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0491: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 – Must See Musicals! Aug 24, 2016

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Join MusicalTalk for its tenth year of extensive coverage of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the world's largest arts festival. As always, Thos has been sampling as much of the musical theatre offerings as he can, and has prepared his annual condensed medley of songs, insights, interviews and opinions from the fringe for 2016 including this year's MusicalTalk Pick of the Fringe. And remember all these shows are still available for you to see – so listen up and get going!

0490: Miranda Still Sings Aug 18, 2016

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Continuing our look back at ten years of MusicalTalk, we revisit an episode released in June 2009 where Nick interviewed Miranda Sings; the famous YouTube (and now Netflix) delusional star! This interview caused a bit of an outrage because Nick was not very kind to Miranda! All part of the fun, though!

0489: Re-attend the Press Junket of Sweeney Todd Aug 10, 2016

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As we come ever closer to our 500th episode, we also celebrate 10 years worth of podcasts! So to continue with Thos' recent episode tradition, Nick is delving through the archives to bring you some of the best episodes of the last 10 years over the next couple of weeks. This week we re-listen to the 2007 episode "Attend The Press Junket of Sweeney Todd" where Nick spoke to Stephen Sondheim, Johnny Depp, the late Alan Rickman, Helena Bonham-Carter, Jamie Campbell-Bower, Tim Burton and many others about the film of Sweeney Todd. A true classic episode that we're thrilled to re-release!

0488: Remembering Marni Nixon (Part Two) Aug 02, 2016

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MusicalTalk pays tribute to Hollywood legend, the late Marni Nixon, with another chance to hear the second part of her in-depth 2010 interview which marked her eightieth birthday and explored some of the many things that had made her career so impressive, including more on her enigmatic career as the dubbing queen par excellence.

0487: Remembering Marni Nixon (Part One) Jul 26, 2016

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With the sad news of the recent passing of "The Ghostess with the Mostess", Hollywood legend, Marni Nixon, Thos recalls her unusual and perhaps unexpected fame and her incredibly broad career – not just as "dubber to the stars", but a star in her own right! There's another chance to hear the first part of her in-depth 2010 interview, and – for contrast – to enjoy some songs from Wags! The Musical, about to go on a UK tour.

0486: Appreciating Verbatim Jul 19, 2016

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Thos looks at the newest genre of musical theatre, the verbatim musical, made famous by the Royal National Theatre's much lauded production of London Road, and asks if it subverts Sondheim's axiom about content dictating form. Also included is a conversation with the people behind Untold Wars: A New Verbatim Musical which uses the format in a different but equally powerful way. If Grease is the word, then verbatim musicals are the word-for-word!

0485: An Episode about A Comedy about a Bank and a Magic Lamp Robbery Jun 21, 2016

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David Herzog talks to Joey Hickman - who is the musical director and music arranger of A Comedy About a Bank Robbery - playing at the Criterion theatre - from the people that brought us The Play that Goes Wrong and Peter Pan Goes Wrong. Nick Hutson shares his thoughts on Aladdin - that's just opened at the Prince Edward Theatre!

0484: Middlebrow Musicals – Part Two Jun 15, 2016

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Join Thos as he continues his chat to Cameron (no, not that one) and this week addresses the odd case of the two Richard Rogers, as well as touching on both Sandy and John Wilson (no relation) and the George and Ira Gershwin (who are!).

0483: Middlebrow Musicals – Part One Jun 07, 2016

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Is Sondheim a cul-de-sac for musicals? Is Andrew Lloyd Webber the last great operetta-ist? Thos sits down with musical theatre journalist and blogger, Cameron Smith, to chew over musical theatre in all its forms and to discuss some of its noted practitioners. Will these burning questions be answered? Well, sort of...

0482: Gina Beck's Showboat May 19, 2016

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Join David as he chats to MusicalTalk favourite Gina Beck about her role in the classic Showboat - now playing at the New London Theatre.

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