{"podcast":{"title":"I Wanna Be Like You with Elbi Cespedes","slug":"i-wanna-be-like-you-with-elbi-cespedes-7248548","podcast_index_feed_id":7248548,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fe3fcfb0/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elbito322","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/42555948/42555948-1739238518717-62bdbe3a55fc9.jpg","author":"elbito322","episode_count":86,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T22:20:09.135766+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-wanna-be-like-you-with-elbi-cespedes-7248548"},"episode":{"title":"Susan Stroman's I Wanna Be Like You!","slug":"susan-stroman-s-i-wanna-be-like-you","published_at":"2026-05-20T10:13:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-wanna-be-like-you-with-elbi-cespedes-7248548/susan-stroman-s-i-wanna-be-like-you","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-wanna-be-like-you-with-elbi-cespedes-7248548","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elbito322/episodes/Susan-Stromans-I-Wanna-Be-Like-You-e3jkjob","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fe3fcfb0/podcast/play/120261835/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-20%2F424551866-44100-2-00f2ca64d9ca5.mp3","summary":"FIFTH DREAM GUEST! Susan Stroman is a 5 time Tony Award winning Broadway director and choreographer! Her most iconic work includes directing and choreographing The Producers (working alongside Mel Brooks), Contact (for which she won multiple Tony Awards including Best Musical), the 2000 Broadway revival of The Music Man, Bullets Over Broadway (alongside Woody Allen), New York, New York and many more! As a choreographer, she's responsible for the original choreography of the smash hit Crazy For You, the 1994 revival of Show Boat, Oklahoma starring Hugh Jackman and directed by Trevor Nunn, Liza at Radio City Music Hall, and Steel Pier to name a few! Her work on screen includes directing and choreographing the film adaptation of The Producers as well as choreographing numbers in Curb Your Enthusiasm! Upcoming, she'll be at the helm of the new Ahrens and Flaherty musical Little Dancer which will open in the West End in 2027 with many more projects in development! We get to talking about the biggest things she learned from Hal Prince , what she looks for in new work, why she's made a pointed effort to only work on new works and much more.","meta_description":"FIFTH DREAM GUEST! Susan Stroman is a 5 time Tony Award winning Broadway director and choreographer! Her most iconic work includes directing and choreogra…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":9855,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/i-wanna-be-like-you-with-elbi-cespedes-7248548/episodes/susan-stroman-s-i-wanna-be-like-you/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-wanna-be-like-you-with-elbi-cespedes-7248548/susan-stroman-s-i-wanna-be-like-you.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}