Amazing Technicolor Shitshow
We're a married couple obsessed with theatre mishaps and mayhem from community theater to Broadway! Join us for fumbles and follies from theatre history and listener-submitted stories of meltdowns, near-misses, and the moments that make it all worth it.
E105: Play Dead | Trying Not to "Corpse" as a Dead Body
Trev talks corpsing and corpses, a little dog reappears, and Elle dishes out some preferences.
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Piano accompaniment: Paul Thelen
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E104: Let's Split Up, Gang! | Haunted Theatres of the UK
In another unedited episode: Elle tours a few haunted British theatres, a set designer runs into a block, and Trev faces off with Old Man Jenkins yet again.
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E103: Broccoli Wicklesham | Spiritualism and Deceit Surrounding Dickens' "Edwin Drood"
In this special unedited episode: Elle reveals the story of a murder mystery cut short, a musician adds to his collection, and Trev figures out whodunnit.
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E102: Big Head and Little Wit | Death and Resurrection in Mummer's Plays
Trev talks about theatrical resurrections, a technical director catches a glimpse of something spooky, and Elle presents some deathly dilemmas.
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E101: That Reminds Me of a Song... | Spalding Gray and Solo Revue Shows
Elle explains autobiographical cabarets, an actor needs to be babysat, and Trev sorts out celebrity fact vs. fiction.
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E100: For the Hundredth Time | Shakespeare Authorship Theories Part 2
Trev gets to the bottom of Shakespeare authorship, a stage manager holds the show on her back, and Elle figures out some translations.
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E99: Shaken, Not Bacon | Shakespeare Authorship Theories Part 1
Trev cracks the code of who wrote Shakespeare's plays, and Elle presents some team dilemmas.
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E98: All the World's a Stagecoach | Shakespeare in the Wild West
Elle talks about an unexpected audience for Shakespeare, a young actor acts out, and Trev turns into a prospector.
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E97: Live, Laugh, Love Lucy | TV Sitcoms' Roots In Live Theatre
Trev entertains a live studio audience, a listener is a prop, and Elle doesn't let the audience get to her.
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E96: Renovation Station | Secrets Uncovered in an Old Theatre
Elle uncovers some surprises in an old theatre renovation, an actor has a musical mishap, and Trev makes a return.
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E95: The Folly of Man | Ziegfeld's Follies and Actor's Equity
Trev litigates an early Broadway actor's strike, a director has some déjà vu, and Elle tests her knowledge of Equity rules.
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E94: Wanted Dead Or Alive | The Harrowing Tale of Outlaw Elmer McCurdy
Elle exhumes the bizarre history of an outlaw, a body is reanimated onstage, and Trev considers which true stories require musical adaptations.
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E93: Censor Sensibility | How Historical Regulation of Theatre Hilariously Backfires Every Time
Trev talks about two times when censorship spurred even more inventive and innovative theatre, a spot op witnesses a mass exodus, and your hosts get a little indecent.
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E92: Mister Misdirection | The Life and Death of Magician Chung Ling Soo
Elle conjures a historical tale of prestidigitation, a listener witnesses a mechanical failure at the ballet, and Trev tests his knowledge of the arcane.
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E91: The Price Is Not Right | 67 Days of Rioting at the Covent Garden Theatre
Trev chronicles a petty price riot, a pit player spills it all, and Elle gives a lesson on etiquette.
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E90: The Mouthtrap | The Theatrical History of the "Hellmouth"
Elle runs her mouth about a medieval mechanical prop, an actor blurts out a curse word, and Trev gets a little hot and cold.
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Logo design: Casey Fiebig
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E89: Bouncing with the Stars | The Ill-Fated Trampoline Space Musical "Via Galactica"
Trev jumps into the story of an intergalactic musical on trampolines, a set piece causes curtain chaos, and your hosts try their best to have an original thought.
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"Carpe Diem"
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E88: Frontier Follies | Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, and the Wild Theatrical West
Elle tells a tale of Wild West shows, we hear a word from our sponsor, and your hosts have a good old-fashioned standoff.
