<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0" encoding="UTF-8" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:admin="http://webns.net/mvcb/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:fireside="http://fireside.fm/modules/rss/fireside">
  <channel>
    <fireside:hostname>web01.fireside.fm</fireside:hostname>
    <fireside:genDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:19:28 -0500</fireside:genDate>
    <generator>Fireside (https://fireside.fm)</generator>
    <title>Playing By Ear - Episodes Tagged with “Musical Theater”</title>
    <link>https://playingbyear.fireside.fm/tags/musical%20theater</link>
    <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
    <description>Every episode of this podcast Doug, Ami, and Kyle break an album down, track by track, to cover why it's not only worth playing, but replaying.</description>
    <language>en-us</language>
    <itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type>
    <itunes:subtitle>Every episode of this podcast breaks an album down, track by track, to cover why it's not only worth playing, but replaying.</itunes:subtitle>
    <itunes:author>Doug Lief</itunes:author>
    <itunes:summary>Every episode of this podcast Doug, Ami, and Kyle break an album down, track by track, to cover why it's not only worth playing, but replaying.</itunes:summary>
    <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/4/49a771ad-9a98-4baf-a9e7-1c01a3752400/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
    <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
    <itunes:keywords>music, music theory, songwriting, rock, pop, metal, alternative, r&amp;b, rock and roll, rock &amp; roll</itunes:keywords>
    <itunes:owner>
      <itunes:name>Doug Lief</itunes:name>
      <itunes:email>djlief@gmail.com</itunes:email>
    </itunes:owner>
<itunes:category text="Music">
  <itunes:category text="Music Commentary"/>
</itunes:category>
<itunes:category text="Music">
  <itunes:category text="Music History"/>
</itunes:category>
<item>
  <title>Hedwig and the Angry Inch: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack</title>
  <link>https://playingbyear.fireside.fm/21</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">012c0c61-1fde-4e56-9496-e8fbff2904c1</guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Doug Lief</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/49a771ad-9a98-4baf-a9e7-1c01a3752400/012c0c61-1fde-4e56-9496-e8fbff2904c1.mp3" length="105631199" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Doug Lief</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>To honor Pride Month we start by tearing down walls revisiting the glam rock soundtrack of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch". It's the 25th anniversary of John Cameron Mitchell's landmark adaptation of the stage production about a fictional icon whose gender and sexuality are simultaneously right in the middle, babe, and nothing at all. Stephen Trask's songs continue to shine like the brightest star, a transmission on the midnight radio.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:46:31</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/4/49a771ad-9a98-4baf-a9e7-1c01a3752400/episodes/0/012c0c61-1fde-4e56-9496-e8fbff2904c1/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;To honor Pride Month we start by tearing down walls revisiting the glam rock soundtrack of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch". It's the 25th anniversary of John Cameron Mitchell's landmark adaptation of the stage production about a fictional icon whose gender and sexuality are simultaneously right in the middle, babe, and nothing at all. Stephen Trask's songs continue to shine like the brightest star, a transmission on the midnight radio.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Please listen along with us. Your homework for next time is "Wide Open Spaces" by The Chicks.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Be sure to check out out our other podcasts. There is "Nostalgium Arcanum" (&lt;a href="https://nostalgiumarcanum.fireside.fm/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://nostalgiumarcanum.fireside.fm/&lt;/a&gt;) for more pop culture from the past. There is also our Jim Henson show, "Still Muppeting", which is available at patreon.com/stillloadingpod.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Find us on the socials here:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Facebook: &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/4009185735998587/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.facebook.com/groups/4009185735998587/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Instagram: &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/playingbyearpod/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.instagram.com/playingbyearpod/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ami's handmade earrings can be found at &lt;a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/MomoBunnysmoreCo" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.etsy.com/shop/MomoBunnysmoreCo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Check out Kyle's band, Kyle and The Silver Dork, wherever you get you music, or here on youtube: &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0cxlTh9yM7rSBkZBb5aIKw" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0cxlTh9yM7rSBkZBb5aIKw&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Musical Credits:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Playing By Ear Theme - Kyle Lieberman&lt;br&gt;
All music from Hedwig and the Angry Inch by Stephen Trask &lt;/p&gt;
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>gay, lesbian, queer, trans, lgbt, lgbtq, lgbtq+, pride, pride month, musical, musicals, glam, glam rock, rock music, music, songwriting, theater, theatre, musical theater</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>To honor Pride Month we start by tearing down walls revisiting the glam rock soundtrack of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch". It's the 25th anniversary of John Cameron Mitchell's landmark adaptation of the stage production about a fictional icon whose gender and sexuality are simultaneously right in the middle, babe, and nothing at all. Stephen Trask's songs continue to shine like the brightest star, a transmission on the midnight radio.</p>

<p>Please listen along with us. Your homework for next time is "Wide Open Spaces" by The Chicks.</p>

<p>Be sure to check out out our other podcasts. There is "Nostalgium Arcanum" (<a href="https://nostalgiumarcanum.fireside.fm/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://nostalgiumarcanum.fireside.fm/</a>) for more pop culture from the past. There is also our Jim Henson show, "Still Muppeting", which is available at patreon.com/stillloadingpod.</p>

<p>Find us on the socials here:</p>

<p>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/4009185735998587/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.facebook.com/groups/4009185735998587/</a><br>
Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/playingbyearpod/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.instagram.com/playingbyearpod/</a></p>

<p>Ami's handmade earrings can be found at <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/MomoBunnysmoreCo" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.etsy.com/shop/MomoBunnysmoreCo</a></p>

<p>Check out Kyle's band, Kyle and The Silver Dork, wherever you get you music, or here on youtube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0cxlTh9yM7rSBkZBb5aIKw" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0cxlTh9yM7rSBkZBb5aIKw</a></p>

<p>Musical Credits:</p>

<p>Playing By Ear Theme - Kyle Lieberman<br>
All music from Hedwig and the Angry Inch by Stephen Trask</p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>To honor Pride Month we start by tearing down walls revisiting the glam rock soundtrack of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch". It's the 25th anniversary of John Cameron Mitchell's landmark adaptation of the stage production about a fictional icon whose gender and sexuality are simultaneously right in the middle, babe, and nothing at all. Stephen Trask's songs continue to shine like the brightest star, a transmission on the midnight radio.</p>

<p>Please listen along with us. Your homework for next time is "Wide Open Spaces" by The Chicks.</p>

<p>Be sure to check out out our other podcasts. There is "Nostalgium Arcanum" (<a href="https://nostalgiumarcanum.fireside.fm/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://nostalgiumarcanum.fireside.fm/</a>) for more pop culture from the past. There is also our Jim Henson show, "Still Muppeting", which is available at patreon.com/stillloadingpod.</p>

<p>Find us on the socials here:</p>

<p>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/4009185735998587/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.facebook.com/groups/4009185735998587/</a><br>
Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/playingbyearpod/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.instagram.com/playingbyearpod/</a></p>

<p>Ami's handmade earrings can be found at <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/MomoBunnysmoreCo" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.etsy.com/shop/MomoBunnysmoreCo</a></p>

<p>Check out Kyle's band, Kyle and The Silver Dork, wherever you get you music, or here on youtube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0cxlTh9yM7rSBkZBb5aIKw" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0cxlTh9yM7rSBkZBb5aIKw</a></p>

<p>Musical Credits:</p>

<p>Playing By Ear Theme - Kyle Lieberman<br>
All music from Hedwig and the Angry Inch by Stephen Trask</p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
  </channel>
</rss>
