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Episode 16 - Wonderland

Wonderland: A New Alice, formerly called Wonderland: Alice's New Musical Adventure, is a musical with a book by Jack Murphy and Gregory Boyd, lyrics by Murphy, and music by Frank Wildhorn. The story, a contemporary version of the novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871) by Lewis Carroll, is set in New York City and focuses on writer Alice Cornwinkle and her 10-year-old daughter Chloe. After various workshops and productions of the musical in Tampa, Florida and Houston, Texas, the show premiered on Broadway on April 17, 2011, closing a month later, on May 15, 2011.

About The Host

Kenneth L. Waters, Jr. (He/Him) has been involved in theater for over a decade around the DMV area. He is a graduate from The College of Southern Maryland and Frostburg State University with degrees in Theatrical Design and Performance. He is currently the Production Stage Manager at Roxy Regional Theatre in Clarksville, Tennessee. He has been involved in numerous productions both on and off stage.

About The Guest

Danielle LeDoux (She/Her) has been involved with theatre, on and off stage, for 19 years. She started on stage as "Pepper" in Port Tobacco Player's production of "Annie" in the early 2000s. Danielle continued to do shows in middle school and in high school she quickly found her love of carpentry. In college, Danielle dove deep into theatre at the College of Southern Maryland where she earned her Associates Degree in Theatre before transferring to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where she received her Bachelors Degree in Theatre Technology and Design. After college, Danielle came home and started working as a carpenter for a professional children's theatre. This season she worked in the Cornstalkers Trail of Terror haunted attraction located at the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs Stadium in Waldorf, MD.

THE WHOLE NOTE - A Musical Theatre Podcast

Hosted By Kenneth L. Waters, Jr.

Edited By Kenneth L. Waters, Jr.

Singing Grading Scale By Marsé Alaundra

Image and Design By Gayle Howe

Intro and Outro Music

“The Bumble” Inspired by “The Flight of the Bumblebee”

By Joshua Pyron

Visit my website at www.KennethLWatersJr.com for more detail on upcoming episodes!

The Addams Family is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa and book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. The show is based upon The Addams Family characters created by Charles Addams in his single-panel gag cartoons, which depict a ghoulish American family with an affinity for all things macabre. Although numerous film and television adaptations of Addams' cartoons exist, the musical is the first stage show based on the characters. The Addams Family is also the first show produced by Elephant Eye Theatricals.

About The Host

Kenneth L. Waters, Jr. (He/Him) has been involved in theater for over a decade around the DMV area. He is a graduate from The College of Southern Maryland and Frostburg State University with degrees in Theatrical Design and Performance. He is currently the Production Stage Manager at Roxy Regional Theatre in Clarksville, Tennessee. He has been involved in numerous productions both on and off stage.

About The Guest

Justine Morris (She/They) is a stage manager, director, actor, playwright, and comedian that has been working for 5 years around the DC-Maryland area. She is a graduate of the College of Southern Maryland with a degree in Arts and Communications, and is working towards her Theatre B.A. at Maryland. As a multi-faceted theatre artist, she has a huge passion for the arts, telling silly little jokes, and finding new ways and opportunities to create. You can find her on all social media platforms at @killersingledad, Venmo included.



RIGHTS to “The Addams Family”

https://www.theatricalrights.com/show/addams-family-musical/



THE WHOLE NOTE - A Musical Theatre Podcast

Hosted By Kenneth L. Waters, Jr.

Edited By Kenneth L. Waters, Jr.

Singing Grading Scale By Marsé Alaundra

Image and Design By Gayle Howe



Intro and Outro Music

“The Bumble” Inspired by “The Flight of the Bumblebee”

By Joshua Pyron



Visit my website at www.KennethLWatersJr.com for more detail on upcoming episodes!

Episode 14 - Twisted

Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier is a musical with music by A. J. Holmes, lyrics by Kaley McMahon, and book by Matt Lang, Nick Lang, and Eric Kahn Gale. The musical parodies the 1992 Walt Disney Animation Studios' film Aladdin, and The Walt Disney Company in general, telling the story from the point of view of Ja'far, the Royal Vizier. It has several nods and homages to the musical Wicked, which similarly retells a popular story from the villain's point of view.



About The Host

Kenneth L. Waters, Jr. (He/Him) has been involved in theater for over a decade around the DMV area. He is a graduate from The College of Southern Maryland and Frostburg State University with degrees in Theatrical Design and Performance. He is currently the Production Stage Manager at Roxy Regional Theatre in Clarksville, Tennessee. He has been involved in numerous productions both on and off stage.



