Mickey-Jo finally had the chance to sit down with multi-hyphenate stage star, social media personality and musical theatre superfan Todrick Hall, ahead of a performance of his new musical, MIDNIGHT. The show, currently concluding a sold out workshop run at Sadler's Wells East, is the second London project which Todrick has appeared in, in addition to serving as writer, director, and choreographer. In this overdue interview, they chat about his Broadway beginnings, the role that challenged him the most, what inspired Midnight, and the truth about the behind the scenes drama at BURLESQUE last year. Check out what he had to say... • 00:00 | the road to Broadway 14:23 | the truth about Burlesque 24:17 | let's talk Midnight About Mickey-Jo: As one of the leading voices in theatre criticism on a social platform, Mickey-Jo is pioneering a new medium for a dwindling field. His YouTube channel: MickeyJoTheatre is the largest worldwide in terms of dedicated theatre criticism, where he also share features, news and interviews as well as lifestyle content for over 95,000 subscribers. With a viewership that is largely split between the US and the UK he has been fortunate enough to be able to work with PR, Marketing, and Social Media representatives for shows in New York, London, Edinburgh, Hamburg, Toronto, Sao Pãolo, and Paris. His reviews and features have also been published by WhatsOnStage, for whom he was a panelist to help curate nominees for their 2023 and 2024 Awards as well as BroadwayWorldUK, Musicals Magazine and LondonTheatre.co.uk. Instagram/TikTok/X: @MickeyJoTheatre Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
