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Philosophy for the PeopleFlynn & DeRosa Respond to Dr. Brett Weinstein on Creation & EvolutionThis episode is a replay from John DeRosa's Classical Theism Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/classical-theism-podcast/id1432200694 2025-06-0253 min
The Original CastRebecca Luker / Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Original Cast (1979) *FLASHBACK*originally released: July 22, 2020 • updated intro: December 23, 2020 Three-time Tony-nominee Rebecca Luker is here for a walk through her career and the show Sheldon Harnick calls our “greatest American opera.” Topics Include: getting an agent out of town, auditioning for Hal Prince, balancing your work and your life, and of course we talk about The Secret Garden and I play “How Could I Ever Know” are you kidding? Watch At Home with Rebecca Luker: An Evening of Song! All of the proceeds from the virtual benefit performance will go to supporting Prosetin, a promising new drug candidat...2024-08-0749 min
The Original CastIT'S THE 2024 TONYS!!!!!!It's TONYS TIME!! Patrick, Lauren Halvorsen (Nothing for the Group), and Robbie Rozelle (Center Stage Records) break down this incredibly overpacked Tony season. Who will win? Who will lose? Who won't show up? Who wasn't invited? Which version of The Wild Party should've been on Broadway 24 years ago? We cover it all! Patrick's magic 2024 Tonys YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0ESY8dK6cXofKNoexpuGb5RsFG-caI57 ORIGINAL CAST MERCH! Visit our Patreon for access to our monthly live stream The Original Cast at the Movies where 2024 is THE...2024-06-122h 18
The Original CastRoddy Flynn / Anyone Can Whistle - Original Broadway Cast (1964) *FLASHBACK*originally released: June 22, 2016 Roddy is the Executive Director for the U.S. House of Representative’s LGBT Caucus. He is also our first guest drawn “from the house” and Patrick’s brother. Roddy and Patrick gab about Angela Lansbury, intermissions, and the unbearable heaviness of this show’s plot. Featured recording: ANYONE CAN WHISTLE - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1964) Twitter.com/OriginalCastPod Facebook.com/OriginalCastPod Email: OriginalCastPod@gmail.com2024-05-1548 min
The Original CastIntermission: How You Doin'?Let’s rap. FINAL “The Year of Barbra” live stream 12/9 (Thu): The Way We Were (1973) with Robbie Rozelle & Len Rodino FIRST “The Year of Barbara (Harris)” live stream 12/20 (Wed): Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) with Kari Ginsburg & Beth Amann 48 Hour Film Project: Yes We Cannes - Buy a ticket and vote for WE NEED YOUR HELP TO SAVE THE FUTURE Buy one of Patrick’s plays for audiences young and decidedly not young Murder Crossed Her Mind by Stephen Spotswood OUT NOW! ORIGINAL CAST MERCH! Watch Patrick’s pr...2023-12-1309 minPhilosophy for the PeopleThe Perennial Importance of Thomistic PhilosophyPat is joined by Fr. Irenaeus for an introductory conversation on Thomistic philosophy and its modern day relevance. Check out Aquinas 101 at https://aquinas101.thomisticinstitute... Support Philosophy for the people by, 1) Liking, sharing, and commenting on this video and, 2) Snagging a copying of Pat's new book The Best Argument for God at https://www.amazon.com/Best-Argument-God-Patrick-Flynn/dp/1644137801/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1E6PXZ6FPMCEJ&keywords=the+best+argument+for+God&qid=1697456782&sprefix=the+best+argument+for+god%2Caps%2C90&sr=8-1 2023-10-1631 min
The Original CastPatrick O'Neill / Swing! - Original Cast Recording (1999)Patrick and Patrick have been friends for multiple decades and they talk entirely about Swing! and they don’t almost immediately diverge into talking about the Harry Connick Jr/Jessie Mueller revival of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever that Patrick was in and I don’t know how these rumors get started. Topics include: the dark corners of Joe Allen’s, the concrete floors of Toby’s, Anne Hampton Calloway, dinner-theatre CATS, the St. James Theatre (aka: the horseshoe of death), meeting Jessie Mueller, Almost Famous, being “the kiss of death,” and Harry Connick Jr’s assistan...2023-10-041h 13
The Original CastPREVIEW - The Original Cast at the Movies 65: NutsTHIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/OriginalCastPod The Year of Barbra Continues! Rob W. Schneider (Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall, La Cage Aux Folles) and Roddy Flynn (Anyone Can Whistle, et al.) join Patrick for yet another bad psychiatrist movie. Now with 5x as much ACTING! Watch NUTS on YouTube (free with ads)2023-05-2720 min
The Original CastSean Patrick Murtagh / The Scarlet Pimpernel - A Romantic Musical Adventure (1992)Actor/singer Sean Patrick Murtagh, whom you may know from Green Room 42 and/or his new album The Mario 101, is here for the album that he describes as: “the album that made [him] gay.” Topics include: moonlight on the bed, Linda Eder as diva, local gays, Linda Eder as instrument, formulas, Linda Eder as gateway drug, the heart and soul of why we do it, Linda Eder’s placement, and Linda Eder’s vowels. Sean Patrick Murtagh Dot Com Sean Patrick’s album The Mario 101 Featured recordings: The Scarlet Pimpernel - A Romantic...2023-01-251h 08
The Original CastThe Original Cast at the Movies: Funny Girl (1968)Fan-favorites Roddy Flynn and Robbie Rozelle are here to kick off THE YEAR OF BARBRA on The Original Cast at the Movies with her cinematic and Oscar-winning debut! Want to hear more The Original Cast at the Movies? Head over to our Patreon! Any pledge level includes access to our monthly movie podcast, as well as access to our back catalog since 2017! ORIGINAL CAST MERCH! Patreon • Twitter • Facebook • Email2022-12-281h 39Philosophy for the PeopleLive Philosophy QnA + Formal IntroductionPat Flynn, host of Philosophy for the People. Just who is this shadowy enigma of a man? Aside philosophy, what else is Pat into? Tune in to find out!! Updates on the channel & live QnA as well. Please like, comment, share, and subscribe. 