The Original Cast

Doug Wilder is an actor/director/filmmaker. During his episode about  No Way to Treat a Lady , we talked about the idea of self-production and what a double-edged sword it can be. Have you checked out our  PATREON ? You haven't? Then how are you going to listen to our patrons-only podcast  The Original Cast at the Movies ?  November's episode features Peter Boyer ( The Fantasticks  1960) and Jenny...

The Hub Theatre 's brand new artistic director is here to talk about Frank Loesser's  Guys and Dolls follow-up that sprawled 3-LPs in its original release. Topics include: Catfishing in the 1950s, 3-Act musicals, and Is a Chico Marx impression racist? Featured recording:   The  Most Happy  Fella  - The Complete Broadway Performance (1956) Have you checked out our  PATREON ? You haven't? Then how a...

Vaughn is the Artistic Director of the  Santa Fe Playhouse . During his episode on the GroovyLily musical  Striking 12 , we discussed two other musicals he wrote/co-wrote:  You or Whatever I Can Get  and  Disco Jesus and the Apostles of Funk , both of which debuted at the Capitol Fringe Festival here in D.C. Featured recordings: Striking 12  - The New GrooveLily Musical (2005) Have you checked out...

CultralDC's Operations Manager is here to talk about not only the '96 London revival cast album of  Jesus Christ Superstar  (released in the US in 2000) but also the 2018 NBC broadcast of  Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert  (which was  live  but was not a concert). Topics  include:  pop-culture Catholicism, the 5 notes you want to hear, and how Michael Crawford is Jen's husband. Featured reco...

During pianist and music director Elisa Rosman's episode on  Falsettos , we discussed what makes a song difficult and/or fun to play. We also cover what an audition is like from the point-of-view of that person at the piano to whom you just handed your sheet music. Featured recordings :  Falsettoland - Original Cast (1990) • Sunday in the Park with George - Original Cast Recording (1984) • The Lig...

Patrick is joined by Michael J. Bobbitt, James Finley, Kari Ginsburg, and Emily Zickler for a discussion, debate, trivia, and singing. Our topic: "I Want" Songs. Recorded live at Flying V Theatre's 2nd annual 24-hour fundraiser: Awesome-a-Thon Vol. 2! on April 8, 2018. 0:01:42 "Corner of the Sky" from Pippin ··  performed by Patrick Flynn ·· music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz 0:20:16 "Something'...

Courtney Laine Self is a director/choreographer. She directed  Sheila and Moby  and wrote her thesis on  Crazy for You . She also likes to push Patrick's buttons. And the feeling is very mutual. Topics  include:  Ken Ludwig (the man, not the poster), the interpretive power of dance, and Susan Stroman.   Featured recording: Crazy for You  - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1992)   Tickets to  Shei...

Patrick's new play  Sheila and Moby  presented by Flying V Theatre  is NOW PLAYING. So episodes over the next few weeks will all be related to that production. Susanna Pretzer is Flying V's literary manager and served as dramaturg during  Sheila and Moby 's almost two-year development process.   ORIGINAL NOTES : It's a Zeitler*! Dramaturg Susanna Pretzer is here to talk about this Joe Iconis music...

FINALLY! We're talking about Heathers with Cassie Cope who can currently be seen in Flying V's production of Sheila and Moby in the role of "Courtney."   Topics include: Dying alone; bops; and how Cassie convinced her mother to take eighth-grade self and her eight-year-old sister to see this show in New York, twice, on consecutive nights.   Featured recording: Heathers  - World Premiere Recording...

Rehearsals have begun for Patrick's new play  Sheila and Moby  presented by Flying V Theatre . So episodes over the next few weeks will all be related to that production. Farrell Parker plays the dual roles of Lara & Curly in  Sheila and Moby  and we're flashing back to her 2017 episode about  A Chorus Line . ORIGINAL NOTES: Actor and Shakespearean scholar-in-training  Farrell Parker  comes by to...

You may have seen Robyn on  Fringe  or  Gossip Girl  or  The Unusuals  (my favorite) or as "Moby" in Flying V's  Sheila and Moby  opening October 27. But today she's here to talk about a show that bears repeating.   Topics include: Do we need awards? Do parents just not understand? And is Benny the bad guy?   Also remember that Angel kills a dog in this show.   Featured recordings: Rent  - Origina...

Rehearsals have begun for Patrick's new play  Sheila and Moby  presented by Flying V Theatre . So episodes over the next few weeks will all be related to that production, starting with this gem, our third ever guest and Flying V's Artistic Director: Jason Schlafstein. ORIGINAL NOTES: Jason is the artistic director for the  Helen Hayes Award-winning  theatre company  Flying V . He and Patrick discu...

