
You’re wrong about musicals
Arts & Culture Podcasts
Every week join Esmé and Nell as they talk about musical theater past and present. New episodes every Monday Check us out on social media: Instagram: @wrongaboutmusicals tiktok:@wrongaboutmusicals Twitter: @wrongabmusicals Youtube: YourWrongAboutMusicals
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United States
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Arts & Culture Podcasts
Description:
Every week join Esmé and Nell as they talk about musical theater past and present. New episodes every Monday Check us out on social media: Instagram: @wrongaboutmusicals tiktok:@wrongaboutmusicals Twitter: @wrongabmusicals Youtube: YourWrongAboutMusicals
Language:
English
Episodes
News roundup: Tony awards, Evita discourse and Stan wars
6/15/2025
News roundup: Tony awards, Evita discourse and Stan wars
This week we talk about the long awaited 2025 Tony awards talking about the biggest race of the season and ALL the discourse the awards brought , in an attempt to end the robbed argument that’s been going on all week. We also talk about the Evita revival in London (Esmé will be seeing this week so go to tik tok for a review), Cole escola (in general we really like them) and of course the phantom, yes the real guy at the Tony awards.
Duration:01:26:01
Gypsy: A Mama Rose off
6/9/2025
This week, we talk about what people have called the greatest musical of all time. talking about the real people who inspired the musical, the MANY Aurthr Laurents productions and ask why there is this decades-long obsession with whose Mama Rose is the best, wondering when will it end.
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Theme Tune by Henry Dartnall
Duration:01:54:19
Sunset Boulevard: Norma Desmond will haunt you
6/2/2025
This week, we talk about Andrew Lloyd Webber's iconic Sunset Boulevard. Talking all the original attempts to make this a musical, the many lawsuits Andy found himself in as a result and what Jamie Lloyd's production says about ageing and the entertainment industry?
PLEASE NOTE THIS WAS RECORDED 2 WEEKS AGO
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Theme Tune by Henry Dartnall
Duration:01:53:02
Dear Evan Hansen and Next to Normal: The case for a redemption arc
5/26/2025
In the wake of the Next to Normal proshot and it finally getting it's flowers and moment in the sun (as Esmé's been talking about since she was a teenager) we revisit the 2017 musical Dear Evan Hansen, compare it to Next to Normal and talk about why Light works better than You Will Be Found, why there has been a change in public perspetion of Next to Normal and ask what dose to break in a glove mean?
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Theme Tune by Henry Dartnall
Duration:01:39:07
Sunday in the Park with George: Legacy (what is a legacy)
5/19/2025
This week, we look at Sunday in the Park with George, Sondheim's masterpiece, talking about the chaos behind the scenes, why this is was almost sondhiems last musical and ask what is a Legacy and is it Children and Art .
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Theme Tune by Henry Dartnall
Duration:01:37:09
Hadestown: Sung it again
5/12/2025
This week, we do our Hadestown reup. Talking about working on a song, the proshot and our review of the original Broadway cast.
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Theme Tune by Henry Dartnall
Duration:02:47:30
Tony Nomination reactions 2025
5/5/2025
This week we live react to the Tony Nominations as they come out. Talking about the subs, the fate of the British musical at the Tonys and ponder the question, is this like sports?
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Theme Tune by Henry Dartnall
Duration:01:02:18
High school Musical: Better than Shakespeare
4/28/2025
This week we talk about the classic Disney Original Movie: High School Musical. Talking about how it changed pop music and culture, why we refuse to let it go and share some fan theories.
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Theme Tune by Henry Dartnall
Duration:01:11:45
Mean Girls: Hell is a teenage girl
4/21/2025
This week we talk about Mean Girls the Musical, talking about Tina Fey's comedy's impact, the insanity of being a teenage girl and ask the question, is Mean Girls good??
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Theme Tune by Henry Dartnall
Duration:01:56:29
Olivier Awards Reaction
4/14/2025
This week we talk about our thoughts, feelings and opinions on the 2025 Olivier Awards. Speaking about the biggest surprises of the night, giving our thoughts on the performances and talking about some of our favorite moments of the night.
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Theme Tune by Henry Dartnall
Duration:01:12:43
Olivier Award winner predictions
4/7/2025
This week, we talked about what we think and what we want to win at the Olivier awards since this was recorded before the awards, DUH. But before we get into that, we have to talk about the Hunger Games on stage, Legally Blonde and wind-up monkeys.
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Theme Tune by Henry Dartnall
Duration:02:01:04
The Phantom of the Opera: Down Once More
3/31/2025
This week we do our first reup episode, taking another and better look at The Phantom of the Opera. Talking about why it might be the best mega musical, Hal Prince and Maria Björnson's love and understanding of the story and how Andrew Lloyd Webber has been haunted since the 80s.
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Theme Tune by Henry Dartnall
Duration:02:57:11
Bring It On: Let Cheerleaders Flip
3/24/2025
This week we talk about the 2012 Bring It On. talking about what makes an effective movie musical adaptation, the crazy creative team and what makes effective representation.
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Theme Tune by Henry Dartnall
Duration:01:34:34
Lala Land: For real this time
3/17/2025
This week we finally talk about Lala land. talking about how the fun and stunning visuals, how the culture was primed for a lala land and how it caused for Dear Evan Hansens rule of terror
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Theme Tune by Henry Dartnall
Duration:01:20:50
Olivier Nomination Reactions
3/9/2025
This week, we know we said LaLa land; however, the Olivier Nominations were crazy (but what's new), and we had a lot of thoughts.
Lala Land will be next week, promise
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Theme Tune by Henry Dartnall
Duration:01:36:20
Olivier Awards Predictions
3/3/2025
This week we predict what is going to be nominated for the 2025 Olivier awards. Talking about the front runner for best musical, our favorite shows and brace for another Andy Cameron showdown.
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Theme Tune by Henry Dartnall
Duration:02:01:15
Catch me if you can: scammers scam
2/24/2025
This week we talk about the 2011 musical Catch Me if You Can, talking about the fake origin story of the piece, the instance of the father-son relationship and our thoughts on 2011-2012 for musicals on the whole.
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Theme Tune by Henry Dartnall
Duration:01:31:42
News round up: The Andrew Lloyd Webber renaissance, Starlight express world domination and Oh Mary
2/17/2025
This week we do another news round-up (normal episode next week promise, just been a busy time) we talk about the Andrew Lloyd Webber renaissance where he's gained self-awareness and is writing musicals like it's the 80s, and then we talk about the sudden starlight express world domination, give awards predictions, correctly predict the gatsby casting and Esmé gets another opportunity to talk about Unbreakable Kimmy Smit while talking about oh mary.
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Theme Tune by Henry Dartnall
Duration:01:21:21
Bare a pop opera: Intellectual Romeo and Juliet
2/10/2025
This week we talk about a real underground musical (unlike Hamilton on a deeper level). we talk about the smartness of a teen musical, one night-only musical concerts and if the show has become outdated since the 90's
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Theme Tune by Henry Dartnall
Duration:01:35:17
News round up, groundhog day (again) and awards predictions
2/3/2025
this week in honour of it being Groundhog Day (yes again, it's almost like we're stuck in a time loop). we talk about the week's news about the Hadestown proshot, Lin Manuel Marianda on SNL and Tisha Paytas on Broadway. before talking about one of the most overlooked 2017 best musical nominees Groundhog Day before giving an update on where we are in the award season, and giving some predictions
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Theme Tune by Henry Dartnall
Duration:01:32:22