The Little Things You Hear Together

Whew, it's been a long season, but Jeffrey Scott Parsons joins Alex to review all 17 cast albums form this 2016-17 Broadway season plus two revivals that didn't get recordings! Follow the podcast on Instagram or email littlethingsyouheartogether@gmail.com.

The Theater Lovers , Will and Rachel Anderson, are back to close out the regular season with Alex by talking about the 2016 Original Broadway Cast Album for Dear Evan Hansen! Music & lyrics by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, book by Steven Levenson, directed by Michael Greif, with music direction by Ben Cohn and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire with additional by Christopher Jahnke. Stream the a...

Alex is joined by OBC cast member Richard H. Blake to talk about the 2017 Original Broadway Cast Album for A Bronx Tale! Music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Glenn Slater, book by Chazz Palminteri, directed by Robert De Niro & Jerry Zaks, with music direction by Jonathan Smith and orchestrations by Doug Besterman. Stream the album on YouTube . Follow the podcast on Instagram or email littlethingsyo...

Put on your Sunday clothes, because Max Wojtanowicz is back to talk about the 2017 Broadway Revival Cast Album for Hello, Dolly! Music & lyrics by Jerry Herman, book by Michael Stewart, directed by Jerry Zaks, with music direction by Andy Einhorn and orchestrations by Larry Hochman. Stream the album on YouTube . You can also check out: 1964 Original Broadway Cast 1965 Original London Cast 1967...

The talented and opinionated Patrick Flynn is back to discuss the 2017 Original Broadway Cast Album for Bandstand! Music by Richard Oberacker, lyrics & book by Rob Taylor & Richard Oberacker, directed by Andy Blankenbuehler, with music direction by Fred Lassen and orchestrations by Bill Elliott & Greg Anthony Rassen. Stream the album on YouTube . Follow the podcast on Instagram or emai...

Tony Tipton joins Alex to talk about the 2017 Broadway Revival Cast Album for Sunday in the Park with George! Music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by James Lapine, directed by Sarna Lapine, with music direction by Chris Fenwick and orchestrations by Michael Starobin. Stream the album on YouTube . You can also check out: 1984 Original Broadway Cast Album 2006 London Revival Cast Album Follo...

Matt Koplik is back to chat with Alex about the 2017 Original Broadway Cast Album for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman, with songs by Anthony Newley & Leslie Bricusse, book by David Greig, directed by Jack O'Brien, with music direction by Nicholas Skilbeck and orchestrations by Doug Besterman. Stream the album on YouTube . You...

Alex is joined by special guest Telly Leung to talk about the 2016 Original Broadway Cast Album for In Transit, Broadway's first (and so far only) acapella musical! Music, lyrics, & book by Kristen Anderson-Lopez, James-Allen Ford, Russ Kaplan, & Sara Wordsworth, directed by Kathleen Marshall, with music direction by Rick Hip-Flores and acapella arrangements by Deke Sharon. Stream the albu...

Kayla Burfeind joins Alex to talk about the 2016 Original Broadway Cast Album for Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812! Music, lyrics, book, & orchestrations by Dave Malloy, directed by Rachel Chavkin, with music direction by Or Matias. Stream the album on YouTube . You can also check out: 2013 Original Off-Broadway Cast Album Follow the podcast on Instagram or email littlethingsyouh...

Podcast artist Jake Dissmore joins Alex to have fun talking about the musical The Nightman Cometh from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Happy April Fool's Day! Music & lyrics by Charlie Day & Cormac Bluestone, Dayman written by Scott Marder & Rob Rosell Follow the podcast on Instagram or email littlethingsyouheartogether@gmail.com.

Brandon Boucher joins Alex to talk about the 2017 Original Broadway Cast Album for Come from Away. Music, lyrics, & book by Irene Sankoff & David Hein, directed by Christopher Ashley, with music direction by Ian Eisendrath and orchestrations by August Eriksmoen. Stream the album on YouTube . Follow the podcast on Instagram or email littlethingsyouheartogether@gmail.com.

Zakary Morton is back with Alex to talk about the 2017 Original Broadway Cast Album for Anastasia! Music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, book by Terrence McNally, directed by Darko Tresnjak, with music direction by Tom Murray and orchestrations by Doug Besterman. Stream the album on YouTube . You can also check out: 1997 Original Soundtrack Follow the podcast on Instagram or email litt...

Shoshana Greenberg joins Alex to talk about the 2014 London Revival Cast Album for Miss Saigon! Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr. & Alain Boublil with additional lyrics by Michael Mahler, book by Alain Boublil & Claude-Michel Schönberg, directed by Laurence Connor, with music direction by Alfonso Casado and orchestrations by William David Brohn. Stream the alb...

