Bros Before Shows

OSCAR SPECIAL TIME!! This week the Tiemstra Bros. review the surprise Best Picture 2016 winner Moonlight, adapted from the unpublished "In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue". Do they merely grasp at straws for nearly 40 minutes or do they actually have something meaningful to say about this quite meaningful award winner? Edited and Co-hosted by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Co-hosted and Produced by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar)

This week, Matt & Rob watch and discuss their first Tyler Perry movie! Will it be a faithful adaptation of the Iconic Choreopoem, or a melodramatic mess that doesn't do its source material justice! Listen to find out! And then maybe listen to some people of color discuss this film, because we are nowhere near qualified... CONTACT THE SHOW: BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com Hosted by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) and Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay)

For part 3 of our Black History Month series, we're covering a film that Spike [Lee] hates: The controversial in hindsight Driving Miss Daisy! CONTACT THE SHOW: BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com Hosted by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) and Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay)

Continuing Black History Month, the Tiemstra Bros. (in a surprisingly spoiler-free episode) delve into Lorraine Hansberry's 1958 Classic adapted for a 1961 screen! Is Sydney Poitier able to do justice to the character he got a Tony nod for? Is the play really about his character, or is it about Claudia McNeil? And PIGLET?!?! Co-hosted and Edited by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Co-hosted and not edited by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar)  

We're starting Black History Month with one of the most successful black musicals of all time - The Wiz! As you'll learn in this episode, our hosts were in this musical in high school, playing a variety of roles. Next week, we're gonna leave some fruit outside. Namely, a Raisin in the Sun. CONTACT THE SHOW: BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com Hosted by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) and Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay)

It's cross-dressin' time! Well, it always is, but this time it is in 1934 Paris! Join the Tiemstra Bros. as we visit this '82 exploration of Homosexuality, cross-dressing, and gender politics in a world that doesn't quite understand any of it. Does it hold up, or is it a cringefest? Edited by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Co-hosted by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar)

There was only so many Shakespeare Adaptations we could cover before we got to Kenneth Branagh, the Northern Irish actor and filmmaker who made some of the most iconic Shakespeare film adaptations! But for our first foray into his filmography, we're talking about one of his less popular efforts: Love's Labour's Lost! CONTACT THE SHOW: BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com Hosted by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) and Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay)

"This movie should be called 'the Greatest Conman'" - Matt, minutes after finishing recording. This new year, we're starting with a special episode analyzing the new musical film 'The Greatest Showman' a film that's a musical based on the real life of P.T. Barnum, in that the main character is named P.T. Barnum... and basically nothing else. Contact the show at BrosBeforeShows@aol.com Co-hosted and Edited by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Co-hosted by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar)  

It's our last episode of 2017, and we're taking on the White Whale of Movie musicals: Tom Hooper's 2012 adaptation of Les Miserables! A film that a lot of musical theater fans hate with a passion that both of us actually liked when it came out. Stay tuned for how our opinions have changed. CONTACT THE SHOW: BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com Edited by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) Hosted by Robert and Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay)

For our post-Hanukkah pre-Christmas episode, the Tiemstra Bros. review the musical epic Fiddler on the Roof! Does this adaptation deserve its length (that of a small miniseries or a regular-sized David Lean film)? Is this indeed the definitive cinematic version of the '60s classic? Find out in this unusually spoiler-safe episode! Edited by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Co-hosted by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar)

It's the holiday season and subtext is in the air as the Tiemstra Brothers review the 1994 British comedic chamber piece My Night With Reg and its 1997 BBC adaptation! Who says a straight-to-TV adaptation of a play in the 90s can't be good? Well, we might, but you can find out now! CONTACT THE SHOW: BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com Co-hosted and Edited by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Co-hosted and Produced by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar)

Once again, we're talking about a play one of us was actually IN, John Guare's Six Degrees of Separation, a play about abstract art, con artists, and cameos from future Star Wars directors! CONTACT THE SHOW: BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com Hosted by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) and Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Next week: My Night with Reg!

For the beginning of our second season(ish), we're doing something completely different: Profiling one of our favorite playwrights-turned-filmmakers, Martin McDonagh! CONTACT THE SHOW: BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com Hosted by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) and Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Next week: Six Degrees of Separation by John Guare!

CONTENT WARNING: Mention of Assault, the fate of Misty Upham. It's a really good play, but does that guarantee an iconic film? The Tiemstra brothers tackle the 2013 Meryl Streep Vehicle based on the Pulitzer Prize winning family dramedy. Just in time for Thanksgiving! CONTACT THE SHOW: BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com Hosted by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) and Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Two weeks from now, we're beginning our second season with a profile of Playwright turned Filmmaker Martin McDonagh!

It's Aaron Sorkin time! This week, the Brothers Tiemstra review the West Wing Mastermind's breakthrough play/film A Few Good Men. Is this a good adaptation? Is that the truth? And can they handle it? Co-hosted and Edited by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Co-hosted and Produced by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar)

This week, the Tiemstra Brothers tackle one of the most famous modern ballet musicals and the film it was based on! Quite a few spoilers in this episode, and also a few mediocre English accents! CONTACT THE SHOW: BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com Hosted by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) and Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay)

CW: Discussion of violence, cannibalism, and a mention of sexual assault. And spoilers. For our SUPER LONG HALLOWEEN FINALE, the Tiemstra Bros. discuss their favorite musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Attend the incredibly strange tale of this dark comedy eventually turned broadway thriller! What happened then, well that's the 'cast and to give it away would put us on blast. Edited (eventually) by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Co-hosted and produced by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar)

Join us in a dystopian future this week, as we discuss the 2008 cult horror/sci-fi musical Repo! The Genetic Opera! Spoiler alert: Matt is not into it. Rob is a little more into it, but still not. CONTACT THE SHOW: BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com HOSTED BY Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) and Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Read Rob's horror fiction: https://raremiststories.wordpress.com/ Or listen to Rob on Season 3 Episode 5 of this Glee Podcast: http://gleepodcast.libsyn.com/

Things are getting bloody and quirky in this second edition of the Bros. Before Shows Halloween series, as we talk about how this weird little film became a weird little musical and then a weird little musical film... Contact the show at BrosBeforeShows@Aol.com Co-hosted by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) Co-hosted and edited by Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) Rob's short stories: raremiststories.wordpress.com Also listen to Rob on the latest episode of the podcast "There's Nothing Ironic About Show Choir"

Happy Halloween month! This month, we're going for a theme of covering macabre and spooky plays & musicals! For our first entry in this series: Young Frankenstein! Young Frankenstein the movie is a solid gold comedy classic from 1974. Young Frankenstein the musical also exists. Let's talk about it. CONTACT THE SHOW: BrosBeforeShows@AOL.com Hosted by Robert Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) and Matthew Tiemstra (@ClockworkPlay) For some horror short stories Rob is writing this October, go to http://raremiststories.wordpress.com