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Broadway Binge

Covering the history of Broadway musicals by reviewing every important musical from Show Boat to today

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Minisode 3 - Ranking Our Favorite Broadway Songs - Part 1

Minisode 3 - Ranking Our Favorite Broadway Songs - Part 1

Hannah and Jeremy rank their 10th through 6th favorite Broadway songs, plus some honorable mentions.  There are some odd... Read more

26 Feb 2018

31mins

Ranked #2

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22. Bye Bye Birdie

22. Bye Bye Birdie

We enter the 1960s with Bye Bye Birdie, music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Lee Adams, book by Michael Stewart, and dire... Read more

24 Sep 2018

57mins

Ranked #3

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Minisode 4 - Ranking Our Favorite Broadway Songs - Part 2

Minisode 4 - Ranking Our Favorite Broadway Songs - Part 2

We're finishing off our Broadway song rankings, with Hannah's and Jeremy's top 5 songs.  Plus, a listener sent in her li... Read more

12 Mar 2018

50mins

Ranked #4

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11. South Pacific

11. South Pacific

This week, we talk about South Pacific (1949) by Rodgers and Hammerstein! We discuss the musical's message of racial tol... Read more

4 Dec 2017

1hr 3mins

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21. The Sound of Music

21. The Sound of Music

We take a look at 1959's The Sound of Music, the final collaboration of Rodgers and Hammerstein. While the 1965 film is ... Read more

9 Jul 2018

1hr 6mins

Ranked #6

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19. The Music Man (with Pete the Retailer)

19. The Music Man (with Pete the Retailer)

Pete the Retailer from the Star Wars Minute, Alphabeatical, and ABCDEVO podcasts joins us to talk about The Music Man, w... Read more

30 Apr 2018

1hr 20mins

Ranked #7

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5. Oklahoma!

5. Oklahoma!

At last, we talk about the most important musical of all time, Oklahoma! The first Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, Okla... Read more

3 Oct 2017

57mins

Ranked #8

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7. Carousel

7. Carousel

Carousel is just the worst. But luckily for you, Hannah and Jeremy come into this one hot, and you'll hear what they rea... Read more

16 Oct 2017

38mins

Ranked #9

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6. On the Town

6. On the Town

On the Town marked the very first Broadway musical for Leonard Bernstein (music), Jerome Robbins (choreography), and Bet... Read more

9 Oct 2017

37mins

Ranked #10

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12. The King and I

12. The King and I

The King and I (1951) by Rodgers and Hammerstein is a classic, and was Jeremy's first musical! We discuss how well it ho... Read more

11 Dec 2017

54mins

Ranked #11

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16. My Fair Lady

16. My Fair Lady

The greatest musical of all time? Perfectly constructed? A lot of musical theatre scholars consider My Fair Lady (1956) ... Read more

23 Jan 2018

57mins

Ranked #12

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13. The Threepenny Opera

13. The Threepenny Opera

The Threepenny Opera, by Elizabeth Hauptmann, Bertolt Brecht, and Kurt Weill, was originally produced in Berlin in 1928.... Read more

18 Dec 2017

59mins

Ranked #13

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M9 - Ranking the Humanoid Animals

M9 - Ranking the Humanoid Animals

Broadway Binge is back for its second season! We kick things off by ranking each of our top five animals played by human... Read more

7 Jan 2019

11mins

Ranked #14

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20. Gypsy

20. Gypsy

Gypsy (1959) with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Arthur Laurents, and directed and choreograph... Read more

11 Jun 2018

1hr 10mins

Ranked #15

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18. West Side Story (Part 1)

18. West Side Story (Part 1)

We finally reach West Side Story! A show so important we're devoting two weeks to it. This week, we discuss how the 1957... Read more

4 Apr 2018

1hr 2mins

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