This week Kristen and Zane will chat with Jessica Kate Ryan and Patrick Aiken about which of life's truths can be gleaned from Sondheim’s most political musical, Assassins!
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Read MoreThis week Julie, Miranda, and Zane will chat with Alex Smith about which of life's truths can be gleaned from the off-beat musical Bat Boy!
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Read MoreThis week Julie, Miranda, and Zane will chat with Taylor Davidson about which of life's truths can be gleaned from In The Heights!
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Read MoreThis week our hosts will chat with Aerlyn James about which of life's truths can be gleaned from the Broadway classic, Chicago!
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Ben Brantley, in his review for The New York Times, wrote "'Make love to the audience' was another Fosse dictum. That's exactly what Ms. Reinking and her ensemble do. Chicago can still seem glibly cynical and artificially cold, especially in its weaker second act. But these performers know just how to take off the chill."
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Read MoreThis week in a special sneak peek of the Patreon-only episodes, your hosts Julie, Miranda, and Zane discuss which musical characters deserve their own spin-off musicals!
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Read MoreThis week Julie, Miranda, and Zane will chat with Geena Schwartz about which of life's truths can be gleaned from one of the longest running musicals of all time - The Phantom of the Opera!
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- CELEBRITY SHOUTOUTS -
Joel Schumacher, Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Minnie Driver, Miranda Richardson, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart. Richard Stilgoe, Gaston Leroux, Michael Crawford, Sarah Brightman, Steve Barton, Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess, Hadley Fraser, John Barrowman, Norm Lewis
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Read MoreThis week Julie Miranda, and Zane chat with Jessica Kate Ryan about which of life's truths can be gleaned from Sondheim's infamous flop, Merrily We Roll Along!
"...to be a Stephen Sondheim fan is to have one's heart broken at regular intervals. Usually, the heartbreak comes from Mr. Sondheim's songs -for his music can tear through us with an emotional force as moving as Gershwin's. And sometimes the pain is compounded by another factor - for some of Mr. Sondheim's most powerful work turns up in shows (''Anyone Can Whistle,'' ''Pacific Overtures'') that fail. Suffice it to say that both kinds of pain are abundant in ''Merrily We Roll Along,'' the new Sondheim-Harold Prince-George Furth musical that opened at the Alvin last night. Mr. Sondheim has given this evening a half-dozen songs that are crushing and beautiful - that soar, and linger, and hurt. But the show that contains them is a shambles." - By FRANK RICH, New York Times
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Stephen Sondheim, George Furth, George S. Kaufman, Moss Hart, Jim Walton, Lonny Price, Ann Morrison, Terry Finn, Jason Alexander, Geoffrey Horne, David Loud, Liz Callaway, Tonya Pinkins, Abby Pogrebin, Giancarlo Esposito, John Rubinstein, Chip Zien, Marin Mazzie, Heather MacRae, Colin Donnell, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tom Burlinson, Tony Sheldon, Peta Toppano, Greg Stone, Gina Riley, Wayne Brady
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Read MoreThis week Julie, Miranda, and Zane will chat with Josh Thia about which of life's truths can be gleaned from the ice-cream loving musical She Loves Me!
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- CELEBRITY SHOUTOUTS -
Barbara Cook, Daniel Massey, Barbara Baxley, Jack Cassidy, Ludwig Donath, Rita Moreno, Madeline Kahn, Kelli O'Hara, Josh Radnor, Jane Krakowski, Gavin Creel, Victor Garber, Rory O'Malley, Peter Bartlett, Laura Benanti, Zachary Levi, Michael McGrath, Ruthie Henshall, John Gordon Sinclair
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Read MoreThis week Zane will chat with Harrison Aston, Jordan Malone, and Oliver Lacey about which of life's truths can be gleaned from the confronting rock musical Spring Awakening!
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- CELEBRITY SHOUTOUTS -
Duncan Sheik, Steven Sater, Frank Wedekind, Jonathan Groff, Lea Michele, Skylar Astin, John Gallagher Jr, Lauren Pritchard, Lilli Cooper, Gideon Glick, Stephen Spinella, Christine Estabrook, Aneurin Barnard, Iwan Rheon, Lucy May Barker, Jamie Blackley, Richard Cordery, Sian Thomas, Austin P. McKenzie, Daniel N. Durant, Alex Boniello, Krysta Rodriguez, Andy Mientus, Daniel David Stewart, Russell Harvard, Patrick Page, Ali Stroker
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Read MoreThis week Zane will chat with Melbourne cabaret artist Tash York about which of life's truths can be gleaned from classic musical Cabaret!