2022-11-1057 minPhilosophy for the PeopleImportant Podcast Updates (Please Listen)Pat talks about how his podcast is splitting up. Don't worry, all the content will be the same, more plentiful, in fact. There will just be different channels to access different subjects. Below are the relevant links so you can subscribe to whatever interests you! The Pat Flynn Fitness Show on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-pat-flynn-show/id1253261458 The Pat Flynn Fitness Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/supmuhhumbruh Philosophy for the People on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2TI4Vcy8IPRHHPXRdqMpbG Philosophy for the People on iTu...2022-08-2310 minPhilosophy for the PeopleComposite Things, Adam & Eve, Problem of EvilIn this latest edition of office hours, Pat and John sit down to present some of their recent research. They discuss three topics: 1) that composite things need a cause, 2) Catholic views on Adam and Eve, and 3) a new take on the problem of evil. Pat Flynn advances sophisticated arguments for an ancient principle that all composite things require a cause. Phil for People Links/Resources Phil for People website: http://www.philosophyforthepeople.com Phil for People on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/PhilosophyforthePeople Pat's Substack: https://chroniclesofstrength.substack.com/ J...2022-08-221h 39
The Original CastWhat is Love Actually?: SEASON 2 COMING 11/26/2021!!Patrick and Beth are back with 6 new episodes covering 6 romantic holiday films from Hallmark, Lifetime, and Netflix! Go to our new PATREON for a list of the 6 movies we’ll be covering as well as access to bonus episodes, commentaries, and more! Watch our first film Journey Back to Christmas for FREE on YouTube! more about Beth more about Patrick Email us! loveactuallypod@gmail.com Instagram us: @loveactuallypod Tweet us: @loveactuallypod Facebook us: @loveactuallypod2021-11-0101 min
The Original CastIntermission: Eyes, Eyes, Nostrils, Silent Scream (w/ Roddy Flynn)Roddy is here for an anecdote and reminiscence about a cult classic. Featured Songs: “How Shall I See You Through My Tears” from The Gospel at Colonus - Original Cast Recording (1985) • “Turkey Lurkey Time” from Promises, Promises - Original Broadway Cast Album (1968) DO YOU LIKE MOVIE MUSICALS? DO YOU LIKE SONDHEIM? Then you will love our PATREON podcast The Original Cast at the Movies because 2021 is all about Sondheim Movie Musicals!! This month it’s the 2003 music theatre cult classic CAMP with Robbie Rozelle & Michael Finke! Patreon • Twitter • Facebook • Email2021-09-2910 min
The Original CastBen Schrager / A New Brain - Original Cast Recording (1998)Actor Ben Schrager is here for a show that has a very special place in his life. Topics include: the generosity of Billy Finn, teenage A New Brain, the Mary Testa-of-it-all, the Chip Zien-of-it-all, autobiography, and some really lousy days in the Universe. Ben Schrager Dot Com Featured recordings: A New Brain - Original Cast Recording (1998) • Infinite Joy: The Songs of William Finn - Live at Joe's Pub (2001) • A New Brain - 2015 New York Cast Recording (2016) DO YOU LIKE MOVIE MUSICALS? DO YOU LIKE SONDHEIM? Then you will love our PATREON podc...2021-08-251h 08
The Original CastIntermission: Patrick & Kari Solve 'Follies'Good old fashioned intermission about movie musicals and the perpetually coming Follies. Featured Songs: “Losing My Mind” performed by Charity Angél Dawson & Joshua Hinck from Losing My Mind: A Sondheim Disco Fever Dream (2020) • “Losing My Mind” from A Perfect Little Death - Eleri Ward (2021) DO YOU LIKE MOVIE MUSICALS? DO YOU LIKE SONDHEIM? Then you will love our PATREON podcast The Original Cast at the Movies because 2021 is all about Sondheim Movie Musicals!! This month it’s Dick Tracy (1990) with Robert W. Schneider (La Cage Aux Folles) and Roddy Flynn (Anyone Can Whistle). Patreon • ...2021-08-1816 min
The Original CastEleri Ward / Spring Awakening - A Decca Broadway Cast Album (2006)Singer/songwriter/actress and genius behind Indie-Folk Sondheim Eleri Ward is here for a musical about self-expression (and indie-folk Sondheim). Topics include: songs for boys, escalators v. elevators, songs about things, what and how you share yourself, how you see yourself when you’re writing as yourself, and Lil Nas X. Eleri Ward Dot Com Indie-Folk Sondheim (formerly SUF/SOND) Featured recordings: Spring Awakening - A Decca Broadway Cast Album (2006) • Friction (EP) - Eleri Ward (2021) • A Perfect Little Death - Eleri Ward (2021) DO YOU LIKE MOVIE MUSICALS? DO YOU LIKE S...2021-08-111h 04
The Original CastIntermission: Christmas in July (in August)What is Love Actually? Spandex the Musical Homepage Featured Songs: “We Need a Little Christmas” from Mame - Original Broadway Cast (1996) • “Twelve Days to Christmas” from She Loves Me - 2016 Broadway Cast Recording (2016) DO YOU LIKE MOVIE MUSICALS? DO YOU LIKE SONDHEIM? Then you will love our PATREON podcast The Original Cast at the Movies because 2021 is all about Sondheim Movie Musicals!! This month it’s Dick Tracy (1990) with Robert W. Schneider (La Cage Aux Folles) and Roddy Flynn (Anyone Can Whistle). Patreon • Twitter • Facebook • Email2021-08-0416 min
The Original CastKelly Colburn / Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2005)Flying V’s newly minted Theatrical Artistic Lead is here for a musical that maybe no one should do any more? Topics include: bonding with your parents thru comedy, problematic plot points, meeting people where they are, and Marshall McLuhan. Kelly Colburn Dot Com Featured recordings: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2005) Monumental Theatre Co.’s Songs for a New World now STREAMING! DO YOU LIKE MOVIE MUSICALS? DO YOU LIKE SONDHEIM? Then you will love our PATREON podcast The Original Cast at the Movies because 2021 is all...2021-07-2856 min
The Original CastLive at La-Ti-Do!Songs: 0:02:18 - “The Best Imitation of Myself” - music and lyrics by Ben Folds (1995) 0:07:35 - “Perspective” - music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick from She Loves Me (1963) 0:14:09 - “I’m Happy as Can Be” - music and lyrics by Patrick Flynn, from How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Frog! (2020), sung by Alex De Bard 0:19:47 - “I Wish I Could Go Back to College” - music and lyrics by Robert Lopez & Jeff Marx from Avenue Q (2003) 0:24:27 - "America's Next Top 20 Something" - music and lyrics by Michael Finke...2020-12-3036 min
