This week Julie, Miranda and, Zane will chat with Jonathan Hickey about which of life's truths can be gleaned from the modern classical musical - The Light in the Piazza! Critic John Simon , in New York magazine , wrote: "Anyone who cares about the rather uncertain future of this truly American genre should — must — see the show, think and worry about it, and reach his or her own conclusions . . . Craig Lucas’s book seems perfectly adequate to me, but the emphasis must be on Adam Guettel’s music...
Jun 14, 2018•1 hr 17 min
This week Julie, Miranda and, Zane will chat with Kutis Laing about which of life's truths can be gleaned from the Folk-Musical smash, Once! Find out more about Kurtis: [un]Featured Articles Podcast , The Good Time Boys - FURTHER READING - WIKI - Musical , Film IMDB oncemusical.com - CELEBRITY SHOUTOUTS - John Carney , Glen Hansard , Markéta Irglová , Enda Walsh , Steve Kazee , Cristin Milioti , Ronan Keating , Tom Parsons , Keegan Joyce , Laura Dreyfuss , Joanna Christie Like us on Facebook ! F...
May 31, 2018•1 hr 12 min
Like us on Facebook ! Follow us on Twitter ! Support us on Patreon ! Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.com Visit our home on the web thatsnotcanonproductions.com Our 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 . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know . Hosted on Acast. See a...
May 24, 2018•1 hr 39 min
This week Julie, Zane with special host, Josh Thia will chat with Shaun Kohlman about which of life's truths can be gleaned from the Pop-opera/musical - Bare! BOOK TICKETS! www.understudyproductions.com - FURTHER READING - Wiki Stage Agent Spotify iTunes - CELEBRITY SHOUTOUTS - Damon Intrabartolo , John Hill , Michael Arden , Jenna Leigh Green , Natalie Joy Johnson , Aaron Lohr , Taylor Trensch , Barrett Wilbert Weed , Gerard Canonico , Missi Pyle , Like us on Facebook ! Follow us on Twitter ! S...
May 17, 2018•1 hr 13 min
This week Julie, Miranda, and Zane chat with Stephanie Baxter about which of life's truths can be gleaned from Come From Away! "Try, if you must, to resist the gale of goodwill that blows out of 'Come From Away,' the big bearhug of a musical that opened on Sunday night at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater. But even the most stalwart cynics may have trouble staying dry-eyed during this portrait of heroic hospitality under extraordinary pressure." - Ben Brantley , chief theatre critic for The New York...
May 10, 2018•1 hr 1 min
This week Julie and Zane chat with Josh Thia about which of life's truths can be gleaned from Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party! "[it] has a jittery, wandering quality, conscientiously shifting styles and tempos as if in search of a lost chord . . . The ballads . . . are of the high-decibel, swooning pop variety made popular by Frank Wildhorn. Mr. Lippa fares better with pastiches of jazz, vaudeville and gospel vintage, although these, too, suffer by comparison to the Kander-Ebb songs for Chicago." ...
May 03, 2018•59 min
This week Julie, Miranda, and Zane have a chat about their latest project AND about which of life's truths can be gleaned from Witches of Eastwick! Here is the brief history Miranda gave during the 24 Hour Musical Project! - FURTHER READING - WIKI - Musical , Film , Novel , Quotes IMDB - CELEBRITY SHOUTOUTS - John Updike , Jack Nicholson , Cher , Michelle Pfeiffer , Susan Sarandon , John Dempsey , Dana P. Rowe , Ian McShane , Lucie Arnaz , Joanna Riding , Maria Friedman , Rosemary Ashe , Stephen...
Apr 26, 2018•1 hr 10 min
This week Julie, Miranda and Zane will chat with actor/producer/thespian extraordinaire Stacie Hobbs about which of life's truths can be gleaned from the fairytale musical Shrek! - FURTHER READING - WIKI - Musical , Franchise , Film , Book IMDB MTI - CELEBRITY SHOUTOUTS - Jeanine Tesori , David Lindsay-Abaire , William Steig , Stephen Kramer Glickman , Celia Keenan-Bolger , Christopher Sieber , Brian d'Arcy James , Sutton Foster , Chester Gregory II , John Tartaglia , Daniel Breaker , Nigel Lind...
