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Updated 07/25/2021

06/12/2024

IT'S THE 2024 TONYS!!!!!!

It's TONYS TIME!! Patrick, Lauren Halvorsen (Nothing for the Group), and Robbie Rozelle (Center Stage Records) break down this incredibly overpacked Tony season. Who will win? Who will lose? Who won't show up? Who wasn't invited? Which version of The Wild Party should've been on Broadway 24 years ago? We cover it all! Patrick's magic 2024 Tonys YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0ESY8dK6cXofKNoexpuGb5RsFG-caI57 ORIGINAL CAST MERCH! Visit our Patreon for access to our monthly live stream The Original Cast at the Movies where 2024 is THE YEAR OF *BARBARA* celebrating the filmography of Tony winner and Oscar nominee Barbara Harris! Patreon • Twitter • Facebook • Email

06/12/2024

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2h 18m
07/27/2022

Len Rodino / Sunset Blvd. - American Premiere Recording (1993)

Playbill’s Director of Events & Creative Strategy Len Rodino stops by to talk about this BIG musical about BIG drama that had BIG drama around it for 40+ years! Topics include: taking the bus from PA, Patti LuPone’s memoir, 5 “useful” majors, starting as the receptionist, cigarette ads in my Playbill, and And Juliet! Len’s Instagram Featured recordings: Sunset Blvd. - American Premiere Recording (1993) • Boulevard! - The Complete Musical Adaptation (2008) MERCH! Visit our Patreon for access to our monthly live stream The Original Cast at the Movies where this year we’re talking musical sequels and musical biopics! Patreon • Twitter • Facebook • Email

07/27/2022

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1h 3m
06/16/2021

Marissa Rosen / The Rocky Horror Show - The New Broadway Cast Recording (2000)

Actress and cabaret star Marissa Rosen comes by to talk about the show she saw dozens of times on Broadway. Dozens. Topics include: finding family at the stage door, support singers, sexy/sleazy, Marty Thomas, and going to Duane Reade in a full face and lashes. Marissa Rosen Dot Com Featured recordings: The Rocky Horror Show - The New Broadway Cast Recording (2000) • The Rocky Horror Skivvies Show - The Skivvies featuring Marissa Rosen (2020) DO YOU LIKE MOVIE MUSICALS? DO YOU LIKE SONDHEIM? Then you will love our PATREON podcast The Original Cast at the Movies because 2021 is all about Sondheim Movie Musicals!! May’s episode is the only non-musical screenplay Sondheim has (so far) penned: The Last of Sheila (1973). It's a murder mystery that plays so fair, the title is a clue. Patreon • Twitter • Facebook • Email

06/16/2021

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1h 16m
11/01/2023

Eleni Hagen / Sunset Boulevard - World Premiere Recording (1993)

Eleni comes to us from the Kennedy Center’s Digital Learning Center to talk about a musical that lives in her very soul and bones. Topics include: preteen sunset, channelling Maria Callas, tired performances, unfinished lyrics, Betty Schaefer’s agency, and (of course) a swimming pool named “Andrew.” Kennedy Center Education ”Who Doesn’t Love Opera?” by Eleni Hagen at Kennedy Dash Center Dot Org Around the Sun at the Broadway Podcast Network Featured recordings: Sunset Boulevard - World Premiere Recording (1993) • Sunset Boulevard - Original Niedernhausen Cast (1995) • Sunset Boulevard - American Premiere Recording (1994) ORIGINAL CAST MERCH! Visit our Patreon for access to our monthly live stream The Original Cast at the Movies where 2023 is THE YEAR OF BARBRA celebrating the filmography of Ms. Barbra Joan Streisand! Patreon • Twitter • Facebook • Email

11/01/2023

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1h 20m
03/24/2021

Marty Thomas / Miss Saigon - Original London Cast Recording (1990)

Broadway vet and cabaret mainstay Marty Thomas is here for a show he first saw on Broadway when he was 11 and thought everyone was just really good friends at Dreamland in Saigon. Topics include: How one pronounces “Alain Boublil;” Double-tape deck stereos; Branson, MO; changed lyrics; And why cast Jonathan Pryce in the first place? Marty Thomas Dot Com Chris, what’s haunting you? on Instagram The Broadway Hot Dog Featured recordings: Miss Saigon - Original London Cast Recording (1990) • My Broadway - Sean McDermott (1999) • Slow Dancing with a Boy - Marty Thomas (2019) • It’s a Holiday Soul Party - Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings (2015) • The Award Winning Holiday Album - Marty Thomas & Marissa Rosen (2020) DO YOU LIKE MOVIE MUSICALS? DO YOU LIKE SONDHEIM? Then you will love our PATREON podcast The Original Cast at the Movies because 2021 is all about Sondheim Movie Musicals!! This month’s episode has Broadwaysted!’s Bryan Plofsky and fan-favorite Kenny Neal talking about the most Academy Award-winning entry in Sondheim’s filmography West Side Story (1961). Patreon • Twitter • Facebook • Email Mandy Patinkin Sings 90s Hits!

