Scene to Song

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Hosted by writer Shoshana Greenberg, Scene to Song brings on a guest to talk about a musical, musical theater writer, or a topic or trend in musical theater. Theme music by Julia Meinwald.

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Thursday Dec 18, 2025

Zora Neale Hurston's Anthropological Musical with Jordan Ealey (Ep. 129)

Thursday Dec 18, 2025

Did you know writer and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston wrote a musical? Now you do!

Multidisciplinary Black feminist scholar-artist Jordan Ealey discusses Hurston’s 1944 musical Polk County and what this anthropological musical was like, as well as its past and future in the musical theater canon. We also discuss “Sweet Chitty Chatty” from Kirsten Childs’s 2000 musical The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin.

Join us for the annual Scene to Song Live Show on December 22nd at 8PM EST- streaming on Scene to Song's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@SceneToSong

Music played in this episode:

"Halihmuhfack"

“Wake Up, Jacob”

“Sweet Chitty Chatty” from The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin

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