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Welcome to The Whole Note. A Weekly Podcast to discuss the thing I love most, Musical Theatre! Every week I will have a special guest and we will talk about a musical of their choosing, give a synopsis of the show by going through the music track by track to tell the story and then talk about its origins, the actors, the songs, and the revivals if it had any. Finally, we will then give it a Whole Note Grade from A+ to F. Every episode will end with where you can purchase the musical's cast r ...
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When scandal hits small-town water-bottling company Sterling Waters, two quirky assistants interview the employees, revealing bizarre obsessions, secret crushes, and goofy talents in a show (within a show) they call “Sterling Secrets”. Hosted by Emmy Laybourne (Superstar, The In-Laws) and Tracy Vilar (House, Do The Right Thing).Start with episode 1!
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Episode 16 - Wonderland Wonderland: A New Alice, formerly called Wonderland: Alice's New Musical Adventure, is a musical with a book by Jack Murphy and Gregory Boyd, lyrics by Murphy, and music by Frank Wildhorn. The story, a contemporary version of the novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871) by Lewis Car…
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The Addams Family is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa and book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. The show is based upon The Addams Family characters created by Charles Addams in his single-panel gag cartoons, which depict a ghoulish American family with an affinity for all things macabre. Although numerous film and televisi…
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Episode 14 - Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier
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Episode 14 - Twisted Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier is a musical with music by A. J. Holmes, lyrics by Kaley McMahon, and book by Matt Lang, Nick Lang, and Eric Kahn Gale. The musical parodies the 1992 Walt Disney Animation Studios' film Aladdin, and The Walt Disney Company in general, telling the story from the point of view of Ja'far…
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Episode 13 - Wicked “No One Mourns The Wicked” Wicked is a Broadway musical, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman. It is based on the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, itself a retelling of the classic 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum and the…
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Episode 12 - Little Shop of Horrors “On The 21st Day in the month of September…..” Little Shop of Horrors is a horror comedy rock musical with music by Alan Menken and lyrics and a book by Howard Ashman. The story follows a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood and flesh. The musical is loosely based on the low-bu…
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Episode 11 - Green Day’s American Idiot Green Day’s American Idiot is a sung-through rock musical based on the 2004 concept album of the same name by punk rock band Green Day. After a run at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in 2009, the show moved to the St. James Theatre on Broadway. Previews began on March 24, 2010, and the musical officially opene…
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Episode 10 - A Fierce Family Reunion Special Topic - What's Your Favorite Musical? With Maddie Peirce, Sarah Sandifer, & Molly Heal About The Host Kenneth L. Waters, Jr. (He/Him) has been involved in theater for over a decade around the DMV area. He is a graduate from The College of Southern Maryland and Frostburg State University with degrees in T…
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Episode 9 - Cabaret Cabaret is a 1966 musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Joe Masteroff. The musical was based on John Van Druten's 1951 play I Am a Camera which was adapted from the semi-autobiographical novel Goodbye to Berlin (1939) by Anglo-American writer Christopher Isherwood. Set in 1929–1930 Berlin during the …
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A WHOLE NOTE SPECIAL! Episode 8 - High School Theatre Teacher Talk Talking with three high school theatre teachers about their time teaching during COVID-19, their goals for the upcoming school year, and what challenges they face when teaching high school theatre. About The Host Kenneth L. Waters, Jr. (He/Him) has been involved in theater for over …
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Episode 7 – BKLYN, The Musical BKLYN, The Musical Using the play within a play structure, Brooklyn focuses on a group of five ragtag homeless musicians known as the City Weeds. The group periodically transforms a street corner under the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge into a stage where they present their play about a Parisian singer Brooklyn, named af…
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Workplace Comedy Podcast is launching soon. This trailer will introduce you to a few of your new office-mates. Subscribe or follow today so we can consider you hired and get HR started on your paperwork!저자 Emmy Laybourne
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1 - Meet Our (Handsy) Founder (with special guests Adam Felber and Paul F Tompkins)
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1 - Meet Our (Handsy) Founder Jen Phelps and Valentina Rivera, two eager, gaffe-prone administrative assistants welcome you to the official podcast of the Sterling Water Company. They’ve started the show to get to the bottom of a scandal: an anonymous employee has written a “Burn Log” - a list of insults about this small-town water company’s custom…
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In the Heights is a musical with music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and a book by Quiara Alegría Hudes. The story is set over the course of three days, involving characters in the largely Dominican neighborhood of Washington Heights in New York City. About The Host Kenneth L. Waters, Jr. (He/Him) has been involved in theater for over a decade a…
