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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.

Episode 48: Into the Schmoods

July 15th, 2024  |  38 mins 14 secs

We just want season 3 of Schmigadoon, that’s all. Also, who would you cast as our good friend Andy? Also, RIP Joseph Hardy, Once Upon a Time Mattress, Left on Tenth, Matilda, Red Speedo, Putnam County Spelling Bee, And a Film recommendation featuring Zefron.

Episode 47: Tony Winners 2024

July 1st, 2024  |  36 mins 26 secs

We did alright

Episode 46: Tony Predictions 2024

June 13th, 2024  |  31 mins 16 secs

Our Annual, Completely Accurate and heavily researched Tony predictions coming in hot!

Episode 45: AudraGypsy and the Sherman Brothers

June 3rd, 2024  |  38 mins 24 secs

• AUDRA BACK TO BROADWAY. Gypsy, Singing your own songs, Once Upon a Time Mattress, Anything Goes, the Sherman Brothers, Bedknobs and Broomsticks the Musical, The Lion King, Nepotism, Attack on Titan, Bilingual Comedy of Errors, Empire: The Musical, episode 50 is coming up!