Bits Over Broadway

Our Deep Cuts Series Presents - Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark. We chat the disaster that is the tech of this show, why U2, and how we would really just prefer to listen to Hadestown to get our full Patrick Page experience. Find us on Twitter and Instagram @bitsoverbway Like our page on Facebook! Subscribe to our channel on YouTube. You can also find us on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/bits...

This week's Quaran-TEA is all about movies. Let us know what you have been watching! Find us on Twitter and Instagram @bitsoverbway Like our page on Facebook! Subscribe to our channel on YouTube. You can also find us on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/bitsoverbway Find our Spotify Profile here: https://open.spotify.com/user/eyvdh2jyq873vyeps6na7dpy3?si=E1hqTepoSGqzsFMJ-R5OCw To find our podc...

Quarantine Deep Cuts Presents: Carrie We dive into the world of angst, hormones, and murder that is high school. Every song is bop, horror movies are the best musicals and the show is only a flop if the investors pull out early, right? Find us on Twitter and Instagram @bitsoverbway Like our page on Facebook! Subscribe to our channel on YouTube. You can also find us on Patreon here: https://www.pat...

It is an off-week but we are off-loading our quarantine thoughts in a new series we are calling Quaran-tea! That's right, the jokes are back and badder than ever! We chat ghosts, Pepito the Cat, hermit crabs and of course, haunted grandma houses! Find us on Twitter and Instagram @bitsoverbway Like our page on Facebook! Subscribe to our channel on YouTube. You can also find us on Patreon here: http...

Bringing your quaran-tent this week, we have The Secret Garden. Connor and Merrill Kaye get into the specifics of why Mary sucks, why there are too many ghosts and what is Colin's whole deal. Nature queers, chaotic queers, and the guy who talks to birds all make an appearance. This is the first in our Deep Cuts Series where we hope to find the rarest of all Broadway shows and discuss them! Find us...

A serious note: This episode of the podcast was recorded two weeks ago (a lifetime) and we discuss a lot of things we think are now relevant; community, mutual aid, and a political future of something better. We wanted to release quickly as we thought it would be a good episode to push people who are voting in upcoming primaries to consider the candidates for whom they're voting. But even with pri...

This week we are discussing Moulin Rouge. No, not the movie, the show with an updated playlist and songs from the 17 year interim. Our guest this week is Kelsey Kennedy and while she saw the show in person and loved, Connor and MK have a different take. We discuss the medleys, the Choices, the characterizations and Connor attempts to do Math. It is a wild ep for a wild show. You can find Kelsey ac...

The teens are coming and they're....dare we say it? Horny. We say it a lot and that's because it is TRUE. Duncan Sheik's Spring Awakening gets us in the mood to chat about agency, education, and of course who was that guy who was gay who wrote a musical? (Give you one guess as to which host asked that question). Guestless for this episode, MK and Connor cover teen sexuality, suicide, German letter...

It's a solo ep this week! Connor and Merrill Kaye discuss "Title of Show" which brings with it all the existential dread of being an artist and what that actually means. Don't worry, we still make jokes, it's not all dread. Find us on Twitter and Instagram @bitsoverbway Like our page on Facebook! And if you’re feeling generous, support us on Patreon. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and...

You thought you were done hearing about the Cats (2019) film? You thought wrong, babe. We've brought back Caitlin Reader Bruce (@caitlinreaderb) and Keaton Kruser (@kdkruser) and had ourselves a Cat Chat. We get into casting, arrangements, sexuality, and the Growltiger's Boat on the Thames of it all. What you must remember is, above all, Jellicle's can and Jellicle's should. And we do. Find us on...

Bits is back and worse than ever! We are screaming into 2020 with Bat Boy, a musical based on a long running tabloid story from June 1992. Joining us to discuss her life, dead pets, and occasionally Bat Boy, is Maddie Byrne (@themaddiebyrne). We discuss Laurence O'Keefe, wild endings, bat attacks and Merrill Kaye announces her bid for the presidency. #PlasticSurgeryandWigsForUsAll Find us on Twitt...

Merry Christmas from your favorite broadway podcast (or at least a broadway podcast)! We're here with a holiday themed episode about A Muppet Christmas Carol. We discuss Muppet legs, Jim Henson, baby yoda, and who would play who in a Muppet adaptation of Sweeney Todd. We can't think of a better way to end 2019 than with this Christmas tradition. See you in 2020! Find us on Twitter and Instagram @b...

