Theater History and Mysteries
The deepest dives you can find anywhere into the history and backstory of the great musical productions. Dense content...for people who aren't. And, I’ll never miss an opportunity to pursue any mystery, bizarre coincidence, improbable event, or supernatural suggestion along the way because, in the words of Dirk Gentley, it is all connected.
You can contact me directly at theaterhistorypodcast@gmail.com
Released every other Tuesday.
Music by Jon Bruschke and Andrew Howat, arranged, performed, and recorded by Andrew Howat.
Check out the interview on Musical Theater Radio, episode 404: https://www.musicaltheatreradio.com/podcast
Theater History and Mysteries
Latest Episodes
Why Alexander Hamilton is responsible for the US Constitution (Hamilton 12 of 12, episode 49)
Hamilton and Hip Hop -- is it the right musical style for a show about the founder of the Treasury? (Hamilton 11 of 12, episode 48)
Lin Manuel Miranda’s mega hit, the musical Hamilton, has got hiphop in it. Ya can’t miss that, it’s what makes the show distinctive, and most Broadway shows don’t even come close to trying to do it. Loren Kajikawa put it this way: “...
Lin Manuel Miranda and the making of Hamilton. (Hamilton 10 of 12, episode 47)
There are 2 questions at the heart of hamilton -- what makes the show work, and what makes Lin-Manuel MIranda tick. Those might be two sides of the same coin. Along the way there are some important choices – how women are portrayed,...
The women of Hamilton. (Hamilton 9 of 12, episode 46)
Philippa Soo plays the role of Eliza in the Broadway mega-hit Hamilton. And I gotta say, the more you read about Phillipa Soo the more that you like her. She’s talented, she’s been in a bunch of stuff, she adopted a dog on ...
Hamilton -- Is it cool for actors of color to play old white guys? The case FOR multiracial casting. (Hamilton 8 of 12, episode 45)
Lin-Manuel Miranda was not the first person to pursue multi-racial casting to make a political point. Heather S. Nathans of Tufts university shares the history:“On March 5, 1858, around the first anniversary of the Dred Scott decis...