The Unauthorized Critics Circle

And you thought our hosts got aggressively passionate about a musical before? Well, buckle the hell up baby! Our two hosts talk about *the* perfect musical of all time, Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Sunday in the Park with George. Dip your toes into the blue-purple-yellow-red water as we talk about Roundabout’s revival (not the original? Gasp!) and how the hell you can mount this show without just doing what Lapine did. Along the way, our hosts exercise their concentration (the art of being on topic, he said) as they touch upon dramaturgical accent work, unpronounceable last names, and a turning point in the Sondheim/Roundabout relationship.

Tune in to next week's episode when we discuss A Chorus Line; specifically, the ORIGINAL Off-Broadway production's performance from July 12th 1975!

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In a special post-Rosh Hashanah pre-Yom Kippur miracle BONUS episode, The Funny Girl Symposium (which NEVER rests) continues as Joshua and Dan enact their Critics LIVE! format to see Lea Michele and Tovah Feldshuh take over the August Wilson theatre in the Broadway revival of Funny Girl. Is Lea doing a mitzvah for Broadway? Where does the production stand? Whomst among us HAS read many books? Tune in and find out!

Hosts Dan and Josh drift back to a different time when revivals had budgets and stars were appropriately cast in this week's episode of Annie Get Your Gun. Reba McEntire makes a Broadway debut. Peter Stone rewrites a book. There's a trapeze act. Who could ask for anything more? (Wrong Merman) Topics include the ubiquity of Irving Berlin, the death of Jerome Kern, and Dan reveals his constantly-drifting-to-anywhere-in-Europe German accent.

Tune in to next week's episode when we discuss Sunday in the Park with George; specifically, the Roundabout Revival's performance from 2008!

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Grab a drink and grab a date, cuz tonight you can find our hosts at the Dogfight! Our critics give this musical the critical treatment it never got as a child as we encounter multiple fresh faced artists, all on track to do works of increasing popularity and varying qualities. Treat yourself to a gawdamn steak dinnah as we discuss the Pasek and Paul discography, the ten best musicals of the 2010s, and accidentally make a topical casting joke before knowing it was going to be announced. See if you can spot it!

Tune in to next week's episode when we discuss Annie Get Your Gun; specifically, the Broadway revival's performance from May 15th 2001!

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Joshua and Dan have it out to decide who the real succubus is on this podcast as they discuss the legendary duo of Halston/Busch. While reviewing this special benefit performance that included the legendary play Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, Josh and Dan are inspired to take no prisoners just like Halston & Busch. Topics include Theatre of the Ridiculous, tanning salons, and the futility of rehearsal. Come join the feast eternal!

Tune in to next week's episode when we discuss Dogfight; specifically, the Off-Broadway production performance from August 15th, 2012!

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They’re back! And they’re… prebusecent?!?! In this glorious return from a definitely planned and warned about absence, Joshua and Dan find themselves in an Indiana middle school with the cast of the new Netflix film adaptation of 13! Armed with nothing but cooties and a copy of The Bell Jar, our hosts try to once again navigate the metaphorical hallways of life while trying to re-learn that goddamn torah portion. With sweet kicks on their feet and a song in their heart, our hosts wait for the final bell while talking about cheating ballads, the Disney Channel Original Movie, and composing post-childbirth. Didja miss us?

Tune in next time when we discuss Vampire Lesbians of Sodom; specifically, the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS 20th Anniversary Benefit from March 28th 2005!

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Wowwee! For the first time in the UCC's incredibly illustrious and long-ranging history, we have FINALLY been invited to participate in the Tony proceedings and provide our color commentary on the 2021/22 Broadway season! We've seen the shows and we have thoughts about EVERY category - we're gonna be telling you who we're picking, who they missed, and what we're wearing right now. (Not that last one. That's on the OnlyFans.)

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Wowwee! For the first time in the UCC's incredibly illustrious and long-ranging history, we have FINALLY been invited to participate in the Tony proceedings and provide our color commentary on the 2021/22 Broadway season! We've seen the shows and we have thoughts about EVERY category - we're gonna be telling you who we're picking, who they missed, and what we're wearing right now. (Not that last one. That's on the OnlyFans.)

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The Unauthorized Critics Circle knows no bounds, as they valiantly close their first Symposium discussing Funny Lady in this final of a three part series.

Part 3 - Girl Becomes A Lady

Even G-ds have contracts. And neigh it was written that a Sequel would be made. And she was good. Other parts will be debated in the episode, but she was good. Not just good. Great! Fantastic! Groovy!

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The Unauthorized Critics Circle knows no bounds, as they valiantly open their first Symposium discussing Funny Girl in this first of a three part series.

Part 2 - What Did They Make Of Beanie?

The ghost of Barbra looms large as Funny Girl returns to Broadway for the first time in 59 years. Will the ghost be dispelled? Were the critics fair? Was the book fixed? One must tune in to find out - and to learn which Above-The-Title performer called out at an Official UCC Reviewed©️ performance.

Tune in next week for Funny Girl Symposium: Part 3 - Funny Lady!

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