By The Ghost Light

The passing of William Finn just hits hard, and Ryan reflects a bit on Spelling Bee. Also, 1,000 for & Juliet, and Leslie back to Hamilton. Brave Little Toaster, Little Miss Sunshine, All Shook Up, Let It Be, SpongeBob, Jeff Goldblum’s Jazz, Only Murders in the Building, Julie Benko, Children of Eden.

April Fools’ Internet Jokes are in full swing, Broadway ticket prices, Merrily We Roll Along pro-shot, The Last Five years, Othello, Angry Alan, Maybe Happy Ending, Happy Face, Roald Dahl & the Children’s Theatre Company, BroadwayHD, Annie, Alan Cumming & Marvel, The Trojans, Children of Eden, The 39 Steps, Chekhov and his family.

Hunger Games Arena. That’s a whole thing. Ryan eats his own hot takes Cassie doesn’t want to let Andy into the club, and why don’t Julie and Stephen have Tonys? Shows discussed include, The Book Thief, & Juliet, Wicked, Newsies, Next to Normal, Evita, Snow White, A Streetcar Named Desire, MisCast, Swept Away, Maybe Happy Ending, Topdog/Underdog, Mister Wolf, Amadeus, Windfall, Weird, The Great...

We have come up with a new metric, and a bit of a History lesson, what roles constitute collecting all the Infinity Stones? We start with tenors, and we need your help. Shows Discussed in this episode include, Chicago, Wicked, The Lord of the Rings, The Oscars, Jesus Christ Superstar, Beauty and the Beast, The Play that Goes Wrong, The Hunger Games, Othello, Much Ado About Nothing, Phantom of the...

Sorry we’re a week late, but Romeo & Juliet will soon be leaving Broadway, and Ryan is holding space for that. Cassie has an update on our good friend Andy, and we dive into Frozen Jr. Shows include, Romeo and Juliet, Hadestown, Schmigadoon, Smash, Redwood, Othello, Picture of Dorian Grey, GlenGarry Glen Ross, Operation Mincemeat, The Last 5 Years, Wicked, Merrily We Roll Along, Frozen, Childr...

Happy TikTok disappearance, Schmigadoon season 3 BIG reveals, Ariana & Cynthia sing Prince of Egypt, SMASH is coming, Great Gatsby Gala, Into the Woods, Gwyneth Goes Skiing, Shakespeare, Urinetown, Streetcar Named Desire, Jonathan Larson Project, Eurydice, Sailer Moon, Becoming Eve, Tony Eligibility, Romeo & Juliet, Old Friends, Frozen, Season Selection.

Happy 2025, and there’s a lot happening in the world. We bring the Broadway news, and our hearts go out to the people of Los Angeles. Topics discussed include: Wicked, Awards Shows, A Complete Unknown, Stereophonic, Swept Away, Once Upon a Time Mattress, Pirates!, Chess, Phantom of the Opera, The Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, The Odyssey, Epic the Musical.

After years of talking about it, Ryan finally watched Eloise at Christmastime. Cassie knows way too much about this franchise.

Ryan went to NYC! He saw Strategic Love Play, Romeo & Juliet, Gypsy, and Swept Away.

SPOILERS! Our full review and scene by scene breakdown of Wicked part 1

Wicked is all encompassing. We also got Chase on mic for a few minutes. Ryan’s upcoming Broadway trip. Strategic Love Play, Romeo and Juliet, Gypsy, Sept Away, Wicked, Lion King, Chicago, Scissorhandz, Walk On Through, A Streetcar Named Desire, King Lear, Fiddler on the Roof, Frozen.

Romeo & Juliet & Juliet, Winning Social Media, Stunt Casting, cheating for a Tony, Good Night & Good Luck,, King Lear, Back to the Future, Wicked MERCH, Spelling Bee, Oregon Trail, Warriors, The Woman in Black, Frozen, Godspool

Kit Connor can do a pull-up, we all know this now. Topics include: Romeo and Juliet, Maggie Smith, Gavin Creel, Adrien Bailey, Eloise at Christmastime, Into the Woods, Charli D’amelio, & Juliet, Stunt Casting, Sean Austin, Elf, Spirited, Suffs, MacBeth, Our Town, Gutenberg!, Sunset Boulevard, Gypsy, Wicked.

We have an extra-long, deep dive into the history of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Cassie’s college essay, and Ryan’s experience directing it. Also mentioned, Gypsy, Our Town, Ryan would also like to thank his production team and cast for believing in and pulling off his vision for the show

We began recording mere hours after news broke that we’d lost the legend that was James Earl Jones. We talk about him throughout the episode. Other topics include: John Mulaney, ElsieFest, EGOT, Emmys, Black Swamp Arts Fest, Our Town, Field of Dreams, Spelling Bee, Woman in Black.

We're gonna get real toward the end of this episode in a discussion of theatrical mental health. But before that, Kristin Bell & Reefer Madness, Calling our shot, Waitress, A Few of My Favorite Things, The Youth Are F*****, Spelling Bee, The! Revelation Musical, The Mental Health of Thespians.

We made it to 50! Thank you all for your support, and we do not apologize for any of these opinions.

Stunt Casting FTW, Adam & Auli’i to the Kit Kat Club, Ryan’s Glee Fancast, Redwood, A Knight’s Tale, racial casting, Little Mermaid, Dungeons & Dragons, Maybe Happy Ending, The Last 5 Years, Ragtime, Moulin Rouge, Nine, Waitress, Into the Woods, My Fair Lady, Cats, Cyrano, SMASH.

We just want season 3 of Schmigadoon, that’s all. Also, who would you cast as our good friend Andy? Also, RIP Joseph Hardy, Once Upon a Time Mattress, Left on Tenth, Matilda, Red Speedo, Putnam County Spelling Bee, And a Film recommendation featuring Zefron.

We got every single award right, naturally. Kinda sorta.

Our Annual, Completely Accurate and heavily researched Tony predictions coming in hot!

AUDRA BACK TO BROADWAY. Gypsy, Singing your own songs, Once Upon a Time Mattress, Anything Goes, the Sherman Brothers, Bedknobs and Broomsticks the Musical, The Lion King, Nepotism, Attack on Titan, Bilingual Comedy of Errors, Empire: The Musical, episode 50 is coming up!

We have a special correspondent! Sweeney Todd has closed, Tony awards have been announced, Ryan is surprised by RDJ, and Cassie just really does not like Annie. Also, Schmigadoon to the Stage, RDJ to Broadway, Special Tonys, Shucked!, Pippin, Museum of Broadway, & Juliet, Pippin, D&D off-broadway, Tiny Beautiful Things, and Matilda. Thanks to Brigid.

The 2024 Tony Nominations are ought, and we’re basically reacting live. Well, live a few days ago, when they came out. Time is weird. Anyway, we’ve got THOUGHTS.

BUT SOFT, what light, it’s a new episode and we’ve got SO MUCH SHAKESPEARE to talk about. Topics Include: Romeo and Juliet (x2), Uncle Vanya, Jonas Brothers Rumors, Jason Robert Brown, & Juliet, Wicked, Knights of Badassdom, Lord of the Rings (the musical), The Wiz, Carrie Robbins, MacBeth, Shakespeare (abridged), Matilda