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The Fabulous Invalid

The Fabulous Invalid is a theatrical production company founded in 2018 by Jamie DuMont and Rob Russo with the mission to illuminate untold stories and fascinating personalities on air and on stage with a reverence for the past, a bold outlook for the future, and a dash of panache. The company takes its name from the title of a 1938 backstage play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart that has since become a loving nickname for Broadway itself—always deemed on the verge of decline, yet always bouncing back: the fabulous invalid!
“The Fabulous Invalid Podcast” presents essential conversations with a curated roster of the best, most important, and innovative theatre-makers working today. Hosts Jamie DuMont and Rob Russo released 100 episodes from 2018 to 2021, and continue to release bonus episodes.
As co-producers of Bob Fosse’s DANCIN’ on Broadway, Jamie and Rob are now hosting “DANCIN’ Man: A Fabulous Invalid Podcast” —a limited podcast series featuring exclusive, behind-the-scenes interviews with members of the cast and creative team of this much-anticipated Broadway revival.

Copyright: © 2018 The Fabulous Invalid, LLC

Latest Episodes:

Episode 57: The Best of the Decade Jan 01, 2020

Show notes

Happy New Year & Happy New Decade! On this week’s show, Rob and Jamie discuss their top ten favorite plays and musicals from the past decade, tweet us yours @fabulousInvalid!

This week’s music: “It Means Beautiful”, from “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie”, “Nothin'”, from “The Scottsboro Boys”, “Hey, Boys”, from “Love’s Labour’s Lost”, “Here Lies Love”, from “Here Lies Love”, “Hello, Dolly!” from “Hello, Dolly! The 2017 Broadway Cast”, and “Out of the Darkness”, from “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie”.

Find us on Twitter & Instagram: @fabulousinvalid

Facebook: www.facebook.com/fabulousinvalid

Rob’s reviews: www.stageleft.nyc

Email us at: info@fabulousinvalid.com

Jamie Du Mont

Twitter: @jamiedumont

Instagram: @troutinnyc

Rob Russo

Twitter/Instagram: @StageLeft_NYC

Jennifer Simard

Twitter: @SimardJennifer

Instagram: @thejennifersimard

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Episode 56: Sammi Cannold: The Art of the Possible Dec 18, 2019

Show notes

On this week’s show, Rob, Jamie, and Jennifer are back at their usual table for the final Orso Restaurant episode of the decade! They’re joined by director Sammi Cannold, who just directed a stunning new production of “Evita” at New York City Center and will present Celine Song's “Endlings” at New York Theatre Workshop Off-Broadway this winter. Together, they discuss Sammi’s impressive career to-date, what’s next, and the importance of female mentorship in the theatre.

This week’s music: “Another Suitcase In Another Hall” and “Art Of The Possible” from the "Evita” Original Cast Album, “Prologue” from “Ragtime” and “Magic To Do” from “Pippin; New Cast Recording”.

Find us on Twitter & Instagram: @fabulousinvalid

Facebook: www.facebook.com/fabulousinvalid

Rob’s reviews: www.stageleft.nyc

Email us at: info@fabulousinvalid.com

Jamie Du Mont

Twitter: @jamiedumont

Instagram: @troutinnyc

Rob Russo

Twitter/Instagram: @StageLeft_NYC

Jennifer Simard

Twitter: @SimardJennifer

Instagram: @thejennifersimard

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Episode 55: Rob’s Top Ten of 2019 Dec 12, 2019

Show notes

We love a list! On this week’s show, Rob and Jamie discuss Rob’s top ten favorite shows from 2019 (plus a few of his honorable mentions) as reviewed on Stage Left. Tweet us your top ten @fabulousInvalid!

This week’s music: “Burning Down The House”, “American Utopia”, “Election Night”, from “Soft Power”, “Prologue”, and “Who’s That Woman” from “Follies: 2018 National Theater Recording”, “Road to Hell” and “Road To Hell reprise”, from “Hadestown”and “Today” from “A Strange Loop”.

Find us on Twitter & Instagram: @fabulousinvalid

Facebook: www.facebook.com/fabulousinvalid

Rob’s reviews: www.stageleft.nyc

Email us at: info@fabulousinvalid.com

Jamie Du Mont

Twitter: @jamiedumont

Instagram: @troutinnyc

Rob Russo

Twitter/Instagram: @StageLeft_NYC

Jennifer Simard

Twitter: @SimardJennifer

Instagram: @thejennifersimard

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Episode 54 Michael R. Jackson: A Strange Loop Dec 04, 2019

Show notes

On this week’s show, Rob and Jamie are back at Orso Restaurant. They sit down with composer, lyricist, and playwright Michael R. Jackson, creator of "A Strange Loop”, a fantastic new musical that played Off-Broadway last summer. “A Strange Loop” is a “self-referential” musical by and about “a black, queer man writing a musical about a black, queer man who’s writing a musical about a black queer man”. Together, they talk about the fascinating development and construction of the show. A bit later, Rob gives a closer look at other landmark black theatre artists whose work has shaped and expanded the American theatre.

