Musicals Taught Me Everything I Know

The Light in the PiazzaLike us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mean Girls with Melanie BolovanLike us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Great Comet with Ori DiskettLike us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sweet Charity with Maureen BowraLike us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Avenue QLike us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Parade with Jess HamLike us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Be More Chill with Dani AltamuraLike us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Mystery of Edwin DroodLike us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Like us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Bat Boy with Alex SmithLike us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Once again we are digging through the back catalogue to find some forgotten gem episodes! Here is an episode from way back at the start (forgive the long format)!Here is *insert drumroll, trumpets, fanfare, and fireworks* Big Fish with Morgan Garrity!Like us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Once again we are digging through the back catalogue to find some forgotten gem episodes! Here is an episode from way back at the start (forgive the long format)!Here is *insert drumroll, trumpets, fanfare, and fireworks* The Pirates of Penzance with Laurene Cooper-Fox!Like us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Once again we are digging through the back catalogue to find some forgotten gem episodes! Here is an episode from way back at the start (forgive the long format)!Here is *insert drumroll, trumpets, fanfare, and fireworks* Jersey Boys with Josh Mulheran!Like us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Once again we are digging through the back catalogue to find some forgotten gem episodes! Here is an episode from way back at the start (forgive the long format)!Here is *insert drumroll, trumpets, fanfare and fireworks* The Drowsy Chaperone with Aurelie Roque!Like us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we chat with singer/songwriter Alex Smith about which of life's truths can be gleaned from the Lin Manuel Miranda, one-act musical - 21 Chump Street!https://www.origintheatrical.com.au/work/9462Wikihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21_Chump_Streethttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin-Manuel_Mirandahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_American_Lifehttps://www.thisamericanlife.org/457/what-i-did-for-loveiTuneshttps://music.apple.com/us/album/21-chump-street-the-musical-ep/892408890Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/album/5RGnJGlUaM6ef8CWq1NRyOLike us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanonproductions.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Find out more about him at www.benedictbraxtonsmith.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week your hosts play a lively round of musical scattergories!Like us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we chat with Cam Rollo about which of life's lessons can be learned from the classic Sondhiem musical - Company!"Creatively, Mr. Sondheim's lyrics are way above the rest of the show; they have a lyric suppleness, sparse, elegant wit, and range from the virtuosity of a patter song to a kind of sweetly laconic cynicism in a modern love song. The music is academically very interesting. Mr. Sondheim must be one of the most sophisticated composers ever to write Broadway musicals, yet the result is slick, clever and eclectic rather than exciting. It is the kind of music that makes me say: "Oh, yeah?" rather than "Gee whiz!" but I readily concede that many people will consider its sheer musical literacy as off setting all other considerations." - By CLIVE BARNEShttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_(musical)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Sondheimhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Furthhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barrowmanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Esparzahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Patrick_Harrishttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalie_Craighttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katrina_Lenkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_(Broadway_song)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Princehttps://www.pbs.org/wnet/broadway/musicals/company.htmlhttp://www.bustle.com/articles/32147-elaine-stritch-the-ladies-who-lunch-performance-is-the-best-way-to-remember-her-videohttp://www.sondheimguide.com/company.htmlhttps://soundcloud.com/american-theatre-wing/episode-134https://web.archive.org/web/20070204081055/http://www.americantheatrewing.org/downstagecenter/detail/john_doylehttp://companymusical.com/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-show/2719https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293475/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0352250/

