Good night, good luck, and we’ll see you next year! This week, Alex and Danielle shout out their favorite shows of 2023 and review some of the major theatre industry news stories of the year. From The Light in the Piazza to Patti LuPone’s new roommate, there was no shortage of hot topics to cover!

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If you were on the internet at all in the second half of 2020, you probably heard about the Ratatouille musical on TikTok. Before that was the Grocery Store Musical, and after came the Bridgerton musical, but TikTok and musical theatre were entwined well before the pandemic! We talked to Dr. Trevor Boffone, whose research, writing, and of course TikTok videos, make him THE expert to dive deep into the relationship between the theatre industry and TikTok.

• 03:45 - What we’re enjoying lately: Golden Bachelor, Broad City rewatch, Jane the Virgin
• 11:10 - Topic introduction: The Supermarket Musical, Ratatouille, Bridgerton
• 15:40 - Pre-TikTok musical theatre trends on other apps
• 25:55 - Discussion of the development of the Ratatouille musical
• 51:01 - Discussion of Bridgerton in relation to Ratatouille
• 01:04:45 - What would be necessary to continue developing musicals starting on TikTok?

Trevor Boffone went viral in 2019 and hasn't looked back. His work using TikTok and Instagram with his students has been featured on Good Morning America, ABC News, Inside Edition, and Access Hollywood, among numerous national media platforms. His work as a social media expert has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times, Forbes, The Atlantic, and NPR. Trevor has published two books on social media and popular culture, and has two forthcoming books exploring theatre marketing on social media.

@dr_boffone on Instagram | @trevorboffone on Twitter | Trevor's Website

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Today, actress and activist James Rose joins the pod to talk about undergraduate college theatre programs! Inspired by their video responding to Playbill's Top 10 list of the most represented colleges on Broadway, Alex, Danielle, and James dig into what these programs actually teach, the ways that BFA programs and the actual industry mirror and influence each other, and the process of rediscovering your own individual artistry after graduation.

• 02:40 - Things we're enjoying
• 11:45 - Why Danielle and Alex were interested in discussing BFA programs, a clip from James' video that inspired this episode, and some additional background.
• 14:45 - Discussing the idea of being "marketable" as an actor.
• 27:40 - The ways that typecasting is racist, fatphobic, etc. and how college programs reinforce those types.
• 42:22 - The idea that "if you can see yourself doing anything else, go do that thing" as taught to BFA students.
• 49:41 - Acting vs. music training, and the pros and cons of having working professionals teach instead of those with training as educators.
• 58:24 - Reasons to not go to a BFA program and why it's ridiculous to expect teenagers to choose their entire life path when they're 17.
• 01:02:53 - Viewing theatre training as transferrable skills and how to incorporate skills and interests outside of acting/theatre.
• 01:23:52 - The problem of teaching students to use their personal emotional trauma to access emotion when acting.
• 01:30:40 - If you had a child in your life who wanted to do a BFA program, would you let them?

References and Links

• Playbill's "The Big 10" Article
• James' Video

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Read James' bio here.

@jamesissmiling on Instagram | James's Website

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