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521: Paper Hearts - A New British Musical May 02, 2017

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With its triumphant return to London this week (prior to a week in Hamburg), Thos looks at hit fringe show, Paper Hearts, where love, passion and betrayal meet in a bookshop (next to the historical fiction and romance sections). Thos talks to the Assistant Director of its Edinburgh incarnation, Mark Stuart Flynn, about the creative inputs of this exciting new piece and its sophisticated story telling through parallel narratives

520: "Annie Get Your Gun" at the Union Theatre Apr 27, 2017

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David Herzog returns to chat with director Kirk Jameson about this latest London incarnation of the Irving Berlin classic!

519: Laura Darrell Interview Apr 18, 2017

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Mike chats to Laura Darrell - who's been involved with the new John Kander musical "Kid Victory". She talks about working on a new musical with John Kander and offers other golden nuggets of advice! You'll also get to hear music from the show, too!

518: 42nd Street/Oliviers/Adrian Jekkells Apr 11, 2017

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Join Nick Hutson, David Herzog, Jonathan Cohen and Dominic McChesney for an episode spanning our thoughts on 42nd Street (now playing at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane), an Olivier Awards re-cap and an introductory discussion with Adrian Jekkells - who is the principle of the London School of Musical Theatre.

517: Ten Year Tenure Apr 04, 2017

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As part of MusicalTalk's tenth anniversary celebrations, Thos sits down with the man who started it all, Nick Hutson, to talk about the birth of the series and how it developed in its earliest years, touching on Wicked, pantomime, Stephen Schwartz, Lord of the Rings and a lot more besides. To misquote Sondheim; look – we made a chat!

516: [Best in Show] Mar 28, 2017

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Thos sits down to discuss cult favourite, [Title of Show], with the Producer, Director and Musical Director of a recent five star production to investigate whether the piece is verbatim theatre and how life can imitate art imitating life in an authentic way. Now, will this episode prove to be more than nine people's favourite thing?

515: Beauty and the Remake Mar 22, 2017

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Disney's Beauty and the Beast has been remade for a new audience - complete with a CGI Beast, Emma Watson and an enhanced story line with some new songs by Sir Tim Rice and Alan Menken. Here is what Nick, Antonia and Michael had to say about it!

514: The Girls (Feat. Sophie Louise Dann and Claire Moore) Mar 14, 2017

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Nick shares his thoughts on the new musical of THE GIRLS - by Tim Firth and Gary Barlow - playing at the Phoenix Theatre - and discuss whether pop song writers doing musicals can actually work if a dramatist is behind it. Nick then talks to 2 stars of the show - Sophie Louise Dann and Claire Moore. We then hear a demo of the show's opening number by Gary Barlow.

513: The History of the Hollywood Musical (Part Two) Feb 28, 2017

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Nick and Antonia travel further down the yellow brick road of the history of the Hollywood film musical - discussing trends and tropes seen in the 60s all the way to today. We chat about Rocky Horror, Grease, Les Mis, Disney, Cabaret, Chicago and many more... and also return to the (nearly) Academy Award winning La La Land!

512: The History of the Hollywood Musical (Part One) Featuring Newsies. Feb 21, 2017

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Nick and Antonia bring you all the way back to the beginnings of the Hollywood musical - and trace its development throughout its early days discussing the Hays Code, the talents involved and the trends that formed. Michael Gordon Shapiro brings us bang up to date with his views on the recent filmed recording of the recent stage musical based on the recent-ish film of the true (but not-so-recent) story of Newsies. Still with us? Good!

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