Matt Baume

Are the witches of Wicked queer? How about the witches in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz? There's a lot of rumors and speculation about the actors in both films, with some sources claiming Glinda actress Billie Burke and Wicked Witch actress Margaret Hamilton were both friends of Dorothy. So let's t

The second of the Wicked films comes out later this month, and so for this week’s episode of The Sewers of Paris podcast we’re jumping into the archives to hear my 2017 chat with Tony winner Stephen Oremus, who was the music director for Wicked on Broadway and conducted the orchestras for the two Wi

On last week’s episode of The Sewers of Paris, I talked with comedian Tim Murray, co-star of the new show Wish You Were Queer, alongside Michael Henry and Trixie Mattel. This week, we’re going behind the scenes to chat with the show’s producer, Frank Spadafora. Frank’s a former theater kid who reali

Stepping out of the wood, out of the dark, out of the night, the so-cast pod is back for a chat about the surprising parallels between Wicked and My So-Called Life! Sure, Winnie Holzman is one of the main writers behind both projects, so it makes sense that they'd have some things in common -- and w

Before we get to this week’s episode, I have a question for you. And that question is … do you have any questions for me? I ask because we’re coming up on the 500th episode of The Sewers of Paris next month, and to celebrate I’m going to be doing a special Q&A episode where I answer questions from l

There’s a new trailer out for the upcoming Wicked movie, so I thought it was a good time to dive into the Sewers of Paris podcast archives to revisit my chat with Gregory Maguire, author of the Wicked novel, among many other works. Though I’m sure you’re familiar with his book and the musical adapta