Take Me to the World Musical Theatre Podcast

Episode 26 - Horror Musicals

Alouise Dittrick — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 23:00:39 +0000

Episode 26 is all about Horror Musicals. This episode is being released just in time for Halloween, but you can enjoy horror musicals any time of the year. Learn what a horror musical and what it isn't. In this episode I talk about a few horror musicals I've seen including:

Carrie: The Musical
Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe
Evil Dead: The Musical
Little Shop of Horrors
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Conjoined: A New Musical
Krampus: A New Musical
Final Girl A New Musical

Resources for this episode and a list of the musicals I'm hoping to see for this series can be found at takemetotheworld.com/musical-podcast-episode-26

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Episode 25 - Golden Age Musicals: Oklahoma and The Sound of Music

Alouise Dittrick — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 21:06:35 +0000

Episode 25 is the start of new series all about Golden Age Musical. In this episode I talk about two classic Golden Age Musicals by Rodgers & Hammerstein, Oklahoma and The Sound of Music.

Resources for this episode and a list of the musicals I'm hoping to see for this series can be found at takemetotheworld.com/musical-podcast-episode-25 .

Remember to subscribe and share this podcast with your friends. Thanks for listening.

Episode 24 - 2024 Edmonton Fringe Festival

Alouise Dittrick — Sat, 17 Aug 2024 21:14:09 +0000

Episode 24 is all about the Edmonton International Fringe Festival. This is my favourite festival in Edmonton and I try to go each year. In this episode I share the shows I'm seeing, share my Fringe tips & tricks, and give you some other show recommendations.

View the resource guide for this episode at takemetotheworld.com/musical-podcast-episode-24

Note I had planned to do this as a two-part series, but did not finished the second part.

More information about The Edmonton International Fringe Festival can be found at https://tickets.fringetheatre.ca

Episode 23 - Shows I've Seen at MacEwan Theatre

Alouise Dittrick — Fri, 29 Mar 2024 22:48:51 +0000

For episode 23 of the podcast I give my thoughts on the shows I've seen since 2023 (so far) at MacEwan Theatre in Edmonton, Canada. These shows are Spring Awakening, [title of show], Legally Blonde, Twelfth Night, and Sunday in the Park with George.

Resources for this episode can be found at https://takemetotheworld.com/musical-podcast-episode-23

I also have an accompanying blog post about the pros and cons of seeing shows at MacEwan and whether its worth getting season tickets. That's available to read at https://takemetotheworld.com/review-macewan-theatre

Episode 22 – Visual Element Series: Choreography

Alouise Dittrick — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 04:29:02 +0000

Episode 22 is part 4 of my visual elements series. Here I discuss choreography and my perspective on how choreography is used in musicals.

Find resources for this episode at takemetotheworld.com/musical-podcast-episode-22

Episode 21 - What I've Been Up To

Alouise Dittrick — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 03:32:29 +0000

This is an episode where I talk about bringing the podcast back (with some caveats), and the shows I've seen since the last episode, and shows I'm seeing coming up. Also I tell you why I'm a liar.

Check out resources for this episode at takemetotheworld.com/musical-podcast-episode-21

Episode 20 – A Very Special Episode

Alouise Dittrick — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 20:18:27 +0000

Episode 20 of the Take Me To The World Musical Theatre Podcast is a very special episode with a very special announcement.

Check out resources for this episode at takemetotheworld.com/musical-podcast-episode-20

Episode 19 – Visual Element Series: Lighting Design

Alouise Dittrick — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 01:04:24 +0000

Episode 19 is part 3 in my visual elements series. In this episode I talk about lighting design focusing on how it's used in Hamilton.

Check out resource for this episode at takemetotheworld.com/musical-podcast-episode-19/

Episode 18 - Five Musicals I Love But Have Never Seen

Alouise Dittrick — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 04:33:16 +0000

On this episode of the Take Me to the World Musical Theatre podcast I talk about five musicals I've listened to numerous times but have never seen (or screen or on film). There are no spoilers for the shows discussed in this episode.

Check out resources for this episode at takemetotheworld.com/musical-podcast-episode-18

Episode 17 – Visual Element Series: Set

Alouise Dittrick — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 21:02:21 +0000

Episode 17 is another installment of the visual elements series I've started. In this episode I talk about the set in a musical. Spoilers ahead for the musical Sunday in the Park with George.

Check out resources for this episode at takemetotheworld.com/musical-podcast-episode-17

Episode 16 - Some Thoughts on Movie Musicals

Alouise Dittrick — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 01:01:04 +0000

Episode 16 of the Take Me To The World Musical Theatre Podcast is a short episode where I give some thoughts on the future movie musicals, including a few I watched this year. While this episode discusses In The Heights, Inside, Hamilton and tick, tick... BOOM! there are no spoilers for these shows in this episode.

Check out resources for this episode at takemetotheworld.com/musical-podcast-episode-16

Episode 15 – Visual Element Series: Props

Alouise Dittrick — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 04:35:59 +0000

This is the first episode in a series on The Take Me To The World Musical Theatre Podcast that I'm doing about visual elements in musicals. Today I'll be talking about props and how they can help enhance our understanding of a musical's setting, characters, plot, and theme. Full spoilers for the musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

Check out resources for this episode at takemetotheworld.com/musical-podcast-episode-15

Episode 14 – Some Random Musical Related Thoughts

Alouise Dittrick — Sun, 14 Feb 2021 03:10:55 +0000

This is a very random episode of The Take Me To The World Musical Theatre Podcast where I talk about a few musical related topics that don't require their own in-depth episode. Topics include if/when I will spoil a musical for myself, whether or not I only listen to musical cast recordings, and a random thing that sometimes happens in cast recording that makes me deliriously happy.

