The Original Cast

Nov 12 2024 455 ep. 41 mins 1k
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A podcast about original cast albums and the people who love them hosted by playwright Patrick Flynn.

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

Nov 12 2024 132 mins  
part 1 originally released: January 10, 2018 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 al.; we also talk through Joseph Moncure March's novella-length poem upon which both musicals are based. part 2 originally released:

Amanda Zeitler / Starmites - Original Cast Members (1999) *FLASHBACK*

Oct 29 2024 58 mins  
originally released: October 26, 2016 Amanda introduces Patrick to a show he had not only never heard but never heard of. After a thorough plot synopsis things get personal, then philosophical, then pedagogical, then philosophical again, then paleontological. Featured recordings: STARMITES - Original Cast Members (1999) Featured websites: Starmites Official Site The Starmite Story

Doug Wilder / No Way to Treat a Lady - Original Cast Recording (1997) *FLASHBACK*

Oct 15 2024 52 mins  
originally released: June 28, 2017 Helen Hayes Award-winner Doug Wilder brings us our third Zeitler! A tiny, dark comedy musical about a serial killer and a cop and the woman the cop loves and the mother of the serial killer and also the cop's mother. Topics include: earnest love, montage theory, and DEATH TO SMOOCHY. Featured recordings: NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY - Original Cast Re

Alexandra Silber / The Secret Garden - The Original Broadway Cast Album (1991) *FLASHBACK*

Oct 01 2024 63 mins  
originally released: September 18, 2019 Actor and author Alexandra Silber is currently appearing as Fraulein Sally Bowles in Olney Theatre Center's production of Cabaret. But she's here this week to talk about this beautiful Lucy Simon/Marsha Norman musical and so much more. Really, we get deep.__Topics include: living with grief, communing with nature, and the glory of Rebecca Lu

Kenny Neal / Starlight Express - The Original Cast Recording (1984) *FLASHBACK*

Sep 17 2024 55 mins  
originally released: March 29, 2017 Sound designer Kenny Neal comes by to talk about what he 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/OriginalCastPodFacebook.com/OriginalCa

Robert W. Schneider / La Cage Aux Folles - Original Cast Recording (1983) *FLASHBACK*

Sep 03 2024 65 mins  
originally released: June 10, 2020 Director/podcaster Robert W. Schneider is here for a musical whose legacy may be unfairly besmirched by an infamous Tony speech. Topics Include: George Hearn, staging the overture, cutting the entr’acte, and maybe revoking Rob’s gay card live on the air! Featured Recording: La Cage Aux Folles - Original Cast Recording (1983) MERCH! T-shirts! T

Logan Culwell-Block / Little Shop of Horrors - Original Cast Album (1982) *FLASHBACK*

Aug 20 2024 59 mins  
originally released: November 29, 2017 Playbill writer (now news editor) Logan Culwell-Block stops by ostensibly to talk about LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS but Patrick and he nerd out pretty fast. Topics include: How should a cast album be produced? Early versions of how Seymour killed the dentist. And why in the name of heavenly glory would you autotune Jerry Orbach?!? Featured record

Rebecca Luker / Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Original Cast (1979) *FLASHBACK*

Aug 06 2024 49 mins  
originally released: July 22, 2020 • updated intro: December 23, 2020 Three-time Tony-nominee Rebecca Luker is here for a walk through her career and the show Sheldon Harnick calls our “greatest American opera.” Topics Include: getting an agent out of town, auditioning for Hal Prince, balancing your work and your life, and of course we talk about The Secret Garden and I play

Amy Oestreicher / In Trousers - Original Cast (1979) *FLASHBACK*

Jul 23 2024 69 mins  
originally released: June 17, 2020 • updated intro: April 9, 2021 Writer/performer/amazing human Amy Oestreicher comes to us with us to complete the Falsettos trilogy (by going back to Part 1). Topics Include: Bill Finn calling on the phone, convincing teachers to let you do your own version of the assignment, tap dancing so hard you need surgery, and another in what is booming a

Douglas J. Cohen / Sondheim: A Musical Tribute - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1973) *FLASHBACK*

Jul 09 2024 49 mins  
originally released: May 8, 2019 Composer/lyricist (and former subject of this podcast), Doug Cohen is here for the first-ever Sondheim tribute. Topics include: cut songs, Ethel Merman, Sondheim's singing voice, the glorious Nancy Walker, and drowning your babies. Featured recordings: Sondheim: A Musical Tribute - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1973) • Sondheim: A Celebration