Amazing Technicolor Shitshow

We're a married couple obsessed with theatre mishaps and mayhem from community theater to Broadway! Join us for fumbles and follies from theatre history and listener-submitted stories of meltdowns, near-misses, and the moments that make it all worth it.

E103: Broccoli Wicklesham | Spiritualism and Deceit Surrounding Dickens' "Edwin Drood" 10/15/2026

E102: Big Head and Little Wit | Death and Resurrection in Mummer's Plays 10/08/2026

E101: That Reminds Me of a Song... | Spalding Gray and Solo Revue Shows 10/01/2026

E100: For the Hundredth Time | Shakespeare Authorship Theories Part 2 09/24/2026

E99: Shaken, Not Bacon | Shakespeare Authorship Theories Part 1 09/17/2026

E98: All the World's a Stagecoach | Shakespeare in the Wild West 09/10/2026

E97: Live, Laugh, Love Lucy | TV Sitcoms' Roots In Live Theatre 09/03/2026

E96: Renovation Station | Secrets Uncovered in an Old Theatre 08/27/2026

E95: The Folly of Man | Ziegfeld's Follies and Actor's Equity 08/20/2026

E94: Wanted Dead Or Alive | The Harrowing Tale of Outlaw Elmer McCurdy 08/13/2026

E93: Censor Sensibility | How Historical Regulation of Theatre Hilariously Backfires Every Time 08/06/2026

E92: Mister Misdirection | The Life and Death of Magician Chung Ling Soo 07/30/2026

E91: The Price Is Not Right | 67 Days of Rioting at the Covent Garden Theatre 07/23/2026

E90: The Mouthtrap | The Theatrical History of the "Hellmouth" 07/16/2026

E89: Bouncing with the Stars | The Ill-Fated Trampoline Space Musical "Via Galactica" 07/09/2026

E88: Frontier Follies | Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, and the Wild Theatrical West 07/02/2026

E87: "Dr." Trev's Cure-All | Miracle Elixirs in Old-Timey Medicine Shows 06/24/2026

E86: Howdy, Suckers! | How a Gunslinging Soprano Became Velma Kelly 06/18/2026

E85: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Accidental Nudity | How Team StarKid Got Away With "A Very Potter Musical" 06/11/2026

E84: Dickens On Dickens | The Birth of the One-Man Show 06/03/2026

E83: Let's All Go To The Lobby | Trev Ranks Act I Closing Numbers 05/28/2026

E82: Think Inside the Box | Statler and Waldorf's Heckling History 05/21/2026

E81: Whodunnit? | Agatha Christie's Playwriting Career 05/14/2026

E80: It's Gonna Be Mae | The Story Of Mae West's Play "Sex" 05/07/2026

E79: 'Cause That's Dada! | Performance Art as a Performing Art 04/30/2026

E78: My Inheritance, My Legacy 04/23/2026

E77: Whigs Akimbo 04/16/2026

E76: Attila We Meet Again 04/09/2026

E75: A Crime of Passion Plays 04/02/2026

E74: Charlie Chaplin Gets an MRI 03/26/2026