Patty’s back from Sweden, where she went to ABBA: The Museum. She tells Emily all about it, and they talk about Lost Lake, Pocatello, the Into the Woods Movie, Beth Leavel replacing in Tuck Everlasting, and Kathie Lee Gifford’s new musical venture!
This week Patty & Emily mourn the announcement that Side Show is closing. They celebrate Alice Ripley’s and Nancy Opel’s birthdays, discuss Allegro and the annoucemenst of Kate Baldwin in John & Jen and Laura Benanti in the Rockettes show.
Patty & Emily saw a bunch of shows this week! No time to talk about theatre news because we talk about Disenchanted, My Favorite Year, War Lesbian, The Illusionists, Peter Pan Live, and Emily’s 9th time seeing Side Show!
Patty & Emily discuss recent casting notices of Sarah Bareilles’s Waitress and the upcoming Dr. Zhivago. It also happens to be Mary Martin’s AND Bette Midler’s birthday as they record. Emily talks about seeing Mame and Little Dancer in DC, and Patty talks about Elf at Paper Mill.
We tackle some of the hard issues, like The King and I, Ugg-a-Wugg, and Disgraced. And also some fun topics like Wicked, Jen Tepper’s new book, and John Cameron Mitchell in Hedwig!
This week Patty & Emily discuss the Tonys decision on Sound Design, Carolee Carmello in Finding Neverland and Tuck Everlasting, Chasing the River, the Parade Concert, The Band Wagon at City Center, and many tangents.
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