It's our last episode coming in hot right before the Tonys and we have a lot to talk about as we wrap up our last two shows we're covering as well as some quick takes about shows we didn't get to! Timestamps included if you're only interested in specific shows, and as usual beware of spoilers.

Note that this was recorded before both cast albums were released so apologies for the inconsistencies where our memories failed us!

Real Women Have Curves: 1:29

Buena Vista Social Club: 51:38

Just in Time: 1:15:26

Boop: 1:22:17

Smash: 1:25:26

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The show Cindy mentions in the intro, which played in Portland and is also available as a comedy special on Dropout TV.

An interesting essay from the out of town run of Real Women that touches on some of the issues we had with the show.

Cindy's senior year yearbook quote

An interview where the creators of Buena Vista Social Club talk about bringing it to Broadway and what the album means to them.

Jonathan Groff's Actors on Actors conversation with Nicole Scherzinger where he talks extensively about loving Bobby Darin (the rest of the series is well worth a watch too!)

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Music featured in this episode:

Real Women Have Curves: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Apple Music / Spotify

Buena Vista Social Club (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Apple Music / Spotify

Just in Time - Jonathan Groff

Where I Wanna Be - Jasmine Amy Rogers

Let Me Be Your Star - Bella Coppola

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There’s been a trend emerging in this year’s Broadway musicals, which begs the question: will they be “Alive Forever” or only be around “’Til Death”? In this episode we discuss two shows both involving death and decide whether they make “Something from Nothing” so you can be the judge!

As usual, spoilers ahead!

Death Becomes Her: 1:00

Dead Outlaw: 57:54

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We definitely weren’t the only ones to notice the “dead body character” trend, and there’s a whole award from MemesOnBway about it.

A lot of Christine’s impression of what Death Becomes Her would be like came from Sabrina Carpenter’s Taste music video, which also pays homage to the movie.

The infamous staircase fall is accomplished by former gymnast Warren Yang, and you can also watch more about how it was put together with all the design elements: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7Vxm_x2_Qo

Despite being on Broadway, Dead Outlaw is still set to release on Audible on October 2, so you can take a listen to it then!

Elmer did indeed travel further as a dead body than he did alive, as Wikipedia helpfully shows.

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Music featured in this episode:

Death Becomes Her (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Dead Outlaw (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Part 1]

The Whole Being Dead Thing - Beetlejuice

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Did we do it? We're back to wrap up our recap on Operation Mincemeat and give some already-obsolete Tony predictions.

If you haven't already, take a listen to Part 1 first: Apple Podcasts / Spotify

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If you want to take a listen to the podcast that started it all, here's the episode that Natasha Hodgson drew inspiration from, on the Stuff You Should Know podcast: Apple Podcasts / Spotify

And you can hear about how they originally put the show together on Variety's Stagecraft podcast

Are you a mincefluencer? Turns out they've been up to a lot of investigating themselves: NYT article

The tomb of William Martins is an actual memorial in Huelva, Spain that you can go visit.

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Music featured in this episode:

Too Bad - G-Dragon

Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical (Original Cast Recording)

⁠Apple Music⁠ / ⁠Spotify⁠ / ⁠Amazon Music⁠

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