Ep 188: QUEER MUSICALS — From Boy Meets Boy to Jagged Little Pill
On this episode my guest is Rob Schneider, who returns to the podcast to talk about his new book, Queer Musicals — Boy Meets Boy to Jagged Little Pill. Robert W. Schneider is a historian, director, p...
24 Okt 202538min
Ep 187: 20 YEARS of THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
Amazingly, this year marks the 20th Anniversary of the Broadway musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. In 2005, after an incredibly short development period, opened first off-Broadway a...
17 Okt 20251h 3min
Ep 6: Lorenz Hart & The Queer Artists Who Invented Broadway!
To a great extent the Broadway Musical has been a queer creation -- and for more than 125 years the musical theater world has been filled with brilliant and creative LGBTQ people, including many in th...
9 Okt 202532min
COME FROM AWAY — The Most Produced Play of the Year, part 2
This is the second part of this Encore Episode from 2021 featuring a conversation with Irene Sankoff & David Hein — the dynamic writing team and married couple that created the international smash hit...
3 Okt 202536min
The Most Produced Play in America: Come From Away
My guests today are Irene Sankoff & David Hein – the dynamic writing team and married couple that created the giant international smash hit musical Come From Away. Five productions of Come From Away ...
26 Sep 202538min
Ep 186: GOING HOLLYWOOD — THE OXFORD GUIDES TO FILM MUSICALS
On this special video and audio episode of Broadway Nation my guests are Dominic Broomfield—McHugh, editor of The Oxford Guides to Film Musicals, along with the authors of the first three books in thi...
19 Sep 20251h 16min
Ep 185: CHALLENGING SONDHEIM — A conversation with RICHARD SCHOCH, part 5.
This is the fifth and final episode in this series of conversations with RICHARD SCHOCH, author of the acclaimed book, HOW SONDHEIM CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE. This week Richard and I discuss two of Stephe...
11 Sep 202553min
