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Join Barry Joseph and guests David Spira (Room Escape Artist) and Rachel Allen Duncan (Watson Adventures) to explore why Stephen Sondheim designed treasure hunts for decades, focusing on two with related names: the 1973 A Little Night Music Treasure Hunt at the Shubert Theatre and the 2011 A Little Jurassic Treasure Hunt at the American Museum of Natural History. Performers George Lee Andrews and Marti Morris recall the Shubert cast-party hunt co-devised with Anthony Perkins, where puzzle-photo team formation led to lyric-based clues hidden around the theater. Event producer Brigid Walsh describes producing the 2011 fundraiser hunt hosted by Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick for Friends In Deed, including wax-sealed packets, team coordinators, dinosaur-hall clue cards, a meta-puzzle, and a final reveal involving a freight elevator, toy dinosaurs, and a hidden prize.
Make sure to get the book everywhere books are found, or click here.
00:00 Sondheim Human Touch
01:43 Meet The Guests
03:24 Two Little Hunts
04:55 Show And Memories
06:43 Cast Interview Begins
11:19 Shubert Hunt Story
15:49 Ice Cream Interlude
17:12 Design Takeaways
24:35 Clue Sheet Breakdown
30:43 Weddings And Hunts
32:48 Wedding Puzzle Talk
33:47 Sondheim Museum Hunt Setup
35:47 Designing the Venue
39:20 Watching Players Lose It
41:55 Why Museums Work
43:46 Dino Hall Game Ideas
46:03 Inside the Hunt Packet
50:49 Rules and Meta Puzzle
55:55 Clues and Cheating
58:44 Spoilers Final Solve
01:01:37 Prizes and Reflections
01:04:15 Sondheim Takeaways
01:06:31 Plugs and Signoff
Special Links:
Room Escape Artist
Reality Escape Pod
Watson Adventures
AMNH Dinosaurs
Colm Molloy
Ann Morrison
Mateo Chavez Lewis
Thanks to everyone who contributed behind the scenes to this episode: the Musical Stingers composed by Mateo Chavez Lewis, our line producer Dennis Caouki, and the theme song to our podcast with lyrics and music by Colm Molloy and sung by the one only Anne Morrison, currently on the road starring in Kimberly Akimbo.
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By Barry Joseph & Broadway Podcast Network5
44 ratings
Join Barry Joseph and guests David Spira (Room Escape Artist) and Rachel Allen Duncan (Watson Adventures) to explore why Stephen Sondheim designed treasure hunts for decades, focusing on two with related names: the 1973 A Little Night Music Treasure Hunt at the Shubert Theatre and the 2011 A Little Jurassic Treasure Hunt at the American Museum of Natural History. Performers George Lee Andrews and Marti Morris recall the Shubert cast-party hunt co-devised with Anthony Perkins, where puzzle-photo team formation led to lyric-based clues hidden around the theater. Event producer Brigid Walsh describes producing the 2011 fundraiser hunt hosted by Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick for Friends In Deed, including wax-sealed packets, team coordinators, dinosaur-hall clue cards, a meta-puzzle, and a final reveal involving a freight elevator, toy dinosaurs, and a hidden prize.
Make sure to get the book everywhere books are found, or click here.
00:00 Sondheim Human Touch
01:43 Meet The Guests
03:24 Two Little Hunts
04:55 Show And Memories
06:43 Cast Interview Begins
11:19 Shubert Hunt Story
15:49 Ice Cream Interlude
17:12 Design Takeaways
24:35 Clue Sheet Breakdown
30:43 Weddings And Hunts
32:48 Wedding Puzzle Talk
33:47 Sondheim Museum Hunt Setup
35:47 Designing the Venue
39:20 Watching Players Lose It
41:55 Why Museums Work
43:46 Dino Hall Game Ideas
46:03 Inside the Hunt Packet
50:49 Rules and Meta Puzzle
55:55 Clues and Cheating
58:44 Spoilers Final Solve
01:01:37 Prizes and Reflections
01:04:15 Sondheim Takeaways
01:06:31 Plugs and Signoff
Special Links:
Room Escape Artist
Reality Escape Pod
Watson Adventures
AMNH Dinosaurs
Colm Molloy
Ann Morrison
Mateo Chavez Lewis
Thanks to everyone who contributed behind the scenes to this episode: the Musical Stingers composed by Mateo Chavez Lewis, our line producer Dennis Caouki, and the theme song to our podcast with lyrics and music by Colm Molloy and sung by the one only Anne Morrison, currently on the road starring in Kimberly Akimbo.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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