"The Show Must Go OFF" (w/ Laura Benanti)
Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang

"The Show Must Go OFF" (w/ Laura Benanti)

B1IntermediateSeptember 16, 20261 hr 28 min

The unreal Laura Benanti joins Matt + Bowen for a lil' Las Cultch that is performed in exactly the CORRECT key! That means the first ever Maria Von Trapp is in the studio! As well as the first Gypsy Rose Lee, the first Melania Trump, the first Eliza Doolittle and the SECOND Claudia from Nine! The three all come together, forming a trine, to ask... what is the POINT of vacation? What does it mean to be Italian, not by blood, but by love? What is the backstage etiquette when your friend is in a show that is awful? When i...

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This is an iHeart Podcast, guaranteed human. Harry Styles, you're on burn notice. I'll see you soon. Look man, oh I see him, how am I?

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Bowen look over there. Is that culture? Oh my goodness. Oh wow.

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Las Culturistas. Ding dong, Las Culturistas calling. Do you know what I realized today? What?

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