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Welcome to The Whole Note. A Weekly Podcast to discuss the thing I love most, Musical Theatre! Every week I will have a special guest and we will talk about a musical of their choosing, give a synopsis of the show by going through the music track by track to tell the story and then talk about its origins, the actors, the songs, and the revivals if it had any. Finally, we will then give it a Whole Note Grade from A+ to F. Every episode will end with where you can purchase the musical's cast r ...
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Episode 16 - Wonderland Wonderland: A New Alice, formerly called Wonderland: Alice's New Musical Adventure, is a musical with a book by Jack Murphy and Gregory Boyd, lyrics by Murphy, and music by Frank Wildhorn. The story, a contemporary version of the novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871) by Lewis Car…
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The Addams Family is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa and book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. The show is based upon The Addams Family characters created by Charles Addams in his single-panel gag cartoons, which depict a ghoulish American family with an affinity for all things macabre. Although numerous film and televisi…
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Episode 14 - Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier
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Episode 14 - Twisted Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier is a musical with music by A. J. Holmes, lyrics by Kaley McMahon, and book by Matt Lang, Nick Lang, and Eric Kahn Gale. The musical parodies the 1992 Walt Disney Animation Studios' film Aladdin, and The Walt Disney Company in general, telling the story from the point of view of Ja'far…
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Episode 13 - Wicked “No One Mourns The Wicked” Wicked is a Broadway musical, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman. It is based on the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, itself a retelling of the classic 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum and the…
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Episode 12 - Little Shop of Horrors
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Episode 12 - Little Shop of Horrors “On The 21st Day in the month of September…..” Little Shop of Horrors is a horror comedy rock musical with music by Alan Menken and lyrics and a book by Howard Ashman. The story follows a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood and flesh. The musical is loosely based on the low-bu…
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Episode 11 - Green Day’s American Idiot
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Episode 11 - Green Day’s American Idiot Green Day’s American Idiot is a sung-through rock musical based on the 2004 concept album of the same name by punk rock band Green Day. After a run at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in 2009, the show moved to the St. James Theatre on Broadway. Previews began on March 24, 2010, and the musical officially opene…
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Episode 10 - A Fierce Family Reunion
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Episode 10 - A Fierce Family Reunion Special Topic - What's Your Favorite Musical? With Maddie Peirce, Sarah Sandifer, & Molly Heal About The Host Kenneth L. Waters, Jr. (He/Him) has been involved in theater for over a decade around the DMV area. He is a graduate from The College of Southern Maryland and Frostburg State University with degrees in T…
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Episode 9 - Cabaret Cabaret is a 1966 musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Joe Masteroff. The musical was based on John Van Druten's 1951 play I Am a Camera which was adapted from the semi-autobiographical novel Goodbye to Berlin (1939) by Anglo-American writer Christopher Isherwood. Set in 1929–1930 Berlin during the …
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Episode 8 - High School Theatre Teacher Talk
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A WHOLE NOTE SPECIAL! Episode 8 - High School Theatre Teacher Talk Talking with three high school theatre teachers about their time teaching during COVID-19, their goals for the upcoming school year, and what challenges they face when teaching high school theatre. About The Host Kenneth L. Waters, Jr. (He/Him) has been involved in theater for over …
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Episode 7 – BKLYN, The Musical BKLYN, The Musical Using the play within a play structure, Brooklyn focuses on a group of five ragtag homeless musicians known as the City Weeds. The group periodically transforms a street corner under the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge into a stage where they present their play about a Parisian singer Brooklyn, named af…
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In the Heights is a musical with music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and a book by Quiara Alegría Hudes. The story is set over the course of three days, involving characters in the largely Dominican neighborhood of Washington Heights in New York City. About The Host Kenneth L. Waters, Jr. (He/Him) has been involved in theater for over a decade a…
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A Whole Note Special! Chatting with two families about having their children do theatre and the effect it has had on their children's lives. About The Host Kenneth L. Waters, Jr. (He/Him) has been involved in theater for over a decade around the DMV area. He is a graduate from The College of Southern Maryland and Frostburg State University with deg…
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Pippin is a 1972 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Roger O. Hirson. Bob Fosse, who directed the original Broadway production, also contributed to the libretto. The musical uses the premise of a mysterious performance troupe, led by the Leading Player, to tell the story of Pippin, a young prince on his search for meaning …
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Passing Strange is a comedy-drama rock musical about a young African American's artistic journey of self-discovery in Europe, with strong elements of philosophical existentialism, metafiction, and the artistic journey. The musical's lyrics and book are by Stew with music and orchestrations by Heidi Rodewald and Stew. About The Host Kenneth L. Water…
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The Last Five Years is a musical written by Jason Robert Brown. It premiered at Chicago's Northlight Theatre in 2001 and was then produced Off-Broadway in March 2002. The story explores a five-year relationship between Jamie Wellerstein, a rising novelist, and Cathy Hiatt, a struggling actress. The show uses a form of storytelling in which Jamie's …
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Episode 1 - Debbie Does Dallas, The Musical
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Episode 1 - Debbie Does Dallas, The Musical Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical is an Off-Broadway musical with a book by Susan L. Schwartz, composed by Andrew Sherman, with Tom Kitt and Jonathan Callicutt providing additional music and lyrics. It is based on the 1978 pornographic film Debbie Does Dallas. Opened off-Broadway at the Jane Street Theatre …
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Welcome to The Whole Note. A Weekly Podcast to discuss the thing I love most, Musical Theatre! Every week I will have a special guest and we will talk about a musical of their choosing, give a synopsis of the show by going through the music track by track to tell the story, and then talk about its origins, the actors, the songs, and the revivals if…
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