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Episode 54: Broadway Revue FOSSE, Part 2 (Fossepocalypse Bonus Round)

Fosse Revue

http://media.blubrry.com/reeledumusical/reeledumusical.com/upload/podcast-reeledumusical/arem0054.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSJazz Hams! The Fossepocalypse is finally over! (No more roving bands of cannibalistic jazz dancers. No more Death by Jazz Hands. No more Broadway Thunderdome. (Damn, that’s a thing I really want now.)) Join us as we finish talking about the 2002 …

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Episode 53: Broadway Revue FOSSE, Part 1 (Fossepocalypse Bonus Round)

Fosse Revue

http://media.blubrry.com/reeledumusical/reeledumusical.com/upload/podcast-reeledumusical/arem0053.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSWe’re back, Jazz Hams, with our final Fossepocalypse – the bonus round viewing of the Broadway revue FOSSE! This 1999 revue won the Tony for Best Musical that year. Originally conceived by Chet Walker (a regular dance captain for Fosse), the show …

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Episode 52: All That Jazz, Part 2 (Fossepocalypse #11.5)

All That Jazz

http://media.blubrry.com/reeledumusical/reeledumusical.com/upload/podcast-reeledumusical/arem0052.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSThis is is, Jazz Hams. The official conclusion of the Fossepocalypse.  (There will be one bonus round after this, but the musical filmography of Mr. Bob Fosse ends here.) We discuss John Lithgow as Michael Bennet stand in, the weird head canon …

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Episode 51: All That Jazz, Part 1 (Fossepocalypse #11)

All That Jazz

http://media.blubrry.com/reeledumusical/reeledumusical.com/upload/podcast-reeledumusical/arem0051.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSThe Fossepocalypse nears its ultimate denouement as we watch Fosse’s autobiographical masterpiece ALL THAT JAZZ. The movie stands on its own (boy howdy, does it) but oh the layers when you know your Fosse work and history!  The egotistical frustrations of making …

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Episode 50: Chicago Part 2 (Fossepocalypse #10.5)

Chicago

http://media.blubrry.com/reeledumusical/reeledumusical.com/upload/podcast-reeledumusical/arem0050.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSWelcome back to the Fossepocalypse, Jazzhandians, with the capital city located in CHICAGO. This week’s conclusion discusses Little Mary Sunshine, Renee Zellweger as a puppet, and the showstopping Catherine Z-J. We give a lot of love to John C. Reilly as Amos …

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Episode 49: Chicago (Fossepocalypse #10) Part 1

Chicago

http://media.blubrry.com/reeledumusical/reeledumusical.com/upload/podcast-reeledumusical/arem0049.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSListen up, you jazz babies! This week’s episode is a classic of stage and screen – CHICAGO. The original cast was titanic in talent: Gwen Verdon as Roxie, Chita Rivera as Velma, and Jerry Orbach as Billy Flynn. The 1996 revival featured …

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Episode 48: The Little Prince (Fossepocalypse #9.5) Part 2

The Little Prince

http://media.blubrry.com/reeledumusical/reeledumusical.com/upload/podcast-reeledumusical/arem0048.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSWelcome, listeners, to part two of our discussion of Fosse’s last dance performance on film, THE LITTLE PRINCE. In this week’s episode, we delve into Fosse’s role and performance. Stanley Donen offered Fosse complete creative control to entice him to do the …

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Episode 47: The Little Prince (Fossepocalypse #9) Part One

The Little Prince

http://media.blubrry.com/reeledumusical/reeledumusical.com/upload/podcast-reeledumusical/arem0047.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSJazz Hams! We’re back and we’re back in the groove! (Every other week can get weirdly confusing, y’know?) The Fossepocalypse will not be stopped and so this week we bring you Bob’s last dance performance on film – THE LITTLE PRINCE. QUIZ …

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Episode 46: Pippin Part 2 (Fossepocalypse #8.5)

http://media.blubrry.com/reeledumusical/reeledumusical.com/upload/podcast-reeledumusical/arem0046.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSJazz Hams! We’re back! We apologize for missing last week. The new every-other-week schedule collided with CONvergence (Windy’s annual bacchanalia) and the bacchanalia won. We continue our discussion of PIPPIN – both its place in the Fosse oeuvre, and the particularities and …

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Episode 45: Pippin Part 1 (Fossepocalypse #8)

http://media.blubrry.com/reeledumusical/reeledumusical.com/upload/podcast-reeledumusical/arem0045.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSThe Fossepocalypse continues! As we begin our new bi-weekly schedule, we complete Fosse’s 1973 trifecta of drug-induced creativity:  PIPPIN. Neither Mike nor Vinnie had ever seen or even really heard of this show until Windy came along with her Fossetastic ways. Even …

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