By The Ghost Light

Episode 75 is here! Ryan lost count, but it’s here! Lion King made it to a much bigger number though. Cassie has auditions, Ryan did a Starkid, let’s talk about it. Topic include: Lion King, Ragtime, Zombies, Hadestown, Hamilton, Wicked, Radio City Rockettes, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Midsummer, The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals,

Black Swamp Arts Fest and StarKid have taken over our lives. But we’re back, with Hamilton & Casting & new shows! Topics include: StarKid, Hamilton, Lin’s Meme, Leslie Odom, Thayne Jasperson, Rafiki/Lion King, Tshidi Manye, Beetlejuice, Zootopia the Musical, 13 Going On 30, 13, Two Strangers, Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion, ART, Boy My Greatness, Oh, Mary!, Tartuffe, Andre De Shields, Cabaret, Billy Porter, Come From Away, Maybe Happy Ending, surprise Chase.

Cassie has nice things to say about Phantom…kinda. Ryan wants someone besides Andy to push the envelope. Topics include: Kristin Chenoweth, Andy, Queen of Versailles, Immersive Phantom, Guys & Dolls, Cabaret, Next to Normal, Hunger Games, Midsummer, 12th Night, The Delacorte Theater, Maybe Happy Ending, The Muppets, Paddington, Beauty and the Beast, Not Ready for Prime Time, Death of a Salesman, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Proof, Finding Your Roots Starkid.

Happy 100th to the Rockettes! Cassie has a new game, Ryan opens a can of worms. Topic include: The Play That Goes Wrong, Bat Boy, World of Tomorrow, Maybe Happy Ending, Alternates for Tony Nominees, Romeo and Zooliet, Ginger Twinsies, AATE National Conference 2025, Colors of School Subjects,

Andy’s up to no good, but it might result in a balcony in NYC and we can live with that. Cassie doesn’t want to watch Cats, and Ryan wants to talk about weird art. Topics include: Gypsy, Sunset Boulevard, Pirates!, deaf performers, Miss Piggy, Jesus Christ Superstar, Cats, Costuming, TGWDLM, Starkid, Hadestown, & Juliet, Cherry Lane, The Delacorte, 12th Night, Steve Burns, Merrily We Roll Along, To Free A Mockingbird, Seuss.

We return to the news, and OH BOY is there a lot happening in a post-Tonys world! Ryan wants to talk about Rachel, Cassie REALLY doesn’t want to talk about Andy. Topics include: Jurassic Park, Evita, Show closures, Boop, Little Shop of Horrors, Immersive Phantom, Merrily We Roll Along (pro-shot), Muppet Christmas Carol, Spelling Bee, Princess Bride, Bear Grease, Top 10 produced shows, The Jimmy Awards.

We didn’t do too poorly, but we’ve certainly done better. BUT DARREN WON!

Our annual, data-driven, all vibes & spite, Tony Predictions episode. There’s no way this goes badly.

Tony Nominations are out! Ryan and Cassie break out all the nominations, snubs, and oddities.

The passing of William Finn just hits hard, and Ryan reflects a bit on Spelling Bee. Also, 1,000 for & Juliet, and Leslie back to Hamilton. Brave Little Toaster, Little Miss Sunshine, All Shook Up, Let It Be, SpongeBob, Jeff Goldblum’s Jazz, Only Murders in the Building, Julie Benko, Children of Eden.