Well friends, after four years of Corner of the Sky, this podcast is going on indefinite hiatus. But to leave on a high note, we’ve got a full game show episode! Moisés Chiullán, Brian Hamilton, David Loehr, Jean MacDonald, and Shelly Brisbin are competing in a custom version of Random Pursuit that’s ALL musicals. Also, this episode includes a mini-game: try to count how many times Quinn makes a mistake! It turns out that Random Pursuit is a deceptively complicated game to keep track of, and Eri...
Jun 07, 2021•54 min•Ep. 58
Yoni Weiss talks the charmingly dysfunctional family of Falsettos. Highlights: masculinity, borrowing synagogue chairs, Chip Zien, high school productions of Elegies, maturation, regression, lesbians, family. Quinn Rose with Yoni Weiss.
Apr 06, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 57
Margaret Hall talks the “most controversial musical ever,” Assassins. Highlights: flashpoint memories, Assassins Creed, Kidz Bop, shoulder devil, 9/11, John Weidman, empathy. Content warning: discussion of gun violence. Quinn Rose with Margaret Hall.
Mar 03, 2021•43 min•Ep. 56
Aaron Roberts talks the depressingly universal Follies. Highlights: no one can stop my musical theater enthusiasm, nostalgia, the gayest musical without any homosexuality in it, summer camp, ghosts, Michael Bennett, Pirates of the Caribbean. Quinn Rose with Aaron Roberts.
Feb 03, 2021•53 min•Ep. 55
Philip Michaels talks the persistent classic Guys & Dolls. Highlights: all in one place (except for Cuba), undercover cop, hijinks, female agency, Tom Hooper, revivals, Frank Sinatra. Quinn Rose with Philip Michaels.
Jan 05, 2021•46 min•Ep. 54
Holly Sansom talks the infectiously optimistic show The Prom. Highlights: The Drowsy Chaperone, seeing theater for work, TV performances, girls kissing, we’re all lesbians, cringing, Glee. Quinn Rose with Holly Sansom.
Dec 05, 2020•42 min•Ep. 53
Kat Largent talks the always-evolving classic Cinderella. Highlights: Whitney Houston, musicals as popular music, revivals, award eligibility, casting movie musicals, onstage quick changes, basic but beautiful. Quinn Rose with Kat Largent.
Nov 03, 2020•58 min•Ep. 52
Stanley Rose talks the charming satire/homage Something Rotten. Highlights: Christian Borle, write what you know, the Black Death!, simple entertainment, fact checking with Mom, humming the songs. Quinn Rose with Stanley Rose.
Oct 01, 2020•41 min•Ep. 51
Kerri Kearse talks the “drum circle for the Lord” and/or musical Godspell. Highlights: directorial freedom, Christian rock, belting about the Lord, baby George Salazar, Marianne Williamson, race in casting, parables, Jesus Christ Superstar, earnestness. Quinn Rose with Kerri Kearse.
Sep 01, 2020•53 min•Ep. 50
Emily Clark talks the pointillist musical Sunday in the Park with George. Highlights: Bounce, autobiographical musicals, putting it together, universal (or not), historical inaccuracy, Pulitzer Prizes, Mandy Patinkin. Quinn Rose with Emily Clark.
May 18, 2020•46 min•Ep. 49
Jhanelle Benton talks the unflinching rock musical Jagged Little Pill. Highlights: Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again, being overly attached to the cast, interpretative dance, fluid movement, Elizabeth Stanley, gushing about the ensemble, Christmas letters, jukebox musicals. Content warning: discussion of sexual assault and drug abuse. Quinn Rose with Jhanelle Benton.
May 12, 2020•57 min•Ep. 48
Emily Lewis talks the warm-hearted and delicious She Loves Me. Highlights: Alabama, Hungarian writers, theater with teenagers, lack of communication, interesting dances, uninteresting dances, ice cream, lonely hearts. Quinn Rose with Emily Lewis.
May 05, 2020•51 min•Ep. 47
Jason Snell talks the deceptively complex The King and I. Highlights: childhood, Yul Brynner, dresses, orientalism, they fixed some of the orientalism, complex characters, too-long songs, b-sides from The Sound of Music, etc, etc, etc. Quinn Rose with Jason Snell.
Apr 27, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 46
Allison Truj talks the alternately nihilistic and uplifting Company. Highlights: Little Women (2019), Marriage Story (2019), cautionary tales, fish pants, aging poorly, Patti LuPone, getting broken up with at the intermission of Phantom of the Opera. Quinn Rose with Allison Truj.
Apr 20, 2020•48 min•Ep. 45
Lisa Schmeiser talks the flamboyant and doomed world of Cabaret. Highlights: Schitt’s Creek, Chicago, Berlin as a character, the rise of fascism, acting like you’re bad at acting, stunt casting, ambiguity. Quinn Rose with Lisa Schmeiser.
