The Original Cast

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Serena Berman / Hair - The Original Broadway Cast Recording (1968) Jan 22, 2020

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Playwright/actress Serena Berman has finally brought us the landmark "bookless" musical Hair.

Topics include: free love, the Starbucks-itization of hippies, drugs, the power of revivals for a new generation, and the anxiety of having a good time.

Featured recordings: Hair - The Original Broadway Cast Recording (1968)

Listen to Serena's play Apocalypse Air BnB on Flying V's Paperless Pulp podcast series!

Serena on New Play Exchange!

Join us on PATREON to get our patrons-only podcast The Original Cast at the Movies?This month we've got Robbie Rozelle (Mame) talking about the D.A. Pennebaker documentary about the making of the Company original cast album, accurately entitled: Original Cast Album: Company (1971).

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Intermission: What Theatre Can Do (w/ Adam Gwon) Jan 15, 2020

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A snippet from my conversation with composer/lyricist Adam Gwon (Scotland, PA, Ordinary Days) about the advantages and disadvantages of different kinds of theatre.

Broadwaysted! / Sunday in the Park with George - Original Cast (1985) Jan 08, 2020

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It's a big one to kick off the year! Bryan Plofsky and Kimberly Cooper Schmidt of the official Broadwaysted! podcast (where they're drunk on theatre) are here for a big musical that two of us love and one of us also loves but not as much as the first two which is fine but not really because this is the best musical ever.

Topics include: anti-heroes, shows that hold you at arms-length, Fosse/Verdon, and the Mandy of it all.

Featured recordings: Sunday in the Park with George - Original Cast (1985)

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Intermission: The Best Shows to Perform Without Air Conditioning (w/ Caroline Dubberly) Jan 01, 2020

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Here's a silly one to kick-off 2020. The title says it all. Well, not ALL. If it said it ALL then you wouldn't need the 9-minute episode, you'd just need the title.

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Join us on PATREON to get our patrons-only podcast The Original Cast at the Movies?This month we've got Robbie Rozelle (Mame) talking about the D.A. Pennebaker documentary about the making of the Company original cast album, accurately entitled: Original Cast Album: Company (1971).

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The Original Cast at the Movies 24.1: Original Cast Album: Co-op (2019) Dec 27, 2019

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Still don't know whether or not to become a Patreon patron of The Original Cast? Well, you should. But if you're on the fence, here's Robbie Rozelle and I giving you a sample as we dissect the "Original Cast Album: Co-op" episode of Documentary Now!. This month's patrons-only episode of The Original Cast at the Movies features Robbie & I talking about the D.A. Pennebaker documentary about the making of the Company original cast album, accurately entitled: Original Cast Album: Company (1971), which is parodied in this Documentary Now! episode. #Synnergy The Velveteen Rabbit: A Toy Story by Patrick Flynn, based on the book by Margery Williams, is now playing at Adventure Theatre MTC. CLICK HERE for tickets and performance information! Go to http://bit.ly/originalcaststore for ORIGINAL CAST MERCHANDISE! Patreon • Twitter • Facebook • Email

What is Love Actually? Dec 25, 2019

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It's Saturnalia! So here's the pilot episode of a podcast Beth Amann and I created called What is Love Actually?!

What is Love Actually? Is it a simple romantic Christmas movie or is it a horrible mistake that actually killed the rom com? Well, that's what Beth Amann and Patrick Flynn are here to find out.

We're kicking it off with Solomon Parker III and Josh Simon, two millennials that have never seen Love Actually before. What will they think? What will they feel? How great were the cheese plates Beth made for the screening? You'll learn the answers to the first two questions during the episode and the third right now: they were amazing.

Send your feedback to loveactuallypod@gmail.com!

The Velveteen Rabbit: A Toy Story by Patrick Flynn, based on the book by Margery Williams, is now playing at Adventure Theatre MTC. CLICK HERE for tickets and performance information!

Go to http://bit.ly/originalcaststore for ORIGINAL CAST MERCHANDISE!

Join us on PATREON to get our patrons-only podcast The Original Cast at the Movies!This month it's Heather C. Jackson (She Loves Me) and Amanda Zeitler (Starmites) are here for a movie that is one of Patrick's favorites but not one of their favorites. Oh no. It's All That Jazz (1979)!

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Jay Schmidt / The Full Monty - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2000) Dec 18, 2019

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Jay is a stand-up, actor, co-host of pReview'd, co-host of Broadway Baby and is here for this David Yazbek adaptation of the Academy Award-nominated film about working-class male strippers.

Topics include: overtures, Ithica graduates, hard moments in tech, and the hardest a stranger has ever seen Jay cry.

Featured recordings: The Full Monty - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2000) • Jesus Christ Superstar - A Rock Opera (1970)

The Velveteen Rabbit: A Toy Story by Patrick Flynn, based on the book by Margery Williams, is now playing at Adventure Theatre MTC. CLICK HERE for tickets and performance information!

Go to http://bit.ly/originalcaststore for ORIGINAL CAST MERCHANDISE!

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Intervalle: Les fantômes de l'opéra (avec Angela Kay Pirko) Dec 11, 2019

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Saviez-vous qu'il existe de très nombreuses adaptations du roman de Gaston Leroux, Le Fantôme de l'opéra? Eh bien, il y en a. Et nous discutons de certains d'entre eux. (Toutes mes excuses à tous les auditeurs francophones.) Featured recording: Phantom - American Premiere Recording (1991) The Velveteen Rabbit: A Toy Story by Patrick Flynn, based on the book by Margery Williams, is now playing at Adventure Theatre MTC. CLICK HERE for tickets and performance information! Go to http://bit.ly/originalcaststore for ORIGINAL CAST MERCHANDISE! Join us on PATREON to get our patrons-only podcast The Original Cast at the Movies!This month it's Heather C. Jackson (She Loves Me) and Amanda Zeitler (Starmites) are here for a movie that is one of Patrick's favorites but not one of their favorites. Oh no. It's All That Jazz (1979)! Patreon • Twitter • Facebook • Email

Kevin Winkler / Sweet Charity - Original Broadway Cast (1966) Dec 04, 2019

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Kevin is the author of Big Deal: Bob Fosse and Dance in the American Musical (now in paperback!) and is here for the first "Fosse" musical.

Topics include: filming dance, grandmom Gwen Verdon, the Church-of-the-Month Club, and finding Fosse in Oklahoma in the '60s.

Featured recording: Sweet Charity - Original Broadway Cast (1966)

The Velveteen Rabbit: A Toy Story by Patrick Flynn, based on the book by Margery Williams, is now playing at Adventure Theatre MTC. CLICK HERE for tickets and performance information!

Go to http://bit.ly/originalcaststore for ORIGINAL CAST MERCHANDISE!

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A Message from the Children Nov 29, 2019

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Patrick's children have a very important message for you.

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The Velveteen Rabbit: A Toy Story by Patrick Flynn, based on the book by Margery Williams, is now playing at Adventure Theatre MTC. CLICK HERE for tickets and performance information!

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