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Hamilton
The Revolution
Marcia Belsky mentioned that she sees this musical frequently and finds it humorous, especially the King George parts; it was discussed as an example of musical theatre that includes funny aspects within a serious topic, as a source of inspiration for her own work.
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Like whenever King George comes out and Hamilton I'm the one who's like.
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Episode: "The Plot of The Bible" (w/ Marcia Belsky)
Marcia Belsky mentioned that she sees this musical frequently and finds it humorous, especially the King George parts; it was discussed as an example of musical theatre that includes funny aspects within a serious topic, as a source of inspiration for her own work.
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Like whenever King George comes out and Hamilton I'm the one who's like.
When I do see Hamilton often I always laugh at the King George part it just tickles me.
Exactly, and that was when I got the idea, okay if you're not talented enough to get on Broadway, write yourself into it.
So I wrote myself into Offred because also Lin-Manuel talked about how he didn't see any roles,
Fiddler on the Roof
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It was mentioned as a musical parody that Marcia Belsky and Melissa Stikowski were working on, based on the L train shutdown in Williamsburg and the family's forced relocation to Astoria; it was set aside while they worked on the Handmaid's Tale parody.
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But then they pushed the L train shutdown back so we were like we really wanted to time it sort of like right when it was happening.
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It was mentioned as a musical parody that Marcia Belsky and Melissa Stikowski were working on, based on the L train shutdown in Williamsburg and the family's forced relocation to Astoria; it was set aside while they worked on the Handmaid's Tale parody.
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But then they pushed the L train shutdown back so we were like we really wanted to time it sort of like right when it was happening.
So we started writing that but then they pushed the L train shutdown back so we were like we really wanted to time it sort of like right when it was happening.
But it buys us time and we wanted to do something and so we were I read the book Handmaid's Tale and we were watching the show together and we have been joking about how everything becomes a musical and how that.
Groundhog Day!
Marcia Belsky recounted a story of seeing this musical with her parents; it was discussed in the context of the surprising or unexpected nature of musical adaptations.
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Oh my God I've been telling this story because winter is now and it's like eighth month. Me and my father and my mom saw Groundhogs Day the musical.
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Marcia Belsky recounted a story of seeing this musical with her parents; it was discussed in the context of the surprising or unexpected nature of musical adaptations.
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Oh my God I've been telling this story because winter is now and it's like eighth month. Me and my father and my mom saw Groundhogs Day the musical.
It's going to be a great show.
Hairspray
The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Hit Broadway Musical (Applause Books)
It was discussed as a musical that Marsha Belsky saw in the original production, and she highlighted the finale song, "You Can't Stop the Beat", as a particularly memorable moment; it was mentioned that it's a good workout song.
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Oh God, we saw Hairspray, the original cast.
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It was discussed as a musical that Marsha Belsky saw in the original production, and she highlighted the finale song, "You Can't Stop the Beat", as a particularly memorable moment; it was mentioned that it's a good workout song.
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Oh God, we saw Hairspray, the original cast.
The last number, the way it just kind of roars at you, you can't stop the beat.
You can't stop the beat. You can't stop the beat.
If you haven't ever seen- You can't stop the beat.
It's honestly such a good workout song too.
Rent
It was discussed as a musical that influenced Marsha Belsky's interest in musical theatre and comedy; she was a big fan as a child and ordered bootleg VHS recordings of it online in the early days of the internet.
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It was Rent.
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It was discussed as a musical that influenced Marsha Belsky's interest in musical theatre and comedy; she was a big fan as a child and ordered bootleg VHS recordings of it online in the early days of the internet.
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It was Rent.
it truly changed my whole world and I was like, I wanna do heroin now.
I would love to be poor.
I wanna be poor in New York doing heroin, shunning my white privilege, not acknowledging it in any way and not paying my Rent for a full year.
They knew I liked, trust me, they knew I liked Rent.
We Will Rock You
The Musical by Queen and Ben Elton
It was mentioned as a musical that Marsha Belsky saw in London with her parents, and she disliked it because of the excessive encore, which consisted of callbacks of all the songs in the show after the show ended.
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So I saw the Queen musical, We Will Rock You in London.
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It was mentioned as a musical that Marsha Belsky saw in London with her parents, and she disliked it because of the excessive encore, which consisted of callbacks of all the songs in the show after the show ended.
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So I saw the Queen musical, We Will Rock You in London.
is that the show has ended and they do seven to nine on-chorus of every single song they just played in the show while you're standing up clapping.
