214. The Cup | Happy New Year | Editorial

Happy New Year and welcome back to the 214th episode of The Cup which is our a weekly (give or take, TBD, these are unprecedented times) performing arts talk show presented by Cup of Hemlock Theatre. With the theatres on a come back we offer a mix of both reviews of live shows we've seen and continued reviews of prophet productions! For our 214th episode we bring you a very special episode of “The Cup: Editorial” in which we look back on the year that’s passed, the plays we loved, and the episodes we produced. Join our Golden Trio (Jillian Robinson, Mackenzie Horner, and Ryan Borochovitz) as they raise their custom-branded mugs and say cheers to 2024! Here’s a list of all the episodes from 2024 that we shout out in this episode (in order of first mention). If any of them piqued your interest, give them a watch/listen: Fences (Screened Play): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRoqQwugzIc Summer Dances: A Mixed Bill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr3c9aWZkT0 Toronto Fringe Review Roundup 2024 Pt.1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj_wxsX1tGs&t=2241s Toronto Fringe Review Roundup 2024 Pt.2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFGOJTtVljI&t=6195s Toronto Fringe Review Roundup 2024 Pt.3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDKw_MDJLEY&t=8434s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0iuadp8zck&t=1800s Scott Alan Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k4AViQsRMY&t=720s Alicia Richardson Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZnu0OwCtaE Mateo Chavez Lewis Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drnTPBYpjuY Chloë Rose Flowers Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4DqKRzzUiA Hamilton (200th Episode): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RcJ9Lj9-h0&t=5798s The Crucible (NT Live): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lpSFTH1ojk Playing Shylock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKGayi9ONHE&t=526s HRH Anand Rajaram Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzOfGWpy_rc&t=4815s Rear Window: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4GGPWO17VY Dead Elephants: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex6zVShCpfM&t=826s The Fixing Girl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yS-Fsi-kHE Four Minutes Twelve Seconds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl3vGk_LgpE The Eve of St. George: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrCb8PkxAmg Follow our panelists: Mackenzie Horner (Before the Downbeat: A Musical Podcast) – Instagram/Facebook: BeforetheDownbeat Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3aYbBeN Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3sAbjAu Jillian Robinson – Instagram: @jillian.robinson96 // Tommy Rhodes Cast Album – Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/tommy-rhodes-original-studio-cast-recording/1786580779 / Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1t4NtJFUa4TVAJm8mWCIOP?si=_npoj8ptSD-tcYbv7qJiaA&nd=1&dlsi=cf35a53988054372 / YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s02VjtbFH1U&ab_channel=MusicTheatreTheory Ryan Borochovitz – [Just send all that love to CoH instead; he won’t mind!] Follow Cup of Hemlock Theatre on Instagram/Facebook/Twitter: @cohtheatre If you’d like us to review your upcoming show in Toronto, please send press invites/inquiries to [email protected] CHAPTERS: 0:00 – Intro: Crunching Numbers 4:58 – 52 Episodes 6:56 – 94 Reviews 11:33 – 11 Interviews 16:00 – 1 Screened Play 20:01 – 0 Editorials 23:14 – 7 Guest Reviewers 30:26 – Most Popular Episodes of 2024 35:17 – Our Favourite Episodes of 2024 45:23 – Our Favourite Plays of 2024 1:05:37 – Our Most Anticipated Plays of 2025 1:13:32 – Sign Off