In September of 2020, two friends Jacob Ben-Shmuel (Book of Mormon) and Alan Blake Bachelor (Blumhouse’s “Uncanny Annie”) found themselves on the journey of a musical podcast lifetime. Cue: One Million Musicals.
What's One Million Musicals, you ask? Well it's podcast with a simple dream: to write and produce one million podcast musicals! Each month, their team of writers, producers and performers from across Broadway, Film and TV create a brand new podcast musical for your ears to enjoy.
In this episode, host Maggie Bera chats with co-creators Jacob Ben-Shmuel and Alan Blake Bachelor about their inspiration behind One Million Musicals, what exactly goes into creating a podcast musical, their latest episode Lady Jane's Radio Takeover, and what's to come!
Jacob Ben-Shmuel is is the Co-Creator and Showrunner of One Million Musicals, as well as the co-writer and composer of each of its shows, including How to Be Spooky, The Lawman with No Gun, The South Pole Santa Claus, and Lady Jane's Radio Takeover. After graduating from UC Irvine's musical theatre program, Jacob spent two and a half years touring the United States, Canada and Mexico with the hit Broadway show The Book of Mormon, as the Standby for Elder Cunningham. While on the road, his musical Brad Knows Nothing was accepted into the New York Musical Festival's 2018 season. You can hear his voice as a wide variety of characters in One Million Musicals, including most recently Bennie Berstein and Dolf "The Dink" Diggle in Lady Jane's Radio Takeover.
Instagram: @jacob_benshmuel
Alan Blake Bachelor is a co-creator of One Million Musicals and has been writing musicals with Jacob since their days at UC Irvine. Their musical, Brad Knows Nothing, was featured at the New York Musical Festival in 2018. Alan and his brother, James, are writers of horror screenplays, one of which became an episode of Blumhouse’s Into the Dark entitled "Uncanny Annie.”
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Website: onemillionmusicals.com
Submission email: CastMe1MM@gmail.com
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