The Original Cast

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Robert W. Schneider / La Cage Aux Folles - Original Cast Recording (1983) Jun 10, 2020

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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)

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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)!

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Distantly Social 71: Alexandra Petri Jun 01, 2020

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Here's a snippet from Alexandra and me talking from the before times.

recorded March 4, 2020

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MUSIC: "Birdhouse in Your Soul" performed by They Might Be Giants from their album Flood (1990), music and lyrics by John Flansburgh & John Linnell

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Distantly Social 70: Have You Been to the New Harris Teeter? May 31, 2020

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Distantly Social Theatre presents Have You Been to the New Harris Teeter? a short play written by Patrick Flynn starring Serena Berman & Ava Eisenson, and directed by Jake Beckhard.

Covert art photograph by David Wardrick.

Have You Been to the New Harris Teeter? was originally presented as part of Theatre Alliance's Hot House Readings series in 2017.

Have You Been to the New Harris Teeter? script available for licensing at the New Play Exchange!

Recording produced by Jake Beckhard and edited by Patrick Flynn.

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Distantly Social 69: The Furth/Lapine-of-It-All with James Gardiner May 30, 2020

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A fun edit from my talk with James Gardiner about Merrily We Roll Along.

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MUSIC: "Opening (Doors)" performed by Joshua Hinck & Charity Angél Dawson featuring Chip Zien & Aili Venho from Losing My Mind: A Sondheim Disco Fever Dream (2020), music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

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Distantly Social 68: Off2Broadway May 29, 2020

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Tara & Stefania are podcasting from the North!

Listen to the Off2Broadway podcast!

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MUSIC: "Blame Canada" from South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut (1999), music and lyrics by Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman

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Distantly Social 67: Jensen Clifford May 28, 2020

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Jensen is keeping busy and becoming goo.

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MUSIC: "I Believe" performed by Andrew Rannells from The Book of Mormon - Original Broadway Cast (2011), music and lyrics by Trey Parker & Robert Lopez &Matt Stone

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Lara Paquette / Footloose - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1999) May 27, 2020

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Lara is the host of the podcast Stage Door Stories and has the best "how did this show come into your life?" story ever.

Topics Include: Jeremy Kushnier, Jeremy Kushnier rapping, the Kenny Loggins of it all, and running into Jennifer Laura Thompson on the street.

Featured Recordings: Footloose - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1999) • Footloose - Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture (1984) • Flashdance - Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983) • An Officer and a Gentleman - Original Soundtrack (1982) • Dancing on the Ceiling - Lionel Richie (1986) • Arthur: The Album - Christopher Cross (1981) • Top Gun - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1986) • Fame - The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1980) • The Woman in Red - Selections from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1984)

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Distantly Social 66: Tuesday with Robbie May 26, 2020

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Robbie's album Songs from Inside My Locker is finally coming out!

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MUSIC: "If You're Right Right Right" written and performed by The Flynn Twins • "I'm Leaving Texas" performed by Dee Hoty from The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1994), music and lyrics by Carol Hall

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Distantly Social 65: Douglas J. Cohen May 25, 2020

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Is the world that different for writers?

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MUSIC: "So Far, So Good" performed by Marguerite MacIntyre and Adam Grupper from No Way to Treat a Lady - Original Cast Recording (1996), music and lyrics by Douglas J. Cohen

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