SIMP - The Self-Indulgent Musical Podcast

It's our yearly Tony Nominations episode and Jenna Kate Monisoff is back to join us! We talk Producers lists and eligibility, stacked categories in a scant year, celebrations, and snubs. We also stand ten toes down for our favorites (count em), Ian may or may not watch The Gilded Age, we compare this season to last season, and so much more but most of all, vibes.@simpcasters@epicadventureof@[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, Jenn Grossman joins us to yap about the most complete encapsulation of Les Miserables we got: the 2012 movie. We talk about friendship history, what it meant to be there in 2012 in the theaters, casting choices, NEW casting choices, cinematic choices vs theatrical choices, and everything Javert would have loved today. Is Valjean hot? But also, why not? How many minutes are in a year? Questionable. Does GLEE come up? You bet.Join us next time for MORE LES MIS!@simpcasters@epicadventureof@[email protected] any audio issues. Also, content warning: talk of suicide. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we talk crash out show tunes. We also got a Pitch Perfect teaser, a theatre news roundup, Ian’s fanboy moments, and some great new shows! Come for the Charlie’s Angels talk, stay for the Jellicle Ball!@simpcasters@epicadventureof@[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today? We are haters. We talk about some crowd-sourced bad episodes of musical television! Ian gets a crash course on Grey’s Anatomy, as well as a crash course on songs that already exist. There’s iconic(?) moments, cringeworthy moments, clunky and awkward lyric changes, and there were NOT a lot of other things we missed. Bottom line, we crash out a little bit; thank you for bearing with us.@simpcasters@epicadventureof@[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, we start our mini-series on Musical TV Episodes, as sourced by the comments. And boy do we start on a high note! We shout out some honorable mentions in HIMYM, Daria, The Magicians, That 70's Show, Skins. We spotlight Scrubs and Buffy The Vampire Slayer and dive into why they are just so dang good!Stay tuned for our next episode in the series where we cover the ones we... didn't celebrate so much!@simpcasters@epicadventureof@[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s Grease Live Time! Corrina and Ian are recording late at night and it probably shows! Did this episode really even happen? Ian has a strange axe to grind, new sequels are created, and Keke Palmer is an American Treasure.@simpcasters@epicadventureof@[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, we talk about COMPANY (2011)! You can watch it on YouTube, it's there! We got a STACKED cast! Ariana De Bose is here (yay)! Dudes hate their wives (boo)! Ian nerds out again! And so much more!@simpcasters@epicadventureof@[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, Corrina and Ian are healing. But they’re also talking about what’s going on in the theatrescape as of late. They talk the Lukes and Wilsons, audition season, new music (get it because RAGTIME), and casting news. We talk the use and affect of lingo, CHESS, and SO MUCH MORE.@simpcasters@epicadventureof@[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we talk about a crowd-sourced flop, GREASE 2! We rate the songs, we got loads of fun facts, and we talk about bowling a lot. Michelle Pfeiffer does as good job, there’s REPRODUCTION, reheated nachos, fugue state ballads, and so much more! @simpcasters@epicadventureof@[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s Muppets Christmas Carol Season! So today, we dive into one of our favorites, a classic, and discuss the commitment of Sir Michael Caine. We discuss the beautiful, practical world built with our muppets, some bops, and some lore we love. There’s also personal history with the IP, a Menken detour, and more!@simpcasters@epicadventureof@[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy Anniversary, SIMPS! Here we are a year later to bring us back to the beginning with WICKED: FOR GOOD. Join us for a discussion of new songs, old stories, similarities, and differences between the musical and the movie. We also talk WICKED WITCH OF THE EAST, doors, plot holes and justifications, clock ticks, and SO MUCH MORE! Needless to say, SPOILERS ABOUND.Let us know your thoughts and feelings about WICKED: FOR GOOD! Write in!@simpcasters@epicadventureof@[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, we discuss the intersection where social media meets Broadway. We go back to the beginning with forums and BTS and how that evolved to today’s TheatreTok. We talk about the morality of casting based on follower count, the teenification of Broadway, slime tutorials, and more! Also, we shout out our TikTok commenters! If you have thoughts, Send them our way!