Apr 11, 2020•55 min•Ep. 44
Javier Matusevich talks Starkid and Twisted. Highlights: Wicked, Cruella de Vil, Aladdin sucks, 1001 Nights, college students, in-jokes, making fun of what you love. Quinn Rose with Javier Matusevich.
Apr 04, 2020•43 min•Ep. 43
Annette Wierstra talks international sensation Six. Highlights: young writers, short shows, Edmonton, tours, rewriting the narrative, amazing dancers, big Eliza Hamilton energy. Quinn Rose with Annette Wierstra.
Mar 07, 2020•50 min•Ep. 42
Lauren Pokedoff talks the optimistic classic Hello Dolly. Highlights: watching a whole Tony season, Bette Midler, sleeping on the street for tickets, strong women, Barbra Streisand, spectacle. Quinn Rose with Lauren Pokedoff.
Mar 03, 2020•48 min•Ep. 41
Brian Hamilton talks the fever dream that is Cats (both the stage and film versions). Highlights: Personally victimized by Cats (2019), fully filmed Broadway performances, breaking the fourth wall, dance musicals, poetry, T.S. Eliot, JaSOn DEruloooo, offensive horniness. Quinn Rose with Brian Hamilton.
Feb 22, 2020•51 min•Ep. 40
Highlights: dream casting, hope to theater kids, low budget costumes, Disney cleans up New York, it’s a metaphor, Susan Egan, gushing about Belle, toxic masculinity, 4D movies, drunk composer promises. Quinn Rose with Felicia Fitzpatrick.
Jun 29, 2019•49 min•Ep. 39
Highlights: watching shows many times, well-rounded side characters, Sara Bareilles, She Used to Be Mine and Now I’m Crying, problematic relationships, movement based choreography, all-female creative team, motherhood. Quinn Rose with Jhanelle Benton.
Jun 23, 2019•51 min•Ep. 38
Highlights: satire, respect, disrespect, stereotypes, religion, a jumble of all things previously named, the actual Mormon church, Josh Gad, wholesome adult comedy, we’re taking this show so seriously. Quinn Rose with Jessica Morandi.
Jun 15, 2019•59 min•Ep. 37
Highlights: your OTP could never, emotionally devastating, everything is changing, it’s a metaphor, subway maps, crying on the podcast, universality through specificity, legacy, you got sad. Quinn Rose with Riley Rose.
Jun 08, 2019•50 min•Ep. 36
In lieu of a regular episode, this week we bring you a portion from our latest members only episode, in which Kerri Kearse and I developed high school theater seasons comprised entirely of shows that had to be heavily adapted from their original adult content. If you want to hear more, click on the link in the description to sign up for an Incomparable membership. We’ll be back next week with a regular episode! Quinn Rose with Kerri Kearse.
Jun 01, 2019•27 min•Ep. 35
Highlights: The poor man’s Rogers and Hammerstein, tartan, Oklahoma!, 18th century Scotland, dystopian hellscape, born in the wrong generation before it was cool, horny in the 40s, show tunes as popular music, old men playing bagpipes, happy endings. Content warnings: murder, people in the 40s being super horny. Quinn Rose with Emily Denny.
May 25, 2019•47 min•Ep. 34
Highlights: orphans, Les Mis, bargain prices at Macy’s, choreography awards, fifty children on the stage, Dodger!, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, music notation, mmmbop, children’s musicals and the bizarre plot lines wherein, My Fair Lady. Content warnings: mention of murder, abuse. Quinn Rose with Colin Commager.
May 19, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 33
Highlights: America’s obsessions with orphans, Charles Dickens, curly hair, universal optimism, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Annie’s girl gang, dog hot takes, borrowing children, scam culture. Quinn Rose with Abby Erdmann.
May 11, 2019•59 min•Ep. 32
Highlights: what do you think musicals are, oh that’s morbid, The South, dream casting, celebrities on Broadway, vendetta against the Tony awards, Jake Gyllenhaal’s DMs, as the casting director for all productions of Parade I regret to inform you. Content warnings: discussion of anti-semitism, lynching, murder; mention of rape. Quinn Rose with Laura J Brown.
May 04, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 31
Highlights: I don’t know why any of that information was relevant, the movie was better(?), Jeremy Jordan, live action Aladdin, adapting movies into different movies, the original Be More Chill, The Swedish Chef, eight Tony awards for being the best trash, Death Note the musical. Quinn Rose with Daniel Balsamo.
Apr 30, 2019•49 min•Ep. 30
Highlights: Alice Ripley… is probably tired, the love of my life Aaron Tveit, Spider Man: Turn Off The Dark, angst, Gossip Girl, midwesternize it, Twitter, Dear Evan Hansen, laughing about inappropriate topics. Quinn Rose with Angela Cotey.
Apr 13, 2019•54 min•Ep. 29
