The Original Cast

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The Original Cast

A podcast about original cast albums and the people who love them hosted by playwright Patrick Flynn.

  1. Chris Adams & Holly Morgan / Bat Boy - Original Cast Recording (2001) *FLASHBACK*

    NOV 27

    Chris Adams & Holly Morgan / Bat Boy - Original Cast Recording (2001) *FLASHBACK*

    originally released: May 5, 2021 Two Guests for the price of one! Chris & Holly from the podcast Out for Blood: The Story of Carrie the Musical are here for a show they did at Edinburgh Fringe that bears more than a passing resemblance to said Stephen King musical. CW: sexual assault. Topics include: Holly as the lead, singing Wicked during Bat Boy, does Off-West End exist?, bags of wigs, and Carrie (of course). Out for Blood: The Story of Carrie the Musical Big Diva Energy Podcast Featured recordings: Bat Boy - Original Cast Recording (2001) • Bat Boy - Original London Cast Recording (2004) 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!! Our latest Sondheim-excursion has Logan Culwell-Block (Little Shop of Horrors) and Sophie Schulman (Funny Girl) digging into Sondheim’s fabled TV-mini-musical Evening Primrose (1966). Patreon • Twitter • Facebook • Email

    1h 10m
  2. Lauren Halvorsen / The Wild Party - Original Cast Recording | A Decca Broadway Original Cast Album (2000) *FLASHBACK*

    NOV 13

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

    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: January 17, 2018 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.   Poem excerpts read and recorded by Lee Liebeskind.   Featured recordings: THE WILD PARTY - Original Cast Recording (2000) THE WILD PARTY - A Decca Broadway Original Cast Album (2000) FORBIDDEN BROADWAY - Vol. 5: Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its Act! (1999)   PATREON! Twitter.com/OriginalCastPod Facebook.com/OriginalCastPod OriginalCastPod@gmail.com

    2h 12m
  3. Amanda Zeitler / Starmites - Original Cast Members (1999) *FLASHBACK*

    OCT 30

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

    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 Sharon McNight Official Website Gabriel Barre’s Official Website Twitter.com/OriginalCastPod Facebook.com/OriginalCastPod Email: OriginalCastPod@gmail.com

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

    OCT 16

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

    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 Recording (1997) Twitter.com/OriginalCastPod Facebook.com/OriginalCastPod Email: OriginalCastPod@gmail.com

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

    OCT 2

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

    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 Luker. Buy Alexandra's memoir White Hot Grief Parade and her novel After Anatevka. Both titles are also available on Audible read by Al herself! Featured recordings: The Secret Garden - The Original Broadway Cast Album (1991) Join us on PATREON to get our patrons-only podcast The Original Cast at the Movies?  August's episode has Married super-cool duo Lee Liebeskind (Spring Awakening) and Megan Reichelt (The Scarlet Pimpernel) join Patrick and his super-cool ladywife Kelley to talk about The Muppet Movie (1979) the super-coolest movie of all time. Seriously, it's so good you guys. Patreon • Twitter • Facebook • Email

    1h 3m
  6. Kenny Neal / Starlight Express - The Original Cast Recording (1984) *FLASHBACK*

    SEP 18

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

    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/OriginalCastPod Facebook.com/OriginalCastPod Email: OriginalCastPod@gmail.com

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

    SEP 4

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

    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! Totes bags! BASEBALL SHIRTS! ETCETERA! DO YOU LIKE MOVIE MUSICALS? Join us on PATREON to get our patrons-only podcast The Original Cast at the Movies! Right now you can hear Kimberly Cooper Schmidt (The Light in the Piazza) and Jay Schmidt (The Full Monty) talk about the best mockumentary ever made This is Spin̈al Tap (1984)! Patreon • Twitter • Facebook • Email

    1h 5m
  8. Logan Culwell-Block / Little Shop of Horrors - Original Cast Album (1982) *FLASHBACK*

    AUG 21

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

    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 recordings: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS - Original Cast Album (1982) EXPERIMENT - Mandy Patinkin (1994) COMPANY - Original Broadway Cast (1970)   Twitter.com/OriginalCastPod Facebook.com/OriginalCastPod OriginalCastPod@gmail.com

    1 hr
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