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What hiatus? What are you talking about? Jonah and MJ are back with Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812! Find out when Jonah realizes Natalie and Natasha are the same person, if MJ will ever admit that sometimes Jonah is right, and see whether or not the show can make them forget that Josh Groban is actually a very attractive man.NotesEpic (Brechtian) Theatrehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_theatreAn Epiloguehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN0P2EFjtfEOnceler Deleted Song - Biggeringhttps://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=biggering

An off Broadway show? A show that didn't even play in New York? That's a twist. Join Jonah and MJ as they discuss the 2013 Starkid Production, Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier. Will MJ enjoy the raunchy Disney critique? Will Jonah ever defeat Michael Eisner in a duel to the death over his crimes against the Disney parks? Only one of these questions will be answered on this episode of Bop or Flop. I guess you'll have to listen in to find out.

We are who we are, and we are talking about the second Broadway revival of La Cage Aux Folles. Jonah and MJ break down the music and cultural significance of this much loved, many times adapted show, and discuss the power and joy in standing up for others and embracing your own truth.Kelsey Grammer falls off a stagehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu-BqOsvj00Harvey Fierstein and Barbara Waltershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wffy5QC40ioInception kick synchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A1pIRXPCL8Je Ne regrette rienhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Kvu6Kgp88Drew Gooden - Money Planehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDLUEZX4v8A&t=735sI Am What I Am Playlisthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lupNzpcpDRk&list=PLk8SavR3SVNKeY0Y0J_qovQr9p12m6iXPFierstein Interview on many things, including draghttps://www.timeout.com/chicago/theater/harvey-fierstein-interviewLa Cage Tony Performancehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLw19vv4tUUMatthew Morrison’s Nightmare Grinchhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlDesT6UDmA&t=74sHow the Grinch should be with Stefan Karlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGLpOFvlgyY

In part two of the episode, Jonah and MJ continue to dive deeper into the discomforts and complexities of Alvin and Thomas' strained relationship. They wonder how much we can/should sacrifice of ourselves for others, what counts as catharsis, and wether or not the statement "this is it" is encouraging or terrifying.

In the first part of an unexpected two-part episode, Jonah and MJ are prompted to ask tough questions about friendship by the short-lived Broadway musical The Story of My Life. Join the hosts as they uncover the anger, pain, insecurity, and confusion inherent in their own, and all, friendships that are wonderfully represented by the relationship between Tom and Alvin. Stay tuned for next week’s equally tense and enlightening part two!NotesBanned Tom Sawyerhttps://www.cynthiavarady.net/blog/adventures-of-tom-sawyer/The History of Indoor Plumbinghttps://www.bigrentz.com/blog/very-not-boring-history-plumbinghttps://www.johncflood.com/blog/general/history-of-plumbing-timelineNever Getting Rid of Mehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQvqDYrCi_k

Descend into madness with Jonah and MJ as they flail their way through the feline fever dream that is Cats! There's simply nothing more to say about this very chaotic episode of Bop or Flop.NotesThis is what MJ thinks Old Deuteronomy looks Likehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JADpVbYy9YcLindsey Ellis - Why Is Cats?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6iqAip-ZNoSideways - Musical Analysishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3aK-EK5V2kMemory at the Tonyshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mlllRdIfqw

It’s The Two Idiot’s Guide to Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder! Join Jonah and MJ as they dissect this fourth wall breaking tony nominated musical and lose their minds a little bit over Bryce Pinkham, patter verses, and just so many quick changes. NotesSky-Pony: Rapturehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TWGt-NLp0cOver The Garden Wallhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBh7kcSwxbgNOT THE BEEShttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEPDg_osR0YBackstage look at costume changeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_l75kLxBWIHow TB influenced victorian fashionhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-tuberculosis-shaped-victorian-fashion-180959029/#:~:text=Before%20the%20advent%20of%20antibiotics,emulated%20or%20highlighted%20these%20effects.Gentleman’s Guide Tony Performancehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtlcEvPDkfMBelladonna and your eyeshttps://www.healthline.com/health/belladonna-dark-past

