In this episode, musical theater writer Christie Baugher discusses the female gaze in musical theater, from Oklahoma to Fun Home. We also talk about Micki Grant's song "Cleanin' Women" from the 1978 musical Working.
Scene to Song Episode 109: Jeanine Tesori Musicals
Scene to Song Episode 108: The Bimbo or Ditz Character in Sondheim Musicals
Scene to Song Episode 107: Neurodivergence and Disability Representation in The Light in the Piazza.
Scene to Song Episode 106: Comedy Songs in Musical Theater
Scene to Song Episode 105: Class, Race, and Gender Anxiety in Little Shop of Horrors
Scene to Song Episode 104: Leonard Bernstein's New York City
Scene to Song Episode 103: Season 6 Finale
Scene to Song Episode 102: Mary Rodgers, Marshall Barer, Jay Thompson, and Dean Fuller’s Once Upon a Mattress
Scene to Song Episode 101: David Bryan and Joe DiPietro’s Diana
Scene to Song Episode 100: TV Musical Episodes Part II
Scene to Song Episode 99: Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron’s Fun Home
Scene to Song Episode 98: Michael John LaChiusa and Sybille Pearson’s Giant
Scene to Song Episode 97: The Character of Rose in Gypsy
Scene to Song Episode 96: The Musicals of Kurt Weill
Scene to Song Episode 95: Five-Year Anniversary Live Show
Scene to Song 5th Anniversary Show Teaser
Scene to Song Episode 94: Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek, and Justin Paul’s Dear Evan Hansen
Scene to Song Episode 93: Podcast Musicals
Scene to Song Episode 92: Marriage in Musical Theater
Scene to Song Episode 91: Stephen Sondheim’s Obsession with Moments and Dreams in His 1980s Musicals.
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