Bros Before Shows

We're finally here, at the end (or is it?) - tackling a biggie: HAMLET, THE PRINCE OF DENMARK. Join us, Marilyn, in the (as of this moment) series finale, where we choose "Not to Be" and go out on a high note on this Best Picture-winning classic from the Bard and Larry Olivvy! Edited by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Produced by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar)

This week, the Tiemstra Bros discuss another overlooked Frank Capra film: Arsenic and Old Lace! Did we really enjoy this goofy dark comedy, or did we find its shenanigans too hard to swallow? That's the tease, just watch the episode! CONTACT THE SHOW: BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com Hosted by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) and Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) Next episode, for our series finale, something is rotten in this state of Denmark...

Spoiler alert for Hereditary (2018). Yes, that does make sense in context. Buckle in fellas as we dive into some early proto-feminism in the form of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, specifically the *really* hard to find adaptation from 1973 with David Warner and Jane Fonda (with a brief mention of the... other 1973 adaptation which features Anthony Hopkins and Claire Bloom). Yeah, it's confusing. And feminist. Woo! Also Matt talks about the Mabou Mines production, but forgets the name of the company. Hosted by Matthew and Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) Edited by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay)

Tennessee Williams strikes again! This time with a film version he hated! In this episode, The Tiemstra Bros. discuss how the film preserves so many surface level parts of the source material... while not quite understanding why Williams hated it so much. CONTACT THE SHOW: BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com Hosted by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) and Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar)

Meredith Wilson's 1957 classic won the hearts of America, but will its 1962 adaptation pull a fast one 57 years later? Join the Tiemstra Bros. as they delve into what might be a timeless classic, or might be a 2 and a half hour re-staging of the original piece with the barest hint of a change. Or...BOTH?!?! Co-hosted and edited by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Co-hosted and produced by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar)

We thought it was high time to cover a good Kenneth Branagh film after that strange mess that was Love's Labours Lost. So this week, we discuss the film that introduced us to that delightful slab of Northern Irish Ham: Henry V! Next Episode, we're going for a march with 76 trombones in The Music Man! CONTACT THE SHOW: BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com Hosted by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) and Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay)

"What are they gonna do? We're all crazy." Join us this time as the Tiemstra Bros. dive into a Pacific northwest asylum to talk one of the "Greatest films of all time"! Does the film still hold up? What is the play like? Why did the novelist sue the production? And why did they spoil the Shining about halfway through? Co-hosted and Edited by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Co-hosted and Produced by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar)

This time, the Tiemstra Bros. tackle an endlessly trip rock opera adaptation that is as strange as the original album was revolutionary! You may ask what legendary band will be the one we tackle this time? All we can say is: the Who's on first. CONTACT THE SHOW: BrosBeforeShows@Aol.com Co-hosted and edited by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Co-hosted and produced by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar)

What is the 39 Steps? A wildly successful film from 1935 AND a wildly successful play from 2005! But how do they differ? Join the Tiemstra Brothers in this episode to find out! CONTACT THE SHOW: BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com hosted by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) and Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) If you live in the LA area, Robert's short film is showing at the Pasadena International Film Festival on March 14th! Link to tickets: https://www.laemmle.com/films/43677?fbclid=IwAR3Z7rqk75iyYsvVupVvwrhiMZhucGlTmOTtA9wKkjRybkF7v7_z6E2ZBJU  

This Oscar season, we're taking a shallow dive into a film that has been made 4 TIMES (and that's only counting English Language Hollywood adaptations). We watched 3 of them back to back, so if we sound a little sleep deprived, this is why. Next, week, we're going to take 39 Steps into the world of Alfred Hitchcock... CONTACT THE SHOW BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com Hosted by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) and Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay)

Trigger Warning: References to brutal violence, including a sexual violation. We go to the NC-17 south in a world of killers and creeps in Tracy Lett's brutal play and the adaptation from the Exorcist's William Friedkin, so buckle your cowboy boots, grab a tub of K-Fry-C, and let's talk some West Texas Satan! Join us next time for our Oscar Special Episode A STAR IS BORN Tickets to see Rob's short film at the Mindfield Film Festival - https://filmfreeway.com/MindfieldFilmFestivalLosAngeles/tickets Co-hosted and edited by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Co-hosted and produced by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar)    

It's another Sidney Lumet day here at Bros Before Shows! Listen as we discuss Lumet's first film, 12 Angry Men (or "Twelve Assholes in a Room Trying to figure out What to Do", as Matt calls it). CONTACT THE SHOW: BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com Hosted by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) and Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) NEXT TIME: KILLER JOE!

