Well, we did it, folks. One whole year. 50 musicals reviewed. 6 guests. 2 tragic heroes. In this special episode, Kristina and Alana go through all the musicals they've seen over the past year and rank them - their top 5, their bottom 5, and the bonus few that should be ashamed to call themselves art. But first, Alana has to talk for 20 minutes about the shows she saw in New York last week, so strap in for that. We'll see you in Season 4! *********************************** Follow us! It’s Broadway, Bitch: @itsbroadwaybtch on IG/Twitter, or email us at itsbroadwaybtch@gmail.com Alana: @alanafinewoman on IG/Twitter/TikTok/Twitch Kristina: @chitten_chat on IG Check out Alana’s Theater company, Red Leather Theatre Co.: https://www.redleathertheatreco.com/ Special Thanks to Katie Braverman and Jack Larkin for our theme music. Follow Katie @katie.braverman, or @kitsch.land on instagram. Follow Jack @jacksterlark on instagram, and check out his Spotify!
SPOOKY SEASON PART 2, BABY! Today (a day late, sorry babes) your tragic heroes take on the wild cult classic, ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW! We gear up for Halloween with this absolutely bonkers musical-turned-movie that does not give one singular fuck what you think, and that really vibes with us. *********************************** Follow us! It’s Broadway, Bitch: @itsbroadwaybtch on IG/Twitter, or email us at itsbroadwaybtch@gmail.com Alana: @alanafinewoman on IG/Twitter/TikTok/Twitch Kristina: @chitten_chat on IG Check out Alana’s Theater company, Red Leather Theatre Co.: https://www.redleathertheatreco.com/ Special Thanks to Katie Braverman and Jack Larkin for our theme music. Follow Katie @katie.braverman, or @kitsch.land on instagram. Follow Jack @jacksterlark on instagram, and check out his Spotify!
Welcome to SPOOKY SEASON! Your tragic heroes tackle your favorite Disney alt-cult-classic, THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS. How relatable is Jack Skellington's existential crisis? How long did it take for us to figure out that Sally is voiced by America's sweetheart Catherine O'Hara? And most importantly, who would've thought that giving a bag of bugs some big dick energy would make for the greatest villain of all time? We tackle all this and more, and we have a gosh darn good time doing it! *********************************** Follow us! It’s Broadway, Bitch: @itsbroadwaybtch on IG/Twitter, or email us at itsbroadwaybtch@gmail.com Alana: @alanafinewoman on IG/Twitter/TikTok/Twitch Kristina: @chitten_chat on IG Check out Alana’s Theater company, Red Leather Theatre Co.: https://www.redleathertheatreco.com/ Special Thanks to Katie Braverman and Jack Larkin for our theme music. Follow Katie @katie.braverman, or @kitsch.land on instagram. Follow Jack @jacksterlark on instagram, and check out his Spotify!
Who's ready for TEARS, folks?! This week your tragic heroes tragic the best musical about 9/11 on the market: Apple TV's new pro-shot COME FROM AWAY! We laugh, we cry, we analyze music composition, we cry, watch Kristina's cats complete supernatural feats of strength, and then cry some more. Pop on a few different hats and your Newfoundland accent and strap in, because this one is a bumpy ride! *********************************** Follow us! It’s Broadway, Bitch: @itsbroadwaybtch on IG/Twitter, or email us at itsbroadwaybtch@gmail.com Alana: @alanafinewoman on IG/Twitter/TikTok/Twitch Kristina: @chitten_chat on IG Check out Alana’s Theater company, Red Leather Theatre Co.: https://www.redleathertheatreco.com/ Special Thanks to Katie Braverman and Jack Larkin for our theme music. Follow Katie @katie.braverman, or @kitsch.land on instagram. Follow Jack @jacksterlark on instagram, and check out his Spotify!
