College friends Logan and Sammie talk about musicals and make them better – because you know, we're experts.
Sammie Purcell and Logan Keller
The Rate, Debate, Recreate podcast is an absolute gem for theater enthusiasts seeking a fix of entertainment and intellectual discussions. Hosted by Logan and Sammie, who are self-proclaimed tweakers (which they clarify to mean Broadway enthusiasts), this podcast offers a unique and refreshing perspective on the world of theater.
One of the best aspects of The Rate, Debate, Recreate podcast is undoubtedly the humor and wit that Logan and Sammie bring to every episode. Their banter is infectious, and their comedic timing is impeccable. From their playful jabs at each other to their hilarious commentary on various Broadway shows, these two hosts never fail to keep listeners entertained. They have a knack for finding the perfect balance between comedy and intellectual discussion about theater.
Moreover, this podcast stands out for its intellectual exploration of Broadway shows. Logan and Sammie dive deep into analyzing the themes, characters, music, and production values of each show they discuss. Their insights are often thought-provoking and shed new light on familiar productions. It's evident that they have put in extensive research to provide well-informed opinions that go beyond surface-level appreciation.
In terms of drawbacks, one could argue that occasionally there is a lack of diversity in the shows chosen for discussion. While Logan and Sammie cover a wide range of Broadway productions, there might be room to explore lesser-known or off-Broadway shows as well. Including more diverse perspectives from different genres or eras could further enhance the podcast's appeal to a broader audience.
In conclusion, The Rate, Debate, Recreate podcast is a must-listen for any theater enthusiast craving engaging discussions on all things Broadway. With its perfect blend of humor and intellectuality, this podcast is guaranteed to provide hours of entertainment while satisfying your craving for live theater during these uncertain times. Logan and Sammie's chemistry as hosts shines through each episode as they bring their passion for Broadway to life in an incredibly entertaining and witty manner. Give this podcast a listen, and you won't be disappointed!
What is musical theatre, if not a vessel talented women to perform their hearts out? This week, Logan and Sammie will dive deep into two shows about performing women (obviously played by some of the most iconic performing women!) Tune in as we discuss Anything Goes and Funny Girl!
It's 2025. At this point, we all know that time is a flat circle. So why must we keep telling stories chronologically??These two shows say, "We shan't!". Tune in as we discuss these time-bending musicals: Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along and Jeanine Tesori's Violet.
Tune in this week to... arguably our most questionable category to date: Immigrant tries to make it in the arts!!We won't even try and justify it too hard... just tune in and let us know your thoughts!
Today, Logan and Sammie talk about two sequels that are... somehow better than their beloved originals? Or at least, that's what they'll argue. Tune in to find out if HSM2 and Mamma Mia surpass the blueprint upon which they were created!
Who doesn't love the rage against the machine, pop-punk energy of the early 2000s? In this episode, Logan and Sammie discuss two musicals that draw inspiration from this. Tune in as we discuss American Idiot, based on Green Day's discography, and Jagged Little Pill, based on Alanis Morisette's!
Broadway Icon Victoria Clark has won 2 Tony awards for her stints in Kimberly Akimbo and A Light in the Piazza. Today, Logan and Sammie will discuss these shows in a new episode of Rate, Debate, Recreate!
In Episode 4, Logan and Sammie discuss 2 musicals that portray, nay, celebrate some vices of the 1950s. Music, Gambling, Dancing, oh my! Just a few of the vices we see in The Music Man and Guys and Dolls. Tune in to hear our thoughts!
What happens when you put a skinny boy on broadway and put beige pants on him? Logan and Sammie answer that question today as they discuss two iconic, but vastly different, musicals in Newsies and Spongebob the Musical! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/logan-keller/support
Today, Logan and Sammie answer the age old question: Would you commit crime for love? Tune in and find out as we discuss Bonnie & Clyde and Sweeney Todd! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/logan-keller/support
This week, we answer the age old question: "What is the best show with a titular magical girl whose name starts with an M and ends with an A?" Join us as we discuss two beloved works: Matilda the Musical and Moana! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/logan-keller/support
Zac Efron is many things: actor, singer... strong mover. But can we add anti-racist to that list? Check out the latest episode to hear about Zac's efforts to solve racism in Hairspray and The Greatest Showman. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/logan-keller/support
This week, Logan and Sammie discuss two shows with multiple cameos from real life historical figures. Omelette you guess which historical figures are in these shows! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/logan-keller/support
In Episode, Sammie and Logan discuss 2 shows where... at least SOME characters are guided by riches. What are the effects of wealth as your North Star? Find out in this ep :) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/logan-keller/support
No one loves to write more about the artist's struggle than... the struggling artist. Check out this week's episode where Logan and Sammie discuss 2 shows that explore what it means to be an artist, and the struggles that come along with it. Are you team Tick, Tick... Boom! or team A Chorus Line? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/logan-keller/support
Musicals have changed their shape, form, content, choreography... well, just about everything since they began! This week, Logan and Sammie will discuss 2 shows, one representing the "old" and one representing the "new". Check this episode out and let us know what you think! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/logan-keller/support
Who doesn't love a good makeover! Tune in this week as we discuss two shows where the protagonist receives quite the makeover, in My Fair Lady and The Prom! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/logan-keller/support
This week, Sammie and Logan discuss two musicals by the late, great Stephen Sondheim (note: yes, these probably aren't the most typical Sondheim shows. We've already done most of the others!! Check them out :)) Tune in as we discuss A Little Night Music and Gypsy! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/logan-keller/support
