I Wanna Be Like You with Elbi Cespedes

I Wanna Be Like You with Elbi Cespedes is a podcast that explores the journeys of successful individuals and how they’ve built and sustained their careers. Host Elbi Cespedes sits down with accomplished guests to discuss their beginnings, the challenges they’ve faced, and the lessons they’ve learned along the way. Through engaging and insightful conversations, this podcast offers inspiration, practical advice, and a deeper look into what it really takes to achieve long-term success.

I Wanna Be Like You with Elbi Cespedes is a arts podcast hosted by elbito322, with 90 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

elbito322 hosts I Wanna Be Like You with Elbi Cespedes, a arts show with 90 episodes published.

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  Episode #82

  Angie Schworer's I Wanna Be Like You!

  Aug 14, 20261h 52mS1

  Angie Schworer is a Broadway veteran with more than 10 Broadway credits! She's most well known for originating the role of Angie in The Prom, a role that was based on her and was played by Nicole Kidman in the Ryan Murphy Netflix film adaptation which we talk about as well! She made her Broadway debut in The Will Rogers Follies directed and choreographed by Tommy Tune. Her other Broadway credits include the original cast of The Producers, Some Like It Hot, Crazy For You and Sunset Boulevard. She's now taking up direction and choreography herself as she'll be working on the upcoming Ogunquit Playhouse production of The Producers as well as directing an upcoming regional production of Annie at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina in Hilton Head Island, SC!

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  Episode #81

  Tony Yazbeck's I Wanna Be Like You!

  Aug 7, 20261h 25mS1

  Tony Yazbeck is Broadway veteran who received a Tony Award nomination for the role of Gabie in the 2014 Broadway revival of On The Town! After making his Broadway debut as a child in the 1989 Revival of Gypsy, he’d then be in the 2008 Revival Gypsy this time as Tulsa however the journey getting there contained multiple twists and turns which we got to discussing at length! Other Broadway credits include A Chorus Line, Oklahoma, Prince of Broadway and most recently Flying Over Sunset! He’s currently playing Stone in Ogunquit’s production of City Of Angels! We get to talking about his wide dance history, the song and dance men that inspired him coming up and much more!

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  Episode #80

  Cynthia Meng's I Wanna Be Like You!

  Aug 2, 20261h 10mS1

  Cynthia Meng made history as first woman to ever conduct Ragtime on Broadway which now holds the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical and closes August 16th at the Vivian Beaumont Theater on Broadway! Her other work on Broadway includes Company (2021 Revival), Dead Outlaw and Hadestown (for which she was a part of from the original Broadway production as a music assistant), and much more! Onscreen, she served as the Associate Vocal Supervisor for the film Spirited (starring Ryan Reynolds & Will Ferrell) as well as the 3rd season of the acclaimed Hulu series Only Murders in the Building where she worked on music and lyrics written by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Sara Bareilles, Michael R Jackson, Marc Shaiman & Scott Whittman and sung by Meryl Streep, Steve Martin and many others! Most recently, she was the Music Director for Basura, the new Gloria and Emily Estefan musical which made its world premiere at the Alliance Theater in Atlanta Georgia! We get to talking about all of that plus how she went from computer science major to playing and conducting on Broadway!

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  Episode #79

  Donna Lynne Champlin's I Wanna Be Like You!

  Jul 27, 20261h 38mS1

  Donna Lynne Champlin is currently starring in The Loved Ones as Cheryl-Ann at Irish Rep open now until August 2nd! Her most notable stage work includes playing Pirelli in the 2005 Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd (directed by John Doyle featuring Michael Cerveris and Patti LuPone as Sweeney and Mrs Lovett respectively), playing Older Helen in Hollywood Arms (a semi-autobiographical role created by Carol Burnett and directed by Hal Prince), and James Joyce's The Dead starring opposite Alice Ripley, Marni Nixon and Christopher Walken! Many may know her as Paula Proctor in the hit CW musical comedy TV series Crazy Ex Girlfriend! We get to talking about her greatest Hal Prince stories, meeting Carol Burnett for the first time and much more!

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  Episode #78

  Joomin Hwang's I Wanna Be Like You!

  Jul 23, 20261h 3mS1

  Joomin Hwang is a Broadway performer turned author currently in & Juliet (alongside Joey Fatone & Chrissy Metz!) which he's been in since it originally opened on Broadway in 2022! He made his Broadway debut in The Prom in 2018 after immigrating from South Korea where he was a competitive breakdancer! He's now written a self help book titled The Rule of Five Journal which is OUT NOW helping those struggling to balance negativity in their lives with positivity!

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