The Broadway Husbands Podcast
We are Bret Shuford and Stephen Hanna your all-American married couple making their living in the arts and pursuing a growing family. On the Broadway Husbands Podcast we offer advice from our ordinary lives under extraordinary circumstances. We are living proof that you can love who you love and love what you do.
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#70 - Natural Love with Jordyn and Ziggy Pollack
What a fun interview with an amazing couple! In case you aren’t familiar with Jordyn and Ziggy Pollack and their Instagram following, allow us to introduce them and their incredible story. Ziggy is a Burlesque performer, makeup artist, costumer, and all around creative genius.
#69 - We Bought a Car
Just when we thought life didn’t have another surprise in store for us this year… CRASH! That’s right. A literal car crash. On our way to our niece’s graduation, no less, our dear Blue Bell suffered an accident.
#68 - Same Sex Miscarriage
Our journey to become dads has been fraught with challenges and obstacles- many of which have been too painful to speak openly about until this week. But we have always done our best to present ourselves as we are, dear listeners, and we know that sharing our journey will help others along the way.
#67 - Mental Health Awareness Month
May is Mental Health Awareness month, and here at the Broadway Husbands Podcast, we want to share our own mental health journeys with you- to do our small part to stop the stigma once and for all! In this episode, we shed light on our struggles with addition, depression, and attention deficit disorder.
#66 - Artists Becoming
Today’s episode is an absolute gift. We are still buzzing from our inspirational and healing talk with Shelby Elsbree and Jessica Cohen. If you’re ready to be seen, to address systemic problems in the performing arts industry, and to give your inner artist the biggest hug ever, please tune in.
#65 - Happy Collaboration, Happy Couple
Kelli Erdmann and Freeman Butler quite simply bring joy, light, and creativity to the world. And we were overjoyed to be able to interview them on this week’s podcast!
#64 - Our Ten Year Anniversary
On April 18, 2021 we celebrated ten years of wedded bliss! That’s right- one decade ago, we said “I do!” And what better opportunity than an anniversary to pause for some reflection on the past and hopes for the future! Since 2011, we’ve had some epic anniversary gifts.
#63 - Creating Content, Creating Community
Today’s episode has two very special guest stars: Taylor Phillips and Jeff O’Donnell, who you may know and love from their incredible social media presence. They’re a great couple on quite the journey together.
#62 - Managing Expectations
What a week! Listeners, we’re not sure how many of you have purchased a home and gone through the many, many steps between that and closing and actually receiving the keys. But if you have, you can relate to the twists and turns of this week in our lives!
#61 - One Year Pandemic Anniversary
Can you believe how far we’ve all come in one year? This week, we take a look back at this wild year in the life of the Broadway Husbands. It’s hard to imagine where we were this time last year: Living in our apartment in the East Village, afraid to go outside except for short walks between episodes of ‘Tiger King’.
#60 - We Bought a House!
We are so excited to finally announce our big news: We bought a house in Texas! If you would have told us a year ago that this would be part of our life plan, we would have laughed. But here we are and it feels so right that we can’t help but shout our joy from the rooftops!
#59 - Gender Identity and Parenthood
Carlos Encinias wears many hats. He’s a Broadway actor, a director/choreography, a writer, a teacher, a husband, and a father. And we feel so lucky to call him our friend. In today’s podcast, we have an amazing, heartfelt discussion about parenting that you won’t want to miss!
#58 - Marathon Man
Today’s episode is dedicated to all of our runners and would-like-to-be-runners out there. Bret is fresh on the heels of his first half marathon in ten years! The idea to train for the Woodlands Half Marathon was born out of his desire to have a physical goal to reach for in Texas.
#57 - Daily Romance
Love is in the air! And here at the Broadway Husbands Podcast, we want to share our love with all of you. In April, we will have been married ten years! And we dated for three years prior to that. So what do we do to keep romance and connection alive after all this time?
#56 - Hi, Are You Single?
This week’s podcast is extra special, mainly because of our exceptional guest: Ryan J. Haddad. Ryan is a performer/writer/creative soul with a brilliant mind and sharp wit. His incredible one-man show ‘Hi, Are You Single?’ has made audiences across the country laugh and cry for five years and counting.
#55 - Fit for Life
This week’s episode features Jared Reinfeldt and Sam Leicht, and buckle up, because we are about to cover a whole lot of ground! From their own personal performance and fitness journeys to The Lightning Thief's miraculous journey to Broadway.
#54 - Broadway vs. Disney
Jared and Lindsay Bradshaw are dear incredible Broadway performers, loving parents, and two of the most creative and energetic souls you’ll meet. We feel lucky to call them our dear friends. And they’ll feel like yours, too, after you listen to this episode full of candor and joy.