About The Guest

Timothy Joyce (They/Them) is an actor/director/aspiring podcaster from Southern Maryland, you can find them in their home typically baking, playing video games, or sleeping. Oh, also they are currently directing Elf the Musical with the Newtowne Players which opens in December of 2021!

ADHP - Timothy and Aubrey Joyce’s Podcast

ADHP (which stands for attention deficit hyperactive podcast) is a podcast by 2 people with ADHD who got married, BUT rather than being ABOUT ADHD, you sort of hang out in the world of ADHD for a little while. Sure, we're gonna talk about our experiences and such from time to time, but the point of ADHP is more like "Hey, do you need to escape for a little while? Cool cause we do too!!"

Whether you have ADHD or not, we're gonna be here chatting and laughing for a while, riding the waves of random topics as they float in. You can always listen intently to our rants on which ramen flavor is truly the best, or you can just play our strong opinions on what time signature Memories from CATS is actually in in the background while you clean your kitchen. We're here in whatever capacity you need us...... we just can't promise what we're gonna talk about next. Follow us on Twitter @ADHPCast



RIGHTS to “Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier”

https://www.teamstarkid.com/licensing



View The Show On YouTube!

Twisted The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier

https://youtu.be/-77cUxba-aA



THE WHOLE NOTE - A Musical Theatre Podcast

Hosted By Kenneth L. Waters, Jr.

Edited By Kenneth L. Waters, Jr.

Singing Grading Scale By Marsé Alaundra

Image and Design By Gayle Howe



Intro and Outro Music

“The Bumble” Inspired by “The Flight of the Bumblebee”

By Joshua Pyron



Visit my website at www.KennethLWatersJr.com for more detail on upcoming episodes!

Episode 13 - Wicked

“No One Mourns The Wicked”

Wicked is a Broadway musical, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman. It is based on the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, itself a retelling of the classic 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum and the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film The Wizard of Oz. The musical is told from the perspective of the witches of the Land of Oz; its plot begins before and continues after Dorothy Gale arrives in Oz from Kansas, and includes several references to the 1939 film and Baum's novel. Wicked tells the story of two unlikely friends, Elphaba (the Wicked Witch of the West) and Galinda (whose name later changes to Glinda the Good Witch), who struggle through opposing personalities and viewpoints, rivalry over the same love-interest, reactions to the Wizard's corrupt government, and, ultimately, Elphaba's private fall from grace.

About The Host

Kenneth L. Waters, Jr. (He/Him) has been involved in theater for over a decade around the DMV area. He is a graduate from The College of Southern Maryland and Frostburg State University with degrees in Theatrical Design and Performance. He is currently the Production Stage Manager at Roxy Regional Theatre in Clarksville, Tennessee. He has been involved in numerous productions both on and off stage.

About The Guest

Amanda ‘Ami’ Rae Hamilton aka Pandora Danger (she/her) is a cosplayer and part time professional nerd. She is a graduate of CDIABU with a degree in animation and post production. She has appeared in The Dark Current Cinema: Short Collection Vol. 1, in the actual play D&D podcast Roll Two Die, and has been heavily involved in community theatre and theme parks spanning 15 years of experience in entertainment. You can find her on youtube, instagram and TikTok @Pandora_Danger.



THE WHOLE NOTE - A Musical Theatre Podcast

Hosted By Kenneth L. Waters, Jr.

Edited By Kenneth L. Waters, Jr.

Singing Grading Scale By Marsé Alaundra

Image and Design By Gayle Howe



Intro and Outro Music

“The Bumble” Inspired by “The Flight of the Bumblebee”

By Joshua Pyron



Visit my website at www.KennethLWatersJr.com for more detail on upcoming episodes!

Episode 12 - Little Shop of Horrors

“On The 21st Day in the month of September…..”

Little Shop of Horrors is a horror comedy rock musical with music by Alan Menken and lyrics and a book by Howard Ashman. The story follows a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood and flesh. The musical is loosely based on the low-budget 1960 black comedy film The Little Shop of Horrors. The music, composed by Menken in the style of early 1960s rock and roll, doo-wop and early Motown, includes several well-known tunes, including the title song, "Skid Row (Downtown)", "Somewhere That's Green", and "Suddenly, Seymour". The musical premiered Off-Off-Broadway in 1982 before moving to the Orpheum Theatre Off-Broadway, where it had a five-year run. It later received numerous productions in the U.S. and abroad, and a subsequent Broadway production. The musical was also made into a 1986 film of the same name, directed by Frank Oz, starring Rick Moranis and Ellen Greene as Seymour and Audrey.

