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Episode 35: My Sister Eileen (Fossepocalypse #2)

My Sister Eileen

http://media.blubrry.com/reeledumusical/reeledumusical.com/upload/podcast-reeledumusical/arem0035.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSJazz Hams! It’s time to begin our season of devotion to the master: Bob Fosse. This is the second episode of the Fossepocalypse because way-back-when (Episode 17, November 27, 2018) we began the Fossepocalypse with KISS ME, KATE.  Inspired by the impending …

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Episode 34: Princess Raccoon

Princess Raccoon

http://media.blubrry.com/reeledumusical/reeledumusical.com/upload/podcast-reeledumusical/arem0034.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSThis week, Jazzhandians, your hosts dive into completely unknown territory: a Japanese musical! Seijun Suzuki’s PRINCESS RACCOON. Based on Japanese folklore, but mostly just coming from Suzuki’s highly visual, stylized, rather bonkers brain – PRINCESS RACCOON has a variety of musical styles, …

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Episode 33: The Muppet Movie

, with special guest:

The Muppet Movie

http://media.blubrry.com/reeledumusical/reeledumusical.com/upload/podcast-reeledumusical/arem0033.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSCitizens of Jazzhandia! This week’s episode has your hosts (Windy, Vinnie, and Mike) filling in a glaring hole in silent partner Jenny’s filmography – THE MUPPET MOVIE! If it’s been a while since you’ve watched it, let us remind you how absolutely …

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Episode 32: Once Upon a Mattress (2005)

Once Upon A Mattress

http://media.blubrry.com/reeledumusical/reeledumusical.com/upload/podcast-reeledumusical/arem0032.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSWhen the movie you were supposed to watch won’t play, you pivot immediately to the colorful and charming ONCE UPON A MATTRESS. The original Broadway production launched the career of a young comedienne named Carol Burnett. Now she takes the role of …

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Episode 31: Ziegfeld Follies (Part 2)

Ziegfeld Follies

http://media.blubrry.com/reeledumusical/reeledumusical.com/upload/podcast-reeledumusical/arem0031.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSThis week, your hosts finish our discussion of ZIEGFELD FOLLIES, that star-studded dud of a musical revue. They say that failure is a great teacher, and we certainly learned a lot about what we don’t like, and what doesn’t work, watching this …

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Episode 30: Ziegfeld Follies (Part 1)

Ziegfeld Follies

http://media.blubrry.com/reeledumusical/reeledumusical.com/upload/podcast-reeledumusical/arem0030.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSJazz Hams, this week your hosts discover a movie that none of us had seen – ZIEGFELD FOLLIES. This movie has been mentioned frequently in other episodes whenever we would check a major movie star’s resume and find that they, too, had …

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Episode 29: Kismet

Kismet

http://media.blubrry.com/reeledumusical/reeledumusical.com/upload/podcast-reeledumusical/arem0029.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSThis week’s episode features Windy’s beloved Howard Keel and the gorgeous melodies of Borodin – it’s KISMET! Mike and Vinnie literally had no idea this movie even existed.  And yet… The Broadway musical ran for over 500 performances. When the film production …

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Episode 28: Starstruck

Starstruck

http://media.blubrry.com/reeledumusical/reeledumusical.com/upload/podcast-reeledumusical/arem0028.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSCitizens of Jazzhandia, we are here with an ambassador from the 1980s by way of Australia – it’s STARSTRUCK! If a Cyndi Lauper music video had a love child with The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the result would be the delightfully bonkers …

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Episode 27: The Band Wagon

The Band Wagon

http://media.blubrry.com/reeledumusical/reeledumusical.com/upload/podcast-reeledumusical/arem0027.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSJazz Hams, this week’s episode features a pairing that is sure to delight:  Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse! THE BAND WAGON is a light, frothy delight featuring iconic and influential dances created by Michael Kidd. Neither Vinnie nor Mike had seen it …

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Episode 26: RENT

Rent

http://media.blubrry.com/reeledumusical/reeledumusical.com/upload/podcast-reeledumusical/arem0026.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSListeners, this week Mike leads us through the movie version of RENT which Vinnie has never seen. The 2005 film unites much of the original cast which seemed like an exciting idea at the time – until you have a close up …

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