This week we chat with Matt Young about which of life's lessons can be learned from the classic little-girl musical - Annie!Say what you will about the current version of “Annie,” which is directed with a slightly tremulous hand by James Lapine and features the virtuosic Katie Finneran as the villainous Miss Hannigan, you can’t fault the timing of its return to Broadway…It would seem that Mr. Lapine is hoping to introduce at least a tincture of psychological shading to a show that is only, and unapologetically, a singing comic strip. In its first incarnation “Annie” was an unstoppable sunshine steamroller. This version, which flirts with shadows, moves more shakily…In 1977 Miss Hannigan was portrayed by Dorothy Loudon as a juicy gargoyle, with equal parts Dickensian villainy and showbiz oomph. Ms. Finneran, a two-time Tony winner, takes a more humanizing approach…As Warbucks...Anthony Warlow also ventures into naturalism, inflecting his songs with unexpected emotional variety...The delicate-featured but indefatigable Ms. Crawford, who is possessed of both a golden glow and a voice of brass, is pretty close to perfect in the title role.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)https://stageagent.com/shows/musical/673/anniehttps://www.mtishows.com/anniehttps://broadwaymusicalhome.com/shows/annie.htmLike us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode we chat with Christopher Batkin about which of life's lessons can be learned from the famous young-adult musical - The Lightning Thief the Percy Jackson musical!Frank Scheck, in reviewing the production for The Hollywood Reporter, wrote that the musical "proves far more enjoyable than the misbegotten 2010 film version or its 2013 sequel" and "also provides an excellent if irreverent introduction to Greek mythology that just might persuade some kids to dig deeper."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lightning_Thief_(musical)https://www.lightningthiefmusical.com/https://twitter.com/LTMusical?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthorhttps://riordan.fandom.com/wiki/The_Lightning_Thief:_The_Percy_Jackson_Musicalhttps://www.broadway.com/shows/the-lightning-thief/https://www.broadway.com/shows/the-lightning-thief/https://www.instagram.com/ltmusical/?hl=enhttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/16/theater/review-the-lightning-thief-broadway.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Riordanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_godsLike us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we chat with Reindert Toia about which of life's lessons can be learned from the almost-always-controversially-cast-musical - The King and I!"The New York Times drama critic Brooks Atkinson wrote: "This time Messrs. Rodgers and Hammerstein are not breaking any fresh trails, but they are accomplished artists of song and words in the theater, and The King and I is a beautiful and lovable musical play."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_and_Ihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9L_lilJKQQhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_and_I_(1956_film)https://broadwaymusicalhome.com/shows/kingandi.htmhttps://stageagent.com/shows/musical/836/the-king-and-ihttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049408/http://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_k/king_and_i.htmLike us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we talk with Joshua Moore & Lawson from the upcoming production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at Phoenix Ensemble about which of life's lessons can be learned from this chocolate confection of a musical!BOOK TICKETS TO THE SHOW: https://phoenixensemble.com.au/portfolio-items/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory/Don’t expect a sugar rush from “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” the new musical that opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater on Sunday. This latest adaptation of Roald Dahl’s winningly sinister children’s story from 1964 is — thank heaven — no sweeter than the two film adaptations it inspired, starring Gene Wilder (1971) and Johnny Depp (2005).Then again, this big but tentative show — which features a book by David Greig and songs by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman — doesn’t burst with flavor of any kind, at least not during its exposition-crammed first act. Only in its second half does the show acquire a distinct taste, and it definitely isn’t confectionary. - By Ben Brantleyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_(musical)https://www.mtishows.com.au/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factoryhttp://charliethemusicalshop.com.au/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factoryhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Greig_(dramatist)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Shaimanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_WittmanLike us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we chat with Melissa Crabtree all the way from Chicago! About what life lessons there are to be learned from the gun-toting comedy - Annie Get Your Gun!You can find more from melissa and her adorable stationery at www.anactorplans.comJohn Chapman of the Daily News declared that the production had "good lyrics and tunes by Irving Berlin...[and] the razzle-dazzle atmosphere of a big-time show" but pronounced Merman the best part of the show, stating "She is a better comedienne than she ever was before", stating that "Annie is a good, standard, lavish, big musical and I'm sure it will be a huge success--but it isn't the greatest show in the world".[51] Louis Kronenberger of PM stated that the show was 'in many ways routine", but greatly praised Merman's performance, opining, "For me, Annie is mainly Miss Merman's show, though the rest of it is competent enough of its kind...Irving Berlin's score is musically not exciting--of the real songs, only one or two are tuneful".https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Get_Your_Gun_(musical)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Get_Your_Gun_(film)https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042200/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/annie_get_your_gunhttps://broadwaymusicalhome.com/shows/anniegetyourgun.htmLike us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, we chat to James Shaw of That's Classic Entertainment about which of life's truths can be learned from Jerry Springer the Opera!You can find more from James and his compatriots at https://www.facebook.com/thatsclassicau/, and you can find his podcast here: https://podfollow.com/1534285490 "The BBC is bracing itself for further criticism after it screened Jerry Springer - The Opera on Saturday.Hundreds of Christian protesters rallied outside BBC buildings before and during the broadcast on BBC Two.At least 45,000 people contacted the BBC about the show, mainly to complain about swearing and religious themes.The BBC denied reports that any bosses were in hiding after abusive phone calls, but said unpleasant calls had been received and reported to police.Director general Mark Thompson defended the decision to screen the programme.Mr Thompson, himself a practising Christian, said he believed there was nothing blasphemous in the production and was going out after the watershed with "very, very clear" warnings about strong language."