03/24/2021

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1h 31m
04/22/2020

Jonathan Howard / Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat - London Palladium Cast Recording (1991)

Johnny sings bass in The King's Singers and was almost literally born into this Lloyd Webber/Rice mainstay. Topics Include: finding oneself part of a six-man vocal ensemble, naming all the colours in Joseph's coat, jacks-of-all-trades/masters-of-none, and Tuffi the elephant who accidentally fell from the Wuppertal Schwebebahn monorail into the River Wupper in 1950. Featured Recordings: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - London Palladium Cast Recording (1991) • Finding Harmony - The King's Singers (2020) • Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Original Broadway Cast (1982) T-shirts and tote-bags and more at the Original Cast Store! Join us on PATREON to get our patrons-only podcast The Original Cast at the Movies? This month Roddy Flynn, Kari Ginsburg, and I begin our year-long mission to cover all 4 theatrical film versions of A Star is Born. And we start with at the beginning in 1937 with Janet Gaynor and Fredric March. It's not a musical but it will be! Patreon • Twitter • Facebook • Email

04/22/2020

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59 min
06/23/2021

Intermission: Stephen Sondheim Brings "The Miller's Son" to Music Theatre Writing Class

A short fantasia by Katya Stanislavskaya. Casey Erin Clark Kevin David Thomas Marissa Rosen & Marty Thomas Featured Songs: “The Miller’s Son” performed by D. Jamin-Bartlett from A Little Night Music - Original Broadway Cast (1973) • “The Miller’s Son” performed by Aili Venho from Losing My Mind: A Sondheim Disco Fever Dream (2020) DO YOU LIKE MOVIE MUSICALS? DO YOU LIKE SONDHEIM? Then you will love our PATREON podcast The Original Cast at the Movies because 2021 is all about Sondheim Movie Musicals!! May’s episode is the only non-musical screenplay Sondheim has (so far) penned: The Last of Sheila (1973). It's a murder mystery that plays so fair, the title is a clue. Patreon • Twitter • Facebook • Email

06/23/2021

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9 min
05/11/2016

Evan Casey / Les Misérables - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1987)

Actor, singer, and Orioles fan Evan Casey talks LES MISÉRABLES. Patrick & Evan talk about Colm Wilkinson, JERSEY BOYS, and whether or not Terrence Mann is the greatest singer in the history of the world. Featured recording: LES MISÉRABLES - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1987) Twitter.com/OriginalCastPod Facebook.com/OriginalCastPod Email: OriginalCastPod@gmail.com

05/11/2016

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55 min
01/26/2022

Brooke Muller / Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2016)

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 recordings: Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2016) 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’re talking musical sequels and musical biopics! Patreon • Twitter • Facebook • Email

01/26/2022

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54 min
07/20/2016

Liz Maestri / Les Misérables - Original London Cast Album (1985)

Playwright Liz Maestri stops by to talk about the London cast recording of LES MISÉRABLES. Patrick and Liz discuss the difference between a “leading lady” and a “lady,” roles that are beneath Patti LuPone, and whether woodwinds belong in a marching band. Featured recordings: LES MISÉRABLES - Original London Cast Recording (1985) JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR - A Rock Opera (1970) LES MISÉRABLES - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1987) LES MISÉRABLES - The Complete Symphonic Recording (1990) Twitter.com/OriginalCastPod Facebook.com/OriginalCastPod Email: OriginalCastPod@gmail.com

07/20/2016

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56 min

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IT'S THE 2024 TONYS!!!!!!

Len Rodino / Sunset Blvd. - American Premiere Recording (1993)

Marissa Rosen / The Rocky Horror Show - The New Broadway Cast Recording (2000)

Eleni Hagen / Sunset Boulevard - World Premiere Recording (1993)

Marty Thomas / Miss Saigon - Original London Cast Recording (1990)

Jonathan Howard / Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat - London Palladium Cast Recording (1991)

Intermission: Stephen Sondheim Brings "The Miller's Son" to Music Theatre Writing Class

Evan Casey / Les Misérables - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1987)

Brooke Muller / Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2016)

Liz Maestri / Les Misérables - Original London Cast Album (1985)

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