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The Original Cast at the Movies 41: The Last of Sheila (1973)
Joanna McKee (Anastasia) and Chris Klimek (It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman) are here (or is it the other way ‘round) for the only screenplay Sondheim has (so far) penned. A murder mystery that plays so fair, the title is a clue.
**VIDEO** The Original Cast at the Movies 41: The Last of Sheila (1973)
Now: You are THERE! Joanna McKee (Anastasia) and Chris Klimek (It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman) are here (or is it the other way ‘round) for the only screenplay Sondheim has (so far) penned. A murder mystery that plays so fair, the title is a clue.
Intermission: How Do You Do, Fellow Kids?
Hal Prince, Billy Porter, and mis-castings.
*VIDEO* Dom O'Hanlon / Follies - The Complete Recording (1998)
Now, you ARE there!! Instagram’s own The Man in the Chair is here all the way from London to talk about the Papermill production of possibly the greatest Broadway musical ever written.Topics include: Cameron Mackintosh, Virgin Megastore, subjective flashbacks, the trouble with the “Follies” po...
Dom O'Hanlon / Follies - The Complete Recording (1998)
Instagram’s own The Man in the Chair is here all the way from London to talk about the Papermill production of possibly the greatest Broadway musical ever written.Topics include: Cameron Mackintosh, Virgin Megastore, subjective flashbacks, the trouble with the “Follies” portion, and moving hou...
Intermission: The First of Sheila
We’ve got voicemails and comments and clips and all you want.Ways to stream The Last of Sheila.
*VIDEO* Chris Adams & Holly Morgan / Bat Boy - Original Cast Recording (2001)
Now: You are There!! Two Guests for the price of one! Chris & Holly from the podcast Out for Blood: The Story of Carrie the Musical are here for a show they did at Edinburgh Fringe that bears more than a passing resemblance to said Stephen King musical.CW: sexual assault.Topics include: Holly as the...
Chris Adams & Holly Morgan / Bat Boy - Original Cast Recording (2001)
Two Guests for the price of one! Chris & Holly from the podcast Out for Blood: The Story of Carrie the Musical are here for a show they did at Edinburgh Fringe that bears more than a passing resemblance to said Stephen King musical.CW: sexual assault.Topics include: Holly as the lead, singing Wicked...
The Original Cast at the Movies 40: Evening Primrose (1966)
Logan Culwell-Block (Little Shop of Horrors) and Sophie Schulman (Funny Girl) have come for the great, lost Sondheim mini-musical that maybe isn’t that great . . . or lost . . . but it is short!
Intermission: Pie in the Sky
A voicemail on Forum and vaccine stuff.
*VIDEO* The Original Cast at the Movies 40: Evening Primrose (1966)
Now: you are there! Logan Culwell-Block (Little Shop of Horrors) and Sophie Schulman (Funny Girl) have come for the great, lost Sondheim mini-musical that maybe isn’t that great . . . or lost . . . but it is short!
Glen Weldon / My Fair Lady - Original Cast (1958)
NPR’s Glen Weldon is here for the musical that (according to him) made him gay.Topics include: Herb Alpert (not the dirty one), Charles Emerson Winchester III, Doolittle as father, Nathan Lane chewing scenery, Eliza’s agency, keeping media fresh, and why album covers are important.
Intermission: Heidi Fleiss - The Musical
It’s been a week, but we’re focusing on the positive. Like She is Risen, Vol. II and “Pop Corn!”
Elegy: Amy Oestreicher
I’ve just learned that amazing friend of the podcast and past guest Amy Oestreicher has passed. Please relisten to her interview about In Trousers and enjoy her beautiful spirit and boundless energy.
Danielle Mohlman / Floyd Collins - Original Cast Recording (1996)
Playwright Danielle Mohlman is back for a discussion about Adam Guettel, Brett Kavanaugh, and why what we say matters.Topics include: why we can’t separate the art from the artist, how we wrestle with loving things made by less-than-lovable people, self-care, accountability, and a little bit of Fl...
*VIDEO* Danielle Mohlman / Floyd Collins - Original Cast Recording (1996)
Now you are there!! Playwright Danielle Mohlman is back for a discussion about Adam Guettel, Brett Kavanaugh, and why what we say matters.Topics include: why we can’t separate the art from the artist, how we wrestle with loving things made by less-than-lovable people, self-care, accountability, an...
Intermission: The Heat is on in Saigon (w/ Evan Casey)
A dip back into the archives with Evan Casey and some Miss Saigon talk from the early days.
The Original Cast at the Movies 39: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
James Finley (The Life) and Charlene V. Smith (Man of La Mancha - 1968) join Patrick for a .... comedy? We think. The song says it is. And there are jokes. But then why do we feel so icky?
*VIDEO* The Original Cast at the Movies 39: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
3/28/21 - 10:40AM - Should be working now. Please let me know if it isn't.Now you are there! James Finley (The Life) and Charlene V. Smith (Man of La Mancha - 1968) join Patrick for a .... comedy? We think. The song says it is. And there are jokes. But then why do we feel so icky?
Marty Thomas / Miss Saigon - Original London Cast Recording (1990)
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 ca...
New Benefit Announcement!!!
Exciting news if you are a Mezzanine or Orchestra patron!
Intermission: Out for Blood
S**t, look at all them pigs!
Frank Britton / Bring in ’da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk - Original Broadway Cast (1996)
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 F...
Intermission: In & Of Itself
A one-man show/documentary, a voice memo, and something you should all be reading this week.
The Original Cast at the Movies 38: West Side Story (1961)
Kenny Neal (Starlight Express) and Bryan Plofsky (Suessical!) join Patrick for what is certainly the most Academy Award-winning film in the Sondheim filmography: 10 Oscars, including “Best Picture” and “Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture” shared by 4 people (none of whom are named Bern...
Jordan Friend / Billy Elliot - Original Cast Recording (2005)
Jordan is the founding artistic director of 4615 Theatre Company and is here to talk about the Elton John musical with a script by Lee Hall and directed by Stephen Daldry that is based on a movie directed by Stephen Daldry with a script by Lee Hall.Topics include: lesser-known Elton John works, Suga...
Intermission: Broadway Soul, Vol. 2
TL;DR: Go buy Broadway Soul, Vol. 2
Emily Esten / Newsies - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2012)
Emily is the Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica Curator of Digital Humanities at Penn Libraries, as well as Web Manager for Contingent Magazine and the Director of Communications for the National Emerging Museum Professionals Network. So, naturally, we’re talking about N...
Intermission: Over and Out (Averno II)
A sexually explicit Godspell-esque musical next to Averno’s latest side-by-side by Sondheim’s Pacific Overtures.
The Original Cast at the Movies 37: Six by Sondheim (2013)
Tara & Stefania from the Off2Broadway podcast are here for James Lapine’s documentary about the life of Stephen Joshua Sondheim with a shaky framing device.