Find Tash and info about her upcoming events online: www.tashyork.com
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Wiki - Musical, Film, Christopher Isherwood.
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John Kander, Fred Ebb, Joe Masteroff, Christopher Isherwood, Jill Haworth, Bert Convy, Lotte Lenya, Joel Grey, Judi Dench, Kevin Colson, Barry Dennen, Jane Horrocks, Adam Godley, Alan Cumming, Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Anna Maxwell Martin, Michelle Ryan, Michelle Williams
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Read MoreThis week Julie, Miranda and Zane celebrate the one year anniversary of Musicals Taught Me Everything I Know and chat about some unappreciated shows from the past that ran less than 50 performances on Broadway!
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Read MoreThis week Julie, Miranda, and Zane will chat with Benjamin Tubb-Hearne about which of life's truths can be gleaned from The Mystery of Edwin Drood!
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Wiki - Novel, Musical, 1993 Film, 2012 Film
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Charles Dickens, Rupert Holmes, George Rose, Clive Revill, Jim Norton, Betty Buckley, Donna Murphy, Paige O'Hara, Julia Hills, Stephanie J. Block, Patti Cohenour, Betsy Wolfe, Will Chase, Chita Rivera, Wendi Peters, Lulu, Gregg Edelman, Andy Karl, Jessie Mueller, Cleo Laine, Karen Morrow, Loretta Swit, Jean Stapleton
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Read MoreIn honour of Gary Beach's recent passing, we would like to dedicate this episode to his memory.
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Read MoreThis week Kristen and Zane will chat with Mary Littlejohn about which of life's truths can be gleaned from the hilarious semi-improvised musical - The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee!
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- CELEBRITY SHOUTOUTS -
William Finn, James Lapine, Sarah Saltzberg, Wendy Wasserstein, Julianne Boyd, Dan Fogler, Robb Sapp, Jose Llana, Dashiell Eaves, Derrick Baskin, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Lisa Howard, Marina Prior, David Campbell, Magda Szubanski, Lisa McCune, Tyler Coppin, Bert Labonte, Natalie Mendoza, Betsy Wolfe, James Monroe Iglehart
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Read MoreThis week Julie, Miranda, and Zane will chat with Grace Clarke about which of life's truths can be gleaned from her current musical obsession and overall classic musical Hello Dolly!
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Read MoreThis week Zane and Patrick will chat with Naomi Mole about which of life's truths can be gleaned from Cole Porter's classic musical - Kiss Me, Kate!
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Wiki - Musical, Film, Cole Porter
- CELEBRITY SHOUTOUTS -
Samuel and Bella Spewack, Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison, Lisa Kirk, Harold Lang, Bill Johnson, Adelaide Hall, Julie Wilson, Marin Mazzie, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Amy Spanger, Michael Berresse, Lee Wilkof, Ron Holgate, Michael Mulheren, Brent Barrett, Kelli O'Hara, Cole Porter, Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller, Keenan Wynn, Bobby Van, Tommy Rall, Bob Fosse, Willard Parker, Ron Randell
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Read MoreThis week Zane, Patrick and Jess will chat with Tristan Vanyai about which of life's truths can be gleaned from Mel Brooks' hilarious musical Young Frankenstein!
"Brooks and Stroman pull out every stop. Despite music that's more ho-hum than hummable, Brooks' lyrics are bright and witty. Better yet, the book ... does a great job, with the assistance of co-writer Thomas Meehan, in transferring the original script to the stage." - The New York Post
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Wiki - Musical, Movie, Mel Brooks
- CELEBRITY SHOUTOUTS -
Mel Brooks, Thomas Meehan, Gene Wilder, Mary Shelley, Susan Stroman, Brian d'Arcy James, Kristin Chenoweth, Sutton Foster, Roger Bart, Shuler Hensley, Cloris Leachman, Hadley Fraser, Megan Mullally, Andrea Martin, Dianne Pilkington
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Read MoreThis week Julie, Miranda, and Zane will chat with Joel O'Brien about which of life's truths can be gleaned from the musical thriller; Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of Fleet Street!
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Wiki - Sweeney Todd, Musical, Film
- CELEBRITY SHOUTOUTS -
Stephen Sondheim, Hugh Wheeler, Len Cariou, George Hearn, Denis Quilley, Kelsey Grammer, Michael Cerveris, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Imelda Staunton, Emma Thompson, Michael Ball, Bryn Terfel, Jamie Campbell Bower, Jayne Wisener, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen, Patti LuPone, Christine Baranski, Neil Patrick Harris, Audra McDonald, Angela Lansbury, Victor Garber, Philip Quast, Nancye Hayes, Peter Cousens, Caroline O'Connor
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