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Springer:_The_Operahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Thomas_(musician)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Leehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Springerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzxUs6P7VcsLike us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we chat with Grace Clarke about which of life's truths can be learned from the musical that is all-Cher, all-the-time - the Cher Show!"Choosing to recreate the spirit of the television variety shows that Sonny and Cher — and then Cher sans Sonny — headlined in the ‘70s is a choice that lands as flat as the jokes in Broadway’s latest jukebox bio, “The Cher Show.” Its attempt to celebrate the resilience of its “bad-ass” star and her half-century career of highs and lows rarely rises above that TV series’ taste for cliches, corn and cheese. Despite an icon with attitude, an armful of pop tunes and a can-do cast, the script never quite finds a satisfying style — or a genuine heart — as a winning stage musical. As Cher might say: Broadway’s a bitch.You know a show’s in trouble when the moments that elicit the biggest applause of the night don’t even feature its title character. There’s a mini-fashion show featuring over-the-top outfits by original Cher designer Bob Mackie — who created the costumes for the musical — that’s a stunner of shameless excess. There’s also a dazzling number choreographed by Christopher Gattelli featuring a knockout dancer (Ashley Blair Fitzgerald) representing “The Dark Lady” of one of Cher’s songs."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cher_Show_(musical)https://thechershowbroadway.com/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-cher-show-518460https://www.broadway.com/shows/cher-show/cast/https://www.facebook.com/TheCherShow/https://broadwaymusicalhome.com/shows/cher-show.htmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Elicehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_J._Blockhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Got_You_Babehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beat_Goes_On_(Sonny_%26_Cher_song)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gypsys,_Tramps_and_Thieveshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Thunderfuckhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adore_Delanohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_MichaelsLike us on

In this episode, we chat with Mike Zarate about which of life's lessons can be learned from Boubil and Schonberg's second opus - Miss Saigon!"THERE may never have been a musical that made more people angry before its Broadway debut than "Miss Saigon."Here is a show with something for everyone to resent -- in principle, at least. Its imported stars, the English actor Jonathan Pryce and the Filipino actress Lea Salonga, are playing roles that neglected Asian-American performers feel are rightfully theirs. Its top ticket price of $100 is a new Broadway high, sprung by an English producer, if you please, on a recession-straitened American public. More incendiary still is the musical's content. A loose adaptation of "Madama Butterfly" transplanted to the Vietnam War by French authors, the "Les Miserables" team of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg, "Miss Saigon" insists on revisiting the most calamitous and morally dubious military adventure in American history and, through an unfortunate accident of timing, arrives in New York even as the jingoistic celebrations of a successful American war are going full blast.So take your rage with you to the Broadway Theater, where "Miss Saigon" opened last night, and hold on tight. Then see just how long you can cling to the anger when confronted by the work itself. For all that seems galling about "Miss Saigon" -- and for all that is indeed simplistic, derivative and, at odd instances, laughable about it -- this musical is a gripping entertainment of the old school (specifically, the Rodgers and Hammerstein East-meets-West school of "South Pacific" and "The King and I"). Among other pleasures, it offers lush melodies, spectacular performances by Mr. Pryce, Miss Salonga and the American actor Hinton Battle, and a good cry. Nor are its achievements divorced from its traumatic subject, as cynics might suspect. Without imparting one fresh or daring thought about the Vietnam War, the show still manages to plunge the audience back into the quagmire of a generation ago, stirring up feelings of anguish and rage that run even deeper than the controversies that attended "Miss Saigon" before its curtain went up." - By Frank Richhttps://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/12/theater/review-theater-miss-saigon-arrives-from-the-old-school.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Saigonhttps://stageagent.com/shows/musical/1590/miss-saigonhttps://www.mtishows.com.au/miss-saigonhttps://broadwaymusicalhome.com/shows/misssaigon.htmhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt6162808/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/17/theater/the-battle-of-miss-saigon-yellowface-art-and-opportunity.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude-Michel_Sch%C3%B6nberghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Boublil

