This time, we talk with renowned playwright Ken Ludwig and his right-hand Ashley Polasek (does that make her a Watson or a Moran?) about Ken’s new play Moriarty: A New Sherlock Holmes Adventure, and its world premiere at the Cleveland Play House. There are a lot of delightful peeks behind-the-scenes, some excellent insights into storytelling with Sherlockian characters, and,Continue reading “Episode 19: Moriarty on Stage, Part 1 — Talking with Ken Ludwig and Ashley Polasek”
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Review: Falling in love with Ken Ludwig’s Moriarty
Watson comes on stage, but remains quiet as an unexpectedly tense scene unfolds behind the curtains. We watch the shadows of the characters and listen in on an interrogation. The cold open effectively sets the tone for the rest of the piece — Ken Ludwig’s humor is still in play, but this is a darkerContinue reading “Review: Falling in love with Ken Ludwig’s Moriarty”
Episode 18: Live & Local at 221B Con – Open Canon, Insert Moriarty
It’s our first ever Live & Local episode, recorded at 221B Con in Atlanta, Georgia! The panel is “Open Canon, Insert Moriarty,” and the goal is to connect our favorite evil Professor (or his right-hand man) to any and all of the 57 canon stories that aren’t “The Final Problem,” “The Empty House,” or The Valley of Fear. Joining usContinue reading “Episode 18: Live & Local at 221B Con – Open Canon, Insert Moriarty”
Episode 17: Moriarty in the News
News, news, news! It’s a good time to be a Moriartian! He’s in comics, on Audible, on Star Trek, on stage, at 221B Con, and even, ostensibly, at Holmes in the Heartland! A quick note: We gave the original deadline, as we knew it, to book a room at the 221B Con hotel. Please note that the final cutoff date isContinue reading “Episode 17: Moriarty in the News”
Episode 16: Moriarty in Music
In this episode, we interview Josh Harvey to talk about Moriarty musical themes in adaptations, as well as Josh’s connection to Patrick Gowers and his ongoing musical project, Sketches of Scions! Plus, if you want to read his brilliant blog post about Moriarty and music, you can do so here. Also, as you can see, weContinue reading “Episode 16: Moriarty in Music”
Show notes: Episode 9 – 221B Con 2022 Recap
Oh my goodness, can it be? Actual show notes? It is! Hi all, Madeline here! My apologies, guys, I never meant to let this blog go for so long! And if we want to be taken seriously as a podcast… well, I’d better start putting in the work again, especially when we have some excitingContinue reading “Show notes: Episode 9 – 221B Con 2022 Recap”
Show notes: Episode 4 – The Second Most Dangerous Man in London, Part 2a
Aaaaand we’re back, finally, with the first part of our second Moran episode! We had to record three separate times over the better part of a month due to connectivity issues, and then in the process of editing the whole thing together, Dixie discovered that we’d recorded two hours’ worth of podcast! Well, we didn’tContinue reading “Show notes: Episode 4 – The Second Most Dangerous Man in London, Part 2a”
Show notes: Episode 3 – The Second Most Dangerous Man in London, Part 1
Hi all! Madeline here. We’re going to try a new way of doing show notes. I still have no idea what I’m doing, so please bear with me! Instead of doing a blow-by-blow recap, I’m just going to point out some of the highlights, this time, and link you to some of the stuff weContinue reading “Show notes: Episode 3 – The Second Most Dangerous Man in London, Part 1”
Show Notes: Episode 2 – The Professor and the Detective
Hi everybody, it’s been a while! But we’re back with a new episode and we are very excited about it! Some quick housekeeping: with the way that Real Life keeps conspiring against us, we are going to try for one episode a month — and if we’re lucky, maybe we can get out two! ThisContinue reading “Show Notes: Episode 2 – The Professor and the Detective”
Show notes: Episode 1 – Premiere
Hello! These are the show notes for the first episode of Dynamics of a Podcast, a podcast dedicated to Professor James Moriarty, Napoleon of Crime and archnemesis of Sherlock Holmes! We ask for your patience as we navigate the new experience of running our own podcast. Your hosts Madeline Quiñones is the person responsible forContinue reading “Show notes: Episode 1 – Premiere”
Dynamics of a Podcast 