Sierra Boggess notice us! Karen wraps up her quest to be noticed by Sierra Boggess and we discuss Sierra's broadway debut as Ariel in The Little Mermaid! Classic bangers and bops, Disney Money (TM), and Heelys! What else does a musical need?

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Lauren reveals her fascination with flops as she takes us on a plunge through The Pirate Queen (aka Les Mis, but make it Irish). Why did it close after only 85 performances? Why did critics hate it? WHY is there an eleven o'clock number in the first ten minutes????

Lauren would also like to offer her sincere apologies to our Irish friends for embarrassingly butchering a couple of the names. We love you Irish friends!

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This week, in her quest for Sierra Boggess to notice us, Karen covers The Secret Garden! We also explore duets for men, and whether or not we believe in ghosts...?

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We have a question for the youth theater community: why does everyone want to be adopted by Lin Manual Miranda??? We thought this episode would be a humorous dive into the weird world of musical theater fan-fiction, and instead we discovered an ALARMING amount of adoption stories... Are the youth ok?????

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Underrated shows? Shows we want to be in? Overrated shows? This week we jump on the trend sweeping the socials and tackle the musical theater tag. Let us know what we got right and what we got wrong! What shows do you think are under/overrated? What's on your theatre bucket list???

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Karen continues her quest for Sierra Boggess to notice us and brings us an adorable deep dive of School of Rock! How many talented kids can we cram into one cast? Apparently A LOT! AND music by Andrew Lloyd Webber? Who knew!

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Good reviews? Boring! Bad Review? SPICY. In this episode, Karen has gathered some of the most scathing show reviews (mostly NYT) of some not so famous and some VERY famous shows. Play along with Lauren and Julia and see how many you can guess correctly!

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Welcome back listeners! Today Lauren deep dives one of the Pod's favorite Jukebox musicals: Mamma Mia! Are there too many ballads in Act II? Does Sophie have communication problems? Is it problematic to use not knowing who your baby daddy is as a main plot point? Is a last minute wedding necessary? Do we care? (Nope!)

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Friend of the pod, Julia, is back! Today we ask the question, does every subject need to be made into a musical? Is a musical based on a train wreck of a situation that lead to a tragic ending good material for a musical? Spoiler alert: it is not. Julia does a deep dive into Diana the Musical. The good news is, you can hate-watch it on Netflix after you listen!

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For our 30th episode Karen takes us on a deep dive of the musical It Shoulda Been You, a show we learn Lauren knows absolutely nothing about. Get ready for Flirty Drunk Aunt Sheila, a surprise twist, and the epic takedown of a prejudiced dead grandpa... what else do you need???

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