This week Matt is really grumpy and Bri is to blame. First doesn’t always mean best as we dive into the first ever rock opera. The Who’s Tommy. Is this musical a pinball hero or a big fat zero? This one leaves us asking WHO is this for??? 

Spring is busting out all over this week! Matt and Bri talk about a musical that may have gone one too many times around the carrousel. Is this painted pony relevant anymore? Why do audiences love this show about a slap-happy good time at a clam bake? Your guess is as good as ours. 

Welcome back Drama Club, join us at the first annual anti polio picnic and vaccination carnival! This week Brian and Matt dig into their musical theatre past before shedding a single tear for the cult classic Cry Baby, an almost campy musical possibly better suited for the Baltimore Community Players than Broadway. 

For episode five, Matt walks Bri down the smoggy London streets of the almost-hit musical Jekyll and Hyde. Listen now to hear all about community theatre capers, George Bush’s inauguration, David Hasselhoff and the healing properties of a good hair-tie. 

In this week’s episode, Brian and Matt discuss American Psycho The Musical (yes, you read that correctly). All of the skin care, fashion, consumerism and 80's coke you could snort - with macarena style choreography! Matt tries to decipher the plot of this bizarre adaptation and Brian digs into the production history. Did we really record this episode or was it all in our head?

This week the boys swing themselves into the tangled web that is Spiderman Turn Off The Dark. Perhaps one of the most talked about musicals of all time. Matt takes us though the history of this high flying, larger than life mega musical with the price tag to match that has some twists and turns  Brian does not see coming. Forget what you may already know about the spider boy wonder, because this my leave you with more questions than answers. 

This week is Bri's turn to pick the show, and his choice may have left Matt a little "brain dead." The star-studded off-Broadway recording leaves Matt with more questions than answers. Can Bri help Matt navigate his way through this musical that the New York Times said is "like passing a group of animated, slightly-drunken revellers on the street?" 

Just like in live theatre if you fall 15 feet in a roller disco musical you get back on your feet because 'the show must go on!'. Our original upload of this episode had some technical difficulties and we never actually get to hear Matt try and explain the plot to Brian, so we have cut that part into a mini episode for you all. Thank you for listening and enjoy act 2 of our Starlight Express episode, "A Lotta Locomotion".