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COME FROM AWAY  Book, Music, & Lyrics by Irene Sankoff & David Hein 

Works Consulted & Reference :

• Come From Away (Libretto) by Irene Sankoff & David Hein
• Come From Away: Welcome to the Rock: An Inside Look at the Hit Musical  by Laurence Maslon
• Come From Away (2021 Live Capture ) Directed by Christopher Ashley

Music Credits:

• "Overture" from Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by Dear World Orchestra & Donald Pippin
• "The Speed Test" from Thoroughly Modern Millie  (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music by Jeanine Tesori, Lyrics by Dick Scanlan | Performed by Marc Kudisch, Sutton Foster, Anne L. Nathan & Ensemble
• "Why God Why" from Miss Saigon: The Definitive Live Recording  (Original Cast Recording  / Deluxe)  | Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Richard Maltby Jr.  | Performed by Alistair Brammer
• "Back to Before" from Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Performed by Marin Mazzie
• "Chromolume #7 / Putting It Together" from Sunday in the Park with George (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim | Performed by Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Judith Moore, Cris Groenendaal, Charles Kimbrough, William Parry, Nancy Opel, Robert Westenberg, Dana Ivey, Kurt Knudson, Barbara Bryne
• "What's Inside" from Waitress (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Sara Bareilles | Performed by Jessie Mueller & Ensemble
• "Me and the Sky" from Come From Away (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Irene Sankoff & David Hein | Performed by Jenn Colella and 'Come From Away' Company
• "Maria" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording)  | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Evadne Baker, Anna Lee, Portia Nelson, Marni Nixon
• "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Julie Andrews
• "Corner of the Sky" from Pippin (New Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz | Performed by Matthew James Thomas
• “What Comes Next?” from Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda | Performed by Jonathan Groff

After garnering an array of accolades for his role in Dear Evan Hansen, Sam Tutty is preparing to make his stage return in Kiln Theatre's Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York). Sam was named one of the brightest newcomers to the stage in 2019 and fans have been eagerly anticipating what the young star will do next. In a similar way, theatregoers have been eager for a new musical from Kiln Theatre following the success of Blues in the Night in 2019. Jim Barne and Kit Buchan have become one of the industry's most dynamic writing duos and we hear Sam share his excitement at getting to work on this world premiere. With the show continuing to develop, it was great getting to sit down with Sam to discuss the new show and to look back over some early career highlights too.

In this brand new interview, Sam Tutty opens up about his creative process, now approaching a brand new musical, one year after the closing of Dear Evan Hansen. He reminds us of the importance of separating oneself from their character and shares his thanks to his family and friends for allowing him to switch off from playing heavy parts. As he now approaches the role of Dougal, we hear him talk about the importance of playing characters who are flawed and reflective of the human experience. He continues to be ambitious too - sharing his hope to continue diversifying in his career choices with more screen work as well as to continue starring in more musicals. It's a delightful conversation where we hear how much Sam has matured since his early days as a fresh graduate and we look forward to seeing whatever he does next.

Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) runs at Kiln Theatre from 9 November - 23 December).

Whether he's playing, conducting, orchestrating or composing, Alex Lacamoire is a musician in demand. He has won three Tony Awards for his orchestrations (In the Heights, Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen). On the new Sadler's Wells dance work Message in a Bottle, Alex's palette is the iconic music of Sting.

Also, how does a musical theatre performer bring their A-game to eight shows a week? We ask two of the hardest working performers on the Australian stage, and we learn about a fan-led project to bring Star Trek to audiences with a vision impairment which has now inspired a new work from Chunky Move at the Melbourne Fringe.

Coming at ya with a new special! Thanks to Des Moines Performing Arts, I was able to go see Dear Evan Hansen at the Des Moines Civic Center! I went into this one pretty blind without knowing much about the story. But I'm so glad I saw it!!! Check it out now in this new special episode of First in Line Sponsored by Vinyl Cup Records! 

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Welcome back to your favourite podcast, It's a Definite Maybe, with your lovely co-hosts Stella and Rosie!

In today’s episode,  we’re trying out a new series - Our Favourite Things! This is a series where you'll get to know us a bit better.

In our first episode of the series, we're talking about musicals - why we love them, as well as giving some recommendations for those who may not usually be into musicals.

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MOVIE DISCUSSION:

Hulu continues to put out bangers, and Melvin & Dan discuss Not Okay, one of its latest successes!

Topics: 

• (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) Discussing They/Them, the controversial and questionable slasher set at a gay conversion camp, as well as some new Ezra Miller/Flash/Warner Brothers news. (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 
• When Melvin first learned about Not Okay's description, he immediately knew he wanted to watch it. 
• Melvin felt Not Okay had some influence from Friday the 13th: Part V: A New Beginning. Yes, he explains. 
• Zoey Deutch and Dylan O'Brien were both in The Outfit, another movie from 2022. Melvin gives a mini review for that, while asserting the quality of their chemistry. 
• Part of why Melvin texted Daniel about covering Not Okay is specifically to compare it to Dear Evan Hansen, so the two begin detailing key differences in quality and character between the two. 
• By making the film more realistic and sensible, Not Okay succeeds in making its lead character both appropriately despicable and frustratingly sympathetic, both qualities that Dear Evan Hansen never achieves in its bizarro world depiction of horrible events. 
• Daniel, "If you told me this was made as a response to [Dear Evan Hansen], I would believe you." 
• The final sequence is the primary standout of Not Okay. 

