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Episode 24 is here with more frolic and fun! The Brothers Stew have two of their good buddies pop in on this weeks episode; their roomie Aaron Craven and recent in studio audience member/interview Rhett Guter. The boys have a particularly ridiculous "Fatty Fatty No Friends" and bring back "New York is a Great Big Pile of Stink" and "Long Enough!". Enjoy and, as always, Buckle Up!

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This week on It's A Theater Thing, Tracy and Erin include the recap for the last Fosse/Verdon episode and Tracy has a couple of issues. Next, Tracy and Erin offer up their top 5 Tony performances. Finally, they give their Beyond the Boards picks and announce a couple of engagements!"

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Greg and Ken lament how wrong they were about Aladdin's opening weekend, and then they breakdown Godzilla: King of the Monsters and Rocketman.  (The Intro and Outro song is “Echoplex” by Nine Inch Nails, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US)

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This week Chris and Nicole shakedown Disney's 1992 animated classic, "Aladdin". We chat about the design, music and the incomparable Robin Williams. We also answer the question, "Should this get a remake"...do we ever. 

Random Trivia: The opening scene with the street merchant was completely unscripted. Robin Williams was brought into the sound stage and was asked to stand behind a table that had several objects on it and a bed sheet covering them all. The animators asked him to lift the sheet, and, without looking, take an object from the table and describe it in character. Much of the material in that recording session was not appropriate for a Disney film.

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This week Ben and Chris discuss the brilliance of The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience, Booksmart, giving props to those who work as characters in theme parks and pay tribute to some Boston Red Sox legends. 

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On this episode, Ashley chats with Broadway's Sara Jean Ford. They talk about backstage stories, "typing" and teaching the next generation of musical theater artists.

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Hosted by Ashley Griffin (called "The Hermione Granger of the theater world,") STAGE DIRECTIONS offers a deeper look at the things no one discusses contemporary theater. Exploring everything from the dichotomy between critical and audience reception, whether fairy tales are important to modern day storytelling, and whether "high" and "low" musical theater can ever find common ground, Ashley will examine ideas you "didn't know you didn't know."

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About Ashley

Ashley Griffin is the first person in history to be nominated for a major award for both playing and directing HAMLET. As a writer Ashley is most well known as the creator of the pop culture phenomenon FOREVER DEADWARD (New World Stages,) praised by MTV, E!, EW and others, and the hit off-Broadway play TRIAL directed by Lori Petty. Her work has been developed at Broadway’s Manhattan Theater Club, Playwrights Horizons and La MaMa (among others.) Ashley is currently in development with a new network series, and is artist in residence at The Access Theater Company.

As an actress, Ashley has performed on and off Broadway as well as in L.A. and London. This past year she appeared in HOMELAND, THE DEUCE, THE GREATEST SHOWMAN (starring Hugh Jackman,) and in the off-Broadway play THE NEUROLOGY OF THE SOUL at A.R.T. originating the starring role of Amy. She has a BFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts (where she has subsequently taught,) and has studied at R.A.D.A., The Boston Conservatory and the Hamilton Academy of Music.

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After a couple of weeks off, the Brother's Stew are back! This week, with guest Michael Stiggers from the cast of "Beautiful" on Broadway, the guys talk about all of their favorite subjects, food and Musical Theatre. Michael talks about his unique move to New York and how he found himself on Broadway. This week's episode also features a new segment, "Let's Talk About Broadway *Theatres" where the boys highlight a Broadway House and talk about it's History and current production. We also can't forget, "Utter Nonsense!". Away we go!!!

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This week, Tracy is flying solo as she recaps episode 7 of Fosse/Verdon. She covers Bob's unusual marriage proposal, the development of Chicago and Bob and Gwen's struggle to be parents. Tracy also discusses Gwen's new attitude and if Nicole ever gets the attention she deserves.

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‘Following the murmurings of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Cinderella’ being workshopped at The Other Palace Theatre in London, Sarah sheds the Spotlight upon the history of ‘Cinderella’ and ‘Fairy Tales’ upon the stage, as well as the various responses and expectations expressed towards Webber’s new project. With special guest, Alex Viney, this episode of Spotlight aims to build and debate the theoretical elements of ‘Cinderella’, and the legacy of Andrew Lloyd Webber.’ 

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Fresh off his vacation at Disney, Greg returns to... talk Disney with Ken in the form of Memorial Day weekend's big release, Aladdin.

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