Britton Smith Of Britton & The Sting On Making Music And Making A Difference

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4.6 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Today’s guest is Britton Smith—Broadway actor, Tony Award winner, activist, and frontman of the band Britton & The Sting. Britton is a founding member of the Broadway Advocacy Coalition, the arts-and-activism organization that received a Special Tony Award in 2020. Onstage, he’s appeared in shows like “Shuffle Along,” “After Midnight,” and “Be More Chill.” Offstage, he’s building something entirely his own. Britton joins host Kerry Diamond to talk about growing up in Texas, moving to New York at 18, and the path that led him to a Tony Award for advocacy. They also dive into Britton’s music career and his group, Britton & The Sting, which was born after a mysterious taxi driver told him, “You need to start a band.” Britton & The Sting’s new album, “Return to Mama,” explores water as teacher, spirit, and guide. Visit here for tickets to their free World Water Day Concert on Friday, March 27th Cherry Bombe on Substack The Jubilee Business Owners Pass application Our new Mom’s the Bombe issue More on Britton: Instagram, Britton & The Sting, Broadway Advocacy Coalition More on Kerry: Instagram, “So You Want To Open A Restaurant” Substack series

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0:00.0	Hi, everyone. You're listening to Radio Cherry Bomb, and I'm your host, Carrie Diamond, coming to you from my apartment in Brooklyn.
0:12.1	Today's guest is Britton Smith, one of my favorite New Yorkers. Britain is an actor, singer, bandleader, writer, activist, and Tony Award winner. He and I met working
0:23.7	in restaurants in Brooklyn. Britain grew up in Texas, thinking he might be a pop star like Usher one
0:29.1	day. He moved to New York City for college and wound up on Broadway, performing in shows
0:34.3	such as shuffle along and after midnight. He won a special Tony Award in 2020
0:39.8	for his work as a founding member of the Broadway Advocacy Coalition. Britain is also the frontman
0:45.8	of the band Britain and the Sting. They just dropped their new album titled Return to Mama.
0:51.8	Britain and I talk about his career, his activism, heated rivalry, of course.
0:56.0	We cannot let a week go by without talking about heated rivalry. And we chat restaurants and
1:00.9	something he calls stepmom milk. Yes, stepmom milk. You might even have it in your own
1:07.1	refrigerator. Stay tuned. This interview was recorded at newsstand studios at Rockefeller
1:12.4	Center. Britain and I met when he was starting out and working as a server, and I was a newbie
1:17.7	restaurateur who kind of had no idea what I was doing. It was clear Britain was destined to be a star.
1:23.7	Me, maybe not a restaurant star. I've been writing a substack series for Cherrybaum about those days called So You Want to Open a Restaurant.
1:32.0	The first two installments are live and you can read them for free at Cherrybom.substack.com.
1:37.9	The link is in our show notes.
1:39.7	The restaurant world is tough as so many of you know, but folks like Britain made it enjoyable and special.
1:46.0	Thank you to Square for supporting our series. Before we check in with Britain, enjoy this clip of
1:51.2	Britain and the Sting, performing Draw Me from their new album.
1:55.4	Jami, draw me, drama. I'm ready. I'm ready. I'm ready.
2:02.0	I'm ready.
2:03.8	I'm ready.
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