#53 - Back to the Stage
As you know, we’ve spent a lot of our lives performing on stage. But this week was extra special. This week, Bret was invited to perform his solo show Charming: A Tale of an American Prince for a socially distanced audience- and Stephen got to witness it first hand!
#52 - Wise Young Lovers
What a treat! Today, we interviewed one of our favorite Instagram couples: Brock Johnson and Taylor Arco! They have wisdom beyond their years when it comes to communication, mental health awareness, faith, and making the most out of this crazy time of life.
#51 - Lost In Lost Pines
It’s a new year, and a great time to shake up your routine and explore new places in your own back yard. We miss traveling so much, and there are actually ways to satisfy your travel bug while staying Covid-conscious. Right now, many hotels have space (and discounts!).
#50 - New Years Intentions
Here we are. A place we only DREAMED of… 2021! Welcome to the other side, friends! This week’s episode- recorded live over Instagram- is all about the New Year and ways that we can live intentionally. Our words of 2021 are ABUNDANCE and DECISIVENESS.
#49 - Holiday Highlights
This year has been filled with ups and downs, but The Broadway Husbands want to end it on high note! Here are some of our favorite moments with some of our most popular guest from this, our first year of the podcast.
#48 - Family Building with Kyle Dean Massey and Taylor Frey
This week’s episode is extra special because it combines all sorts of things we love: our friends, theatre, husbands, building a business, following your heart, and starting a family. Without further ado, we give you: Kyle Dean Massey and Taylor Frey!
#47 - Entrepreneur Life
Let’s talk about being an entrepreneur! If you would have asked us a few years ago if we’d both be running our own businesses- and loving it!- we probably would have laughed. But here we are!
#46 - Having It All and Finding Yourself with David Burtka
Today, we spend some time chatting with Broadway star, superstar chef, and family man David Burtka! David’s life is an open book, and his generous spirit is contagious.
#45 - Robyn Hurder and Clyde Alves: The Tony Award for Parenting Goes to....
What a treat to interview our dear friends and Broadway Power Couple Robyn Hurder and Clyde Alves! Currently in Moulin Rouge! on Broadway, Robyn’s other Broadway credits include Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Chicago, The Wedding Singer, Grease, and Nice Work If You Can Get It, where she and Clyde performed together.
#44 -Back to Beaumont
It all started with a trip home to Beaumont, TX for a high school football game and a post on Instagram. (Isn’t that how all good stories unfold?) We drove to Bret’s hometown to see family and support his niece in the marching band.
#43 - Our Fitness Routine
Let’s talk fitness! Our fitness routines have changed quite a bit since we met. Staying fit for your Broadway show and ballet company in you early 20’s is a completely different ballgame from today. We’ve gone through different phases: personal trainers, pilates, nutritionists, and weight lifting.
#42 - Sharing Our Space
Hello listeners! This week, we discus sharing our space- both physically and metaphorically. Couples often face challenges and compromises when asked to cohabitate. But sharing space during a Pandemic is the next level!
#41 - Our Skin Care Routine
Let’s talk skin care! If there’s one thing you can count on with the Broadway Husbands, it’s transparency. We are unapologetically living our lives, pursuing our passions, and sharing what we learn along the way. Over the years, we’ve learned a lot about how to take care of our skin.
#40 - Our Mental Health Journey
This week, we take a deep dive into a topic that we both feel so passionate about: Mental Health. With the upcoming election, the ongoing pandemic, and this week’s announcement of an extended Broadway shutdown, our heads are swirling.
#39 - Quarantine Marriage with Ryan Vona and Caitlin Houlahan
Ryan Vona and Caitlin Houlahan are Broadway performers with a relationship that’s worthy of a standing ovation. They’re also dear friends of ours. So we were delighted to have them as this week’s podcast guests!
#38 - Mother Knows Best with Deedee Magno
Where are our 1990s Mickey Mouse Club fans? Oh there you are! Us too! If you watched the show religiously every day after school, dreamed of joining the Club, and even wrote fan letters to the gang (okay, maybe that was just Bret) then this episode is for you!
#37 - Ask Us Anything
Today’s podcast was so much fun… Rapid fire questions from you, our listeners! This was the first time we tried this format, and it won’t be the last. We loved your questions! Our favorite aspect of social media has always been the “social” part.
#36 - How To Stay In Your Power with Barrett Martin and Megan Sikora
Megan Sikora and Barrett Martin are a Broadway Power Couple! Between the two of them, they have performed in 20 Broadway shows! (That’s ten each for anyone keeping score at home.) They met performing in Wicked when Megan wasn’t in the mood to fall in love.