The Original CastIntermission: Musicals Named After My Kids Decades Before They Were BornTwo big musical discoveries made recently but I’m saving one so here’s the other! Featured Songs: “I Wouldn't Have You Any Other Way” and “Maggie Flynn” from Maggie Flynn - The Original Broadway Cast Recording (1968), music and lyrics by Hugo Peretti & Luigi Creatore & George David Weiss Watch the Original Cast Live at La-Ti-Do on YouTube! MERCH! T-shirts! Totes bags! BASEBALL SHIRTS! ETCETERA! DO YOU LIKE MOVIE MUSICALS? Join us on PATREON to get our patrons-only podcast The Original Cast at the Movies! This month is the Don Bluth classic Anastasia (1997...2020-09-1611 min
The Original CastIntermission: Summer Lovin', Had Me a BlastIntermissions are back! But in a slightly different format! Exclamation! I hate Grease!! Watch the Original Cast Live at La-Ti-Do on YouTube! Listen to Patrick on the Off2Broadway Podcast this week! Register to watch Patrick’s segment of the Helen Hayes Awards Thursday, September 3 - 8:00pm. Featured Songs: “Summer Nights” from Grease! - The Original Broadway Cast Album (1972) • “An Element of Magic” from Reporting Live - Hannah Whitney and Jacob Samuels (2011) MERCH! T-shirts! Totes bags! BASEBALL SHIRTS! ETCETERA! DO YOU LIKE MOVIE MUSICALS? Join us on PATREON to ge...2020-09-0210 min
The Original CastSeven Minutes and Twenty-Seven Seconds of The Original Cast at the MoviesThinking about becoming a patron of The Original Cast but don't know if it's worth it? Well, check out this sample of The Original Cast at the Movies which you get on the 27th of every month with your patronage as Patrick, Robbie Rozelle, and Robert W. Schneider talk about the Village People's 1980 musical biopic(?) Can't Stop the Music. http://www.patreon.com/originalcastpod2020-07-2709 min
The Original CastRebecca Luker / Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Original Cast (1979)Three-time Tony-nominee Rebecca Luker is here for a walk through her career and the show Sheldon Harnick calls our “greatest American opera.” Topics Include: getting an agent out of town, auditioning for Hal Prince, balancing your work and your life, and of course we talk about The Secret Garden and I play “How Could I Ever Know” are you kidding? Watch At Home with Rebecca Luker: An Evening of Song! All of the proceeds from the virtual benefit performance will go to supporting Prosetin, a promising new drug candidate for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. It was in Febru...2020-07-2246 min
The Original CastChristopher Gattelli / Chess - Benny Andersson | Tim Rice | Björn Ulvaeus (1984)Tony-winning choreographer Christopher Gattelli (Newsies, SpongeBob SquarePants, Altar Boyz, The King and I, High Fidelity, et al.) brings our third dive into a show that you either love deeply or have no strong opinion on either way. Topics Include: harrowing at the start, Pouncival, hidden ᗅᗺᗷᗅ references, and what Channing Tatum did not sign up for. Featured Recordings: Chess - Benny Andersson | Tim Rice | Björn Ulvaeus (1984) MERCH! T-shirts! Totes bags! BASEBALL SHIRTS! ETCETERA! DO YOU LIKE MOVIE MUSICALS? Join us on PATREON to get our patrons-only podcast The Original Cast at the Movies...2020-07-1554 min
The Original CastCarly Ciarrocchi / Godspell - A Musical Based on the Gospel According to St. Matthew (1971)Children’s TV host Carly Ciarrocchi is here for a wonderful conversation about how one show can set your whole world in motion. Topics Include: discount Disney DJ for bar mitzvahs, working together, finding what you’re good at, live children’s TV, and getting rejected in a letter you sent yourself. Featured Recordings: Godspell - A Musical Based on the Gospel According to St. Matthew (1971) MERCH! T-shirts! Totes bags! BASEBALL SHIRTS! ETCETERA! DO YOU LIKE MOVIE MUSICALS? Join us on PATREON to get our patrons-only podcast The Original Cast at the Movi...2020-07-0854 min
The Original CastTori Boutin / Hadestown - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2019)Actor/performer/writer Tori Bouton is here for the last year’s Tony Award-winner for Best Musical. Topics Include: Amber Gray, tragic endings, Amber Gray, why we sing this song, Amber Gray, Andre DeShields, and Amber Gray. Featured Recordings: Hadestown - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2019) • Hadestown - Live Original Cast Album (2017) MERCH! T-shirts! Totes bags! BASEBALL SHIRTS! ETCETERA! DO YOU LIKE MOVIE MUSICALS? Join us on PATREON to get our patrons-only podcast The Original Cast at the Movies! This month is the Judy Garland installment in our A Star is Born series...2020-07-0157 min
The Original CastKevin David Thomas / Violet - A New Musical (1997)Actor/music director/podcaster Kevin David Thomas is here for a musical that takes you there and back. On a bus. Topics Include: Jekyll & Hyde, Lauren Ward over Sutton Foster, M&M’s, why we do what we do, and Kevin & Patrick try to get Jeanine Tesori on their respective podcasts through fawning and begging. Featured Recordings: Violet - A New Musical (1997) • Violet - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2014) MERCH! T-shirts! Totes bags! BASEBALL SHIRTS! ETCETERA! DO YOU LIKE MOVIE MUSICALS? Join us on PATREON to get our patrons-only podcast The Original Cast a...2020-06-2454 min
The Original CastDistantly Social 70: Have You Been to the New Harris Teeter?Distantly Social Theatre presents Have You Been to the New Harris Teeter? a short play written by Patrick Flynn starring Serena Berman & Ava Eisenson, and directed by Jake Beckhard. Covert art photograph by David Wardrick. Have You Been to the New Harris Teeter? was originally presented as part of Theatre Alliance’s Hot House Readings series in 2017. Have You Been to the New Harris Teeter? script available for licensing at the New Play Exchange! Recording produced by Jake Beckhard and edited by Patrick Flynn. Taking Care - An Emergency Fu...2020-05-3110 min
The Original CastDistantly Social 66: Tuesday with RobbieRobbie’s album Songs from Inside My Locker is finally coming out! Taking Care - An Emergency Fund for the Washington Theatre Community MUSIC: “If You’re Right Right Right” written and performed by The Flynn Twins • “I’m Leaving Texas” performed by Dee Hoty from The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1994), music and lyrics by Carol Hall Merch • Patreon • Twitter • Facebook • Email2020-05-2617 min
The Original CastDistantly Social 64: The Royal MeDistantly Social Theatre presents The Royal Me performed by Anna Grace Nowalk, written by Patrick Flynn. Covert art photograph by David Wardrick. The Royal Me script available for licensing at the New Play Exchange! Recording produced by Anna Grace Nowalk and edited by Patrick Flynn. Taking Care - An Emergency Fund for the Washington Theatre Community Merch • Patreon • Twitter • Facebook • Email2020-05-2405 min
