Movie Musical Madness
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They lost it at the movies—Broadway shows did, that is. Go past the silver screen with host Mark Peikert to figure out why these film versions of stage hits flailed in celluloid or superseded their origins.
Produced by Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales for the Broadway Podcast Network.
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Episodes
#8 – Mushnik Mash, with Tatiana Maslany
Orphan Black Emmy winner and Perry Mason star Tatiana Maslany takes a break from drama to rhapsodize with Movie Musical Madness host Mark Peikert about Rick Moranis' hotness, a love of Little Shop of Horrors that stems from childhood, and Mark's past at Studio 54. They almost get ...
#7 – That’s Showbiz, Kid with Mary Neely
What happens on a podcast that is dedicated to lovingly making fun of the movie adaptations of Broadway musicals when both the host and the guest unabashedly love the movie? That's the mountain that Movie Musical Madness host Mark Peikert and guest Mary Neely must scale with Chicago—but ...
#6 – For Whom the Bell Rings with Andréa Burns
Drama Desk winner Andréa Burns loves Judy Holliday. Movie Musical Madness Host Mark Peikert loves Judy Holliday. And they both love Judy's starring turn in Bells Are Ringing—but do they love the 1960 movie? With Dean Martin coming across like a post-bender drunk, Frank Gorshin and Gerry Mulligan ...
#5 – Y’All Come Back Now, Y’Hear? with Drew Droege
Drew Droege, the comedy genius behind Chloe, Bright Colors and Bold Patterns, and Happy Birthday Doug, can agree with Movie Musical Madness host Mark Peikert on a lot. Jim Palmer was sexy, the extended shower scene of naked Aggies is almost too much, and 1982's The Best Little ...
#4 – Auntie Mamed, with Robert Horn
Lucille Ball as Mame was an outrage at the time—and Angela Lansbury fans are still not over it. Neither are Tony winner Robert Horn (Tootsie) or Movie Musical Madness host Mark Peikert, who had to watch Ball croak and lumber her way through this Jerry Herman score in ...
#3 – All Dolled Up, with Michael Urie
Ugly Betty and Torch Song star Michael Urie loves Hello, Dolly! and Barbra Streisand. Movie Musical Madness host Mark Peikert loves exactly half of those things. Can they agree on the 1969 film adaptation of the beloved Jerry Herman classic? Just how out of touch was this movie ...
