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We're Musical Lyrical Lingo! Join Tim and Lj who delve deep into the wonderful world of musical theatre and more importantly the lessons they have learned from different musicals. Join them as they explore some of the greatest musicals ever created, from the classics to the new and exciting shows that continue to teach us something new. So whether you're a seasoned fan of the stage or a newcomer, this podcast is for you. So sit back, relax and get ready to immerse yourself in the world of musical theatre. RSSVERIFY

Recent Episodes

Send us Fan Mail From Disney Dreams to Tap-Dancing Octopuses!"Part of your world... defying gravity... and wanting a simple house with a linoleum floor!" Welcome back to Musical Lyrical Lingo! This week, we are throwing open the stage doors and diving into one of the most sacred, driving forces in musical theatre history: The "I Want" Song.What is it that makes a character's opening declaration of desire hit us so hard? Is it the soaring Disney belt, the gritty rock-opera defiance, or a gothi...

50 MIN

Send us Fan Mail "I don't need a life that's normal / That's too far away..." Get ready for a deeply moving, emotionally charged ride. This week on Musical Lyrical Lingo, we are tackling one of the most groundbreaking and structurally daring shows in modern Broadway history: Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey’s Pulitzer Prize–winning rock musical, Next to Normal.How did an 11-minute workshop sketch about electroconvulsive therapy evolve over a decade into a multi-Tony Award-winning masterpiece? We div...

56 MIN

Send us Fan Mail School of Rock: Live Instruments, Stickin' to the Man & Youth Empowerment! "Pledge allegiance to the band!" Grab your electric guitars, crank the amp up to eleven, and get ready to rock! This week on Musical Lyrical Lingo, we are crashing the pristine halls of Horace Green prep school to break down Andrew Lloyd Webber and Glenn Slater’s high-energy hit, School of Rock The Musical. How do you adapt Jack Black’s iconic 2003 film into a Broadway phenomenon where every singl...

40 MIN

Send us Fan Mail South Pacific: Tropical Romance, Opera Legends & "Carefully Taught" Truths "Some enchanted evening, you may see a stranger..." Pack your sunhats and step onto the golden sands of the 1940s Pacific! This week on Musical Lyrical Lingo, we are setting sail for the lush, tropical paradise of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece, South Pacific. Beneath its paradise aesthetic and sweep-you-off-your-feet melodies lies one of the most courageously progr...

57 MIN

The 5-Choice Challenge: All the World’s a Stage vs. EPIC: The Musical!

Send us Fan Mail "All the world's a stage... but some stages have sea monsters!" Welcome back to Musical Lyrical Lingo! This week, we’re shaking up the rulebook with our fave challenge. We put each other on the spot by picking five secret musicals each and letting the other make the final call leading to one of our most wildly diverse episode double-bills yet! First up, LJ picked from Tim’s list and selected Adam Gwon’s All the World’s a Stage. We dive deep into this disarmingly powerf...

56 MIN