This week we chat with Stacie Hobbs about which of life's truths can be learned from the all-pink, all-feminist musical - Legally Blonde!Ben Brantley, reviewing the musical in The New York Times, wrote that the show was a "high-energy, empty-calories, and expensive-looking hymn to the glories of girlishness"; he praised Laura Bell Bundy saying, "she sings and dances flawlessly, and she delivers silly lines as if she meant them."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legally_Blonde_(musical)https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1125194/https://www.mtishows.com.au/legally-blonde-the-musicalhttps://stageagent.com/shows/musical/711/legally-blondehttps://www.broadwayworld.com/shows/cast.php?showid=5556https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_O%27Keefe_(composer)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nell_Benjaminhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Hachhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legally_Blondehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Bell_Bundyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Borlehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legally_Blonde:_The_Musical_%E2%80%93_The_Search_for_Elle_WoodsLike us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Your hosts are all going to pitch you their ideas for an original Christmas musical extravaganza! This episode is a bit chaotic so grab your eggnog and yell at us as we yall at each other!https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deck_the_Halls_(2006_film)https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0790604/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Princess_Switchhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt8954732/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11199410/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knives_Outhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt8946378/http://thrillingadventurehour.com/Like us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we celebrate Hunnakah with Rex J Ablett and chat about all of the lessons we can learn from the Jewish masterpiece - Fiddler on the Roof!"Miracle of miracles, indeed: Just when you think you know a classic musical backwards and forwards, along comes director Bartlett Sher to prove otherwise. Just as with his seminal 2008 staging of "South Pacific" (and his less successful, but still laudable version of "The King and I" from earlier this year), Sher's take on "Fiddler on the Roof" feels at once bracingly modern and gloriously old school."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiddler_on_the_Roofhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiddler_on_the_Roof_(film)https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067093/https://www.mtishows.com.au/fiddler-on-the-roofhttps://www.mtishows.com.au/fiddler-on-the-roof-jrhttps://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/fiddler_on_the_roofhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sholem_Aleichemhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JewishLike us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"It's ironic that Forum delivered such a show-stopping standard in the first five minutes since it has been confirmed by composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim that his show's songs were meant to give audiences a respite from laughing, as had songs in the theatre of Plautus. While Sondheim is repeatedly critical of Forum's score in his book of annotated lyrics, Finishing the Hat, it has considerable charm, most notably Everybody Ought to Have a Maid, a paean to feminine domestic help, replete with built-in encores."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Funny_Thing_Happened_on_the_Way_to_the_Forumhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Funny_Thing_Happened_on_the_Way_to_the_Forum_(film)https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060438/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudolushttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Shevelovehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Gelbarthttps://www.mtishows.com.au/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-forumhttps://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/funny_thing_happened_on_the_way_to_the_forumhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_MostelLike us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we chat with Patrick Aiken about which of life's truths can be learned from the propaganda-parody musical - Reefer Madness!"Viewed through eyes blurred by no substance stronger than cough syrup, the film is still mildly diverting, with its censorious, bespectacled narrator and its scenes showing wholesome high-school students transformed into monsters by a single puff. It even has a weird, sort of Expressionist power in its mad, jerky party scenes. But its humor, especially for head-movie fans, has always been in its somber, tabloid-style hyperbole."