Let's put on a show! It's season 8 for Paul and Corey Cross the Streams , and this season we're watching musicals. It's a singular art form with a dynamic history, and we get to listen to a lot of cast recordings… This week, Corey wanted to hear the music play with Cabaret (1972)! Just like Singin' in the Rain , where do you begin with Cabaret ? The film, a major rewrite of the 1966 Broadway show,…
Let's put on a show! It's season 8 for Paul and Corey Cross the Streams , and this season we're watching musicals. It's a singular art form with a dynamic history, and we get to listen to a lot of cast recordings... This week, Paul wanted to take on another of the movie musical canon: Singin' in the Rain (1952)! Where to begin with Singin' in the Rain ? Arguably the best movie musical, appearing…
Let's put on a show! It's season 8 for Paul and Corey Cross the Streams , and this season we're watching musicals. It's a singular art form with a dynamic history, and we get to listen to a lot of cast recordings... This week, Corey continued discussed of Motown, albeit in a legally-deniable way, with Dreamgirls (2006). The film was adapted and directed by Bill Condon from the 1981 Broadway show,…
Let's put on a show! It's season 8 for Paul and Corey Cross the Streams , and this season we're watching musicals. It's a singular art form with a dynamic history, and we get to listen to a lot of cast recordings... This week, Paul continued along, and is now easing down, the Yellow Brick Road as he and Corey discuss The Wiz (1978). It's another example of a film adaptation of a hit Broadway show…
Let's put on a show! It's season 8 for Paul and Corey Cross the Streams , and this season we're watching musicals. It's a singular art form with a dynamic history, and we get to listen to a lot of cast recordings... This week, Corey chose Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge! (2001). This is the first instance where both hosts could not bring themselves finish the film in question. But not to worry they…
Let's put on a show! It's season 8 for Paul and Corey Cross the Streams , and this season we're watching musicals. It's a singular art form with a dynamic history, and we get to listen to a lot of cast recordings... This week, Paul chose perhaps the most influential American film - The Wizard of Oz (1939). A film so omnipresent in everyone's life that Corey couldn't even watch it. A film so…
Let's put on a show! It's season 8 for Paul and Corey Cross the Streams , and this season we're watching musicals. It's a singular art form with a dynamic history, and we get to listen to a lot of cast recordings... This week, Corey chose what is arguably the greatest book musical of all time, Gypsy . This is also the first time that Paul and Corey watch a live recording of a musical and, in this…
Let's put on a show! It's season 8 for Paul and Corey Cross the Streams , and this season we're watching musicals. It's a singular art form with a dynamic history, and we get to listen to a lot of cast recordings... This week, Paul wanted to pick a straight-down-the-middle classic. A crowd-pleaser. Grease (1978). Well, it turns out everyone loves Grease except for Corey. Although, that's not quite…
Let's put on a show! It's season 8 for Paul and Corey Cross the Streams , and this season we're watching musicals. It's a singular art form with a dynamic history, and we get to listen to a lot of cast recordings... Attend the podcast on Sweeney Todd ! Yes, this week Corey chose the Tim Burton/Johnny Depp joint Sweeney Todd (2007). This adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's brilliant musical from 1979,…
Let's put on a show! It's season 8 for Paul and Corey Cross the Streams , and this season we're watching musicals. It's a singular art form with a dynamic history, and we get to listen to a lot of cast recordings... It may be the Great Depression, but Paul and Corey are in the money! Yes, this week's episode is Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933). Directed by Mervyn Leroy, music & lyrics by Harry Warren…
Let's put on a show! It's season 8 for Paul and Corey Cross the Streams , and this season we're watching musicals. It's a singular art form with a dynamic history, and we get to listen to a lot of cast recordings... For his first episode, Corey chose the international smash-hit, the Tollywood (India) film, RRR (2022). Directed and written by S. S. Rajamouli, the film is a fictional and…