Much Ado About Muppets

Apr 02 2025 52 ep. 57 mins 8

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Sasha, Peter and Evan are your guides to the royalty-free world of Shakespeare and the copyrighted world of the Muppets. Each episode they and their guests cast two of the greatest works of drama with some of the silliest guys ever to be made out of felt.

It’s time to meet the Muppets at Shakespeare’s globe tonight!
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4: Richard III

Apr 02 2025 42 mins

It's a new month and that means it's time for new Muppet castings. This week Peter is bringing you his take on Richard III with the surprising invention of a brand new Muppet, but first special guest Court delves into Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Also, we have a special guest doing our ad read, NYC-based costume designer Izzy Kitch!Follow us on Instagram! Hosted on Acast. See acast

3: Romeo & Juliet

Mar 19 2025 41 mins

This week we start out strong with special guest Zach Barr muppet-casting (and adding a musical number to) Winter's Tale. Then Evan brings us a casting of Romeo and Juliet with some surprising deep-cut muppets portraying those two crazy kids from Verona.Follow us on Instagram!-Zach Barr (they/them) is a nonbinary multidisciplinary theatre artist based in Chicago. As a playwright, t

2: The Tempest

Mar 05 2025 47 mins

It's time for the Tempest! Peter takes us across storm tossed seas and to the shores of a Muppet (treasure) island, but first special guest Al brings us a Muppet Macbeth that boldly goes where no Muppet has gone before. Follow us on Instagram! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Feb 19 2025 58 mins

On this inaugural episode of Much Ado About Muppets, Sasha guides Peter and Evan through their muppet-filled, but controversial take on A Midsummer Night's Dream. But first, guests Lauren Grace Thompson and Ian Geers delight us with "King Bear" a muppet re-casting of King Lear.Follow us on Instagram!-Lauren Grace Thompson and Ian Geers are the (award-winning!) creators/writers/dire

Teaser: Much Ado About Muppets

“All the worlds a stage… and sometimes the crown weighs rather heavy on this little froggy head.” Welcome to Much Ado About Muppets! Each week Peter, Sasha, and Evan will take some of Shakespeare's most famous plays and cast them with silliest gaggle of creatures ever to be made from felt, The Muppets! Will all that glitters be gold? Can the gang and their special guests come

24: Season Finale

Aug 24 2024 51 mins

Evan and Sasha celebrate the end of the season with an award show. Tune in to find out which was the best and worst of the Sherlocks, Watsons and rivals and which Sherlock media we didn’t get a chance to cover.Our old podcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

23: Enola Holmes 2

Aug 07 2024 81 mins

Sasha and Evan wrap up the season with Enola Holmes 2, a bit of campy historical fiction where “all the important parts” are true?instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Casebook 22: Sherlock Drag Race Season 2

Jul 31 2024 46 mins

We’ve been renewed for a second season… of Sherlock Drag Race that is! Sasha guides Evan through another round of the Drag Race simulator with new contestants like Enola Holmes, Wishbone and Jessica Rabbit, plus some returning favorites and well. instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

22: Enola Holmes

Jul 24 2024 86 mins

Sasha and Evan enter the 2020’s with Netflix’s Enola Holmes, a surprisingly good film, where the main character talks to the camera like it’s an episode of Dora the Explorer. instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

21: Young Sherlock Holmes

Jul 17 2024 89 mins

Evan and Sasha are re-joined by Peter to discuss the 1985 film Young Sherlock Holmes and discover why a film made by Steven Spielberg, Chris Columbus and Barry Levinson is basically forgotten today. Peter’s Website: rulescenography.cominstagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.