Mamma Mia
It was mentioned as a musical that Marsha Belsky saw, and she disliked it because of the excessive encore, which consisted of callbacks of all the songs in the show after the show ended.
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And then also Mamma Mia and what they both did, which was insufferable, is that the show has ended and they do seven to nine on-chorus of every single song they just played in the sho...
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Episode: "The Plot of The Bible" (w/ Marcia Belsky)
It was mentioned as a musical that Marsha Belsky saw, and she disliked it because of the excessive encore, which consisted of callbacks of all the songs in the show after the show ended.
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And then also Mamma Mia and what they both did, which was insufferable, is that the show has ended and they do seven to nine on-chorus of every single song they just played in the show while you're standing up clapping.
I was with my friend at Mamma Mia and after the third callback, she was like, they're getting a little stage happy.
Cruel Intentions (Park Avenue Elites)
It was mentioned as a musical adaptation that Marsha Belsky and a friend saw, which featured a performance by Amanda Schechtman; the musical was discussed in terms of the 90's jukebox musical style and its incorporation into the musical theatre style.
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Cruel Intentions the Musical.
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It was mentioned as a musical adaptation that Marsha Belsky and a friend saw, which featured a performance by Amanda Schechtman; the musical was discussed in terms of the 90's jukebox musical style and its incorporation into the musical theatre style.
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Cruel Intentions the Musical.
We saw it because Amanda Schechtman who's been on the show.
Incredible.
Played Catherine which is the Sarah Michelle Geller role and slayed it.
She was unbelievable she is truly like effortless.
She makes it look so easy while she's hitting the most intense notes.
The songs were insane like it was a 90s jukeback musical but they took everything up into this musical theater style sort of and just like you know I'm the only one by Melissa Etherich.
They like made it this like moment which is like starts off the show in her character and I'm like this is fucking good.
Sunset Boulevard
Tyler's boyfriend is a Pisces, and the pair shared a funny anecdote about seeing Glenn Close's performance in 'Sunset Boulevard' from the nosebleeds in the theatre.
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So the story that we like to tell was we were in the fucking nosebleeds like third mezzanine early on.
— Episode: "Advanced Actresses" (w/ Tyler Coates)
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Tyler's boyfriend is a Pisces, and the pair shared a funny anecdote about seeing Glenn Close's performance in 'Sunset Boulevard' from the nosebleeds in the theatre.
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So the story that we like to tell was we were in the fucking nosebleeds like third mezzanine early on.
Literally the last row. It was bad. And we were really far away, but they were so cheap. They were $30.
And she was wild. That for that entire show, she's I mean, she's not. I mean, she's acting with every part of her body the whole time.
Follies
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Tyler shared that 'Follies' was his favorite production he's ever seen and saw it four times.
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And then I saw Follies four times.
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Tyler shared that 'Follies' was his favorite production he's ever seen and saw it four times.
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And then I saw Follies four times.
Which is so like that's my number one, the best production I've ever seen.
Beauty and the Beast (Disney Beauty and the Beast) (Little Golden Book)
Tyler discussed attending a performance of 'Beauty and the Beast on Ice' as a child, which became a catalyst for his appreciation of theatre and musicals, despite being bullied by a classmate for it.
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And so they bought tickets to see Beauty and the Beast on ice.
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Tyler discussed attending a performance of 'Beauty and the Beast on Ice' as a child, which became a catalyst for his appreciation of theatre and musicals, despite being bullied by a classmate for it.
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And so they bought tickets to see Beauty and the Beast on ice.
For my brother, not for me.
And so my brother David and their daughter Carrie were going to go together because they're kindergartners and that's the age group that you should be. Right. Go see Beauty and the Beast on ice.
And I was like, I love everything about. I love Beauty and the Beast.
It's the best and all the songs.
Crash Into Me (Shaken Dirty Book 1)
Tyler mentioned 'Crash Into Me' as a song by the Dave Matthews Band that he liked, which he felt was legitimized by its use in the film 'Lady Bird'.
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You got your ball, you got your chain, tie up to me, tie me up again.
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Tyler mentioned 'Crash Into Me' as a song by the Dave Matthews Band that he liked, which he felt was legitimized by its use in the film 'Lady Bird'.
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You got your ball, you got your chain, tie up to me, tie me up again.
I kind of think that's kind of beautiful.
Yeah, it is beautiful.
Crash into me, is that? Yeah, Lady Bird just legitimized it.
