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by Jeffrey Scott Parsons
Conversations revealing the cultural and emotional impact of our favorite musicals in theatre history. On each episode of “A Musical Theatre Podcast,” Jeff welcomes a special guest to explore one musical from theatre history. Together they get to the heart of the show’s cultural and emotional impact by looking at its creators, context, and storytelling. Always fun and heartfelt, this is the podcast to celebrate the humanity of our musical theatre art form.
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- Yesterday1h 5m
FREAKY FRIDAY with Emma Hunton
"Just one day is all we need, to debut a brand new podcast..." That's a lie, it always takes longer than a day, but this episode was worth the wait! This week, we're covering one of the best musicals to never open on Broadway, FREAKY FRIDAY, and we're doing it with one of the show's original stars, the amazing Emma Hunton (NEXT TO NORMAL, WICKED, GOOD TROUBLE). Tune in to get a front row seat to the creation of this heartfelt musical, the genius of Heidi Blickenstaff, and what happened when Emma decided to dye her hair pink without telling the creative team. LOL Don't miss Emma as Fantine in LES MISERABLES, playing the Kavli Theater in Thousand Oaks: 5-Star Theatricals, and follow her on Instagram & TikTok. If you enjoyed this episode, check out the one we mentioned during our conversation: THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME with Rodd Cyrus Join us at PATREON! for bonus episodes, contests, and polls, all while supporting the show for only a few dollars each month! Share our posts and videos on Instagram and TikTok. If you're feeling like giving back, check out our TeePublic Store. The profits we receive are donated to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. And check out our Spotify playlist featuring one song from each episode we've covered! More than anything, thank you for being part of this wonderful podcasting community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 3 weeks ago1h 9m
GRAND HOTEL with Spencer Glass
Welcome to GRAND HOTEL! During your stay, we hope you'll enjoy the complimentary stories of how this musical took thirty years to premiere on Broadway. Please take advantage of our amenities, including the wonderful acting coach, performer and influencer, Spencer Glass, whose entire personality might be derived from seeing this show several times between the ages of 12 and 15. Heaven knows how long you'll be checked in for your stay, so in the meantime, let's raise a glass to Tommy Tune, David Carroll, and CD booklets. Follow Spencer on Instagram at @hispencerglass. Check out Kevin Winkler's book, "Everything is Choreography." For more about Tommy Tune and Maury Yeston's collaborations, check out NINE with Kim Criswell. Join us at PATREON! for bonus episodes, contests, and polls, all while supporting the show for only a few dollars each month! Share our posts and videos on Instagram and TikTok. If you're feeling like giving back, check out our TeePublic Store. The profits we receive are donated to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. And check out our Spotify playlist featuring one song from each episode we've covered! More than anything, thank you for being part of this wonderful podcasting community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 4 weeks ago1h 3m
MEAN GIRLS with Lizzy Tucker
"Get in losers, we're talking about MEAN GIRLS." Never has a such a source of catty (not Cady) humor had such an intentionally wholehearted inspiration. Join the talented Lizzy Tucker (BOOP!) as she takes us into "North Shore High" as currently found at Cape Playhouse. See Lizzy in MEAN GIRLS before it closes August 29 by getting your tickets at The Cape Playhouse. Follow Lizzy on Instagram and TikTok. Revisit one of older episodes on another Nell Benjamin, teen cult classic: HEATHERS with Rachel Flynn. Join us at PATREON! for bonus episodes, contests, and polls, all while supporting the show for only a few dollars each month! Share our posts and videos on Instagram and TikTok. If you're feeling like giving back, check out our TeePublic Store. The profits we receive are donated to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. And check out our Spotify playlist featuring one song from each episode we've covered! More than anything, thank you for being part of this wonderful podcasting community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Aug 17, 20261h 15m
BIG with Alex Asp
Today is the day! After a few attempts at the Flop Shoppe, our PATREON! subscribers voted earlier this year to give the musical BIG its own episode on "A Musical Theatre Podcast." This show is often known as one of the biggest financial flops of all time. But since we know "flop" isn't a bad word, there's definitely more to the story. Join guest Alex Asp (THE LITTLE THINGS YOU HEAR TOGETHER) as we dive into the magical realism of musicals and puberty and everything in between! Be sure to follow @littlethingsyouheartogether on Instagram, so you don't miss an episode of Alex's show. Interested in more conversations about the most notorious flops in Broadway history? Check out SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK with Andrew Madsen. Join us at PATREON! for bonus episodes, contests, and The Flop Shoppe, all while supporting the show for only a few dollars each month! Share our posts and videos on Instagram and TikTok. If you're feeling like giving back, check out our TeePublic Store. The profits we receive are donated to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. And check out our Spotify playlist featuring one song from each episode we've covered! More than anything, thank you for being part of this wonderful podcasting community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Jul 31, 20261h 0m
