The Original Cast

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Intermission: Dark Comedy (w/ Doug Wilder) Oct 04, 2017

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In this cut conversation from our NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY episode, Doug and Patrick discuss something they both love and wish was more popular.

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Intermission: Phantom (w/ Bridget Grace Sheaff and Beth Amann) Sep 20, 2017

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Cuts from our INTO THE WOODS and WICKED episodes both about a show called THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA.

Maybe you've heard of it.

Featured recording: The Premiere Collection: The Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber (1990)

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Emily Zickler / Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Original Cast (1979) Sep 13, 2017

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Helen Hayes Award-winning actress Emily Zickler is here to talk about Sondheim's masterwork of Gothic horror. Topics include: a baritone with legs, Nellie toast, and how in the world does Cosette not recognize Thénardier or Eponine in the second half of Act I of LES MISÉRABLES? I mean she lived with them for nine years! NINE!

Featured recordings: SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET - Original Cast (1979)

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Intermission: The King of Tangents (w/ Eliot Johnson) Sep 06, 2017

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This excerpt from our LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (2004) episode starts on the Tonys and then goes places.

Featured recordings: Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (1992)

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Jon Jon Johnson / Side Show - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1997) Aug 30, 2017

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Actor/musician Jon Jon Johnson joins Patrick to discuss the critically acclaimed and financially unsuccessful musical about the Hilton Sisters. Topics include: violin, compound 4, theatre kids, and how if you're going to tackle a complex social issue you'd better have a point-of-view.

Patrick has THREE shows in the Kennedy Center's Page-to-Stage Festival this year. You can see them all on September 2, CHEAP AS FREE! Visit UnknownPenguin.com/Live for more information.

Featured recordings: SIDE SHOW - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1997)

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Intermission: Kids and Fame and Kids (w/ Daisy Eagan) Aug 23, 2017

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This excised portion of Tony Award-winner Daisy Eagan's wonderful visit to our podcast features a candid discussion about being a child star, having a child, and what you learn along the way.

Patrick has THREE shows in the Kennedy Center's Page-to-Stage Festival this year. You can see them all on September 2, CHEAP AS FREE! Visit UnknownPenguin.com/Live for more information.

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Stephen Spotswood / Once More With Feeling - A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Original Cast Album (2001) Aug 16, 2017

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Helen Hayes Award-winning playwright Stephen Spotswood brings this much-heralded musical episode of this much-heralded television series. Topics include: plot dumps, magic charms, appointment television, and why is Dawn always in trouble?

Patrick has THREE shows in the Kennedy Center's Page-to-Stage Festival this year. You can see them all on September 2, CHEAP AS FREE! Visit UnknownPenguin.com/Live for more information.

Featured recordings: ONCE MORE WITH FEELING - A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Original Cast Album (2001)

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Intermission: Happily Ever After (w/ Charlene V. Smith) Aug 09, 2017

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Charlene and Patrick talk about endings happy, sad, and in between. Also "The Ladies Who Lunch."

Patrick has THREE shows in the Kennedy Center's Page-to-Stage Festival this year. You can see them all on September 2, CHEAP AS FREE! Visit UnknownPenguin.com/Live for more information.

Featured recordings: COMPANY - A Musical Comedy (2006) COMPANY - Original Broadway Cast (1970)

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Natalie Ann Piegari / Cats - Original Broadway Cast (1982) Aug 02, 2017

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Actress, playwright, and true original Natalie Ann Piegari is here for that day we all knew we'd have to face eventually.

Topics include: Why do people hate CATS? Why shouldn't they hate CATS? Do you hate CATS? And does CATS pass the Bechdel Test?

Patrick has THREE shows in the Kennedy Center's Page-to-Stage Festival this year. You can see them all on September 2, CHEAP AS FREE! Visit UnknownPenguin.com/Live for more information.

Featured recordings: CATS - Original Broadway Cast (1982)

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