Well friends, after four years of Corner of the Sky, this podcast is going on indefinite hiatus. But to leave on a high note, we’ve got a full game show episode! Moisés Chiullán, Brian Hamilton, David Loehr, Jean MacDonald, and Shelly Brisbin are competing in a custom version of Random Pursuit that’s ALL musicals. Also, this episode includes a mini-game: try to count how many times Quinn makes a mistake! It turns out that Random Pursuit is a deceptively complicated game to keep track of, and Erika Ensign actually has superpowers. Quinn Rose with Brian Hamilton, Moisés Chiullan, David J. Loehr, Shelly Brisbin and Jean MacDonald.

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58: Random Pursuit: Musicals

Yoni Weiss talks the charmingly dysfunctional family of Falsettos. Highlights: masculinity, borrowing synagogue chairs, Chip Zien, high school productions of Elegies, maturation, regression, lesbians, family. Quinn Rose with Yoni Weiss.

57: Kill Your Mother, Cancel Your Bar Mitzvah

Margaret Hall talks the “most controversial musical ever,” Assassins. Highlights: flashpoint memories, Assassins Creed, Kidz Bop, shoulder devil, 9/11, John Weidman, empathy. Content warning: discussion of gun violence. Quinn Rose with Margaret Hall.

56: Another National Anthem

Aaron Roberts talks the depressingly universal Follies. Highlights: no one can stop my musical theater enthusiasm, nostalgia, the gayest musical without any homosexuality in it, summer camp, ghosts, Michael Bennett, Pirates of the Caribbean. Quinn Rose with Aaron Roberts.

55: Bury Your Straights

Philip Michaels talks the persistent classic Guys & Dolls. Highlights: all in one place (except for Cuba), undercover cop, hijinks, female agency, Tom Hooper, revivals, Frank Sinatra. Quinn Rose with Philip Michaels.

54: Luck Be A Lady

Holly Sansom talks to the infectiously optimistic show The Prom. Highlights: The Drowsy Chaperone, seeing theater for work, TV performances, girls kissing, we’re all lesbians, cringing, Glee. Quinn Rose with Holly Sansom.

53: Don't Be Gay in Indiana

Kat Largent talks the always-evolving classic Cinderella. Highlights: Whitney Houston, musicals as popular music, revivals, award eligibility, casting movie musicals, onstage quick changes, basic but beautiful. Quinn Rose with Kat Largent.

52: Brandy's Cinderella

Stanley Rose talks the charming satire/homage Something Rotten. Highlights: Christian Borle, write what you know, the Black Death!, simple entertainment, fact checking with Mom, humming the songs. Quinn Rose with Stanley Rose.

51: I'll Ask Mom

Kerri Kearse talks the “drum circle for the Lord” and/or musical Godspell. Highlights: directorial freedom, Christian rock, belting about the Lord, baby George Salazar, Marianne Williamson, race in casting, parables, Jesus Christ Superstar, earnestness. Quinn Rose with Kerri Kearse.

50: Camp Counselor Christ

"Sunday in the Park with George" - Emily Clark talks the pointillist musical Sunday in the Park with George. Highlights: Bounce, autobiographical musicals, putting it together, universal (or not), historical inaccuracy, Pulitzer Prizes, Mandy Patinkin. Host Quinn Rose with Emily Clark.

49: Finishing the Hat

"Jagged Little Pill" - Jhanelle Benton talks the unflinching rock musical Jagged Little Pill. Highlights: Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again, being overly attached to the cast, interpretative dance, fluid movement, Elizabeth Stanley, gushing about the ensemble, Christmas letters, jukebox musicals. Content warning: discussion of sexual assault and drug abuse. Host Quinn Rose with Jhanelle Benton.

48: You Oughta Know

"She Loves Me" - Emily Lewis talks the warm-hearted and delicious She Loves Me. Highlights: Alabama, Hungarian writers, theater with teenagers, lack of communication, interesting dances, uninteresting dances, ice cream, lonely hearts. Host Quinn Rose with Emily Lewis.

47: You've Got Mail

"The King and I" - Jason Snell talks the deceptively complex The King and I. Highlights: childhood, Yul Brynner, dresses, orientalism, they fixed some of the orientalism, complex characters, too-long songs, b-sides from The Sound of Music, etc, etc, etc. Host Quinn Rose with Jason Snell.

46: Et Cetera

"Company" - Allison Truj talks the alternately nihilistic and uplifting Company. Highlights: Little Women (2019), Marriage Story (2019), cautionary tales, fish pants, aging poorly, Patti LuPone, getting broken up with at the intermission of Phantom of the Opera. Host Quinn Rose.

45: Bobby is a Softboy

Do you love musical theater? We do too! Every episode, Quinn Rose and a guest lovingly dissect a musical’s music, characters, plot, themes, and anything else that occurs to them.

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