This week’s music: “Intermission Song”, “Inner White Girl”, “We Wanna Know”, “Memory Song”, “Writing A Gospel Play”, “Periodically,” and “A Strange Loop”, all from “A Strange Loop”. “One Life To Live Theme”, by Peabo Bryson.

Find us on Twitter & Instagram: @fabulousinvalid

Facebook: www.facebook.com/fabulousinvalid

Rob’s reviews: www.stageleft.nyc

Email us at: info@fabulousinvalid.com

Jamie Du Mont

Twitter: @jamiedumont

Instagram: @troutinnyc

Rob Russo

Twitter/Instagram: @StageLeft_NYC

Jennifer Simard

Twitter: @SimardJennifer

Instagram: @thejennifersimard

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Episode 53: Kate Reinders: Thank Goodness Nov 27, 2019

Show notes

On this week’s show, Jamie, Rob, and Jennifer are joined by the delightful Kate Reinders. Kate has starred on Broadway in the 2003 revival of “Gypsy”, “Something Rotten”, “Beautiful”, and as Glinda in "Wicked”. She can currently be seen on the new Disney+ show, “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series”. Before Kate joins the group, they talk about theatre etiquette; following the interview, Rob counts down the top 10 most produced high school musicals.

This week’s music: “Anything You Can Do”, “Annie Get Your Gun”, “If Momma Was Married”, “Broadway” from “Gypsy, The 2003 Cast Recording Starring Bernadette Peters”, and the “Golden Girls Theme”.

Find us on Twitter & Instagram: @fabulousinvalid

Facebook: www.facebook.com/fabulousinvalid

Rob’s reviews: www.stageleft.nyc

Email us at: info@fabulousinvalid.com

Jamie Du Mont

Twitter: @jamiedumont

Instagram: @troutinnyc

Rob Russo

Twitter/Instagram: @StageLeft_NYC

Jennifer Simard

Twitter: @SimardJennifer

Instagram: @thejennifersimard

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Episode 52: Len Cariou: Now, Later, Soon Nov 20, 2019

Show notes

On this week’s show, Jamie and Rob are back at Orso Restaurant with legendary actor Len Cariou. With a career spanning over five decades, Len created roles in “Applause” and “A Little Night Music” before his Tony and Drama Desk Award winning turn as the title character in “Sweeney Todd”. Len is currently starring Off-Broadway in “Harry Townsend’s Last Stand”, and can also be seen on CBS’s hit drama, “Bluebloods”. Following the interview, Rob gives us a bit more information on the legend of “Sweeney Todd”, and before we sit with Len, Jamie and Rob talk about winter, sweaters, and Rob’s swan-like neck.

This week’s music: “But Alive”, and “Think How It’s Gonna Be”, from “Applause”, “Now, Later, Soon” and “A Weekend In The Country” from “A Little Night Music”, and “Act 1 Prologue”, “Prelude”, “The Barber And His Wife”, “Pretty Women”, “Johanna”, and “Epilogue: The Ballad Of Sweeney Todd”, from “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street”.

Find us on Twitter & Instagram: @fabulousinvalid

Facebook: www.facebook.com/fabulousinvalid

Rob’s reviews: www.stageleft.nyc

Email us at: info@fabulousinvalid.com

Jamie Du Mont

Twitter: @jamiedumont

Instagram: @troutinnyc

Rob Russo

Twitter/Instagram: @StageLeft_NYC

Jennifer Simard

Twitter: @SimardJennifer

Instagram: @thejennifersimard

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Episode 51: Theresa Rebeck: Let The Writing Teach You Nov 13, 2019

Show notes

On this week’s show, Jamie, Rob, and Jennifer chat with playwright Theresa Rebeck about her smashing new play, “Seared” at MCC Theater. Theresa was also the creator of the television show “Smash”, and is the award winning playwright of “Mauritius”, “Bernhardt / Hamlet”, “Seminar”, and “Dead Accounts” on Broadway, and “Omnium Gatherum”, “A View of the Dome” Off-Broadway. We discuss all things food, the challenges of cooking on stage, the secrets of mac & cheese and butter, and get some insight into her writing process. A bit later, Rob gives a look into other shows that feature cooking on stage.

This week’s music: “Overture” from “Company, 2018 London Cast Recording”, and “Food Glorious Food”, from “Oliver!, 1994 London Palladium Cast Recording”.

