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One Hand, One Heart – West Side Story (with William White)
One Hand, One Heart is when our main characters sing about their future wedding. The music to this song was written first and Sondheim felt a bit hampered by that. Kyl...
Cool – West Side Story (with Ben Zuk)
What's considered cool nowadays? Stephen Sondheim definitely didn't create the word cool, but he used it to great effect in West Side Story. While this may not be his ...
America – West Side Story (with Isaac Bernier-Doyle)
Isaac Bernier-Doyle dials in from London, England to discuss why the song "America" from West Side Story may be more relevant today than when it was originally written...
Tonight – West Side Story (with Erik Stadnik)
Erik Stadnik joins the podcast to revel in the beauty of the music but also (what he thinks) is the dumbness of the lyrics in the song Tonight from West Side Story. Th...
Maria – West Side Story (with Karen Unland)
Karen Unland is the president of The Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB, which promotes and supports Alberta-made podcasts and connects their audiences with Alber...
The Dance at the Gym – West Side Story (with Christifer Duxbury)
Christifer Duxbury is a local dance instructor and choreographer who lends insight as to why certain dance movements are chosen over others. Kyle and Christifer provid...
Something's Coming – West Side Story (with Nick Driscoll)
Nick Driscoll gives an actor's perspective on how you can perform Tony's first song in West Side Story. Kyle marvels that Sondheim was invested in the song matching th...
Prologue and Jet Song – West Side Story (with Joe Slabe)
Our debut episode has local theatre director Joe Slabe discuss not only the genius of Stephen Sondheim but also the genius of his collaborators on West Side Story.