Lauren Halvorsen / The Wild Party - Original Cast Recording | A Decca Broadway Original Cast Album (2000) *FLASHBACK*
The Original Cast
part 1 originally released: January 10, 2018 Dramaturg Lauren Halvorsen is here for the first of our epic, two-part dive into both musical versions of THE WILD PARTY. Here we cover not only Andrew Lippa's off-Broadway take on Queenie, Burrs, Black, et al.; we also talk through Joseph Moncure March's novella-length poem upon which both musicals are based. part 2 originally released: January 17, 2018 The thrilling conclusion to our deep-dive into THE WILD PARTY. We talk the La Chuisa/Wolfe Broadway version, Mandy Patinkin, the philosophy of adaptation, Mandy Patinkin, which we prefer, and Mandy...
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Amanda Zeitler / Starmites - Original Cast Members (1999) *FLASHBACK*
The Original Cast
originally released: October 26, 2016 Amanda introduces Patrick to a show he had not only never heard but never heard of. After a thorough plot synopsis things get personal, then philosophical, then pedagogical, then philosophical again, then paleontological. Featured recordings: Featured websites: Email:
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Doug Wilder / No Way to Treat a Lady - Original Cast Recording (1997) *FLASHBACK*
The Original Cast
originally released: June 28, 2017 Helen Hayes Award-winner Doug Wilder brings us our third Zeitler! A tiny, dark comedy musical about a serial killer and a cop and the woman the cop loves and the mother of the serial killer and also the cop's mother. Topics include: earnest love, montage theory, and DEATH TO SMOOCHY. Featured recordings: Email:
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Alexandra Silber / The Secret Garden - The Original Broadway Cast Album (1991) *FLASHBACK*
The Original Cast
originally released: September 18, 2019 Actor and author is currently appearing as Fraulein Sally Bowles in . But she's here this week to talk about this beautiful Lucy Simon/Marsha Norman musical and so much more. Really, we get deep.__Topics include: living with grief, communing with nature, and the glory of Rebecca Luker. Buy Alexandra's memoir and her novel . Both titles are read by Al herself! Featured recordings: The Secret Garden - The Original Broadway Cast Album (1991) Join us on to get our patrons-only podcast The...
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Kenny Neal / Starlight Express - The Original Cast Recording (1984) *FLASHBACK*
The Original Cast
originally released: March 29, 2017 Sound designer Kenny Neal comes by to talk about what he describes as “nobody’s favorite musical.” Topics include: “What?,” “Why?,” “Really?,” “He does?,” “They are?,” and “I don’t get it.” Featured recordings: Email:
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Robert W. Schneider / La Cage Aux Folles - Original Cast Recording (1983) *FLASHBACK*
The Original Cast
originally released: June 10, 2020 Director/podcaster Robert W. Schneider is here for a musical whose legacy may be unfairly besmirched by an infamous Tony speech. Topics Include: George Hearn, staging the overture, cutting the entr’acte, and maybe revoking Rob’s gay card live on the air! Featured Recording: La Cage Aux Folles - Original Cast Recording (1983) DO YOU LIKE MOVIE MUSICALS? Join us on to get our patrons-only podcast The Original Cast at the Movies! Right now you can hear Kimberly Cooper Schmidt (The Light in the Piazza) and Jay Schmidt (The Full...
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Logan Culwell-Block / Little Shop of Horrors - Original Cast Album (1982) *FLASHBACK*
The Original Cast
originally released: November 29, 2017 Playbill writer (now news editor) Logan Culwell-Block stops by ostensibly to talk about LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS but Patrick and he nerd out pretty fast. Topics include: How should a cast album be produced? Early versions of how Seymour killed the dentist. And why in the name of heavenly glory would you autotune Jerry Orbach?!? Featured recordings: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS - Original Cast Album (1982) EXPERIMENT - Mandy Patinkin (1994) COMPANY - Original Broadway Cast (1970)
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Rebecca Luker / Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Original Cast (1979) *FLASHBACK*
The Original Cast
originally released: July 22, 2020 • updated intro: December 23, 2020 Three-time Tony-nominee Rebecca Luker is here for a walk through her career and the show Sheldon Harnick calls our “greatest American opera.” Topics Include: getting an agent out of town, auditioning for Hal Prince, balancing your work and your life, and of course we talk about The Secret Garden and I play “How Could I Ever Know” are you kidding? Watch ! All of the proceeds from the virtual benefit performance will go to supporting Prosetin, a promising new drug candidate for Amyotrophic Lateral...
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Amy Oestreicher / In Trousers - Original Cast (1979) *FLASHBACK*
The Original Cast
originally released: June 17, 2020 • updated intro: April 9, 2021 Writer/performer/amazing human Amy Oestreicher comes to us with us to complete the Falsettos trilogy (by going back to Part 1). Topics Include: Bill Finn calling on the phone, convincing teachers to let you do your own version of the assignment, tap dancing so hard you need surgery, and another in what is booming a series of scrapbooks! Featured Recordings: In Trousers - Original Cast (1979) • March of the Falsettos - Original Cast (1981) • Falsettoland - Original Cast (1990) DO YOU...
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Douglas J. Cohen / Sondheim: A Musical Tribute - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1973) *FLASHBACK*
The Original Cast
originally released: May 8, 2019 Composer/lyricist (and former subject of this podcast), Doug Cohen is here for the first-ever Sondheim tribute. Topics include: cut songs, Ethel Merman, Sondheim's singing voice, the glorious Nancy Walker, and drowning your babies. Featured recordings: Sondheim: A Musical Tribute - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1973) • Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall - Stephen Sondheim (1992) • Random Access Memories - Daft Punk (2013) Have you checked out our ? You haven't? Then how are you going to listen to...
info_outlineFriend of the podcast, repeat guest, and genuine ray of sunshine Joanna McKee passed away today and I’m at a loss. Listen to her talk about the musical Anastasia and hear the joy in her heart.
originally released: March 25, 2020
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Joanna works in the Education Department at the Kennedy Center and she is here to take us to school about a show that neither has its facts straight nor respects the emotional implications of said facts. But, y'know, royalty!
Topics include: Frozen 2, Gleb, Starlight Express, Gleb, eating the rich, Gleb, disregarding history, and seriously what is up with Gleb?
Featured recordings: Anastasia - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2017)
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