About The Host

Kenneth L. Waters, Jr. (He/Him) has been involved in theater for over a decade around the DMV area. He is a graduate from The College of Southern Maryland and Frostburg State University with degrees in Theatrical Design and Performance. He is currently the Production Stage Manager at Roxy Regional Theatre in Clarksville, Tennessee. He has been involved in numerous productions both on and off stage.

About The Guest

Stacy Reynolds Oosterink (She/Her) has been a member of Community Theater in Southern Maryland almost as long as there has been Community Theater in Southern Maryland! Taking part both onstage and backstage, she has acted, produced, directed, costumed, and wrangled props for the Port Tobacco Players, The Newtowne Players and the now defunct Patuxent Playhouse. She currently serves on various committees at The Newtowne Players, and is the host for their bi-weekly podcast called “The Green Room.” A “jack of all trades,” she is excited and grateful for the return of live theater after such a long hiatus. Stacy lives on the shore of the Chesapeake Bay in an empty nest with her husband Bill and their furry menagerie. She is grateful for her talented children Ashley, Kylie, Madelyn, and Bradley who have helped fill her life with music and excitement. She is also VERY grateful to Kenny for the opportunity to guest on his fabulous show, and encourages everyone listening to support the arts however possible. Become a member, an audience member or a sponsor, because Community Theater doesn’t exist without the COMMUNITY, and without the arts, the world is a MUCH less beautiful place to be.



RIGHTS TO “Little Shop of Horrors”

The Original 1982 Off-Broadway Version

https://www.mtishows.com/little-shop-of-horrors

The 2003 Broadway Version

https://www.mtishows.com/little-shop-of-horrors-broadway-version



THE WHOLE NOTE - A Musical Theatre Podcast

Hosted By Kenneth L. Waters, Jr.

Edited By Kenneth L. Waters, Jr.

Singing Grading Scale By Marsé Alaundra

Image and Design By Gayle Howe



Intro and Outro Music

“The Bumble” Inspired by “The Flight of the Bumblebee”

By Joshua Pyron



Visit my website at www.KennethLWatersJr.com for more detail on upcoming episodes!

Episode 11 - Green Day’s American Idiot

Green Day’s American Idiot is a sung-through rock musical based on the 2004 concept album of the same name by punk rock band Green Day. After a run at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in 2009, the show moved to the St. James Theatre on Broadway. Previews began on March 24, 2010, and the musical officially opened on April 20, 2010. The show closed on April 24, 2011, after 422 performances. While Green Day did not appear in the production, vocalist/guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong performed the role of "St. Jimmy" occasionally throughout the run. The story, expanded from that of the album, centers on three disaffected young men, Johnny, Will and Tunny. Johnny and Tunny flee a stifling suburban lifestyle and parental restrictions, while Will stays at home to work out his relationship with his pregnant girlfriend, Heather. The former pair look for meaning in life and try out the freedom and excitement of the city. Tunny quickly gives up on life in the city, joins the military and is shipped off to war. Johnny turns to drugs and finds a part of himself that he grows to dislike, has a relationship and experiences lost love.

About The Host

Kenneth L. Waters, Jr. (He/Him) has been involved in theater for over a decade around the DMV area. He is a graduate from The College of Southern Maryland and Frostburg State University with degrees in Theatrical Design and Performance. He is currently the Production Stage Manager at Roxy Regional Theatre in Clarksville, Tennessee. He has been involved in numerous productions both on and off stage.

About The Guest

Michael A. Dendy (He/Him) is currently teaching theatre at Washington County High School in Sandersville, GA. He is a graduate of The University of Southern Mississippi and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre. He has many credits under his belt both on stage and directorial. Some highlights include: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Billy Elliot, Sister Act, The Grapes of Wrath, Other Desert Cities, Eurydice, and he is currently directing American Idiot!



RIGHTS TO “Green Day's American Idiot”

https://www.mtishows.com/green-days-american-idiot



THE WHOLE NOTE - A Musical Theatre Podcast

Hosted By Kenneth L. Waters, Jr.

Edited By Kenneth L. Waters, Jr.

Singing Grading Scale By Marsé Alaundra

Image and Design By Gayle Howe



Intro and Outro Music

“The Bumble” Inspired by “The Flight of the Bumblebee”

By Joshua Pyron



Visit my website at www.KennethLWatersJr.com for more detail on upcoming episodes!