Today your tragic heroes tackle Amazon Prime's new Cinderella with Camila Cabello, Idina Menzel, Billy Porter, our nemesis James Corden, and perhaps most notably, NOT John Mulaney. Kristina and Alana break down their incredibly complex feelings on this upsettingly fun trainwreck, and then spend the remaining 53 minutes talking about John Mulaney to make up for how not present he was. Strap in, folks. *********************************** Follow us! It’s Broadway, Bitch: @itsbroadwaybtch on IG/Twitter, or email us at itsbroadwaybtch@gmail.com Alana: @alanafinewoman on IG/Twitter/TikTok/Twitch Kristina: @chitten_chat on IG Check out Alana’s Theater company, Red Leather Theatre Co.: https://www.redleathertheatreco.com/ Special Thanks to Katie Braverman and Jack Larkin for our theme music. Follow Katie @katie.braverman, or @kitsch.land on instagram. Follow Jack @jacksterlark on instagram, and check out his Spotify!
Today's episode is brought to you by...CAMP! Today your tragic heroes tackle your favorite sci-fi musical comedy about killer plants from space - Little Shop of Horrors! Kristina is finally in her element - we talk about the show a lot, but we talk about bog plants for so much longer. Strap in, because Kristina may have actually enjoyed thisone! ****************************************** Follow us! It’s Broadway, Bitch: @itsbroadwaybtch on IG/Twitter, or email us at itsbroadwaybtch@gmail.com Alana: @alanafinewoman on IG/Twitter/TikTok/Twitch Kristina: @chitten_chat on IG Check out Alana’s Theater company, Red Leather Theatre Co.: https://www.redleathertheatreco.com/ Special Thanks to Katie Braverman and Jack Larkin for our theme music. Follow Katie @katie.braverman, or @kitsch.land on instagram. Follow Jack @jacksterlark on instagram, and check out his Spotify!
Well, kids… we found it. The disappointing stepchild of the musical world. Nothing about this musical was really worth any extreme emotion. Tune in for a chaotic episode where we trash talk Ryan Gosling and the almost dancing that Emma Stone attempts. For a much better musical that actually honors the culture and experiences of black Americans, check out our Passing Strange episode with Jamal Howard. ***************************************** Follow us! It’s Broadway, Bitch: @itsbroadwaybtch on IG/Twitter, or email us at itsbroadwaybtch@gmail.com Alana: @alanafinewoman on IG/Twitter/TikTok/Twitch Kristina: @chitten_chat on IG Check out Alana’s Theater company, Red Leather Theatre Co.: https://www.redleathertheatreco.com/ Special Thanks to Katie Braverman and Jack Larkin for our theme music. Follow Katie @katie.braverman, or @kitsch.land on instagram. Follow Jack @jacksterlark on instagram, and check out his Spotify!
It's a jolly holiday with Mary! Your tragic heroes tackle Kristina's childhood favorite musical, Disney's Mary Poppins! They laugh, they cry, and they're Accidentally Horny. We're here for Bert's big dick energy. ***************************************** Follow us! It’s Broadway, Bitch: @itsbroadwaybtch on IG/Twitter, or email us at itsbroadwaybtch@gmail.com Alana: @alanafinewoman on IG/Twitter/TikTok/Twitch Kristina: @chitten_chat on IG Check out Alana’s Theater company, Red Leather Theatre Co.: https://www.redleathertheatreco.com/ Special Thanks to Katie Braverman and Jack Larkin for our theme music. Follow Katie @katie.braverman, or @kitsch.land on instagram. Follow Jack @jacksterlark on instagram, and check out his Spotify!