The Original CastDistantly Social 58: No ButDistantly Social Theatre presents No But a short play written by Patrick Flynn starring Angeleaza Anderson, Michelle Polera, and Carl Williams. Covert art photograph by David Wardrick. No But was originally presented at Bethesda Play-in-a-Day 2019 with this same cast. No But script available for licensing at the New Play Exchange! Recording produced, directed, and edited by Patrick Flynn Taking Care - An Emergency Fund for the Washington Theatre Community Merch • Patreon • Twitter • Facebook • Email2020-05-1709 min
The Original CastJonathan Howard / Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat - London Palladium Cast Recording (1991)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) T-shirts and tote-bags and more at the Original Cast Store! J...2020-04-2259 min
The Original CastPatrick Flynn / Fun Home - A New Broadway Musical (2015)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...2020-04-151h 16
The Original CastTracy Lynn Olivera / You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown - The Original Cast Album (1967) *Flashback*Next Wednesday will be our 100th guest! So before that, let's look all the way back to March 2016 and our very first guest: Tracy Lynn Olivera! Which, synergistically, also happens to be the same show our 99th guest chose (though a different recording)! ORIGINAL SHOW NOTES: Welcome to The Original Cast, a podcast about original cast albums and the people who love them hosted by playwright/filmmaker/professor Patrick Flynn. Our first guest is actress, singer, & recording artist Tracy Lynn Olivera who stops by to discuss the 1967 original cast album of You're a G...2020-04-0850 min
The Original CastDistantly Social 21: Everybody Ought to Have a MaidMaybe not the best song for a 10-year-old but we're keeping him level. Plus I mix up Marcus Lycus and Miles Gloriosus for almost 10 minutes much The Boy's frustration. Taking Care - An Emergency Fund for the Washington Theatre Community MUSIC: "Lovely (Reprise)" performed on the clarinet by Bobby Flynn, music by Stephen Sondheim, from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; "Everybody Oughta Have a Maid" performed by Lewis J. Stadlen, Nathan Lane, Mark Lin-Baker, & Ernie Sabella, from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - O...2020-04-0410 min
The Original CastClare Carys O'Connell / You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown - The Broadway Musical (1999)Clare has appeared in some of the top theatres in DC and Baltimore. Which wouldn't be so remarkable except for the fact that she's nine-years-old! Topics Include: auditioning, forgetting to breathe, pretending to drive a car, and loving what you're doing. Featured Recording: You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown - The Broadway Musical (1999) T-shirts and tote-bags and more at the Original Cast Store! 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 cov...2020-04-0141 min
The Original CastDistantly Social 9: CatscastThe first and last episode of the podcast Catscast with Kari & Patrick & Roddy. MUSIC: "The Rum Tum Tugger" performed by Terrence V. Mann from Cats - Original Broadway Cast (1982), music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by T. S. Eliot Patreon • Twitter • Facebook • Email2020-03-2108 min
The Original CastDistantly Social 3: Roddy FlynnRoddy is here straight from the room where it* happened! *Congress, not like, the room where the virus started. That'd be bananas. MUSIC: "The Room Where It Happened" sung by Leslie Odo m Jr. from Hamilton - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2015), music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda Patreon • Twitter • Facebook • Email 2020-03-1420 min
The Original CastIntermission: The Gardiner-Flynn Flop Test for Flops (w/ James Gardiner)Is it possible to mathematically determine whether or not a Broadway show is a flop? Yes, it is. We did it. Yay! Join us on PATREON to get our patrons-only podcast The Original Cast at the Movies? This month we've got Sophie Schulman (Funny Girl) and Stephen Spotswood (Once More with Feeling) talking about the greatest(?) movie musical ever: Singin' in the Rain (1952). Patreon • Twitter • Facebook • Email2020-02-1218 min
The Original CastThe Original Cast at the Movies 24.1: Original Cast Album: Co-op (2019)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 Fl...2019-12-2736 min
The Original CastWhat is Love Actually?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...2019-12-251h 24
The Original CastJay Schmidt / The Full Monty - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2000)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 perf...2019-12-181h 04
The Original CastIntervalle: Les fantômes de l'opéra (avec Angela Kay Pirko)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! ...2019-12-1111 min
The Original CastKevin Winkler / Sweet Charity - Original Broadway Cast (1966)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 C...2019-12-041h 01
The Original CastA Message from the ChildrenPatrick's children have a very important message for you. http://bit.ly/originalcaststore 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! 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...2019-11-2901 min
The Original CastMusicals Based on Comics: Live from Flying V Awesome-a-Thon Vol. 3!Did you know there were musicals based on comics (besides Spider-Man: Turn of the Dark)? Well, we explore them and their impact in this wonderful live show from Flying V Theatre's Awesome-a-Thon Vol. 3, their annual 24-hour fundraiser. Featuring Chris Klimek's point of view and the heavenly voices of Kari Ginsburg, Don Mike Mendoza, and Anna Grace Nowalk with Heather Hurley on piano. Also: Patrick sings and plays guitar and talks and there's a slideshow you can't see because you weren't there but can see but you can follow along with if you go to this LI...2019-11-271h 10