We're finally back! We have a new years resolution for the pod, but what is it? Will we stick to it? I guess you'll have to see in this episode where Jonah and MJ discuss Dreamgirls. Between arguing wether or not CC is a coward, if artistic integrity really is everything, if this could have just been the Jennifer Holiday show, and why Jonah brought JFK up for no apparent reason, Dreamgirls made the perfect vehicle to ring in the new year.NotesDreamgirls at the Tonyshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUIPKdcKKVIMore Cowbellhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVsQLlk-T0sHere’s a paper regarding cultural appropriation and musichttps://www.amherst.edu/media/view/91803/original/Hall%252B-%252BAfrican-American%252BMusic%252B-%252BDynamics%252Bof%252BAppropriation%252Band%252BInnovation.pdfHere’s some that are easier to read but still relevanthttps://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-whitewashing-of-black-music-on-tiktokhttps://www.varsity.co.uk/music/20097A brief history of payolahttps://www.vice.com/en/article/64y8y9/a-brief-history-of-american-payolaMusical Diegesishttps://www.masterclass.com/articles/diegetic-sound-and-non-diegetic-sound-whats-the-difference#3-examples-of-diegetic-soundSomewhere That’s Greenhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIvpOIUqKKAThe Devil You know from Sideshowhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP68t7uZXN4Muppets Pictures in My Headhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCkHajMn8YoPRODUCTION VALUEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQa0_YhmPp0

Ep. 17 - How Do Elves Reproduce? Ft. Isa Jackowich - Elf (2010)MJ cackles maniacally at Jonah and Isa as they face unpleasant memories of their time working on Elf, the adaptation of the Will Ferrell hit. Join them as they discuss the merits and disappointments in the deviations from the original film plot, relive their rollercoaster of a time directing and choreographing a high school production, and hypothesize as to whether or not the concept of “the sins of the father” apply to receiving gifts from Santa Claus. Also, MJ has a specific point to illustrate.NoteHere's the lyrics MJ made up for Buddy's part in the hypothetical "I'll Believe Reprise" within "There is a Santa Claus".Show him you're factHe's the greatest dad of all, at least he wasIf you can do that Santa, he'll believeIf you do that Santa, I believeIf you do that Santa, he'll believeThere is a Santa Claus

Jonah and MJ are dreaming of a white Christmas and hoping they don't get cancelled for this surprisingly politically charged episode. Who would have thought that Irving Berlin's White Christmas would have sparked a conversation on the military, voting rights, wether or not Wonderful Chirstmastime is a good song, and if Die hard is really a Christmas movie?NotesWhy Christmas Music is Nostalgichttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/christmas-music-nostalgiahttps://www.futurity.org/christmas-songs-nostalgia-1636882/Sisters Reprise from the moviehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDyybi7t634David Bowie and Bing Crosbyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9kfdEyV3RQArt Garfunkel - Gratefulhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLN4fBXZa2YFake Swedish Cover of Wonderful Christmastimehttps://youtu.be/5IYO7GbnJq0?t=3450I Yield My Timehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZMsUjanegQI Yield My Time Remixhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b5E0SnLMq0Choreography - Original White Christmashttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-cXP1uDFpAWhen Words Fail - Shrek The Musicalhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdFs2pmXUjQHoliday Inn - White Christmashttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ36gbGlm8Y

Why did the Pina Colada song man Rupert Holmes decide to write a meta-comedy musical based on the morose Charles Dickens serial The Mystery of Edwin Drood? Jonah and MJ had no idea, and this episode of Bop or Flop does not answer it. Listen in on their conversation as they discuss tongue twisters, whodunnits, and the definition of love on the show that made MJ fall in love with musical theatre.NotesThe most recent revival’s statshttps://www.playbill.com/article/they-dunnit-tallies-are-i. n-for-most-popular-drood-killers-closing-night-surprises-too-com-203296Taron Egerton saying his own name in Thirst Tweetshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT8QS5sxONwBetty Buckley and the cast of Cats at the Tonyshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mlllRdIfqwBetty Buckley Pirate Jennyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9eSMi8rjukClassic Looney Tunes cliphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJI_gygXsfsMe and Jonah @ Both Sides of the Coinhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwIFMCKlVK8Cocktail Counterpointhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV2-KZ8hllMDrood reimagined as symphonic metal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBFdN1v2YEEDangerous Game - Jekyll and Hydehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfmsMRwx6XsThe Tik Tok Ratatouille Musicalhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92brcqRINdw

