The Musical Man
A podcast hosted by Jonathon Pernisek, The Musical Man aims to shed new light on the nominees and winners of the Tony Award for Best Musical. Come for the commentary, stay for the cameos by some of your favorite Broadway icons, from Sweeney Todd and Eliza Doolittle to Dolly Levi and the Phantom of the Opera. It’s gonna be quite the journey down 42nd Street, so be sure to subscribe today!
208. Tintypes
In which the Musical Man is struck by a Wabash cannonball; poisoned by a loaf of shortnin’ bread baked by a wayfaring stranger and the maiden with dreamy eyes; pitied by nobody; and buried five miles north of Toyland. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com
207. Aladdin
In which the Musical Man accepts the call to high adventure by climbing over these palace walls alongside Babkak, Omar, Aladdin, and Kassim. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com
206. Shuffle Along, Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed
In which the Musical Man is instructed to dance around the one with that comedy chorus girl while entertaining memories of you. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com
205. The Apple Tree
In which the Musical Man becomes friends with and develops feelings for the gorgeous Eve while navigating this beautiful, beautiful world. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com
204. The Full Monty
In which the Musical Man hides Michael Jordan’s ball under a big ass rock. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com
203. Matilda The Musical
In which the Musical Man is accused of being loud, quiet, naughty, and pathetic by a bunch of revolting children. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com
The Snub Club: The Great Gatsby / The Grand Tour / Paint Your Wagon (A Patreon Release)
In which the Musical Man spends new money on one extraordinary thing while passing through Rumson. Original Air Date: November 27, 2024. Interested in hearing every episode of The Snub Club? Become a $10/month Patron today by visiting patreon.com/musicalmanpod!
202. American Idiot
In which the Musical Man spends his last night on Earth cruising the Boulevard of Broken Dreams with his favorite son, St. Jimmy. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com
201. Half a Sixpence
In which the Musical Man - having absolutely no money to burn - is relieved to learn from a proper gentleman that the party’s on the house. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com
200. Titanic
In which the Musical Man (operating undercover as a lady’s maid) slowly makes his way to the lifeboats with the goal of turning Mr. Andrews’ vision into a reality. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com
199. Fela!
In which the Musical Man buys some expensive shit and studies to become a teacher, a lover, a zombie, and a gentleman. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com
198. Tango Argentino
In which the Musical Man watches as the dance floor fills with the sound of the orchestra, and under the spotlights, the marionettes embrace. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com
197. Billy Elliot: The Musical
In which the Musical Man goes deep into the ground so he can pay the electricity bill and perform an angry dance on Maggie Thatcher’s corpse. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com
196. They’re Playing Our Song
In which the Musical Man attempts to fill in the words without fallin’, if only just for tonight. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com
195. The Me Nobody Knows
In which the Musical Man and the dream babies sabotage the war babies before escaping on a white horse. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com
194. & Juliet
In which the Musical Man becomes larger than life by agreeing to blow everybody. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com
193. A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine
In which the Musical Man shows his famous feet to Nelson, Louise, Natasha, Samovar the Lawyer, and the Japanese Sandman. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com
192. Oh Captain!
In which the Musical Man has an illicit affair with Captain Henry St. James in a very proper town where love is hell and the citizens keep it simple. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com
191. MJ The Musical
In which the Musical Man is abducted by the bad man in the mirror and locked inside a dancing machine with Billie Jean, the notorious smooth criminal. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com
190. Frozen
In which the Musical Man is attacked by a monster who does not believe in true love, rejects the idea that love is an open door, and categorically refuses to let it go. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com
189. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
In which the Musical Man confiscates a Paris original and teaches Rosemary how to succeed the company way during his coffee break. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com
188. My One and Only
In which the Musical Man studies the funny face of a little jazz bird who was recently arrested for kickin’ the clouds away. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com
187. Passion
In which the Musical Man stops loving you for forty days so he can eavesdrop on the soldiers’ gossip. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com
186. A Little Night Music
In which the Musical Man asks the miller’s son to send in the clowns and arranges several liaisons for a weekend in the country. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com
The King and I (1999) (A Patreon Release)
In which the Musical Man hears the story of The King and I as interpreted by the creators of The Fox and the Hound, The King's Speech, and Willy McBean and His Magic Machine. If you're watching along, the movie starts at 11:43! Original Air Date: 1/17/24. Interested in hearing all of our Bonus Episodes? Become a $1/month Patron today by visiting patreon.com/musicalmanpod!
TV-VIP: Jem (A Patreon Release)
In which the TV-VIP escapes a nightmare by performing a bit of Broadway magic. Original Air Date: 9/20/23. Interested in hearing every episode of TV-VIP? Become a $3/month Patron today by visiting patreon.com/musicalmanpod!
185. Wonderful Town
In which the Musical Man teaches a quiet girl from Ohio one hundred easy ways to pass the football. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com
184. Cry-Baby
In which the Musical Man, having previously been made a little upset by misery, agony, helplessness, hopelessness, heartache, and woe, declares that nothing bad’s ever gonna happen again. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com
183. Million Dollar Quartet
In which the Musical Man recounts his vision of a real wild child hurling great balls of fire at a hound dog named Long Tall Sally who weighs sixteen tons. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com
182. Flower Drum Song
In which the Musical Man scolds the other generation for ordering chop suey on Grant Avenue when a hundred million miracles are scheduled for next Sunday. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com
181. Illya Darling
In which the Musical Man hides out in the Golden Land so he can rehearse Yorgo’s Dance, the Taverna Dance, and the Medea Tango. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com
180. Oh, What A Lovely War!
In which the Musical Man does what he can to keep the home fires burning while spending Christmas Day in the cookhouse with Joe Soap’s army.
179. A Strange Loop
In which the Musical Man periodically lends a sympathetic ear to those who live for today and have trouble maintaining boundaries. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com
178. Newsies
In which the Musical Man, having resolved to seize the day, usurps the King of New York once and for all before fleeing to Santa Fe. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com
177. Redhead
In which the Musical Man manages to cure Erbie Fitch's twitch while avoiding the terrifying gaze of two faces in the dark. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com
176. Curtains
In which the Musical Man learns that coffee shop nights are a tough act to follow when you’re in the same boat with show people from Kansasland. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com
Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration (A Patreon Release)
In which the Musical Man marvels at wild wolves and a manic Martin Short. If you're watching along, the commentary starts at 04:51! Original Air Date: December 22, 2022. Interested in hearing all of our Bonus Episodes? Become a $1/month Patron today by visiting patreon.com/musicalmanpod!
175. Coco
In which the Musical Man avoids a fiasco by sporting a brand new dress on the corner of the Rue Cambon. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com
174. My Fair Lady
In which the Musical Man monitors the rain in Spain from a secure vantage point on the street where you live. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com
173. Moulin Rouge! The Musical
In which the Musical Man (acting in the name of truth, beauty, freedom and love) swings from a chandelier so that he may catch the sparkling diamond. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com
