By The Ghost Light

Episode 64: Hijack My Segway

March 17th, 2025  |  47 mins 3 secs

• Hunger Games Arena. That’s a whole thing. Ryan eats his own hot takes Cassie doesn’t want to let Andy into the club, and why don’t Julie and Stephen have Tonys? Shows discussed include, The Book Thief, & Juliet, Wicked, Newsies, Next to Normal, Evita, Snow White, A Streetcar Named Desire, MisCast, Swept Away, Maybe Happy Ending, Topdog/Underdog, Mister Wolf, Amadeus, Windfall, Weird, The Greatest Showman, The Hunger Games, Children of Eve,

Episode 63: The Tenor Infinity Gauntlet

March 3rd, 2025  |  38 mins 42 secs

• We have come up with a new metric, and a bit of a History lesson, what roles constitute collecting all the Infinity Stones? We start with tenors, and we need your help. Shows Discussed in this episode include, Chicago, Wicked, The Lord of the Rings, The Oscars, Jesus Christ Superstar, Beauty and the Beast, The Play that Goes Wrong, The Hunger Games, Othello, Much Ado About Nothing, Phantom of the Opera, Little Shop of Horrors, 13, Saturday Church, Hadestown, Heathers, Moulin Rouge, Rent, and more. Seriously, there’s a lot this episode.

Episode 62: Is Crowdsurfing Flying?

February 17th, 2025  |  33 mins 45 secs

Sorry we’re a week late, but Romeo & Juliet will soon be leaving Broadway, and Ryan is holding space for that. Cassie has an update on our good friend Andy, and we dive into Frozen Jr. Shows include, Romeo and Juliet, Hadestown, Schmigadoon, Smash, Redwood, Othello, Picture of Dorian Grey, GlenGarry Glen Ross, Operation Mincemeat, The Last 5 Years, Wicked, Merrily We Roll Along, Frozen, Children of Eden, Dylan Strechbery.

Episode 61: Schmigadoon Season 3

January 27th, 2025  |  48 mins 25 secs

• Happy TikTok disappearance, Schmigadoon season 3 BIG reveals, Ariana & Cynthia sing Prince of Egypt, SMASH is coming, Great Gatsby Gala, Into the Woods, Gwyneth Goes Skiing, Shakespeare, Urinetown, Streetcar Named Desire, Jonathan Larson Project, Eurydice, Sailer Moon, Becoming Eve, Tony Eligibility, Romeo & Juliet, Old Friends, Frozen, Season Selection.

Episode 60: Wicked...Didn't Win?

January 13th, 2025  |  35 mins 10 secs

• Happy 2025, and there’s a lot happening in the world. We bring the Broadway news, and our hearts go out to the people of Los Angeles. Topics discussed include: Wicked, Awards Shows, A Complete Unknown, Stereophonic, Swept Away, Once Upon a Time Mattress, Pirates!, Chess, Phantom of the Opera, The Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, The Odyssey, Epic the Musical

Episode 59: Eloise at Christmastime

December 30th, 2024  |  45 mins 56 secs

• After years of talking about it, Ryan finally watched Eloise at Christmastime. Cassie knows way too much about this franchise.

Episode 58: Ryan’s Big Broadway Trip of 2024

December 16th, 2024  |  1 hr 8 mins

• Ryan went to NYC! He saw Strategic Love Play, Romeo & Juliet, Gypsy, and Swept Away.

Episode 57: Wicked pt. 1

November 25th, 2024  |  1 hr 20 mins

SPOILERS! Our full review and scene by scene breakdown of Wicked part 1

Episode 56: Stephen Schwartz’s Handlebar

November 18th, 2024  |  44 mins 34 secs

• Wicked is all encompassing. We also got Chase on mic for a few minutes. Ryan’s upcoming Broadway trip. Strategic Love Play, Romeo and Juliet, Gypsy, Sept Away, Wicked, Lion King, Chicago, Scissorhandz, Walk On Through, A Streetcar Named Desire, King Lear, Fiddler on the Roof, Frozen.

Episode 55: Joey Fatone, Charli D’Amelio, and George Clooney

November 4th, 2024  |  36 mins 34 secs

• Romeo & Juliet & Juliet, Winning Social Media, Stunt Casting, cheating for a Tony, Good Night & Good Luck,, King Lear, Back to the Future, Wicked MERCH, Spelling Bee, Oregon Trail, Warriors, The Woman in Black, Frozen, Godspool

Episode 54: The Pull-up to Save Shakespeare

October 14th, 2024  |  35 mins 31 secs

Romeo and Juliet, Maggie Smith, Gavin Creel, Adrien Bailey, Eloise at Christmastime, Into the Woods, Charli D’amelio, & Juliet, Stunt Casting, Sean Austin, Elf, Spirited, Suffs, MacBeth, Our Town, Gutenberg!, Sunset Boulevard, Gypsy, Wicked

Episode 53: Ryan's 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

September 30th, 2024  |  1 hr 14 mins

• We have an extra-long, deep dive into the history of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Cassie’s college essay, and Ryan’s experience directing it. Also mentioned, Gypsy, Our Town, Ryan would also like to thank his production team and cast for believing in and pulling off his vision for the show

Episode 52: Thanks, James

September 16th, 2024  |  40 mins 23 secs

We began recording mere hours after news broke that we’d lost the legend that was James Earl Jones. We talk about him throughout the episode. Other topics include: John Mulaney, ElsieFest, EGOT, Emmys, Black Swamp Arts Fest, Our Town, Field of Dreams, Spelling Bee, Woman in Black.

Episode 51: Go See A Therapist

August 26th, 2024  |  45 mins 1 sec

Kristin Bell & Reefer Madness, Calling our shot, Waitress, A Few of My Favorite Things, The Youth Are F*****, Spelling Bee, The! Revelation Musical, The Mental Health of Thespians

Episode 50: What We Really Think

August 12th, 2024  |  1 hr 26 mins

We made it to 50! Thank you all for your support, and we do not apologize for any of these opinions.

Episode 49: Adam & Auli’i & Casting

July 29th, 2024  |  30 mins 10 secs

Stunt Casting FTW, Adam & Auli’i to the Kit Kat Club, Ryan’s Glee Fancast, Redwood, A Knight’s Tale, racial casting, Little Mermaid, Dungeons & Dragons, Maybe Happy Ending, The Last 5 Years, Ragtime, Moulin Rouge, Nine, Waitress, Into the Woods, My Fair Lady, Cats, Cyrano, SMASH.