Let's learn to do it, baby! Today your tragic heroes could not watch the 2017 Broadway version of Anastasia, so they settled for the 1997 animated film. With the casting of theatre legends like Bernadette Peters, Angela Lansbury, and Kelsey Grammar, it was probably more stunt cast than the stage musical anyway. Come for the very brief actual discussion of the material, and stay for Kristina's history lesson on Rasputin, Russia's greatest love machine. ***************************************** Follow us! It’s Broadway, Bitch: @itsbroadwaybtch on IG/Twitter, or email us at itsbroadwaybtch@gmail.com Alana: @alanafinewoman on IG/Twitter/TikTok/Twitch Kristina: @chitten_chat on IG Check out Alana’s Theater company, Red Leather Theatre Co.: https://www.redleathertheatreco.com/ Special Thanks to Katie Braverman and Jack Larkin for our theme music. Follow Katie @katie.braverman, or @kitsch.land on instagram. Follow Jack @jacksterlark on instagram, and check out his Spotify!
This week we tackle another classic from our mortal enemies Rodgers & Hammerstein: their most racist classic, THE KING AND I! Do the songs slap? Yes. Does the rest of it slap? ...questionable. Tune in as we just absolutely eviscerate this beautiful production of a show that didn't need a revival. Enjoy, bitches. ****************************************** Follow us! It’s Broadway, Bitch: @itsbroadwaybtch on IG/Twitter, or email us at itsbroadwaybtch@gmail.com Alana: @alanafinewoman on IG/Twitter/TikTok/Twitch Kristina: @chitten_chat on IG Check out Alana’s Theater company, Red Leather Theatre Co.: https://www.redleathertheatreco.com/ Special Thanks to Katie Braverman and Jack Larkin for our theme music. Follow Katie @katie.braverman, or @kitsch.land on instagram. Follow Jack @jacksterlark on instagram, and check out his Spotify!
DADDY MADE YOU SOME CONTENT. WE MADE YOU YOUR FAVORITE, open wide. Today we tackle INSIDE, Bo Burnham’s fever dream pandemic special. It's not a Broadway musical, but we think he could write one so this is us manifesting it. AND ALL OUR STUPID FRIENDS ARE HAVING STUPID CHILDRENNNNN. CW: mention of suicide ****************************************** Follow us! It’s Broadway, Bitch: @itsbroadwaybtch on IG/Twitter, or email us at itsbroadwaybtch@gmail.com Alana: @alanafinewoman on IG/Twitter/TikTok/Twitch Kristina: @chitten_chat on IG Check out Alana’s Theater company, Red Leather Theatre Co.: https://www.redleathertheatreco.com/ Special Thanks to Katie Braverman and Jack Larkin for our theme music. Follow Katie @katie.braverman, or @kitsch.land on instagram. Follow Jack @jacksterlark on instagram, and check out his Spotify!
This week your tragic heroes tackle their second favorite should-be-musical, Rocketman (2019)! We're sluts for Elton John, and we know you are too. Because everybody is. We gush about everything, from costumes to historical accuracy to just how HOT these BOYS ARE. JESUS. ****************************************** Follow us! It’s Broadway, Bitch: @itsbroadwaybtch on IG/Twitter, or email us at itsbroadwaybtch@gmail.com Alana: @alanafinewoman on IG/Twitter/TikTok/Twitch Kristina: @chitten_chat on IG Check out Alana’s Theater company, Red Leather Theatre Co.: https://www.redleathertheatreco.com/ Special Thanks to Katie Braverman and Jack Larkin for our theme music. Follow Katie @katie.braverman, or @kitsch.land on instagram. Follow Jack @jacksterlark on instagram, and check out his Spotify!
Sup, bitches. There was too much In the Heights content to pack into one episode, so we've got a PART 2, BABY! Be sure to check out Part 1 with friend of the show Jamal Howard, because he and Kristina are back to talk about the second half. You're welcome for this gift that keeps on giving. Follow Jamal on Instagram at @locallad33! ************************************************ Follow us! It’s Broadway, Bitch: @itsbroadwaybtch on IG/Twitter, or email us at itsbroadwaybtch@gmail.com Alana: @alanafinewoman on IG/Twitter/TikTok/Twitch Kristina: @chitten_chat on IG Check out Alana’s Theater company, Red Leather Theatre Co.: https://www.redleathertheatreco.com/ Special Thanks to Katie Braverman and Jack Larkin for our theme music. Follow Katie @katie.braverman, or @kitsch.land on instagram. Follow Jack @jacksterlark on instagram, and check out his Spotify!
