9 recordings enter. Only 1 can leave. And it shall leave a champion. This is CAST ALBUM CAGE MATCH!
Composer/lyricist Billy Recce joins Patrick to find the best cast album of one of their favorite shows: Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber’s EVITA!
PLAY-IN ROUND
- 1979 Disco Album v. 1996 Movie Soundtrack
ROUND 1
- Studio Casts: 1976 Concept Album v. Play-In Round Winner
- World Casts: 1980 Australian v. 1989 World Tour
- West End Casts: 1978 v. 2006
- Broadway Casts: 1979 v. 2012
ROUND 2
- Studio Winner v. West End Winner
- Broadway Winner v. World Winner
ROUND 3: The FINALE!!
The Original Cast Merchandise at TeePublic.com
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 it’s the 2016 documentary about the making of Merrily We Roll Along entitled Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened with Kimberly Cooper Schmidt!
Attorney by day & Interview Content Editor for Comic Book Yeti by night, Jimmy is an old friend of Patrick’s who is here for a show they did together just after the original production of The Life opened on Broadway.
Topics include: Bring Back Birdie, 16-year-old Harry MacAfees, Paul Lynde, Dick Van Dyke, Chita Rivera, comics, and aging out of Conrad.
Featured recordings: Bye Bye Birdie - Original Broadway Cast (1960) • Bring Back Birdie - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1981)
The Original Cast Merchandise at TeePublic.com
LIVE STREAM RECORDING 12/21/2021 - THE ORIGINAL CAST AT THE MOVIES: BEST WORST THING THAT EVER COULD HAVE HAPPENED (2016) with Kimberly Cooper Schmidt. Go to Patreon Dot Com Slash Original Cast Pod for details!