The Sci-Fi Musicals Podcast

Jonathon and Andi are back from our summer hiatus and diving into Afrofuturism and how it challenges what we know about sci-fi musical storytelling. We connect The Wiz and Beyoncé’s Black Is King, then talk with musical theater writer AriDy Nox about craft, survival, and building futures that feel real. 

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https://www.instagram.com/bgipthemusical/

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https://namt.org/musicals/black-girl-in-paris/

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On this special bonus episode, we preview the Tony Awards through our sci-fi musical lens. We also get a chance to interview the team from The Brass Teapot, a new dark sci-fi musical about love, pain, and the cost of getting what you wish for.

www.thebrassteapotmusical.com

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Trampolines on Broadway and alien makeovers in L.A. are all the table as Andi & Jonathon discuss Via Galactica and Earth Girls Are Easy on this super-stuffed episode of The Sci-Fi Musicals Podcast with special guest, musical theatre writer Briana Harris. 

This episode contains discussions of adult sexual behavior that might be offensive or unsuitable for children.

Show Notes:

Via Galactica

Earth Girls Are Easy

Verse Intro Cabaret

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On this Double Feature we discuss some of our favorite films related to sci-fi musicals and we speak with our guest Kit Goldstein Grant who shares several of her sci-fi musicals with upcoming readings and news.

Show Notes:

• Kit's websites 
  • kitgoldstein.com
  • paperkitearts.com
• PGE Event (Kit's show on May 2) 
• Verse Intro Cabaret (May 3)

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A cape, a sponge, and a big question: what makes a superhero musical fly? We put It’s A Bird, It’s A Plane, It’s Superman (1966) side by side with The SpongeBob SquarePants Musical (2017) and trace how Broadway turns comic book logic and cartoon chaos into real character arcs, zany jokes, and genuinely smart songcraft. 

After we discuss each show and run our Tech Check, rating each show's scientific plausibility, we welcome Doug Reside, curator at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. Doug breaks down how theater archives work, what you can actually view at NYPL, and how recording technology helps decide which musicals become widely known over time.  

If you’re into sci fi musical theater, Broadway history, cast recordings, and the weird joy of watching a genre mashup commit to the bit, hit play. Subscribe, share this with fellow theater nerds, and leave a review with your pick for the most underrated superhero musical.

Show Notes:

• Get Doug’s Book
• Watch the 1975 Superman TV special
• Watch the 2013 Encores Performance of Superman
• Find the Spongebob TV special:
  • Paramount+
  • AppleTV
  • YouTube
• NYPL Links:
  • Digital Collections (search for Superman photos in Mary Bryant Papers, etc)
  • Research Catalog (search for everything else)
  • Michael Friedman Reading of The Stranger
  • Across A Crowded Room 2020 Videos:
    • Jonathon's Show (The Carousel of Inevitability and Certain Foreboding)
    • Andi's Show (Rejected)

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We kick off our new double feature format so we can react to sci-fi musical theater news in real time. We also spotlight Tyromancy Live! An Immersive Cheese Musical written by Andi Lee Carter with collaborators Team HAB.

Show Notes:

• Catch up with our previous guests The Rigano Songbook
• Death Note Announcement!
• New NYPL Exhibit: Mystery and Wonder: A Legacy of Golden Age Magicians in New York City
• Tickets for Tyromancy Live! 
• Support Team HAB's Journey to Edinburgh 
• Team HAB Socials: (follow us!)
  • @teamhabwrites
  • @tyromancylive
  • @andileecarter
  • @brianathemusical
  • @hencoespag

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In our very first episode we are talking about two musicals that are inspired by Comics and Manga/Anime. Starmites (1989) and Death Note (2015) might seem very different, but do they have something in common? Join sci-fi musical theatre writers Andi Lee Carter and Jonathon Lynch as we dissect a new musical or two every episode. Our guests are David Rigano and Paul Rigano of the Rigano Songbook. 

Links:
Starmites

Death Note

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Andi & Jonathon