The Original Cast

Arena Stage administrator Lauren R Alexander is here to talk about Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony Award-winning and Pulitzer Prize-nominated Broadway debut. Topics include: Anthony Newley, BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL, and the front row v. the back row. Featured recordings: IN THE HEIGHTS - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2008) STOP THE WORLD-I WANT TO GET OFF - Original Broadway Cast (1962) BRING IT ON...

This week we break format for a discussion of the 71st Tony Awards with former guests Roddy Flynn and Kari Ginsburg . And also a special appearance by fan-favorite Bob E Flynn (briefly). Topics include what constitutes set design, the youths, and that Kari & Roddy are going to see NATASHA, PIERRE AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 without Patrick. Featured recordings: COME FROM AWAY - Original Broadway C...

Avid musical theatre fan Eliot Johnson is here to talk about the "new"(?) Broadway cast recording of this dark comedy classic. Topics include: Alice Ripley, African American trios vs quintets, and the Kardashians. Featured recordings: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS - The New Broadway Cast Recording (2003) LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS - The Complete Soundtrack and Score (1986) LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS - Original C...

Bridget and Patrick talk about theatre directing versus film directing versus being an autocratic jerk. Featured recordings: COMPANY: A MUSICAL COMEDY (2007) Twitter.com/OriginalCastPod Facebook.com/OriginalCastPod Email: OriginalCastPod@gmail.com

Actor Patricia Hurley Carpenter comes fresh from Olney Theatre productions of MARY POPPINS and SWEENEY TODD to talk about Rodgers & Hammerstein's Pulitzer Prize-winning effort. Topics include: racism, hilarity, and the conquering of other countries and peoples based on flags. Featured recordings: SOUTH PACIFIC - Original Broadway Cast (1949) Twitter.com/OriginalCastPod Facebook.com/OriginalCastPod...

We've moved to a new studio space and it needed testing. So Patrick found a guest wandering about the place and plopped him in front of the mics. Featured recordings: THE MUSIC MAN - Original Broadway Cast (1957) CABARET - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1972) THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - The Original Cast Recording (1986) INTO THE WOODS - Original Broadway Cast (1987) MATILDA - Original Broadwa...

Despite some initial recording confusion, Patrick and Charlene manage to get into some stuff. They talk women in the arts, dramatic structure, subtext, agency, and occasionally even mention MAN OF LA MANCHA. Featured recordings: MAN OF LA MANCHA - The Complete Musical Play (1968) Twitter.com/OriginalCastPod Facebook.com/OriginalCastPod Email: OriginalCastPod@gmail.com

During their A CHORUS LINE conversation Farrell and Patrick talked about the theme of "success." Here is the unedited version of that conversation. Twitter.com/OriginalCastPod Facebook.com/OriginalCastPod Email: OriginalCastPod@gmail.com

It's a Zeitler! Dramaturg Susanna Pretzer is here to talk about this Joe Iconis musical based on the YA novel but Patrick keeps bringing up HEATHERS and it's super annoying. (A "Zeitler" is what Patrick calls episodes about shows he has never heard of.) Featured recordings: BE MORE CHILL - Original Cast Recording (2015) HEATHERS - World Premiere Cast Recording (2014) Twitter.com/OriginalCastPod Fa...

Megan and Patrick both like C.S. Lewis. A lot. So they talk about C.S. Lewis. A lot. Like, A LOT a lot. Twitter.com/OriginalCastPod Facebook.com/OriginalCastPod Email: OriginalCastPod@gmail.com

Sound-designer Kenny Neal comes by to talk about what describes as "nobody's favorite musical." Topics include: "What?," "Why?," "Really?," "He does?," "They are?," and "I don't get it." Featured recordings: STARLIGHT EXPRESS - The Original Cast Recording (1984) Twitter.com/OriginalCastPod Facebook.com/OriginalCastPod Email: OriginalCastPod@gmail.com

On the occasion of Stephen Joshua Sondheim's 87th birthday, Paul and Patrick talk about all kinds of Sondheim. Also Sondheim and Sondheim. Featured recordings: EXPERIMENT - Mandy Patinkin (1994) Twitter.com/OriginalCastPod Facebook.com/OriginalCastPod Email: OriginalCastPod@gmail.com

Actual grown-up Beth Amann channels her 13-year-old self and talks about the unstoppable force that is WICKED. Topics include Joel Grey, Norbert Leo Butz, and the immovable objects that are music theatre hipsters. Featured recordings: WICKED - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2003) DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2005) Twitter.com/OriginalCastPod Facebook.com/OriginalC...

Irene Sankoff and David Hein's amazing new musical COME FROM AWAY opens on Broadway this Sunday (March 12, 2017). Both Patrick and Sara saw it when it was at Ford's Theatre on its way to Broadway and they think you should too. Really. Like, right now. Go see it. Now. We'll wait. Featured recordings: COME FROM AWAY - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2017) FUN HOME - A New Broadway Musical (2015) T...

Actor/director/writer Bridget Grace Sheaff starts strong and builds from there and Patrick and she discuss her actual favorite Sondheim show, not the one she tells people is her favorite. Topics include: death, destruction, and how, somewhere in Iowa right now, someone is performing THE MUSIC MAN (because it's the law). Featured recordings: INTO THE WOODS - Original Cast Recording (1987) Sondheim:...

Tony Award-winner Daisy Eagan and Patrick talk British music, free expression, and drummers. Featured recordings: TOMMY - The Who (1969) WHO'S NEXT - The Who (1971) Twitter.com/OriginalCastPod Facebook.com/OriginalCastPod Email: OriginalCastPod@gmail.com

Actor and Shakespearean scholar-in-training Farrell Parker comes by to talk about an album she adores and a show she does not. And the call is coming from inside the studio! Also T&A, ballet, and the nature and understanding of the concept of success. Featured recordings: A Chorus Line - Original Broadway Cast (1975) A Chorus Line - The New Cast Recording (2006) Twitter.com/OriginalCastPod Faceboo...

Jon and Patrick dive into the film version of THE LAST FIVE YEARS and then veer into why original cast albums are NOT soundtracks. Featured recordings: The Music Man - Original Broadway Cast (1957) The Music Man - Original Soundtrack (1962) The Last Five Years - Original Cast (2002) Songs from a New World - World Premiere Recording (1997) Twitter.com/OriginalCastPod Facebook.com/OriginalCastPod Em...

Avid theatre fan Heather Hurley reveals her origin story. Also how Billy & Mama are like Jack & Karen while Velma & Roxie are like Kim & Khloé. Featured recordings: Chicago - The Musical (1996) Twitter.com/OriginalCastPod Facebook.com/OriginalCastPod Email: OriginalCastPod@gmail.com

Another free-association with Lee and Patrick. We start with SPRING AWAKENING and get to a movie David Mamet wrote with Shel Silverstein. Featured recordings: REALLY ROSIE - Carole King (1975) Twitter.com/OriginalCastPod Facebook.com/OriginalCastPod Email: OriginalCastPod@gmail.com

Actor & librarian Megan Reichelt is here to talk about Frank Wildhorn's sweeping epic musical. But which version? The first? The second? The fourth? And why isn't Terrence Mann the lead in this show? Featured recordings: THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1997) JEKYLL & HYDE - Highlights from (1990) Twitter.com/OriginalCastPod Facebook.com/OriginalCastPod Email: OriginalCast...

Kari drops some trivia on Rosalind Russell, Patrick drops some trivia on movie musical casting, and we all leave better than we arrived. WANT FIVE SECONDS OF AIRTIME? It takes about five seconds to rate & review on iTunes. So, for the next little while if you give us 5-STARS on iTunes and write a review, we will give you five seconds of airtime on our show. Simply email your iTunes username (so we...

For a musical about the nature of religious belief and musical theatre storytelling, you'll be shocked to discover that Patrick and Jensen talk almost exclusively about the nature of religious belief and musical theatre storytelling. WANT FIVE SECONDS OF AIRTIME? It takes about five seconds to rate & review on iTunes. So, for the next little while if you give us 5-STARS on iTunes and write a revie...

The cast and creative team of the Flying V musical YOU, OR WHATEVER I CAN GET join Patrick on stage at the Flying V Awesome-a-Thon. Doug Wilder, Suzanne Edgar, Farrell Parker, Jason Schlafstein, and Steve Przybylski talk about the show they created and sing their favorite music theatre love songs! Even Jason! YOU, OR WHATEVER I CAN GET cast recording on Bandcamp! Leave a 5 Star Review on iTunes an...

Sondheim's second biggest flop is our subject today with actor Paul Scanlan. Topics include: Why does this show run backwards? What is Mary's deal? And how was this show not the biggest hit of Sondheim's career? Leave a 5 Star Review on iTunes and get 5 seconds on this podcast! Details inside! Featured recordings: MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1981) SONDHEIM: A CELEBRAT...