Episode 16 - WonderlandWonderland: A New Alice, formerly called Wonderland: Alice's New Musical Adventure, is a musical with a book by Jack Murphy and Gregory Boyd, lyrics by Murphy, and music by Frank Wildhorn. The story, a contemporary versi

Episode 15 - The Addams Family

Oct 12th, 2021 1h 33m

The Addams Family is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa and book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. The show is based upon The Addams Family characters created by Charles Addams in his single-panel gag cartoons, which depi

Episode 14 - Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier

Oct 5th, 2021 1h 53m

Episode 14 - TwistedTwisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier is a musical with music by A. J. Holmes, lyrics by Kaley McMahon, and book by Matt Lang, Nick Lang, and Eric Kahn Gale. The musical parodies the 1992 Walt Disney Animation Studios

Episode 13 - Wicked

Sep 28th, 2021 1h 56m

Episode 13 - Wicked“No One Mourns The Wicked”Wicked is a Broadway musical, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman. It is based on the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of t

Episode 12 - Little Shop of Horrors

Sep 21st, 2021 2h 37m

Episode 12 - Little Shop of Horrors“On The 21st Day in the month of September…..”Little Shop of Horrors is a horror comedy rock musical with music by Alan Menken and lyrics and a book by Howard Ashman. The story follows a hapless florist shop

Episode 11 - Green Day’s American Idiot

Sep 16th, 2021 2h 44m

Episode 11 - Green Day’s American IdiotGreen Day’s American Idiot is a sung-through rock musical based on the 2004 concept album of the same name by punk rock band Green Day. After a run at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in 2009, the show move

Episode 10 - A Fierce Family Reunion

Sep 14th, 2021 1h 2m

Episode 10 - A Fierce Family Reunion Special Topic - What's Your Favorite Musical? With Maddie Peirce, Sarah Sandifer, & Molly Heal About The Host Kenneth L. Waters, Jr. (He/Him) has been involved in theater for over a decade around the

Episode 9 - Cabaret

Aug 31st, 2021 1h 58m

Episode 9 - CabaretCabaret is a 1966 musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Joe Masteroff. The musical was based on John Van Druten's 1951 play I Am a Camera which was adapted from the semi-autobiographical novel Go

Episode 8 - High School Theatre Teacher Talk

Aug 24th, 2021 1h 17m

A WHOLE NOTE SPECIAL!Episode 8 - High School Theatre Teacher TalkTalking with three high school theatre teachers about their time teaching during COVID-19, their goals for the upcoming school year, and what challenges they face when teaching

Episode 7 – BKLYN, The Musical

Aug 17th, 2021 1h 18m

Episode 7 – BKLYN, The Musical BKLYN, The Musical Using the play within a play structure, Brooklyn focuses on a group of five ragtag homeless musicians known as the City Weeds. The group periodically transforms a street corner under the foot

Episode 6 - In The Heights

Jun 8th, 2021 1h 54m

In the Heights is a musical with music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and a book by Quiara Alegría Hudes. The story is set over the course of three days, involving characters in the largely Dominican neighborhood of Washington Heights in New

Episode 5 - Growing Up In Theatre

Jun 1st, 2021 41m 54s

A Whole Note Special!Chatting with two families about having their children do theatre and the effect it has had on their children's lives.About The HostKenneth L. Waters, Jr. (He/Him) has been involved in theater for over a decade around th

Episode 4 - Pippin

May 25th, 2021 1h 5m

Pippin is a 1972 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Roger O. Hirson. Bob Fosse, who directed the original Broadway production, also contributed to the libretto. The musical uses the premise of a mysterious performance

Episode 3 - Passing Strange

May 18th, 2021 1h 15m

Passing Strange is a comedy-drama rock musical about a young African American's artistic journey of self-discovery in Europe, with strong elements of philosophical existentialism, metafiction, and the artistic journey. The musical's lyrics and

Episode 2 - The Last Five Years

May 11th, 2021 1h 19m

The Last Five Years is a musical written by Jason Robert Brown. It premiered at Chicago's Northlight Theatre in 2001 and was then produced Off-Broadway in March 2002. The story explores a five-year relationship between Jamie Wellerstein, a risi

Episode 1 - Debbie Does Dallas, The Musical

May 4th, 2021 54m 40s

Episode 1 - Debbie Does Dallas, The MusicalDebbie Does Dallas: The Musical is an Off-Broadway musical with a book by Susan L. Schwartz, composed by Andrew Sherman, with Tom Kitt and Jonathan Callicutt providing additional music and lyrics. It

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Welcome To “The Whole Note”

Feb 22nd, 2021 40s

Welcome to The Whole Note. A Weekly Podcast to discuss the thing I love most, Musical Theatre! Every week I will have a special guest and we will talk about a musical of their choosing, give a synopsis of the show by going through the music tra

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