Who Was This For?

Blue Moon, a 2025 film directed by Richard Linklater and starring Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale, and Andrew Scott, follows Lorenz, or Larry Hart, on the night of his writing partner's greatest triumph. You've heard of "Rodgers and Hammerstein." Well, before Richard Rodgers changed musical theater in the 20th century with his infamous partner Oscar Hammerstein II, he actually had a prolific career writing 28 stage musicals and over 500 songs with lyricist Larry Hart. Blue Moon is a fictional account of what Larry might have been doing on the night that Oklahoma! opened on Broadway. With such a niche premise that needs historical context to even understand, today we ask: who was this for?Referenced:Blue Moon (2025)As of recording, streaming on NetflixPrimer from Ethan Hawk on Lorenz HartBefore TrilogyBlue Moon (1934 Song)Letters of Elizbeth Weiland: https://time.com/7325788/blue-moon-true-story-lorenz-hart/Richard Rodgers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_RodgersGeorge Roy Hill: https://boxd.it/15Ef Oscar Hammerstein II: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Hammerstein_IIStephen SondheimCasablancaIngrid Bergman as Ilsa LundHumphrey Bogart as Rick BlaineThe Great Divorce by C.S. LewisOh, What a Beautiful Mornin’: https://youtu.be/O5APc0z49wg?si=x5aW7pf7uWs5XyKE Oklahoma!: E.B. White: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._B._WhiteRoshan Sethi: https://boxd.it/NwRhA Nice Indian Boy: https://boxd.it/GG6oWhat is a Snob? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SnobGeorge M. Cohan “Over There”: https://open.spotify.com/track/6XHjtVlSB0X073M80nabrs?si=fe2aa04aa91f43b7Yankee Doodle Dandy: https://boxd.it/25LOFollow us:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whowasthisforpod?igsh=YWE0N3diaW1jbjRiLetterboxd: https://boxd.it/kWtTVOr email us at [email protected]

Episode 1: Wicked: For Good is the much anticipated second installment of the film adaptation of the Broadway musical, Wicked. Released in 2025, with a book by Winnie Holzman and music by Stephen Schwartz, the musical is itself an adaptation of Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. But wait, Maguire's novel is a twist on L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its subsequent 1939 film called The Wizard of Oz. Each of these properties are beloved in their own right and after a wildly successful first installment, Wicked: For Good had a lot of pressure to deliver. Did it? Today we ask: who was this for? Show Notes and projects referenced:Wicked: For Good https://boxd.it/AyfK (As of recording, streaming on Peacock)Stephen SchwartzJonathan BaileyReprises https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repriseScript Notes Interview with Dana Fox “Something Wicked This Way Comes” https://johnaugust.com/2025/something-wicked-this-way-comesRodgers and HammersteinEntr'acte https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entr%27acte“Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West” by Gregory MaguireEthan SlaterSpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical John M. ChuIdina MinzelHamiltonHadestownAriana GrandeKristen ChenowethGame of ThronesFrozenCynthia ErivoShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten RingsThe Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersMap of Oz on Broadway (Elyse meant to say Winkie Country, not Winkie Land. Clearly, she stared at the map but didn’t internalize the map) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wicked_Map_%2821745639%29.jpegSaltburnFrankenstein https://www.gutenberg.org/files/84/84-h/84-h.htmSongs called out:https://open.spotify.com/album/3JUrJP460nFIqwjxM19slT?si=g1TghnrHQA2oMxv96bg9vQFollow us:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whowasthisforpod?igsh=YWE0N3diaW1jbjRiLetterboxd: https://boxd.it/kWtTVOr email us at [email protected]