Scene to Song Episode 69: Fatness in Musical Theater

from Scene to Song · host Shoshana Greenberg

In this episode, Theatre of the Oppressed NYC operations director and podcast host Harrow Sansom discusses fatness in musical theater and how it's portrayed with various musical theater characters and musicals. We also talk about the song "Another Hundred People" from Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's 1970 musical Company. You can write to [email protected] with a comment or question about an episode or about musical theater, or if you’d like to be a podcast guest. The annual season finale episode, which always features multiple guests from the season, will be streamed live on our Facebook page on Sunday, December 19th at 1pm Eastern. Listeners can submit questions in advance or call in directly to the webcast. Follow on Instagram at @ScenetoSong, on Twitter at @SceneSong, and on Facebook at “Scene to Song with Shoshana Greenberg Podcast.” The theme music is by Julia Meinwald. Music played in this episode: "Impossible" from Bella: An American Tall Tale "Any Little Thing" from The Color Purple "Beautiful" from It Shoulda Been You "Pretty Funny" from Dogfight "Another Hundred People" from Company

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In this episode, Theatre of the Oppressed NYC operations director and podcast host Harrow Sansom discusses fatness in musical theater and how it's portrayed with various musical theater characters and musicals. We also talk about the song "Another Hundred People" from Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's 1970 musical Company. You can write to [email protected] with a comment or question about an episode or about musical theater, or if you’d like to be a podcast guest. The annual season finale episode, which always features multiple guests from the season, will be streamed live on our Facebook page on Sunday, December 19th at 1pm Eastern. Listeners can submit questions in advance or call in directly to the webcast. Follow on Instagram at @ScenetoSong, on Twitter at @SceneSong, and on Facebook at “Scene to Song with Shoshana Greenberg Podcast.” The theme music is by Julia Meinwald.Music played in this episode:"Impossible" from Bella: An American Tall Tale"Any Little Thing" from The Color Purple"Beautiful" from It Shoulda Been You"Pretty Funny" from Dogfight"Another Hundred People" from Company

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