In Defense of Musicals

School of Rock/Company

Judith and Leah tackle some new stuff - the School of Rock Boston tour, and the brand new cast recording of the London cast of Company. They discuss Patti LuPone (#queen), lyrics changes (is it not ok to talk of God anymore?), the legend of the rent (way hardcoooooooreeeeee), a cappella musicals (Pitch Perfect - call us?), Mel and Sue (#queens), the LEGENDARY Company documentary (#LEGENDARY #ElaineStritch) and more.

No dildos! (RENT live/Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)

Judith and Leah discuss RENT: Live on Fox. They'll tackle such questions as: Why doesn't Roger realize that One Song Glory IS A GREAT SONG? Why did Entertainment Weekly drag Valentina so hard? Does pasta with meatless balls actually taste the same (if you close your eyes)? WHY NO DILDOS?  Also on this episode: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory tour! Not getting to the factory until the end of act 1! Weird decisions on which children are played by children! Nothing is catchy! How can we defend it???? (spoiler: ummmmm..... )

I give you Sexy Corn! (Mean Girls/Aladdin)

Post-Tony's chatter, and then Judith and Leah dig deep into their favorite musical from this year, Mean Girls! Judith also went to see Aladdin in Boston (starring the Maggots Guy from Book of Mormon!!) so we talk about that a bit! Feel free to sing along in your head, the lyrics are Prince Aliiii bum ba dum deeeee a be a daah dahh Apologies for Jude cutting out a bit in this episode, Google hangouts made my computer a bit too heated up...  Jasmine's outfit in the animated movie: https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS736US736&biw=1251&bih=681&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=SOJLW5edFq-k_Qaf-6j4BA&q=jasmine+in+disguise&oq=jasmine+in+disguise&gs_l=img.3...223120.224693.0.224926.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0....0...1c.1.64.img..0.0.0....0.bQU-gYumaqA In the Broadway show: https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS736US736&biw=1251&bih=681&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=KuNLW8zDEq-4ggfD5bjwBA&q=aladdin+musical+jasmine&oq=aladdin+musical+jasmine&gs_l=img.3...173491.192357.0.192761.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0....0...1c.1.64.img..0.0.0....0.xrZmyOy3OIE#imgdii=1tTADtxhMOb7XM:&imgrc=TTRPaLPmK-ybVM

Tony Talk part 1: The Band's Visit, Mean Girls

Judith and Leah are back to gab about the most wonderful time of the year - Tony Season! Tony noms came out and it's like the NBA draft of musical theater. Meaning definitely a lot of research happened. Yeah. And stats.  This episode focuses on two out of the four Best Musical nominees, The Band's Visit and Mean Girls! Enjoy!

Trial By Jury!

Jude was in a show againnnn!! We are celebrating by talking about it out loud live over the airwaves. The jury is NOT still out on Trial By Jury, a lesser known Gilbert and Sullivan one-act. AKA the verdict was that it's great. Also divergences into the Oscars, Podcast Corner, and other musical tidbits.