Episode 2 (with special guest quiz master Karen Oliver)
Theatre in a Box Trivia Podcast
Welcome to Episode 2 of the Theatre in a Box Trivia Podcast We have taken the Theatre in a Box Musical Theatre Board Game and morphed it into a trivia podcast. Our very special guest quiz master is Karen Oliver, author of How To Fail At Showbiz & Survive. karenolivervocalist.com There are four rounds of questions for this episode: Round 1. Musicals with Something in Common Round 2. Alphatheatrical - Letter P Round 3. Vague Musical Synopsis Round 4. Our Featured Musical - Mamma Mia! (Karen's choice) Website: Use the promo code 'Podcast' to get a 10% discount on the Theatre in a...
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Episode 1 - Theatre in a Box Trivia
Theatre in a Box Trivia Podcast
Welcome to the Theatre in a Box Trivia Podcast! We have taken the Theatre in a Box Musical Theatre Board Game and morphed it into a trivia podcast. There are four rounds of questions for this episode: Round 1. Musical Theatre Covers Round 2. Alphatheatrical - Letter A Round 3. General Knowledge Round 4. Our Featured Musical - Hairspray Website: Use the promo code 'Podcast' to get a 10% discount on the Theatre in a Box musical theatre party board game. Game Creator: Brenton Crewes, Flynn Crewes, Paul Morrison. Podcast Host: Paul Morrison Theme music provided by Jacob Morrison.
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The Top 5 Break Up Songs in Musical Theatre with Nikole Music
Theatre in a Box Trivia Podcast
As a preamble to this episode I wanted to mention that it was recorded before the issues that arose within the Performing Arts community last week, with a lot of productions being postponed of closing down. One of those productions is ‘Tell Me On A Sunday’ with D2 Productions starring Nikole Music. Nikole is my guest in today’s episode, and we discuss the Top 5 Break Up Songs in Musical Theatre. The performing arts space is doing it tough at the moment. One thing I’ve recognised In the 25 years that I’ve been involved with musical theatre is that we are a wonderful community who...
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Top 5 Musicals Based on Real People with Emilie Lawson
Theatre in a Box Trivia Podcast
There have been many, many people who have gifted the world wonderful music. Some of these people have been immortalised in a musical. Paul speaks with Emilie Lawson, who is playing Carole King in Miranda Musical Society’s Beautiful – The Carole King Musical, about the Top 5 Musicals Based on Real People. Emilie’s Top 5 Jersey Boys Beautiful Evita The Boy From Oz Funny Girl Paul’s Top 5 Barnum The Boy From Oz Beautiful Catch Me If You Can Mack & Mabel FANTASTIX BITS IN THE INTERVIEW The great roles Emilie had in High School Which community group blew Emilie’s socks off?...
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Theatre in a Box Trivia Podcast
Iconic Dances in musical theatre. Episode 31 proved to be our most difficult countdown yet! Luckily, I’ve teamed up with Michael Osborne to discuss this very subjective topic. Michael is currently appearing as Cosmo Brown in Rockdale Musical Society’s Singin’ in the Rain – which on its own contains four iconic dances. Let the countdown begin. And 5-6-7-8… Michael’s Top 5 Iconic Dances Good Mornin’ – Singin’ in the Rain Gym Dance – West Side Story One – A Chorus Line All That Jazz – Chicago The Club - In The Heights Paul’s Top 5 Iconic Dances Cell Block Tango –...
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Top 5 Tips for Writing & Staging a New Musical with Jye Bryant
Theatre in a Box Trivia Podcast
Welcome to a new year of Fantastic Fantastix. Another choc-full calendar of production essentials awaits us all…<brace yourself..> For the first episode (Episode 30) of Fantastic Fantastix of 2020 I want to stick to my promise to have a 360’ look at musical theatre. So, I thought I’d go ‘behind the scenes’ and speak with writer, composer and lyricist Jye Bryant about the top 5 tips for writing and staging a new musical. His has written and collaborated on many productions including Things I Could Never Tell Steven, Captain Moonlite, Sempre Libera, Gold Digger Nights, Adam &...
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Top 5 Musical Theatre Christmas Songs with Mrs Claus
Theatre in a Box Trivia Podcast
'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; Obviously, this house did not belong to a fan of musical theatre. There are so many songs from Musical Theatre that get you in the mood for Christmas. Because this is our Festive Fantastic Fantastix – I wanted to get a very special Christmas guest. They say behind every successful man is an exhausted woman and for Santa Claus – this is no different. Welcome to our Festive Fantastic Fantastix…Mrs Claus. Mrs Claus We Need a Little Christmas Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas...