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2 - No One Supports Maceo Green (with special guest Carl Tart)
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2 - No One Supports Maceo Green Valentina complains about the difficulties of hooking up during corona-times. It’s enough to make them fantasize about running off to become (sexy) nuns. But when Maceo Green, an old flame of Val's, shows up at Sterling, her prospects suddenly look much better. Are she and Maceo going too fast? Yes. They really are. …
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A Whole Note Special! Chatting with two families about having their children do theatre and the effect it has had on their children's lives. About The Host Kenneth L. Waters, Jr. (He/Him) has been involved in theater for over a decade around the DMV area. He is a graduate from The College of Southern Maryland and Frostburg State University with deg…
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3 - Customer Spotlight: Rachel Gleason (with special guest Holly Mandel)
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3 - Customer Spotlight: Rachel Gleason In an effort to reach out to the community and make amends for the insults written about them in the Burn Log, Jen and Val have invited one of Sterling's best customers onto the show. She makes her own clothes, can hear hidden messages in sound and gives Jen a gift that almost gets Jen fired. CAST Jen Phelps -…
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Pippin is a 1972 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Roger O. Hirson. Bob Fosse, who directed the original Broadway production, also contributed to the libretto. The musical uses the premise of a mysterious performance troupe, led by the Leading Player, to tell the story of Pippin, a young prince on his search for meaning …
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4 - Kenneth vs. Trey the Temp: The Showdown (with special guests Michael Goldfried and Sam Laybourne)
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4 - Kenneth vs. Trey the Temp: The Showdown Jen and Val can’t say enough good things about the new temp, Trey. They like him so much, they try to bump their regularly scheduled guest, Kenneth from accounting. But Kenneth won’t go away without a fight, so dueling interviews are held. While Kenneth has some pretty impressive vocal foley effects to sh…
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Passing Strange is a comedy-drama rock musical about a young African American's artistic journey of self-discovery in Europe, with strong elements of philosophical existentialism, metafiction, and the artistic journey. The musical's lyrics and book are by Stew with music and orchestrations by Heidi Rodewald and Stew. About The Host Kenneth L. Water…
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5 - Sterling’s Top Two Top Team Sales Force (with guests Adam Felber and Paul F Tompkins)
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5 - James and Louie - Sterling’s Top Two Top Team Sales Force Valentina prepares Jen to interview James and Louie, Sterling’s stellar two-man sales team. Sterling’s new line of savory-flavored waters are making local news, and James and Louie are ready to take most of the credit, if not all of it. They share many secrets in this episode, but they s…
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The Last Five Years is a musical written by Jason Robert Brown. It premiered at Chicago's Northlight Theatre in 2001 and was then produced Off-Broadway in March 2002. The story explores a five-year relationship between Jamie Wellerstein, a rising novelist, and Cathy Hiatt, a struggling actress. The show uses a form of storytelling in which Jamie's …
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6 - Sabrina Vetter, Unboxed and Exposed Sabrina Vetter, Sterling’s brusque and efficient office manager, is coming on the podcast to do a YouTube-style unboxing, and Jen is terrified. Then Valentina discovers an outrageous plot Vetter has been planning for months. Can Jen and Val save Vetter from incriminating herself or is Vetter going to destroy …
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Episode 1 - Debbie Does Dallas, The Musical Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical is an Off-Broadway musical with a book by Susan L. Schwartz, composed by Andrew Sherman, with Tom Kitt and Jonathan Callicutt providing additional music and lyrics. It is based on the 1978 pornographic film Debbie Does Dallas. Opened off-Broadway at the Jane Street Theatre …
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7 - Jen Corners Her Crush, Albert (with special guest Sean Conroy)
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7. Jen Corners Her Crush, Albert Valentina tries to boost Jen’s sad, sorry flirtation tactics so she won’t blow it with her crush. Jen interviews Albert in his truck and when they are “accidentally” locked inside, Jen tests her new seduction skills. How can Albert resist Jen’s singing, her copious sweating, and her Dr. Pepper Lip Smackers? CAST Jen…
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8 - Who Wrote the Burn Log? (with special guest Lauren Tom)
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8. Who Wrote the Burn Log? In the Season Finale to Workplace Comedy Podcast, Valentina and Jen face off about secrets they each know about the Burn Log. The future of the podcast hangs in the balance and tensions rise to the point where Kathy Wu, Sterling’s Head of Human Resources and Jen’s old babysitter, must step in. Can Kathy help these two cub…
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Welcome to The Whole Note. A Weekly Podcast to discuss the thing I love most, Musical Theatre! Every week I will have a special guest and we will talk about a musical of their choosing, give a synopsis of the show by going through the music track by track to tell the story, and then talk about its origins, the actors, the songs, and the revivals if…
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