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reefer_Madness_(musical)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Murphy_(screenwriter)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reefer_Madness_(2005_film)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reefer_Madnesshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morality_talehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_J._GasnierLike us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we chat with Kevin Werner about which life lessons can be learned from the gender-bending, rock musical - Hedwig and the Angry Inch!Like us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we chat with Merrilee Ettia about which life lessons can be learned from the story of a story musical - Finding Neverland!As with many a Broadway musical these days, “Finding Neverland” — which features a book by James Graham and sticky soft-pop power ballads by Gary Barlow and Eliot Kennedy — is based on a popular film. That would be the 2004 biopic about the playwright J. M. Barrie, the creator of Peter Pan, which starred Johnny Depp and for which Mr. Weinstein was an executive producer.The stage version of “Finding Neverland” is no replica of the film, though it might have been better if it were. Instead, it heightens the screenplay’s sentimentality, tidy psychologizing and life-affirming messages by thickening their syrup and corn quotients in ways presumably deemed palatable to theatergoing children and their parents. The show brings to mind those supersize sodas sold in movie theaters, which Mayor Michael Bloomberg once quixotically campaigned against.You can support Merrilee's event: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-merilee-get-to-drama-school-in-londonAnd you can find Merrilee on social media @MerileeArtist on Facebook and Instagramhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finding_Neverland_(musical)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finding_Neverland_(film)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Kneehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Frankelhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Koriehttps://findingneverlandthemusical.com/https://stageagent.com/shows/musical/8899/finding-neverlandLike us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we chat with Astin Astin Hammermeister about which of life's truths can be learned from the thoroughly modern musical - Thoroughly Modern MIllie!"It will require a strong stomach for overtly racist tropes and tired sexual stereotypes, though; not to mention a penchant for the kind of paint-by-numbers songs that are forgotten before they even reach the resolving chords. There are things to like in the show, but there is so much else that is flat-out offensive, and it takes a brave company to even attempt it. The good news is that the Production Company knows exactly where to pour their resources, and they manage to produce an evening’s entertainment nowhere near as disastrous as it could have been." by TIM BYRNEhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoroughly_Modern_Millie_(musical)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanine_Tesorihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoroughly_Modern_Milliehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Scanlanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristin_Chenowethhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bea_Arthurhttps://www.mtishows.com.au/thoroughly-modern-milliehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euEtbp3pRGIhttps://stageagent.com/shows/musical/1458/thoroughly-modern-milliehttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062362/https://broadwaymusicalhome.com/shows/modmil.htmhttp://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_t/thoroughlymillie.htmhttps://www.ibdb.com/broadway-show/10828http://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_c/chrysanthemum.htmLike us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we chat with Kieran Davey about what life truths can be learned from the "historical", fourth-wall-breaking, show within a show - Gutenberg! The Musical!Gutenberg! The Musical!” is, in a word, zany! zany! zany! Two-character biotuner, in the guise of a backer’s audition, is as thin as a pfannkuchen — pancake, to you — but actors Christopher Fitzgerald and Jeremy Shamos pull off the yuks with aplomb. Theatergoers who don’t relish shucked corn mixed with slices of ham may be advised to stay away; for those in the mood, though, “Gutenberg! The Musical!” is one hell of a goofy evening. - By Steven Suskinhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XxQdtiPDfQhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_King_(writer)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Brown_(writer)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutenberg!_The_Musical!https://www.gutenbergthemusical.com/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upright_Citizens_Brigade_Theatrehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Musical_Theatre_Festivalhttp://www.playbill.com/article/upright-citizens-brigades-anthony-king-brings-gutenberg-the-musical-to-nymf-com-134320http://www.gutenbergthemusical.com.au/https://www.gutenbergstravels.com/https://www.playbill.com/article/15-plays-and-musicals-that-only-need-2-actorsLike us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we chat with Alex Woodward about which of life's truths can be found in the 2019 musical - & Juliet!"From “Wicked” to “Waitress,” female empowerment has been a boon for musical theater. But where those shows veered between sincerely earnest and earnestly sincere, “& Juliet” gleefully goes for broke putting gender on the agenda as it yokes pop milestones from the likes of Britney Spears, Katy Perry and Celine Dion to a girl-power revamp of “Romeo and Juliet.” The hyperactive production is sometimes more enervating than exciting, but doubts are blown out of the water by the lead performances, especially spectacular newcomer Miriam-Teak Lee as Juliet, who doesn’t so much star as set the theater alight."