The Original CastIntermission: Stro (w/ Courtney Laine Self)Courtney worked with Susan Stroman. So we talk about Susan Stroman. A lot! With that good Courtney/Patrick energy! THE ORIGINAL CAST MERCH NOW AVAILABLE AT TEE PUBLIC Join us on PATREON to get our patrons-only podcast The Original Cast at the Movies? This month it's Chris Klimek (It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman) and Farrell Parker (A Chorus Line) talking about the greatest movie Prince ever made: Purple Rain (1984)! Patreon • Twitter • Facebook • Email2019-11-0633 min
The Original CastAlexandra Silber / The Secret Garden - The Original Broadway Cast Album (1991)Actor and author Alexandra Silber is currently appearing as Fraulein Sally Bowles in Olney Theatre Center's production of Cabaret. But she's here this week to talk about this beautiful Lucy Simon/Marsha Norman musical and so much more. Really, we get deep.__Topics include: living with grief, communing with nature, and the glory of Rebecca Luker. Buy Alexandra's memoir White Hot Grief Parade and her novel After Anatevka. Both titles are also available on Audible read by Al herself! Featured recordings: The Secret Garden - The Original Broadway Cast Album (1991) Join us on P...2019-09-181h 03
The Original CastIntermission: Dad Guilt (w/ Eliza Berkon)How can you have a family and do theatre and be a good parent and not feel guilty? . . . You probably can't. On Saturday, September 14 at the Rockville Town Center, DC Actors for Animals will present Beltway Barks where the theatre and animal rescue communities come together to save lives! They'll have around 40 animals for adoption there that day, as well as awesome pet vendors with toys, treats, gear, as well as trainers and veterinarian services. You'll also see award-winning DC actors perform musical numbers from some of the best theatres in town as we kick off the...2019-09-1118 min
The Original CastAngela Kay Pirko / The Phantom of the Opera - The Original Cast Recording (1986)We all knew this day would come. Director Angie Pirko and Patrick take a long walk off the longest-running Broadway musical to see if there's any there there. Topics include: Christine is a good person, the Cameron Mackintosh of it all, is Raoul an idiot, this show is garbage, and we're here for it anyway. Programming note: This episode was recorded the day before Harold Prince died. Featured recordings: The Phantom of the Opera - The Original Cast Recording (1986) • Bad - Michael Jackson (1987) • Il Mito Dell'Opera: Studio Recordings, 1905-1975 - Daniele Barioni (200...2019-09-041h 30
The Original CastIntermission: What She SaidNicole Hertvik from the incomparable DC Metro Theatre Arts interviews Patrick and Michelle Polera about their new show What She Said which can be seen this Friday at the Kennedy Center's Page-to-Stage Festival. WHAT SHE SAID performance details here. Join us on PATREON to get our patrons-only podcast The Original Cast at the Movies? August's episode has Married super-cool duo Lee Liebeskind (Spring Awakening) and Megan Reichelt (The Scarlet Pimpernel) join Patrick and his super-cool ladywife Kelley to talk about The Muppet Movie (1979) the super-coolest movie of all time. Seriously, it's so good you guys. Patr...2019-08-2852 min
The Original CastIntermission: Design, Composition, Tension, Balance, Light, & Harmony (w/ Robbie Rozelle)Robbie is the A&R Director and in-house designer for Grammy-winning record label Broadway Records. So he has a lot to say about design. Patrick wrote a book about visual literacy. So he has a lot to say about design. Here's some of what they said together. This episode was recorded at Broadway Records. Go to BroadwayRecords.com to view and shop from their extensive catalog of cast albums, solo albums, and live recordings. Have you checked out our PATREON? You haven't? Then how are you going to listen to our patrons-only podcast The Original Cast a...2019-07-3123 min
The Original CastIntermission: Solo Saxophones and God (w/ Laura Esti Miller)Laura Esti Miller and Patrick talk about seeing the same show 20 years later. Featured recordings: Miss Saigon - Original London Cast Recording (1989) Have you checked out our PATREON? You haven't? Then how are you going to listen to our patrons-only podcast The Original Cast at the Movies? June's episode features Eliza Berkon (Godspell 1973) and Sophie Schulman (Funny Girl) discussing the Spice Girls' feature film Spice World (1997) just in time for summer! Patreon • Twitter • Facebook • Email2019-07-0323 min
The Original CastIT'S THE 2019 TONYS!!!!The Tony Awards are this Sunday! So we've got Don Mike Mendoza (Hot Mikado, Do I Hear a Waltz?, It's the Tonys!) and Roddy Flynn (Anyone Can Whistle, It's the Tonys!, It's the Tonys!!, It's the Tonys!!!) and the essence of Kari Ginsburg (Gypsy, It's the Tonys!!, It's the Tonys!!!) here to talk about the TONYS!!!! We go through the nominees, talk about this year in theatre, and predict our winners. Topics 2019-06-051h 46
The Original CastIntermission: 1984! The Musical! (w/ Robyn Rikoon)Did you know that Jonathan Larson wrote a musical version of George Orwell's 1984? Neither did Patrick. But Robyn did. Featured recordings: The Jonathan Larson Project - Original Cast (2019) Have you checked out our 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 has perennial favorites Kari Ginsburg (Gypsy, et al.) and Roddy Flynn (Anyone Can Whistle, et al.) talking Yentl (1983), Barbara Streisand's epic story about a woman pretending to be a man so she can study the Talmud and sing alone in the wood...2019-05-2912 min
The Original CastIntermission: A Lovely Chat with Kurt Peterson, Producer of 'Sondheim: A Musical Tribute'I was very lucky to have the chance to chat with Kurt Peterson who produced Sondheim: A Musical Tribute and was in the original Broadway cast of Follies (1971). Kurt spills some tea on how the first Sondheim tribute came together, talks about his plans for the upcoming 50th anniversary, and what it was like to be in Follies before it was considered a classic of American musical theatre. You can learn more about Kurt and his work at his website: James Williams Productions Dot Com. Have you checked out our PATREON? You haven't? Then how are you going to...2019-05-1529 min
The Original CastSpecial Interview! 'Caroline, or Change' at the Astoria Performing Arts CenterJeanine Tesori & Tony Kushner's Caroline, or Change opens tomorrow at Astoria Performing Arts Center. Patrick speaks with Dev Bondarin (director and APAC's Artistic Director) and leading actress LaDonna Burns (Caroline) about the show, their process, and why this is a show more people should be doing. Have you checked out our 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 has perennial favorites Kari Ginsburg (Gypsy, et al.) and Roddy Flynn (Anyone Can Whistle, et al.) talking Yentl (1983), Barbara Streisand's epic story about a woman p...2019-05-0131 min
