Episodes

  • Episode 56: Stephen Schwartz’s Handlebar
    Nov 18 2024
    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.
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    45 mins
  • Episode 55: Joey Fatone, Charli D’Amelio, and George Clooney
    Nov 4 2024
    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
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    37 mins
  • Episode 54: The Pull-up to Save Shakespeare
    Oct 14 2024
    Kit Connor can do a pull-up, we all know this now. Topics include: 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.
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    36 mins
  • Episode 53: Ryan's 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
    Sep 30 2024
    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
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Episode 52: Thanks, James
    Sep 16 2024
    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.
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    40 mins
  • Episode 51: Go See A Therapist
    Aug 26 2024
    We're gonna get real toward the end of this episode in a discussion of theatrical mental health. But before that, 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.
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    45 mins
  • Episode 50: What We Really Think
    Aug 12 2024
    We made it to 50! Thank you all for your support, and we do not apologize for any of these opinions.
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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • Episode 49: Adam & Auli’i & Casting
    Jul 29 2024
    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.
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    30 mins