Episode 250: Drama Desk & Tony Award-Winning Producer Evan McGill VISITS!

It is the 250th milestone episode of <i>The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast!</i> Thank you to every one of my guests who took time out of their schedules to speak with me (and trusted my brand). I also want to thank all my listeners who listened and watched my conversations; I greatly appreciate it!<br /><br />I am honored to welcome Drama Desk and Tony-winning producer Evan McGill for this milestone episode! Evan is the founder of Evan McGill Productions. He is a native of Boston, MA, and graduated from the University of Miami (FL) in 2006 with a BBA. Evan later received his MBA from Columbus State University and MIB from Florida International University. He began acting at age 6 in the Boston area and has been a theater fan for life! He was one of the owners of Knit-Rite, a Kansas City, KS-based medical device company manufacturing various medical textiles for different patient types. Evan and his partners sold that company in December 2020. <br /><br />Since then, Evan McGill has been involved with various Broadway productions, including <i>Mr. Saturday Night</i>, <i>Kimberly Akimb</i>o, <i>Parade (2023</i>), and <i>The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window(2023)</i>. He has produced several Broadway cast albums, including <i>The Music Man: The 2022 Broadway Cast Recording </i>and <i>Funny Girl: New Broadway Cast Recording</i>. Both albums reached number one on the <i>Billboard</i> Cast Albums chart. <br /><br />In 2023, Evan received two Tony Award nominations for his role as a producer of <i>Parade </i>and T<i>he Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window,</i> respectively nominated for Best Revival of a Musical and Best Revival of a Play. He won a Tony Award for <i>Parade</i> at the 76th Tony Awards. Evan also received a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical for <i>Parade</i>. He now splits his time between Kansas City and New York City. He loves traveling the world or seeing new productions staged outside of New York City, wherever they may be! <br /><br />On this milestone episode of <i>The Jake’