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The Sublime Darkness of Sweeney Todd and the Devil’s Chord with Conor Crockford

A musical full of menace and sublime darkness. Sweeney Todd is a Sondheim classic that goes places many musicals won’t. Shoshana Greenberg welcomes writer and editor Con

Vamps and Pedal Points as Storytelling in Your Favorite Musicals with William Forrest (Ep. 139)

Your favorite musical may be full of vamps and pedal points. But you don’t even know what they are? So what are vamps and pedal points? And how do they change musicals?

Is it an Unfinished Work or Not? Here We Are with Christopher Culp (Ep. 138)

Here We Are, is the 2023 musical by Stephen Sondheim and David Ives, it was Sondheim’s last musical, produced posthumously. In this conversation we discuss surrealism in

Suspension Chords in Musical Theater with Christie Baugher (Ep. 137)

Shoshana is joined by Christie Baugher back on Scene to Song to discuss melodic and harmonic suspensions as a musical-theater storytelling device. Christie Baugher is a

The Genius Broadway Nearly Forgot: The Revolutionary Michael Bennett with Natalie Guevara (Ep. 136)

From dancer to director, Michael Bennett reinvented what a Broadway musical could be. Shoshana talks with Natalie Guevara, creator of Mirror Man: A Portrait of Michael B

Matching Minds with Sondheim: How Puzzles Shaped a Musical Theater Legend with Barry Joseph (Ep. 135)

What do crossword puzzles have to do with "Send in the Clowns"? More than you'd think. This episode, Shoshana is joined by Barry Joseph, author of Matching Minds with So

Indie Musicals and Cult Favorites with Will Larche Ep. 134

What’s your favorite musical that no one else has heard of? In this episode of Scene to Song, we talk all about those musicals. The Indie Musicals. The Cult Favorites. C

Glinda’s Journey in Wicked with Jennafer Newberry (Ep. 133)

Is Glinda’s side of Wicked memory-based? And why is she so darn optimistic? This episode, Shoshana is joined by actor and singer Jennafer Newberry, best known for servin

Musicals Within Films: Waiting for Guffman with John Verderber Ep. 132

Shoshana is joined by writer and theater aficionado John Verderber, author of Harry Reams Goes to Hollywood and American Father, longtime Little Red Light Theater associa

Texts as They Age: Rent and Falsettos as Period Pieces with Deborah Blumenthal Ep. 131

"We watch a Holocaust play and we know that all of these people are gonna die. We watch an AIDS play and we know how badly it's gonna turn out." So what does it mean for

Season 8 Finale (Ep. 130)

Five of this season's guests--William Forrest  (Episode 118: The Sherman Brothers' Movie Musicals for Disney), Rick Rhobajt Widen (Episode 121: Bible Musicals), Tara Krie

Zora Neale Hurston's Anthropological Musical with Jordan Ealey (Ep. 129)

Did you know writer and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston wrote a musical? Now you do! Multidisciplinary Black feminist scholar-artist Jordan Ealey discusses Hurston’s 1

The Intersections of Musical Theater Writers William Finn and Jonathan Larson (Ep. 128)

How did William Finn and Jonathan Larson revolutionize musical theater in the 1980s and 90s? Assistant Professor of Music Alex Bádue joins host Shoshana Greenberg to expl

Parody in Musical Theater (Ep. 127)

BethAnn Freed Cohen joins Scene to Song to discuss parody in musical theater. We discuss “what exactly is a parody?” and what it means in musicals. We dig into what eleme

Episode 126: Meet Me in St. Louis

Associate Professor of Musicology Nathan Platte discusses the 1944 movie musical Meet Me in St. Louis and 1989 Broadway musical adaptation, looking at how songs are used

Scene to Song Episode 125: Greek Mythology Musical Theater

In this episode, singer, actress, writer, lyricist, and voiceover artist Amanda Fischler discusses Greek mythology in musical theater from Hadestown to The Golden Apple a

Scene to Song Episode 124: The Muppet Movies as Musical Theater

In this episode, dramaturg, director and producer Shaun Leisher discusses the Muppet movies as musical theater. We also talk about the song "Side by Side/What Would We Do

Scene to Song Episode 123: Tim Rice, Benny Andersson, and Björn Ulvaeus's Chess

In this episode, attorney and writer Tara Krieger discusses Tim Rice, Benny Andersson, and Björn Ulvaeus's 1986 musical Chess. We also talk about the song "This Is the Ho

Scene to Song Episode 38 Re-Release: Tom O'Horgan, Helen Miller, and Eve Merriam's Inner City

In this episode, writer and director Michael Boyd discusses Tom O'Horgan, Helen Miller, and Eve Merriam's 1971 musical Inner City, the story behind this short-lived music

Scene to Song Episode 122: Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's A Little Night Music

In this episode, theater Reviewer, composer, lyricist and librettist Donald H. Sandborn III discusses Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's 1973 musical A Little Night Musi