@simpcasters@[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Friend of our podcast cinematic universe, Rascal, joins us for what is most certainly the first in a series we may call Musicalize This! We go beat by beat, proposed song by proposed song to dive into Rascal's version of a Pride and Prejudice musical. And, it's incredibly funny!Got a musical to pitch? Let us know!@simpcasters@epicadventureof@[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We finally watched INTO THE WOODS 2014! And we have thoughts on the adaptation, everyone is acting so good, we were robbed of some impeccable casting, and Ian has a new office! Write in with your thoughts and feelings about all the into INTO THE WOODSes! GET. JANEANE GAROFOLO. ON BOARD.@simpcasters@epicadventureof@[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Life has been lifing so we will be back soon with INTO THE WOODS part 2 - a compare and contrast with the 2014 movie. In the meanwhile, here is our deep dive into RENT from the GLEE 👏 AGGRESSIVE days. "Welcome to the BONUS EPISODE! Today, instead of talking GLEE, Corrina and Ian discuss RENT the musical/the movie! There's a lot of ACTING FACES OFF! A lot of ambiguity around 90's East Village culture! A lot of hoops jumped through to justify musical theatricality!"See you soon!@simpcasters@epicadventureof@[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we talk about INTO THE WOODS (1991), a masterpiece in Ian’s eyes. And trust us, we could talk about it forever, but we'll leave you with this. Ian has one problem with it. Listen to find out what it is! @simpcasters@epicadventureof@[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, Beda Spindola of the upcoming Hell’s Kitchen tour joins us to talk about going viral, showing up, and joining Equity. We dive into dream roles, cruise work, vocal health, and doing it scared. And so much more because we love to yap!@bedaspindola@simpcasters@epicadventureof@[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, we rank a select number of jukebox musicals. How did we do? Write in and tell us what we got right! Tell us what we got wrong, what we missed, or what we need to add next time!@simpcasters@epicadventureof@[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's unhinged plot synopsis is brought to you by Oliver! Corrina tries to recap the plot, Ian has wild ideas, and together, they encourage Oliver for a... new audience?@simpcasters@epicadventureof@[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, we talk FROZEN PROSHOT. A FROSHOT. Tell us your thoughts on the new songs, old lore, the oddly sexual Anna storyline, and the oddly dark Elsa story line (and sorry about all the battered women talk?). Also, WHO WOULD WIN IN A FIGHT!?@simpcasters@epicadventureof@[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’re back with Act 2 Openers and 11 O’Clock Numbers! We add some Act 1 things while we’re at it. An we dive into the debated, complex definition of the 11 O’Clock number itself. Did we get them right? Did we miss any? Let us know your thoughts and favorites! @simpcasters@epicadventureof@[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, we are talking about Act 1 Openers! Overtures! Act 1 Closers! And we included your contributions from the TikTok comments section!And, we talk about Ian’s new album so check out ‘Friendly Neighborhood Something or Other’ wherever you get music!@simpcasters@epicadventureof@[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jenna Kate Monisoff is back! IT’S TONY TIME! AND NO ONE REMEMBERS FOR SURE WHAT WE PREDICTED! We talk iconic opening numbers, the need to bring back medleys, the wins and losses, and what these shows might look like going forward!Write in with your thoughts on the Tony Awards!@jennakatemonisoff@simpcasters@epicadventureof@[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s Next To Normal Proshot Day! And what do you mean IMMERSIVE(Not this one)! There is censoring, a softly Gabe(TM), blind reactions (from 2009), and a lot more! BUCKLE UP, KIDS.@simpcasters@epicadventureof@[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the show, our honorary third host, Jenna Kate Monisoff! We celebrate Theatre Christmas Eve and talk about Tony Nominations! Who’s in the game! Who we know! Who was snubbed! And what a stacked season! Sorry to everyone whose name Ian butchered.Write in and tell us your Tony thoughts and predictions! @jennakatemonisoff@simpcasters@epicadventureof@[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Let’s talk Matilda! Not James/Peach. There’s a school that has only lines; no Fosse. We talk amazing choreography, clever lyricism, and of course, James Corden. Trunchbull is out of pocket, the storytelling is excellent, and Bruce? He can do it.@simpcasters@epicadventureof@[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

