The Musical Man

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By: Jonathon Pernisek

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!

240. Something Rotten!
Last Wednesday at 11:35 AM

In which the Musical Man’s right hand man is suddenly killed by the Black Death while learning how to make an omelette. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com


239. Once Upon a Mattress
04/08/2026

In which the Musical Man wears a pair of very soft shoes while visiting the quiet swamps of home and engaging in man to man talk. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com


238. Water for Elephants
03/25/2026

In which the Musical Man collects silver stars for a wild, easy, funny angel who would rather take another train to anywhere than go home. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com


237. Rock of Ages
03/18/2026

In which the Musical Man (now wanted dead or alive) goes to heaven to escape the shadows of the night but finds it simply isn’t high enough. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com


236. Catch Me If You Can
03/11/2026

In which the Musical Man wears someone else’s skin so he can identify the man inside the clues, fit in with the jet set, and make butter outta cream. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com


235. Shucked
03/04/2026

In which the Musical Man builds walls out of corn supplied by the bad friends of a woman of the world. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com


234. Buena Vista Social Club
02/25/2026

En la que el Hombre Musical tarda 20 años en comprar dos gardenias para el carretero. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com


233. Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
02/18/2026

In which the Musical Man throws off his chains and spends one fine day walking through the rain. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com


232. Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies
01/28/2026

In which the Musical Man and the Satin Doll (who, generally speaking, don’t get around much anymore) take the “A” train to a land of solitude. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com


231. Hallelujah, Baby!
01/21/2026

In which the Musical Man decides he is sick and tired of being good and that he will not wait another day because now’s the time to drink the witches’ brew. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com


230. Smokey Joe's Cafe: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller
01/14/2026

In which the Musical Man is saved by Charlie Brown while shoppin’ for clothes on Broadway, the last refuge of the mythical Yakety Yak. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com


229. Annie
12/31/2025

In which the Musical Man testifies that something was missing after his apartment on Easy Street was ransacked by a gang of little girls. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com


228. Runaways
12/17/2025

In which the Musical Man locates the undiscovered son but is unable to ascertain the whereabouts of those people who did Hair. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com


227. Fiorello!
12/10/2025

In which the Musical Man breaks out of a little tin box and fights on the side of angels against the forces of Gentleman Jimmy. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com


226. Dancin'
12/03/2025

In which the Musical Man is hired to transcribe the recollections of an old dancer who was born in America and has fourteen feet. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com


225. The Outsiders
11/26/2025

In which the Musical Man drives far away from Tulsa so he can spend Friday at the drive-in with his little brother, a veteran of the Hopeless War. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com


224. Jersey Boys
11/19/2025

In which the Musical Man is visited by the Earth Angel and Fallen Angel while attempting to simultaneously walk like a man and balance a glass of sherry on his head. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com


223. Two Gentlemen of Verona
11/12/2025

In which the Musical Man is kidnapped by his hot lover and taken to a mansion deep within the Land of Betrayal for the purposes of attending a dragon fight. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com


Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark (A Patreon Release)
11/05/2025

In which Brandon Shockney and the Musical Man become citizens of the D.I.Y. World by bouncing off the walls. Original Air Date: February 28, 2024. Interested in hearing all of our Bonus Episodes? Become a $1/month Patron today by visiting patreon.com/musicalmanpod!


222. Contact
10/29/2025

In which the Musical Man commands Sweet Lorraine and the simply irresistible Runaround Sue to put a lid on it. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com


221. Mary Poppins
10/08/2025

In which the Musical Man chooses to feed the birds brimstone, treacle, and a spoonful of sugar while enjoying a jolly holiday on Cherry Tree Lane. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com


220. The 25th Annual Putnum County Spelling Bee
10/01/2025

In which the Music Man inspires pandemonium by cutting off his magic foot. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com


219. Beetlejuice
09/24/2025

In which the Musical Man gives a girl scout, the creepy old guy, and his dead Mom the fright of their lives for absolutely no reason at all. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com


218. Falsettos
09/03/2025

In which the Musical Man is forced to pay for Jason's therapy, accept a marriage proposal, and attend both the chess game and the baseball game. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com


217. Five Guys Named Moe
08/27/2025

In which the Musical Man attends a Saturday night fish fry with Messy Bessy while affirming that he is safe, sane, and single. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com


216. Promises, Promises
08/20/2025

In which the Musical Man goes upstairs on Christmas Day to inform a young, pretty girl like you that she's half as big as life. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com


215. Purlie
08/06/2025

In which the Musical Man promises to walk the new fangled preacher man up the stairs first thing Monday mornin’, but only if Purlie thinks he can do it. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com


214. Tina - The Tina Turner Musical
07/30/2025

In which the Musical Man gives a matchbox to the hunter; orders his private dancer to shake a tailfeather; banishes a fool in love to Etherland; and welcomes Proud Mary with open arms. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com


213. Happy End
07/23/2025

In which the Musical Man explains the heist to his trusted Lieutenants of the Lord while struggling to put time in a shot glass. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com


212. In the Heights
07/16/2025

In which the Musical Man tells hundreds of stories and buys 96,000 bottles of champagne during a blackout at the club. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com


211. The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical “Wonderful Wizard of Oz”
07/09/2025

In which the Musical Man is told to “be a lion” and “ease on down the road” while being torn apart by a tornado. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com


210. Barnum
06/11/2025

In which the Musical Man urges us to go out there and join the circus. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com


209. New Girl in Town
06/04/2025

In which the Musical Man plays chess and checkers at the Check Apron Ball while refusing to engage with Anna Lilla, AKA the Sunshine Girl. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com


208. Tintypes
05/28/2025

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
05/21/2025

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
05/14/2025

In which the Musical Man is instructed to dance around the one with the comedy chorus gal while entertaining memories of you. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com


205. The Apple Tree
04/30/2025

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
04/23/2025

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
04/16/2025

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)
04/02/2025

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!