#35 - Podcast Parents - The Shufords
This week’s podcast comes to you from Texas. After a wonderful interview with Stephen’s parents last week, we had a great time interviewing Deanna and Preston Shuford (aka Bret’s Mom and Dad)! We’re really glad we did these two interviews back-to-back.
#34 - Podcast Parents - The Hannas
This week’s podcast comes to you from Pittsburgh, PA. We had a fascinating interview with Marcella Hanna and Ed Hanna (aka Mom and Dad) who have just celebrated 50 years of marriage! Stephen’s parents take us back in time to the 1960s to learn the origins of their love story.
#33 - Driving to Texas
Join us for our last full day in the car! (At least for now.) This time, our Chevy HRR is bound for Texas! We were lucky enough to see Bret’s college roommate outside of Franklin, TN last night. Actually, we’ve seen a whole lot of Shuford family members along this three-day journey.
#32 - Moving Out of NYC
Hop in the car! We are taking you on a ride with us to Texas. Stephen has officially accepted a job in Houston for the Fall season so we are heading down there temporarily. While riding in the car we took a moment to tell you the drama from moving out of NYC during COVID.
#31 - Selling Our Home
Hey There Listener! We didn’t make much of an effort but our amazing friend and broker Justin Parks sold our Manhattan apartment, and we are officially on the road. We are going to be documenting our journey for the next several months here on the podcast!
#30 - Feather Duster and the Beast with Meredith Inglesby and Steve Blanchard
Meredith and Steve are two people in the industry that we actually consider family. Steve’s Broadway credits include being the longest running Beast in Beauty and the Beast, among many others.
#29 - Going Whole 30
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#28 - Our Love Language
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#27 - Lifelong Love with Alexandra Billings and Chrisanne Blankenship
Hey There Summer Lovers! Don’t forget to help support our channel by purchasing our merchandise at Broadway Life Apparel, visit: http://broadwaylifeapparel.com. This week’s guests are two humans you will not soon forget!
#26 - Blended Family Life with Heidi Blickenstaff & Nicholas Rohlfing
Heidi Blickenstaff’s amazing performing career has recently been highlighted by her breakout feature role in Disney’s Freaky Friday. She and Bret met as understudies in the original Broadway cast of Broadway’s the Little Mermaid.
#25 - I love My Wife, Kelli and Anne
Anne Steele and Kelli Carpenter are a magical couple who inspire LGBTQ couples with their weekly podcast I LOVE MY WIFE. Kelly is a master at family travel having founded Zel travel and R Family vacations.
#24 - How Do I Know if He Really Loves Me? with the Crafty Lumberjacks
The Crafty Lumberjack Dennis Setteducati and Andrew Boza are both actors who met while traveling on the National Tour of Fiddler on the Roof! Oy! Along with coffee, crafting and Netflix, they have a love for the holidays and decorating!
#23 - Talking Money with Kyle Boen & Cameron Hinkle
Happy Pride Month! Check out our Pride Collection on Broadway Life Apparel where we are donating all profits to the Trevor Project. Kyle Boen and Cameron Hinkle have established an amazing presence online with their individual instagram accounts, but they both have made a life together in Franklin TN.
#22 - Long Distance Dating with Michael Lindsay & Matthew Schueller
Hey Listeners! We want to let you know about a couple of opportunities to help us help out during this time. Check out our Pride Collection on Broadway Life Apparel where we are donating all profits to the Trevor Project, and we just created a new design to help put more people of color in positions of power in the arts by donating to Arts Administrators of Color.
Using White Access to Challenge Racism
Consider supporting and following a handful of organizations led by BIPOC. Some of the organizations we recommend: The Audre Lorde project https://alp.org/ - The Audre Lorde Project is a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit, Trans and Gender Non-Conforming People of Color community organizing center, focused on the New York City area.
#21 - Newlywed Life with Chris Rice & Clay Thomson
Hello Lovers! We are super excited to have Broadway star-couple and newlyweds Christopher Rice and Clay Thomson. We discuss their beautiful wedding planning, being influencers, and their long distance.
#20 - Difficult Conversation with Carlos Brandt
Hello There! Today’s podcast is for sure a treat, because of the hunk of a man that is our guest. Carlos Brandt is a Spanish born NYC living creator and LGBTQ advocate. His podcast Dear Queer People has helped create a voice for people in our community.
#19 - How to Keep a Marriage Spontaneous
Hello beautiful listeners! We are back and this week we have an incredible couple joining us on the pod. Kyle Froman went from being a ballet dancer at New York City Ballet to published photographer.
#18 - Masculine & Feminine
As you know Stephen and I both have our hands in different pots including Broadway Life Coach, Broadway Life Apparel, Ballet Beautiful, and Ballet Academy East! But, our guests on this weeks podcast are just as creative and involved in an array of things.
