Next Friday it's the season finale episode of season 3 of Before the Downbeat! So to conclude this season Autumn and Mackenzie are joined by friend and fellow theatre maker and podcaster Teni Brant of the "Speak Dicely" podcast. Together they head into the mouse house and discuss the tale as old a time musical Beauty and the Beast! Hear them discuss how the messages of dangers of mob mentality are still relevant today. Find out which of the new songs that were add to the musical these three think worked and fit well into the adaptation. Plus discover which iconic and fan favourite song of the musical Mackenzie doesn't think was translated well from film to stage .

All of this plus five dozen eggs on next Friday's all new episode!

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This week Mackenzie and Autumn are selling and sewing buttons on rags as they discuss the turn of the century immigrant musical Rags! Hear them breakdown how and why assimilating like Nathan Hershkowitz while profitable may ultimately be detrimental. They debate whether it should be Rebecca or Bella who should sing the title song Rags. Plus hear both Mackenzie and Autumn sing the praises of the incredible Judy Kuhn who originated the role of Bella on Broadway.

All of this plus some bread and freedom in this all new episode!

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Next Friday it's the penultimate episode of season 3 of Before the Downbeat and Autumn and Mackenzie are breaking out their sewing kits so they can join the fabric of America. As they sew they discuss the epic yet short lived musical Rags! Hear them discuss why this musical didn't fair well during its Broadway run. Find out if they like the revisions that have been made to this piece since its brief Broadway run. Plus discover if Autumn and Mackenzie think this is a true quasi sequel to Fiddler on the Roof.

All of this plus a gramophone recording on next Friday's all new episode!

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Here we are with the next instalment in our episode by episode review miniseries of the new hit musical comedy show 'Schmigadoon!'. In this episode 3 Mackenzie gives his thoughts on the character of Florence Menlove and he gives insights on how this episode not only covers a lot of plot points but also shows how it balances the genuine emotions of the characters and cheeky humour to pokes fun at this era of Broadway musicals. Plus he continues to point out the various connections to the golden age musicals that inspired songs of this episode. Enjoy!

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Here we are with the next instalment in our episode by episode review miniseries of the new hit musical comedy show 'Schmigadoon!'. In this episode 3 Mackenzie gives his thoughts on the character of Florence Menlove and he gives insights on how this episode not only covers a lot of plot points but also shows how it balances the genuine emotions of the characters and cheeky humour to pokes fun at this era of Broadway musicals. Plus he continues to point out the various connections to the golden age musicals that inspired songs of this episode. Enjoy!

Plus do our end of the season survey and you enter your chance to win a prize!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/H6LQNR6

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Autumn and Mackenzie are still hard at work getting the big season finale episode ready for release. In the meantime enjoy a revisit of our Remastering Project. For our latest instalment, we are welcomed back to the sixties as we revisit our season 2 episode all about the Baltimore based musical Hairspray! Enjoy this reedited the episode with fixed the sound quality too! 

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As Autumn and Mackenzie work to get the big season finale episode ready for release enjoy another revisit of our Remastering Project. For our latest instalment, since we just discussed My Fair Lady we decided to revisit our season 2 Lerner and Loewe episode all about the Arthurian musical Camelot! Enjoy this reedited the episode with fixed the sound quality too! 

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