BEEP BEEP! We’re here to talk about The Last Five Years! And also T-Pain. But mainly to litigate and analyze the transgressions of one Cathy Hyatt vs. one Jamie Wellerstein. Who is objectively worse? Also, which J. Pierpont Finch would win in a fight? The answers… may or may not surprise you.@simpcasters@epicadventureof@[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s THE PROM the musical the movie day and Corrina and Ian cannot escape Ryan Murphy. It’s a show that’s so young, gay, and Broadway, we don’t even recognize Nicole Kidman. We find a way to parallel High School Musical, discuss the Corden of it all, and give one of those kids the Full Ernie.Anyway, watch that video where Patti LuPone haunts a laundromat.@simpcasters@epicadventureof@[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, we don’t talk about The Prom. Except for when we do. But we mostly talk about Diet Pepsi, two youth/academic theatre productions Corrina saw in Western Mass., a new play on Broadway, Legally Blonde Jr., and start our newest segment!@simpcasters@epicadventureof@[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Everybody welcome the Rigano Brothers! Together, they make amazing musicals and with Corrina and Ian, they talk about their musical upbringing, audition tips from their experience behind the table, and how their upcoming Ides of March Concert got going!Get your tickets for the 11th Annual Ides of March Extravaganza here!@RiganoSongbook / @davidrigano / @paultogethernow@simpcasters@epicadventureof@[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We promised COME FROM AWAY, and here we are with our chat about the dubious Canadian musical. We talk about its unique formula for success, framing 9/11 in a logistical way, what made Ian cry, and so much more!Gander: The Stars Hollow of Canada.@simpcasters@epicadventureof@[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

WELCOME BACK TO HAMILCAST! AND PEGGY herself, Darilyn Castillo joins us to talk about her long and winding road to re-creating Peggy/Maria for the Puerto Rico and San Francisco production. We talk learning about the business while on the job, learning how to say no, growth, and more!@simpcasters@thedarilyncastillo@epicadventureof@[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ever been on Starlight Express TikTok? Well lock in, kids, because Corrina is going to explain it out of context, with no notes.And it’s a great freaking time. @simpcasters@epicadventureof@[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we recap HAMILTON, pro-shot and streaming on Disney+! Corrina and Ian talk about the memeification of Lin-Manuel Miranda, the piece as a love letter to the art form AND New York AND history, an have you ever noticed that the man playing the King has the Princess track?@simpcasters@epicadventureof@[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Pull up a la-z-boy for a third-episode self-indulgent introductory episode! Corrina and Ian talk about how they got into the game in the first place, formative experiences in community and children’s theatre, and the play by play breakdown of Finian’s Rainbow. There’s talk of Theatre School(TM) drama and hubris, the whitest kids you know, Ian’s take on professional drama, and more!@simpcasters@epicadventureof@[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Merry Happy, Everyone! Before we resume regular SIMPcasts, we gift thee a re-release of a bonus episode from the GLEE 👏 AGGRESSIVE days! As per our last Grinchmas, "For this #BoCo Episode, Corinna and Ian watch the 2020 Grinch Musical so you don't have to. We have How I met Your Grinch Mother, more Twilight-related content, a quintessential women be shopping scene, an AHS mainstay, and honestly, too much more.By the way, why is the Grinch so THICC!?"@simpcasters@epicadventureof@[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Broadway’s Allie Trimm (WICKED, 13, Bye Bye Birdie) joins us to continue our WICKED conversation! We talk about joining the Broadway production during covid, a mid show witch switch(TM) for the ages, and how high the bubble is. We dive into the “Glinda belts when she’s telling the truth” discourse, her involvement in the movie, and more!@allietrimm@simpcasters@epicadventureof@[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode one of the Self-Indulgent Musical Podcast! Corrina and Ian talk about WICKED! The movie! The Musical! Part 1! We talk songs, casting, the sheer magnificence of this world that they built, and so much more! Spoiler alert: we loved it.OTHER SPOILER ALERT: THERE ARE SPOILERS FOR WICKED THE MOVIE THE MUSICAL PART 1!@simpcasters@epicadventureof@[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming Soon! The Self-Indulgent Musical Podcast!From the creators and hosts of GLEE 👏 AGGRESSIVE comes a new podcast about anything and everything musical/theatre! Listen to the promo now, and get ready for Episode 1, streaming soon!Email us with what you want to hear on this upcoming new podventure!@simpcasters@epicadventureof@[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.