Armed with Rob's firmly-cemented research and experience in the subject and Matt's presence, the Tiemstra Bros. dive into one of the most adapted and beloved children's plays of all time, sorting all possible versions, including but not limited to: THE SILENT ONE THE DISNEY ONE THE SPIELBERG ONE THE LUCIUS MALFOY ONE PETER PAN 2: RETURN TO NEVERLAND Which is the best adaptation? Which is the most racist? Which hand did Hook lose? Find out on this deep-dive of an episode. Co-hosted and edited by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Co-hosted and produced by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar)

"I would love to go to the picnic, but we're in zombies right now." Today, we're discussing the zombie musical Christmas movie Anna and the Apocalypse! It's a wild ride through Glasgow. CONTACT THE SHOW: BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com Hosted by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) and Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Next time, we're going to the second star to the right and straight on 'til morning!

This week, we're talking about the perennial holiday classic, and the stage musical of the same name! Listen as Rob's mind gets blown with this film's crazy trip from the screen to the stage. CONTACT THE SHOW: BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com Hosted by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) and Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Next time: ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE!

We're in the same physical space this time, talking about the The Ruling Class, and its film adaptation starring Peter O'Toole! There's a bit of an echo on Matt's side, but we kept it in because it felt like being in the Houses of Parliament or something. CONTACT THE SHOW: BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com hosted by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) and Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Next week: We're dreaming of a white Christmas. But not, like, in a racial way. More in a climate change kinda way.

Guess what time it is? IT'S CLASSISM TIME! Welcome to the nearly three-hour Lerner and Lowe musical based on a play by George Bernard Shaw, that may or may not have aged well or poorly depending on whether you agree with Matt or Rob. Is it a bloated mess of Anglo-centric quasi-nuance, a sexist endorsement of wanton cruelty, or an incisive character piece? And can you hear Matt making his dinner in the background while Rob doesn't notice? Edited and co-hosted by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Co-hosted and produced by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar)

You know there was a King Lear movie this year starring Anthony Hopkins? Well, we just found that out! LET'S TALK MORE SHAKESPEARE, BABY! Contact the show: BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com Hosted by Matthew Tiemstra (@Clockworkplay) and Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) Join us next week for My Fair Lady!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN...EPISODE... Today we get to answer the question: which was more disastrous: Carrie's Prom or Carrie's Opening Night? ZING!! Bathe in blood with us as the Tiemstra Brothers dive into the weeds with this horror classic and its *catastrophic* stage adaptation. Imagine this episode surrounded by an uncomfortable amount of steam and some implausibly shaved legs. Co-hosted and Edited by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Co-hosted and Produced by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar)

In honor of the late great Neil Simon, we're discussing his most famous play, and the film inspired by it: The Odd Couple! We also talk a bit about how it spun off into a massive franchise of its own, with 2 movies, 2 TV series, and an additional play! Yeah, it was really popular. Next week, we're getting a little Carrie-d away for our first Halloween Episode... CONTACT THE SHOW: BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com Hosted by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) and Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar)

The 1960s, an era where strong alpha men held power in the office, and scrappy young lads fought each other to climb the ladder to the top, all the while curbing their sexual deviancies! No, we're not reviewing Mad Men. Join the Tiemstra Bros. as they wade through this sea of pure uncut 60s-ness, sexism, slapstick, sight gags, and a surprising lack of cocaine. Does this musical stand the test of time, or does it take on a darker tone with hindsight? Co-hosted and Edited by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Co-hosted and Produced by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar)

After some technical difficulties, we're going to talk extensively about Peter Shaffer's Amadeus and the film adaptation directed by Milos Forman! So if you wanted to hear us geek out about Opera, this is the place to be. Our next episode will be Friday September 21, with How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying! CONTACT THE SHOW: BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com Hosted by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) and Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay)

Due to technical errors, our Amadeus episode will be postponed. Watch our twitter spaces for more as this story develops! Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) CONTACT THE SHOW: BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com  

This episode, we're diving into a Shakespearean tale from a land down under! This is a 2006 Independent Australian version of MacBeth (starring Sam Worthington of Avatar fame). Don't worry, we keep the awful Australian accents to a minimum. CONTACT THE SHOW: BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com Hosted by Matthew Tiemstra (@clockworkplay) and Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) Next week, we're diving into the history (and drama) of Wolfgang AMADEUS Mozart! Stay Tuned!

