I miss going to live Theater, and what makes it harder still is not knowing when it will be possible to sit in a theater again (or when I will feel comfortable doing so). But, thankfully, theater folk are creative, problem-solving types, and they have found ways around our current situation, to the benefit of theater-lovers everywhere. The show must go on— right? I had the recent pleasure of spending time hunkered down in my basement, (I know it doesn’t sound all that pleasant, but it was), listening to an entertaining and smartly-executed Musical, “Bleeding Love” now available on the Broadway Podcast Network, performed as a musical podcast—with a stellar cast of Broadway powerhouses.

Now, you do not have to hunker down in your basement to enjoy “Bleeding Love”, but it does kind of set the stage nicely since the subject matter is a bit dark. In fact, the show is set in a post-apocalyptic world that has grown so dangerous parents won’t let their children outside. (Sound familiar?) There’s also no sunlight any longer due to extreme climate change. (Hopefully, this is not next.) In this backdrop, a sequestered teen cellist, a gifted cellist, named Bronwyn (2-time Tony … Continue reading..