Aly Sato joins Alex to talk about the quirky but lovable 2017 Original Broadway Cast Album for Amélie. Music by Daniel Messé, lyrics by Nathan Tysen & Daniel Messé, book by Craig Lucas, directed by Pam MacKinnon, with music direction by Kimberly Grigsby and orchestrations by Bruce Coughlin. Stream the album on YouTube . You can also check out: 2019 Original London Cast Album Follow the podcast...

Did you know Cirque du Soleil had a Broadway show? It's true! Josh Swantz joins Alex to talk about the 2016 Original Broadway Cast Album for Paramour. Music by Bob & Bill, co-composer Andreas Carlsson, assistant composer Martin Laniel, lyrics by Andreas Carlsson with additional lyrics by Jenny Stafford, book and direction by Philippe Decouflé, with music direction by Seth Stachowski. Stream th...

Rob W. Schneider joins Alex to talk about the Falsettos 2016 Broadway Revival Cast Album. Music & lyrics by William Finn, book by William Finn & James Lapine, directed by James Lapine, with music direction by Vadim Feichtner and orchestrations by Michael Starobin. Stream the album on YouTube . You can also check out: March of the Falsettos 1981 Original Off-Broadway Cast Album Falsettoland...

Mike Meaney joins Alex to explore the 2016 Original Broadway Cast Album of Holiday Inn. Music & lyrics by Irving Berlin, book by Gordon Greenberg & Chad Hodge, directed by Gordon Greenberg, with music direction by Andy Einhorn and orchestrations by Larry Blank. Stream the album on YouTube . Follow the podcast on Instagram or email littlethingsyouheartogether@gmail.com.

Alex is joined by Jonathan Chisolm to talk about the 2017 Original Broadway Cast Album for War Paint. Music by Scott Frankel, lyrics by Michael Korie, book by Doug Wright, directed by Michael Greif, with music direction by Lawrence Yurman and orchestrations by Bruce Coghlin. Stream the album on YouTube . Follow the podcast on Instagram or email littlethingsyouheartogether@gmail.com.

Craig Beavers joins Alex to start of the new season of the podcast by talking about the 2016 Original Broadway Cast Album for Groundhog Day! Music & lyrics by Tim Minchin, book by Danny Rubin, directed by Matthew Warchus, with music direction by David Holcenberg and orchestrations by Christopher Nightingale. Stream the album on YouTube . Follow the podcast on Instagram or email littlethingsyou...

What makes a great Broadway cast album? The Little Things You Hear Together dives into a different album from a Broadway season each episode, exploring how cast recordings capture the heart of a show—through music, lyrics, vocal performances, and everything in between. From iconic hits to forgotten gems, host Alex Asp and a guest break down what makes these albums sing and ranks them along the way...

Kayla Burfeind is back to talk about the newly available unofficial audio for the 1987 Broadway Revival of Dreamgirls! Music by Henry Krieger, lyrics & book by Tom Eyen, directed by Michael Bennett, with music direction by Yolanda Segovia and orchestrations by Harold Wheeler. Follow the podcast on Instagram or email littlethingsyouheartogether@gmail.com.

Patrick Flynn joins Alex to review the entire 1987-88 season of Broadway musicals and see if they agree with how the rankings from the podcast season shook out. Follow the podcast on Instagram or email littlethingsyouheartogether@gmail.com.

Alex is joined by Kayla Burfeind to talk about two shows from the 1987-88 season that have no cast albums of any kind, but for which unofficial audio is available on a certain video website. We're talking about Teddy & Alice and the revival of Cabaret! Teddy & Alice: music by John Philip Sousa with adaptations by Richard Kapp, lyrics by Hal Hackady, book by Jerome Alden, directed by John D...

Alex welcomes back Josh Swantz to talk about three shows from the 1987-88 season that did not release commercial cast albums, but did send out promotional albums to industry insiders. Come learn more about Roza, Mail, and Carrie! Roza: music by Gilbert Becaud, lyrics & book by Julian More, directed by Harold Prince, with music direction by Louis St. Louis and orchestrations by Michael Gibson....

We've finally reached the unstoppable juggernaut of the season: the 1986 Original London Cast Album for The Phantom of the Opera! Join Alex and guest Ryan Wood as they go down once more into the longest running musical in Broadway history. Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart & Richard Stilgoe, book by Richard Stilgoe & Andrew Lloyd Webber, directed by Harold Prince, with m...