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Emma Jackson / Brigadoon - EMI Records (1992) May 23, 2018

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It's bloody Brigadoon! Actor Emma Jackson is here with the greatest "how did this show come into your life?" answer yet.

Topics include: Delaware, Delawareans, Delaware theatre, people I know in Delaware, and Longwood Gardens.

Additional topics include: Does the plot make sense? Is Alan Jay Lerner a good writer? And what does Jeff do with his day in Brigadoon?

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BRIGADOON - EMI Records (1992)

Have you checked out our new PATREON? You haven't? Then how are you going to listen to our patrons-only podcast THE ORIGINAL CAST AT THE MOVIES? May's episode features Roddy Flynn & Kari Ginsburg talking about one of Patrick's favorite forgotten films WHO IS HARRY KELLERMAN AND WHY IS HE SAYING THOSE TERRIBLE THINGS ABOUT ME? (1971).

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Intermission: Untitled Beth Amann Intermission (w/ Beth Amann) May 16, 2018

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Patrick and Beth talk about kids, kids producers, then producing, then kids again. It all makes sense.

Have you checked out our new PATREON? You haven't? Then how are you going to listen to our patrons-only podcast THE ORIGINAL CAST AT THE MOVIES? May's episode features Roddy Flynn & Kari Ginsburg talking about one of Patrick's favorite forgotten films WHO IS HARRY KLLERMAN AND WHY IS HE SAYING THOSE TERRIBLE THINGS ABOUT ME? (1971).

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Brittany Truske / Next to Normal - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2009) May 09, 2018

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Adventure Theatre MTC's Assistant Production Manager extraordinaire Brittany Truske is here for a good but tough musical. The 3rd in our Pulitzer Prize-winning musical series and the most controversial.

Topics include: seeing a show blind, auto-tuning one tiny phrase, and are there any happy songs in Act 2?

Trigger Warning: Next to Normal deals with the issues of prescription drug abuse, electroshock therapy, and suicide. If these topics are not your favorite, we've got 111 other episodes for you to enjoy. And please remember that there is always someone to talk with at the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255.

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NEXT TO NORMAL - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2009)

Have you checked out our new PATREON? You haven't? Then how are you going to listen to our patrons-only podcast THE ORIGINAL CAST AT THE MOVIES? April's episode (now available) features Charlene V. Smith and Sara E. Cohen talking about Mike Leigh's Gilbert & Sullivan film TOPSY-TURVY (1999).

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Intermission: Billy the Shake (w/ Charlene V. Smith) May 02, 2018

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When one has a Shakespeare scholar as a guest, one talks about Shakespeare. Especially when the guest and one agree on so much about Shakespeare.

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Don Mike Mendoza / Do I Hear a Waltz? - Original Broadway Cast (1965) Apr 25, 2018

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La-Ti-Do co-founder Don Mike Mendoza is back! This time we're talking about that most puzzling of musicals, the Sondheim/Rodgers/Laurents collaboration that ended all those friendships.

Topics include: Why? Seriously why? What? And why?

Also TRIVIA!

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DO I HEAR A WALTZ? - Original Broadway Cast (1965)

SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM - Original London Cast Recording (1976)

SONHDEIM SINGS: VOLUME II - Stephen Sondheim (2005)

DO I HEAR A WALTZ? - The New Recording (2001)

MANDY PATINKING SINGS SONHDEIM - Mandy Patinkin (2000)

Have you checked out our new PATREON? You haven't? Then how are you going to listen to our patrons-only podcast THE ORIGINAL CAST AT THE MOVIES? April's episode features Charlene V. Smith and Sara E. Cohen talking about Mike Leigh's Gilbert & Sullivan film TOPSY-TURVY (1999).

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Intermission: Remember the Time (w/ Daisy Eagan) Apr 18, 2018

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The final bit of my December 2016 conversation with Tony Award-winner Daisy Eagan is a nostalgic trip down problematic lane and a hopeful look forward.

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Tia Shearer Bassett / Titanic - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1997) Apr 11, 2018

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Actor/teacher/maker/mama Tia Shearer Bassett is here to talk about the musical about the boat that sank, and Leo & Kate barely come up.

Topics include: Michael Cerveris, Brian D'Arcy James, and the audacity of hope.

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TITANIC- Original Broadway Cast Recording (1997)

Have you checked out our new PATREON? You haven't? Then how are you going to listen to our patrons-only podcast THE ORIGINAL CAST AT THE MOVIES? March's episode (now available) features Lee Libeskind and Liz Maestri talking about that American movie musical classic FROM JUSTIN TO KELLY (2003).

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Intermission: Mean Girls and Legal Blondes (w/ Don Mike Mendoza) Apr 04, 2018

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Don Mike returns in 3 weeks to talk about DO I HEAR A WALTZ? but before he does, here's a snip from that conversation about MEAN GIRLS which opens this week at the August Wilson.

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Katie Whitley and Brad Whitley / Cabaret - The New Broadway Cast Recording (1998) Mar 28, 2018

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The gang from Decomposition Podcast is here to talk about another Kander & Ebb revival that outran its original production.

Topics include: songs about pineapples, emabarassing things Kit Kat girls do, & how it would feel to write a song that unintentionally becomes a Neo-Nazi anthem.

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CABARET - The New Broadway Cast Recording (1998)

CABARET - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1974)

Have you checked out our new PATREON? You haven't? Then how are you going to listen to our patrons-only podcast THE ORIGINAL CAST AT THE MOVIES? This month's episode features Lee Libeskind and Liz Maestri talking about that American movie musical classic FROM JUSTIN TO KELLY (2003).

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Intermission: Send in the Clowns (w/ Holly Twyford) Mar 21, 2018

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Actress Holly Twyford talks about her musical debut as Desiree in A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC at Signature. A daunting undertaking for which she is currently nominated for a Helen Hayes Award.

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A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC - Original Broadway Cast (1973)

THE BROADWAY ALBUM - Barbra Streisand (1985)

FOLLIES - The Complete Recording (1998)

FOLLIES - Original Broadway Cast (1971)

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1977)

Have you checked out our new PATREON? You haven't? Then how are you going to listen to our patrons-only podcast THE ORIGINAL CAST AT THE MOVIES? This month's episode features Lee Liebeskind and Liz Maestri talking about FROM JUSTIN TO KELLY - the greatest movie starring two American Idol winners playing not themselves made in 2003.

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