Recommendations:

• Art for God's Sake: A Call to Recover the Arts by Philip Graham Ryken (Book)
• Joining Letterboxd.com so you can track movies, write reviews, follow other users, and make lists!
• Let the Reader Understand: A Guide to Interpreting and Applying the Bible by Dan G. McCartney and Charles Clayton (Book)

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We're back to Broadway! In this episode, Erica and Steph discuss Wicked, Waitress, Moulin Rouge, Dear Evan Hansen, and one of their newest favorites, Thoughts of a Colored Man. Learn how this show redefines Broadway norms and shines an eye-opening light on the human experience.

This week on BEFORE THE BREAK, the boys sit down with  actor, Will Roland. Will can currently be seen in a recurring  role on the TV show Billions, and has been featured on The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and Red Oaks. On Broadway he's appeared in Be More Chill and Dear Evan Hansen. We discuss growing up in NYC, a life changing high school trip to London, getting a music degree at NYU, having to skip Tony rehearsals, always having a day job, knowing everyone in the audition hallway, joining Dear Evan Hansen at the earliest stage, his relationship with Joe Iconis, not booking Be More Chill the first time around, the transition to on-camera work, and going from a day player to a recurring role on Billions. That and much more!

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In what has become a mini-tradition, we kick off the new year with an examination of last year's biggest musical flop. Unfortunately this one has a lot fewer cats and a lot more lying to a grieving family, and it's called Dear Evan Hansen. Joining us for the discussion is noted bar owner, Stuart wife, and DEH-on-Broadway-hater, Sharlene Wellington!

Wikipedia entry for Dear Evan Hansen

Movies recommended in this episode:

Nightmare Alley

House of Gucci

The Worst Person in the World

The Year of the Sex Olympics

Episode Segments:

• 3:10 – Favorite Things
• 32:38 – How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?
• 40:19 – Someone Tell The Story

Music Credits:

• "Overture" from Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by Dear World Orchestra & Donald Pippin
• "We Need A Little Christmas" from Mame  (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Jerry Herman | Performed by Angela Lansbury, Frankie Michaels, Jane Connell, Sab Shimono, & Donald Pippin
• "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Julie Andrews
• "Maria" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording)  | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Evadne Baker, Anna Lee, Portia Nelson, Marni Nixon
• "The Ballad of Booth" from Assassins (Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim | Performed by Patrick Cassidy, Marcus Olson, & Victor Garber

PATREON MOVIE DISCUSSION:

This movie was selected by our Patreon Supporters over at the Cinematic Doctrine Patreon. Support as little as $3 a month and have your voice heard!

A few days after recording for Dear Evan Hansen, Daniel felt compelled to expand upon certain topics we discussed. As such, here's Cinematic Doctrine's third and final installment of their Dear Evan Hansen series. Considering the complex subject matter of the film, there's some additional perspective and background Daniel felt was necessary to explain his reasoning behind his intensely critical thoughts.

Topics: 

• Daniel stands by his harsh perspective of the movie, but feels uncomfortable leaving his feelings without explanation.
• Evan Hansen is a fictional character with "movie mental illness"; an undefined psychiatric issue that largely is only relevant when the plot needs it to be.
• If we try and understand his mental health issues, and then see how they vanish when he's lying, are we to believe that Evan Hansen is "coming into his own" when he embraces a pathological lying trait?
• The whole movie has a literary veneer of "Mental Health" without actually having reasonable perspective on Mental Health.
• Daniel categorizes different kinds of mental health patients based upon his experience working at a Psych Hospital, and how one type of patient is the "Bojack Horseman".
• Unlike Bojack Horseman, where the character can be partially pitied and rooted for despite being the root cause of the show's problems, Evan Hansen is the anti-Bojack Horseman.
• Recovery includes transformation, as well as an admittance of fault, which never becomes fulfilled in Dear Evan Hansen. Evan Hansen does less than the bare minimum in resolution to the horrible things he's committed throughout the film.
• Dear Evan Hansen continues the frustrating reality of online mental health discussions, both by talking about its subject matter relatively poorly, and by clouding an already heavily obscured conversation in online communities.

Recommendations: 

• Harold Lindsell - "Lindsell Study Bible: The Living Bible, Paraphrased - Reference Edition"
• The Ezra Klein Show - "The Case Against Loving Your Job"
• Jenny Nicholson - "A Needlessly Thorough Roast of Dear Evan Hansen"

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When the writer of Rent died on the day of the show's first preview, he also left behind a little-known autobiographical musical called Tick, Tick… Boom! Now Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton) and Steven Levenson (Dear Evan Hansen) have brought it to the screen.

