This week we talk about the 2003 musical all about Puppets. Talking about the outdated jokes in the show, the iconic 2004 Tony campaign it ran and if they will ever update the show in a big way.

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This week we talk about the short-lived Broadway musical Amélie. Talking about the original beloved French movie, the art of the adaptation and what it means to be subbed at the Tony Awards.

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This week we talk about the classic musical Annie. Talking about the intentional timeless nature of the show, whether or not there is a new take to be had on Annie and of course the show's love of FDR!

Note we do to talk about the Olivier Award nominations until 28 minutes in so skip to then if you just want to hear Annie.

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This week we take a look back at the pandemic and the musicals that were created on TikTok. Talking about the pure joy and fun of the Ratatouille musical. Then talking about the unofficial Brigerton musical that started on TikTok but found its way to the Grammys and the Kenney Center and caused one of the most interesting lawsuits that we have ever seen.

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This week we look at the 2007 rock musical Spring Awakening. Talking about the show's rude subject matter, iconic Tony performance and how the show changed fan culture forever.

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In this week's episode, we take a look at Sara Bareilles's 2016 musical, talking about the history-making all-female creative team, the sexual politics of the show and whether it's fair to make moral judgments about the characters.

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Due to sickness and there being a lot of news that we have a lot of thoughts about we've decided to do a whole episode about the goings on in the theater world. Talking about the struggle to get Starkid tickets, what it means to be a stunt cast (talking about Sutton Foster and Aaron Tveit, Lola Tung and Arianna Madox), Bootlegs and the sharing of them on social media at a growing rate, the ethics of theatre gossip and finally talking about the whatsonstage awards.

Don't worry we're back to our normal format next week with Waitress

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In honour of Valentine's Day we look at Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years. Talking about the alleged autobiographical nature of the work, if the show works when Cathy and Jamie interact and talking about that ever on going debate about who is to blame for the failure of their relationship.

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In honour of it being Groundhog Day, we look at Tim Mitchin's 2017 musical, talking about how it is one of the most underrated musicals of the 2010s. make a case of why it should come back to London with Andy Karl and for the final time (for now) talk about the 2017 Tony Awards.

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In this episode, we talk about Beauty and the Beast talking about its origins as the first Disney musical, the changes they made from the animated movie and whether a Disney story from the 90’s has to be feminist. 

Yes, we know about the National tour next year it was announced the DAY AFTER we recorded. 

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Background

https://threadbythread.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/beauty-the-beast-from-screen-to-stage/

https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Robert-Jess-Roth/#:~:text=Robert%20Jess%20Roth%20is%20a,Beast%20%5BBroadway%2C%201994%5D

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8OMCAAAAMBAJ&q=beauty+and+the+beast+broadway+michael+eisner&pg=PA40&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://www.themousecastle.com/2012/07/susan-egan-belle-meg-glamour-and-goop.html 

Broadway

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/architecture-disney-to-the-rescue-in-times-square-new-york-is-trying-to-clean-up-a-part-of-manhattan-that-has-been-taken-over-by-sleaze-and-drugs-who-else-to-lead-the-way-than-walt-disney-peter-slatin-1368218.html 

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/broadway/essays/resurrection-of-42nd-street/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bb3DadVOcM&t=11s 

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/beauty-and-the-beast-4602

https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/14/theater/beauty-moving-from-palace-to-the-fontanne.html?_r=1 

Reviews

https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/19/theater/review-theater-beauty-and-the-beast-disney-does-broadway-dancing-spoons-and-all.html?pagewanted=all

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OeQCAAAAMBAJ&q=beauty+and+the+beast+broadway&pg=PA72&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false

Synopsis

https://www.playbill.com/production/beauty-and-the-beast-palace-theatre-vault-0000009145

Tony Awards

https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1994/category/any/show/any/ 

Toni Braxton joining the cast 

https://www.playbill.com/article/beautys-belle-may-toll-for-pop-star-toni-braxton-com-76377 

https://jimhillmedia.com/tune-thursday-how-a-change-in-me-wound-up-being-added-to-broadways-beauty-the-beast/ 

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1146996?seq=17 

West End Runs

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/review-musical-beauty-and-the-beast-dominion-theatre-london-1261612.html

https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/winners/olivier-winners-1998/

https://www.playbill.com/article/disneys-beauty-and-the-beast-will-play-london-palladium-this-summer

Amutre rights

https://playbill.com/article/the-10-most-produced-high-school-plays-and-musicals-of-2022-2023

https://playbill.com/article/the-10-most-produced-high-school-plays-and-musicals-of-2021-2022 

Broadway revival talks/ the upcoming national tour

https://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/disneys-beauty-and-the-beast-broadway-revival_88543.html/ 

https://www.mtishows.com/disneys-beauty-and-the-beast 

https://www.playbill.com/article/disneys-beauty-and-the-beast-to-embark-on-reimagined-north-american-tour-in-2025