DAMN YANKEES with Chryssie Whitehead
Before we're officially out of July and the 250th anniversary of the United States, we had to create an All-American episode of AMTP celebrating our national pastime, baseball. (And no, we're not covering ALL AMERICAN.) It's DAMN YANKEES, and we're doing it with the wonderful Chryssie Whitehead (A CHORUS LINE, CHICAGO, FOSSE). Tune in to hear all things sports, Verdon, and the profound humanity found in this crown jewel of Faustian musicals. For more Adler & Ross, listen to our episode about the hit musical that premiered only one season before DAMN YANKEES: THE PAJAMA GAME with Jonathan Chisolm and Doug Carfrae. Join us at PATREON! for bonus episodes, contests, and conversations all while supporting the show for only a few dollars each month! Share our posts and videos on Instagram and TikTok. If you're feeling like giving back, check out our TeePublic Store. The profits we receive are donated to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. And check out our Spotify playlist featuring one song from each episode we've covered! More than anything, thank you for being part of this wonderful podcasting community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Jun 28, 20261h 9m
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH with Matt Rodin
Happy Pride! It's the perfect time to discuss the listener requested HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, a loud, in-your-face musical experiment that has sparked one of the more philosophical episodes in our history. Joining us is the talented Matt Rodin (BEAU THE MUSICAL, COMPANY) who reflects on his transformative time with the musical and, along with Jeff, uses more pronouns and pronunciations than Hedwig could dream of. Learn more about Matt by visiting mattrodin.com and get ready for your newest obsession by playing his brand-new Theater Games platform. Interested in hearing from John Cameron Mitchell? Check out our episode THE SECRET GARDEN with Daisy Eagan & John Cameron Mitchell. Join us at PATREON! for bonus episodes, contests, and conversations all while supporting the show for only a few dollars each month! Share our posts and videos on Instagram and TikTok. If you're feeling like giving back, check out our TeePublic Store. The profits we receive are donated to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. And check out our Spotify playlist featuring one song from each episode we've covered! More than anything, thank you for being part of this wonderful podcasting community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Jun 14, 20261h 4m
MOULIN ROUGE! with Ryan W. Garcia
Truth Freedom Beauty Love, but maybe most of all... love. Surrender to the kinetic energy and sweeping romance of La Belle Epoque, beware of the tuberculosis, as Jeff and guest Ryan Garcia (The Try Guys) discuss the Tony winning Best Musical MOULIN ROUGE! Guesses only: who do you think is a fan of the film, and who isn't? Be sure to check out Ryan's podcast Big Theatre Kid Energy and follow him on Instagram and his show on TikTok. If you enjoyed this episode, check out the first jukebox musical we ever covered: ALL SHOOK UP with Andre Myers Join us at PATREON! for bonus episodes, contests, and conversations all while supporting the show for only a few dollars each month! Share our posts and videos on Instagram and TikTok. If you're feeling like giving back, check out our TeePublic Store. The profits we receive are donated to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. More than anything, thank you for being part of this wonderful podcasting community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- May 31, 20261h 5m
STARLIGHT EXPRESS with Sophie-Rose Middleton
There is one musical that holds the Guiness Book of World Records for "most visitors to a musical in a single theatre." Congratulations on not realizing it's STARLIGHT EXPRESS. (We didn't know it either!) This week, we're exploring the cultural and emotional impact of Andrew Lloyd Webber's roller skating musical that is still playing to packed houses around the world. Is it a little silly? Absolutely. Does it deserve its own episode? 1000%. Sophie-Rose Middleton (CATS, SIX) joins us to look back at her time as "Pearl" in the long-running German production and help us figure out what exactly the "Starlight Express" is. She also shares an important lesson for all young performers out there currently celebrating (or mourning) their BFA ambitions. Follow Sophie-Rose on TikTok at @sophierosemiddleton and Instagram @sophierose_middleton! If you enjoyed this episode, check out one of our first episodes of the podcast: CATS with James Vasquez and John Treacy Egan. Join us at PATREON! for bonus episodes, contests, and conversations all while supporting the show for only a few dollars each month! Share our posts and videos on Instagram and TikTok. If you're feeling like giving back, check out our TeePublic Store. The profits we receive are donated to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. More than anything, thank you for being part of this wonderful podcasting community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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