WHAT TIME IS IT? WALTZ TIME!! Smiles of a Summer Night was a Swedish comedy/drama/satire by Ingmar Bergman. It became A Little Night Music, an American comedy/drama/satire/musical by Stephen Sondheim, and then became a film. Matt and Rob talk all three in this episode, as they attempt to sort out which is the best version of the story, how have the sexual politics evolved from '55 to '72 to '77, and why on earth did the party guests drink that wine??? Co-hosted and Edited by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Co-hosted and Produced by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar)

Our second Jukebox Musical with a pretentious exclamation point at the end of the title. Unlike Moulin Rouge, this movie isn't quite as camp as the material wants to be... But listen to this episode to find out more of our opinions! We go in depth discussing the flipper dance. Listen to the very end to hear our wild predictions for Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! CONTACT THE SHOW: BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com Hosted by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) and Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) Next Week: SMILES OF  A SUMMER NIGHT/A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC

In the heat of summer, we take you to the dead of Winter in this second part in the Angevin Empire Extended Universe (AEEU). If none of that made sense, it's Beckett 2 - this time with extra Peter O'Toole, with the addition of the unbeatable Katherine Hepburn! If you think reality stars are petty, wait 'till you see the reality stars of 1183! Email the show at BrosBeforeShows@aol.com Co-hosted and edited by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Co-hosted and produced by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar)

Today we're talking about the gender-bending genre-defying Broadway-challenging barrier-breaking musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch!! (with special emphasis on its 2001 Film Version). NEXT EPISODE: A Lion in Winter (1968) CONTACT THE SHOW: BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com Hosted by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) and Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay)

CW: Opinions about Phantom of the Opera that aren't all negative, and references to Batman and Robin This time, the Tiemstra Bros. finally roll up their sleeves and get into the muck with this titan of Broadway and its confusing adaptation by Joel Schumacher: The Phantom of the Highlands (I know, Gerard Butler is from the Lowlands, but Phantom of the Lowlands Sounds like a porno name). Is it an underrated classic, or a lumbering mess? Is giving a massively-ego'd man with questionable sense in quality full creative control ever a good idea? Laboriously edited by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Surgically produced by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) Hosted by both of them. Bibliography: Lindsay Ellis' video essay on the Phantom of the Opera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m5I_5Vnh6A

This week, the Tiemstra Bros are talking about one of the most produced High School plays of all time, and its Oscar-Winning film adaptation! Next episode, things are going to get a bit... Operatic. And... Phantomish. CONTACT THE SHOW: BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com Hosted by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) and Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay)

It's an adaptation with something for EVERYONE... well, by 1966 standards. This early Sondheim musical has everything - jump cuts! Cut jumps! Cross dressing! Kind of weird objectification! Boring love story! Are the Tiemstra Bros. pleased by this diversion? Or would we rather just stay home and order a sit down orgy for 14? Only listening can tell you the answer... Edited and co-hosted by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Co-hosted and produced by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar)

So exciting the audience is close to tears... so delighting it will run for 50 years! Well, so far it has been running for 17 years, and it's quite the film. Yes, this week is Moulin Rouge week on Bros Before Shows! Listen as Matt & Rob parse their mixed feelings on this delightful mess of a movie! Next week: We're going to Rome. Something funny might happen on the way there... CONTACT THE SHOW: BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com Hosted by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) and Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar)

Wilkomen, Bienvenue, Welkom, to Bros. Before Shows! This week we dive into one of the most successful and dramatically adapted film musicals of all time! It's a twisted, sexy, lurid, tale told in the heart of 30s Germany... I do nazi what could go wrong! Next week we head a bit to the west to see what's going on in... lets say a...Red Mill? Edited by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Co-hosted by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) Tickets for Twisted: Twistednyc.com

Today the Tiemstra Brothers discuss their favorite fictionalized version of Shakespeare in SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE! How many different ways can we imply we simply want to be Joseph Fiennes' version of Will Shakespeare? Listen to the episode and find out! CONTACT THE SHOW: BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com Hosted by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) and Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Next week, we're going to visit a Cabaret somewhere...

Play it, Marilyn. Play "Bros Before Shows". Round up the usual suspects, for it's classic hollywood time! In this episode, we'll always have (to) par(i)se out our opinions on one of the greatest movies ever made? Or is it? You'll see- this could be a start of a beautiful viewership. Here's listening to you, kid. Edited and co-hosted by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Co-hosted and produced by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) Credit taken by Jack Warner (@wbpictures) Matt's upcoming projects: Tickets for Enoptromancy: https://theatre80.wordpress.com/evening-crane-theatre-presents-enoptromancy-or-when-we-meet-as-one/ Info for Twisted: http://twistednyc.com

This week, the Tiemstra Brothers dive into some Arthurian Legend with Camelot, the corniest 1967 musical film you may or may not have heard of! This episode features a lot of digressions about when its okay for actors to be dubbed in musicals. CONTACT THE SHOW: BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com Hosted by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) and Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar)

HAPPY EASTER! Here's the drugged-up version of 70s Sunday School you (maybe) wish you (maybe) never had! Is this as interesting as its contemporary Superstar? Or is it something completely different? Edited and co-hosted by (Not Saint) Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Produced and co-hosted by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar)

