This Might Be Niche

This episode is a love letter to the one, the only, the 6-time Tony-winning icon herself: Miss Audra McDonald. We may be making that 7 this June... who knows? That’s right — an entire episode devoted to the queen- or currently, the Mama- of Broadway. We get into the roles, the vocals, the gowns, the gravitas, and the moments that moved our little theater kid hearts. Plus: we’re heading into a litt...

This week we dive into Redwood , the musical that gave us queen Idina Menzel in full belting, boot-stomping, soul-baring glory — and, well… not much else that worked. Listeners, we recorded this before the show announced its closing, so consider this episode a heartfelt (and mildly chaotic) tribute. There was direction by the visionary Tina Landau. There were trees. There was Idina Menzel singing...

Mama’s talkin’ loud, and she's  also singing high. We’re breaking down the Gypsy revival (or according to the marquee: " Audra: Gypsy ") starring the legend herself, Audra McDonald, with Danny Burstein, Joy Woods, and Jordan Tyson rounding out this powerhouse cast. We get into the big questions: Where does Audra’s Rose land in the canon of titanic performances? We dive into the myth...

"Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up” —and wow, were we close. Scott & Alana sat front row at the Jamie Lloyd-directed SUNSET BLVD. revival, where everything is moody, monochrome, and meta as all hell. This week on This Might Be Niche , we break down this bold production (recently nominated for 7 Tonys) and the chaotic glamour of it all. We also collect our jaws from the floor after se...

This week on This Might Be Niche , we’re marching straight into the history of Jason Robert Brown’s Parade — from its original Broadway run and the cult fandom that kept it alive, through it's Broadway revival starring Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond and subsequent 2025 national tour. We unpack how this dark, complicated, gorgeous show became a full-blown theater kid obsession and why it still...

This week,  This Might Be Niche sets sail with the one and only Jinkx Monsoon! From her legendary run on  Drag Race  to her originating Broadway role in Pirates! The Penzance Musical (opening late April), we celebrate our Queen Of All Queens. We're deep diving on the drag royalty taking the Great White Way, the queens who’ve done it before, the ones we’re manifesting , and how drag and theate...

Mirror, Mirror on the wall… what is this movie?  This week on This Might Be Niche , we dive into the discourse around Disney's recently released 2025  Snow White . From Rachel Zegler’s chaotic press tour to Gal Gadot’s campy queen non-singing —and yes, the fully CGI dwarves—we unpack the controversy, the casting, and the cursed vibes of Disney’s latest live-action gamble. Listener, exactly ho...

Just in time for The Last 5 Years opening (for the first time!) on Broadway, Scott & Alana take a journey through this cult favorite's history in this episode of This Might Be Niche . They talk about the 2002 Off-Broadway recording that every millennial theater kid has listened to 1000 times with Sherie Rene Scott (the best to ever do it) and Norbert Leo Butz (the best there ever was). Th...

Listener, are you familiar with the musical stylings of Robbie Williams? Yea, neither are most Americans, despite him being one of the UK's most all-time famous and decorated pop stars. When the musical biopic about his life, Better Man , dropped on streaming,  This Might Be Niche took a crack at it. Welp, we hated this movie a lot (why though is the lead character played by a CGI chimpanzee...

Calling all Ivys and Karens—it’s Smash time, baby! In honor of the new Smash musical beginning previews on Broadway, This Might Be Niche is diving headfirst into the famously chaotic first season of the TV show that started it all. Scott & Alana unpack the Broadway-stacked cast (Megan Hilty reigning supreme, Debra Messing and her scarves, Brian D'Arcy James being an Eeyore, Leslie Odom Jr...

Some crossovers are just meant to be. On this episode of This Might Be Niche , Scott & Alana wax poetic about the stars from TV and film they want to see on a Broadway stage. They argue about the criteria (does it count if we have already seen them sing?), debate how attractive Timothée Chalamet actually is , and do a little stunt casting of their own. We are speaking for everyone with these h...

A day after the big day, this new episode of This Might Be Niche features Scott & Alana talking all things Oscars and movie musicals. They talk some of their highs (can we all agree that Chicago is one of the best movie musicals ever made) some of their lows (the second-hand embarrassment when La La Land was mistakenly called as best picture), and some of their in betweens... you'll have...

