This episode, we have some chit-chat about the Tony nominations! Then, Tyson has finally made Jelly watch the 1981 Jim Sharman/Richard O’Brien musical Shock Treatment. The trauma is still fresh. Does anyone know the story behind this bizarre film? Next, Jelly talks … Continued

BIG SHOW! First Up: Bernadette Peters in Concert! We’re a little worried that Bernadette seemed tired and sad. Then: Mandy Patinkin and Nathan Gunn together with Mandy’s sweat rag in late 2013. Next: Matthew Robinson’s original Australian musical Atlantis featuring Kellie Rode, Lucy … Continued

Here’s a bumper episode from three months ago we never released! Jelly is in London and Simon takes her chair to discuss the tail end of 2013 including the Sydney production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and a cozy little production … Continued

We finish the year with a visit from Melbourne writer Vaya Pashos as she helps us sort through some strong and complicated feelings about the MTC’s production of The Beast by Eddie Perfect. We also chat about the casting of … Continued

Long time no cha-cha, but Stage Door Pod is back! We revisit some Melbourne shows from the last month or so. Cho Cho at the Arts Centre was a valiant attempt at a bilingual opera/musical that sadly didn’t quite come together, though … Continued

We chat about the casting of three upcoming musicals in Australia: Les Miserables, Rocky Horror and Opera Australia’s The King and I. How about that awkwardly racist casting of Teddy Tahu Rhodes as an Asian man? Jelly’s not impressed. Speaking of unimpressed, Tyson reviews Hit Productions’ The … Continued

This week: Bat Boy. We enjoy Laurence O’Keefe‘s score and the quirky tone but don’t quite know how to take the creepy stuff in Act 2. (Jelly makes demands about a new ending. Yet again.) Tyson finds the MTC production of Rupert is rather … Continued

We chat about our love for legendary Australian performer Pamela Rabe, who appeared in Simon Stone’s production of The Cherry Orchard for the MTC which Tyson reviews. We talk about Magnormos‘ production of Stephen Schwartz‘s Pippin, featuring fantastic choreography from Michael Ralph and excellent performances including … Continued

Jelly reviews the play I’m Your Man, written and directed by Roslyn Oades. Then our special guest, screenwriter Peter McTighe, joins us for a cathartic deconstruction of Viva Forever, the ‘widely reviled’ Spice Girls musical. We discuss the musical based on the Aussie tv … Continued

We review the excellent Savages by Patricia Cornelius, which played at fortyfivedownstairs. We discuss stage names and share more love for the epic tragedy that was Big: The Musical. And as it’s our 13th show, Tyson talks about three horror musicals, Sweeney Todd, … Continued