The Movie Musical Shakedown

May 31 2023 50 ep. 58 mins 516

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A weekly deep dive into the treasure trove of movie musicals. We cover the greats and not-so-great.

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"Cyrano"

May 31 2023 34 mins

For our season premiere, we deep dive into one of the best movie musicals in recent years, 2021's 'Cyrano', starring Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett and Kelvin Harrison Jr.

"Babes in Arms"

May 04 2021 57 mins

This week, Chris and guest host Ashley Griffin ("Stage Directions") take a look at a classic Mickey Rooney/Judy Garland musical. We discuss everything from Judy's star-making performance to the incredibly shocking end that's hard to watch in 2021.

"Flower Drum Song"

Apr 23 2021 63 mins

This week, Chris and Nicole take a look at 1961's "Flower Drum Song". While not considered one of Rodgers & Hammerstein's classics, this movie is one of the few Hollywood studio films to feature an all-Asian cast.And while it might be a point of pride for many Asian theatre fans, that's not to say this film doesn't contain some issues as well.

"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"

Apr 06 2021 63 mins

This week Chris and Nicole take a look at a movie that features some incredible choreography sandwiched between infamously bad storytelling, 1954's "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers".

"Jesus Christ Superstar"

Mar 30 2021 68 mins

And we're back! After a hiatus, we're opening season 3 of this podcast with one of the most iconic and polarizing movie musicals of all-time, 1973's "Jesus Christ Superstar"!Given that Easter is right around the corner, and that we've already done "Godspell", we figured what better time to dip into this Andrew Lloyd Webber and Time Rice classic. Not

"Cabaret"

Apr 21 2020 38 mins

This week Chris and Nicole dig into one of the greatest movie musicals of all-time, 1972's "Cabaret". While Nicole doesn't like Chris's rating for Bob Fosse's choreography, there is no doubt that this is an equally entertaining and disturbing film.

"A Goofy Movie"

Apr 07 2020 59 mins

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of this vastly underrated classic, Chris and special guest, Ned Donovan, are deep-diving into one of their personal faves, "A Goofy Movie". They get into the incredible music, voice-acting and how watching this movie as a father was different than watching it as a teenager.

"Godspell"

Mar 29 2020 59 mins

We've been putting this one off for a while, but it's about time we deep dove into 1973's "Godspell". An iconic piece of musical theatre, it's one of the few to be adapted before it had premiered on Broadway. Chris has a personal connection to the piece which he gets into as well.

"Mulan" (1998)

Mar 26 2020 57 mins

This week Grace and Chris deep dive into one of their Disney faves, "Mulan". Both being Asian-American, this is a special one for both of them. They discuss the incredible voice talents, art direction and underrated music.

"The Sound of Music"

Mar 17 2020 44 mins

We're kicking off Season 3 of the Movie Musical Shakedown with one of the most iconic movie musicals of all-time, "The Sound of Music". Winner of 5 Oscars including Best Picture, this has easily become a family viewing tradition in many a households.