Adam is the National Theater and Dance Editor and chief theater critic at TimeOut New York and President of the New York Drama Critics' Circle. And he is here for a big episode about a very big show on a very big, double-LP.
Topics include: Patti, Mandy, Patti's rage, Bob Gunton’s accent, Mandy being Mandy all over the second act, comma writing, Mark Syers, the worst lyric in Chess, the “Big Apple,” and the agony and the ecstasy of Tim Rice.
Featured recordings: Evita - Premiere American Recording (1979) • Pacific Overtures - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1976) • Chess - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1988)
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