Introducing... The Gospel of Musical Theatre!

The Gospel of Musical Theatre

If you're just joining us... It's priestly, it's profane, it's the queerest thing we've ever done – it's the Gospel of Musical Theatre, the podcast that dives deep into the spirituality of musical theatre!

When we can't find any spiritual themes to talk about, we talk about the clothes and the chorus boys.

Previous seasons:

Season 1: Rodgers & Hammerstein

Season 2: Lerner & Loewe

Season 3: Stephen Sondheim

Season 4: Andrew Lloyd Weber

Season 5: Barbra Streisand

Bonus episodes:

• Schmigadoon, Season 1
• Schmigadoon, Season 2
• Steven Spielberg's West Side Story
• The Music Man (Pride Edition!)
• Sondheim & Judaism

Meet the Hosts:

Nathan LeRud is a native Oregonian, a pastor’s kid, and a musical theatre geek. With degrees in theology (General Theological Seminary) and English (Whitman College), his great loves are teaching the Bible, exploring Oregon history, attending vintage matinees at the Hollywood Theatre and finding the intersection of popular culture and religion. Nathan is currently Dean of Trinity Cathedral in Portland, Oregon. He also knows how to clog.

Peter Elliott has loved musical theatre his whole life. At age 12, he appeared as Oliver Twist in a semi-professional production of Oliver! During his time as Dean of Christ Church Cathedral in Vancouver, British Columbia, it was the location of many musical theatre productions, including a memorable three night revue of the work of Stephen Sondheim September in the Cathedral with Sondheim, and Jubilation: 125 Years of Musical Theatre.