Tone Deaf: A Theatre Nerd’s Guide for their Musically Challenged Spouse

Enjoy this while it lasts because these movies get REALLY bad after this. K and Warren cover The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration and spend a good portion of it kinkshaming a paleontologist. K also brings a spot of joy to Warren by bringing him the Land Before Time movie that features one of our favorite Tone Deaf Alumni: Bernadette Peters! Learn way too much about sauropods and fi...

We're going back to the Big Water for this one, folks. And we don't like it! This week, K and Warren cover The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water and boy do they have a LOT to day. Relive early internet videos, gripe about bad xenofiction, and go on a journey to Taxonomy Hell on this episode of Tone Deaf! Promo: 5 and 30 with Ruk Help out local theatres and check out BeAnArtsHero, Arts Lead...

We get a little out of hand with this one. The naming conventions of Land Before Time may be silly, but Warren can be sillier. This week, K and Warren cover The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze. Warren confuses actors (again), K makes a horrifying realization about this series, and we rant about how horrible snow is. Don't worry, next week's movie is terrible! :D Promo: Pomegranates and Pitch...

In this episode, we cover probably the weirdest yet (in K's opinion) most enjoyable movie of the Land Before Time sequels. Join us as we go beyond the Mysterious Beyond and cover The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire. This is the closest The Land Before Time sequels gets to teaching an important lesson appropriately, so savor it! Unlock a part of K's backstory, discover that the real vi...

Git along little dawgy and saddle up for this rough and tumble episode! K and Warren continue the gauntlet and cover The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock. We learn about a whip-tailed dinosaur, K accuses the citizens of the Great Valley of nationalism, and we lament at the degradation of quality in the Land Before Time series. Buckle up, the worst is yet to come! Promo: Private Islan...

Guess who's back? Back again? Chomper's back! Tell a friend! K and Warren watch The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island and discover that the writers of these sequels had a decent song in them all along! We're mad AND disappointed! Along the way, Warren breaks K, K vents about Ark, and we learn that the citizens of the Great Valley have some skeletons in their metaphorical closets in this we...

We are back to our regularly scheduled shenanigans this week as we continue to suffer through the Land Before Time Sequels! Enjoy new dino facts, never look at these characters the same way again, and follow our descent into madness as we continue the Land Before Time Gauntlet with Land Before Time 4: Journey Through the Mists! Promo: Animorphing Time (They know what they did) Help out local theat...

In the last episode for this installment of our Black Theatre History series, K takes Warren on the whirlwind satirical look at Black Theatre and History, George C Wolfe's The Colored Museum. Along the way, we see how wrong Warren is about what this show is about, K can't say the word magnifique, Warren gets a 12 hour twitter ban, and we learn that we can never look at an egg the same way again in...

CW: Discussion of abuse, rape, and abortion It's time for another really heavy episode! This week, we cover Ntozake Shange's choreopoem, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf. K gets emotional and Warren tries to interpret poetry in this penultimate 2021 Black Theatre History episode! Promo: So-Called Oreos Help out local theatres and check out BeAnArtsHero, Arts L...

K introduces Warren to Charlie Fuller's Pulitzer Prize Winning Play, A Soldier's Play. K gushes about Black History Buff and One Mic Black History Podcast, a brief history of World War 2 is discussed, Warren gets on a Soapbox, and we try really hard not to break our "No Cursing" rule in this week's Tone Deaf! Promo: One Mic Black History Podcast Help out local theatres and check out BeAnArtsHero,...

K introduces Warren to Lorraine Hansberry's masterpiece, A Raisin in the Sun. Along the way, learn about one of the greatest playwrights to ever live whose life was tragically cut short and learn that this is a Pro-Beneatha podcast! Promo: The Courtship of Mona Mae Help out local theatres and check out BeAnArtsHero, Arts Leaders of Color Emergency Fund, The Actor's Fund, and the Artist's Relief Tr...

CW: Mentions of murder, rape, assault, and discussions of suicidal ideation This episode is heavy. In this episode, K and Warren watch and discuss the Nambi E Kelley version of Richard Wright's Native Son. Learn about the original Paul Green play adaptation, find out how many times Warren would have voted for Obama, and find out that it is ok to seek help if the thoughts get too dark. Promo: The B...

In this episode K introduces Warren to Cabin in the Sky. Topics of discussion include obscure stereotypes that were unfortunately popular in the 40s, condescending white songwriters, the amazingness of Ethel Waters and Lena Horne, the origins of a very famous dance move, and more! Promo: A Ninth World Journal Buy some merch at our TeePublic!  https://www.teepublic.com/stores/tonedeafmusical?ref_id...

