Corner of the Sky

Do you love musical theater? We do too! Every episode, Quinn Rose and a guest lovingly dissect a musical’s music, characters, plot, themes, and anything else that occurs to them.

Episodes

58: Random Pursuit: Musicals

June 7, 2021 • 53 mins

Well friends, after four years of Corner of the Sky, this podcast is going on indefinite hiatus. But to leave on a high note, we’ve got a full game show episode! Moisés Chiullán, Brian Hamilton, David Loehr, Jean MacDonald, and Shelly Brisbin are competing in a custom version of Random Pursuit that’s ALL musicals. Also, this episode includes a mini-game: try to count how many times Quinn makes a mistake! It turns out that Random P...

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57: Kill Your Mother, Cancel Your Bar Mitzvah

April 6, 2021 • 59 mins

Yoni Weiss talks the charmingly dysfunctional family of Falsettos. Highlights: masculinity, borrowing synagogue chairs, Chip Zien, high school productions of Elegies, maturation, regression, lesbians, family.

Quinn Rose with Yoni Weiss.

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56: Another National Anthem

March 3, 2021 • 42 mins

Margaret Hall talks the “most controversial musical ever,” Assassins. Highlights: flashpoint memories, Assassins Creed, Kidz Bop, shoulder devil, 9/11, John Weidman, empathy. Content warning: discussion of gun violence.

Quinn Rose with Margaret Hall.

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55: Bury Your Straights

February 3, 2021 • 53 mins

Aaron Roberts talks the depressingly universal Follies. Highlights: no one can stop my musical theater enthusiasm, nostalgia, the gayest musical without any homosexuality in it, summer camp, ghosts, Michael Bennett, Pirates of the Caribbean.

Quinn Rose with Aaron Roberts.

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54: Luck Be A Lady

January 5, 2021 • 46 mins

Philip Michaels talks the persistent classic Guys & Dolls. Highlights: all in one place (except for Cuba), undercover cop, hijinks, female agency, Tom Hooper, revivals, Frank Sinatra.

Quinn Rose with Philip Michaels.

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53: Don't Be Gay in Indiana

December 5, 2020 • 41 mins

Holly Sansom talks the infectiously optimistic show The Prom. Highlights: The Drowsy Chaperone, seeing theater for work, TV performances, girls kissing, we’re all lesbians, cringing, Glee.

Quinn Rose with Holly Sansom.

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52: Brandy's Cinderella

November 3, 2020 • 58 mins

Kat Largent talks the always-evolving classic Cinderella. Highlights: Whitney Houston, musicals as popular music, revivals, award eligibility, casting movie musicals, onstage quick changes, basic but beautiful.

Quinn Rose with Kat Largent.

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51: I'll Ask Mom

October 1, 2020 • 40 mins

Stanley Rose talks the charming satire/homage Something Rotten. Highlights: Christian Borle, write what you know, the Black Death!, simple entertainment, fact checking with Mom, humming the songs.

Quinn Rose with Stanley Rose.

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50: Camp Counselor Christ

September 1, 2020 • 53 mins

Kerri Kearse talks the “drum circle for the Lord” and/or musical Godspell. Highlights: directorial freedom, Christian rock, belting about the Lord, baby George Salazar, Marianne Williamson, race in casting, parables, Jesus Christ Superstar, earnestness.

Quinn Rose with Kerri Kearse.

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49: Finishing the Hat

May 18, 2020 • 45 mins

Emily Clark talks the pointillist musical Sunday in the Park with George. Highlights: Bounce, autobiographical musicals, putting it together, universal (or not), historical inaccuracy, Pulitzer Prizes, Mandy Patinkin.

Quinn Rose with Emily Clark.

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48: You Oughta Know

May 12, 2020 • 57 mins

Jhanelle Benton talks the unflinching rock musical Jagged Little Pill. Highlights: Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again, being overly attached to the cast, interpretative dance, fluid movement, Elizabeth Stanley, gushing about the ensemble, Christmas letters, jukebox musicals. Content warning: discussion of sexual assault and drug abuse.

