Comedian/filmmaker Em Humble comes to us from the North of England to talk about a film that . . . makes . . . no . . . . . . sense?
Topics include: the Childcatcher, late 60s sexism, Colonialism, songs that make no sense, the Leeds Tealights, and stage freight.
Em’s viral “Every ‘Northern’ character in a musical.” Video
The IMDb Trivia section for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Featured recordings: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Original Cast Soundtrack (1968)
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Zach is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of The Broadway Beat, a Broadway/theatre-based satire publication which has been featured in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and USA Today, and which Seth Rudetsky called “truly brilliant comic writing.”
Topics include: Hans Zimmer, Scar being a creeper, Parade, backstage industrial accidents, folks who don’t know what a stage manger is, and The Original Cast BINGO!
Featured recordings: The Lion King - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1997)
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Broadwaysted’s own Kimberly Cooper Schmidt returns to talk about Sunday’s TONY AWARDS!
Topics include: Caroline, or Change, Company, Diana, Flying Over Sunset, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, Funny Girl, Girl from the North Country, MJ, Mr. Saturday Night, Mrs. Doubtfire, The Music Man, Paradise Square, SIX, and A Strange Loop
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Stephanie is an actor, musician, and theatre practitioner who is here for a one-act, five-actor musical telling the true story of a future saint, her friend locked in a church, and her eye, hand, and mouth.
Topics include: anchoresses, nuns, Catholic college, intentional dissonance, wrestling with songs, and staying true to yourself in the midst of it all.
Featured recordings: In the Green - Original Cast Recording (2019) • Novelty Idols - Stephanie Ridgeway Johnson (2021)
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