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%26_Juliethttps://www.andjulietthemusical.co.uk/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Martinhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20uAMAhMnKohttps://www.shaftesburytheatre.com/shows/juliet/https://www.instagram.com/julietmusical/?hl=enLike us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, we chat with Shannon Foley about what lessons can be learned from the sea-faring comic opera - HMS Pinafore.The Era wrote: Seldom indeed have we been in the company of a more joyous audience. ... [Gilbert and Sullivan] have on previous occasions been productive of such legitimate amusement, such novel forms of drollery, such original wit, and unexpected whimsicality, that nothing was more natural than for the audience to anticipate an evening of thorough enjoyment. The expectation was fulfilled completely. Those who believed in the power of Mr Gilbert to tickle the fancy with quaint suggestions and unexpected forms of humour were more than satisfied, and those who appreciate Mr Arthur Sullivan's inexhaustible gift of melody were equally gratified; while that large class of playgoers who are pleased with brilliant dresses and charming stage effects declared themselves delighted. The result, therefore, was "a hit, a palpable hit" ... there were some slight drawbacks [such] as the severe cold that affected Mr. Rutland Barrington [the captain], and almost prevented his singing.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Sullivanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._S._Gilberthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_and_Sullivanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.M.S._Pinaforehttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0490959/https://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_h/hms_pinafore.htmhttps://stageagent.com/shows/operetta/387/hms-pinaforehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_D%27Oyly_CarteLike us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we chat with Naomi Mole about what lessons can be learned from the political commentary musical - Call Me Madam!"But for every joke that falls flat, there's a terrific song, including the charming "It's a Lovely Day Today," the beautiful ballad "Marrying for Love," the toe-tapping "The Hostess with the Mostes' On the Ball," and the show's unqualified masterpiece of counterpoint, "You're Just in Love," the last guaranteed to send you out of the theater on a high. The numbers are beautifully sung and gorgeously rendered by the large orchestra using Don Walker's original orchestrations. There are even two musicians performing on ocarinas, which in the show's conceit is the national instrument of Lichtenburg."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_Me_Madamhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_Me_Madam_(film)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Berlinhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045592/http://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_c/call_me_madam.htmhttps://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/call-me-madam-1871https://stageagent.com/shows/musical/1830/call-me-madamLike us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we chat with Timothy Winn about the Spanish play turned musical - Bernarda Alba.Ben Brantley, reviewing for The New York Times, wrote, "This latest offering from the prolific Mr. LaChiusa, often feels wan and weary...The music, though superbly orchestrated (by Michael Starobin) and played, goes places that singers used to hard-sell Broadway pizazz cannot follow. The punctuating yelps; the wavering sustained notes in minor keys; the labyrinthine interior musical paths; the eruptions into antimelodic harshness — these are all more the stuff of mid-20th-century chamber operas than conventional show tunes...The touchingly game performers, who include musical pros like Daphne Rubin-Vega (a haunting presence as the ugly daughter) and Yolande Bavan (as Bernarda's senile mother), inevitably stumble over such challenges."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernarda_Alba_(musical)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_John_LaChiusahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_Bernarda_Alba_(play)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federico_Garc%C3%ADa_Lorcahttps://www.origintheatrical.com.au/work/6669http://www.classictheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/The-House-of-Bernarda-Alba-Study-Guide.pdfLike us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we chat with Brad Chapman about the Australian cult classic turned musical - Priscilla, Queen of the Desert!Reviews for the Toronto production include praise for the costumes from the Globe and Mail: "The costumes designed by Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner, the same team that won an Oscar for the movie, are a fabulous mix of Village People meet Tim Burton culminating in, at the curtain call, a whole crass menagerie of dragged-up koalas and 'roos."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscilla,_Queen_of_the_Desert_(musical)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Priscilla,_Queen_of_the_Deserthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephan_Elliotthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Scott_(Scottish_screenwriter)https://priscillathemusical.com.au/https://www.facebook.com/PriscillaAustralia/https://www.theatricalrights.com/show/priscilla-queen-of-the-desert/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Priscilla,_Queen_of_the_Deserthttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109045/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/adventures_of_priscilla_queen_of_the_desertLike us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we chat with Beck ho about the Tony Award Winning Musical - The Band's Visit!The New York Times said it was "one of the most ravishing musicals you will ever be seduced by," and also "a Broadway rarity seldom found these days outside of the canon of Stephen Sondheim: an honest-to-God musical for grown-ups." It also praised the adaptation for the bigger stage, due to an "impeccably coordinated creative team." Deadline also gave the musical a positive review. The review's only criticism was that seating at a far distance in the new theater made the sound somewhat muddled and sight lines limited.