So Much Stuff to Sing

No, we're not talking about that song, but we ARE talking about 1977's Annie--specifically Miss Hannigan's great comic solo "Little Girls." Learn the source of Shannon's complicated relationship with the show and hear Erik explain grammar. All clips are from the 1977 New Broadway Cast Recording and are used in accordance with the Fair Use Exemption for criticism and commentary.

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Everything sucks, and the world is on fire, so let's at least have some fun with our show tunes! That's Erik and Shannon's approach, at least, as they begin a miniseries of classic comic turns, beginning with "Adelaide's Lament" from Frank Loesser's 1950 classic Guys and Dolls. All clips are from the 1992 New Broadway Cast Recording and are used in accordance with the Fair Use Exemption for criticism and commentary.

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Shannon and Erik conclude their trek through Pulizer Prince winning musicals with a song from the most recent entrant to that club: "Inner White Girl" from Michael R. Jackson's A Strange Loop. If you're anything like Erik, you may not know this 2019 show at all, some come along and discover something special.

Please note: there was all sorts of audio weirdness with this one, so the quality may be a little annoying at times to audiophiles. Management regrets the error and will do better next time.  All clips are from the 2019 Original Cast Recording and are used in accordance with the Fair Use Exemption for criticism and commentary.

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Shannon and Erik continue their miniseries on selected Pulitzer Prize-winning musicals with a song called "Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)" from something called...Hamilton? Maybe you've heard of it? Erik says things that will make the internet hate him, and Shannon shares her experience of waiting to see the show because it was going to be "cheaper on Broadway."  All clips are from the 2015 Original Broadway Cast Recording and are used in accordance with the Fair Use Exemption for criticism and commentary.

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After a technologically induced hiatus, Shannon and Erik are back talking Pulitzer winners. In this case, the mega-smash Rent and its joyous Act I closer, "La Vie Boheme." Does Benny get a bad rap? Is Shannon a Roger or a Mark? And what, exactly, was gay.com? The main clip is from the 1996 Original Broadway Cast Recording. All clips are used in accordance with the Fair Use Exemption for criticism and commentary.

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No new episode this week, but we'll be back on August 15th!

New miniseries time! This time, we're covering a quartet of songs from Pulitzer Prize-winning musicals, starting with one of the few Broadway songs of the 1940s about racism: "You've Got to Be Carefully" taught from 1949's South Pacific. All that, plus it's the first song by Rodgers & Hammerstein covered on the show, so there's plenty to discuss! The main clip is from the 1949 Original Broadway Cast Recording. All clips are used in accordance with the Fair Use Exemption for criticism and commentary.

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Erik and Shannon complete their exploration of Sondheim's Act One finales by going...yes...Into the Woods and talking about "Ever After." They occasionally wander from the path, though, because that's where the prettiest flowers are. Apologies for Erik's voice in these past few episodes: he'd apparently swallowed a frog on recording day.  All clips are from the 1988 Original Broadway Cast Recording and are used in accordance with the Fair Use Exemption for criticism and commentary.

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After an opening statement about #BlackLivesMatter and some items we encourage you to read, Erik and Shannon move on to discussing "Sunday" from Sunday in the Park with George, the first of Sondheim's works with James Lapine. While holding back tears, they argue whether lyrics are poetry, ponder the big questions about art, and try to get at what makes this song transcendent. All clips are from the 1984 Original Broadway Cast Recording and are used in accordance with the Fair Use Exemption for criticism and commentary. We See You, White American Theater What I Think About When I Hear That Broadway is Racist

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As we continue our journey through Sondheim's Act 1 closers, we come to "A Little Priest," from the Sondheim of Shannon's heart, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. But does Erik feel the same way, or will he be thrown into the grinder?

All clips are from the 2005 Broadway Revival Cast and are used in accordance with the Fair Use Exemption for criticism and commentary.

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