Check out resources for this episode at takemetotheworld.com/musical-podcast-episode-14

Episode 13 – An Analysis of Act 2 of Cabaret, and Some of Its Characters and Themes

Alouise Dittrick — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 22:49:12 +0000

In this podcast episode, I take a look at Act 2 of the musical Cabaret and discuss some of the characters and themes in the show. This is the final part of my series on the musical Cabaret. As a reminder, I am using the 1998 Broadway Revival version of Cabaret. There are major spoilers for Cabaret in this episode.

Check out resources for this episode at takemetotheworld.com/musical-podcast-episodes-11-12-13

Episode 12 - An Analysis of Act 1 of Cabaret

Alouise Dittrick — Thu, 10 Sep 2020 01:17:33 +0000

In episode 12 of the Take Me to the World Musical Theatre Podcast, I talk about Act 1 of the musical Cabaret. This is part one of a multiple-episode analysis on the musical Cabaret. For this series, I'll be using the 1998 Broadway Revival version. There are major spoilers for Cabaret in this episode.

Check out resources for this episode at takemetotheworld.com/musical-podcast-episodes-11-12-13

Episode 11 - A Brief History of the Musical Cabaret

Alouise Dittrick — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 21:06:41 +0000

In episode 11 of the Take Me to the World Musical Theatre Podcast, I talk a little bit about the history and my experience with the musical Cabaret. This is part one of a multiple-episode analysis on the musical Cabaret. For this series, I'll be using the 1998 Broadway Revival version.

Check out resources for this episode at takemetotheworld.com/musical-podcast-episodes-11-12-13

Episode 10 - Love Never Dies

Alouise Dittrick — Sat, 02 May 2020 00:41:54 +0000

Episode 10 of The Take Me to the World Musical Theatre Podcast I talk about the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Love Never Dies, which is a sequel to his most successful musical The Phantom of the Opera. There are spoilers for both of these shows throughout this episode.

Find resources for this episode at takemetotheworld.com/musical-podcast-episode-10

Episode 9 - Reviews of Come From Away, Six, and Waitress

Alouise Dittrick — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 00:06:37 +0000

In this episode, I review the three shows I saw in 2019, which were Come From Away, Six, and Waitress. Potential spoilers for these three shows are in this episode. If you want to try to avoid spoilers here's when the reviews start for each show.

Come From Away review starts around the 6:19 mark.
Six review starts around the 10:32 mark.
Waitress review starts around the 17:36 mark.

Check out resources for this episode at takemetotheworld.com/musical-podcast-episode-9

Episode 8 - A Chat About Musicals With Friends

Alouise Dittrick — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 20:38:23 +0000

For episode 8 I invited a couple of friends over to talk about musicals. We talk about some of our favourite and least favourite musicals. In this episode lots of giggling and nerding out about musicals.

Find resources for this episode at takemetotheworld.com/musical-podcast-episode-8

Episode 7 - The I Want Song

Alouise Dittrick — Thu, 24 Oct 2019 18:43:32 +0000

In episode 7 of the Take Me to the World Musical Theatre Podcast, I talk about The I Want Song; one of my favourite types of songs in musical theatre. I go into what the I want song is, why it's used, and a few different types of the I want song.

Find resources for this episode at takemetotheworld.com/musical-podcast-episode-7

Episode 6 - Opening Numbers

Alouise Dittrick — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 02:35:21 +0000

Episode 6 of the Take Me to the World Musical Theatre Podcast is all about opening numbers in musicals. I talk about overtures, preludes, prologues and other opening numbers in some well-known stage musicals.

Find resources for this episode at takemetotheworld.com/musical-podcast-episode-6

Episode 5 - Hamilton

Alouise Dittrick — Sat, 18 May 2019 17:12:44 +0000

Episode 5 of the Take Me to the World Musical Theatre Podcast is all about the musical Hamilton. I saw this musical last year and go into the experience of seeing Hamilton, as well as some of the perceptions and biases I had about the show before I saw it.

Find resources for this episode at takemetotheworld.com/musical-podcast-episode-5

Episode 4 - Movie Musicals

Alouise Dittrick — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 06:54:30 +0000

In this episode, I get into movie musicals. I talk about a couple of different types of movie musicals. I also get into a few of the good and bad points about movie musicals and discuss some of my favourite movie musicals (and some of my least favourite movie musicals).

Find resources for this episode at takemetotheworld.com/musical-podcast-episode-4

Episode 3 - Talking About a Musical I Hate

Alouise Dittrick — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 22:02:05 +0000

I love musicals, but it turns out I don't love all musicals. In this episode, I'm gonna talk about a musical I truly hated and regretted seeing. I'll discuss why this musical was so bad, and what I wish it had done instead. If you want to hear me get really angry over a musical this is the show for you.

Find resources for this episode at takemetotheworld.com/musical-podcast-episode-3

Episode 2 - All About Jukebox Musicals

Alouise Dittrick — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 03:21:49 +0000

Episode 2 of the Take Me to the World Musical Theatre Podcast is all about Jukebox Musicals. I'll be giving some examples of different musicals, and I'll be talking about the two categories that you can break most jukebox musicals into. I talk about some good and bad points about jukebox musicals in general, and why I think it's important to talk about and see jukebox musicals.

Find resources for this episode at takemetotheworld.com/musical-podcast-episode-2

Episode 1 - Musicals and Why I Love Them So Much

Alouise Dittrick — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 18:27:09 +0000

In the first episode of Take Me to the World Musical Theatre Podcast, I'll be talking about what musicals are. As well I'll be telling you about myself and why I love musicals, including some of the first musicals I saw like The Little Mermaid and The Phantom of the Opera.

Find resources for this episode at takemetotheworld.com/musical-podcast-episode-1