Quinn Rose with Jhanelle Benton.

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47: You've Got Mail

May 5, 2020 • 50 mins

Emily Lewis talks the warm-hearted and delicious She Loves Me. Highlights: Alabama, Hungarian writers, theater with teenagers, lack of communication, interesting dances, uninteresting dances, ice cream, lonely hearts.

Quinn Rose with Emily Lewis.

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46: Et Cetera

April 27, 2020 • 61 mins

Jason Snell talks the deceptively complex The King and I. Highlights: childhood, Yul Brynner, dresses, orientalism, they fixed some of the orientalism, complex characters, too-long songs, b-sides from The Sound of Music, etc, etc, etc.

Quinn Rose with Jason Snell.

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45: Bobby is a Softboy

April 20, 2020 • 47 mins

Allison Truj talks the alternately nihilistic and uplifting Company. Highlights: Little Women (2019), Marriage Story (2019), cautionary tales, fish pants, aging poorly, Patti LuPone, getting broken up with at the intermission of Phantom of the Opera.

Quinn Rose with Allison Truj.

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44: Maybe This Time

April 11, 2020 • 54 mins

Lisa Schmeiser talks the flamboyant and doomed world of Cabaret. Highlights: Schitt’s Creek, Chicago, Berlin as a character, the rise of fascism, acting like you’re bad at acting, stunt casting, ambiguity.

Quinn Rose with Lisa Schmeiser.

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43: Prince Ali is a Scrub

April 4, 2020 • 43 mins

Javier Matusevich talks Starkid and Twisted. Highlights: Wicked, Cruella de Vil, Aladdin sucks, 1001 Nights, college students, in-jokes, making fun of what you love.

Quinn Rose with Javier Matusevich.

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42: I'm The Queen of the Castle

March 7, 2020 • 49 mins

Annette Wierstra talks international sensation Six. Highlights: young writers, short shows, Edmonton, tours, rewriting the narrative, amazing dancers, big Eliza Hamilton energy.

Quinn Rose with Annette Wierstra.

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41: Put on Your Sunday Clothes

March 3, 2020 • 47 mins

Lauren Pokedoff talks the optimistic classic Hello Dolly. Highlights: watching a whole Tony season, Bette Midler, sleeping on the street for tickets, strong women, Barbra Streisand, spectacle.

Quinn Rose with Lauren Pokedoff.

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40: Digital Fur Technology

February 22, 2020 • 50 mins

Brian Hamilton talks the fever dream that is Cats (both the stage and film versions). Highlights: Personally victimized by Cats (2019), fully filmed Broadway performances, breaking the fourth wall, dance musicals, poetry, T.S. Eliot, JaSOn DEruloooo, offensive horniness.

Quinn Rose with Brian Hamilton.

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39: Tell Everyone What's Up

June 29, 2019 • 48 mins

Highlights: dream casting, hope to theater kids, low budget costumes, Disney cleans up New York, it’s a metaphor, Susan Egan, gushing about Belle, toxic masculinity, 4D movies, drunk composer promises.

Quinn Rose with Felicia Fitzpatrick.

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56: Another National Anthem

55: Bury Your Straights

54: Luck Be A Lady

53: Don't Be Gay in Indiana

52: Brandy's Cinderella

51: I'll Ask Mom

50: Camp Counselor Christ

49: Finishing the Hat

48: You Oughta Know

47: You've Got Mail

46: Et Cetera

45: Bobby is a Softboy

44: Maybe This Time

43: Prince Ali is a Scrub

42: I'm The Queen of the Castle

41: Put on Your Sunday Clothes

40: Digital Fur Technology

39: Tell Everyone What's Up

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58: Random Pursuit: Musicals

57: Kill Your Mother, Cancel Your Bar Mitzvah