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Amazing Technicolor Shitshow
We're a married couple obsessed with theatre mishaps and mayhem from community theater to Broadway! Join us for fumbles and follies from theatre history and listener-submitted stories of meltdowns, near-misses, and the moments that make it all worth it.
Episodes
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E105: Play Dead | Trying Not to "Corpse" as a Dead Body
Trev talks corpsing and corpses, a little dog reappears, and Elle dishes out some preferences. Watch this episode on YouTube! Send us your stories! We want…
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E104: Let's Split Up, Gang! | Haunted Theatres of the UK
In another unedited episode: Elle tours a few haunted British theatres, a set designer runs into a block, and Trev faces off with Old Man Jenkins yet again…
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E103: Broccoli Wicklesham | Spiritualism and Deceit Surrounding Dickens' "Edwin Drood"
In this special unedited episode: Elle reveals the story of a murder mystery cut short, a musician adds to his collection, and Trev figures out whodunnit…
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E102: Big Head and Little Wit | Death and Resurrection in Mummer's Plays
Trev talks about theatrical resurrections, a technical director catches a glimpse of something spooky, and Elle presents some deathly dilemmas. Watch this…
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E101: That Reminds Me of a Song... | Spalding Gray and Solo Revue Shows
Elle explains autobiographical cabarets, an actor needs to be babysat, and Trev sorts out celebrity fact vs. fiction. Watch this episode on YouTube! Send us…
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E100: For the Hundredth Time | Shakespeare Authorship Theories Part 2
Trev gets to the bottom of Shakespeare authorship, a stage manager holds the show on her back, and Elle figures out some translations. Watch this episode on…
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E99: Shaken, Not Bacon | Shakespeare Authorship Theories Part 1
Trev cracks the code of who wrote Shakespeare's plays, and Elle presents some team dilemmas. Watch this episode on YouTube! Send us your stories! We want your…
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E98: All the World's a Stagecoach | Shakespeare in the Wild West
Elle talks about an unexpected audience for Shakespeare, a young actor acts out, and Trev turns into a prospector. Watch this episode on YouTube! Send us your…
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E97: Live, Laugh, Love Lucy | TV Sitcoms' Roots In Live Theatre
Trev entertains a live studio audience, a listener is a prop, and Elle doesn't let the audience get to her. Watch this episode on YouTube! Send us your…
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E96: Renovation Station | Secrets Uncovered in an Old Theatre
Elle uncovers some surprises in an old theatre renovation, an actor has a musical mishap, and Trev makes a return. Watch this episode on YouTube! Send us your…
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E95: The Folly of Man | Ziegfeld's Follies and Actor's Equity
Trev litigates an early Broadway actor's strike, a director has some déjà vu, and Elle tests her knowledge of Equity rules. Watch this episode on YouTube! Send…
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E94: Wanted Dead Or Alive | The Harrowing Tale of Outlaw Elmer McCurdy
Elle exhumes the bizarre history of an outlaw, a body is reanimated onstage, and Trev considers which true stories require musical adaptations. Watch this…
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E93: Censor Sensibility | How Historical Regulation of Theatre Hilariously Backfires Every Time
Trev talks about two times when censorship spurred even more inventive and innovative theatre, a spot op witnesses a mass exodus, and your hosts get a little…
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E92: Mister Misdirection | The Life and Death of Magician Chung Ling Soo
Elle conjures a historical tale of prestidigitation, a listener witnesses a mechanical failure at the ballet, and Trev tests his knowledge of the arcane. Watch…
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E91: The Price Is Not Right | 67 Days of Rioting at the Covent Garden Theatre
Trev chronicles a petty price riot, a pit player spills it all, and Elle gives a lesson on etiquette. Watch this episode on YouTube! Send us your stories! We…
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E90: The Mouthtrap | The Theatrical History of the "Hellmouth"
