The Original Cast

Comedian/filmmaker Em Humble comes to us from the North of England to talk about a film that . . . makes . . . no . . . . . . sense? Topics include: the Childcatcher, late 60s sexism, Colonialism, songs that make no sense, the Leeds Tealights, and stage freight. Em Humble Dot Com Em's viral "Every 'Northern' character in a musical." Video The IMDb Trivia section for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Feature...

Zach is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of The Broadway Beat , a Broadway/theatre-based satire publication which has been featured in The Atlantic , The Washington Post , and USA Today , and which Seth Rudetsky called "truly brilliant comic writing." Topics include: Hans Zimmer, Scar being a creeper, Parade , backstage industrial accidents, folks who don't know what a stage manger is, and The Orig...

Broadwaysted 's own Kimberly Cooper Schmidt returns to talk about Sunday's TONY AWARDS! Topics include: Caroline, or Change , Company , Diana , Flying Over Sunset , for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf , Funny Girl , Girl from the North Country , MJ , Mr. Saturday Night , Mrs. Doubtfire , The Music Man , Paradise Square , SIX , and A Strange Loop MERCH! Visit our...

Stephanie is an actor, musician, and theatre practitioner who is here for a one-act, five-actor musical telling the true story of a future saint, her friend locked in a church, and her eye, hand, and mouth. Topics include: anchoresses, nuns, Catholic college, intentional dissonance, wrestling with songs, and staying true to yourself in the midst of it all. Stephanie Ridgeway Johnson Featured recor...

HaleyJane does many, many, many things (songwriter, performer, comedian, et al.) but listeners of our little show probably know her best from her work on Broadway's answer to The Onion : The Broadway Beat . Topics include: camping up the camp, genre-blending, the King, how Joseph was kind of a dick, and maybe ALW just NEEDS a narrator? HaleyJane Rose Dot Com Featured recordings: Joseph and the Ama...

Sophie's a poet. And she's aware of the fact that she is one. A poet that is. And she's here for Jason Robert Brown's first Broadway show with a title that is an exclamation point away from a Gwen Verdon/George Abbott joint from the late 50s. But only in the title. Topics include: someone else's tragedy, staging musicals in your head, having your heartbroken, being "Sophia," and tilting at windmil...

Podcaster and filmmaker Jesse McAnally is here for a musical about sexuality based on an early 20th-century play that is NOT Spring Awakening and the movie based on that musical that is also not Spring Awakening but does have Audra McDonald, T.R. Knight, and Martha Plimpton and that's very good. (We do jump between the movie and the stage show a lot.) Topics include: leitmotif, The Wild Party , Ma...

Emilio is a Broadway ensemblist featured in the film Ensemble who brings us a show with a very strong ensemble indeed. Topics include: when an ensemble member takes your eye, the information superhighway, tear-down revivals, East meets West, and DHH. Watch ENSEMBLE at Broadway On-Demand "Fan Tan Fannie" choreography Emilio's Instagram Featured recordings: Flower Drum Song - The New Broadway Cast R...

David has a unique place in Broadway history. No only has he music directed some of your favorite Broadway shows of the last 20+ years ( Ragtime , Company 1995, She Loves Me 1993, to name a few) but he is also the originator of the three roles on the Broadway stage in Master Class , Curtains , and Merrily We Roll Along . Topics include: Stro's kitchen table, touring with Scott Ellis, wanting to be...

Aaron J. Albano is back to talk more about the short documentary Ensemble that he co-produced and appears in. Watch ENSEMBLE at Broadway On-Demand Featured recording: "Opening: I Hope I Get It" from A Chorus Line - Original Broadway Cast (1975) The Original Cast Merchandise at TeePublic.com Visit our Patreon for access to our monthly live stream The Original Cast at the Movies where this year we'r...

Margaret is directing Violet right now at Georgetown University but she never says why she wanted to discuss this album! Topics include: progress, Donald Margulies, Hedda Gabler , finding the humor in dramas, going too far, the state of modern theatre education, and perception Follow Margaret and her work on Instagram and Twitter Come see Violet ! Free performances March 24th-27th, 30th, and April...

Aaron has been in 9 Broadway shows, is currently on the road with Hamilton , and has produced the film Ensemble which you simply must-see. And he's here for a show that took Northern California by storm in the mid-nineties! Topics include: "high" concept musicals, things going viral pre-Internet, not being in the best number in the show, and THE GREATEST PLOT SUMMARY IN THE HISTORY OF THIS PODCAST...