The Original CastIntermission: Bootlegs (w/ Kimberly Cooper Schmidt)Kimberly and Patrick start out talking about My Fair Lady at Lincoln Center and end up talking about Be More Chill by way of the time Patrick went to an Arctic Monkeys show and Matt Helders wore a Go-Pro. LIVE SHOW! Sunday, April 14, 12:00pm at the Flying V Awesome-a-Thon in Bethesda, MD! Our theme this time out is "Musicals Based on Comics!" Go to UnknownPenguin.com/Live for more information. Have you checked out our PATREON? You haven't? Then how are you going to listen to our patrons-only podcast The Original Cast at the Movies? March's...2019-04-0317 min
The Original CastLive from the Flying V Awesome-a-Thon Vol. 2!Patrick is joined by Michael J. Bobbitt, James Finley, Kari Ginsburg, and Emily Zickler for a discussion, debate, trivia, and singing. Our topic: “I Want” Songs. Recorded live at Flying V Theatre’s 2nd annual 24-hour fundraiser: Awesome-a-Thon Vol. 2! on April 8, 2018. 0:01:42 “Corner of the Sky” from Pippin ·· performed by Patrick Flynn ·· music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz 0:20:16 “Something’s Coming” from West Side Story ·· performed by Michael J. Bobbitt ·· music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim 0:35:00 “The Wizard and I” from Wicked ·· performed by Emily Zickler ·· music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz 0:50:34...2018-11-211h 27
The Original CastCourtney Laine Self / Crazy for You - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1992)Courtney Laine Self is a director/choreographer. She directed Sheila and Moby and wrote her thesis on Crazy for You. She also likes to push Patrick's buttons. And the feeling is very mutual. Topics include: Ken Ludwig (the man, not the poster), the interpretive power of dance, and Susan Stroman. Featured recording: Crazy for You - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1992) Tickets to Sheila and Moby by Patrick Flynn, directed by Courtney Laine Self NOW ON SALE! Have you checked out our PATREON? You haven't? Then how are you...2018-11-141h 14
The Original CastSusanna Pretzer / Be More Chill - Original Cast Recording (2015) *Flashback* Patrick's new play Sheila and Moby presented by Flying V Theatre is NOW PLAYING. So episodes over the next few weeks will all be related to that production. Susanna Pretzer is Flying V's literary manager and served as dramaturg during Sheila and Moby's almost two-year development process. ORIGINAL NOTES: 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. Featured recordings: Be More Chill - Original Cast Recording (2015) Heathers - World Premiere Recording (2014) *(An episode about a show of which Patrick h...2018-11-0756 min
The Original CastCassie Cope / Heathers - World Premiere Recording (2014)FINALLY! We're talking about Heathers with Cassie Cope who can currently be seen in Flying V's production of Sheila and Moby in the role of "Courtney." Topics include: Dying alone; bops; and how Cassie convinced her mother to take eighth-grade self and her eight-year-old sister to see this show in New York, twice, on consecutive nights. Featured recording: Heathers - World Premiere Recording (2014) Tickets to Sheila and Moby by Patrick Flynn, directed by Courtney Laine Self NOW ON SALE! Have you checked out our PATREON? You haven't? Then how are you going to l...2018-10-311h 04
The Original CastFarrell Parker / A Chorus Line - Original Broadway Cast (1975) *Flashback*Rehearsals have begun for Patrick's new play Sheila and Moby presented by Flying V Theatre. So episodes over the next few weeks will all be related to that production. Farrell Parker plays the dual roles of Lara & Curly in Sheila and Moby and we're flashing back to her 2017 episode about A Chorus Line. ORIGINAL NOTES: Actor and Shakespearean scholar-in-training Farrell Parker comes by to talk about an album she adores and a show she does not. And the call is coming from inside the studio! Also T&A, ballet, and the nature an...2018-10-2456 min
The Original CastRobyn Rikoon / Rent - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1996)You may have seen Robyn on Fringe or Gossip Girl or The Unusuals (my favorite) or as "Moby" in Flying V's Sheila and Moby opening October 27. But today she's here to talk about a show that bears repeating. Topics include: Do we need awards? Do parents just not understand? And is Benny the bad guy? Also remember that Angel kills a dog in this show. Featured recordings: Rent - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1996) Tickets to Sheila and Moby by Patrick Flynn, directed by Courtney Laine Self NOW ON SALE! Have you checked out our P...2018-10-171h 06
The Original CastJason Schlafstein / Chess - Benny Andersson | Tim Rice | Björn Ulvaeus (1984) *Flashback*Rehearsals have begun for Patrick's new play Sheila and Moby presented by Flying V Theatre. So episodes over the next few weeks will all be related to that production, starting with this gem, our third ever guest and Flying V's Artistic Director: Jason Schlafstein. ORIGINAL NOTES: Jason is the artistic director for the Helen Hayes Award-winning theatre company Flying V. He and Patrick discuss the concept album of Chess and how it cemented their friendship. Also: singing in restaurants, the glory of synth rock, and the nature of love. Seriously, it gets deep for a minute. Featured recordings: Chess...2018-10-1057 min
The Original CastJenny Male / Urinetown the Musical - The Original Cast Recording (2001)Tinker Bell (by Patrick Flynn) is now running at Adventure Theatre MTC. Throughout the run, all our episodes will be related to the production. Multi-hyphenate "ographer" (fight, choreo, et al.) Jenny Male is here to talk about the brilliant play Tinker Bell that she is ography-ing at Adventure Theatre MTC. Also she's here to talk about the Tony-winning musical with self-confessed a "terrible title." Topics include: Brecht, pay toilets, and how much self-referential humor can one show sustain? Featured recording: Urinetown the Musical - The Original Cast Re...2018-08-2254 min