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Top 5 Musicals That Are Fantastix But We May Never See On Stage Again
Theatre in a Box Trivia Podcast
Shorter episode this week. I am flying solo to count down a very specific Top 5 - Musicals That Are Fantastix But We May Never See On Stage Again. We have time today for a Top 5 AND some exciting news. The Online Community Theatre Christmas Party is back! All the details are in the podcast, below in the show notes and via this Paul’s Top 5 Lil Abner Finian’s Rainbow Kiss Me Kate The Pyjama Game Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Honourable Mentions Annie Get Your Gun Brigadoon Damn Yankees Paint Your Wagon FANTASTIX BITS IN THE INTERVIEW The most rousing dance number in musical...
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Top 5 Party Scenes in Musical Theatre with Julie Ryan
Theatre in a Box Trivia Podcast
IT’S MY BIRTHDAY!! Hooray. The great thing about my birthday is that I get to share it with my twin sister, Julie. We have thrown some great birthday parties over the years. …And since it was Julie that first encouraged me to join The Regals Musical Society back in 1996 – I thought we should discuss the Top 5 Party Scenes in Musical Theatre. I have to say it’s a tough category to narrow down to just 5 – but between the two of us, I’m sure we’ll manage. Happy birthday, Julie!! I hope it’s Fantastic Fantastix… Julie’s Top 5 Til Death Do Us Party – Tickets Please Sadie...
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Top 5 Australian Cast Recordings with Blake Erickson
Theatre in a Box Trivia Podcast
I just got back from the US after a holiday with the family. I was going through my emails and I saw one that was entitled ‘Love the Podcast’. It was from Blake Erickson. It’s always nice to get positive feedback for the things that you’re doing and there was only one thing to do upon receiving this email – which was to get Blake on the show! The great thing about Blake is that he brings a wonderful mix of community theatre experience and professional theatre experience. It gave us the chance to discuss the Top 5 Australian Cast Recordings as well as community theatre, professional...
info_outlineToday I thought I’d discuss an unsung hero of the musical theatre world - the sidekick. That ever faithful, long-suffering, bumbling, punching bag that we all know and love. I am speaking with theatre performance, screen and voice actor and according to his website a pretty nice guy, Nicholas Richard, who has played many sidekicks over the years and is currently appearing as Manuel in Faulty Towers The Original Dining Experience. We discussed the traits that makes a good sidekick, the difference between a sidekick and a dynamic duo, The newly created Fantastix Sidekick Quotient and most importantly the Top 5 Musical Theatre Sidekicks…
So, let’s see what happens when two self-confessed sidekicks discuss the Top 5 Musical Theatre Sidekicks.
FANTASTIX BITS IN THE INTERVIEW
- What is the job of the sidekick?
- Are sidekicks pitied or loved?
- What allows Nicholas to produce better facial expressions?
- The ‘vague out’ clause of his current role
- How the Sidekick and comedy goes hand in hand
- Sidekick’s as the catalyst of change and drivers of the story line
- Who wins the crown of Ultimate Sidekick according to both Paul and Nicholas?
- How much of Nicholas is in his Sidekick roles and how much of the Sidekicks are in Nicholas?
- Who is the only villain’s sidekick to make the list?
- How many times in the episode will you hear “ying and yang”?
- What is the biggest show stopping number sung by a Sidekick according to Paul?
- What do you call a group of Sidekicks?
- Is Disney the master of Sidekick roles?
- The fascinating reality that both Lion King and Star Wars both = sidekick central
- Does having more sidekick’s in your show = greater success? #fantastixsidekickquotient
- How The Gansta’s Ball introduced Nicholas to Swing Dancing
- What is it like to eat a doona?
- The importance of acting a song
- Remember Faulty Towers - it’s with a U!
Top5 – Nicholas
- Patsy – Spamalot
- Sipos – She Loves Me
- Elder Cunningham – Book of Mormon
- Leo Bloom – The Producers
- Donkey – Shrek
Top 5 – Paul
- Patsy – Spamalot
- Sancho – Man of La Mancha
- Riff Raff – The Rocky Horror Show
- LeFou – Beauty and the Beast
- Donkey – Shrek
Honourable Mentions
- Scarecrow, Tinman and Lion – Wizard of Oz
- The other Heathers - Heathers
- Barnaby – Holly Dolly
- The 7 Dwarfs - Snow White
SHOW NOTES
The Interactive Theatre International Dining Experience - Faulty Towers
Learn more about our guest https://www.nicholasrichard.com/
Chicken Doona Dinner recipe available when this episode hits 100 downloads, so tell your friends!
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