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Cindy and Christine praise the heroes of each Broadway season's newest musicals and bring its heinous villains to justice over bottomless libations. Who doesn't want to listen to two industry outsiders judge professionals who perform for a living? Experience is overrated...some would say. But alcohol is not. They know what they're talking about!

  1. 15 APR.

    Chess (2025), Part 1

    What a Scene, What a Joy that we're back for a new season, starting off with some Difficult and Dangerous Times as we talk through our feelings on the new Chess revival! As usual, spoilers ahead... -- You can find a note from Tim Rice in the 1993 published version of the script, where he seems to have taken a pretty hands-off approach to future versions of the show: https://imgur.com/a/9MpRYxT For the uninitiated, in the original concept album of Evita, there was a whole side plot about Che developing and selling insecticide. You can hear us talking a bit more about it in our Evita episode! For a full synopsis of this version of Chess and some choice excerpts from the script, check out this site (which also contains all the key details from just about every major version): https://chessthemusical.weebly.com/chess---broadway-2025.html And if you don't know the original London version at all and want an approximation of what it was like, check out the video of the Royal Albert Hall concert (and you can also stream the live album made from it): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL71B335941EB1F97C -- Music featured in this episode: CHESS the Musical (2025 Broadway Cast Recording) Apple Music / Spotify / Amazon Music The Lady's Got Potential - Evita (1976 Concept Album) — Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @BottomlessBway, our blog at https://bottomlessbway.home.blog, or email us at bottomlessbway@gmail.com! You can also leave feedback in this 30-second survey.

    1 tim 4 min

  2. 2025-06-08

    Real Women Have Curves & Buena Vista Social Club

    It's our last episode coming in hot right before the Tonys and we have a lot to talk about as we wrap up our last two shows we're covering as well as some quick takes about shows we didn't get to! Timestamps included if you're only interested in specific shows, and as usual beware of spoilers. Note that this was recorded before both cast albums were released so apologies for the inconsistencies where our memories failed us! Real Women Have Curves: 1:29 Buena Vista Social Club: 51:38 Just in Time: 1:15:26 Boop: 1:22:17 Smash: 1:25:26 -- The show Cindy mentions in the intro, which played in Portland and is also available as a comedy special on Dropout TV. An interesting essay from the out of town run of Real Women that touches on some of the issues we had with the show. Cindy's senior year yearbook quote An interview where the creators of Buena Vista Social Club talk about bringing it to Broadway and what the album means to them. Jonathan Groff's Actors on Actors conversation with Nicole Scherzinger where he talks extensively about loving Bobby Darin (the rest of the series is well worth a watch too!) -- Music featured in this episode: Real Women Have Curves: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Apple Music / Spotify Buena Vista Social Club (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Apple Music / Spotify Just in Time - Jonathan Groff Where I Wanna Be - Jasmine Amy Rogers Let Me Be Your Star - Bella Coppola — Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @BottomlessBway, our blog at https://bottomlessbway.home.blog, or email us at bottomlessbway@gmail.com! You can also leave feedback in this 30-second survey.

    1 tim 29 min

  3. 2025-06-05

    Death Becomes Her & Dead Outlaw

    There’s been a trend emerging in this year’s Broadway musicals, which begs the question: will they be “Alive Forever” or only be around “’Til Death”?  In this episode we discuss two shows both involving death and decide whether they make “Something from Nothing” so you can be the judge! As usual, spoilers ahead! Death Becomes Her: 1:00 Dead Outlaw: 57:54 — We definitely weren’t the only ones to notice the “dead body character” trend, and there’s a whole award from MemesOnBway about it. A lot of Christine’s impression of what Death Becomes Her would be like came from Sabrina Carpenter’s Taste music video, which also pays homage to the movie. The infamous staircase fall is accomplished by former gymnast Warren Yang, and you can also watch more about how it was put together with all the design elements: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7Vxm_x2_Qo  Despite being on Broadway, Dead Outlaw is still set to release on Audible on October 2, so you can take a listen to it then! Elmer did indeed travel further as a dead body than he did alive, as Wikipedia helpfully shows. -- Music featured in this episode: Death Becomes Her (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Dead Outlaw (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Part 1] The Whole Being Dead Thing - Beetlejuice — Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @BottomlessBway, our blog at https://bottomlessbway.home.blog, or email us at bottomlessbway@gmail.com! You can also leave feedback in this 30-second survey.

