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**The Original Cast**

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

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Distantly Social 37: Anna Grace Nowalk Apr 23, 2020

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Anna wants to go back to college, please.

Watch Nexus by Danielle Mohlman on its virtual national tour now through May 3.

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MUSIC: "I Wish I Could Go Back to College" performed by John Tartaglia, Peter Linz, Stephanie D'Abruzzo from Avenue Q - Original Broadway Cast (2003), music and lyrics by Robert Lopez & Jeff Marx

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Jonathan Howard / Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - London Palladium Cast Recording (1991) Apr 22, 2020

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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)

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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!

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Distantly Social 36: Tuesday with Robbie Apr 21, 2020

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Jim Steinman wrote a Batman musical.

LISTEN TO SHE IS RISEN, VOLUME I

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MUSIC: "Simon Zealotes / Poor Jerusalem" performed by Ledisi and Morgan James, from Jesus Christ Superstar - She is Risen: Volume I (2020), music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Tim Rice

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Distantly Social 35: Rick Westerkamp Apr 20, 2020

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Rick is teaching drama to 5th-8th grade girls.

Watch Nexus by Danielle Mohlman on its virtual national tour now through May 3.

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MUSIC: "Do-Re-Mi" performed by Mary Martin, from The Sound of Music - Original Broadway Cast (1959), music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

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Distantly Social 34: The Lady's Got Potential Apr 19, 2020

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Today we take a deep-dive into a song's evolution with this number from Evita from its debut on the 1976 concept album, its deletion from the stage production, and reinstatement for the film.

Featured recordings: Evita - An Opera Based on the Life Story of Eva Peron 1919-1952 (1976) • Evita - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1979) • Evita - The Complete Motion Picture Music Soundtrack (1996)

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Distantly Social 33: Mary Myers Apr 18, 2020

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Mary's teaching Shakespeare to stuffed animals.

Watch Nexus by Danielle Mohlman on its virtual national tour now through May 3.

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MUSIC: "Hip Hop Hooray" performed by Naughty by Nature, from 19 Naughty III - Naughty by Nature (1993), music and lyrics by Ronald Isley, Ernie Isley, Rudolph Isley, Chris Jasper, O'Kelly Isley Jr., Marvin Isley, Vincent Brown, Anthony Criss, Keir Gist

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Distantly Social 32: Nexus Apr 17, 2020

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Danielle Mohlman's play Nexus is going on a virtual national tour.

WATCH NEXUS!

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MUSIC: "Opening Night" performed by the company, from The Producers - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2001), music and lyrics by Mel Brooks

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Distantly Social 31: Serena Berman Apr 16, 2020

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Staying mentally balanced in Harlem.

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MUSIC: "Another Hundred People" performed by Pamela Myers, from Company - Original Broadway Cast (1970), music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

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Patrick Flynn / Fun Home - A New Broadway Musical (2015) Apr 15, 2020

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Guest host Kari Ginsburg talks to usual host Patrick Flynn about his rebirth as a music theatre devotee and what he thought the podcast would be versus what it is.

Topics Include: the Queen, Judy Kuhn, long may she reign; oddball Juan Peróns; crying and crying; the eternal struggle of the cast album as artform, commodity, and obsession.

Featured Recordings: Fun Home - A New Broadway Musical (2015) • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - Original Broadway Cast (1962) • Fiddler on the Roof - The Original Broadway Cast Recording (1964) • Fun Home - Original Cast Recording (2014)

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Distantly Social 30: Robbie Rozelle Apr 14, 2020

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Musical theatre solo albums dos and don'ts and please do dos and please please don't dos.

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MUSIC: "You'll Never Get Away from Me" performed by (the Queen) Judy Kuhn (Long May She Reign), from Just in Time: Judy Kuhn Sings Jule Styne (1995), music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, from Gypsy (1959)

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