In this special “origin story” episode, Jonah and MJ discuss the show that made Jonah fall in love with musical theatre, the 2014 Broadway Production of Disney’s Aladdin. It’s the classic story with a few twists, MJ likes the movie, will she share that same love for Jonah’s precious show, or will she walk all over his dreams like She Loves Me all over again?NotesWhy Me?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU6AfCWuZKIHumiliate the Boyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9vXZncjGvkYou’re Only Second Ratehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jhj25HnpSRUDon Darryl Riverahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suz3ipq2XdQYa Got Trouble - Jonah’s accidental monologuehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4bkE9s_jy8Mutt and Jeffhttps://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicStrip/MuttAndJeffI AM NOT A PRIZE TO BE WONhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ridjqMqi9akDisney SessionsVillain Medleyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blQncQ-u9zUCome Fly With Mehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waARhej4hoYFriend Like Me Remixhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oi75jyDLpUThinking Out Loudhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ9Ng_LVMeQDizzy Gillespie- Salt Peanutshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJrUBEtoNQU

Apparently, there's no place like the West End to revive the classic Americana show, The Wizard of Oz, and Andrew Lloyd Webber had to be the one to do it. Listen in as Jonah and MJ lament the loss of an alto role, become Wicked Witch stans, and question why everything has such...*adult* undertones.NotesSome production shotshttps://www.playbill.com/article/andrew-lloyd-webber-meets-the-emerald-city-colorful-first-pics-of-dorothy-and-co-in-new-touring-wizard-of-oz-com-375635Everything’s Nice and Fine - Over The Garden Wallhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY8bpJcLGBwMunchkin Land 5:15 - The horrifying Lollipop Guild Dancehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOEq-ImGWJ0Diva Dance 3:50 - That song that made me think of Glinda at the end of Out Of The Woodshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnTE2h0ZY74Family Guy Merry Old Land of Oz Parodyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39DdEU0vIwIJitterbughttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB9BdxPDCwQThe History of Bacchanaliahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BacchanaliaCeltic Woman - They tend to use more straight tone than traditional musical theatre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD6RdI1QqCgStraight Tone vs Vibratohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBbBM52ZcmIWhen You Believehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NieC8KA0EvIThe Transatlantic Accenthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpv_IkO_ZBURed Shoes Blue Videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvm3xmf4FPYBad Cinderellahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3gbNpoIS-c

It’s Showtime!!! For this very special Halloween episode, Jonah and MJ sit down with their good friend Scott Worley to discuss the 2018 musical adaptation of Beetlejuice. Join them as they discuss the benefits and drawbacks of pop vocals, how Jonah is precisely like the Maitlands, and the magical architecture of Alex Brightman’s vocal chords.NotesBeetlejuice Tony performancehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2jgBRDPWOADies Irae - Gergorian chanthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlr90NLDp-0Verdi - Requiem Mass - Dies Iraehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AQIGymhSyAAlex Brightman’s magical vocals chordshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4dmU4NT3-sUnique Indian Vocal Technique - Gamakas - Like Delia sings in "No Reason"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIPraIlSmIkThe Bunny Song - Veggietaleshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jakg1_DCG3MJump - Van Halenhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwYN7mTi6HMBeetlejuice concept album sung by Eddie Perfecthttps://www.playbill.com/article/beetlejuice-musical-demo-album-including-cut-songs-released-october-30

On this week’s podcast, the hosts praise the orchestration and characters of The Spitfire Grill, Jonah laments the lack of fairies and MJ wonders why they wasted Steven Pasquale's voice.

