About this episode

Jess creates a musical about Michigan with guests Hannah Shankman and Annaliese Wilbur.

Today for a special episode of Make me a Musical Jess is joined by two members of the cast of the Funny Girl National Tour Hannah Shankman and Annaliese Wilbur. Since they both have deep Michigan connections we created a musical out of the State of Michigan! It becomes a Football romance, and you won't believe what happens! Be sure to listen! See Funny Girl on Tour: https://funnygirlonbroadway.com/tour/ Find Annaliese on social media: https://www.instagram.com/annaliese.wilbur/ Find Hannah on Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/hannahbshank/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Jess

Guests: Hannah Shankman, Annaliese Wilbur

Topics covered

• musical
• Michigan
• comedy
• theater
• romance
• interview

Keywords

• musical
• Michigan
• Funny Girl
• comedy
• theater
• romance
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Funny Girl National Tour, Broadway Podcast Network

Books & works: Funny Girl

Places: Michigan

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