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Logo design: Casey Fiebig
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"Carpe Diem"
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E87: "Dr." Trev's Cure-All | Miracle Elixirs in Old-Timey Medicine Shows
Trev dazzles with the history of a forgotten theatre genre, we hear about some Les Mis-haps, and Elle writes up some prescriptions.
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E86: Howdy, Suckers! | How a Gunslinging Soprano Became Velma Kelly
Elle amazes us with the biography of a theatre pioneer, we hear a word from our sponsor (!!), and Trev gets a hobby.
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E85: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Accidental Nudity | How Team StarKid Got Away With "A Very Potter Musical"
Trev regales us with the tale of a very famous unauthorized musical, an actor shows off some full backal, and Elle sorts out fact vs. fiction on some very bad ideas.
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E84: Dickens On Dickens | The Birth of the One-Man Show
Elle singles out a very solitary form of theatre, a directing team survives a surprise, and we see how Trev does flying solo.
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E83: Let's All Go To The Lobby | Trev Ranks Act I Closing Numbers
In this special episode, Trev gives a rundown of the best Act I closing numbers of all time, and your hosts test their ESP yet again.
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E82: Think Inside the Box | Statler and Waldorf's Heckling History
Trev talks box seats, an actor has a run-in with bad improv, and Elle turns the finish-the-quip game back on Trev.
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E81: Whodunnit? | Agatha Christie's Playwriting Career
Elle solves the mystery of Agatha Christie's playwriting career, an actor's skin is saved by a quick-thinking crew member, and Trev spins up his own whodunnit.
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E80: It's Gonna Be Mae | The Story Of Mae West's Play "Sex"
Trev talks about the birds and the bees, and Elle flexes her transatlantic quip writing skills.
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E79: 'Cause That's Dada! | Performance Art as a Performing Art
Elle paints a picture of performance art, an actor gets taken for a spin, and Trev deciphers some translations.
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E78: My Inheritance, My Legacy
Elle and Trev are running ragged. In this unedited episode, Elle presents an ode to a fabulous thespian of history and your hosts do some financial planning.
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E77: Whigs Akimbo
Trev spills the tea about a historical pot-stirrer of the stage, a famous actor wets his tights, and Elle makes some improvements to a musical.
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E76: Attila We Meet Again
Elle unearths the story of an excavated Roman theatre, a current Broadway revival faces a dilemma, and Trev figures out who he really is.
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E75: A Crime of Passion Plays
Trev tells the tale of church plays that toyed with copyright law, a listener helps out after pyrotechnics go awry, and Elle does some stunt casting.
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E74: Charlie Chaplin Gets an MRI
Elle reports on the first play to be broadcast on television, a pit musician gets more than he bargained for, and Trev makes some guesses about historical timelines.
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E73: NOT LEGAL ADVICE
The law offices of Thelen Clementi and Thelen Clementi definitely do not give legal advice on show licensing, and Trev rates some morally grey theatre scenarios.
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E72: And the Rigatoni Goes To...
Elle dishes on dinner theatre, a cast of high schoolers learn an important lesson, and Trev sorts out pasta shapes from opera characters.
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E71: Hostess with the Ghostess
Elle appears as a guest on her own podcast, a pencil becomes a threat, and Trev puts a darker spin on a classic musical.
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E70: Full Frontal, Part Backal
Trev reveals all there is to know about nudity onstage, and your hosts present some unnecessary censorship for popular musical lyrics.
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E69: Smoke and Mirrors
Elle reveals the theatrical origins of magic shows, a technician creates a bit of a spill, and Trev deciphers some transformed show titles.
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E68: Oh, Ya Got Trouble
An actor navigates casting Trouble (with a capital T) in three separate productions of The Music Man, and Trev tries to predict some old-timey rap lyrics.
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E67: Drama Queen
Trev presents an ode to a 19th century queen of the stage, and Elle gives an alphabetical challenge.
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E66: Salmon Hat Couture
Elle observes Mother Nature's most theatrical creatures, a cast gets sweaty, and Trev plays casting agent to some animals.
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