy/id1838234535 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6DFCft7YJEddofnqd0UIHp?si=TOURv5gJQm2SKw3XQuxFAQCurt: https://www.instagram.com/curtmega/Support local theatre!
- Jul 27, 202651 min
Why Proof Hits Different With Ed Begley Jr. and His Daughter
Rachel Rosenbloom (Silicon Valley, Platonic, Good Trouble) joins to talk PROOF at El Portal Theatre. The show starred Ed Begley Jr. and his daughter Hayden Begley, and was a fundraiser for Parkinson’s research, with all the net proceeds going to the Michael J. Fox Foundation. You can still donate at: https://www.michaeljfox.org/be-fundraiserSUBSCRIBE TO AND FOLLOW BIG THEATRE KID ENERGYInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bigtheatrekidenergy/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bigtheatrekidenerYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@BigTheatreKidEnergy Apple Pod: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/big-theatre-kid-energy/id1838234535 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6DFCft7YJEddofnqd0UIHp?si=TOURv5gJQm2SKw3XQuxFAQRachel: https://www.instagram.com/rachrosenbloom/Support local theatre!
- Jul 20, 202650 min
KIKI ANDERSEN joins for: Mexodus at Pasadena Playhouse
Kiki Andersen (TWO EMMY AWARDS, Stand Up Comedian) joins to talk MEXODUS at Pasadena Playhouse. They talk about how BLOWN AWAY they were by this live looping hip hop musical all about the little known underground railroad that went south into Mexico. SUBSCRIBE TO AND FOLLOW BIG THEATRE KID ENERGYInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bigtheatrekidenergy/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bigtheatrekidenerYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@BigTheatreKidEnergy Apple Pod: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/big-theatre-kid-energy/id1838234535 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6DFCft7YJEddofnqd0UIHp?si=TOURv5gJQm2SKw3XQuxFAQKiki: https://www.instagram.com/itskikiandersen/Support local theatre!
- Jul 13, 20261h 9m
CAILYN TAYLOR joins for: Phantom of the Opera Off! Movie vs Stage vs Immersive
EXCITING NEW FORMAT! Cailyn Hoertz (Social Media Department Lead for TryGuys) joins to compare the different versions of Phantom of the Opera. Which is best? The movie, the touring production (at Pantages), or the immersive Masquerade now running in NYC?? This episode was maybe my favorite so far! SUBSCRIBE TO AND FOLLOW BIG THEATRE KID ENERGYInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bigtheatrekidenergy/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bigtheatrekidenerYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@BigTheatreKidEnergy Apple Pod: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/big-theatre-kid-energy/id1838234535 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6DFCft7YJEddofnqd0UIHp?si=TOURv5gJQm2SKw3XQuxFAQCailyn: https://www.instagram.com/cailynhoertz/Support local theatre!
About Big Theatre Kid Energy
🎭 Big Theatre Kid Energy is the least pretentious theatre review podcast! Celebrating the best of Los Angeles theatre and beyond, the show is hosted by LA actor and Try Guy Ryan W Garcia. Each episode features candid interviews with actors and creatives, behind-the-scenes insights, and reviews of plays, musicals, and live performances across LA and beyond. Funny, passionate, and just the right amount of dramatic, Ryan is on a mission to prove that Los Angeles is a world-class theatre town.
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