Musical Hell
Celebrating the worst (and occasionally the best) musicals on film

Monday, January 18, 2021
At the Source: My Love, My Love or The Peasant Girl by Rosa Guy
Monday, January 4, 2021
Musical Hell 100th EPISODE SPECIAL: Cats
Well, 100 episodes later I'm still doing this bad musicals thing and you're still watching. Good for both of us! And what better way to celebrate than with the notorious experience that is Cats?!
Monday, December 21, 2020
MHTV HOLIDAY SPECIAL: Rapsittie Street Kids Believe in Santa
So this is the time of year when I usually talk about holiday musical offerings, only....well, this year sucks. So you're getting a special treat: this infamous television special from the early 2000s! Happy holidays one and all!
Monday, December 7, 2020
Musical Hell: La La Land
Happy "FINALLY, 2020 is almost over!" everyone! Time for a little December award bait with the well-intentioned but fatally flawed La La Land!
Monday, November 16, 2020
At the Source: Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini
Whew, everyone come off their post-election hangover? Good! Now we can talk about Orientalism and ambiguous representations of the American Dream as we talk about the opera behind Miss Saigon, Madama Butterfly!
Monday, November 2, 2020
Musical Hell: The Lion King (2019)
Here's something to distract you from your pre-election anxiety: me spending eighteen minutes wondering why the "live-action" adaptation of The Lion King is a thing!
Monday, October 19, 2020
Know the Score: A Strange Loop
Broadway's dark until mid-2021, which sucks. So here's a video about the Pulitzer-winning A Strange Loop, which does not suck.