The Original CastIntermission: Doubling (w/ Michelle Polera)Tinker Bell (by Patrick Flynn) is now running at Adventure Theatre MTC. Throughout the run, all our episodes will be related to the production. Tinker Bell herself is here for a new Intermission about playing more than one role in the same show. Have you checked out our PATREON? You haven't? Then how are you going to listen to our patrons-only podcast The Original Cast at the Movies? August's episode features Harrison Smith and Bridget Grace Sheaff discussing the most glorious musical Gene Kelly ever appeared in: Xanadu (1980). Pa...2018-08-1513 min
The Original CastAshley K. Nicholas / Caroline, or Change - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2003)Tinker Bell (by Patrick Flynn) is now running at Adventure Theatre MTC. Throughout the run, all our episodes will be related to the production. Ashley plays a myriad of roles in Tinker Bell (from birds and flowers to all seven Lost Boys) and she's here to talk about this fantastic show about the past that may've been ahead of its time. Topics include: basements, emotions, truth, beauty, the South, and leaving it all on the stage. Featured recordings: Caroline, or Change - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2003) ...2018-08-081h 08
The Original CastIntermission: Bad Lyrics (w/ Michael J. Bobbitt) *Flashback*Tinker Bell (by Patrick Flynn) is now running at Adventure Theatre MTC. Throughout the run, all our episodes will be related to the production. So here's a re-release of Michael & Patrick's detoured into one of Patrick’s pet peeves: bad lyricism. And it goes there. Featured recordings: Girl - Pharrell Williams (2014) Feeling Strangely Fine - Semisonic (1998) Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys (2005) Les Misérables - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1987) The Lion King - Original Motion Picture Soun...2018-08-0113 min
The Original CastCarlos Castillo / American Idiot - The Original Broadway Cast Recording (2010)Tinker Bell (by Patrick Flynn) is now running at Adventure Theatre MTC. Throughout the run, all our episodes will be related to the production. This week our Peter Pan is here to talk about a rock musical that is more Hair than Tommy. Topics include: the lyrical metaphors of Bille Joe Armstrong, the enigmatic existence of St. Jimmy, the messianic imagery of Claude Hooper Bukowski, and whether or not Patrick is just an old man who doesn't get it. Featured recordings: American Idiot - The Original Broadway Cast Recording (2010) Warning - G...2018-07-251h 09
The Original CastIntermission: The Peppermint Twist (w/ Brittany Truske)Tinker Bell (by Patrick Flynn) is now running at Adventure Theatre MTC. Throughout the run, all our episodes will be related to the production. Brittany is production manager for Tinker Bell and in this cut conversation from her Next to Normal episode, she and Patrick discuss the enigma that is Alice Ripley. Featured recordings: "Peppermint Twist" - Joey Dee and the Starliters (1961) Have you checked out our PATREON? You haven't? Then how are you going to listen to our patrons-only podcast The Original Cast at the Movies? July's episode f...2018-07-1810 min
The Original CastMeghan Abdo / Once - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2012)Tinker Bell (by Patrick Flynn) is now running at Adventure Theatre MTC. Throughout the run, all our episodes will be related to the production. This week we've got our Wendy: Meghan Abdo talking about this Tony Award-winning musical based on the Academy Award-winning movie about a bittersweet love story between two hurting musicians. Topics include: crying, laughing, sobbing, romance, drinking, and crying. Featured recording: Once - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2012) Have you checked out our PATREON? You haven't? Then how are you going to listen to our patrons-only...2018-07-111h 03
The Original CastMichael J. Bobbitt / Once on This Island - Original Cast Recording (1990) *Flashback*Tinker Bell (by Patrick Flynn) is now running at Adventure Theatre MTC. Throughout the run, all our episodes will be related to the production. So here's a reissue of the episode featuring Adventure Theatre MTC's Artistic Director: Michael J. Bobbitt. ORIGINAL NOTES: Michael J. Bobbitt, artistic director of Adventure Theatre MTC, stops by ostensibly to discuss the 1990 Flaherty & Ahrens musical Once on This Island but he and Patrick quickly diverge into discussions of stripped-down theatre, racial appropriation, and what constitutes "children's theatre." It gets real. Get into it. Featured recording: Once o...2018-07-0453 min
The Original CastPeter Boyer / The Fantasticks - Original Cast Album (1960)Tinker Bell (by Patrick Flynn) is now running at Adventure Theatre MTC. Throughout the run, all our episodes will be related to the production. This week we've got Capt. Jas. T. Hook himself, Peter Boyer in studio to talk about the (for now) longest-running American musical ever. Topics include: amoral versus immoral, emotional versus physical, and how Mortimer is really the main character of this whole musical no matter what the "writers" might say and/or have written. CONTENT ADVISORY: The Fantasticks contains a song entitled "It Depends on What You Pay" which...2018-06-271h 12
The Original CastMichelle Polera / Avenue Q - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2003) *Flashback*Tinker Bell (by Patrick Flynn) opens this week at Adventure Theatre MTC. Throughout the run, all our episodes will be related to the production. To kick things off, here's a re-issue of our episode with Tinker Bell herself: Michelle Polera. ORIGINAL NOTES: Actress and Soul Cycle instructor Michelle Polera stops by to talk about that magical place 18 blocks east of 1st Avenue on the Lower East Side. Topics include: puppet sex, puppet nudity, how Michelle is afraid of puppets, and schadenfreude. Featured recording: Avenue Q - O...2018-06-2059 min
The Original CastIT'S THE 2018 TONYS!!!It's the Tonys on Sunday!!! And so we're talking the Tonys with Kari Ginsburg and Roddy Flynn. We go through the nominated revivals (5:56) give our thoughts on the shows up for Best Musical: Mean Girls (26:26), Frozen (44:05), SpongeBob SquarePants (56:46), and The Band's Visit (1:08:04), and then tell you our predictions (1:21:17) for who will take home that spinny award Sunday night! AND you can follow along with us during the ceremony in TWO (2) ways. Kari, Roddy, and Patrick will be live tweeting from Patrick's living room using #OriginalCastPod so you can keep up with our thoughts and joys a...2018-06-061h 55