Elle runs her mouth about a medieval mechanical prop, an actor blurts out a curse word, and Trev gets a little hot and cold. Watch this episode on YouTube!…
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E89: Bouncing with the Stars | The Ill-Fated Trampoline Space Musical "Via Galactica"
Trev jumps into the story of an intergalactic musical on trampolines, a set piece causes curtain chaos, and your hosts try their best to have an original…
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E88: Frontier Follies | Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, and the Wild Theatrical West
Elle tells a tale of Wild West shows, we hear a word from our sponsor, and your hosts have a good old-fashioned standoff. Watch this episode on YouTube! Send…
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E87: "Dr." Trev's Cure-All | Miracle Elixirs in Old-Timey Medicine Shows
Trev dazzles with the history of a forgotten theatre genre, we hear about some Les Mis-haps, and Elle writes up some prescriptions. Watch this episode on…
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E86: Howdy, Suckers! | How a Gunslinging Soprano Became Velma Kelly
Elle amazes us with the biography of a theatre pioneer, we hear a word from our sponsor (!!), and Trev gets a hobby. Watch this episode on YouTube! Send us…
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E85: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Accidental Nudity | How Team StarKid Got Away With "A Very Potter Musical"
Trev regales us with the tale of a very famous unauthorized musical, an actor shows off some full backal, and Elle sorts out fact vs. fiction on some very bad…
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E84: Dickens On Dickens | The Birth of the One-Man Show
Elle singles out a very solitary form of theatre, a directing team survives a surprise, and we see how Trev does flying solo. Watch this episode on YouTube!…
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E83: Let's All Go To The Lobby | Trev Ranks Act I Closing Numbers
In this special episode, Trev gives a rundown of the best Act I closing numbers of all time, and your hosts test their ESP yet again. Watch this episode on…
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E82: Think Inside the Box | Statler and Waldorf's Heckling History
Trev talks box seats, an actor has a run-in with bad improv, and Elle turns the finish-the-quip game back on Trev. Watch this episode on YouTube! Send us your…
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E81: Whodunnit? | Agatha Christie's Playwriting Career
Elle solves the mystery of Agatha Christie's playwriting career, an actor's skin is saved by a quick-thinking crew member, and Trev spins up his own whodunnit…
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E80: It's Gonna Be Mae | The Story Of Mae West's Play "Sex"
Trev talks about the birds and the bees, and Elle flexes her transatlantic quip writing skills. Watch this episode on YouTube! Send us your stories! We want…
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E79: 'Cause That's Dada! | Performance Art as a Performing Art
Elle paints a picture of performance art, an actor gets taken for a spin, and Trev deciphers some translations. Watch this episode on YouTube! Send us your…
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E78: My Inheritance, My Legacy
Elle and Trev are running ragged. In this unedited episode, Elle presents an ode to a fabulous thespian of history and your hosts do some financial planning…
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E77: Whigs Akimbo
Trev spills the tea about a historical pot-stirrer of the stage, a famous actor wets his tights, and Elle makes some improvements to a musical. Watch this…
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E76: Attila We Meet Again
Elle unearths the story of an excavated Roman theatre, a current Broadway revival faces a dilemma, and Trev figures out who he really is. Watch this episode on…
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E75: A Crime of Passion Plays
Trev tells the tale of church plays that toyed with copyright law, a listener helps out after pyrotechnics go awry, and Elle does some stunt casting. Watch…
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E74: Charlie Chaplin Gets an MRI
Elle reports on the first play to be broadcast on television, a pit musician gets more than he bargained for, and Trev makes some guesses about historical…
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E73: NOT LEGAL ADVICE
The law offices of Thelen Clementi and Thelen Clementi definitely do not give legal advice on show licensing, and Trev rates some morally grey theatre…
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E72: And the Rigatoni Goes To...
Elle dishes on dinner theatre, a cast of high schoolers learn an important lesson, and Trev sorts out pasta shapes from opera characters. Watch this episode on…
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E71: Hostess with the Ghostess
Elle appears as a guest on her own podcast, a pencil becomes a threat, and Trev puts a darker spin on a classic musical. Watch this episode on YouTube! Send us…
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E70: Full Frontal, Part Backal
Trev reveals all there is to know about nudity onstage, and your hosts present some unnecessary censorship for popular musical lyrics. Watch this episode on…
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E69: Smoke and Mirrors
Elle reveals the theatrical origins of magic shows, a technician creates a bit of a spill, and Trev deciphers some transformed show titles. Watch this episode…
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E68: Oh, Ya Got Trouble
An actor navigates casting Trouble (with a capital T) in three separate productions of The Music Man, and Trev tries to predict some old-timey rap lyrics…
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E67: Drama Queen
Trev presents an ode to a 19th century queen of the stage, and Elle gives an alphabetical challenge. Watch this episode on YouTube! Send us your stories! We…
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E66: Salmon Hat Couture
Elle observes Mother Nature's most theatrical creatures, a cast gets sweaty, and Trev plays casting agent to some animals. Watch this episode on YouTube! Send…
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E65: Wagner? I Hardly Know Her
Elle presents the Idiot's Guide to Wagner, a listener has a creative solution to a vamp problem, and Trev is humbled by a game of Name That Theme Song. Watch…
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E64: Mixy Business
Trev explains the rise and fall of the megamix, a listener adapts to tech troubles, and Elle creates a medley of her own. Watch this episode on YouTube! Send…
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E63: Sockdologizing Old Man-Trap
Elle gives a lesson on a historical theatre tragedy, Trev figures out which actors have only child energy, and your hosts are live and in the flesh for the…
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(REPRISE) E28: A Little Jest
We're taking a brief intermission to set up a new video component to our podcast! Elle entertains us with the history of jesters, a pit musician saves the day…
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(REPRISE) E19: ThunderSheet TM
We're taking a brief intermission to set up a new video component to our podcast! Trev sounds off about aural effects, a listener ruins a poignant historical…
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(REPRISE) E1: Toil and Trouble, My Ass!
We're taking a brief intermission to set up a new video component to our podcast! In our first-ever episode: Elle shares the sordid story behind a popular…
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E62: The Smackdown
Trev reviews an unexpected genre of performance art, a show goes wrong on national television, and Elle comes up with a few theatrical alter egos. Send us your…
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E61: Gallus in Weegieland
In this special episode, Elle and Trev chat about a UK-specific theatre genre that they enjoyed while abroad. Send us your stories! We want your tales of…
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E60: Dancin' Until I'm Dead
Trev tells the tale of St. Vitus, an actor gets a gnarly bruise, and Elle separates dance fact from dance fiction. Send us your stories! We want your tales of…
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E59: Yakbeard
Elle gives a history of stage makeup and wigs, a director gets more than they bargained for, and Trev shows off his knowledge of ingredients. Send us your…
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E58: Debunked!
Trev explores why we call it the green room, an actor is underestimated, and Elle makes up some theatre etymology. Send us your stories! We want your tales of…
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E57: Godbaby
Trev shares another actor biography, a performance is saved from disaster, and Elle does some instrument profiling. Send us your stories! We want your tales of…
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E56: Big Boom No Fire
It's another Haunt-A-Palooza with Elle and Trev! Listen in for ghostly tales, too-real horror, and unedited Halloween chaos. Send us your stories! We want your…
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E55: The Phantasmicks
Elle enlightens us on a spooky theatrical practice, some front-of-house staff have embarrassing moments, and Trev stages some impossible scenes. Send us your…
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E54: Don't Send In The Clowns
Trev subjects Elle to an episode all about clowns, an actor grabs a drink, and Elle analyzes some famous trios. Send us your stories! We want your tales of…
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E53: Zoinks!
Elle gives us the true story of a famous haunted venue, a theatre employee gets a fright, and Trev has a rematch with Old Man Jenkins. Send us your stories! We…
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E52: A Bloody Good Time
Trev spills on theatre blood, two directors have a spat, and Elle identifies some famous last words. Send us your stories! We want your tales of follies and…
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E51: A Year in the Pod
We've had this podcast for a full year! Elle and Trev celebrate with an extra-long, largely unedited episode with tales of triumphs, a whole bunch of games…
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E50: Size Matters
Trev shows off the world's largest and smallest theatres, an actor takes a tumble over a tire, and your hosts test their mind powers. Send us your stories! We…
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E49: I'm With the Banned
Elle explores the saga of a banned play, we celebrate theatrical anniversaries for the month, and Trev puts a quarter in some jukebox musicals. Send us your…