NotesHey all! Thanks for watching this most recent episode of bop or flop. I’ve got a couple notes here for y’all. Spongebob Squarepants the musical Live is available to stream on Amazon, so if you’re interested in seeing the majority of the original broadway cast in action, head over there. If another platform becomes available I’ll do an update.And that’s literally all I have. Not super exciting notes today. AS of recording this bit, I just started listening to The Spitfire Grill, and oh boy that one’s going to be a doozy! Links to a videos and articles mentioned in the episode are in the description, thanks again for listening, and we’ll see you next week.Spongebob Highlight Photoshttps://www.playbill.com/article/look-back-at-highlights-of-spongebob-squarepants-the-musical-as-they-end-their-broadway-runhttps://www.playbill.com/article/take-a-first-look-at-spongebob-squarepants-the-broadway-musicalJonathan Coulton - First of Mayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFc08WTEN5gWhen The Going Gets Tough - Broadway With The Speed Raphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBzDXfws9h4Waiting in the wings Spongebobhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuzcyO9xewQ&t=1981sDaddy Knows Best - Broadwayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39xM9_g_gpEFoley Artisthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFEfKjjE5aMDavid Zinnhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPzM9LsLsYYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjiagh1YjkI

This week, MJ and Jonah go on a lot of tangents as they discuss the 1993 rock opera, The Who's Tommy. Get ready to get unexpectedly intellectual as they react to murder, 60s spiritualism, pinball cults, the soaring vocals of Michael Cerveris, and Elton John's giant shoes.

Buckle up, kiddos, Jonah and MJ get a little personal with Grand Hotel. The hosts explore themes of tragedy, wasted potential, and the willingness to admit love easily in both their own lives and the the characters', and wonder why every queer plot line has to be so damn tragic.NotesThe original Baron on Broadway - David Carroll recorded in concerthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb_azz--iTs&list=OLAK5uy_kp23nw_JhjPS2fHe_6qanlt_TQ2CPa6Zk&index=23Here’s a baritone singing Love Can’t Happen that MJ loves so muchhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md6I6K_VEtYBury Your Gays - A video essay on the portrayal of queer plotlines in media as always being tragic, and why that needs to changehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0fZjSluzI8&t=85sPositano, The city Raffaela sings about in Villa on a Hillhttps://www.mirror.co.uk/travel/europe/positano-italy-guide-including-top-16193436Make me a willow cabin at your gatehttps://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/twelfthnight/quotes/page/2/Heaven (Dancing Cheek to Cheek)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILxo-TUkzOQGrand Hotel at the Tony’shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euCvQ4ikZZQ&t=17sIn case you want to know how to say cheers in a bunch of languageshttps://matadornetwork.com/nights/how-to-say-cheers-in-50-languages/The choreographers of Bolero also performed it on Broadwayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmhGv--EhJMHere’s that horrible song Jonah was singing at the end there. If you value your sanity, do not watch it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLljd8pfiFg

Guest host Paige Pederson joins Jonah and MJ to obsess over David Hyde Pierce in the show within a show murder mystery musical Curtains. Join the hosts as they praise how Curtains captures the spirit of show business, learn a bit about how Jonah and Paige as stage managers feel about opening nights, and see if MJ will ever get over her inability to see the merit in songs irrelevant to the plot!NotesLass-oh Vs. Lass-oohttps://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fforthright.livejournal.com%2F222078.html%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3O6wOhkG7MwL8Ahbz0B1HlXU97h5oFrpC8JlaBbcTvGye-GuXe1zUSvIA%23%3A~%3Atext%3DUsage%252C%25201926%252C%2520p.%2CEnglish%2520pronunciation%2520is%2520la%27so.%26text%3DGowers%2520changed%2520this%2520to%2520%27lasso%2Cmost%2520English%2520people%2520too%27.%255D&h=AT0Hnvrf4GZjWDv2LeeJy9eEBCPiZa3mM_pgPULdYvWCRLGllEKky2Xct5elf0pUAUtzv4Hx9gky4AxsZS2ne72vqZwQtgcdQlE0IoupCI7n5Tesh1U7jOaXkFdn-qJ5RHOok1ZIawEnneagram Institutehttps://www.enneagraminstitute.com/Show People at the Tony’shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj1hzFmib9MDHP Performing Hit The Couch - Song Starts at about 4:00https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNwj_n7ElQwA link to take the test - There is only one official one and many knockoffs, this is the best knockoff.https://enneagramtest.net/Cafe Nervosahttps://thecheersfrasier.fandom.com/wiki/Caf%C3%A9_NervosaNighthawks - Edward Hopperhttps://www.widewalls.ch/magazine/edward-hopper-nighthawks-paintingDHP - A Valentine for Nileshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpImet3XwgwJason Danieley - Streets of Dublinhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEJ9EAlydQIKaraoke Muppets - Mentioned in a bit that got cut, but it’s so funny we had to share ithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwaOoWo0UOoParody of the racist songs in the Golden Age (similar to Kansasland) as demonstrated by The Drowsy Chaperonehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0YUmen9rcI

