Thank You, Five

Happy Pride everyone!!! We're doing this month with The Prom so get your dresses and tuxes and flower arrangements and get ready to awkwardly slow dance to The End of the Road! Or whatever the kids are dancing to these days! Follow us on Twitter at @thankyoufivepod

We're in the Big Dollhouse and we can't live Without Love. But all isn't lost because even though Amber Von Tussle is a giant Cootie, You Can't Stop The Beat. It's act 2 of Hairspray! Join us as we find out if the Corny Collins show is finally going to be integrated!!

Movies made of musicals continue! We're doing Hairspray! Love your hair, hope it wins! What does a plucky girl from the wrong part of Baltimore do when she wants to dance on TV but no one will let her? Side note, there is a discussion of race and outdated terms used.

Matt and David are joined by Peter and Nathan from The Gospel of Musical Theatre to talk about Cabaret! What did it mean then? What does it mean now? Just how attractive IS Michael York? We cover it all, with a lot of fascinating information about the real Sally Bowles (Jean Ross. Go look her up!). For more on The Gospel of Musical Theatre, check them out at https://gospelofmt.podbean.com/ Thank Y...

Matt and David are joined by Peter and Nathan from The Gospel of Musical Theatre to talk about Cabaret! What did it mean then? What does it mean now? Just how attractive IS Michael York? We cover it all, with a lot of fascinating information about the real Sally Bowles (Jean Ross. Go look her up!). For more on The Gospel of Musical Theatre, check them out at https://gospelofmt.podbean.com/ Thank Y...

School is coming to an end (it's not) and so is Matilda. Now that she has powers, how will she use them? And what became of the arcobat and the escapologist in her story? And what about the Russians Mr Wormwood was trying to sell to?

We're back! And even though it's March, we've decided we're going to the movies this year! What does that mean? Musicals that have a movie adaptation (That we haven't done. There's a lot of movie musicals out there...). So we're starting with Matilda!! And just in time since Roald Dahl is getting cancelled... again!

upfront, the audio is abit wonky and we didn't realize until it was too late to do anything, but it's not the worst thing and is still listenable, but it's cool if it gets to be too much! Matt and David take a small moment to talk about where Broadway is at, right now, with all the closings going on.

We're joined by the incredible Roberta Blevins to talk about the second act of the premier Disney Broadway musical, Beauty and the Beast! You can find more about Roberta, including her instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and podcast at https://robertablevins.com/

We're joined by the incredible Roberta Blevins to talk about the premier Disney Broadway musical, Beauty and the Beast! You can find more about Roberta, including her instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and podcast at https://robertablevins.com/

Who's got the pain when we do Act 2 of Damn Yankees?! Joe rethinks his plans for the Washington Senators and Applegate has plans for Joe. Will Joe get the upperhand or will he loose his immortal soul?!B

For October, we're tackling the 1955 musical about selling your soul just for baseball. We don't understand that motive but still. It's time to give Lola what she wants and it's not those Damn Yankees!!

We finish up the review show Closer Than Ever, including the songs Patterns and If I Sing, aka musical theater school standards!

We're taking a small break to do a revue show! Closer Than Ever is a theater school staple, and today, we break down the vignettes and history of the show!

We're joined by Amanda and Jodie of multiple podcasts to go back in time to finish up the Pirates of Penzance!!! You can find more about Amanda and Jodie at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-love-to-hate-everything/id1387310266 and the Total Request Pod at https://www.patreon.com/trpod

We're taking a very minor break as we ran into some technical difficulties but this gives us a great chance to talk about some of the latest gossip!!! We'll be back with Act 2 before you know it!!

We're joined by Amanda and Jodie of multiple podcasts to go back in time to the Pirates of Penzance!!! If you think this is an old fashioned and outdated musical, you're not wrong but that doesn't mean it's not funny and not worth listening to!!! You can find more about Amanda and Jodie at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-love-to-hate-everything/id1387310266

We finish Pride Month with act two (or three?) of Falsettos, the 2/3rds of the whole Marvin/In Trousers trilogy. Marvin and Whizzer have broken up. Marvin and Trina are planning Jason's bar mitzvah and tensions are high. And since this is about gay men in the 80s, AIDS is pretty prominent.

It's Pride Month!! So we're traveling back to the late 70s to see the coming out and relationship story of a terrible human being and his therapist and the people he screws over! Just in time for Pride!

In olden days, Public Enemy Number One couldn't make the boat so Billy snuck on to try and win the heart of Hope. Much shenanigans ensued and are about to ensue.

We're traveling back in time, y'all! Cole Porter's epic jaunt was originally supposed to be about a shipwreck, but then an actual shipwreck happened and everyone thought it would bit a bit gauche. So we ended up this show about costume switches, mistaken identities, and tap numbers!

We're back with friend of the pod, James Higgins to go over Act 2 of Sunday in the Park with George. We're talking themes and music theory but don't let that scare you as it's utterly fascinating and might just change how you view this show, even if you already love it!!

It's April so it's time to head outside and enjoy the sunshine! And the park! And George!! Sondheim's work of art about making art! We're joined by Matt's fiance and composer James Higgins to talk about Sunday in the Park with George and all the sparkling musical notations contained within!

We end this month with the second act of Jesus Christ Superstar with special guest, Claire Willett! It's ALW's opus about the last week of Jesus, told in sung through rock opera style and we have a LOT to say. If you want to check out more of Claire's works, go to http://clairewillettwrites.com/

We're joined by playwright, author, and internet celebrity Claire Willett to talk about Jesus Christ Superstar!!! We have a lot to say, but, trust us, it's worth it!!! If you want to check out more of Claire's works, go to http://clairewillettwrites.com/