If you love musicals, then we have a show for you! Enter stage right, Ethan and Javier (and the occasional special guest) as they discuss and debate different musicals for your enjoyment. Laugh along, sing along, and learn about different stage musicals whether they are good... or bad, but don't take our word for it. Come listen every Monday. Happy listening!
I’d like to propose a toast, to the man who invented lunch. Stephen Sondheim gave the world words and how to express them in our everyday lives. Join Ethan and Javier as they discuss Into the Woods and learn how Children Will Listen because It Takes Two to tango.
13 Sept 2021
Being Alive
We always wanted to live in Radio City. We thought it was a small little town outside of New York, but we were wrong. Join Ethan and Javier in this season finale as they discuss and debate the concept musical, Company by Stephen Sondheim. Robert, a 35 year old single man, is constantly berated about getting married by his married friend. Over the course of the show, he sees how dysfunctional their married lives are.
6 Sept 2021
24601 (Ft. Bob from The Great Pop-Culture Debate)
Come join Ethan, Javier, and their returning guest, Bob, as they discuss and debate Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables over a nice Bordeaux. Bob lends his voice to the dynamic duo and helps to keep them align in the show.
30 Aug 2021
Remember?
Join Ethan and Javier as they travel to early 20th century Sweden as they discuss the strangest love… triangle, no, square, no, pentagon… shape. That’s right, Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music. Ethan is super excited to discuss their first Sondheim! Make yourself a red silk panties and enjoy the show!
23 Aug 2021
They Called Me Wonderful
Follow Ethan and Javier as they travel to Dear Old Shiz. They missed the Yellow Brick Road along the way, but not all bad witches are ugly. Drink an Appletini on us! You’ll be glad you did.
16 Aug 2021
Lions and Tigers and Bears! Oh, My!
Are you a friend of Dorothy? Do you enjoy talking long walks along roads made of yellow brick in ruby heels that look totally uncomfortable while you’re wearing your blue gingham dress? Come join Ethan and Javier as they discuss and debate The Wizard of Oz. Try the French martini as well as you listen to the show about how Glinda is the bad b*tch of the North! Can I get an amen up in here?!
9 Aug 2021
Not Guilty (Ft. Chicago Correctional Officer, Mamma Connie)
You’ve been arrested for the murder of your sugar daddy and have been sent to Cook County Jail. Mama comes around, you good to Mama, Mama be good to you. Join Ethan, Javier, and our special guest, Connie as they discuss and debate the hit musical, Chicago!
2 Aug 2021
The Jellicle Ball (Ft. Skimblebob the Cat)
Do you like plot? This is the wrong show for you! Join Ethan, Javier, and our special guest, Bob from The Great Pop-Culture Debate, as they discuss and debate Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats. Grab a White Russian and laugh as they name so many cats!
26 Jul 2021
Mother, Darling
Come on up to the East Hamptons to the house that once saw the likes of movie stars, politicians, and everyone in between. Grey Gardens is the house to be with the owners Big and Little Edie. Join Ethan and Javier as they discuss this kooky, little Off-Broadway musical that won two Tonys for the two main actresses.
26 Jul 2021
Façade
Join Ethan and Javier as they go to Industrial England and search out the mysterious case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Jekyll and Hyde will give you an amazing show if not a split personality.
19 Jul 2021
The Angel of Music
Make yourself a Kerr Royale and listen as Ethan, Javier, and our special guest, Brett discuss The Phantom of the Opera, which is the longest running Broadway show ever performed. Listen as we discuss the finer points of the show, but instead of a mic drop, we're bringing the house down with a chandelier. Sing for me! Forever!
12 Jul 2021
The Little Details
Grab a piragua (or a Puerto Rican snow cone) and come listen to this next instalment of On the Way to the Forum where we discuss the recently released In the Heights. Listen to the fun and award-winning show, written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegria Hudes. Follow the story of Usnavi in his little bodega in Washington Heights as Ethan, Javier, and their special guest Kristen delve deeper into the meaning behind In the Heights.
5 Jul 2021
Yea or Nay
Travel back in time to see the birth of a new nation. 1776 is a wonderful show that showcases the days leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Featuring the real-life stars and founding fathers, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Handcock, Thomas Jefferson, and many more. Come listen to Ethan and Javier's take on the signing and the events that led to the beginnings of the United States of America. You may learn a thing or two... or catch a French disease... or abstain, courteously. unXYqWkq6vOiIFhrQUA6
14 Jun 2021
You Can Jive
Mamma Mia? Who's that? Listen as Ethan, Kristen, and Javier take you to the wonderful little island of Kalokairi in Greece to visit Donna, Sophie, Rosie, Tanya, and the three donors who possibly helped give Sophie life.
4 Jun 2021
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