https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-u9kuh-1782ded
No new episode for holiday week 2024!
Also, Aaron is taking a break from creating new episodes for a while, as he gets ready to direct a big production. See you sometime in the new year!
Theatre Hauntings
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-qm2dk-1768e6b
Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and returning guests Dustin Hebert and Zach Schneider examine the phenomenon of theatre ghosts and some famous hauntings throughout the world.
Amusement Park Musicals
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-jbuja-17513f8
Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and returning guest Mary Kennedy “Shameless” dive deep into the world of Amusement Park Musicals, where many theatre professionals have gotten their start.
SOURCES for “Euripides, Eumenides: A Theatre History Podcast”
@MKennedyComedy – Instagram feed for Mary Kennedy
‘Cabaret’ and Controversy
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-yv3ud-173a484
Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) brings back returning guest Olivia Ruggiero for this milestone 100th episode. Aaron and Liv discuss the iconic musical ‘Cabaret’ and how it has been able to dodge controversy for decades despite difficult subject matter and a poignant message.
SOURCES for “Euripides, Eumenides: A Theatre History Podcast”
Aaron’s appearances on “The History of European Theatre,” all about the genre of the British Pantomime:
Playing Roxie Hart on Broadway
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-i355c-172358f
Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and returning guest Jenni Reed discuss the strategies and difficulties of playing Roxie Hart, the main character in the musical “Chicago,” and the many interesting iterations of the character seen on Broadway over the last several decades.
Popular Roman Entertainment
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-c7r5h-170a77b
Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) replays a section of his appearance on the podcast “High Tales of History,” in which he discussed with hosts Laurel Rockall and KT Wahl other methods of entertainment against which theatre had to compete for attention.
Play Spotlight – “Rhinoceros” by Eugene Ionesco
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-higjs-16ef896
Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) brings back a returning guest, his son Ethan, to discuss one of the most widely studied and performed plays of the twentieth century, the anti-totalitarian allegory, “Rhinoceros” by Eugene Ionesco.
The Kaiser Cracks Wise
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-xfsxp-16d66a3
Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) replays a section of his appearance on the podcast “High Tales of History,” in which he discussed with hosts Laurel Rockall and KT Wahl an incident in World War I which caused Kaiser Wilhelm II to make an uncharacteristic sarcastic comment at theatre’s expense.
“Over Here!” – The Musical
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-6ha52-16c2753
Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and returning guest Keylee Challender examine the 1974 patriotic original musical revue, “Over There!,” emulating the big band era of the 1940s and the war efforts at home to keep citizens positive. “Over Here!” became one of the best grossing musicals of that season.
William Kempe and the Nine Days Wonder
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-sjth3-16a99f9
Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and returning guest Zach Schneider discuss William Kempe, a comic actor in the time of Shakespeare, and a feat of endurance he set upon himself near the end of his career.