Scene to Song

In this episode, dramaturg, director and producer Shaun Leisher discusses the Muppet movies as musical theater. We also talk about the song "Side by Side/What Would We Do Without You [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOlM3L9ouPw]" from Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's 1970 musical Company, specifically The Muppet Show version with Loretta Swit. You can write to scenetosong@gmail.com [scenetosong@gmail.com] with a comment or question about an episode or about musical theater, or if you’d like to be a podcast guest. Follow on Instagram at @ScenetoSong [https://www.instagram.com/scenetosong/] and on Facebook at “Scene to Song with Shoshana Greenberg Podcast [https://www.facebook.com/scenetosong].” And be sure to sign up for the new monthly e-newsletter at scenetosong.substack.com [http://scenetosong.substack.com/]. Contribute to the Patreon [https://patreon.com/user?u=70110804&utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator]. The theme music is by Julia Meinwald.  Music played in this episode: "Moving Right Along" from The Muppet Movie "Rainbow Connection" from The Muppet Movie "Going to Go Back There One Day" from The Muppet Movie "Hey It’s a Movie" from The Great Muppet Caper "Happiness Hotel" from The Great Muppet Caper "Cabin Fever" from Muppet Treasure Island "You Can’t Take No for an Answer" from The Muppets Take Manhattan "Scrooge" from The Muppet Christmas Carol "Side by Side/What Would We Do Without You [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOlM3L9ouPw]" from Company

In this episode, attorney and writer Tara Krieger discusses Tim Rice, Benny Andersson, and Björn Ulvaeus's 1986 musical Chess. We also talk about the song "This Is the Hour [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51K5dkJUkFQ]" from Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg's 1989 musical Miss Saigon. You can write to scenetosong@gmail.com [scenetosong@gmail.com] with a comment or question about an episode or about musical theater, or if you’d like to be a podcast guest. Follow on Instagram at @ScenetoSong [https://www.instagram.com/scenetosong/] and on Facebook at “Scene to Song with Shoshana Greenberg Podcast [https://www.facebook.com/scenetosong].” And be sure to sign up for the new monthly e-newsletter at scenetosong.substack.com [http://scenetosong.substack.com/]. Contribute to the Patreon [https://patreon.com/user?u=70110804&utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator]. The theme music is by Julia Meinwald.  Music played in this episode: "Merano [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNyKVg5zHyY&list=OLAK5uy_nCRkf168HNIbNDWJJzTGwcbj1W-y-A_sI&index=3]" from Chess "Pity the Child [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPr4-FSF2zM&list=OLAK5uy_nCRkf168HNIbNDWJJzTGwcbj1W-y-A_sI&index=35]" from Chess "One Night in Bangkok [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L42IKzH5gbU&list=OLAK5uy_nCRkf168HNIbNDWJJzTGwcbj1W-y-A_sI&index=28]" from Chess "Someone Else's Story [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6R5VXGF3Ag&list=OLAK5uy_nCRkf168HNIbNDWJJzTGwcbj1W-y-A_sI&index=33]" from Chess "Nobody's Side [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a55Y_01Eh-A]" from Chess "The Arbiter [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhiz1UHS6JU&list=OLAK5uy_nCRkf168HNIbNDWJJzTGwcbj1W-y-A_sI&index=9]" from Chess "Quartet (A Model of Decorum and Tranquility) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRFBzPX-YeA&list=PLLsrLbjxqAJMbNdFerSaDjIGO4QMV2uXx&index=5]" from Chess "Endgame #1 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGyV1_M6ekg&list=OLAK5uy_nCRkf168HNIbNDWJJzTGwcbj1W-y-A_sI&index=38]" from Chess "Endgame #3 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo8T9JhDRMI&list=OLAK5uy_nCRkf168HNIbNDWJJzTGwcbj1W-y-A_sI&index=40]" from Chess "This Is the Hour [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51K5dkJUkFQ]" from Miss Saigon

In this episode, writer and director Michael Boyd discusses Tom O'Horgan, Helen Miller, and Eve Merriam's 1971 musical Inner City, the story behind this short-lived musical, most likely the first Broadway musical with a score by two women, as well as a look some of the songs. We also talk about the song "Hushaby/My Mother Said" from Inner City. You can write to scenetosong@gmail.com [scenetosong@gmail.com] with a comment or question about an episode or about musical theater, or if you’d like to be a podcast guest. Follow on Instagram at @ScenetoSong [https://www.instagram.com/scenetosong/] and on Facebook at “Scene to Song with Shoshana Greenberg Podcast [https://www.facebook.com/scenetosong].” And be sure to sign up for the new monthly e-newsletter at scenetosong.substack.com [http://scenetosong.substack.com/]. Contribute to the Patreon [https://patreon.com/user?u=70110804&utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator]. The theme music is by Julia Meinwald. StageStuck! Conference Information [https://www.loc.gov/item/event-415918/stagestruck-vi-musical-theater-conference-women-and-the-american-musical/2025-05-14/]