In this very special, very long revenge episode, MJ’s good buddy Jackson Johnson rips into Jonah’s favorite musical, the 2016 revival of She Loves Me. They discuss the merits of pure fun, feminism, the treasure that is Zachary Levi, and disagree on whether or not the Red Scare should have played a factor in the plot.NotesHugh Jackman in his pre-Wolverine days in Boy From Ozhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA4965Uz8asWhy Hugh Jackman (and everyone) sounds bad in the Les Mis moviehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ikqU6G6XgsThat Song In Every Musical That No One Likeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXKUgjYh7loShe Loves Me from 1993 - This is the one MJ likes morehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIN82_siQD4&list=PL457BE0C858F17A63&index=17Here’s a song that MJ loves Zachary Levi’s voice in. Put him in more pop/rock musicals!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CRBCjLV1FQ&list=PLhAszZScgYlfBha1W9dtEgxzBm04vlrS6&index=14Laura Benanti doing a quick summary of the whole showhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--7F1i9Srtc

Come From Away gets serious, and so do MJ and Jonah. Along with the usual musical analysis, our hosts compare and contrast the reactions to 9/11 with those of our current pandemic and unrest. Join them as they discuss how the stories and music from Come From Away shed light on the worst and best parts of humanity.NotesThe first production after the workshop was produced in 2012 at Sheridan College in OntarioListen to the masters themselves talk about their showhttps://www.playbill.com/article/track-by-track-breakdown-irene-sankoff-and-david-hein-share-the-true-stories-behind-their-tony-nominated-come-from-away-scorehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0XtepC6_Ck&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR25DP_7OFyy-zjNI5FuXwwFDrpa_Xkc-kwCQAOERAL8v8FJVTpgHMeVG-UAfrican Talking Drumhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-iNFKIFQmQChristian Hymn/Saint Francis’ Prayer - Make Me a Channel of Your Peacehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNagMjn1zXgIslamic Call to Prayer - Adhanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe8qRj12OhYHindu Mantra of Peace - Asato Ma Sadgamayahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwyo62x9yC4Hebrew Prayer for Peace - Ya’aseh (Oseh) Shalomhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMbEJUfnllkUgly Stickhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQkrsx4_3_ghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_SWPeyb1pg&t=23sA Screech Inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnfrENK77_wThe real Nick and Diane Marson https://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/nick-and-diane-marsons-come-from-away-love-story_83995.htmlDiane at The Dover Faulthttps://twitter.com/RealNickanDiane/status/874735222805463040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E874735222805463040%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatermania.com%2Fbroadway%2Fnews%2Fnick-and-diane-marsons-come-from-away-love-story_83995.htmlInterviews with the real people who inspired the charactershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZdj1LxqGrsA beautiful piece regarding normalcy in this new era we are inhttps://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2020/05/07/fuck-the-bread-the-bread-is-over/9/11 memorialhttps://www.911memorial.org/

