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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: June, 2016
Jun 29, 2016

We go back to our first guest for this deleted gem. Tracy stumps Patrick and Megan with a song of which neither of them had heard. And Tracy learns that "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" and ”Snoopy's Christmas" are two different songs.

Featured recordings:
SINK THE BISMARCK! - Johnny Horton (1960)
SNOOPY VS. THE RED BARON - The Royal Guardsman (1966)
SNOOPY AND HIS FRIENDS - The Royal Guardsman (1968)

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Jun 22, 2016

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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Jun 15, 2016

During their CHESS conversation, Patrick and Jason fell into a nostalgia hole about Saturday morning cartoons. A glorious, glorious hole.

 

Featured recordings:

Garfield and Friends

X-Men

Pokemon

Gummy Bears

Duck Tales

Animaniacs

Tiny Toon Adventures

Freakazoid

Denver the Last Dinosaur

M*A*S*K

He-Man

 

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Jun 8, 2016

This week we break format for a discussion about the Tony Awards with past guest Don Mike Mendoza and future guest Roddy Flynn. We talk about not only this year's shows but the Tonys as a whole and how award shows make us feel.

Featured recordings:

BRIGHT STAR - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2016)

HAMILTON - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2015)

SCHOOL OF ROCK - Original Cast Recording (2015)

WAITRESS - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2016)

 

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Jun 1, 2016

This week we take a deep-dive into a song's evolution with this number from EVITA. From its debut on the 1976 concept album, its deletion from the stage production, and reinstatement for the film.

 

Featured recordings:

EVITA - An Opera Based on the Life Story of Eva Peron 1919-1952 (1976)

EVITA - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1979)

EVITA - The Complete Motion Picture Music Soundtrack (1996)

 

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