Bottomless Broadway
Cindy and Christine praise the heroes of each Broadway season's newest musicals and bring its heinous villains to justice over bottomless libations. Who doesn't want to listen to two industry outsiders judge professionals who perform for a living? Experience is overrated...some would say. But alcohol is not. They know what they're talking about!
Episodes
It's been a while, but we're "Roaring On" with the season in our new episode on The Great Gatsby! "For Better or Worse", this episode was recorded before the Tony nominations were announced, so you'll hear our predictions on what we thought might get nominated (with some mixed results).
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This show marks the first musical of the big Great Gatsby adaptation wars of 2023, and the other one will start ...
This week, we come to you to present a double feature in an attempt to get through as many of the new Broadway musicals this season as we can before the Tonys. So join us as we go "Back in Time" to a show that opened last summer and then take it "Easy" with a show that just opened last week!
Note: spoilers present throughout for both shows, along with discussion and spoilers for corresponding movies
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Are You Blue that Days of Wine and Roses is now closing early? Well you now have until March 31 to catch this show on Broadway, but if you don’t get a chance to, we have you covered with our recap of what happens in the show and our thoughts on its very unique score!
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Sutton Foster's episode of Say Yes to the Dress is one that has come up recently in our feeds, so check it out if you haven't seen it!
This Is Our Time...to tell you about Harmony, and while the show has already closed on Broadway, you can listen to us tell you all about it if you take this podcast with you Where You Go!
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Have you heard of Damp January? The New York Times seems to think it's a worthy trend.
Take a look at some of the history behind the real Comedian Harmonists, and there's now a podcast that goes through their history as well!
Check out ...
In our first episode of the season, we’re talking about the Fabulous One…or is she? Imelda Marcos may be just a Pretty Face, but Here Lies Love takes a look at how she rose to power and why she might’ve considered herself the "Star and Slave" of the Philippines.
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Check out how the Broadway Theatre was transformed for Here Lies Love, as explained by set designer David Korins and take a look at some of the behind the scen...
It’s 2024 and we’re back with an Off-Broadway highlights episode, showcasing two shows we saw last fall: Sondheim’s last musical, Here We Are, and a revival from Classic Stage Company of I Can Get It for You Wholesale! Note that there are spoilers for both shows in this episode.
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ICYMI: The Frank Rich piece on Vulture explains how Sondheim’s last musical finally came to be on stage.
As usual for our final episode this season, we’re diving into the Tony Awards! We try to predict all 26 categories, while also giving our picks for what we would choose to award, and we get a chance to discuss plays and revivals which we don’t cover in our regular season episodes. So hit play and we’ll tell you who to watch out for on Sunday night!
Because this is a long episode, there are chapter markers for you to use (assuming...
Hello Again, as we’re back with our last regular episode of the season, on A Beautiful Noise! But this won’t be a Song Sung Blue, so crack open some Red Red Wine and Play Me, as we talk through the latest entry in the list of bio jukebox musicals.
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Despite poor reviews from the critics, this show has been able to do quite well in the grosses, as you can see for yourself.
We both loved the Bohemian Rhapsody movie, written by the ...
This week, our episode features a show with a mix of corn puns bouncing off the Walls. Maybe Love is what you'll feel about that, or maybe you'll think it's just Bad, but it's OK because if you don't like it, Somebody Will. Some come join these two Friends as we talk through Shucked!
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Shucked has had a bit of a winding road to Broadway, but you can read all about it here. Additionally, they've taken a bit ...
If you're One of the Smart Ones, you might know that Music, Money, Love are the three things you need for Happy Endings, or so New York, New York the musical tries to tell us. So join us in this episode as we shed some Light on the show and its multitude of characters that try to make it here!
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Cindy had the chance to attend the BCEFA Easter Bonnet Competition this year, and you can check out some highlights (including the Ba...
This week, we Bow Down to KPOP. While it was far from Perfect, it’s definitely not a Waste of Time, so join us as we discuss which parts make it a Super Star in our eyes! (And our apologies to all Korean speakers out there for our failure to pronounce the Korean titles.)
We recorded this episode pre-Tony nominations, so a huge congratulations to everyone involved for their 3 nominations in Score, Choreography, and Costumes!
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With the weather in NYC warming up, some like it hot and hot is what we've got for you, with this episode talking about the new stage musical of Some Like It Hot! So what are you thirsty for? Grab a drink and join us as we try to vamp our way through some of the finer details of the plot.
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The ending to the original Marilyn Monroe movie is quite iconic and fairly different from this musical. Let us know if you've seen bot...
It hasn’t been so long since the newest iteration of Cinderella started playing on Broadway, and we’re here to bring our thoughts on this reimagining where Beauty Is Our Duty, but also Beauty Has a Price. Were the critics unfair to the show? Let us know your thoughts!
Christine was a bit congested when recording this episode, so apologies for the dip in quality!
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How intoxicated are you allowed to be while watching Bad Cinderel...
"This Time" it's the start of a new season so we take a Great Adventure to Kimberly Akimbo, one of the current frontrunners of this year's Tonys! Just watch out for the "Inevitable Turn" into spoiler territory (though it'll be mentioned in the episode), and you can join us back at 1:10:43 if you'd like to tune in for Tony talk and final thoughts.
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Hear from David Lindsay-Abaire about how Kimberly Akimbo came to be, both as ...
We've made it back around to the Tonys again and we're here to give you both our choices and our predictions! So follow along with your ballot and see how much our picks align with yours, or come back after June 12 to see just how wrong we were!
We also have mini reviews for Girl from the North Country and Paradise Square as we didn't cover them in the regular season, so there might be minor spoilers ahead.
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We're back to talk about the most recent Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, and while we can't promise any loops in this episode, you never know what might happen because we're back to talk about the most recent...
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Take a look at Blake Lively's Met Gala dress transformation, which disappointed Christine. In contrast, you can see Zendaya's gown from 2019 which included a bit more pizzaz.
Mrs. Doubtfire is "Rockin' Now" on Broadway so take a listen to hear "About [our] Time" there and how we felt about this show.
Note: we do talk through the entire show so minor spoilers ahead (especially if you haven't seen the movie)!
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If you'd rather see what the pros had to say, the critics were also fairly mixed for this show, as told by the Did They Like It review roundup.
In this episode, we "Pick-A-Little, Talk-A-Little" about the new Music Man revival starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster, but rest assured that we'll be "Sincere" in our discussion on it. So come take a listen if "Ya Got Trouble" of the kind that "Seventy-Six Trombones" might be able to solve!
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You can learn more about how the two leads landed their roles in this show with the Vogue feature on Hugh Jackman and an intervie...
If you “Wanna Be Startin’ Something”, take a listen to our thoughts on MJ the Musical, and why we think it’s the most successful jukebox bio-musical this side of Jersey Boys!
Addendum: Forgot to mention that Rich and Tone Talauega had joined the choreography team to more accurately direct MJ's movement (and you can also watch them work with Myles Frost on the dance moves)
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Critics were fairly divided on this show and Jesse Green ...
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