A play or movie in which singing and dancing play an essential part
Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown sets the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice to a complex jazz and folk score. A poor musician loves a hungry drifter enough to follow her to the underworld. The narrator warns us up front that this … Continue reading Theatre Review: Hadestown
You kids like Hamilton, right? Here, here’s just the whole thing. Happy Day Threading! Continue reading The 03/28 Day Thread is Just Hamilton
Here’s the song “96,000” from the film version of In The Heights by some guy. Continue reading The 08/20 Night Thread Goes To The Pool
The results of the tournament are in! Continue reading Best Simpsons Song Tournament – WINNER!
The championship round! Continue reading Best Simpsons Song Tournament – Top 2
It’s the Semi-Finals! Continue reading Best Simpsons Song Tournament – Final 4
Our quest to determine the best song from The Simpsons continues! Continue reading Best Simpsons Song Tournament – Sweet 16
First round of the tournament to decide the best song from The Simpsons. Continue reading Best Simpsons Song Tournament – Thrilling 32
Nominate your favorite songs from The Simpsons right here! Continue reading Best Simpsons Song Tournament – Nominations
It’s theatres greatest night as they honor the best of plays and musicals that opened during the 2024-25 season. Hosted by Tony winner Cynthia Erivo, the show will bring out the best and brightest of Broadway! (and also a reunion … Continue reading 2025 Tony Awards Live Thread
If I had a nickel for every time a hit musical had a song about ditching New York and running away to Santa Fe, well, I’d have two nickels, but still it’s weird that it happened twice. Continue reading We’ll Open Up A Restaurant In The 03/08 Day Thread And Also Hide From Pulitzer’s Goons There I Guess
Welcome to the Avocado Music Club, each week a new album will be discussed based on a massive pile of suggestions made by ourselves. Listen to new music or revisit an old favorite and discuss anything you wish related to the album with other lovers of music. These are different than Album Spotlights which are great and people put a lot of effort into, don’t let these discussions impede writing your own. This week’s album: Bat Boy: The Musical (Original Cast Recording) So, come talk about this album. Is it great/good/bad? Does it mean anything? Favorite parts/lyrics? How does it … Continue reading Avocado Music Club #266: Bat Boy: The Musical (Original Cast Recording)
It’s that time of the year, Theatrecados: It’s the Tony Awards! Tonight, we celebrate the best and the brightest of Broadway in the past year. So have fun and enjoy the show. How to Watch Nominees Best Play: Best Musical: … Continue reading 2024 Tony Awards Live Thread
Welcome to the 30 day challenge of April, which is going to be all about Disney properties, mainly the animated properties produced under the Disney/Pixar labels proper. Over the years Disney has repurposed many of its stories as fully featured … Continue reading 30 Day Disney/Pixar animation challenge returns Day 13: Best and worst stage adaptations, shows and parades
In 2022 John Chu announced that his film adaptation of Wicked, the 2003 Broadway musical, would be split into two parts. I felt this was a mistake. The show runs 2:45 on stage with intermission and suffers from second act … Continue reading Wicked Trailer Thread
Galavant was a musical comedy television series that ran for two seasons. From that sentence, it may be correctly inferred that the show was destined to be short-lived and have a cult following. The list of successful television musical series … Continue reading TV Reviews: Galavant (2015)
Yes, despite the ongoing WGA Strike, the Tony Awards will still go on, and will be broadcast live on your TVs. So come one and all, Theatrecados, as we celebrate the best of Broadway’s shows and stars from the past … Continue reading 76th Tony Awards Live Thread
It’s fine. Really. Rob Marshall’s The Little Mermaid tells the tale of Ariel, a miserable princess trapped in a humorless underwater kingdom. She’s surrounded by bossy relatives and ugly CGI. On top of that someone keeps turning out the lights. … Continue reading Movie Review: The Little Mermaid (2023)
Come discuss the latest episode of The Flash (9×07: “Wildest Dreams”), and our review of The Flash/Supergirl musical crossover “Duet” (The Flash 3×17) Continue reading Let’s Talk Flash -&- Arrowverse Classic: The Musical
