Putting It Together

Layan Elwazani is currently a standby for The Band's Visit, which is playing right now at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York City. Layan has an extensive knowledge about Stephen Sondheim and has even had the chance to be in a couple of productions of West Side Story. She brings with her an actor's outlook that is fascinating to hear, especially when it comes tot he characters of Maria and Anita. It's a good thing this week features a song which is really a confrontation between them.

Layan’s website: https://www.layanelwazani.com
Layan's Twitter: https://twitter.com/layanelwazani
Layan's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/layanelwazani/

If you're going to New York you should get tickets to see The Band's Visit: https://thebandsvisitmusical.com/#tickets

You can buy Finishing the Hat here: https://amzn.to/2K4k6py%5C
Apparently there are no digital copies of the book...

Our sponsors this week are:
1. Back to School Again - http://backtoschoolagain.ca - a podcast that features conversations with a wide range of mid-life learners who are currently enrolled in post-secondary studies or have recently completed a post-secondary degree.
2. ATBX - http://www.atb.com/atbx - a program that puts entrepreneurs and their business through an accelerated program to help them grow.

Send feedback to [email protected]

Putting It Together is a proud member of The Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB. Here's their link again: https://www.albertapodcastnetwork.com

Recorded at Media Lab YYC. Media Lab is a public production studio located in downtown Calgary, Alberta. They help you tell your story. They do this by assisting in the creation of videos and podcasts. Find more information at: http://medialabyyc.com

Keep up to date with Putting It Together by following Kyle on his social media channels.
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Ben Zuk returns to the podcast to discuss a song that was supposed to end in a four letter word. Instead it has one of the best punchlines in musical theatre. Gee, Officer Krupke details the reasons why the Jets are the way that they are and it might be just as relevant today as it was when it was written. Plus, it's the only Sondheim song that appears in Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Ben's email is: [email protected]

The podcast Ben mention is War Machine vs War Horse: https://warmachinehorse.libsyn.com

Summer Rep version of Gee, Officer Krupke!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoCB-F9WKLI

You can buy Finishing the Hat here: https://amzn.to/2K4k6py%5C
Apparently there are no digital copies of the book...

Our sponsors this week are:
1. Let's Do Coffee - http://letsdocoffee.libsyn.com - a podcast that dives into topics that explore the challenges, questions, and fears each individual has or had when operating their companies
2. ATB Arts and Culture - http://ATB.com/thebranch - ATB can help you fulfill your dream at the Branch For Arts and Culture.

Send feedback to [email protected]

Putting It Together is a proud member of The Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB. Here's their link again: https://www.albertapodcastnetwork.com

Recorded at Media Lab YYC. Media Lab is a public production studio located in downtown Calgary, Alberta. They help you tell your story. They do this by assisting in the creation of videos and podcasts. Find more information at: http://medialabyyc.com

Keep up to date with Putting It Together by following Kyle on his social media channels.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thekylemarshall

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Somewhere is another romantic song from West Side Story, but according to Adam Kostanuick it's the most mature. It's certainly a song that has inspired many people. It's been covered by many pop stars. It's message of looking towards the future for better days is also something that resonates with people even today. Perhaps even more-so today than ever before.

Young Gaffer’s Podcast: http://www.theyounggaffers.com

Young Gaffer’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/YoungGaffers

Adam’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ak_403/

Somewhere has been covered by A LOT of people.

The Supremes cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x38EpApYWB0

Barbara Streisand cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAu3a7CMA84

Phil Collins cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsiBtgJjSk8

Pet Shop Boys cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5nkjjr3f1o

That Heineken commercial that Adam talked about - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etIqln7vT4w

Ansølo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87u4ZCD8dn8

Video series on YouTube with Stephen Sondheim teaching - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR80qiXgMuQ&list=PL2CB4E713CEBBC794

Our sponsors this week are:
1. The Alberta Podcast Network - https://www.albertapodcastnetwork.com - the network promotes and supports Alberta-made podcasts, and connects their audience with Alberta-based businesses and organizations.
2. ATB Arts and Culture - http://ATB.com/thebranch - ATB can help you fulfill your dream at the Branch For Arts and Culture.