The Golden Age proves to be divisive. Listen in as MJ argues that Jonah is taking bop too literally, Jonah questions the shows improper use of grammar, both agree that we need more baritones, and brace yourselves for a surprise bike horn. You won't be ready for it. MJ and Jonah sure weren't.NotesNick Corderohttps://www.insider.com/amanda-kloots-nick-cordero-finished-song-he-started-recording-2020-8https://variety.com/2020/artisans/news/nick-cordero-memorial-livestream-broadway-demand-1234748001/Sleeplesshttps://www.playbill.com/article/sleepless-musical-based-on-sleepless-in-seattle-begins-in-london-august-25Chadwick Boseman’s contributions to live theatrehttps://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/remembering-the-theatrical-career-chadwick-boseman_91364.htmlThe Transatlantic Accenthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpv_IkO_ZBUAlice in Wonderland - Very Good Advicehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srn0xkXTSgsDonald Duck and WWII - Heads up, there’s A LOT of questionable propaganda and racially insensitive material in this one, but it’s a fascinating look at the history of Disney and of US politics.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-PZVrWvJM0All the songs we said sounded like Once a Year Dayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxrFdtSFMXYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAk28Z4qIKchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvrE_ekDXQchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AhORMKCBeQSoliloquy - Carouselhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3cmZxPfk6oFosse Choreography - Steam Heat and Sing Sing Sing, Soloist starts at 6:50https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQdyDlSie0Qhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbAI4NT3RlUSet MacFarlane singing 7 and a Half Centshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKQL1rENZYE

Get ready for Is It Too 70s 2, Electric Boogaloo! Jonah and MJ go overboard on their criticism of the seafaring song-fest, Disaster!Notes Disaster Reviews -AmNY and Chicago Tribunehttps://www.amny.com/entertainment/disaster-pokes-fun-at-the-poseidon-adventure-airport-1975-1.11552252/https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/sc-disaster-broadway-review-ent-0308-20160308-column.htmlNBC Broadway Showcasehttps://pagesix.com/2020/08/19/nbc-looking-to-revitalize-broadway-with-splashy-primetime-special/

In this totally fetch episode, MJ fangirls a little too much, Jonah passionately defends old school showstoppers, and both of them marvel at the razor sharp wit of the 2017 Broadway hit Mean Girls.Episode LinksDiana musical cliphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yZjS1DadLsBroadway Theatre Tributehttps://www.playbill.com/article/see-the-broadway-community-reunite-for-a-moving-tribute-to-the-theatrePower Princess Medley - Taylor Loudermanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHc5cHtsvJIFresh Prince Parody - Cheech Manoharhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bub1Nx0Tt5AChoreography Sample - Cheech Manoharhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTaSj7vErqQI’d Rather Be Me breakdownhttps://www.playbill.com/article/mean-girls-barrett-wilbert-weed-and-jeff-richmond-break-down-id-rather-be-meSee what the masters themselves have to say about their showhttps://www.playbill.com/article/meet-the-plastics-and-the-rest-with-a-deep-dive-into-the-mean-girls-cast-albumFun additional song - Bossed Up - The original Act 2 opener in D.C., replaced by Stop.https://www.playbill.com/article/listen-to-a-cut-song-from-the-mean-girls-musical

Jonah and MJ discuss the 2006 recording of the Sondheim musical Company, question whether or not the entire thing sounds too much like the 70s, and kindly ask John Mulaney if he will be on the podcast.#JohnMulaneyPleaseAdditional NotesAt around 1:13:15 there’s a most bizarre cut. We had a recording issue with no easy way to edit it cleanly, so this nonsense is what you get. Enjoy our behind the scenes bit!Song LinksHoliday Party (I Did a little Cocaine Tonight) - Co-op (Original Cast Album)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNtFA_hkVl4Multitudes of Amy’s sung by Mandy Patinkin - (Replaced by Marry Me a Little)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5bX_hvYa3oMickey Cartoon - The Whoopee Partyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMyzPTqhsxMThe Ladies Who Lunch - Take Me to the World Concerthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mBA9tNdolgLet it Out Daveyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LouO-RY2JH0

Welcome to Bop or Flop! We’ve got opinions about musicals. Get to know the hosts a bit before Episode 1- Company (2006) premiering Friday August 14th, 2020.