Apr 19, 2018•1 hr 52 min
This week Julie, Miranda, and Zane will chat with the crew from Pannic Productions about which of life's truths can be gleaned from Rock of Ages! BOOK TICKETS! - FURTHER READING - WIKI - Musical , Film , Styx , Journey , Bon Jovi , Pat Benatar , Twisted Sister , Steve Perry , Poison , Europe IMDb Stageagent - CELEBRITY SHOUTOUTS - Chris Hardwick , James Snyder , Laura Bell Bundy , Dan Finnerty , Kyle Gass , Constantine Maroulis , Justin Burford , Amy Spanger , James Carpinello , Michael Falzon ,...
Apr 12, 2018•1 hr 17 min
This week Julie, Miranda, and Zane will chat with Morgan Garrity about which of life's truths can be gleaned from Big Fish! - BOOK TICKETS! - - FURTHER READING - Wiki - Musical , Movie , Novel IMDb - CELEBRITY SHOUTOUTS - Daniel Wallace , Andrew Lippa , John August , Norbert Leo Butz , Kate Baldwin , Bobby Steggert , Krystal Joy Brown , Brad Oscar , Ewan McGregor , Jessica Lange , Alison Lohman , Helena Bonham Carter , Tim Burton , Danny Elfman Like us on Facebook ! Follow us on Twitter ! Suppor...
Apr 05, 2018•1 hr 24 min
In this special mid-week episode Zane has a chat with some of the creative minds behind the new musical work - Don't Call Me Ishmael! Like us on Facebook ! Follow us on Twitter ! Support us on Patreon ! Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.com Visit our home on the web thatsnotcanonproductions.com Our 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-ta...
Apr 03, 2018•32 min
This week Julie, Miranda, and Zane will chat with Lauren Ware about which of life's truths can be gleaned from The Little Shop of Horrors! - FURTHER READING - Wiki - Musical , Film (1986) , Film (1960) IMDb - 1986 , 1960 MTI - CELEBRITY SHOUTOUTS - Rick Moranis , Ellen Greene , Vincent Gardenia , Steve Martin , Bill Murray , Jim Belushi , Levi Stubbs , Tichina Arnold , Michelle Weeks , Tisha Campbell , John Candy , Christopher Guest , Frank Oz , Lee Wilkof , Hy Anzell , Ron Taylor , Alan Menken ...
Mar 29, 2018•1 hr 31 min
In a very special bonus episode, the Producer and Director of the 2018 24 Hour Musical Project (Miranda & Zane) give a quick rundown of all 10 musicals that appear on this year's shortlist! To find out more about the project visit the website , facebook , instagram or twitter Like us on Facebook ! Follow us on Twitter ! Support us on Patreon ! Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.com Visit our home on the web thatsnotcanonproductions.com Our theme song and interstitial music all by the on...
Mar 29, 2018•50 min
This week Julie, Miranda, and Zane will chat with Will Hinz about which of life's truths can be gleaned from Newsies! - FURTHER READING - Wiki - Musical , Film , IMDb - 1992 , 2017 MTI Disney Wiki - CELEBRITY SHOUTOUTS - Christian Bale , Bill Pullman , Robert Duvall , Jeremy Jordan , Corey Cott , Dan DeLuca , John Dossett , Steve Blanchard , Kara Lindsay , Stephanie Styles , Andrew Keenan-Bolger , Ben Cook Like us on Facebook ! Follow us on Twitter ! Support us on Patreon ! Email us: musicalstau...