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Band%27s_Visit_(musical)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Band%27s_Visithttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Yazbekhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itamar_Moseshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/72nd_Tony_Awardshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katrina_Lenkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Shalhoubhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%27el_Stachelhttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/theater/the-bands-visit-review-broadway-tony-shalhoub.htmlhttps://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/sc-ent-bands-visit-broadway-review-1110-story.htmlhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt1032856/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoXHN-jyoPshttps://www.mtishows.com/the-bands-visithttps://youtu.be/sWlclUJhJx8Like us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only... Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode we chat with singer-sensation Asabi Goodman about the super soul musical reimagining of the Wiard of Oz - The Wiz!In his review of the 1984 revival, Frank Rich wrote: "What made The Wiz surprisingly moving the first time around was that its creators found a connection between Baum's Kansas fantasy and the pride of urban black Americans. When Glinda, the good witch, musically instructed Dorothy to 'believe in herself,' she seemed to be delivering a broader inspirational message. The Wiz was hardly a great musical in 1975, but it had something to say, and it said it with verve and integrity. It's depressing to watch a once-fervent expression of black self-respect and talent be spilled on the stage as if it were a trunkload of marked-down, damaged goods."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Frank_Baumhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Ozhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Smallshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_F._Brown_(writer)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wiz_Livehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wiz_(film)Like us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode we chat we Laura Fois about the the Australian written and produced musical-turned film - Ladies in Black!ArtsHub indicated that "a comedy of mid-20th century manners, Ladies in Black is a paean to an optimistic future – the future of an uncomplicated gender equality and seamless multiculturalism. But Finn’s canny lyricism transports the play from its late 50s context to a subtle but salient comment on social issues of today."FURTHER READING:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladies_in_Blackhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_St_Johnhttps://www.davidspicer.com.au/shows/ladies-blackhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAUcozPj-Bshttps://youtu.be/oHRqcc-eEj0https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_FinnLike us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode we chat with Hayley Marsh about one of the very first musical teatre song cycles - December Songs!FURTHER READING:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_Songshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maury_Yestonhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/0RSFYUQQWpZg5bOne6OuzDhttp://www.mauryyeston.com/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinterreiseLike us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we are chatting with Taylor Davidson about one of the biggest new musicals of the last year - SixAccording to Rachel Weinberg of Broadway World, "Six carries out [a] joyful and anachronistic takedown of the patriarchy" through the performances of a "brilliant" cast and a book and score with an inventive and sensational compositional method.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_(musical)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wives_of_King_Henry_VIIIhttps://sixthemusical.fandom.com/wiki/Six_the_Musical_Wikihttp://www.playbill.com/article/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-real-queens-of-the-six-musicalhttps://www.sixthemusical.com/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRY_zEYslWcLike us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanonproductions.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Find out more about him at www.benedictbraxtonsmith.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode we chat with Elizabeth Best about the New York 4 hander musical - Ordinary Days"If life really were more like a musical, you’d be contented if that life percolated as vibrantly as does “Ordinary Days,” Adam Gwon’s sweet, fleet and tender survey of four youngish New Yorkers, fighting through the emotional noise and dramatic traffic to arrive at a clearer sense of who they are and what they want to be." - https://www.washingtonpost.comFurther Reading:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinary_Dayshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Gwonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_Fosterhttps://stageagent.com/shows/musical/9857/ordinary-dayshttps://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_o/OrdinaryDays.htmlhttps://origintheatrical.com.au/work/9374Like us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode we chat with Tim Dashwood about the 1950's music based musical - Memphis!Joe Dziemianowicz of the New York Daily News gave the show three and a half out of five stars and said, "It's nice to know a new musical can actually surprise you! Though it starts on a familiar note and sparks deja vu at other points, Memphis eventually finds its own voice and beat, and wins you over with its sheer enthusiasm and exuberant performances."Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l_CAHZ_OoIReferences:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_(musical)https://stageagent.com/shows/musical/1668/memphishttps://www.theatricalrights.com/show/memphis/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1712191/https://www.broadway.com/shows/memphis/story/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/memphis-484158Like us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we chat with film maker Charnstar Anderson about which of life's truths can be gleaned from the science fiction (and definitely NOT a concept album) musical - War of the Worlds!Like us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanonproductions.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Find out more about him at www.benedictbraxtonsmith.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we are chatting with Vivien Wood about one of the biggest musicals of all time that is named after an ocean - South Pacific!The New York Herald Tribune wrote: The new and much-heralded musical, South Pacific, is a show of rare enchantment. It is novel in texture and treatment, rich in dramatic substance, and eloquent in song, a musical play to be cherished. Under Logan's superb direction, the action shifts with constant fluency. ... [He] has kept the book cumulatively arresting and tremendously satisfying. The occasional dances appear to be magical improvisations. It is a long and prodigal entertainment, but it seems all too short. The Rodgers music is not his finest, but it fits the mood and pace of South Pacific so felicitously that one does not miss a series of hit tunes. In the same way the lyrics are part and parcel of a captivating musical unity.VIdeo Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeXvaHZj5twhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Pacific_(musical)https://stageagent.com/shows/musical/898/south-pacifichttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052225/Like us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanonproductions.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Find out more about him at www.benedictbraxtonsmith.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we chat with Carly Quinn about on of the original bible-based musical - Godspell!The original book has been stuffed fruitcake-full of gags about contemporary figures and current trends. An abbreviated list would include Heidi Klum and Donald Trump, Steve Jobs and Lindsay Lohan, and even the inventor of the Shake Weight, whoever he or she may be. There are jokes about Facebook, naturally, and Occupy Wall Street, inevitably. (“Wicked” too: I guess even that megahit musical, also featuring a score by Mr. Schwartz and playing right next door, could benefit from some product placement.) How the marital foibles of Kim Kardashian managed to escape the frenzy of name-checking I cannot conceive. - By Charles IsherwoodThe Cockatoo video we mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKvsW3JnkLEReferences:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godspellhttps://allthetropes.fandom.com/wiki/Godspellhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godspell_(film)https://www.mtishows.com/godspellhttps://www.godspell.com/http://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_g/godspell.htmhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070121/http://www.musicalschwartz.com/godspell.htmhttp://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=3847https://web.archive.org/web/20011118092439/http://www.geocities.com/cugodspell/scriptnotes.htmlhttp://www.musicalschwartz.com/godspell-notes-from-directors1.htmLike us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanonproductions.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Find out more about him at www.benedictbraxtonsmith.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Like us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanonproductions.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Find out more about him at www.benedictbraxtonsmith.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we chat with Matt Young about which of life's truths can be gleaned from the movie-obsessed, Kander and Ebb written, Chita Rivera vehicle - Kiss of the Spider Woman!In his review of the Broadway production for The New York Times, Frank Rich wrote that the musical "does not meet all the high goals it borrows from Manuel Puig's novel. When it falls short, it pushes into pretentious overdrive (a "Morphine Tango", if you please) and turns the serious business of police-state torture into show-biz kitsch every bit as vacuous as the B-movie cliches parodied in its celluloid fantasies. Yet the production does succeed not only in giving Ms. Rivera a glittering spotlight but also in using the elaborate machinery of a big Broadway musical to tell the story of an uncloseted, unhomogenized, unexceptional gay man who arrives at his own heroic definition of masculinity."- FURTHER READING -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_of_the_Spider_Woman_(musical)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_of_the_Spider_Woman_(play)https://stageagent.com/shows/musical/2375/kiss-of-the-spiderwomanhttps://www.allmusicals.com/lyrics/kissofthespiderwoman/synopsis.htmhttp://www.playbill.com/production/kiss-of-the-spider-woman-broadhurst-theatre-vault-0000002005Like us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.comVisit our home on the web thatsnotcanonproductions.comOur theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Find out more about him at www.benedictbraxtonsmith.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.