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The Worst of All Possible Worlds

98 - Rent (feat. Michael R. Jackson)

Aug 2, 2023
01:58:29

Pulitzer-Prize winning composer and playwright Michael R. Jackson (A Strange Loop, White Girl in Danger!) joins the lads in lighting up a mean blaze with posters (and screenplays!) as they dive headlong into the grunge and Gen X angst of Jonathan Larson’s Pulitzer-Prize winning musical watershed: Rent. Topics include the influential score, the show’s vague politics, and the lasting legacy of one of the most seminal rock musicals of all time.

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Michael R. Jackson - Twitter // Instagram // Website // A Strange Loop (UK) Tickets

Media Referenced in Episode:

TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com

Commercial: “You’ll Die Alone” - Music by Jonathan Larson - Lyrics by Dr. Samuel Bultch, D.D.S. - feat. Eleanor Philips as “Roger 

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