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Intermission: Shameless Pandering (in STEREO) May 03, 2017

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We've moved to a new studio space and it needed testing. So Patrick found a guest wandering about the place and plopped him in front of the mics.

Featured recordings: THE MUSIC MAN - Original Broadway Cast (1957)CABARET - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1972)THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - The Original Cast Recording (1986)INTO THE WOODS - Original Broadway Cast (1987)MATILDA - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2013)SCHOOL OF ROCK - Original Cast Recording (2015)NEWSIES - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2012)NEWSIES - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)

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Charlene V. Smith / Man of La Mancha - The Complete Musical Play (1968) Apr 26, 2017

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Despite some initial recording confusion, Patrick and Charlene manage to get into some stuff. They talk women in the arts, dramatic structure, subtext, agency, and occasionally even mention MAN OF LA MANCHA.

Featured recordings: MAN OF LA MANCHA - The Complete Musical Play (1968)

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Intermission: What am "Success?" (w/ Farrell Parker) Apr 19, 2017

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During their A CHORUS LINE conversation Farrell and Patrick talked about the theme of "success." Here is the unedited version of that conversation.

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Susanna Pretzer / Be More Chill - Original Cast Recording (2015) Apr 12, 2017

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It's a Zeitler! Dramaturg Susanna Pretzer is here to talk about this Joe Iconis musical based on the YA novel but Patrick keeps bringing up HEATHERS and it's super annoying.

(A "Zeitler" is what Patrick calls episodes about shows he has never heard of.)

Featured recordings: BE MORE CHILL - Original Cast Recording (2015)HEATHERS - World Premiere Cast Recording (2014)

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Intermission: C.S. Lewis (w/ Megan Reichelt) Apr 05, 2017

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Megan and Patrick both like C.S. Lewis. A lot. So they talk about C.S. Lewis. A lot.

Like, A LOT a lot.

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Kenny Neal / Starlight Express - The Original Cast Recording (1984) Mar 29, 2017

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Sound-designer Kenny Neal comes by to talk about what describes as "nobody's favorite musical." Topics include: "What?," "Why?," "Really?," "He does?," "They are?," and "I don't get it."

Featured recordings: STARLIGHT EXPRESS - The Original Cast Recording (1984)

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Intermission: Simply Sondheim (w/ Paul Scanlan) Mar 22, 2017

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On the occasion of Stephen Joshua Sondheim's 87th birthday, Paul and Patrick talk about all kinds of Sondheim. Also Sondheim and Sondheim.

Featured recordings: EXPERIMENT - Mandy Patinkin (1994)

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Beth Amann / Wicked - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2003) Mar 15, 2017

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Actual grown-up Beth Amann channels her 13-year-old self and talks about the unstoppable force that is WICKED. Topics include Joel Grey, Norbert Leo Butz, and the immovable objects that are music theatre hipsters.

Featured recordings: WICKED - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2003)DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2005)

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Intermission: Come from Away (w/ Sara E. Cohen) Mar 08, 2017

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Irene Sankoff and David Hein's amazing new musical COME FROM AWAY opens on Broadway this Sunday (March 12, 2017). Both Patrick and Sara saw it when it was at Ford's Theatre on its way to Broadway and they think you should too. Really. Like, right now. Go see it. Now. We'll wait.

Featured recordings: COME FROM AWAY - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2017)FUN HOME - A New Broadway Musical (2015)

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Bridget Grace Sheaff / Into the Woods - Original Cast Recording (1987) Mar 01, 2017

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Actor/director/writer Bridget Grace Sheaff starts strong and builds from there and Patrick and she discuss her actual favorite Sondheim show, not the one she tells people is her favorite. Topics include: death, destruction, and how, somewhere in Iowa right now, someone is performing THE MUSIC MAN (because it's the law).

Featured recordings: INTO THE WOODS - Original Cast Recording (1987) Sondheim: The Birthday Concert (2010)

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