Geekical

A quick look at a dive into a carnival purgatory, where sadness, joy, love, and the macabre come together to form a wonderful musical full of surprises.

Dear Evan Hansen, also known as DEH is an emotional musical that features suicide and trees. It focuses on a boy, Evan Hansen, his family, and his acquaintances. Do not listen to or watch DEH if suicide is triggering for you, and do not watch DEH if you have sensory overload issues. Otherwise, DEH is a very good musical.

Phantom of the Opera is an operatic macabre musical centered on a Phantom and his object of utter adoration, the singer Christine Daae. I encourage even those who have seen a live performance to listen to the soundtrack, especially if they can't understand what opera singers say, like me.    P.S. This episode was done in a time crunch, apologies if it did not cover something important! ♡

Assassins is about... well, what it sounds like. A group of Assassins, successful or unsuccessful over the years in the U.S. This is a tricky and controversial musical, so listen in to what my guest star David and I have to say about this musical. Enjoy!

Waitress is a musical about a humble pie shop in a small town, and the unique lives that the residents lead. Things always have a routine, but when Jenna has a baby, her abusive husband wants to make everything harder. Waitress communicates the importance of friendship– and a good pie!

Hey there! In times such as these, it is important to see the damage being done, but also to recognize that events of all kinds are things that bring people together in a way nothing else could. Come From Away is a deep musical about 9/11, but it has beautiful moments that are reminders that we are always stronger than the storm.   

A fast-paced musical with deception hanging from the air... well, that doesn't really set it apart from other musicals, does it? One girl, Sophie, is about to be married and is trying to find her dad so he can give her away- but when she invites three possible suspects to her wedding without her mom's knowledge, things quickly fall into chaos in a true Act II fashion.

A rap musical about founding fathers. Up until Hamilton, this seemed impossible... but it holds place number two in my heart of choreography so far (Newsies holding place number one, obviously). This musical has it all: Love, Desire, Loss, Heartbreak, and ALL the gay subtext.

A musical probably best known for its incredible dancing, but with amazing(!) songs as well. From lovely accents to unforeseen love to confusing ship names, Newsies is one of the best musicals around. AND it's on Netflix! (^-^)  

My reaction was, "THIS IS A MUSICAL???!" when I first heard that Legally Blonde was not just going to be a movie anymore, but a full fledged mind-blowing musical. Needless to say, I enjoyed every minute of watching it.

NOT A MUSICAL!!!! I recently saw The Crucible play at Act Theater, and decided to make a shorter episode about it. It was really about how readily people will stab each other in the back and communism, but masked by talking about the Salem Witch Trials. Those two events are shockingly similar...

In this (slightly longish) episode, I will rant and rave about Bob Fosse's Chicago, a very meta musical. Characters, plot lines, songs, choreography, all in this episode about murderous women: Chicago, The Musical. 

In this episode, I will discuss the great points {and a few minor weak points} of multiple mediums of the famous Victor Hugo story: Les Miserables.