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The Original Cast

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Now displaying: March, 2021
Mar 31, 2021

A dip back into the archives with Evan Casey and some Miss Saigon talk from the early days.

Featured Songs: “Mama Told Me Not to Come” from It Ain't Easy - Three Dog Night (1970) • “Bui-Doi” from Miss Saigon - Original London Cast Recording (1989)

DO YOU LIKE MOVIE MUSICALS? DO YOU LIKE SONDHEIM? Then you will love our PATREON podcast The Original Cast at the Movies because 2021 is all about Sondheim Movie Musicals!! This month’s episode brings us James Finley (The Life) and Charlene V. Smith (Man of La Mancha) and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966).

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Mandy Patinkin Sings 90s Hits!

Mar 24, 2021

Broadway vet and cabaret mainstay Marty Thomas is here for a show he first saw on Broadway when he was 11 and thought everyone was just really good friends at Dreamland in Saigon.

Topics include: How one pronounces “Alain Boublil;” Double-tape deck stereos; Branson, MO; changed lyrics; And why cast Jonathan Pryce in the first place?

Marty Thomas Dot Com

Chris, what’s haunting you? on Instagram

The Broadway Hot Dog

Featured recordings: Miss Saigon - Original London Cast Recording (1990) • My Broadway - Sean McDermott (1999) • Slow Dancing with a Boy - Marty Thomas (2019)It’s a Holiday Soul Party - Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings (2015) • The Award Winning Holiday Album - Marty Thomas & Marissa Rosen (2020)

DO YOU LIKE MOVIE MUSICALS? DO YOU LIKE SONDHEIM? Then you will love our PATREON podcast The Original Cast at the Movies because 2021 is all about Sondheim Movie Musicals!! This month’s episode has Broadwaysted!’s Bryan Plofsky and fan-favorite Kenny Neal talking about the most Academy Award-winning entry in Sondheim’s filmography West Side Story (1961).

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Mandy Patinkin Sings 90s Hits!

Mar 17, 2021

Seriously. It’s a lot of pigs.

Out for Blood: The Story of Carrie the Musical

Studio Tenn Talks Presents The Assassins Reunion Show!

Featured Songs: “Out for Blood” and “I Remember How Those Boys Could Dance” from Carrie - Original Broadway Closing Night Soundboard (1988)

DO YOU LIKE MOVIE MUSICALS? DO YOU LIKE SONDHEIM? Then you will love our PATREON podcast The Original Cast at the Movies because 2021 is all about Sondheim Movie Musicals!! This month’s episode has Broadwaysted!’s Bryan Plofsky and fan-favorite Kenny Neal talking about the most Academy Award-winning entry in Sondheim’s filmography West Side Story (1961).

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Mar 10, 2021

D.C.’s theatre’s favorite son is here for our first live cast recording from a show that couldn’t be recorded any other way.

Topics include: film composers, meeting Ann Duquesnay at the buffet, Planet of the Apes, one-note cues, Terence Blanchard, Michael Camen, Frank’s first solo show, and Frank’s second solo show.

More info on Frank’s one-person show for 1st Stage Theatre.

Featured recordings: Bring in ’da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk - Original Broadway Cast (1996) • Die Hard - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1988) •  Die Hard with a Vengeance - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1995) • Inside Man - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2006)

DO YOU LIKE MOVIE MUSICALS? DO YOU LIKE SONDHEIM? Then you will love our PATREON podcast The Original Cast at the Movies because 2021 is all about Sondheim Movie Musicals!! This month’s episode has Broadwaysted!’s Bryan Plofsky and fan-favorite Kenny Neal talking about the most Academy Award-winning entry in Sondheim’s filmography West Side Story (1961).

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Mar 3, 2021

A one-man show/documentary, a voice memo, and something you should all be reading this week.

In & Of Itself on Hulu

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Featured Songs: “Corner of the Sky” from Pippin - Original Cast Album (1972) • “Magic to Do” from Pippin - New Broadway Cast Recording (2013) • “Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story” from Hamilton - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2015)

DO YOU LIKE MOVIE MUSICALS? DO YOU LIKE SONDHEIM? Then you will love our PATREON podcast The Original Cast at the Movies because 2021 is all about Sondheim Movie Musicals!! February’s episode has Broadwaysted!’s Bryan Plofsky and fan-favorite Kenny Neal talking about the most Academy Award-winning entry in Sondheim’s filmography West Side Story (1961).

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