Mary-Go-Round
Tyler compared his experience of growing up in Montras, Virginia to Kacey Musgraves' song 'Mary Go 'Round'.
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Well, see, it reminds me of the song Mary Go Round by Casey Musgraves.
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Tyler compared his experience of growing up in Montras, Virginia to Kacey Musgraves' song 'Mary Go 'Round'.
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Well, see, it reminds me of the song Mary Go Round by Casey Musgraves.
Absolutely.
You know.
Go on, sing it.
And just... Mama's hooked on Mary Kay. Brother's hooked on Mary Jay. Daddy's hooked on Mary Two Doors Down.
Middle of the Night
A Novel
Tyler stated that he dislikes the song 'The Middle' by Maren Morris as it doesn't reflect her personality and is auto-tuned.
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But it's called The Middle.
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Tyler stated that he dislikes the song 'The Middle' by Maren Morris as it doesn't reflect her personality and is auto-tuned.
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But it's called The Middle.
I don't like it.
It's by Target and it sounds like you just like bought a girl at Target.
It's it's it doesn't have any of her personality in it.
No, like her whole album has like so much of her fun personality.
The Art of the Tweet
It was discussed as a book about twee culture, described as a history of the movement and its impact on a generation, with a focus on the desire for adorableness and quirkiness.
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I'm reading a book called Tweet, it's literally like the history of Tweet culture and the book is called like something about like the gentle revolution that like rocked a generation is it really smal...
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It was discussed as a book about twee culture, described as a history of the movement and its impact on a generation, with a focus on the desire for adorableness and quirkiness.
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I'm reading a book called Tweet, it's literally like the history of Tweet culture and the book is called like something about like the gentle revolution that like rocked a generation is it really small.
But it's so funny it's like it's trace and it's not written in a positive way it's like what is it basically you know talks about how everybody just wants to be not everybody but like there's such a generation of people who want to be like adorable and like cute and weird and precious and quirky
Something's Gotta Give
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It was mentioned as a film that starred Amanda Peet and Frances McDormand, and was discussed in the context of cultural connections within the podcast.
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Amanda Pete and Francis McDormand were post-stars and Something's Gotta Give by Nancy Meyers.
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Episode: "I Don't Think So, Honey! 2" LIVE (Part One)
It was mentioned as a film that starred Amanda Peet and Frances McDormand, and was discussed in the context of cultural connections within the podcast.
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Amanda Pete and Francis McDormand were post-stars and Something's Gotta Give by Nancy Meyers.
I thought you were gonna say Amanda Pete and Francis McDormand co-star and Something's Gotta Give.
The Love of My Life
A Novel
It was mentioned as one of Matteo Lane's favourite albums by Mariah Carey and it was described as being very important to him.
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My love honey my all when I was playing my offer Henry and like I guess maybe you had to grow up With it because he didn't really get it. I'm like, oh my god This song is so important to me good. This...
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Episode: "It's a Shame About Mariah" (w/ Matteo Lane)
It was mentioned as one of Matteo Lane's favourite albums by Mariah Carey and it was described as being very important to him.
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My love honey my all when I was playing my offer Henry and like I guess maybe you had to grow up With it because he didn't really get it. I'm like, oh my god This song is so important to me good. This song is so important to me
The Silver Music Box
It was said to be one of the first albums Matteo Lane ever truly found and played, and it was also described as an album where the lyrics were incredible.
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She was so huge for me like I think that was the first album music box that I ever really found in like played
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It was said to be one of the first albums Matteo Lane ever truly found and played, and it was also described as an album where the lyrics were incredible.
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She was so huge for me like I think that was the first album music box that I ever really found in like played
I mean that the album My favorite album music box even lyrics where she was writing at 20 years old 20 years old and this is a person who also arranges all her own music and it's a five octave range
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi
It was mentioned in the context of Mariah Carey's career, and compared to Madonna's 'Ray of Light' album, which was described as a true reinvention.
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We're saying Mariah is emancipation is great But it wasn't as emotional as I would say like Madonna's ray of light where it was a it was a Suck to change true reinvent correct.
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Episode: "It's a Shame About Mariah" (w/ Matteo Lane)
It was mentioned in the context of Mariah Carey's career, and compared to Madonna's 'Ray of Light' album, which was described as a true reinvention.
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We're saying Mariah is emancipation is great But it wasn't as emotional as I would say like Madonna's ray of light where it was a it was a Suck to change true reinvent correct.
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