In this episode we welcomed Helen Shaw, the drama critic for New York magazine and Vulture, to chat about the Broadway season’s musicals and discuss the Tony nominations — which you can check out here.

And what a season it was, with tuners as crazily diverse as “Six,” “Diana,” “Paradise Square,” “A Strange Loop,” “MJ,” “Flying Over Sunset” and, of course, everybody’s favorite couple: “Mrs. Doubtfire” and “Mr. Saturday Night.”

Oh, and there are also the revivals of “Caroline, or Change, “Funny Girl,” “Company” and “The Music Man” — no wonder Elisabeth got a little overexcited!

Some links: Elisabeth’s feature about Jaquel Spivey, the star of “A Strange Loop,” and her 2019 interview with that show’s creator, Michael R. Jackson.

Peter’s takes on “Mr. Saturday Night,” “Paradise Square,” “Funny Girl” and what I’m going to guess is this podcast’s favorite, “A Strange Loop.”

Plus “The Music Man,” the show that contains Peter’s favorite “cutesy-wootsy production number from the black lagoon” — “Shipoopi.”

Thanks to Christian Huygen for our theme music.

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