Good news! Bits is back with another episode! Today we're covering your secret favorite musical; Wicked. We have noted power couple Natalie Ault and Ryan Gianforte on to discuss what they love and hate about Wicked. We discuss why Merrill Kaye hates lore, Connor's fraught relationship with math, Natalie's theater obsessed vacations and Ryan's concerns with the plot holes of Wicked. It's a packed e...

It's time to get sad n' sexy today, we're talking about Cabaret. Our guest Kate Herzlin joins us and attempts to bring some actual theory and academia to this podcast. We also discuss divas, nazis, and Boal in an attempt to appear smarter than we actually are. Follow Kate on Twitter at @KateHerzlin and check out her website www.kateherzlinwrites.com Find us on Twitter and Instagram @bitsoverbway E...

This week we have Rob Glauz, MFA to discuss the 1997 musical Violet. We get into true crime podcasts, salt bae, road trip songs and snacks, discuss Connor's terrible poker traumas, and really dig into the question, do we like this show? Too Many Sopranos was written by Edwin Penhorwood. Find us on Twitter and Instagram @bitsoverbway Email us with your show suggestions bitsoverbway@gmail.com And li...

Stephanie Juergens joins us to describe the indescribable. That's right it's a Meatloaf Musical. No better way to bring us back than mutant teens, rock n' roll, music videos, and horniness everywhere! Find us on Twitter and Instagram @bitsoverbway Email us with your show suggestions bitsoverbway@gmail.com And like our page on Facebook! Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your frie...

We're back y'all. Episodes dropping every other Wednesday. Follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @bitsoverbway.

It’s the episode we said we'd never release but as Justin Bieber once crooned, never say never. It's just Connor, Merrill Kaye, and intrepid sound engineer/editor/guest Nick Pierce. They chat about lots of subjects and occasionally make it around to the topic of Book of Mormon. Find us on Twitter and Instagram @bitsoverbway Email us with your show suggestions bitsoverbway@gmail.com And like our pa...

This week we have special guest, Justin Heim, on the orange velvet couch! His specialty is “failed” musicals and Ghost certainly fits in that category. Connor and Merrill Kaye have never seen the movie, which isn’t a great place to start, and it only devolves from there. A truly terrible musical discussed by three goons, what more do you want?? For tickets to see Justin and all the other boys of B...

This week we have Peter Smith (Time Out New York’s 2018 Comic to Watch) on the couch! {And Merrill Kaye via internet once again} This episode is about Company, Sondheim’s show about a guy who is unable to commit. Revolutionary!! We chat about the Webber/Lupone feud and where it began. A discussion about how the Grammy’s work makes us all lose our minds. And the burning question what will Peter ser...

This week we welcome Justin Glover to the orange couch (and Merrill Kaye calls in from a remote location in a field) to discuss Hello, Dolly! There are a few lags as we get used to our new set-up but Justin's knowledge and love of Hello, Dolly! make up for all of it. We talk about hats, Bette, gowns, icons, and the several thousand women who have played the lead, Dolly Gallagher. Find us on Twitte...

This week we have a double dose of insanity as we welcome Caitlin Reader and Keaton Kruser to the orange velvet couch to discuss CATS! Our first foray into the oeuvre of Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber, and we have chosen arguably one of the most insane pieces of theater in the canon. We talk about Jellicle cats, childhood pets, our inability to focus on RumTumTugger, and we even managed a tiny sing-a-lo...

This week we have Kathryn Jankowski on the velvet couch to talk about the 1980 hit Les Misérables! The story of life in France just before the revolution and a cornerstone of modern musical theatre. We discuss moral relativism, ask ourselves how many good songs are there actually in this show, and discuss how much Cosette sucks. All this and more! Find us on Twitter and Instagram @bitsoverbway Ema...

This week we have Becky Buechel on Skype while we relax on the velvet couch to talk about Fun Home! This 2015 musical (with the first lesbian protagonist in a Broadway show) is the story of Alison Bechdel and her relationship with her father as they both explore and ignore their sexualities. A heavy subject we manage to insert some levity into with talk of coming out, Judy Kuhn, and Connor's notes...

This week we have Megan Betcher on the velvet couch to talk about Spamalot! She's here to tell us why this musical version of the 1975 film Monty Python and The Holy Grail is worth your time. Connor and Megan do their best to keep Merrill Kaye on track while she does her best to talk about anything else! Finally the gang plays "What Gender Is This Animal" a fun game for the whole family! Find us o...