Mar 22, 2018•1 hr 27 min
This week Julie, Miranda, and Zane will chat with Genevieve Tree about which of life's truths can be gleaned from the musical murder mystery Curtains! - FURTHER READING - Wiki - Curtain , Musical , All The Tropes - CELEBRITY SHOUTOUTS - Fred Ebb , John Kander , Rupert Holmes , David Hyde Pierce , Debra Monk , Karen Ziemba , Jason Danieley , Edward Hibbert , Megan Sikora BOOK TO SEE THE SHOW! Like us on Facebook ! Follow us on Twitter ! Support us on Patreon ! Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gm...
Mar 15, 2018•1 hr 30 min
This week Julie, Miranda, and Zane will chat with Patrick Aiken about which of life's truths can be gleaned from Zane's not-so-guilty-pleasure Zanna Don't! - FURTHER READING - Wiki Spotify iTunes Like us on Facebook ! Follow us on Twitter ! Support us on Patreon ! Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.com Visit our home on the web thatsnotcanonproductions.com Our theme song and interstitial music all by the one and only Benedict Braxton Smith. Find out more about him at www.benedictbraxtonsmit...
Mar 08, 2018•1 hr 18 min
This week Julie, Miranda, and Zane will chat with Cassie George about which of life's truths can be gleaned from that classic musical tale Singin' in the Rain! - FURTHER READING - Wiki - Musical , Movie , IMDb IBDB Stage Agent - CELEBRITY SHOUTOUTS - Gene Kelly , Stanley Donen , Donald O'Connor , Debbie Reynolds , Jean Hagen , Tommy Steele , Don Correia , Adam Cooper , Scarlett Strallen , Sarah Payne Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know . Support this...
Mar 01, 2018•1 hr 14 min
This week Julie, Miranda and Zane will chat with Malcolm Hume about which of life's truths can be gleaned from Into the Woods! - FURTHER READING - Wiki - Musical , Movie IMDB Rotten Tomatoes Disney Movies Archive New Yorker 'Why Ínto the Woods Matters ' - CELEBRITY SHOUTOUTS - Stephen Sondheim , James Lapine , Rob Marshall , Meryl Streep , Emily Blunt , James Corden , Anna Kendrick , Chris Pine , Tracey Ullman , Christine Baranski , Johnny Depp , George Coe , Tom Aldredge , Bernadette Peters , D...
Feb 22, 2018•1 hr 50 min
This week Julie, Miranda and Zane will chat with Jessica Kate Ryan about which of life's truths can be gleaned from Sunday in the Park with George! This week we are sponsored by the 24 Hour Musical Project! Find out more about this super-exciting and ambitious project online at www.24hourmusical.com.au - FURTHER READING - Wiki - Musical , Painting , Georges Seurat IBDB iTunes - 1984 , 2017 Spotify - CELEBRITY SHOUTOUTS - Stephen Sondheim , James Lapine , Mandy Patinkin , Bernadette Peters , Phil...
Feb 15, 2018•1 hr 28 min
This week Julie, Miranda, and Zane will chat with Jack Kelly about which of life's truths can be gleaned from Avenue Q! Find out more about Jack Kelly - YouTube , Facebook - FURTHER READING - Wiki - Musical iTunes - CELEBRITY SHOUTOUTS - Robert Lopez , Jeff Marx , Jeff Whitty , Jason Moore , John Tartaglia , Stephanie D'Abruzzo , Rick Lyon , Natalie Venetia Belcon , Ann Harada , Jordan Gelber , Jennifer Barnhart Like us on Facebook ! Follow us on Twitter ! Support us on Patreon ! Email us: music...
Feb 08, 2018•1 hr 28 min
This week instead of our regular show we decided to let you all in on one of the secret PATRON-ONLY Top 5 Episodes. If you were already a patron you would be enjoying one of these special episodes each month! (And we probably won't be releasing any more of these to the regular podcast public) So if you like what you hear and want some more, support us on Patreon ! And a HUGE THANK-YOU to all of you special people who already do! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-eve...
