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Matt Ranks: The 2025 Theatre Season (mostly)
The year has ended, but the season is still going. So we’re doing what Broadway Breakdown does best…reviewing and ranking!!! Matt saw nearly 30 shows…
7 months ago
Deep Dive: THE GLASS MENAGERIE w/ Amy Jo Jackson
Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menagerie is one of the most produced and most analyzed plays in the American canon…and now it’s our turn! Matt and gu…
7 months, 1 week ago
Deep Dive: THE GOAT, OR WHO IS SYLVIA? w/ Robert W. Schneider
Edward Albee’s final play to open on Broadway remains one of the most controversial: The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? In this Deep Dive, Matt and guest Ro…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Deep Dive: NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 (Part 2) w/ Natalie Walker
Our Deep Dive of Great Comet comes to its conclusion. Actor/singer/diva/Great Comet superfan Natalie Walker remains to dig into the show’s electrifyi…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Matt Reviews: The Queen of Versailles (both of ‘em), Ragtime & A Conversation with Teale Dvornik
Episode Summary
Matt dives into two major musical events: Broadway’s divisive, new bio-musical The Queen of Versailles and its two different leading l…
8 months ago
Matt Reviews: WICKED: FOR GOOD w/ Andrew Chappelle
Matt Reviews: Wicked: For Good with Andrew Chappelle
Matt is joined by Broadway actor and podcast host Andrew Chappelle for a theater-nerdy breakdown …
8 months, 1 week ago
Matt Reviews: Oedipus, The Baker’s Wife, Prince F*ggot & Two Strangers Carry A Cake…
Episode Summary
In this bonus review episode, Matt tackles four very different productions—Oedipus, The Baker’s Wife, Prince F*ggot, and Two Strangers…
8 months, 1 week ago
Deep Dive: NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 (Part 1) w/ Natalie Walker
Matt and guest Natalie Walker (The Big Gay Jamboree, Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse) blast off into the glittering, vodka-drenched universe of Natasha,…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Matt Reviews: Punch, Waiting for Godot, ART, Bat Boy & More
Matt returns with a packed roundup of New York’s latest plays and musicals — from existential despair to gay country catharsis. In this marathon of o…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Matt Reviews: KISS OF THE SPIDERWOMAN (2025) w/ Ali Gordon
Cinema in the Cell Block
In this episode, Matt and returning Pod Mother Ali Gordon dive into the latest movie musical: Kiss of the Spider Woman. Adapt…
9 months ago