#17 - Quarantine Questions
What does a couple who likes to be on the move and out and about do when we are self-isolating in the age of COVID-19? We take those lemons and make lemonade! On this week’s episode, we get to know more about one another and, surprisingly, we find out some stuff we didn’t know - go figure!
#16 - One Little Word: Married
Hey there! As you know by now, we are happily married. When we were planning our wedding, we based many decisions off of the traditions we grew up seeing in heterosexual marriage celebrations. We met with Jason Mitchell Kahn virtually to pick his brain about weddings!
#15 - Being Authentically You
This episode was recorded before the outbreak of COVID19 in the US. Broadway vets and soon to be Broadway Husbands Adam Hyndman and Brad Gibson give us some beautiful insight into their life’s including how to have Integrity in show biz relationships and keeping ego out of the relationship when booking work.
#14 - Siblings
We are getting all sappy this week, so hold on to your hats. This week’s episode is all about our O.G. besties, our siblings! Anyone with siblings knows that they can be your best friend and your biggest annoyance…sometimes at the same time.
#13 - Disney Obsession
Welcome back faithful friends and listeners! We (mostly Bret) are so excited for this week’s topic: DISNEY! We strongly feel that everyone has a soft spot in their heart for the House of Mouse — some more than others (i.e. Us).
#12 - Goals for 2020
Today we are discussing GOAL setting for 2020. We don’t often set aside to really plan out our goals and ambitions. Bret helps a lot of people as the Broadway Life Coach (http://bretshuford.com/coach) but this time we help each other set our ambitions personal and professional.
#11 - Taking a Performing Sabbatical
Hello from Bret and Stephen and welcome to The Broadway Husbands Podcast! We are taking it back to the good ole days of Episode 1 with an episode complete with no special guests - just us! This week, we are chatting about that time we packed up and shipped out to Charleston, SC!
#10 - Interdisciplinary Relationship
You guys…we made it to Episode 10! Thank you to our faithful listeners and hello to all the newbies! https://www.broadwayhusbands.com/podcast/2020/2/17/episode-10. Y’all are in for a treat today. We have the cutest and funnest newlyweds on our tenth episode of The Broadway Husbands Podcast.
#9 - LIVE: Kathryn Gallagher & Stephanie Styles, Broadway Besties Bonus
At this year’s BroadwayCon, The Broadway Podcast Network family — went BIG! This week’s Episode is from our live recording with Broadway Besties, Kathryn Gallagher and Stephanie Styles! They chat friendship, their new podcast, and all things Broadway!
#8 - Long Distance
What’s better than one pair of Broadway Husbands? TWO, duh. This week we are sitting down with newlywed Broadway Husbands, Mark Evans and Justin Mortelliti. Mark is joining us after his incredible run in the world premiere of Mrs.
#7 - Family Politics
Who loves talking politics with your family members that you may not see eye-to-eye with? … NEITHER DO WE! But, we have come up with some tips and tricks on how to navigate election season with those you love and disagree with.
#6 - Parenting on Broadway
Needed more Broadway power couple inspiration in your life? We got you! This week’s episode of the podcast is packed with talent and we can’t wait for you to listen. Joining us this week are Eric Anderson (https://www.instagram.com/egroove/) and Jessica Rush (https://www.instagram.com/jessisarush/).
#5 - Gender Definitions
HAPPY NEW QUEER…YEAR…BOTH! We have several things in common as a couple…one of those being…WE LOVE DRAG QUEENS! Our lovely listeners are in for a treat this week! We are sitting down with power couple Marti Cummings and Blake Allen.
#4 - Becoming Dads
Hello again! We’re back with another episode of The Broadway Husbands Podcast. In this episode, Bret gives us an update on his current role as the male Swing in Wicked on Broadway and Stephen clues us in on where we can catch him in performances of The Nutcracker in NYC.
#3 - Getting Gay Married
In Episode 3 we chat about one of our favorite memories: planning our big gay wedding! We also give you a quick update on our surrogacy journey, specifically lawyer negotiations. For detailed show-notes and links go to: http://broadwayhusbands.com/podcast/2019/12/2/episode-3.
#2 - Coming Out Stories
In Episode 2 we discuss a topic we get asked about frequently - our coming out stories! We also discuss our journey to parenthood. To see our previous vlogs and to follow along with our journey, subscribe to the Gays With Kids YouTube channel!
#1 - Who We Are
Welcome to the Broadway Husbands Podcast. In this episode, Bret and Stephen tell you how they met and a little bit about their past. Our listener Justin asked What is the best way to meet people that isn’t an app?
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We are Bret Shuford and Stephen Hanna your all-American married couple making their living in the arts and pursuing a growing family. On the Broadway Husbands Podcast we offer advice from our ordinary lives under extraordinary circumstances.
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