Sup, bitches. This week Alana is out (she’s busy, but she’ll be back) and JAMAL HOWARD is Back, to talk with me, Kristina, about In the Heights, the new(old) Lin-Manuel Miranda machine. Get ready to go on a rollercoaster of emotion as we talk about this modern hip-hop opera and it’s place in the theater world. And also rank how hot the actors are. There's so much good stuff here, we had to break it into two episodes! Once you've heard these bitches, hear them bitch again in Part 2 - available now! Follow Jamal on Instagram at @locallad33! ************************************************ Follow us! It’s Broadway, Bitch: @itsbroadwaybtch on IG/Twitter, or email us at itsbroadwaybtch@gmail.com Alana: @alanafinewoman on IG/Twitter/TikTok/Twitch Kristina: @chitten_chat on IG Check out Alana’s Theater company, Red Leather Theatre Co.: https://www.redleathertheatreco.com/ Special Thanks to Katie Braverman and Jack Larkin for our theme music. Follow Katie @katie.braverman, or @kitsch.land on instagram. Follow Jack @jacksterlark on instagram, and check out his Spotify!
Here's the episode you didn't ask for, and also don't deserve. Today your tragic heroes complete the CATS Double Feature with the critically-acclaimed crime against humanity, CATS (2019). Joined by special guest James Nichols (NYC comedian and podcast host of Gabbing with Babbish), we spend over 90 minutes breaking down what went so horribly, horribly wrong and collectively descending into madness. Enjoy this one, folks, because after today, we'll never talk about CATS again. Listen to James' podcast GABBING WITH BABBISH wherever you find your podcasts, and find it on social media at @gabbingwithbabbish on IG/@gabwithbab on Twitter! Follow James at @jameslnichols on IG/@jamielnichols on Twitter ************************************************ Follow us! It’s Broadway, Bitch: @itsbroadwaybtch on IG/Twitter, or email us at itsbroadwaybtch@gmail.com Alana: @alanafinewoman on IG/Twitter/TikTok/Twitch Kristina: @chitten_chat on IG Check out Alana’s Theater company, Red Leather Theatre Co.: https://www.redleathertheatreco.com/ Special Thanks to Katie Braverman and Jack Larkin for our theme music. Follow Katie @katie.braverman, or @kitsch.land on instagram. Follow Jack @jacksterlark on instagram, and check out his Spotify!
It's our most controversial episode yet: the CATS double feature is here! Alana has FINALLY forced Kristina to sit down and watch the most insane thing ever to hit any stage, composed by our man A-Dubs. Whether you shamelessly love it like Alana or wish you could burn down the whole establishment like Kristina, strap in for the most bonkers episode of It's Broadway, B*tch you've seen yet. Then grab a drink and prepare for next week's episode, when we watch the true sin against humanity that is the CATS (2019) feature film! *********************************** Follow us! It’s Broadway, Bitch: @itsbroadwaybtch on IG/Twitter, or email us at itsbroadwaybtch@gmail.com Alana: @alanafinewoman on IG/Twitter/TikTok/Twitch Kristina: @chitten_chat on IG Check out Alana’s Theater company, Red Leather Theatre Co.: https://www.redleathertheatreco.com/ Special Thanks to Katie Braverman and Jack Larkin for our theme music. Follow Katie @katie.braverman, or @kitsch.land on instagram. Follow Jack @jacksterlark on instagram, and check out his Spotify!
