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:
STARMITES - Original Cast Members (1999)
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Starmites Official Site
The Starmite Story
Sharon McNight Official Website
Gabriel Barre’s Official Website
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Actor and director Kari Ginsburg is here to talk about one woman’s fall from grace as she facilitates the rise of her daughter from the front of a cow to the greatest stripper in the history of the world.
Featured recordings:
GYPSY - The Original Broadway Cast (1959)
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Actor and grad student John Dellaporta stops by to talk about one of the best revival cast albums out there. Topics include the callback list for the original production of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, Hal Prince’s ill-fated A DOLL HOUSE musical, and national treasure Faith Prince.
Featured recordings:
GUYS AND DOLLS - The New Broadway Cast Recording (1993)
HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING - The 2011 Decca Broadway Cast Recording (2011)
GUYS AND DOLLS - Original Music from the Movie Soundtrack (1955)
SONDHEIM EVENING: A MUSICAL TRIBUTE - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1973)
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Actor Sophie Schulman stops by to talk about the music that makes her dance. Also: Barbra, Barbra, Ellen, and Barbra.
Featured recordings:
FUNNY GIRL - Original Broadway Cast (1964)
FUNNY GIRL - The Original Sound Track Recording (1968)
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Director/actor Lee Liebeskind talks about a show neither he nor Patrick have seen even though they both know people who did it on Broadway. Topics include: closing numbers, smoky vocals, and whether or not Patrick knows John Gallagher Jr well enough to call him “John.”
Featured recordings:
SPRING AWAKENING - A Decca Broadway Cast Album (2006)
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Michael J. Bobbitt, artistic director of Adventure Theatre MTC, stops by ostensibly to discuss the 1990 Flaherty & Ahrens musical ONCE ON THIS ISLAND but he and Patrick quickly diverge into discussions of stripped-down theatre, racial appropriation, and what constitutes "children's theatre." It gets real. Get into it.
Featured recording:
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND - Original Cast Recording (1990)
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Dramaturg, audience enrichment manager at Shakespeare Theatre Company, and Welder 2.0 Hannah Hessel Ratner joins Patrick to talk about Kander & Ebb's first collaboration, Liza Minelli's Broadway debut, and one of George Abbott's last shows: FLORA THE RED MENACE. Patrick and Hannah talk about the tenants of communism, how one sings about communism, and whether communism will save us from making cannon fodder of our youth.
Featured recordings:
FLORA THE RED MENACE - The Original Broadway Cast Recording (1965)
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Playwright Liz Maestri stops by to talk about the London cast recording of LES MISÉRABLES. Patrick and Liz discuss the difference between a “leading lady” and a “lady,” roles that are beneath Patti LuPone, and whether woodwinds belong in a marching band.
Featured recordings:
LES MISÉRABLES - Original London Cast Recording (1985)
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR - A Rock Opera (1970)
LES MISÉRABLES - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1987)
LES MISÉRABLES - The Complete Symphonic Recording (1990)
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Nick is artistic director of Field Trip Theatre in Washington, DC and casting director for Imagination Stage in Bethesda, MD and is here to talk about the Brian Stokes Mitchell revival recording of MAN OF LA MANCHA. Topics include Connecticut, Mario Lopez, stunt casting, and the fact that the Padre is great character that doesn't get enough respect.
Featured recording:
MAN OF LA MANCHA - The New Broadway Cast Recording (2003)
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Roddy is the Executive Director for the U.S. House of Representative’s LGBT Caucus. He is also our first guest drawn “from the house” and Patrick’s brother. Roddy and Patrick gab about Angela Lansbury, intermissions, and the unbearable heaviness of this show’s plot.
Featured recording:
ANYONE CAN WHISTLE - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1964)
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Actor and two-TV-owner Eric Messner discusses THE WHO’S TOMMY. Topics include: What is the title of this show? British accents? And, of course, the MTV.
Featured recording:
THE WHO’S TOMMY - Original Cast Recording (1993)
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Actor, singer, and Orioles fan Evan Casey talks LES MISÉRABLES. Patrick & Evan talk about Colm Wilkinson, JERSEY BOYS, and whether or not Terrence Mann is the greatest singer in the history of the world.
Featured recording:
LES MISÉRABLES - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1987)
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Jason is the artistic director for the Helen Hayes Award-winning theatre company Flying V. He and Patrick discuss the concept album of CHESS and how it cemented their friendship. Also: singing in restaurants, the glory of synth rock, and the nature of love. Seriously, it gets deep for a minute.
Featured recording:
CHESS - Benny Andersson | Tim Rice | Björn Ulvaeus (1984) http://amzn.to/1Sr0sFE
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La-Ti-Do performer and producer Don Mike Mendoza talks about that swingin’ adaptation of Gilbert & Sullivan: HOT MIKADO. We talk interracial casting, talent crushes, and tap dancing.
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Welcome to The Original Cast, a podcast about original cast albums and the people who love them hosted by playwright/filmmaker/professor Patrick Flynn.
Our first guest is actress, singer, & recording artist Tracy Lynn Olivera who stops by to discuss the 1967 original cast album of YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN. We’re also joined by dramaturg Megan Westman as we discuss off-Broadway basement shows, the wrong kind of meta, and how Tracy feels about the 1999 Broadway revival (spoiler: she hates it).
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