Composer, lyricist, and friend of the show Douglas J. Cohen responds to questions raised during the most recent The Original Cast at the Movies episode about Funny Lady and its lack of Kay Medford. Kay Medford and Zero Mostel performing "Do You Love Me?" on The Dean Martin Show . [NOTE: There is a low buzz on the left channel of this video so only use the right earbud.] Info about the Kojak episod...

Analise has done 3 Broadway shows before the age of 22 (including Mrs. Doubtfire ) and has an EP of original songs out with Broadway Records. She's here with a musical about the harrowing family experience of a couple of child musical performers and their mythological stage mother. . . Don't read too much into that. Topics include: introverted extroverts, roasting yourself, breaking the mold, Tony...

Brooke is the creator of Call Time Broadway , a theatre-specific social media network and she's here to explain that to an old man while talking about a show based on almost 6% of a Russian novel. Topics include: Russian FBs, Josh Groban, what to do when you love theatre but can't sing/act/dance, opera, and the private & intimate life of the house. Call Time Broadway Backstage with B Featured reco...

Duane is a performer, songwriter, and teacher who is here for an album that can be heard every-other-morning in my car. Topics include: 90s Kids, DisneyMania, T.I., writing, writing without knowing what you're writing, and writing some more. Duane on YouTube Featured recordings:  SpongeBob SquarePants  - Original Cast Recording (2017) •  "Momentum (Duane's Version)" - Duane Richards II The Origina...

9 recordings enter. Only 1 can leave. And it shall leave a champion. This is CAST ALBUM CAGE MATCH! Composer/lyricist Billy Recce joins Patrick to find the best cast album of one of their favorite shows: Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber's EVITA ! PLAY-IN ROUND  - 1979 Disco Album v.  1996 Movie Soundtrack ROUND 1 - Studio Casts: 1976 Concept Album v.  Play-In Round Winner - World Casts: 1980 Austral...

Attorney by day & Interview Content Editor for Comic Book Yeti by night, Jimmy is an old friend of Patrick's who is here for a show they did together just after the original production of The Life opened on Broadway. Topics include: Bring Back Birdie , 16-year-old Harry MacAfees, Paul Lynde, Dick Van Dyke, Chita Rivera, comics, and aging out of Conrad. Jimmy's Twitter Gate Crashers Dot Fan Feature...

Stephen Joshua Sondheim, 22 March 1930 - 26 November 2021

Serena Berman and Robbie Rozelle join Patrick for a discussion of the new Netflix film tick, tick . . . BOOM! . Is it as good as everyone says? Yes. And yes. This episode was recorded in a live stream for Patreon Patrons. To learn how you can attend a live stream recording of The Original Cast at the Movies , visit Patreon Dot Com Slash Original Cast Pod ! Serena Berman Dot Com Robbie Rozelle Dot...

Kevin Winkler, author of Big Deal: Bob Fosse and Dance in the American Musical , has a new book out NOW!! Everything is Choreography: The Musical Theater of Tommy Tune Featured Songs: "'S Wonderful" from My One and Only - Original Cast Recording (1983) • "We'll Take a Glass Together" from Grand Hotel - Broadway Cast Recording (1989) The Original Cast Merchandise at TeePublic.com Attend a LIVE STRE...

Composer/lyricist/educator Katya Stanislavskaya takes us back about 20 years for 5 years of pain and beauty and all that. Topics include: autobiography, tsuris, shiksas, Odessa, writing your first song, and what kind of person would ever say "I could never rescue you?" Seriously?! Katya on Soundcloud Katya's Instagram "This isn't Christmas," music & lyrics by Katya Stanislavskaya, performed by Sar...

SPECIAL EPISODE LIVE STREAM! TUESDAY, 11/23/21, 8:30PM EST AT PATREON DOT COM SLASH ORIGINAL CAST POD ! Join Patrick, Serena Berman , and Robbie Rozelle as they discuss the new Lin-Manuel Miranda film adaptation of Jonathan Larson's tick, tick . . . BOOM ! Available to ALL Patrons. The Original Cast Merchandise at TeePublic.com

Miriam is a performer and writer who has written a new musical about the Brontë Sisters called Glass Town and she's here for this Brontë musical that is . . . a lot CW: This episode contains a brief discussion of sexual misconduct and assault. Topics include: Mr. Bumble, voices across moors, contemporary scores & corsets, Diana (of course), endings are hard, and WHERE DID ALL THE BARITONES GO? Mir...

Patrick and Beth are back with 6 new episodes covering 6 romantic holiday films from Hallmark, Lifetime, and Netflix! Go to our new PATREON for a list of the 6 movies we'll be covering as well as access to bonus episodes, commentaries, and more! Watch our first film Journey Back to Christmas for FREE on YouTube! more about Beth more about Patrick Email us! loveactuallypod@gmail.com Instagram us: @...