Corner of the Sky
Hosted by Quinn Rose
Do you love musical theater? We do too! Every episode, Quinn Rose and a guest lovingly dissect a musical’s music, characters, plot, themes, and anything else that occurs to them.
58 Random Pursuit: Musicals
Well friends, after four years of Corner of the Sky, this podcast is going on indefinite hiatus. But to leave on a high note, we’ve got a full game show episode! Moisés Chiullán, Brian Hamilton, David Loehr, Jean MacDonald, and Shelly Brisbin are competing in a custom version of Random Pursuit that’s ALL musicals.
Also, this episode includes a mini-game: try to count how many times Quinn makes a mistake! It turns out that Random Pursuit is a deceptively complicated game to keep track of, and Erika Ensign actually has superpowers.
Previous Episodes
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April 6, 2021 “Falsettos”57 Kill Your Mother, Cancel Your Bar Mitzvah
Yoni Weiss talks the charmingly dysfunctional family of Falsettos.
Highlights: masculinity, borrowing synagogue chairs, Chip Zien, high school productions of Elegies, maturation, regression, lesbians, family.
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March 3, 2021 “Assassins”
56 Another National Anthem
Margaret Hall talks the “most controversial musical ever,” Assassins.
Highlights: flashpoint memories, Assassins Creed, Kidz Bop, shoulder devil, 9/11, John Weidman, empathy.
Content warning: discussion of gun violence.
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February 3, 2021 “Follies”
55 Bury Your Straights
Aaron Roberts talks the depressingly universal Follies.
Highlights: no one can stop my musical theater enthusiasm, nostalgia, the gayest musical without any homosexuality in it, summer camp, ghosts, Michael Bennett, Pirates of the Caribbean.
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January 5, 2021 “Guys & Dolls”
54 Luck Be A Lady
Philip Michaels talks the persistent classic Guys & Dolls.
Highlights: all in one place (except for Cuba), undercover cop, hijinks, female agency, Tom Hooper, revivals, Frank Sinatra.
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December 5, 2020 “The Prom”
53 Don’t Be Gay in Indiana
Holly Sansom talks the infectiously optimistic show The Prom.
Highlights: The Drowsy Chaperone, seeing theater for work, TV performances, girls kissing, we’re all lesbians, cringing, Glee.
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November 3, 2020 “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella”
52 Brandy’s Cinderella
Kat Largent talks the always-evolving classic Cinderella.
Highlights: Whitney Houston, musicals as popular music, revivals, award eligibility, casting movie musicals, onstage quick changes, basic but beautiful.
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October 1, 2020 “Something Rotten!”
51 I’ll Ask Mom
Stanley Rose talks the charming satire/homage Something Rotten.
Highlights: Christian Borle, write what you know, the Black Death!, simple entertainment, fact checking with Mom, humming the songs.
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September 1, 2020 “Godspell”
50 Camp Counselor Christ
Kerri Kearse talks the “drum circle for the Lord” and/or musical Godspell.
Highlights: directorial freedom, Christian rock, belting about the Lord, baby George Salazar, Marianne Williamson, race in casting, parables, Jesus Christ Superstar, earnestness.
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May 18, 2020 “Sunday in the Park with George”
49 Finishing the Hat
Emily Clark talks the pointillist musical Sunday in the Park with George.
Highlights: Bounce, autobiographical musicals, putting it together, universal (or not), historical inaccuracy, Pulitzer Prizes, Mandy Patinkin.
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May 11, 2020 “Jagged Little Pill”
48 You Oughta Know
Jhanelle Benton talks the unflinching rock musical Jagged Little Pill.
Highlights: Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again, being overly attached to the cast, interpretative dance, fluid movement, Elizabeth Stanley, gushing about the ensemble, Christmas letters, jukebox musicals.
Content warning: discussion of sexual assault and drug abuse.