Send feedback to [email protected]

Putting It Together is a proud member of The Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB. Here's their link again: https://www.albertapodcastnetwork.com

Recorded at Media Lab YYC. Media Lab is a public production studio located in downtown Calgary, Alberta. They help you tell your story. They do this by assisting in the creation of videos and podcasts. Find more information at: http://medialabyyc.com

Keep up to date with Putting It Together by following Kyle on his social media channels.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thekylemarshall

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thekylemarshall/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thekylemarshall/

I Feel Pretty may be the most well known song from West Side Story. Is it a frivolous tune meant to ease the audience into Act Two, or is it empowering to see a woman sing about feeling beautiful? Tara Koett, a teacher at Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School, and her two students sit down to discuss their different views.

Thurber Theatre Arts Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thurbertheatre/

Our sponsors this week are:
1. The Alberta Podcast Network - https://www.albertapodcastnetwork.com - the network promotes and supports Alberta-made podcasts, and connects their audience with Alberta-based businesses and organizations.
2. ATB Prosper - https://atbprosper.com - a simple way to invest for your future.

Send feedback to [email protected]

Putting It Together is a proud member of The Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB. Here's their link again: https://www.albertapodcastnetwork.com

Recorded at Media Lab YYC. Media Lab is a public production studio located in downtown Calgary, Alberta. They help you tell your story. They do this by assisting in the creation of videos and podcasts. Find more information at: http://medialabyyc.com

Keep up to date with Putting It Together by following Kyle on his social media channels.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thekylemarshall

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thekylemarshall/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thekylemarshall/

The rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks has come to a boiling point. They have been left with no choice but to battle each other in dance. Also with knives. Jared Ebell, of Decidedly Jazz Danceworks, joins the podcast to discuss his history as a dancer and how Jerome Robbins' choreography stands the test of time.

Follow Jared on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/jared.ebell/

Or follow his dance company at all of these places
Decidedly Jazz Danceworks: https://www.decidedlyjazz.com

DJD Twitter: https://twitter.com/DecidedlyJazz

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/decidedlyjazz/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/decidedlyjazz

You can watch most of The Rumble here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPCGR9_GdhA

A great explanation about why Jerome Robbins’ choreography is considered great: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUHrdK18kMY

Our sponsors this week are:
1. Back to School Again - http://backtoschoolagain.ca - a podcast for mid-life learners.
2. ATB's The Branch For Arts & Culture - https://atb.com/business/experts/arts-and-culture-branch/Pages/default.aspx - a clubhouse, arts venue and financial institution for Albertan creatives and cultural workers.

Send feedback to [email protected]

Putting It Together is a proud member of The Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB. Here's their link again: https://www.albertapodcastnetwork.com

Recorded at Media Lab YYC. Media Lab is a public production studio located in downtown Calgary, Alberta. They help you tell your story. They do this by assisting in the creation of videos and podcasts. Find more information at: http://medialabyyc.com

Keep up to date with Putting It Together by following Kyle on his social media channels.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thekylemarshall

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thekylemarshall/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thekylemarshall/

A quintet that's really a quartet. Regardless, Michael Vecchio from Highlevel Showdown is here to discuss a song where all the principle cast of West Side Story are singing at once. You would think that would sound like madness but it somehow works.

Listen to Highlevel Showdown here: https://highlevelshowdown.podomatic.com/
The website where he writes reviews: http://beforethecyborgs.com
Follow Michael here: https://twitter.com/maestromichael2

Our sponsors this week are:
1. The Alberta Podcast Network - https://www.albertapodcastnetwork.com - the network promotes and supports Alberta-made podcasts, and connects their audience with Alberta-based businesses and organizations.
2. ATB's The Branch For Arts & Culture - https://atb.com/business/experts/arts-and-culture-branch/Pages/default.aspx - a clubhouse, arts venue and financial institution for Albertan creatives and cultural workers.

Send feedback to [email protected]

Putting It Together is a proud member of The Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB. Here's their link again: https://www.albertapodcastnetwork.com

Recorded at Media Lab YYC. Media Lab is a public production studio located in downtown Calgary, Alberta. They help you tell your story. They do this by assisting in the creation of videos and podcasts. Find more information at: http://medialabyyc.com

Keep up to date with Putting It Together by following Kyle on his social media channels.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thekylemarshall

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thekylemarshall/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thekylemarshall/

One Hand, One Heart is when our main characters sing about their future wedding. The music to this song was written first and Sondheim felt a bit hampered by that. Kyle invites filmmaker, musician, and actor William White onto the podcast to discuss this romantic song. Plus, they wonder if Sondheim is (maybe) just a bit too harsh on himself.

