My latest Track by Track takes on Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame, a film I still cannot quite believe exists under the Disney banner at all. It is dark, daring, musically ambitious, and for my money, one of the best animated movie musicals ever made.

With Easter Weekend upon us, I took on the 2011 Godspell revival recording and honestly, it made me appreciate the show more than I expected.

This week in my cast recording series, I took on The Addams Family original Broadway cast album. Despite this show’s massive popularity in schools and colleges, it has never quite been my thing. But let’s give it another shot.

I’m starting a new series where I listen to cast recordings track by track, hand out a few totally subjective awards, and decide whether they still slap today. First up: The Phantom of the Opera original London cast recording.

Every so often, I hear from theatre people who were told by a professor or teacher that this just “wasn’t for them.” And every time, I have the same reaction: where do these people get the nerve?

If you were a theatre kid, you already know the show was never really over at curtain call. The real final act happened in a diner booth somewhere after midnight with coffee, fries, and a cast still buzzing from the stage.

Valentine’s Day weekend felt like the perfect excuse to list some of my favorite love songs in musical theatre. From Pippin to Songs for a New World to Honk!, this list is full of romance, heartbreak, deep cuts, and a few choices that will absolutely start a group chat debate.

Groundhog Day is one of the most underrated musicals of the last decade, funny as hell, sneakily devastating, and way smarter than people give it credit for.

Should The Wedding Singer get a Broadway revival after nearly 20 years? I kind of think yes.

Hot take that shouldn’t be a hot take: The Full Monty is vastly underrated, David Yazbek is one of Broadway’s smartest composers, and this show would hit hard in 2026.