Buzzed Broadway
"Buzzed Broadway" is Broadway's drunkest podcast. Conceived and hosted by Amanda Harrington and Sam St. Jean, the two attempt to out-drink each other each week while discussing one of Broadway's best musicals.
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Episode 24: White Christmas
Season’s greetings from Buzzed Broadway! We’re bringing you holiday cheer for our Season 2 finale with Irving Berlin’s WHITE CHRISTMAS! Amanda and Sam breakdown the magic of the original film and the timelessness of Berlin’s music.
Episode 23: Oklahoma! featuring Rachel Pantazis and Andrew Burton Kelley
“We know we belong to the land, and the land we belong to is—“ well, it’s just okay... That’s right, it’s OKLAHOMA! Amanda and Sam bring on their two college classmates and friends Rachel Pantazis and Andrew Burton Kelley to discuss Rodgers and Hammerstein’s premiere collaboration.
Episode 22: Rent!
“No day but today!” That’s right... Buzzed Broadway is talking all things RENT! This cult rock classic became a global phenomenon and always felt like the big, bad, adult musical when Amanda and Sam were growing up.
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Episode 21: [title of show]
“[insert podcast description here]” We’re dedicating this episode to all the [tos]sers out there! It’s [title of show]! As the show that shaped Amanda and Sam’s young theatrical comedy chops, [title of show] became a cult classic as they chronicled their own creation from inception to opening on Broadway!
BONUS: It’s a Thanksgiving Special!
SURPRISE! It’s our first bonus episode! The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade may look a little different this year so Amanda and Sam are taking a stroll down memory lane to give you Buzzed Broadway’s Top 5 Macy’s Parade Broadway Performances of All Time!
Episode 20: Annie! featuring Taryn Herman
“It’s the hard-knock life...” BUT NOT FOR US! This week Buzzed Broadway sits down with director-choreographer Taryn Herman to discuss Broadway’s brassiest orphan: ANNIE! Amanda, Sam, and Taryn discuss how Annie became a theatrical classic before answering the age old question: 1982 Annie or 1999 Annie?
Episode 19: Spring Awakening
“There’s a moment you know... you’re F[CENSORED]D” That’s right! This week on Buzzed Broadway, we’re bringing you the apex of angst: Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater’s Spring Awakening! Sam and Amanda discuss the poetic style of this groundbreaking musical juxtaposed against the hard, edgy rock score.
Episode 18: High School Musical!
Disney Channel’s classic original movie comes to life as Amanda and Sam drink their way through the halls of East High. “What team??” It’s High School Musical! As the Ryan and Sharpay of their own high school theater, your hosts know a thing or two about putting on a mu-si-cale...
Episode 17: Wicked
“So much happened before Dorothy dropped in...” In honor of what would be the hit-musical’s 17th anniversary on Broadway, Sam and Amanda dissect Stephen Shwartz’s WICKED! How the legacy of the musical came to be, some hilarious Ozical lyrics, and what makes Kristen Chenoweth so funny...
Episode 16: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Attend the tale! Buzzed Broadway breaks down Broadway baddest barber: It’s Sweeney Todd: The a Demon Barber of Fleet Street! Amanda and Sam chat about this Sondheim masterpiece while things get spooky this October. Was Mrs. Lovett’s pie shop the original Pizza Hut/ Taco Bell?
Episode 15: Rock of Ages (ft. John-Michael Breen)
Aqua Net, Lycra, lace, and liquor flow freely this week with special guest John-Michael Breen! Buzzed Broadway goes back in time to the 1980s in the City of Angels to all about the jukebox smash, Rock of Ages!
Episode 14: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
"Close your eyes, make a wish, count to three..." and take a shot! Amanda and Sam discuss "Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," the 2017 show based on the classic 1971 movie musical.
Episode 13: Hamilton
Buzzed Broadway is BACK with more booze, more bust-ups, and more BROADWAY. To kick off this momentous premiere, Sam and Amanda opted to choose Broadway's biggest hit: HAMILTON! The two discuss the global phenomenon that would become Lin-Manuel Miranda' theatrical legacy.
Episode 12: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Our Season 1 Finale! Sam and Amanda spell their way through our very first season finale: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Our hosts have performed in this show together not once, but TWICE in 2011 and again professionally in 2015.
Episode 11: Company ft. Nina Weinstein
“Phone rings, door chimes in comes... [BUZZED BROADWAY]!” Sam and Amanda dissect Sondheim’s classic relationship comedy, “Company.” With special guest and lifelong friend Nina Weinstein, the three talk gender, revamping shows for a modern audience, and a particularly inappropriately cast community theatre production of the show.
Episode 10: Les Miserables
"2460-Hold please..." Sam and Amanda chat all things Les Miserables! One of the early British invasion musicals of the 80s, Les Miz has become one of the most classic and beloved musicals of all time.
Episode 9: Once Upon a Mattress
Your Buzzed Broadway hosts chat the Golden Age not-so-classic, Once Upon a Mattress! After launching the career of Carol Burnett, this comedy quickly became an audience favorite and has now garnered laughs from audiences for over 60 years.
Episode 8: Gypsy (ft. Fiona McIntyre & Olivia Valli)
Buzzed Broadway is pleased to welcome our very first guests: College classmates, best friends, and co-hosts of "What's Your Backup Plan?" Fiona McIntyre and Olivia Valli! "Curtain up! Light the lights!" because this is a long episode, people...
Episode 7: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Something for everyone!" Our hosts discuss Sondheim's first solo Broadway creation "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," based on Plautus' Pseudolus. Sam was featured in the ensemble of this show during his high school days and later finished out his college performing career as Pseudolus.
Episode 6: Seussical
"Think, and wonder, and dream- Far and wide as you dare!" Amanda and Sam are back to talk all things Who. That's right: Seussical is up on the Buzzed Broadway docket. Our hosts discuss casting lore, Amanda's many different roles in the world of Seussical, and what exactly happens when a should-be smash hit doesn't quite nail it.
Episode 5: Little Shop of Horrors
This week, Sam and Amanda discuss Menken and Ashman's cult classic gone smash hit "Little Shop of Horrors." From humble beginnings Off-Off-Broadway, to becoming a global phenomenon, and finally ending up at a low-budget summer program at a suburban high school in New Hampshire.
Episode 4: The Phantom of the Opera
You may or may not know that in 2011, the New Hampshire PREMIERE of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera" was performed by a small high school in suburbia.
Episode 3: The Sound of Music
"The hills are alive!" This week, Buzzed Broadway breaks down the Rodgers and Hammerstein favorite: The Sound of Music. After talking their way through the Broadway productions and the classic 1965 film, Sam and Amanda recount sharing the stage together as Max and Elsa (arguably some of their best work as scene partners).
Episode 2: Grease
This week, Grease is certainly THE WORD! Sam and Amanda recap their days at Rydell High circa 2009. They discuss this Broadway fan-favorite turned blockbuster hit and pick apart the real analysis behind Danny and Sandy's on-again/ off-again relationship.
Episode 1: Into the Woods
Welcome to our PREMIERE episode of Buzzed Broadway! This week, our hosts search high and low for the cow, the cape, the hair, and the shoe. That's right: Into the Woods!
The Buzzed Broadway Trailer!
Welcome to the Buzzed Broadway podcast! In anticipation of our PREMIERE episode (debuting Friday 5/1/2020), Amanda and Sam would like to introduce themselves. Hear them talk a little bit about how they found theatre, give a short synopsis of their 15-year friendship, and share what's ahead on the first season of Buzzed Broadway!
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