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Intermission: Billy the Shake (w/ Charlene V. Smith)

When one has a Shakespeare scholar as a guest, one talks about Shakespeare. Especially when the guest and one agree on so much about Shakespeare. 

The Original Cast at the Movies 04: Topsy-Turvy (1999)

Playwright/actor/director/Shakespearean scholar Charlene V. Smith (Man of La Mancha - London) and theatre historian Sara E. Cohen (Pippin) come down to talk ...

Don Mike Mendoza / Do I Hear a Waltz? - Original Broadway Cast (1965)

La-Ti-Do co-founder Don Mike Mendoza is back! This time we're talking about that most puzzling of musicals, the Sondheim/Rodgers/Laurents collaboration that ended all those friendships.

Topics include: Why? Seriously why? What? And why?

Also TRIVIA! 

Intermission: Remember the Time (w/ Daisy Eagan)

The final bit of my December 2016 conversation with Tony Award-winner Daisy Eagan is a nostalgic trip down problematic lane and a hopeful look forward. 

Tia Shearer Bassett / Titanic - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1997)

Actor/teacher/maker/mama Tia Shearer Bassett is here to talk about the musical about the boat that sank, and Leo & Kate barely come up.

Topics include: Michael Cerveris, Brian D'Arcy James, and the audacity of hope.

Mean Girls and Legal Blondes (w/ Don Mike Mendoza)

Don Mike returns in 3 weeks to talk about Do I Hear a Waltz? but before he does, here's a snip from that conversation about Mean Girls which opens this week at the August Wilson. 

Katie Whitley & Brad Whitley / Cabaret - The New Broadway Cast Recording (1998)

 The gang from Decomposition Podcast is here to talk about another Kander & Ebb revival that outran it's original production. 

The Original Cast at the Movies 03: From Justin to Kelly (2003)

Lee Liebeskind (Spring Awakening) and Liz Maestri (Les Misérables OLCR) join Patrick for a deep-dive into this . . . movie? Is it a movie? It certainly wants me to think it is.

Intermission: Send in the Clowns (w/ Holly Twyford)

Actor Holly Twyford talks about her musical debut as Desiree in A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC at Signature. A daunting undertaking for which she is currently nominated for a Helen Hayes Award. 

Harrison Smith / Parade - The Original Broadway Cast Recording (1999)

 Actor Harrison Smith is here for one of the most important and difficult to listen to musicals ever.

Topics include: JRB, Prince, Uhry, Guettel, and the terrifying capacity of James Finley. 

Intermission: Collaboration (w/ Logan Culwell-Block)

Logan Culwell-Block is back for this excised conversation about collaboration. Also Barbara Dickson. Also Logan didn't really think ASSASSINS came out in 1976. That was an auditory error. 

The Original Cast at the Movies 02: Beauty and the Beast (1991)

Activist playwrights Natalie Ann Piegari (CATS) and Amanda Zeitler (STARMITES) come on down to talk about Disney's groundbreaking story about a woman who learns to love the man who kidnaps her after spending time with him and his staff of housestaff who are forced to live for a decade as living objects . . . Wait, what? 

Elisa Rosman / March of the Falsettos ; Falsettoland - Original Cast (1981 ; 1990)

Music director and pianist extraordinaire Elisa Rosman is here for two LPs about a single show that was two shows (really three shows) and is now one show but is still good enough for three shows. 

Intermission: Try It and See (w/ Danielle Mohlman)

Three quick conversations excised from Danielle Mohlman's episode about Jesus Christ Superstar including an amazing surprise I'm so excited for you to hear omigod, you guys. 

Vaughn Irving / Striking 12 - The New GrooveLily Musical (2005)

Artistic Director of the Santa Fe Playhouse Vaughn Irving is here with another Zeitler!

Topics include: drummers, grooves, and what does an artistic director do anyway?

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Intermission: Decomposing Billy Joel (w/ the Decomposition Podcast)

I'm on Decomposition Podcast this week defending the honor of Tony Award-winner Billy Joel. This week's intermission is an excerpt from that appearance. The full episode is available over at Decomposition Podcast. 

Thembi Duncan / The Wiz - Original Soundtrack (1978)

Playwright and teaching artist Thembi Duncan is here to talk about the film version of THE WIZ.

Topics include: Baby Thembi, Can Beyoncé act?, and white man Patrick asking racially sensitive questions in a hopefully respectful manner that Thembi handles with a kindness and grace rarely seen in this day and age. 

The Original Cast at the Movies 01: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)

Tracy Lynn Olivera (You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown) and Holly Twyford (Annie) are with us to talk about the inexplicably dark, weird, and awesome Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971).

Intermission: Rent - The Movie (w/ Jimmy Mavrikes)

Jimmy and Patrick divert into the rich vein that is the major motion picture adaptation of RENT. Lord help us.

Lauren Halvorsen / The Wild Party - A Decca Broadway Original Cast Album (2000)

The thrilling conclusion to our deep-dive into THE WILD PARTY. We talk the La Chuisa/Wolfe Broadway version, Mandy Patinkin, the philosophy of adaptation, Mandy Patinkin, which we prefer, and Mandy Patinkin in . . . (not a joke, wish it was) blackface.

Lauren Halvorsen / The Wild Party - Original Cast Recording (2000)

Dramaturg Lauren Halvorsen is here for the first of our epic, two-part dive into both musical versions of THE WILD PARTY. Here we cover not only Andrew Lippa's off-Broadway take on Queenie, Burrs, Black, et all; we also talk through Joseph Moncure March's novella-length poem upon which both musicals are based.

Intermission: Which Party is Wilder? (w/ James Finley)

The next two episodes of this podcast will feature Lauren Halvorsen discussing both Andrew Lippa and Michael John La Chuisa's interpretations of The Wild Party.

So before we dig deep into one of the oddest coincidences in New York theatre history, I'm bringing you this excised bit from James Finley's episode abou...

The Original Cast at the Movies 00: Moulin Rouge! (2001)

Kari Ginsburg (Gypsy), Kenny Neal (Starlight Express), a...

The Original Cast at the Movies PILOT: Moulin Rouge! (2001)

The pilot for our special Patreon patrons-only podcast. The Original Cast at the Movies is a long-form movie musical discussion podcast. Our pilot episode features Kari Ginsburg, Kenny Neal, and Emily Zickler discussing Baz Luhrmann's Academy Award-winning Moulin Rouge!. Enjoy!

Intermission: More Sweeney! (w/ Emily Zickler)

All those little bits excised from Patrick and Emily's discussion of SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET edited into one "coherent" conversation.

Topics include: the un-standable innocence of Tobias Ragg, the un-supressable essence Patti LuPone, and the unbearable bareness of John Doyle.

Holly Twyford / Annie - Original Cast Recording (1976)

Four-time Helen Hayes Award-winner Holly Twyford is here to talk about one of the biggest hit musicals of all time.

Topics include: singing along in the audience, stars who own it, and what is the deal with Pepper?