Musical Theatre Podcast | Episode 1 – Musicals and Why I Love Them So Much

Musical Theatre Podcast | Episode 1 Musicals and Why I Love Them So Much

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I’m starting a podcast all about musicals. Why? Because I love musicals, and I find talking about musicals can be a little bit easier for me than writing about them. I have a lot to talk about when it comes to musicals. With this podcast I’ll be talking about specific musicals, and about broad topics in musical theatre. I’ll mostly be focusing on stage productions, but will also talk about movie musicals from time to time.

In this first episode, I talk about what exactly a musical is and how I define them. As well I talk about my experience with musicals and why I love them so much.

Where to Listen to Episode 1?

You can listen to Episode 1 on Podcasts.com

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Resources – Music

This has links to the cast recordings/soundtracks that I mentioned in this podcast, as well as to some musical playlists.

It’s Broadway, Bitch – Deezer Playlist. This has over 1700 songs from different musicals. Albums are listed in random order. Some songs contain strong language and subject matter; listener discretion is advised.

Sounds of Broadway. This is an online radio station with over 4600 songs from 560 different musicals. The station also has a great weekly podcast about musicals.

Coraline (2010 Original Off-Broadway Cast)
The Book of Mormon (2010 Original Broadway Cast)
The Little Mermaid (1989 Movie Soundtrack)
The Little Mermaid (2008 Original Broadway Cast)
Ordinary Days (2010 Original Cast)
Next to Normal (2009 Original Broadway Cast). The third song “Who’s Crazy/My Psychopharmacologist and I” is one of my goosebump songs.
The Phantom of the Opera (1986 Original London Cast)
Rent (2005 Movie Soundtrack)
Rent (1996 Original Broadway Cast – Highlights). The song “I’ll Cover You (Reprise)” is one of many songs in this show that makes me cry, all the damn time. The song is a major spoiler so don’t listen if you haven’t seen the full show.

Resources – Videos

These are links on Just Watch (unless stated otherwise) for any musicals mentioned in the episode that have a movie adaption or a proshot/filmed live on stage version. Nonmusical movies that exist for these shows may be listed as well.

The Phantom of the Opera (2004 Movie). I didn’t really enjoy this movie adaptation, but it’s out there if you haven’t seen the musical on stage. I’m not a film studies expert, but Lindsay Ellis did a great video essay on YouTube about some of the issues in this movie.
The Phantom of the Opera at Royal Albert Hall (2011 Concert). This is a live concert performance done for the 25th anniversary of the show.
The Little Mermaid (1989 Movie). This is the movie that started it all for my musical obsession.
Rent (2005 Movie). This is a movie adaptation of the musical featuring a lot of the original Broadway cast.
Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway (2008). This was done with the final Broadway cast and is filmed like the musical on stage.

Resources – Websites

Reddit Musicals and Reddit Musical Theatre. Both subreddits are great places to learn about musicals, get tips (if you’re a performer), and to get recommendations on shows to check out.

Broadway Musical Home. This is a great website with a list of over 300 musicals. The Rights page has information on where to get the rights to put on a variety of musicals. Concord Theatricals and Musical Theatre International are the two main companies to license musicals.

Playbill has a listing for shows (musicals and plays) in New York, London and National Tours.

Today Tix has an App for both iOS and Android. You can use the app to buy cheap, same-day tickets for shows in several cities like New York, London, and more. I’ve used this app in London and highly recommend it.

Use the Code JGZYL to save £10 (or $10) on your first order with Today Tix.

The Phantom of the Opera. This has links to where you can buy tickets for all productions of The Phantom of the Opera.

Ordinary Days by Adam Gwon. This is the official website for the musical Ordinary Days.

Do you love musicals? What’s your favourite musical? If you have any suggestions on a musical-theatre topic I should cover on this podcast leave a comment below.

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