Thank You, Five

We start our November journey into a musical with a musical we're REALLY thankful for. Cy Coleman's City of Angels. 40's jazz and black and white movies and quippy one liners about the state of L.A.!

Matt and David finish up Act 2 of Jekyll and Hyde. We find a New Life in some Murder, Murder, and proceed to play a Dangerous Game before getting into the finale Confrontation and reprising Facade for the 100th time.

We're starting up spooky season with Broadway's Gothic Thriller Musical! This show is chock full of adaptations and character changes and song changes and revivals and international recordings! Get ready for a roller coaster of gothic proportions!

We're taking a small break this week to talk about what's coming back, what's already come back, what's coming up, and what we've sadly lost in Broadway and Off Broadway worlds.

Broadway is coming back and we're back with Sarah Ifft Decker of the Media-Eval podcast!!! If you don't know, it's a musical about the six wives of Henry VIII, who have all decided to form a girl group, and are now on tour! We talk a LOT about history and the musical and a myriad of other fun stuff. For more information about Media-Eval, please go to @mediaevalpod on Twitter!

Matt and David finish up The Music Man! The Wells Fargo Wagon has come and gone and it's time for the Shipoopi! Grab your Greecian urns and get ready!

Matt and David take a look at Meredith Wilson's The Music Man. You've probably heard of this. And you've probably had opinions about the upcoming revival. Well, let's take a look at the show itself!

Marc from the YouTube channel Broadway by Ghostlight joins us as we finish off How To Succeed! Come for the history lesson, stay for the side tracks! Follow Broadway by Ghostlight on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7d1YnPq5Wk3J9T6Rmo05jQ and on Twitter @BwayGhostlight

Marc from the YouTube channel Broadway by Ghostlight joins us to talk How to Succeed...! We talk about the origins of the show, it's successive Broadway revivals, the time you saw it in high school, and the history of Stouffer's frozen lasagna. Follow Broadway by Ghostlight on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7d1YnPq5Wk3J9T6Rmo05jQ and on Twitter @BwayGhostlight

Matt and David are joined by Brendon from the Wait in the Wings YouTube channel!! Just in time for the weather here to get uncomfortably warm... We're back and talking about Hadestown and cats and things! Grab your ticket for this road to Hell! Follow Wait in the Wings on Twitter at @WaitWings and subscribe to their YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY7Jl1lllZlRhc568dGXrfg

Matt and David are joined by Brendon from the Wait in the Wings YouTube channel!! Just in time for the weather here to get uncomfortably warm... We talk Hadestown from it's conception and early studio album to where it is now as we break down act 1. Grab your ticket for this road to Hell! Follow Wait in the Wings on Twitter at @WaitWings and subscribe to their YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY7Jl1lllZlRhc568dGXrfg

Roberta Lipp, cohost of They Coined It: A Mad Men Podcast, joins us to talk about the much maligned, often performed, and greatly misunderstood masterpiece that is The Fantasticks! You can follow Roberta on Twitter and Clubhouse at @robertalipp and They Coined It at @TCIMadMenPod on Twitter and listen on your favorite podcatcher! Subscribe and leave a five star review and share with your friends!

Matt and David are joined, once more, by Colin and Nick from the BSA Podcast. We finish up Company, and go over one of the most iconic musical theater scenes out there. If you like what you hear, please leave a 5 star review and share with your friends! You can find more about the BSA Podcast on Twitter at @bsapod and follow Nick and Colin at @nickkochanov on Twitter and Instagram and @colindrucker on Twitter and @colindrucker_ on Instagram.

Matt and David are joined by Nick and Colin from the BSA Podcast to talk about Sondheim's Company! We all queen out over our favorite songs, characters, and David makes the startling discovery they might actually like this show! You can find more about the BSA Podcast on Twitter at @bsapod and follow Nick and Colin at @nickkochanov on Twitter and Instagram and @colindrucker on Twitter and @colindrucker_ on Instagram.

We take a break to talk about dramaturgy with Amy Marie Seidel! What is dramaturgy and what does a dramaturg do? Take a break to find out with us!!! To find out more about Amy, please visit her website https://www.amymarieseidel.com

Matt and David are joined by Dr. Sarah Ifft Decker of the Media-Eval podcast to talk about Camelot! Mordred shows up and injects some life into the constant long gazes of romance that's going on. Also, Guinevere makes a major decision about her hair.For more information about Media-Eval, please go to @mediaevalpod on Twitter!d@BAx886

Matt and David are joined by Dr. Sarah Ifft Decker of the Media-Eval podcast to talk about Camelot! Staring Julie Andrews, Richard Burton, and Robert Goulet, this musical influenced the way we view the Kennedy administration, and has a large number of musical theater standards. It's a lot to pack into a show! Which is why the original running time was four hours...For more information about Media-Eval, please go to @mediaevalpod on Twitter!

Matt and David finish off the Longest Musical with special guest Christine from Footnoting History!!! Who lives? Who dies? Who came back after intermission? You can find out more about Christine at https://www.christinecaccipuoti.com/ and make check out Footnoting History at Footnotinghistory.com

Matt and David are joined by Christine from the Footnoting History podcast to talk about Les Mis! It's a long ride, so buckle up and get comfortable! We talk the origins, Patti Lupone, Gavroche, and Norm Lewis forgetting his lyrics. Just, if you can come away with ONE thing from this one, know that Les Mis takes place LONG after the French Revolution.

Put on your Sunday clothes cause we're finishing up talking about Dolly!!! Matt and David talk about the second act and the movie that killed off the movie musical for a time!