    1 tim 26 min

  4. 2025-05-12

    Operation Mincemeat, Part 2

    Did we do it? We're back to wrap up our recap on Operation Mincemeat and give some already-obsolete Tony predictions. If you haven't already, take a listen to Part 1 first: Apple Podcasts / Spotify -- If you want to take a listen to the podcast that started it all, here's the episode that Natasha Hodgson drew inspiration from, on the Stuff You Should Know podcast: Apple Podcasts / Spotify And you can hear about how they originally put the show together on Variety's Stagecraft podcast Are you a mincefluencer? Turns out they've been up to a lot of investigating themselves: NYT article The tomb of William Martins is an actual memorial in Huelva, Spain that you can go visit. -- Music featured in this episode: Too Bad - G-Dragon Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical (Original Cast Recording) ⁠Apple Music⁠ / ⁠Spotify⁠ / ⁠Amazon Music⁠ — Follow us on ⁠Twitter⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ @BottomlessBway, our blog at ⁠https://bottomlessbway.home.blog⁠, or email us at bottomlessbway@gmail.com! You can also leave feedback in this ⁠30-second survey⁠.

    1 tim 6 min

  5. 2025-05-08

    Operation Mincemeat, Part 1

    Welcome to the first half of our recap of Operation Mincemeat, where we discuss whether this show is "Dead in the Water" or whether it's "Born to Lead"! Usual spoiler warnings apply -- Natasha Hodgson and Jak Malone discuss some of the early stages of the show (including who would play what role) on the Playbill Podcast. Maybe you were on the email list asking whether or not the show was "too British for Broadway". Dear Bill has become a new favorite song for many people (some present company excluded), and Jak Malone breaks down what it's like to sing it for an interview with Vulture. -- Music featured in this episode: Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical (Original Cast Recording) Apple Music / Spotify / Amazon Music — Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @BottomlessBway, our blog at https://bottomlessbway.home.blog, or email us at bottomlessbway@gmail.com! You can also leave feedback in this 30-second survey.

    1 tim 14 min

  6. 2025-04-20

    Swept Away

    We're "Nothing Short of Thankful" that we got a chance to see this show during its short run, and we come bearing thoughts on how well it turned out! As usual, spoilers ahead! -- The overall show is primarily based on the Mignonette album by the Avett Brothers (though it brings in quite a few songs from other albums as well). You can also read more here about the event that it was based on. Remember when Armie Hammer was thought to be a cannibal? Crazy times. This Rolling Stones article does a great job of explaning the story behind how Swept Away came to be, from conception to its ultimate closing. If you enjoyed Adrian Blake Enscoe as Little Brother, check out his band Bandits on the Run, who are also currently adapting What's Eating Gilbert Grape into a musical. -- Music featured in this episode: Swept Away (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Apple Music / Spotify / Amazon Music Wagon Wheel - Old Crow Medicine Show — Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @BottomlessBway, our blog at https://bottomlessbway.home.blog, or email us at bottomlessbway@gmail.com! You can also leave feedback in this 30-second survey.

    1 tim 5 min

  7. 2025-03-27

    Maybe Happy Ending

    Robots that fall in love--is it cute or a sign of our impending doom? Take a listen as we dive into the ups and downs of what it means to have a robot musical right now! -- Check out this musical's journey from South Korea to Broadway and how it came to be! Michael Arden, who directed the show, also did an Ask Me Anything on Reddit that might shed more light onto certain aspects of the show Those who follow the show closely may be aware that the real diva is HwaBoon, making his Broadway debut... -- Music featured in this episode: Maybe Happy Ending (Original Cast Recording) Apple Music / Spotify / Amazon Music — Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @BottomlessBway, our blog at https://bottomlessbway.home.blog, or email us at bottomlessbway@gmail.com! You can also leave feedback in this 30-second survey.

    1 tim 4 min

  8. 2025-03-05

    Sunset Boulevard (2024), Part 2

    We're back again to finish out what we started with our coverage on Sunset Boulevard! So take a listen as we dive into a stroll outside, Andrew Lloyd Webber's reuse of melodies, and some Tony chances--is she really the greatest star of all? -- Curious about how the now infamous title song works in this production? The New York Times dishes some behind the scenes details. Or you can see a version of it they performed for the Olivier Awards. Sunset shares a lot of traits with Death Becomes Her (keep an eye out for our episode on that yet to come!), not in the least the inclusion of compact mirrors in their merch. Never heard of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cricket musical? Take a listen to Tim Rice's podcast where he explains it all. If you haven't seen Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, you might not get the reference to Swimchan, but it might also contain a couple similarities to Norma Desmond. -- Music featured in this episode: SUNSET BLVD: The Album ⁠Apple Music⁠ / ⁠Spotify⁠ / ⁠Amazon Music⁠ Half a Moment⁠ - Jeeves (1975) -- Follow us on ⁠Twitter⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ @BottomlessBway, our blog at ⁠https://bottomlessbway.home.blog⁠, or email us at bottomlessbway@gmail.com! You can also leave feedback in this ⁠30-second survey⁠.

    1 tim 8 min
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Cindy and Christine praise the heroes of each Broadway season's newest musicals and bring its heinous villains to justice over bottomless libations. Who doesn't want to listen to two industry outsiders judge professionals who perform for a living? Experience is overrated...some would say. But alcohol is not. They know what they're talking about!

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