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550: You are '17 Going on '18... Dec 19, 2017

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Join Nick and Tonia as they discuss the big shows of 2017 including 42nd Street, Hamilton, An American in Paris, Follies, Pinocchio, On the Town, The Addams Family and many others.

Episode 418: Miss-Alliance Dec 17, 2017

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Thos talks to Eitan and Luis about their interest in musical theatre, and their thoughts on the recent crop of West End shows including Les Mis, the misogyny of Dogfight, the mischief of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, the mis-step of Carousel and the hit and miss Miss Saigon!

549: A Musical Theatre Meander Dec 13, 2017

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Join Dom and Thos as they follow their muse for a marvellous musical theatre meander, encompassing everything from Florodora to South Pacific by way of some obscure television musicals, Follies, Salad Days, Hellzapoppin' and Little Mary Sunshine to name but a few. And with people such as Noel Coward, George Edwardes, Ada Reeve, Tessie O'Shea, Charles Dickens and William Shakespeare, it's the episode that puts the "muse" into "amuse-ing"!

548: Alexander Hamilton and Jon Peterson Dec 05, 2017

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Meet me inside the room where it happens as you join Nick, Mike Shapiro and Tonia as they discuss Hamilton opening in London. That would be enough, but you can then join David Herzog as he talks to musical theatre star Jon Peterson! It's a Non-Stop Trans-Atlantic special! We know you'll be back!

547: A Night in the Ukraine with Evita Nov 29, 2017

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Tim and Thos sit down to discuss two very different shows from the late 1970s - the greatest of the Lloyd Webber and Rice collaborations, Evita, and a modern Marx Brothers concoction, a Night in the Ukraine by Frank Lazarus and the much lamented Dick Vosburgh – it's all the fun of the circus from Che to Chekov!

546: The Success of How to Succeed Nov 24, 2017

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Following it rare recent professional production in London, Tim and Thos cast their eyes over the evergreen How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and look at it through the prism of sexual and gender politics, whilst still finding time to admire the score and some exquisite 1960s tailoring! An irresistible charis(matic) original indeed!

545: Piers Chater Robinson on writing Peter Pan - The British Musical Nov 13, 2017

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Once upon a time, Nick saw a musical of Peter Pan at the Cambridge Theatre starring Ron Moody. This musical was written by composer, lyricist and bookwriter - Piers Chater-Robinson. Hear how this musical, originally written for a school, started out and made its way to the West End... whilst being published all over the world.

544: Stop the Toxic Thrill Machine, Oh Father! Nov 07, 2017

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It's time for more Edinburgh Festival Fringe insights from Thos and Michael Gordon Shapiro, the noted composer, as they look into a number of very successful shows including the Toxic Avenger, Thrill Me, the Time Machine, Forgive Me, Oh Father and Stop the Musical. They also discuss the usefulness (or otherwise) of topicality to a show-writer. All this and a song from Michael's wonderful show, The Bully Problem. It's a feast for the ears

543: It Shoulda Been Buried in the Scottish Woods Oct 31, 2017

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It's time for another Fringe Round Up Time – so join Thos and noted composer, Michael Gordon Shapiro, for the next couple of weeks as they talk about some more of the best shows at his years Edinburgh Festival Fringe. And in today's episode they tackle Into the Woods, Atlantic – A Scottish Story, It Shoulda Been You and Buried! And there's music from Super Sidekick: The Musical.

542: The Forgotten Kander and Ebb Shows from Z to A Oct 18, 2017

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Dom and Robert are let off the lead by Nick and are allowed to talk to their heart's content about the more un-known shows of Kander and Ebb including The Rink, The Visit, Zorba and Woman of the Year.

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