Theatre Geeks Anonymous Podcast by Ebony Vines and Pamela Shandrow

We're doing another musical for you Rentheads. Adam Pascal is our focus for this musical which came from the wonderful mind of Seth Rudetsky. Since the second season of Smash provided us with more Rent references than we ever needed, we thought we'd give you a more fun reference! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're doing a throwback for you Rentheads. Anthony Rapp's first musical, "The Little Prince". Since the second season of Smash provided us with more Rent references than we ever needed, we thought we'd give you one you didn't know you needed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ebony and Pamela discuss the Smash Big Finish and how they feel about those final shots of the show.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ebony and Pamela discuss Episode 16 of Smash Season 2 and the Tony nominations for Bombshell and Hitlist.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ebony and Pamela discuss Episode 15 of Smash Season 2 and their feelings on nearing the end of the show.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ebony and Pamela discuss episode 14 of Smash Season 2  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pamela and Ebony discuss the episode of Smash with the most dramatic ending. And more on how that one musical, you know the one, looms large over this Season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ebony and Pamela discuss the episode of Smash NBC wherein Jimmy flies off the handle....again. And revel in the beautiful sounds of Leslie Odom Jr's voice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cast member Charlotte O'Rouke, Writer Alexander S Bermange and Director/Choreographer Chris Whittacker discuss I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical and its road for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to the Kings Head Theater. The production is available to view on demand at https://kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/i-wish-my-life-were-like-a-musical until May 12, 2021 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Ebony and Pamela sit down with book author Mark Robinson to talk about their favorite musical misfires. Parade, Sweet Smell of Success, Shuffle Along (2016) & The Scottsboro Boys to name a few. You can check out Mark's upcoming book details, articles and previous books here on his website - http://www.markrobinsonwrites.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pamela and Ebony discuss abuse of power and why they believe in the power of the people. We also list names of visionary leaders that we want everyone to check out and support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pamela and Ebony discuss "The Dress Rehearsal" episode of Smash where mistakes turn into major career choices. Ivy accidentally....at first disrobes, Tom struggles to lead and Derek continues to be terrible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ebony and Pamela discuss the conflicts and misunderstandings that take place on "The Parents" episode of Smash. As usual, parents try to speak sense to their children and the children don't listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pamela and Ebony discuss "The Surprise Party" episode of Smash where people try to act professional but miss the boat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Pamela and Ebony discuss the Bombshell/Hit List differences in bells & whistles from Off-Broadway to Broadway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Pamela and Ebony talk about how much the men of Smash get on their nerves...again. And why everyone should "Merman it up!" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pamela and Ebony discuss Megan Hilty killing it and Katherine McPhee following the work that spoke to her, but also the horrific wig Derek gave her in a vision and why men's egos ruin the party...again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pamela and Ebony discuss Sean Hayes' character and how one man can bring down a whole show on stage or behind it if they let their egos run wild enough. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pamela and Ebony discuss the next phase of the new musical, Hit List and why Jerry doesn't understand empathy or love. The girls get feisty as usual and have strong feelings about the implausibility of the JHud concert at the end of the episode. But also acknowledging that Jennifer Hudson is a QUEEN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pamela and Ebony discuss how Hit List got its name and if Smash Season 2 showrunner Joshua Safran went overboard with the Rent references. Spoiler Alert: He definitely did! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jimmy doesn't want anyone to listen to the musical he wrote with Kyle and we're kind of sick of being beat over the head with the Derekness and Rentness of it all on this episode of Smash Season 2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wow! Theres no gentle re-entry here... they just get right back to business. Season 2, episode 1, here we go. Also...we discovered that if you watch it on the Amazon prime app, there are fewer commercials. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If given the opportunity to drink from the fountain of youth...would you do it? "Whoa, Pamela...that's deep! I just came here to listen to Broadway flop stories." Did you, Geeks? Did you? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tall tales are, like, the original theatre, right?! So this show should TOTALLY work... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GEEKS! What an honor to sit down with (digital speaking) a Broadway theatre critic we've been listening to, and reading for what seems like forever. It was definitely daunting at first, but Mr. Riedel is just a theatre geek...like us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices