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The Original Cast

A podcast about original cast albums and the people who love them hosted by playwright Patrick Flynn.
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Now displaying: November, 2017
Nov 29, 2017

Playbill writer 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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Nov 22, 2017

What do you listen to on a long drive?

with:
Lauren R Alexander
Beth Amann
Evan Casey
Jensen Clifford
Sara E. Cohen
Roddy Flynn
Kari Ginsburg
Heather Hurley
Lee Liebeskind
Don Mike Mendoza
Danielle Mohlman
Tracy Lynn Olivera
Farrell Parker
Michelle Polera
Megan Reichelt
Bridget Grace Sheaff
Amanda Zeitler
Emily Zickler

Featured recordings:
CABARET - The New Broadway Cast Recording (1998)
FUN HOME - A New Broadway Musical (2015)
GREY GARDENS - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2012)
GYPSY - The Original Broadway Cast
GYPSY - Original London Cast Recording
GYPSY - Original Cast Recording
GYPSY - The New Broadway Cast Recording
GYPSY - The 2008 Broadway Cast Recording
GYPSY - 2015 London Cast Recording
HADESTOWN - Anaïs Mitchell
HAMILTON - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2015)
LEGALLY BLONDE - Original Cast Recording (2007)
THE LION KING - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1997)
LES MISÉRABLES - Original London Cast Recording (1985)
LES MISÉRABLES - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1986)
LES MISÉRABLES - The Complete Symphonic Recording (1990)
ONCE - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2012)
THE PRODUCERS - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2005)
SHE LOVES ME - 2016 Broadway Cast Recording (2016)
SPRING AWAKENING - A Decca Broadway Cast Album (2006)
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET- Original Cast (1979)
WEST SIDE STORY - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1957)
WICKED - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2003)

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Nov 15, 2017

During their CATS conversation, Natalie and Patrick get deep and sad. Because real-life costuming missteps are the wooooooorst missteps.

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Nov 8, 2017

Actor James Finley talks about Cy Coleman’s last Broadway show that was more successful than Patrick remembers but does have a terrible title. Topics include: tap-dancing bartenders, why baritones are always villains, and how a high school glee club wound up at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre one Sunday in 1997.

Featured recordings:

THE LIFE - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1997)

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Nov 1, 2017

A snippet from Patrick's conversation with Charlene V. Smith about the London cast album of MAN OF LA MANCHA about what does historical accuracy actually mean?

Also HAMILTON.

Also is GRAVITY a feminist film?

Also HAMILTON.

Also what is identity?

Also HAMILTON.

And RENT.

 

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