CW: Talk of and reference to a very specific hate crime. But other than that it's more interesting theater-talk with the Brothers Tiemstra! Will they make too much fun of Wyoming?! Does Wyoming deserve it?!? Email the show at Brosbeforeshows@aol.com Edited and co-hosted by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Co-hosted and produced by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar)

Content Warning: Extensive Swearing and Kevin Spacey. This week, the Tiemstra Brothers discuss a play that could well be known as SALESMEN BANTER: THE MOTION PICTURE. Spoiler alert: We never quite figure out what the title means. CONTACT THE SHOW: BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com Hosted by Matthewe Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) and Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar)

Welcome to 21st Century Broadway! Here it's all glitz and glamour and... Hitler?! The Tiemstra Bros. talk Mel Brooks savage and oddly controversial take on fascism, as well as the subsequent musical adaptation and its film xerox copy. Of these three classics, which will come out on top as the *definitive* version of this screwball story? Co-hosted and Edited by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Co-hosted and Produced by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar)

OSCAR SPECIAL TIME!! This week the Tiemstra Bros. review the surprise Best Picture 2016 winner Moonlight, adapted from the unpublished "In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue". Do they merely grasp at straws for nearly 40 minutes or do they actually have something meaningful to say about this quite meaningful award winner? Edited and Co-hosted by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Co-hosted and Produced by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar)

This week, Matt & Rob watch and discuss their first Tyler Perry movie! Will it be a faithful adaptation of the Iconic Choreopoem, or a melodramatic mess that doesn't do its source material justice! Listen to find out! And then maybe listen to some people of color discuss this film, because we are nowhere near qualified... CONTACT THE SHOW: BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com Hosted by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) and Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay)

For part 3 of our Black History Month series, we're covering a film that Spike [Lee] hates: The controversial in hindsight Driving Miss Daisy! CONTACT THE SHOW: BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com Hosted by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) and Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay)

Continuing Black History Month, the Tiemstra Bros. (in a surprisingly spoiler-free episode) delve into Lorraine Hansberry's 1958 Classic adapted for a 1961 screen! Is Sydney Poitier able to do justice to the character he got a Tony nod for? Is the play really about his character, or is it about Claudia McNeil? And PIGLET?!?! Co-hosted and Edited by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Co-hosted and not edited by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar)  

We're starting Black History Month with one of the most successful black musicals of all time - The Wiz! As you'll learn in this episode, our hosts were in this musical in high school, playing a variety of roles. Next week, we're gonna leave some fruit outside. Namely, a Raisin in the Sun. CONTACT THE SHOW: BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com Hosted by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) and Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay)

It's cross-dressin' time! Well, it always is, but this time it is in 1934 Paris! Join the Tiemstra Bros. as we visit this '82 exploration of Homosexuality, cross-dressing, and gender politics in a world that doesn't quite understand any of it. Does it hold up, or is it a cringefest? Edited by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Co-hosted by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar)

There was only so many Shakespeare Adaptations we could cover before we got to Kenneth Branagh, the Northern Irish actor and filmmaker who made some of the most iconic Shakespeare film adaptations! But for our first foray into his filmography, we're talking about one of his less popular efforts: Love's Labour's Lost! CONTACT THE SHOW: BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com Hosted by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) and Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay)

"This movie should be called 'the Greatest Conman'" - Matt, minutes after finishing recording. This new year, we're starting with a special episode analyzing the new musical film 'The Greatest Showman' a film that's a musical based on the real life of P.T. Barnum, in that the main character is named P.T. Barnum... and basically nothing else. Contact the show at BrosBeforeShows@aol.com Co-hosted and Edited by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Co-hosted by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar)  

It's our last episode of 2017, and we're taking on the White Whale of Movie musicals: Tom Hooper's 2012 adaptation of Les Miserables! A film that a lot of musical theater fans hate with a passion that both of us actually liked when it came out. Stay tuned for how our opinions have changed. CONTACT THE SHOW: BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com Edited by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) Hosted by Robert and Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay)

For our post-Hanukkah pre-Christmas episode, the Tiemstra Bros. review the musical epic Fiddler on the Roof! Does this adaptation deserve its length (that of a small miniseries or a regular-sized David Lean film)? Is this indeed the definitive cinematic version of the '60s classic? Find out in this unusually spoiler-safe episode! Edited by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Co-hosted by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar)

It's the holiday season and subtext is in the air as the Tiemstra Brothers review the 1994 British comedic chamber piece My Night With Reg and its 1997 BBC adaptation! Who says a straight-to-TV adaptation of a play in the 90s can't be good? Well, we might, but you can find out now! CONTACT THE SHOW: BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com Co-hosted and Edited by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Co-hosted and Produced by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar)