Next to Normal is a story centers on a mother who struggles with worsening bipolar disorder and the effects that managing her illness has on her family. ✈Follow us on Instagram! 👉 https://www.instagram.com/podwaypodcast/ 👉 @podwaypodcast Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/ckkblquewrtw708894b57f5bf/comments Powere…

This just came out this year! Meet the big Tony winner this year, MJ, a jukebox musical featuring the music of Michael Jackson. It is about, you guessed it! Life of Michael Jackson! ✈Follow us on Instagram! 👉 https://www.instagram.com/podwaypodcast/ 👉 @podwaypodcast Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/ckkblquewrtw…

Have you seen the starry night? Well, if you haven't, you can now listen to it instead! Starry is the story about two brothers, Theo and Vincent van Gogh, and their journey together to find the power of expression. ✈Follow us on Instagram! 👉 https://www.instagram.com/podwaypodcast/ 👉 @podwaypodcast Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://o…

Inspired by X-Men, Spider Man, and Spring Awakening (huh?), join us to explore the story of Trevor, a young man who has lizard scales for skin as he embarks on his first date in a year but winds up finding out he has superpowers and in a fight for his life. ✈Follow us on Instagram! 👉 https://www.instagram.com/podwaypodcast/ 👉 @podwaypodcast Leave a…

"Once More, with Feeling" is a musical episode from the show Buffy The Vampire Slayer, in which explores changes in the relationships of the main characters. Its music serves as a narrative tool, integral to character development and action and is highly regarded as one of the best episodes from the show! ✈Follow us on Instagram! 👉 https://www.inst…

Apparently this is a controversial one...but join us this week to talk about the BIG show, The Book of Mormon! The Book of Mormon follows two Latter-day Saints missionaries as they attempt to preach the faith of the Church to the people of a remote Ugandan village. The earnest young men are challenged by the lack of interest from the locals, who ar…

The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical is a concept album by Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear based on season 1 of the Netflix series Bridgerton. It is a special musical because it started off on TikTok, went on to win Grammy, and now has a legal lawsuit with Netflix! While we don't know how the event is going to unfold, join us to learn more about what it…

Have you been to Argentina? Well, while we surely haven't been there, you get to know about this beautiful country a little bit through this week's musical! Evita is based on the historical story of María Eva Duarte de Perón, a poor Argentinian girl who grows up to be the wife of the president of Argentina. ✈Follow us on Instagram! 👉 https://www.in…

Today's episode: Les Misérables (part 2!) This week we are continuing our discussion on Les Mis! Join in to find out our ultimate favorite song, why it holds a special place in Claire's heart, and more importantly --what the heck happened in act 2! ✈Follow us on Instagram! 👉 https://www.instagram.com/podwaypodcast/ 👉 @podwaypodcast Leave a comment …

Today's episode: Les Misérables Get excited! We are covering Claire's favorite this week by talking about LES MIS!! Set in early 19th-century France, Les Misérables is the story of Jean Valjean, a French peasant, and his desire for redemption, released in 1815 after serving nineteen years in jail for stealing a loaf of bread for his sister's starvi…

Today's episode: Kinky Boots Based on true events, this huge-hearted hit tells the story of two people with nothing in common — or so they think. Charlie is a factory owner struggling to save his family business. Lola is a fabulous entertainer with a wildly exciting idea. With a little compassion and a lot of understanding, this unexpected pair lea…

Today's episode: Murder Ballad Get ready for a musical that unifies Becky and Claire! Murder Ballad is the dramatic story of a love triangle gone wrong, centering around Sara, who is married to Michael but started an affair with her old time lover Tom. Who will get murdered, and who is the murderer? Is that even important? Come find out with us thi…

Today's episode: & Juliet Are you a sucker for happy ending? You've come to the right place (episode!) This week we are walking through the beloved classic and jump on a journey where in a "what if" scenario Juliet does not die at the end of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. ✈Follow us on Instagram! 👉 https://www.instagram.com/podwaypodcast/ 👉 @podwa…

Today's episode: Everybody's Talking About Jamie Happy Pride Month! This week we are celebrating the pride spirit with Jamie, a 16 years old teenager who doesn't quite fit in. The musical follows and is based upon the true-life story of 16-year-old British schoolboy Jamie Campbell, as he overcomes prejudice and bullying to step out of the darkness …

Today's episode: Ride the Cyclone In this hilarious and outlandish story, the lives of six teenagers from a Canadian chamber choir are cut short in a freak accident aboard a roller coaster. When they awake in limbo, a mechanical fortune teller invites each to tell a story to win a prize like no other — the chance to return to life. ✈Follow us on In…

Today's episode: High School Musical High School Musical centers on the blossoming relationship between Troy, a high school jock, and Gabriella, the new smart girl at school, as they try out for the lead parts in their school musical, causing division among the school's cliques. ✈Follow us on Instagram! 👉 https://www.instagram.com/podwaypodcast/ 👉 …

Today's episode: Jesus Christ Superstar Jesus Christ Superstar tells the story of biblical Jesus in the final days leading up to his crucifixion. The musical is unique among biblical retellings in that it focuses on both Judas’ struggle making the decision to betray Jesus and Jesus’ human psychology, fear, and anger in understanding and accepting h…

Today's episode: Ranking of Musical This week we are jumping on the train of ranking musicals that we have covered so far! For all the musicals that we did give a lower score and regretted it (yes Waitress), this is a redeeming episode where we get to make things right and re-evaluate our feeling. So join us in this fun episode and let us know what…

Today's episode: Into the Woods The musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales, exploring the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests. The musical is tied together by a story involving a childless baker and his wife and their quest to begin a family, their interaction with a witch who has placed a curse on them, a…

Today's episode: The Last Five Years The story explores a five-year relationship between Jamie Wellerstein, a rising novelist, and Cathy Hiatt, a struggling actress. As the musical unfolds, Cathy moves backward in time to the beginning of the relationship as Jamie moves toward the end; they meet only once, in the middle, at their wedding. ✈Follow u…

Today's episode: Hamilton Yes, we are finally covering this huge musical!!! Hamilton is the story of the unlikely Founding Father determined to make his mark on the new nation as hungry and ambitious as he is. From bastard orphan to Washington's right-hand man, rebel to war hero, a loving husband caught in the country's first sex scandal, to the Tr…

Today's episode: Ani: A Parody This week we are jumping on the Starwars train (at least Becky is) to cover Ani! It is a comedy-musical based off of the Star Wars franchise. The story follows Darth Vader --Ani Skywalker as he reflects on his life and tries to return to his one true love: podracing. ✈Follow us on Instagram! 👉 https://www.instagram.co…

Today's episode: An American in Paris Set in the French capital in the wake of World War II, An American in Paris tells the romantic story of a young American soldier, a beautiful French girl, and an indomitable European city – each yearning for a new beginning in the aftermath of international conflict. ✈Follow us on Instagram! 👉 https://www.insta…

Today's episode: The Prince of Egypt The Prince of Egypt follows the life of Moses from being a prince of Egypt to his ultimate destiny of leading the Children of Israel out of Egypt. ✈Follow us on Instagram! 👉 https://www.instagram.com/podwaypodcast/ 👉 @podwaypodcast Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/ckkblquewr…

Today's episode: Jekyll & Hyde You guessed it, we are back with another murder related musical (Claire's favorite!) this week. Jekyll & Hyde is based on the novel "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson. In an attempt to cure his ailing father’s mental illness by separating “good” from “evil” in the human personality, …

Today's episode: SpongeBob SquarePants SpongeBob SquarePants is based on the beloved animated series created by Stephen Hillenburg. Together with songs by various artists, join us in this adventure with SpongeBob as all of Bikini Bottom face the total annihilation of their undersea world, and it's up to power of optimism to save the world! ✈Follow …

Today's episode: Elisabeth Elisabeth is a Viennese, German-language musical commissioned by the Vereinigte Bühnen Wien (VBW), with a book and lyrics by Michael Kunze and music by Sylvester Levay. It portrays the life and death of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, wife of Emperor Franz Joseph I. ✈Follow us on Instagram! 👉 https://www.instagram.com/podwa…

Today's episode: The Phantom of the Opera The Phantom of the Opera is a thrilling and romantic account of the legendary Phantom, a musical genius who dwells deep beneath a majestic opera house in Paris. Join us in celebrating our anniversary with this all-time classic! ✈Follow us on Instagram! 👉 https://www.instagram.com/podwaypodcast/ 👉 @podwaypod…

Today's episode: Hedwig and the Angry Inch Hedwig and the Angry Inch tells the tale of how a “slip of a girlyboy” from communist East Berlin, Hanschel, becomes the “internationally ignored song stylist” known as Hedwig after a botched sex change operation. The show daringly breaks the fourth wall, as Hedwig directly tells the audience of her past t…

Today's episode: Chess Chess allegorically reflected the Cold War tensions present in the 1980s by telling a story of a love triangle between two grandmasters –one American, one Russian--and a woman serves as a manager to one of the players but falls in love with the other. The musical was inspired by some of the political machinations surrounding …

Today's episode: Murder for Two Murder For Two tells the story of Officer Marcus Moscowicz, an aspiring detective who attempts to solve the murder of a prolific novelist in hopes that he’ll be promoted at work. While investigating the crime, Marcus meets 13 zany suspects, all played by one actor. From the bespectacled wife of the victim to the vict…

Today's episode: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Are you good at spelling? As we have autocorrect around, I am sure you will extra appreciate this musical where an eclectic group of sixth-graders arrives at the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, each eager to win for very different reasons! With a return of our favorite guest, Emma,…

Today's episode: Sunday in the Park with George Inspired by George Seurat’s magnificent painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, Sunday in the Park with George revolves around George, a fictionalized version of Seurat, who immerses himself deeply in painting his masterpiece while struggling to maintain a relationship with his …

Today's episode: A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder Set in London in 1907, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder tells the uproarious story of Monty Navarro, a distant heir to a family fortune who sets out to jump the line of succession by—you guessed it—eliminating the eight pesky relatives (all played by one courageous man) who stand in his …

Today's episode: Be More Chill Be More Chill is just your atypical love story - a guy (he wants to fit in), a girl (she wants to be noticed), and the supercomputer inside the guy's head that tells him what to do (it wants to take over the world!). What could possibly go wrong? Blending the contemporary with retro sci-fi, this musical takes on the c…

Today's episode: Holy Musical B@man! Holy Musical B@man! is a parody musical based upon DC Universe's Batman comic books. It's time for crime-fighting shenanigans with everyone's second favorite superhero (right after Spider-Man). After witnessing the murder of his parents, a young billionaire makes a solemn vow to dress up like a bat and wage a on…

Today's episode: The Hunchback of Notre Dame What makes a monster and what makes a man? This is the central theme of The Hunchback of Notre Dame which tells the story of Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bell-ringer of Notre Dame, and his desire to one day be a part of the outside world. Held captive by his devious caretaker, the archdeacon Dom Claude Fro…

Today's episode: Death Note We are starting the new year with a return to our all time favorite anime series --Death Note. The story follows Light Yagami, a teen genius who discovers a mysterious notebook: the "Death Note", which grants the user the supernatural ability to kill anyone whose name is written in its pages. The musical centers around L…

Today's episode: Nightmare Before Christmas Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! To celebrate the holiday, we are on a journey with Jack Skellington, the pumpkin king of Halloween Town, who is bored with doing the same thing every year for Halloween. One day he stumbles into Christmas Town, and is so taken with the idea of Christmas that he tries to…

Today's episode: West Side Story (again!) We just can't get enough! This time we are discussing some West Side Story adaptions, including the original 1961 movie, the very new 2021 movie, and 2 Glee episodes! Come join us to talk more about how this timeless story takes shape in many different forms and how we like them! The Glee episodes we discus…

Today's episode: West Side Story Inspired by the timeless story of Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story takes Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers, and places them in the vibrant battleground of New York City’s West Side in the 1950s. In the midst of the deep-seated rivalry between the Puerto Rican gang, the Sharks, and the white gang, the Jets, Maria an…

Today's episode: Tick, Tick... Boom! Tick, Tick... Boom! is an intimate, autobiographical pop/rock musical from the creator of Rent, tells the story of Jon, a struggling composer whose life seems to be going nowhere. Created by Jonathan Larson as a deeply personal peek into the life of an artist, Tick, Tick... Boom! follows one man’s journey to def…

Today's episode: Lion King This all time favorite musical centers around the life of Simba, a future lion king-to-be, in Pride Land. When an unthinkable tragedy, orchestrated by Simba’s wicked uncle, Scar, takes his father’s life, Simba flees the Pride Lands, leaving his loss and the life he knew behind. Eventually companioned by two hilarious and …

Today's episode: The Percy Jackson Musical This musical follows Percy Jackson, a teenage boy who always seems to get into trouble. When he is expelled from school for the sixth time, his mother decides that it is time for Percy to know the truth. The Greek gods are real and, what’s more, Percy is a demigod, the son of Poseidon. Along with fellow de…

Today's episode: A Very Potter Sequel Back to the place where our story begins....at HOGWARTS!! Yes, we are back with another StarKid musical! A Very Potter Sequel picks up where A Very Potter Musical left off with Lord Voldemort destroyed. Lucius Malfoy then decides to go back in time to Harry Potter's first year at Hogwarts to destroy him before …

Today's episode: Wicked Are you feeling a little wicked? This week we are covering an all-time-favorite of ours, and that is Wicked! Wicked tells the story of two unlikely friends, Elphaba (the Wicked Witch of the West) and Galinda (whose name later changes to Glinda the Good Witch), who struggle through opposing personalities and viewpoints, rival…

Today's episode: Ghost Quartet What kind of ghost would you be? Join us to celebrate this year's Halloween with this episode on Ghost Quartet! The musical essentially centers around four characters and tells the stories of the different versions of those characters in different lives across centuries. If you're confused and not sure what you just r…

Today's episode: Diana DIANA The Musical tells the story of one of the most beloved women of modern times. Engaged to a prince she barely knows, 19-year-old Diana Spencer is thrust onto the world stage and, overnight, becomes the most famous woman in the world. As she struggles to navigate her way within the rigid structure of the royal family, Pri…

Today's episode: Sound of Music Are you ready for THE classic of all musical? In this episode we are covering the all-time-favorite Sound of Music! The sound of music is about Maria, a nun in training going to work for the Von Trupp family as a governess after having difficulty fitting in at the abbey. The Von Trupp family includes seven children a…

Today's episode: Mean Girls Hmm...I wonder what day is October 3rd? Of course it is Mean Girls' day! Mean Girls revolves around Cady, a Junior high school student who enrolls in high school for the first time. She befriend two outcasts, Janice and Damien and together they devise a plan to take down the reigning clique, the plastics by making Cady i…