Designer, record producer, performer, and talent-whisperer  Robbie Rozelle  is here to bring some joy into Patrick's life (he says). Topics include: Jerry Herman's pros, Jerry Herman's cons, Jerry Herman's women, and the movie version of  Mame  which is just the worst.   Featured recordings: Mame  - Original Broadway Cast (1966) Mame  - Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1974)   Have you...

Logan Culwell-Block is back in this excerpt from his Little Shop of Horrors episode to talk about the Disney work of Ashman & Menken, Menken & Rice, and Rice & John.     Featured recordings: Beauty and the Beast - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1991)     Have you checked out our  PATREON ? You haven't? Then how are you going to listen to our patrons-only podcast  The Original Cast at the Movi...

Kimberly Cooper Schmidt of the  Broadwaysted  and   Broadway Baby  podcasts joins Patrick to discuss this Tony Award-winning musical that launched the career of Kelli O'Hara and made Kimberly's father and sister fell asleep.   Topics include: Where the horse kicked her, overtures, and are we sure this isn't just  Do  I Hear a Waltz? ?   Featured recordings: The Light in the Piazza  -  Original Bro...

Next week's episode features Kimberly Cooper Schmidt of the  Broadwaysted  and   Broadway Baby  podcasts discussing  The Light in the Piazza . But this week, Kimberly and Patrick play an exciting round of "Heads-Up" using her  The Lights of Broadway Show Cards™ .   Have you checked out our  PATREON ? You haven't? Then how are you going to listen to our patrons-only podcast  The Original Cast at th...

A big episode for a big show. Actor Elliot Dash is with us to talk about one of Patrick's 10 favorite musicals. And they go all over the place. Except for the plot, if you want a detailed plot synopsis, you'll need to go to Wikipedia . Topics include: changing lyrics, bootleg CDs, and the state of race and race relations in America from 1902 to the present day.   Featured recordings: Ragtime - Ori...

We bid adieu to Adventure Theatre MTC 's production of Tinker Bell with Capt. Hook (Peter Boyer) returning in this excised conversation about Shakespeare and musicals. Which comes up a lot on this show.   Featured recordings: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson - Original Cast Recording (2010)   Have you checked out our PATREON ? You haven't? Then how are you going to listen to our patrons-only podcast T...

Tinker Bell (by Patrick Flynn) is now running at Adventure Theatre MTC . Throughout the run, all our episodes will be related to the production.   Multi-hyphenate "ographer" (fight, choreo, et al.) Jenny Male is here to talk about the brilliant play Tinker Bell that she is ography-ing at Adventure Theatre MTC. Also she's here to talk about the Tony-winning musical with self-confessed a "terrible t...

Tinker Bell (by Patrick Flynn) is now running at Adventure Theatre MTC . Throughout the run, all our episodes will be related to the production.   Tinker Bell herself is here for a new Intermission about playing more than one role in the same show.   Have you checked out our PATREON ? You haven't? Then how are you going to listen to our patrons-only podcast The Original Cast at the Movies ? August...

Tinker Bell (by Patrick Flynn) is now running at Adventure Theatre MTC . Throughout the run, all our episodes will be related to the production. Ashley plays a myriad of roles in Tinker Bell (from birds and flowers to all seven Lost Boys) and she's here to talk about this fantastic show about the past that may've been ahead of its time. Topics include: basements, emotions, truth, beauty, the South...

Tinker Bell (by Patrick Flynn) is now running at Adventure Theatre MTC . Throughout the run, all our episodes will be related to the production. So here's a re-release of Michael & Patrick's detoured into one of Patrick's pet peeves: bad lyricism. And it goes there.   Featured recordings: Girl - Pharrell Williams (2014) Feeling Strangely Fine - Semisonic (1998) Whatever People Say I Am, That's Wha...

Tinker Bell (by Patrick Flynn) is now running at Adventure Theatre MTC . Throughout the run, all our episodes will be related to the production. This week our Peter Pan is here to talk about a rock musical that is more Hair  than Tommy . Topics include: the lyrical metaphors of Bille Joe Armstrong, the enigmatic existence of St. Jimmy, the messianic imagery of Claude Hooper Bukowski, and whether o...

Tinker Bell (by Patrick Flynn) is now running at Adventure Theatre MTC . Throughout the run, all our episodes will be related to the production. Brittany is production manager for Tinker Bell and in this cut conversation from her Next to Normal episode, she and Patrick discuss the enigma that is Alice Ripley. Featured recordings: "Peppermint Twist" - Joey Dee and the Starliters (1961)   Have you c...

Tinker Bell (by Patrick Flynn) is now running at Adventure Theatre MTC . Throughout the run, all our episodes will be related to the production. This week we've got our Wendy: Meghan Abdo talking about this Tony Award-winning musical based on the Academy Award-winning movie about a bittersweet love story between two hurting musicians. Topics include: crying, laughing, sobbing, romance, drinking, a...