Also, voice and text coach at the Sydney Theatre Company, Leith McPherson, shares more of her insights into the power of voice and Circa's visionary artistic director Yaron Lifschitz shares what's on his Top Shelf.

This Episode has EVERYTHING!

It's got:

• Episode 21 Can Drink In America!
• Francois Brings You To Orgasmic Joy!
• HR Speak!
• Something 'Gate'!
• Paul Is An Amazing Lover!
• He's Embarrassed By This!
• 99 Bodies and the Bitch Ain't One!
• "Nobody Wants to Work Anymore" for Shitheads!
• Paul's Hatred for Bad Customer Service!
• Money Going Up the Chain To Stupidity!
• Paul Makes Dave Passionate!
• Corporations Don't Care! "It's Not Who We Are"!
• Leadership Needs to Understand Their Bias!
• Will the UN Allow Elon Musk to Solve World Hunger?!
• Rupert Murdoch Is a Cancerous Tumor!
• Paul's Thrice Wicked Experience!
• Cynthia Erivo Is An 'O' Away From An 'EGOT"!
• 'Galinda Essence' is a Great Drag Name!
• Ben Platt Was a RIDICULOUS Choice To Play Evan Hansen On Screen!
• Nepotism??!!
• The "Legally Blonde" Musical Stunk!
• "Diana The Musical" Abortion!
• "The Windsors" Is Hilarious!
• "Amanda The Jedi" is Dave's Long Lost Daughter!

Episode Links (In Order):

• Necrophiliac Loser Can't Make it to 100!
• Kurt Eichenwald!
• Kurt Eichenwald's Amazing Twitter Thread on "The Great Resignation"!
• Elon Musk Will Solve World Hunger...IF...!
• Wicked The Movie!
• Cynthia Erivo!
• Ariana Grande!
• List of EGOT Winners!
• Marc Platt, Ben Platt's Nepotistic Producer Father! Yay!
• "Legally Blonde, The Musical"!
• The Windsors!
• Prince Charles Goes on Strike!
• "Amanda the Jedi"!

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Sometimes wisdom can come in the most humble package.  Teresa Diane Stanley has been blessed with the God given talent of an  extraordinary voice.  However, the thing that truly sets her apart from so many others is her indomitable spirit and ability to adapt the changes that life presents with a gracious and kind heart.  Rather than a story of strife and tragedy this is an inspirational journey that chronicles how doing what you love, while being humble and kind, can be the most rewarding way to live. 

OAF 40 is here. Dan is psyched for some new releases from some BIG names. On another big week for new releases, films discussed include Dune, which Dan and Tom might go and see together, the new film from Wes Anderson, and there's also a sequel to The Boss Baby, a musical, and some films to watch at home. 

Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6BOVLLad2duA31cP98rcQy?si=7217089d386640eb

Trailers: 

Dune: https://youtu.be/w0HgHet0sxg

The French Dispatch: 

The Boss Baby: Family Business: https://youtu.be/QPzy8Ckza08

Dear Evan Hansen: https://youtu.be/CjA50VxlxAw

Game Night: https://youtu.be/qmxMAdV6s4U

Monos: https://youtu.be/B3nJfr8GI_Q

Thanks for listening, as always. Please like, subscribe, rate, review, and say nice things about and to us. 

ONE YEAR! Can you believe? Justin and Kevin look back on the exciting first year of Two Bland Gays! A whole 365 days of these girls gabbing on their mics and LETTING. YOU. HAVE. IT. The gays discuss their favorite moments from the show so far and recap the fun along the way.

Justin and Kevin talk Broadway reopening, Dear Evan Hansen as a movie, Justin breaks down his viewing of the OG Halloween and their favorite Jonas Brother to marry. Kevin shoots a second shot at a guy that turned him down, almost shits in a bucket, the 50th Anniversary celebration of Disney World and discuss what their lives would be like if they were Housewives.


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Films & TV Shows we mention: 

What if...? (TV Series 2021- )

The Morning Show (TV Series 2019- )

Foundation  (TV Series 2021- )

Dear Evan Hansen (2021)

13 Reason Why (TV Series 2017-2020)

Anson Williams was destined for achievement wherever he set his course. He gratefully received and applied advice and guidance from key mentors along his journey, including Garry Marshall, Ron Howard and a janitor named Willie Turner. Anson talks acting, directing, singing, invention and how he leveraged ideas and opportunities to carve new and life changing pathways. Plus, Fritz and Weezy are recommending The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy by Anne Sebba, Impeachment: American Crime Story and Dear Evan Hansen.

Path Points of Interest:

Anson Williams on Wikipedia

Anson Williams IMDB

Anson's Book, Singing To a Bulldog

Happy Days on Me-TV

Alert Drops

Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy by Anne Sebba

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Dear Evan Hansen

Impeachment - American Crime Story on FX