Theater History and Mysteries

About Theater History and Mysteries

The deepest dives you can find anywhere into the history and backstory of the great musical productions. Dense content...for people who aren't. And, I’ll never miss an opportunity to pursue any mystery, bizarre coincidence, improbable event, or supernatural suggestion along the way because, in the words of Dirk Gentley, it is all connected. You can contact me directly at theaterhistorypodcast@gmail.com Released every other Tuesday. Music by Jon Bruschke and Andrew Howat, arranged, performed, and recorded by Andrew Howat. Check out the interview on Musical Theater Radio, episode 404: https://www.musicaltheatreradio.com/podcast (https://www.musicaltheatreradio.com/podcast)

Publisher

Dr. Jon Bruschke, PhD

Category

arts · arts · history

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 Aug 2024

Latest episode

6 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

53 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   6 Oct 2026

   The real CRIME that inspired the musical Chicago (Chicago 3 of 12, episode 52)

   Send us Fan Mail The musical Chicago is based on an actual case. It inspired at least 6 different large-scale entertainment industry productions. You know the broad strokes – Roxy Hart shoots her lover, goes to trial, is backed by an adoring but doormat of a husband, meets other inmates who are equally heartless and all crave fame, as way to win their cases, and gets off when her slick and sleazy lawyer comes up with a fabrication about reaching for a gun that bamboozles a too gul...

2. 

   22 Sept 2026

   The real CRIME that inspired the musical Chicago (Chicago 2 of 12, episode 51)

   Send us Fan Mail The musical Chicago is based on an actual case. And not in a distant, this trial inspired a story that’s been retold so many times that who knows, kind of way. A real, actual killing that in many details is exactly like the musical, and in fact was covered by a reporter named Maurine Watkins, who interviewed the real-life Roxy Hart in the actual Cook County jail, then covered the trial, and wrote articles about them all the way through it. What happened at that tr...

3. 

   8 Sept 2026

   The real people who inspired the musical Chicago (Chicago 1 of 12, episode 50)

   Send us Fan Mail Chicago the musical is the longest running revival in Broadway history, second only to Phantom as the longest running show ever, winner of the 2002 Oscar, rare crossover of broadway hit and movie hit, is at the century anniversary of its first Broadway run, which was a play and not a musical. Not a lot of shows go on for 100 years. There are two big questions for the show: Is it pro- or anti-crime? Is it rightabout women killing men & getting off? Today ...

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