EPISODE · Aug 5, 2025 · 15 MIN
Retrograde Musical Theatre
from Songs for the Struggling Artist · host Songs for the StrugglingArtist
Watching my college’s reunion cabaret this year, I was struck by how old fashioned and bourgeois so much of the musical theatre repertoire being presented was. The songs that folks had brought to perform were things like “Stars and The Moon” by Jason Robert Brown and selections from Grey Gardens. The material was similarly conventional when I was a student. At the time it seemed normal to sing songs about middle class marriage and imbalanced heterosexual relationships, even within the hotbed of an alternative progressive culture. It seems odd to me now. Why did our songs and our theatre not reflect the world that was happening on our college lawn or in our classrooms? To keep reading Retrograde Musical Theatre visit the Songs for the Struggling Artist blog.This is Episode 459Song: StripesImage is of a production of Annie at Four County Players.To support this podcast:Give it 5 stars in Apple Podcasts. Write a nice review!Rate it wherever you listen or via: https://ratethispodcast.com/strugglingartistJoin my mailing list: www.emilyrainbowdavis.com/Like the blog/show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SongsfortheStrugglingArtist/Support me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/emilyrdavisOr on Kofi: http://ko-fi.com/emilyrainbowdavisor PayPal me: https://www.paypal.me/strugglingartistJoin my Substack: https://emilyrainbowdavis.substack.com/Follow me on Twitter @erainbowdMe on Mastodon - @[email protected] on Blue sky - @erainbowd.bsky.socialInstagram and PinterestTell a friend!Listen to The Dragoning here and The Defense here. You can support them via Ko-fi here: https://ko-fi.com/messengertheatrecompanyAs ever, I am yours,Emily Rainbow Davis
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