What Happened to Patrick Hinds and the podcasts Broadway Backstory and Theater People

[Braniff Forever]

Posted: 1/14/19 at 2:54pm

I loved listening to these podcasts, but they havent been updated since April (for Broadway Backstory) and August for (Theater People.) Does anyone know why? What happened to Patrick Hinds the host of both of the podcasts? I hope hes ok! Anyone know if these podcasts will ever come back to life? I especially liked the documentary quality of Broadway Backstory. Thanks!

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 1/14/19 at 2:59pm

He was on a few panels at BroadwayCon, but I didn't attend anything he was at (not out of avoidance!). Did anyone here go and did he mention anything?

https://sites.grenadine.co/sites/mischief/en/bwaycon2019/participants/47/905f42251fcd0772df2b1789885e87e793280623/Patrick+Hinds

[raddersons]

Posted: 1/14/19 at 3:00pm

He did one about My So-Called Life and I haven't heard what's he's up to since.

In their place I've started listening to the "Three on the Aisle" podcast, which has Peter Marks, Terry Teachout, and Elizabeth Vincentelli talking about their favorite theater topics, as well as their favorite (or least-favorite) piece of theater they say in the last couple weeks. They have guests on every once in a while as well. As someone who loves theater criticism, it's a lot of fun, and I listen to it instantly when new episodes come out.

[nasty_khakis]

Posted: 1/14/19 at 3:04pm

Probably just came down to not making enough from it for the hours it takes to put into something like those podcasts. I know he has a young kid and probably wanted to spend more time with his daughter than editing hours of audio for not much profit. Who knows though?

To be honest I always found the way he got too excited and fanned out hardcore on everybody unprofessional-sounding, but I'm sure other found it charming. I love that he loves performers and shows that much, but you don't need to act like the third lead from a flop show is Patti LuPone. However, he put himself out there and did the work I'm too lazy to do myself so I do miss the podcasts.

[haterobics]

Posted: 1/14/19 at 3:14pm

He tweeted recently that he is no longer involved with Broadway Backstory, and that TodayTix will be running with it moving forward...

[zainmax]

Posted: 1/14/19 at 3:17pm

Did TodayTix buy it or always produce it?

[raddersons]

Posted: 1/14/19 at 3:21pm

nasty_khakis said: "To be honest I always found the way he got too excited and fanned out hardcore on everybody unprofessional-sounding, but I'm sure other found it charming. I love that he loves performers and shows that much, but you don't need to act like the third lead from a flop show is Patti LuPone. However, he put himself out there and did the work I'm too lazy to do myself so I do miss the podcasts."

I agree. Every show he talked about, he described as "The most perfect show." They can't all be "the most perfect." Like, is Catch Me If You Can really the most perfect show? Or are you just fangirl-ing over Kerry Butler?

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 1/14/19 at 3:33pm

Here's the tweet haterobics is talking about.
https://twitter.com/patrickhinds/status/1068974748753907712

[Kitsune]

Posted: 1/14/19 at 3:56pm

For what it's worth, I've really been enjoying Rory O'Malley's "Living the Dream" podcast. A lot of his interviewees are people he's worked with before. If nothing else it's one actor interviewing another, and the conversations are richer because of it.

[lida rose]

Posted: 1/14/19 at 4:52pm

I miss Broadway Backstory so much, I hope it comes back. in terms of theatre history podcasts, it's relatively new but I've really been enjoying My Little Tonys. it doesn't have the access of something like Broadway Backstory but it's well-produced and the hosts do their research.

Posted: 1/14/19 at 5:01pm

Patrick has been doing a true crime podcast, True Crime Obsessed with Gillian Pensavalle (host of the Hamilcast) for over a year. It's very popular and they are planning a tour, I assume that's why he hasn't been doing his other podcasts. Very funny podcast, if you don't mind the subject matter.

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 1/14/19 at 11:44pm

I really enjoyed Theater People, but Living the Dream with Rory OMalley has sort of taken its place.

There are also TONS of podcast interviews with famous Broadway performers on the now defunct Downstage Center podcast, as well as others if you want theater celebrity interviews.

I recommend The Compass with Leah Walsh, which is mostly with struggling or only semi-successful New York actors. Some of the interviews are very enlightening as to what its really like to be an actor in New York.

[Braniff Forever]

Posted: 1/15/19 at 10:42pm

Funny I had forgotten I even made this post until right now! But thanks for letting me know about the podcast with Terry Teachout. I like him. I have been listening to Stagecraft with Gordon Cox, Varietys Theater critic, as well as The Peoducers Perspective Podcast with Ken Davenport.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 1/16/19 at 10:15am

I couldn't listen to Broadwaysted in the early days because they hadn't adjusted their sound well enough the laughter was much too close to the mic and it was painful. But since then, they'd either gotten better equipment, software, or something. Whatever it is, it's working! I've been listening for about a solid year now and it is always hilarious. (tl; dr: I never doubted the quality of the content, but the quality of the sound was an initial turnoff.)

[haterobics]

Posted: 1/16/19 at 10:18am

LizzieCurry said: "I couldn't listen to Broadwaysted in the early days because they hadn't adjusted their sound well enough the laughter was much too close to the mic and it was painful. But since then, they'd either gotten better equipment, software, or something. Whatever it is, it's working! I've been listening for about a solid year now and it is always hilarious. (tl; dr: I never doubted the quality of the content, but the quality of the sound was an initial turnoff.)"

The turnoffs went way beyond the sound for me, heh.

The horrible games (where the directions usually ran longer than the amount of time spent playing the game) and me learning more about what the hosts thought about the guest and the guest's show than getting all that much new info out of the guest ultimately did me in.

[chrishuyen]

Posted: 7/19/23 at 1:35am

Sorry to revive an old thread but have all the episodes of Broadway Backstory been deleted? I wanted to listen to some old episode and I see it show up in Apple Podcasts but it doesn't seem to be able to play