The Light in the Piazza Like us on Facebook ! Follow us on Twitter ! Support us on Patreon ! Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.com Visit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.com Our 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 . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 01, 2021•1 hr 17 min
Mean Girls with Melanie Bolovan Like us on Facebook ! Follow us on Twitter ! Support us on Patreon ! Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.com Visit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.com Our 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 . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...
Jun 24, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Great Comet with Ori Diskett Like us on Facebook ! Follow us on Twitter ! Support us on Patreon ! Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.com Visit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.com Our 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 . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 17, 2021•45 min
Sweet Charity with Maureen Bowra Like us on Facebook ! Follow us on Twitter ! Support us on Patreon ! Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.com Visit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.com Our 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 . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...
Jun 10, 2021•1 hr 19 min
Avenue Q Like us on Facebook ! Follow us on Twitter ! Support us on Patreon ! Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.com Visit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.com Our 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 . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 03, 2021•1 hr 28 min
Parade with Jess Ham Like us on Facebook ! Follow us on Twitter ! Support us on Patreon ! Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.com Visit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.com Our 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 . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 27, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Be More Chill with Dani Altamura Like us on Facebook ! Follow us on Twitter ! Support us on Patreon ! Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.com Visit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.com Our 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 . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...
May 20, 2021•47 min
The Mystery of Edwin Drood Like us on Facebook ! Follow us on Twitter ! Support us on Patreon ! Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.com Visit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.com Our 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 . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 13, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Like us on Facebook ! Follow us on Twitter ! Support us on Patreon ! Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.com Visit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.com Our 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 . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 06, 2021•59 min
Bat Boy with Alex Smith Like us on Facebook ! Follow us on Twitter ! Support us on Patreon ! Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.com Visit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.com Our 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 . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 29, 2021•1 hr 29 min
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.com Visit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.com Our theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Supp...
Apr 22, 2021•1 hr 24 min
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.com Visit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.com Our theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict ...
Apr 15, 2021•1 hr 29 min
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.com Visit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.com Our theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Su...
Apr 08, 2021•1 hr 29 min
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.com Visit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.com Our theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton S...
Apr 01, 2021•1 hr 19 min
This week Julie, Miranda, and Zane will chat with Joel O'Brien about which of life's truths can be gleaned from the musical thriller; Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of Fleet Street! - FURTHER READING - Wiki - Sweeney Todd , Musical , Film Sweeney Wikia IMDB - 1936 , 1982 , 2006 , 2007 - CELEBRITY SHOUTOUTS - Stephen Sondheim , Hugh Wheeler , Len Cariou , George Hearn , Denis Quilley , Kelsey Grammer , Michael Cerveris , Johnny Depp , Helena Bonham Carter , Imelda Staunton , Emma Thompson , Micha...
Mar 25, 2021•1 hr 31 min
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/9462 Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21_Chump_Street https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin-Manuel_Miranda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_American_Life https://www.thisamericanlife.org/457/what-i-did-for-love iTunes https://music.apple.com/us/album/21-chump-street-the-musical-ep/892408890 Spotify...
Mar 18, 2021•29 min
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.com Visit our home on the web thatsnotcanon.com Our 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 . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know . Hosted on Acast. See a...
Mar 11, 2021•14 min
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 r...
Mar 04, 2021•56 min
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 ...
Feb 25, 2021•52 min
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....
Feb 18, 2021•50 min
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_I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9L_lilJ...
Feb 11, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 179
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 Roal...
Feb 04, 2021•1 hr 3 min
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.com John 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...
Jan 28, 2021•56 min•Season 1Ep. 177
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...
Jan 21, 2021•51 min
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 ...
Jan 14, 2021•43 min
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 rightful...
Jan 07, 2021•57 min
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://w...
Dec 31, 2020•1 hr 7 min
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_Switch https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8954732/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11199410/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knives_Out https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8946378/ http://thr...
Dec 24, 2020•36 min
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" feel...
Dec 17, 2020•1 hr 4 min
"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 b...
Dec 10, 2020•43 min