Feb 01, 2018•26 min
This week Julie, Miranda and Zane will chat about which of life's truths can be gleaned from The Boy From Oz! - FURTHER READING - Wiki - Musical , Peter Allen , Liza Minnelli , Judy Garland , - CELEBRITY SHOUTOUTS - Todd McKenney , Hugh Jackman , Olivia Newton-John , Frank Sinatra , Chrissy Amphlett , Mathew Waters , Isabel Keating , Stephanie J. Block Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-...
Jan 25, 2018•1 hr 13 min
This week Julie, Miranda and Zane will chat with Patrick Aiken about which of life's truths can be gleaned from the musical Something Rotten! - FURTHER READING - Wikipedia Twitter rottenbroadway.com MTI - CELEBRITY SHOUTOUTS - John O'Farrell , Karey Kirkpatrick , Wayne Kirkpatrick , Brian d'Arcy James , Christian Borle , John Cariani , Heidi Blickenstaff , Brad Oscar , Kate Reinders , Rob McClure , Adam Pascal , Josh Grisetti , Autumn Hurlbert Like us on Facebook ! Follow us on Twitter ! Support...
Jan 18, 2018•1 hr 11 min
This week Julie, Miranda and Zane chat with Kell Anderson about which of life's truths can be gleaned from Hairspray! - FURTHER READING - Wiki - Musical , Film (original) , Film (2007) , Hairspray Live! IMDb - Hairspray (2007) , Hairspray (1988) , Hairspray Live! iTunes Spotify Kell's Podcast - Facebook , iTunes - CELEBRITY SHOUTOUTS - Marc Shaiman , Scott Wittman , Mark O'Donnell , Thomas Meehan , John Waters , Harvey Fierstein , Marissa Jaret Winokur , Matthew Morrison , Laura Bell Bundy , Ker...
Jan 11, 2018•1 hr 32 min
This week we are on a holiday! But we will not leave you empty-handed, here is a bonus Christmas-themed Top 5 list! Like us on Facebook ! Follow us on Twitter ! Support us on Patreon ! Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.com Visit our home on the web thatsnotcanonproductions.com Our 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...
Jan 04, 2018•20 min
This week we are on a holiday! But we will not leave you empty-handed, here is a bonus Christmas-themed Top 5 list!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...
Dec 29, 2017•17 min
This week we are on a holiday! But we will not leave you empty-handed, here is a bonus Christmas-themed Top 5 list! Like us on Facebook ! Follow us on Twitter ! Support us on Patreon ! Email us: musicalstaughtmepodcast@gmail.com Visit our home on the web thatsnotcanonproductions.com Our 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...
Dec 21, 2017•18 min
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 . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/musicals-taught-me-everything-i-know . Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...
Dec 14, 2017•1 hr 13 min
This week Julie, Miranda and Zane will chat with Sherryl-Lee Secomb about which of life's truths can be gleaned from How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying! - FURTHER READING - Wiki - Musical , Book , Movie IMDb iTunes - CELEBRITY SHOUTOUTS - Frank Loesser , Robert Morse , Rudy Vallee , Matthew Broderick , Megan Mullally , Daniel Radcliffe , John Larroquette , Anderson Cooper , Walter Cronkite , Christopher Hanke , Roger Bart , Ralph Macchio , Support this show http://supporter.acast.c...
Dec 08, 2017•1 hr 28 min
This week Julie, Kristen, and Zane will chat with Benedict Braxton-Smith about which of life's truths can be gleaned from A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder! - FURTHER READING - Wiki - Musical , Film , 68th Tony Awards Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal Tony Awards Performance iTunes - CELEBRITY SHOUTOUTS - Robert L. Freedman , Roy Horniman , Darko Tresnjak , Jefferson Mays , Ken Barnett, Lisa O'Hare , Lauren Worsham , Bryce Pinkham , Kevin Massey , Blake Price, James Taylor Odom L...
Dec 01, 2017•1 hr 17 min
