This week, Diana talks with actor, movie enthusiast, and new coffee shop owner Aidan Thomas McKenna about two films featuring America’s Sweetheart, Nicolas Cage: Pig (2021) and Moonstruck (1987). Plus, we chat about delivering honest performances of challenging characters, the influence of our artistic mothers, and the legacy of Shrek. 

Visit Aidan at The Archive in Burnt Hills, NY! Serving up some of the tastiest breakfast sandwiches and coffee creations in the Capital Region. @thearchiveburnthills

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On this week’s Hot Takes, we take a softer approach and discuss shows we’d love to work on from a creative angle. A historical deep dive into some famous would-be killers, Diana’s love for all things complicated, and some hopeful manifestation all wait for you inside this week’s episode. 

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Ahoy-hoy, friends! This week, punch your ticket and come aboard with Diana and her guest, music director Jess FitzSisti, as they discuss Green Day, Sondheim soup, and two musicals that take place on boats and that’s about all they have in common: Titanic the Musical and Anything Goes.

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We talk with Stephanie Saint Germain about her star turn as Ti Moune in Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY’s recent production of Once On This Island, stage managing under a certain someone, and Diana expresses her love for David Byrne’s American Utopia.

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We received so many hot takes from you, it took two whole episodes to get through them all! Is Broadway guilty of sequel-itis? Do movie musical adaptations need to be made? And is there one surefire way to have a successful jukebox musical? All this and more on this week’s episode.

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We talk with the one and only Michael Camelo about the balancing act of being a performer and an artistic director, plus deep-dives into two Sondheim classics: Gypsy and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. 

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In our first listener-suggested hot takes, we tackle the following: Is Andrew Lloyd Webber as good as he thinks he is? Is Broadway boring or have I changed? Which is better: movie actors in Broadway shows or Broadway actors in movies? 

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On this week’s Hot Takes, we discuss both sides of the golden age musical coin: how the values displayed in older shows haven’t held up, and why they’re important for historical context and media literacy, now more than ever. 

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Hands Across North America! 🙌 This week's episode is the height of international diplomacy. Kristen Einarson drops in all the way from Winnipeg, Canada, to discuss being a theatre kid, stand-up and improv comedy, and we deep-dive into Rent and Spring Awakening (two musicals Diana loved when she was in college). 

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In a new segment on Two Show Day, we discuss some potential theatre Hot Takes: Is The Greatest Showman really that great? Is Hugh Jackman worth all the hype? What happened to original movie musicals? All this and more on this week’s episode.

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