William White's links:
Twitter - https://twitter.com/kwilliamwhite
Bandcamp - https://williamwhitemusic.bandcamp.com
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCulig7jQ0CK_QUZUZfIo-SA

Stephen Sondheim and theatre director Marianne Elliott interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgVC1qEjDM0

Our sponsors this week are:
1. Back to School Again - http://backtoschoolagain.ca - a podcast that features conversations with a wide range of mid-life learners who are currently enrolled in post-secondary studies or have recently completed a post-secondary degree.
2. ATB Prosper - https://atbprosper.com - a simple way to invest for your future.

Putting It Together is a proud member of The Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB. You can find all the great shows by going here: https://www.albertapodcastnetwork.com

Recorded at Media Lab YYC. Media Lab is a public production studio located in downtown Calgary, Alberta. They help you tell your story. They do this by assisting in the creation of videos and podcasts. Find more information at: http://medialabyyc.com

Keep up to date with Putting It Together by following Kyle on his social media channels.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thekylemarshall

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thekylemarshall/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thekylemarshall/

What's considered cool nowadays? Stephen Sondheim definitely didn't create the word cool, but he used it to great effect in West Side Story. While this may not be his most lyrically complex song it certainly has a purpose. Ben Zuk joins the podcast with his thoughts on the song and why it is so physically demanding to the performers.

Ben mentions his email which is: [email protected] 

What a fugue is:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAFETgpt9PA&t

Cool being performed on The Ed Sullivan Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_IvknEFZGs

Ansel Elgort has apparently been cast as Tony in Steven Spielberg’s remake of West Side Story: https://variety.com/2018/film/news/ansel-elgort-west-side-story-steven-spielberg-1202964116/

Putting It Together is a proud member of The Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB. You can find all the great shows by going here: https://www.albertapodcastnetwork.com

Recorded at Media Lab YYC. Media Lab is a public production studio located in downtown Calgary, Alberta. They help you tell your story. They do this by assisting in the creation of videos and podcasts. Find more information at: http://medialabyyc.com

Keep up to date with Putting It Together by following Kyle on his social media channels.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thekylemarshall

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thekylemarshall/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thekylemarshall/

Isaac Bernier-Doyle dials in from London, England to discuss why the song "America" from West Side Story may be more relevant today than when it was originally written. This song shows off Anita's temper and verbal mastery. The rest of the characters try to match wits as best they can.

Isaac Bernier-Doyle is the co-host of That's a Shame: https://shame.city

Bill Murray being weird on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: https://bit.ly/2Iemvgh

How you can help support Puerto Rico: https://on-ajc.com/2NELzDb

Putting It Together is a proud member of The Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB. You can find all the great shows by going here: https://www.albertapodcastnetwork.com

Recorded at Media Lab YYC. Media Lab is a public production studio located in downtown Calgary, Alberta. They help you tell your story. They do this by assisting in the creation of videos and podcasts. Find more information at: http://medialabyyc.com

Keep up to date with Putting It Together by following Kyle on his social media channels.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thekylemarshall

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thekylemarshall/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thekylemarshall/

Erik Stadnik joins the podcast to revel in the beauty of the music but also (what he thinks) is the dumbness of the lyrics in the song Tonight from West Side Story. This is the first duet sung by Tony and Maria. It could be looked at as beautiful or perhaps just the lustiness of young love.

Erik is an English teacher in Prague, and also the co-host of a couple podcasts. Those can be found here:
Doctor Who: The Writers' Room - http://dwtwr.libsyn.com
The Classic Horror Cast - http://classichorrorcast.libsyn.com

The article that Kyle quotes from at the beginning, with reference to Ivo van Hove and Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker can be read in full here: https://bit.ly/2OBWNoD

Putting It Together is a proud member of The Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB. You can find all the great shows by going here: https://www.albertapodcastnetwork.com

Recorded at Media Lab YYC. Media Lab is a public production studio located in downtown Calgary, Alberta. They help you tell your story. They do this by assisting in the creation of videos and podcasts. Find more information at: http://medialabyyc.com

Keep up to date with Putting It Together by following Kyle on his social media channels.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thekylemarshall

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thekylemarshall/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thekylemarshall/