Join Chris, John, and Josh as they read every play that's won a Pulitzer since 1918!
Lots of class discussion here. Could the US have built a viable left?
Sam Shepard's Buried Child. Sorry for the break! Glad to be back :)
We discuss The Gin Game, a play about two friends playing cards.
We discuss terminal illness in 1977's "The Shadow Box."
MUSICAL TIME! A Chorus Line! We discuss this ONE singular sensation!
Josh and Chris talk about the Arden Theatre Company's production of A Streetcar Named Desire. Streaming and live tickets available at https://ardentheatre.org/production/a-streetcar-named-desire/ .
Josh and Chris and John talk about sports and how a play can be interesting as a historical document but still be a bad play!
We discuss Paul Zindel's The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds.
It had been a while, Josh had COVID. But man this play was rough.
We discuss boxing! Chris knows a lot about it. Josh doesn't know anything about it.
We talk about A Delicate Balance and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Oh and BOOM!
We discuss Frank Gilroy's The Subject was Roses. We liked it!
We argue about and listen to "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying."
Josh, John, and Chris discuss 1961's All the Way Home. They didn't love it. But they had fun talking about the origins of the term "gothic" and began to ponder what the 60's might look like in terms of upcoming plays.
After a long hiatus, the boys are back with everyone's favorite Tammany Hall musical, Fiorello.
We take a long days journey into the night...
Josh, John, and Chris discuss the Diary of Anne Frank. We consider what this play leaves with us as witness to the Holocaust.
Episode 33 - Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1955) by Christopher, John, and Josh
We talk about racism, identity, and 1954's The Teahouse of August Moon.
Josh, Chris, and John discuss 1953's Picnic. We talk about William Inge, his place in the American dramatic canon, and queer coding.
Josh, John, and Chris discuss 1952's "The Shrike."
Recorded on the night after the US Presidential Election: John, Josh, and Chris discuss Rogers and Hammerstein's South Pacific and Oklahoma! We think about how musicals and plays differ and the insane output of late 1940s theater.
We talk about Arthur Miller, specifically Death of.a Salesman (1949) with a dash of All my Sons, as a treat.
We discuss the politically vacant yet dramatically sound "State of the Union."
Josh, John, and Chris talk about the play about the rabbit that you saw in high school. No...not Donnie Darko. Also we talk a lot about "The Glass Menagerie" for some reason.
Josh, John, and Chris disagree again about Thorton Wilder. Then, they chart a path forward.
We finish our third and final play by Robert Sherwood. We discuss World War II, Finland, and how to keep current events relevant in plays when they are no longer current!.
We talk about Abe Lincoln in Illinois. Spoiler: He doesn't die at the end.
Listen to Josh and John bubble with romance as they perform the iconic Drug Store scene. Chris is the stage manager. Final apologies for sound.
John, Chris, and Josh perform a scene from Act 2 of Our Town. Again, apologies for sound quality and Chris' acting.
John is moving to LA! To celebrate that and our 20th episode (!!!) we got together and recorded this together in John's backyard! It was a lot of fun, but the sound quality is not perfect. We hope it adds to the charm.
Josh, John, and Chris discuss "You Can't Take It With You."
Josh, Chris, and John discuss the first of three (!!!) Pulitzer Prize-winning plays by Robert Sherwood, "Idiot's Delight." Josh thinks it would be a good musical. John learned a lot. Chris thinks it's dull. They fight, lovingly.
Josh, Chris, and John discuss Zoe Akins' 1935 play "The Old Maid." Along the way we consider expectations of the feminine, the role of casual racism, and Edith Wharton.
Josh, John, and Chris discuss Men in White, the history of medicine, and good tv shows set in hospitals.
Josh, John, and Chris consider Maxwell Anderson's 1933 political drama "Both Your Houses." They discuss The West Wing, depression-era politics, and Chris rambles about economics. Josh also sings a bit of "Hamilton."
We talk about our first musical winner, "Of Thee I Sing." We talk about the shallowness of American politics, play fantasy theatre with local companies, and discuss the much darker sequel "Let Them Eat Cake." John also explains to Chris who the Looney Toons are.
Josh, Chris, and John, discuss Susan Glaspell's Alison's House. In this episode, they talk about poetry, who art belongs to, and Emily Dickinson.
The trio discusses Green Pasture a retelling of the Old Testament of the Bible using an all-black cast and a black vernacular. The writer, Marc Connolly was white. In today's episode we talk about what, if any, use there is for a play like this in 2020.
Actors Matteo Scammell and Lee Minora read a scene from They Knew WhatThey Wanted.
Josh, John, and Chris discuss and love on Elmer Rice's Street Scene.
Langston Darby reads a monologue from Hell-Bent for Heaven!
Sean Pollock and Will M Watt read a scene from George Kelly's Craig's Wife.
Josh, Chris, and John talk Eugene O'Neil, internal monologues, Modernism and more.
Josh, John, and Christopher discuss Paul Green's 1927 work "In Abraham's Bosom." Along the way we talk about racism, white fragility, and Quintessence Theatre Company's excellent 2020 production of "Rachel."
Josh, John, and Chris discuss George Kelley's "Craig's Wife." We also spend the first 10 minutes talking about art's funding and Philadelphia theatre during the COVID-19 crisis.
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