Zoe de York / Brian Strohmetz

Making a Musical

Arts EN ↓ 4 episodes

Making a musical is a new podcast by Brian Strohmetz and Zoe de York about the trials and tribulations of musical theatre writers. The show takes you from the blank page to Broadway... maybe. They’re still working on that last part. Brian and Zoe are both musical theatre creators, composers, lyricists and librettists. In 2024, they both had their first original shows staged in New Jersey and Brussels. Twice a month they’ll discuss the challenges and joys of figuring out what works on stage and interview other musical theatre creators and professionals.

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Zoe de York / Brian Strohmetz

Episodes

D*mmit it’s a musical with Finola Southgate 19.12.2025 1:04:50

Brian and Zoe speak to Finola Southgate about her experience with making musicals from song cycles and why you should always start with the story before writing the songs. Finola is a British songwriter credited with vocals and keys on the 2017 Monroes album and her 2021 Sister Session EP. Finola and Rosie Dart wrote We’ll Have Nun Of It, which was featured at the Edinburgh Fringe and had a 2-week...

How do you write like you're running out of time 19.11.2025 40:00

Brian and Zoe discuss strategies to keep the fire going when their day job pulls them away from writing music. From finding time to write to creating a process to facilitate writing in their daily lives and, of course, taking care of themselves, they share their struggle and their successes. If you enjoyed our show, please rate and review it, subscribe to receive our next episodes, and support us...

The compulsion to create: how Brett Boles blends writing and teaching musical theatre 23.10.2025 59:46

Brett “that’s the MTea” Boles joins Zoe and Brian in discussing writing for musical theater, social media and music education. Brett is an award-winning musical theatre composer, lyricist, and librettist. He wrote his first musical in high school and never stopped. His show Foreverman premiered at the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) where it received an award for Outstanding Orchestration...

Opening Doors 24.09.2025 40:31

Meet your hosts Brian Strohmetz and Zoe de York. Their new podcast Making a Musical takes you from the blank page to Broadway... maybe. They’re still working on that last part. Brian and Zoe both are musical theatre creators who each had their first original show produced in 2024 in New Jersey and Brussels – where they live.  Brian is a music teacher by day and a composer by night. A Holiday...