Explaining Musicals, with Lindsay Ellis

If an emotion is too big for talking, you sing. If it's too big
for singing, you dance. And if it's too big for dancing, well,
you just gotta podcast!


Author, podcaster, and video essayist Lindsay Ellis knows a thing
or two about outsized Broadway emotions—in addition to her many
other pursuits, she's created a whole side endeavor talking about
them on her musical theater podcast, Musicalsplaining. Ellis
guested on last year's Strong Songs episode about Hadestown, and
it seemed only natural to have her back for a longer conversation
about musical theater.


Back in March, she and Kirk hopped on Zoom and chatted about the
first musicals they loved, why musicals resonate with teens, how
Hadestown's visual design helps tell a story, and just
what the deal is with Andrew Lloyd Webber.


CHECK OUT LINDSAY'S WORK


Lindsay's bestselling debut novel Axiom's End is now
available, and her second one is on the way. She's a prolific
video essayist, and has made some terrific videos about Lord Andy
himself. She's also a co-host on the Musicalsplaining podcast.


REFERENCED/DISCUSSED:


“All I Ask of You (Reprise),” and “Point of No Return” from
The Phantom of the Opera (Original London Cast) by Andrew
Lloyd Webber and Charles Hart, 1987

“Cool” by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim from West
Side Story, New Broadway Cast Recording, 2009

“Dead Mom” by Eddie Perfect performed by Sophia Anne Caruso
from the Beetlejuice OCR, 2019

"Non-Stop” by Lin-Manuel Miranda from Hamilton, 2015

“Heaven on their Minds” by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
from Jesus Christ Superstar, original concept album, 1970

“The Club” by Lin-Manuel Mirands from In The Heights,
2008

“Any Way the Wind Blows,” “Come Home With Me,” “Chant,” and
“Wedding Song” by Anäis Mitchell from Hadestown, 2019

An offhand joke about “The Phantom of the Mall” which is an
actual 1989 movie

“Willkommen” by Kander, Ebb and Masteroff performed by Alan
Cumming in the 1998 version of Cabaret

"Man of Constant Sorrow,” trad. American Folk first published
by Dick Burnett, performed by Dan Tyminski and the Soggy Bottom
Boys in O Brother, Where Art Thou, 2000

“Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd from After Hours, 2020



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