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Join Skye and Elizabeth as they do deep dives on the footnotes of music history! Strengthen your trivia game as they reveal the imperfections, eccentricities, and sometimes-sordid sides of the composers and shows we’ve put on a pedestal.

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    • Apr 27, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 32m AVG DURATION
    • 21 EPISODES


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    S2E9 A Long Days Journey Into Night

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2022 31:33


    Join Elizabeth and Skye as they dive into Eugene O'Neill's famous drama A Long Day's Journey Into Night. We'll discuss the addictions that plague his characters and the production that started Elizabeth's true journey into theater! As we started the new year, we looked back at what makes us human, what touches an audience, and how O'Neill changed American Drama forever.

    S2E8 Giving Thanks the Methodist Way

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2022 32:43


    Join Skye, Elizabeth, and Pastor Bob as we discuss the music of the Methodist Church and it's critical role in our Thanksgiving episode! You may be thinking, Thanksgiving? That was six months ago! Well...nobodies perfect ;)

    S2E7 The Tales of Beetle and the Peer

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2021 27:42


    In the last installment of 2021 Spooky Season, Elizabeth discusses Beetlejuice the Musical, we both get sidetracked by King Kong, Jack Black, Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds, and Skye tells the story of Peer Gynt! Music featured in the episode was found on sites dedicated to public domain recordings.

    S2E6 The Addams Family's Day of Wrath

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2021 25:51


    For the second Halloween installment, Elizabeth talks about the Broadway musical about Skye's favorite family, The Addams Family. Then it's a hard left turn from the mysterious and cooky family as Skye dives into the Dies Irae, or Day of Wrath, and the origin story of Verdi's Requiem.

    S2E5 Hyde...You're Psycho

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2021 34:23


    THIS IS HALLOWEEN! Jump into the music of Psycho and explore literatures most notorious bi-polar disorder, Jekyll and Hyde.

    S2E4 A Night with ProMusica!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2021 57:34


    For Skye and Elizabeth's second outing of the year, they head of to Columbus' own ProMusica Chamber Orchestra! With special guests David Danzmayr and Janet Chen, we'll dive into what ProMusica is and how classical music is alive today.

    S2E3 Come From Away and Gottschalk, an American Tribute

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2021 25:53


    Join Beth and Skye as they remember those we lost on September 11th, 20 years ago. Elizabeth talks about Come From Away, the Canadian Musical focused on Canada's mission to clear American airways and Skye talks about Louis Gottschalk, the first American composer to have international fame and personify the American melting pot.

    S2 Noises Off Review!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2021 6:30


    A quick post-show review. Bottom line: Go see it!

    S2E2 Noises Off, Costumes On!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2021 38:09


    Join Skye and Elizabeth as the prepare for their first 2BitMUS outing! Beth dives into the author of Noises Off! The farce that makes you laugh so hard you may get sick, and Skye dives into the sad, murderous clowns of Pagliacci that blur the lines between art and reality!

    S2E1 I Would Walk 6 Miles with 500 Umbrellas

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2021 57:11


    Skye and Elizabeth kick off Season 2 with a new format, the craziness of Satie, a jukebox musical of The Proclaimers! Maybe take a long walk for a few miles while you listen, and don't forget an umbrella!

    E10 Fun Red Homes of Pride

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2021 31:25


    HAPPY PRIDE! This June join Skye and Beth as they explore two very different paths to love. They start their dive with the sexual awakening and devastating drama of Alison Bechdel's Fun Home and follow up with the sweet, sentimental letters of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears.

    E9 Seven Veils of the Moulin Rouge

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2021 30:57


    In one of the steamiest episodes, Skye dives into the Dance of the Seven Veils and the various interpretations of Salome and Elizabeth gives us her favorite Moulin Rouge trivia while they both confess their undying love of Ewan McGregor.

    E8 Introducing Buffy and the Microtones

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2021 32:52


    Join Elizabeth and Skye in their very late, pseudo-holiday episode featuring a deep dive on the musical episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the unknown influential Mexican Composer Julián Carrillo Trujillo.

    E7 Superstitions of a Suspicious Mind

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2021 26:25


    Join Elizabeth and Skye as they dive into the superstitions of each others worlds! Learn about the Ghost Light, how you should Break a Leg, and Macbeth vs. Tosca!

    E6 To Arms, Zombie Mice!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2021 26:00


    Dive into the composition and namesake of the French National Anthem, La Marseillaise in another episode focusing on inspirational pieces! Then join Elizabeth on her dive into NPRs This American Life episode 528 where she explores locked closets, weed, zombie mice, a bus, and some of our favorite celebrities.

    E5 Just West of Piedmont

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2021 31:19


    Join Elizabeth as she dives into Mae West's film career and how she saved Paramount and then take a trip over to Italy as Skye gives the briefest of Italian history lessons while proving that music can inspire, unite, and help win battles!

    E4 The Rite of Mae

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2021 36:52


    Join Elizabeth as she dives into the life of the scandalous vaudevillian Mae West, while Skye tells the tale of the notorious premiere of The Rite of Spring.

    E3 Julie's Grateful 8 and Heather The Rock Johnson

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 30:04


    Skye dives into the love life of Julie D'Aubigny and Elizabeth dives into Heathers the musical! With awards and rankings this episode is sure to entertain. You're welcome.

    E2 Julie and Mae We Talk About Minstrelsy a Little, Vaudeville a Lot

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 32:39


    This week Skye dives into the notorious career of Julie D'Aubigny that includes fencing, fighting, and a bit of fraternizing! Elizabeth dips her toe into minstrelsy but dives into vaudeville and how it made way for women in entertainment.

    St Patty's Day Special! Once Moore with Casual Arson

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2021 22:05


    Skye and Elizabeth celebrate St. Patty's Day by discussing Irish composer Thomas Moore's literary crime and the Good Samaritan of Dublin in the Oscar winning movie Once. With guest appearances from Lord Byron, Mary Shelley, and Bob Dylan you can't go wrong.

    E1 Gershwin and Higgledy Piggledy Theater Styles

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 35:57


    The inaugural episode starts off with one of the most recognizable American pieces and a very brief introduction into the different theater styles we'll encounter throughout the show. While we may have forgotten to press record the first time, don't miss your chance to press play and learn about procrastination...maybe...at it's finest!

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