Pretty much every major musical is drowning in metaphors... but in this case, the metaphor is not only necessary - it's the point of the show! Join us for episode 3 as we discuss 2022 Tony Award Winner A Strange Loop and classic musical Chess! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/logan-keller/support
In this episode, Logan and Sammie take a slight turn off of traditional musicals, and discuss two song cycles! Check out this episode to hear our thoughts on Songs for a New World and Fugitive Songs! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/logan-keller/support
We're back back BACK again for Season 3 of Rate, Debate, Recreate! This episode, we'll be discussing 2 iconic Disney shows - one old, one new. Are you team Beauty and the Beast or team Coco? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/logan-keller/support
In this episode, we pose an age old question to our listeners. Where would you rather live? On one hand, there's beautiful, barren, and (sometimes) backwards Oklahoma. On the other hand, there's the greek representation of hell itself, Hadestown. Tune in to find out where we want to live! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/logan-keller/support
Get your tissues ready, cause this week, we're GOING THERE. Tune in as Logan and Sammie discuss two sob-worthy musicals, Falsettos and Parade! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/logan-keller/support
Sometimes the kindness of strangers can be the simplest but most effective tool to spread love. Is that necessarily the case in BOTH of these musicals? That's for you to decide. Tune in as Sammie and Logan discuss Come From Away and Annie! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/logan-keller/support
This week, Logan and Sammie discuss two shows that... to an extent, are based on a true story! Are you team #traversethemountainsmadeofmusic or #texansputtingtheirhandsonachevy? Listen and let us know! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/logan-keller/support
"He was a sk8r boi, she said see you l8r boi" These wise words by pop princess Avril Lavigne... kind of apply to the two shows we talk about. They both involved sk8ing in SOME way! Tune in as Logan and Sammie rate, debate, and recreate Xanadu and the Drowsy Chaperone --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/logan-keller/support
Parties don't always go as planned, in at least 2 cases, people die!!! Tune in this week as Sammie and Logan discuss Andrew Lippa's version of "The Wild Party" and the musical adaption of cult classic horror movie "Carrie" --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/logan-keller/support
What's your favorite color? In this episode, we discuss colors and some of our favorite musicals that showcase colors in their title. Tune in as Sammie and Logan rate, debate, and recreate 2 iconic shows: Moulin Rouge and The Color Purple. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/logan-keller/support
This week was all up to our fans! Shout out to everyone who voted on our instagram, tune in as we discuss two indie, lesser known shows: Les Miserables and Book of Mormon. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/logan-keller/support
In our first ever BONUS episode of Rate, Debate, Recreate, Sammie and Logan discuss their thoughts on In the Heights! What changed from the musical to movie? What did they get right and wrong? Tune in to find out our thoughts on this and more. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/logan-keller/support
It may not be Halloween but it IS Cancer season so let's get Spooky-ooky! Tune in this week as Sammie and Logan discuss Ghost the Musical and Phantom of the Opera. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/logan-keller/support
This week, Logan and Sammie discuss their favorite Broadway musicals about werkin girls. Tune in as Sammie unpacks the joys and traumas of playing "Double D" Doralee from 9 to 5 in high school, while Logan fangirls over the wonderful orchestrations of Sara Bareilles. Let us know which is your favorite Working Girl musical! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/logan-keller/support
What are the pillars of "Hippie-ism?" Who is Stew? What IS the future that liberals want? All these questions and more will be answered on this week's episode, where Sammie and Logan debate Hair and Passing Strange.
Tune in as Sammie and Logan discuss Once (but not that musical about the Irish (?) pub.) Listen as they Rate, Debate, and Recreate Once Upon a Mattress and Once Upon this Island. Will Wilifred's shyness or Ti Moune's patience (waiting... get it?) win?! That's for you to decide.
It's getting niche! This week, Logan and Sammie discuss A Very Potter Musical and Firebringer.
On this episode of Rate, Debate, Recreate, Sammie and Logan gush over Cabaret and Kinky Boots!
On this hatred-filled episode of Rate Debate Recreate, Logan and Sammie discuss Cats and Grease.
We're BACK for Season Two! On the first episode, Logan and Sammie discuss the merits of being green – we're talking Wicked and The Wedding Singer. Enjoy!
On the final episode of season one, Logan and Sammie discuss South Pacific and Dreamgirls.
On this episode of Rate, Debate, Recreate, Sammie and Logan discuss Pippin and Spring Awakening!
This week on Rate, Debate, Recreate, Sammie and Logan discuss Bridges of Madison County and [title of show]!
This week on Rate, Debate, Recreate, Sammie and Logan discuss Sunday In the Park With George and Next to Normal.
This week on Rate, Debate, Recreate, Sammie and Logan discuss The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Six!
On this episode of Rate, Debate, Recreate, Sammie and Logan discuss Aida and Evita!
On this week's episode of Rate, Debate, Recreate, Sammie and Logan discuss "Dogfight" and "Miss Saigon."
This week on Rate, Debate, Recreate, Sammie and Logan discuss "Heathers: The Musical" and "Fun Home."
This week on Rate, Debate, Recreate, Logan and Sammie discuss Rent and Little Shop of Horrors.
On this episode of Rate, Debate, Recreate, Sammie and Logan discuss Company and Thoroughly Modern Millie!
This week on Rate, Debate, Recreate, Sammie and Logan discuss two of our favorite shows that never made it all the way to Broadway.
In this episode of Rate, Debate, Recreate, Sammie and Logan discuss the power of women – whether they be in Greece or in habits!
This week, Sammie and Logan discuss the one, the only.....Lin Manuel Miranda! Featuring a special appearance from Sammie's dog!
This week on Rate Debate Recreate, things get steamy and romantic with "West Side Story" and "Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812."
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