In this episode, theater Reviewer, composer, lyricist and librettist Donald H. Sandborn III [https://donaldhsanborniii.wordpress.com/] discusses Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's 1973 musical A Little Night Music. We also talk about the song "Send in the Clowns [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8DxzFXKDIg&list=PLQ_DwnwLPFEG7XCt80McN_cJ13YURbYz-&index=14]" from A Little Night Music. You can write to scenetosong@gmail.com [scenetosong@gmail.com] with a comment or question about an episode or about musical theater, or if you’d like to be a podcast guest. Follow on Instagram at @ScenetoSong [https://www.instagram.com/scenetosong/] and on Facebook at “Scene to Song with Shoshana Greenberg Podcast [https://www.facebook.com/scenetosong].” And be sure to sign up for the new monthly e-newsletter at scenetosong.substack.com [http://scenetosong.substack.com/]. Contribute to the Patreon [https://patreon.com/user?u=70110804&utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator]. The theme music is by Julia Meinwald. Music played in this episode: "Now / Later / Soon [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STsXHiA3J9U&list=PLQ_DwnwLPFEG7XCt80McN_cJ13YURbYz-&index=2]" from A Little Night Music "The Glamorous Life [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3-NU3kKIfE&list=PLQ_DwnwLPFEG7XCt80McN_cJ13YURbYz-&index=3]" from A Little Night Music "The Glamorous Life [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnni9opHsCQ]" from A Little Night Music film "Every Day a Little Death [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5YLjcD77mw&list=PLQ_DwnwLPFEG7XCt80McN_cJ13YURbYz-&index=8]" from A Little Night Music "A Weekend in the Country [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niL_Q0zts10&list=PLQ_DwnwLPFEG7XCt80McN_cJ13YURbYz-&index=9]" from A Little Night Music "Send in the Clowns [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8DxzFXKDIg&list=PLQ_DwnwLPFEG7XCt80McN_cJ13YURbYz-&index=14]" from A Little Night Music "Finale: Send in the Clowns [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXd-X6lXOMo&list=PLQ_DwnwLPFEG7XCt80McN_cJ13YURbYz-&index=16]" from A Little Night Music Glynis Johns singing "Send in the Clowns" on television. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOerswMvjOY]

In this episode, writer Rick Rhobajt Widen [https://www.instagram.com/rhobajtbranchjumper]discusses bible musicals, running the gamut from Children of Eden, Two by Two, and Jesus Christ Superstar to religion-adjacent musicals like Saved and Leap of Faith . We also talk about the song "Writing a Gospel Play [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvhQtTqPQto]" from Michael R. Jackson's 2022 musical A Strange Loop. You can write to scenetosong@gmail.com [scenetosong@gmail.com] with a comment or question about an episode or about musical theater, or if you’d like to be a podcast guest. Follow on Instagram at @ScenetoSong [https://www.instagram.com/scenetosong/] and on Facebook at “Scene to Song with Shoshana Greenberg Podcast [https://www.facebook.com/scenetosong].” And be sure to sign up for the new monthly e-newsletter at scenetosong.substack.com [http://scenetosong.substack.com/]. Contribute to the Patreon [https://patreon.com/user?u=70110804&utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator]. The theme music is by Julia Meinwald. Music played in this episode: "Generations" from Children of Eden "Why Me? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIbjFCDPZ88&list=OLAK5uy_l945DXg7YBrqC5cXPRW9yo23tTIDf7pzY]" from Two by Two "Deborah (Lead Me to the Rock)" from Bible Women "Answer Me [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5jJCBQKATg]" from The Band’s Visit "Two by Two [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhNfUnhyH3E]" from Two by Two "Samuel Anoints David [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGC3PA3Rp8s&list=PL1153B001DAD9196E&index=2]" from King David "I Don’t Know How to Love Him [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1xrCXNmPSw]" from Jesus Christ Superstar "Feelings [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8kzJNum0Y4]" from The Apple Tree "Writing a Gospel Play [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvhQtTqPQto]" from A Strange Loop "Faith Hope Love" by Rick Rhobajt Widen