In this episode K and Warren discuss the 1936 film The Green Pastures and come away from it very mixed. Is this a subversive piece of art or a product of it's time? We also cover the late Rex Ingram and his contributions to the history of film and K gets us DCMA'd Promo: Book of Lies the Podcast Buy some merch at our TeePublic!  https://www.teepublic.com/stores/tonedeafmusical?ref_id=13889 Join th...

CW: Discussions of the brutality of slavery in Pre-Revolution Haiti. It's Black History Month and K is back with some knowledge for Warren about Black contributions to theatre! In our first installment of this year's Black Theatre History series, K and Warren talk about Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. Learn about a man who fought to be the best at everything he did and find out why the...

Thank you Lily Dwoskin for telling us about this!! K and Warren watched The Aviatrix, and it soared right into our hearts and was the queen of our skies! Check out our review of The Aviatrix Musical as K and Warren discuss this amazing show as well as virtual theatre and why it is amazing, hyperfixations, shattering glass ceilings, and cockpits. Because it isn't a non-February episode of Tone Deaf...

This is a rebroadcast of the Second Annual Warren Awards. This episode contains mature content, strong language, electrical disturbances, nudity, knife throwing, gun fire, explosions,  general mayhem, and demonic possession. Listener discretion is advised. Welcome to the second annual Warren Awards! Tonight, Warren reveals what truly was the good, the bad, and the ugly in the shows that we watched...

You didn't think we would let the New Year come without a mini episode, did you? In this minisode, K unearths some repressed childhood memories as they re-introduce Warren to Rudolph's Shiny New Year - one of the weirdest Rankin-Bass specials out there! The creation of Baby New Years is discussed, K gets sauced, and we get a reunion with some old friends in this final episode of 2020! Buy some mer...

This one is a doozy. We watched Ma Rainey's Black Bottom on Netflix and needless to say we felt some things. K discusses a brief history of August Wilson and Chadwick Boseman, the curse of the witch strikes again, and Warren and K come up with creative solutions to deal with racists in this week's episode. Promos: One Mic Black History Podcast and Young Santa Claus and the Winter Solstice Audio Pl...

K and Warren of Tone Deaf saw the Grinch on NBC And it's something they truly wish they could unsee. Find out all about furries and Dr. Seuss Lore We hope that this episode won't be a bore. And please remember, this is just two folks view And maybe this version means something to you. From K and from Warren, the nerd and the spouse, We hope you have joy and cheer throughout your house.   (Also, K...

This week, K and Warren are joined by the amazing Tone Deaf Alumnus, Ned Donovan of Encounter Party, Charging Moose Media, and The Hunted: Encore to cover the charming Wisconsin tradition, Guys on Ice! K scars Ned for life, we talk about the best way to earn an actor's equity card, discuss small town theatre, and Warren makes an odd proposition! It will be a rooty-toot-toot-tooty-tooty-toot-good t...

Watching Carrie before watching The Prom was a mistake. K and Warren went in fresh with the Netflix adaptation of "The Prom" and it nearly broke K! Find out if a musical number in a mall can change the hearts of homophobes and find out our opinions on the casting of this movie in this episode of Tone Deaf! Promos: Young Santa Claus and the Winter Solstice Audio Play and Animorphing Time Buy some m...

We blame Courtland from Up All Night for this one. Go chug-chugga-lug-chugga-check out his show. K and Warren check out the obscure animated musical, Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas. It's ... an experience. Learn about how skunks and dogs can't be friends (but not for the reason you think) and ponder with us as we question THE BOOT in this week's episode! Promos: Young Santa Claus and the Wint...

SPOILER ALERT If you have not seen Jingle Jangle on Netflix, it is highly advised that you stop what you are doing and watch it. K and Warren tackle Jingle Jangle in this week's episode and from K's incoherent screaming, it seems to have been a pretty good movie! Maybe even the greatest movie! Learn about the advances made by one toymaker in an alternate London, that Warren does NOT remember actor...

Yes, there is a Thanksgiving(ish) Land Before Time Movie. Con and Dor giveth and Con and Dor taketh away. K and Warren watch the third installment of the Land Before Time franchise and discuss if it really is as bad as K remembers it being. Along the way, get three dinosaur facts, find out what dinosaur would have tasted the best, and learn what SHOULD have been the moral of this movie in this wee...