About this episode
Musicals transport us to another world through song and dance — but how can we use their otherworldly power to tell stories about robots and monsters? To find out, we talk to playwrights MJ Kaufman and Reina Hardy. Plus Laser from the Doubleclicks tells us about their new musical, Teaching a Robot to Love!
Topics discussed:
Our formative memories with Xanadu and Can't Stop the Music
The roots of musicals in comic opera and burlesque
The wonder of director/choreographer Kenny Ortega
MJ Kaufman and Reina Hardy talk musicals and escapism
Laser explains the origins of Teaching a Robot to Love
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