Mike is a New York City-based director who loves the Great American Songbook, trivia, collecting LP records, and hot beverages. And he’s here for a Kander & Ebb show that’s right up there with 70, Girls, 70 and The Happy Time in terms of popularity, influence, and success.
Topics include: getting the plot wrong, death in musicals, Anyone Can Whistle, who would’ve won the Best Score Tony in 1969 had it existed, Don Walker, and Hal Prince’s ethos (or lack thereof).
Featured recordings: Zorba - Original Cast Album (1968)
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Erika is a co-host of the great podcast That Aged Well as well as a writer and performer who loves the Lower East Side Tenement Museum and Bookshop. And she’s here for a show she saw FIVE TIMES on Broadway!
Topics include: songs from the ’66 original, is Sally Bowles just Millie Dilmount on drugs, the problem of irony, making Generation X feel better, The Wolf of Wall Street, and what has aged well.
Emergency Podcast Episode on Diana: The Musical
”Tomorrow Belongs to Me” on Wikipedia
Featured recordings: Cabaret - The New Broadway Cast Recording (1998) • Cabaret - The Original Broadway Cast (1966) • Cabaret - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1972)
Visit our Patreon for access to our monthly live stream The Original Cast at the Movies where 2023 is THE YEAR OF BARBRA celebrating the filmography of Ms. Barbra Joan Streisand!