Good Morning! Today your tragic heroes are feeling Fit as a Fiddle and tackle the 50's favorite, Singin' in the Rain! In a wild turn of events, Alana and Kristina have almost...nothing bad to say? What can we say - it Made Them Laugh! Strap in and join us for this toe tapping, tap dancing, somersaulting little classic that left us singin' in the rain ourselves! And tune in next week for the beginning of our CATS double feature! *************************** Follow us! It’s Broadway, Bitch: @itsbroadwaybtch on IG/Twitter, or email us at itsbroadwaybtch@gmail.com Alana: @alanafinewoman on IG/Twitter/TikTok/Twitch Kristina: @chitten_chat on IG Check out Alana’s Theater company, Red Leather Theatre Co.: https://www.redleathertheatreco.com/ Special Thanks to Katie Braverman and Jack Larkin for our theme music. Follow Katie @katie.braverman, or @kitsch.land on instagram. Follow Jack @jacksterlark on instagram, and check out his Spotify!
Let's get G R E A S Y. Time for Danny Travolta and Sandra Day O'Connor to make their debut on the IBB stage. This lil' beauty is a childhood classic for both Alana and Kristina, and harkens back to a time when they did not understand 60-80% of the references and innuendos in this cursed film. So get ready to cream, for GREASE (lightning)! **************************************************** Follow us! It’s Broadway, Bitch: @itsbroadwaybtch on IG/Twitter, or email us at itsbroadwaybtch@gmail.com Alana: @alanafinewoman on IG/Twitter/TikTok/Twitch Kristina: @chitten_chat on IG Check out Alana’s Theater company, Red Leather Theatre Co.: https://www.redleathertheatreco.com/ Special Thanks to Katie Braverman and Jack Larkin for our theme music. Follow Katie @katie.braverman, or @kitsch.land on instagram. Follow Jack @jacksterlark on instagram, and check out his Spotify!
*disclaimer: Alana's audio is a lil funky this episode. We know and we're working on it!* Today your tragic heroes tackle the movie-before-the-musical, 9 TO 5! We won't lie, it's mostly a Dolly Parton stan episode, but we know you're gonna be fine with that. Join Alana & Kristina as they break down this absolute fever dream of a feminist power story, sing their praises of Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda pre-Grace and Frankie, and plan their imminent trip to Dollywood. You're invited. ***************************************************************** Follow us! It’s Broadway, Bitch: @itsbroadwaybtch on IG/Twitter, or email us at itsbroadwaybtch@gmail.com Alana: @alanafinewoman on IG/Twitter/TikTok/Twitch Kristina: @chitten_chat on IG Check out Alana’s Theater company, Red Leather Theatre Co.: https://www.redleathertheatreco.com/ Special Thanks to Katie Braverman and Jack Larkin for our theme music. Follow Katie @katie.braverman, or @kitsch.land on instagram. Follow Jack @jacksterlark on instagram, and check out his Spotify! https://l.instagram.com/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.spotify.com%2Falbum%2F1iMD8gevCXL3ryj1771qdt%3Fsi%3DD1yEGmSAT9i4YWrGg3kh-Q&e=ATNtco0xS3vvK1AwtBb8lXFmHoHI9WIPTa-PHty0qssiBD6JZjvd46CQGfYGmxYAHvEzslxp0UKhH0xAUeSD0po&s=1.
And now we get to the nitty gritty, kids. Part 2 of Les Mis is where Kristina declares her intention to bed almost every male member of the cast. If any of our fans can make this happen, feel free to reach out. Anyway, we take the time in the second half of our season opener to acknowledge the progress that Kristina has made. Her bar is now much lower for musicals, so she is mostly ambivalent rather than disappointed with them. You’re welcome for listening. ********************************** Follow us! It’s Broadway, Bitch: @itsbroadwaybtch on IG/Twitter, or email us at itsbroadwaybtch@gmail.com Alana: @alanafinewoman on IG/Twitter/TikTok/Twitch Kristina: @chitten_chat on IG Check out Alana’s Theater company, Red Leather Theatre Co.: https://www.redleathertheatreco.com/ Special Thanks to Katie Braverman and Jack Larkin for our theme music. Follow Katie @katie.braverman, or @kitsch.land on instagram. Follow Jack @jacksterlark on instagram, and check out his Spotify!