"Bring back our girls!" we say with love. In this episode of This Might Be Niche, Scott & Alana deep dive on their favorite underrated Broadway girlies. And by underrated, we mean we want to see more! This episode covers a lot of ground, from inappropriate high school field trips to see the Cry-Baby musical, to a discussion on the difference between the Lippa vs. LaChiusa versions of...

Ladies, gentlemen, and those who have yet to make up their minds, grab your highest heel for this one. In this episode of This Might Be Niche , Scott & Alana sit down to watch the Kinky Boots pro shot, filmed in the West End in 2019. Written by Harvey Fierstein and directed by Jerry Mitchell and Brett Sullivan, this production stars Matt Henry, Killian Donnelly and Natalie McQueen. Scott and A...

Listeners, it's time. In this episode of This Might Be Niche , Scott & Alana deep dive on one of the most polarizing movie musicals of the last 10 years, the Dear Evan Hansen movie. Directed by Stephen Chbosky, starring Ben Platt and featuring the music from the famous musical by Pasek and Paul, this movie had the community talking. Our hosts touch on some of the differences between the t...

In further Grammy celebrations, Scott & Alana are trying something new on this week's episode of the pod: We are using the pool of Grammy nominees to dream cast some of our favorite shows. Ever thought of how Bruno Mars might fit into Sweeney Todd? Were you also thinking that Childish Gambino/Donald Glover would make a perfect Benny in RENT? Well this is your moment. Join us for tomfooler...

Next in the awards season lineup is the Grammys, airing Feb 2nd on CBS. In this episode of This Might Be Niche , Scott & Alana run through the nominees for the Grammy award for Best Musical Theater Album, and they are: Suffs (Original Broadway Cast Recording) The Notebook (Original Broadway Cast Recording) The Outsiders (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Merrily We Roll Along (New Broadway Cas...

Hello, listener! If you are anything like us, you have been waiting impatiently for Lin-Manuel Miranda to drop his next project. Well, good news for us all: our time has finally come. In this episode This Might Be Niche , Scott & Alana deep dive on Warriors, the recently released concept album that is a collaboration between Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis, and is based on the 1979 action mo...

Time for an education, children! In this episode, Scott & Alana deep dive on the life and work of icon, Jewess diva, comedian extraordinaire, Jackie Hoffman. Coming up in the world of sketch comedy and one woman acts, Jackie Hoffman was a fixture in the nightclub act scene before she made it to Hairspray and screamed "LET'S PLAY DODGEBALL!", sealing her fate as Broadway icon (an...

Are y'all ready for awards season? Babe, not if you haven't watched Emilia Pérez. In this episode of This Might Be Niche , Scott & Alana sit down to debrief what Wikipedia most accurately describes as the "2024 Spanish-language French musical crime comedy film written and directed by Jacques Audiard." Got all that? Well start your homework, because this film was nominated f...

And that's a wrap, folks! In the last episode of the year of This Might Be Niche , Scott & Alana look back on all the moments in theater and culture that made 2024 a wild ride. The compare the highs and lows, give out some superlatives and honorable mentions (shoutout Moo Deng), and get into a deep discussion on whether the Wicked press tour was good or bad for the culture. Let us hold sp...

In this episode of This Might Be Niche , our hosts are deep in the holiday spirit. Scott & Alana sit down to to watch A Christmas Story Live! , the live version of A Christmas Story: The Musical that aired on Fox in 2017. Big fans of the original 1983 movie on this pod, this version is, well... let's just say, we did not live for the live . The good: a star-studded cast, Jane Krakowski tu...

"Do you hear what I hear?" is the question Idina Menzel poses rhetorically in her 2014 holiday album,  Holiday Wishes . Queen, we sure do hear. We hear, and we are here for, this episode of This Might Be Niche , where Scott and Alana discuss their favorite holiday albums that have emerged from the Broadway community. They talk their favorite takes on traditional tunes, manifest the Broad...

And if you caught that Sunset Boulevard reference, you're in for a treat. On this episode of This Might Be Niche , Scott & Alana deep dive on the top shows (mostly musicals with a couple of plays thrown in for good measure) that they want to see make it back to a Broadway stage. This highly scientific list is partly comprised of material that is topically relevant today, and largely compr...

We're back, back again, returning to the early 2000s, where Scott & Alana give the leading ladies of their favorite era their well-deserved due. They sing the praises of the women who made such a golden era of theater so sweet, and the shows that were formative viewing. From the Broadway belters, to the lone coloratura soprano (guess who), to the very best to ever do it, Miss Sherie Rene...