Find us on Twitter & Instagram: @fabulousinvalid

Facebook: www.facebook.com/fabulousinvalid

Rob’s reviews: www.stageleft.nyc

Email us at: info@fabulousinvalid.com

Jamie Du Mont

Twitter: @jamiedumont

Instagram: @troutinnyc

Rob Russo

Twitter/Instagram: @StageLeft_NYC

Jennifer Simard

Twitter: @SimardJennifer

Instagram: @thejennifersimard

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Episode 50: Soft Power: Democracy Will Break Your Heart Nov 06, 2019

Show notes

On this week’s show, Rob and Jamie spotlight “Soft Power”, the innovative new “musical-within-a-play” currently playing at the Public Theater. They are joined by playwright and lyricist David Henry Hwang, director Leigh Silverman, and two of the show’s stars: Francis Jue and Alyse Alan Louis. Together, they discuss the unique structure of the piece, its inception and content, changes made from California to New York, what it’s like playing living figures as characters on stage, and the current state of American democracy. Rob closes with some reflections on seeing his boss, Secretary Clinton, reflected back on stage.

This week’s music: selections from “Soft Power” and “The March of the Siamese Children” from “The King And I, 2015 Broadway Cast”.

Find us on Twitter & Instagram: @fabulousinvalid

Facebook: www.facebook.com/fabulousinvalid

Rob’s reviews: www.stageleft.nyc

Email us at: info@fabulousinvalid.com

Jamie Du Mont

Twitter: @jamiedumont

Instagram: @troutinnyc

Rob Russo

Twitter/Instagram: @StageLeft_NYC

Jennifer Simard

Twitter: @SimardJennifer

Instagram: @thejennifersimard

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Episode: 49: Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon: All Their Jazz Oct 30, 2019

Show notes

Part two of a special, two-part episode of “The Fabulous Invalid”, Jamie and Rob take an in depth look at the life, work, and legacies of Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon by talking with actors and dancers who knew and worked with them.

From their first auditions to memorable experiences in the rehearsal room and in performance, Mimi Quillin, Jane Lanier, Chet Walker, and John Rubenstein—along with Betty Buckley and Donna McKechnie—pull back the curtain to reveal the Bob and Gwen they knew. This podcast offers a unique look at one of the most famous, successful, and fascinating show-business duos in history.

This Week’s Music: “Overture” from “Chicago”, “A Little Brains, A Little Talent”, from “Damn Yankees”, “Who’s Got The Pain”, from “Damn Yankees”, “Bye, Bye Love”, from “All That Jazz”, “Steam Heat”, from “Fosse”, “Life’s A Bowl Of Cherries” from “Fosse”, “I’m A Brass Band”, from “Sweet Charity”, “Hot Honey Rag” from “ Chicago”, “South Mount Sinai Parade”, from “All That Jazz”.

Find us on Twitter & Instagram: @fabulousinvalid

Facebook: www.facebook.com/fabulousinvalid

Rob’s reviews: www.stageleft.nyc

Email us at: info@fabulousinvalid.com

Jamie Du Mont

Twitter: @jamiedumont

Instagram: @troutinnyc

Rob Russo

Twitter/Instagram: @StageLeft_NYC

Jennifer Simard

Twitter: @SimardJennifer

Instagram: @thejennifersimard

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Episode: 48: Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon: All Their Jazz Oct 23, 2019

Show notes

For a special, two-part episode of “The Fabulous Invalid”, Jamie and Rob take an in depth look at the life, work, and legacies of Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon by talking with actors and dancers who knew and worked with them.

From their first auditions to memorable experiences in the rehearsal room and in performance, Mimi Quillin, Jane Lanier, Chet Walker, and John Rubenstein—along with Betty Buckley and Donna McKechnie—pull back the curtain to reveal the Bob and Gwen they knew. This podcast offers a unique look at one of the most famous, successful, and fascinating show-business duos in history.

This Week’s Music: “Main Title” from “All That Jazz”, “Corner Of The Sky”, from “Pippin”, “On Broadway”, from “All That Jazz”, “Rich Man’s Frug”, from “Sweet Charity”, “On the Right Track” from “Pippin”, “If They Could See Me Now”, from “Sweet Charity”, “Take Off With Us” from “All That Jazz”, “I Gotcha”, from “Liza With A Z”, “Big Spender”, from “Sweet Charity”.

Find us on Twitter & Instagram: @fabulousinvalid

Facebook: www.facebook.com/fabulousinvalid

Rob’s reviews: www.stageleft.nyc

Email us at: info@fabulousinvalid.com

Jamie Du Mont

Twitter: @jamiedumont

Instagram: @troutinnyc

Rob Russo

Twitter/Instagram: @StageLeft_NYC

Jennifer Simard

Twitter: @SimardJennifer

Instagram: @thejennifersimard

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