The Original CastIntermission: Lemonade (w/ Thembi Duncan)Thembi and Patrick move from Beyoncé to DREAMGIRLS to Diana Ross to THE WIZ back to Beyoncé her seminal albums LEMONADE. Featured recording: LEMONADE - Beyoncé (2013) 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 (now available) 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). Patreon Twitter 2018-05-3017 min
The Original CastEmma Jackson / Brigadoon - EMI Records (1992)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? Featured recordings: 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 po...2018-05-231h 00
The Original CastIntermission: Untitled Beth Amann Intermission (w/ Beth Amann)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). Patreon Twitter Facebook Email2018-05-1612 min
The Original CastIntermission: Traveling MusicWhat do you listen to on a long drive? with: Lauren R Alexander Beth Amann Evan Casey Jensen Clifford Sara E. Cohen Roddy Flynn Kari Ginsburg Heather Hurley Lee Liebeskind Don Mike Mendoza Danielle Mohlman Tracy Lynn Olivera Farrell Parker Michelle Polera Megan Reichelt Bridget Grace Sheaff Amanda Zeitler Emily Zickler Featured recordings: CABARET - The New Broadway Cast Recording (1998) FUN HOME - A New Broadway Musical (2015) GREY GARDENS - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2012)2017-11-2217 min
The Original CastIntermission: Criticism (w/ Roddy Flynn & Kari Ginsburg)Roddy, Kari, and Patrick debate the very nature of criticism from all points-of-view in this cut conversation from our 2017 Tonys episode. Twitter.com/OriginalCastPod Facebook.com/OriginalCastPod OriginalCastPod@gmail.com2017-10-1814 min
The Original CastJon Jon Johnson / Side Show - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1997)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) Twitter.com/OriginalCastPodFacebook.com/OriginalCastPodEmail: Origin...2017-08-3058 min
The Original CastIntermission: Happily Ever After (w/ Charlene V. Smith)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) Twitter.com/OriginalCastPodFacebook.com/OriginalCastPodEmail: OriginalCastPod@gmail.com2017-08-0914 min
The Original CastIT'S THE 2017 TONYS!!This week we break format for a discussion of the 71st Tony Awards with former guests Roddy Flynn and Kari Ginsburg. And also a special appearance by fan-favorite Bob E Flynn (briefly). Topics include what constitutes set design, the youths, and that Kari & Roddy are going to see NATASHA, PIERRE AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 without Patrick. Featured recordings: COME FROM AWAY - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2017)DEAR EVAN HANSEN - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2016)GROUNDHOG DAY - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2017)NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2017)2017-06-071h 22
The Original CastSusanna Pretzer / Be More Chill - Original Cast Recording (2015)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) Twitter.com/OriginalCastPodFacebook.com/OriginalCastPodEmail: OriginalCastPod@gmail.com2017-04-1255 min
The Original CastIntermission: The Golden Pipes of Rosalind Russell (w/ Kari Ginsburg)Kari drops some trivia on Rosalind Russell, Patrick drops some trivia on movie musical casting, and we all leave better than we arrived. WANT FIVE SECONDS OF AIRTIME? It takes about five seconds to rate & review on iTunes. So, for the next little while if you give us 5-STARS on iTunes and write a review, we will give you five seconds of airtime on our show. Simply email your iTunes username (so we can verify your review) along with your message and Patrick will read it on a future episode. Twitter.com/OriginalCastPodFacebook...2017-01-1114 min
The Original CastJensen Clifford / The Book of Mormon - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2011)For a musical about the nature of religious belief and musical theatre storytelling, you'll be shocked to discover that Patrick and Jensen talk almost exclusively about the nature of religious belief and musical theatre storytelling. WANT FIVE SECONDS OF AIRTIME? It takes about five seconds to rate & review on iTunes. So, for the next little while if you give us 5-STARS on iTunes and write a review, we will give you five seconds of airtime on our show. Simply email your iTunes username (so we can verify your review) along with your message and Patrick will read...2017-01-041h 02
The Original CastLive from the Flying V Awesome-A-Thon!The cast and creative team of the Flying V musical YOU, OR WHATEVER I CAN GET join Patrick on stage at the Flying V Awesome-a-Thon. Doug Wilder, Suzanne Edgar, Farrell Parker, Jason Schlafstein, and Steve Przybylski talk about the show they created and sing their favorite music theatre love songs! Even Jason! YOU, OR WHATEVER I CAN GET cast recording on Bandcamp! Leave a 5 Star Review on iTunes and get 5 seconds on this podcast! Details inside! Songs: 0:03:23 ”She Loves Me” from SHE LOVES ME (1963) performed by Patrick Flynn music by Jerry Boc...2016-12-281h 45
The Original CastJenny Donovan / The Secret Garden - The Original Broadway Cast Album (1991)Actor Jenny Donovan is here to talk about one of Patrick’s favorite musicals. Which means she is also here to listen to Patrick talk about one of his favorite musicals. Topics include: the politically correct term for “hunchback,” possibly misused musical terms, and what is Martha’s deal? Featured recordings: The Secret Garden - The Original Broadway Cast Album (1991)The Baker’s Wife - An Original Cast Recording (1976)Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Original Cast (1979) Twitter.com/OriginalCastPodFacebook.com/OriginalCastPodEmail: OriginalCastPod@gmail.com2016-12-0759 min
The Original CastIntermission: Bad Lyrics (w/ Michael J. Bobbitt)During their ONCE ON THIS ISLAND talk, Michael and Patrick detoured into one of Patrick’s pet peeves: bad lyricism. And it goes there. Featured recordings: GIRL - Pharrell Williams (2014) FEELING STRANGELY FINE - Semisonic (1998) WHATEVER PEOPLE SAY I AM, THAT’S WHAT I’M NOT - Arctic Monkeys (2005) LES MISÉRABLES - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1987) THE LION KING - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1994) WEST SIDE STORY - Original Broadway Cast (1957) Twitter.com/OriginalCastPodFacebook.com/OriginalCastPodEmail: OriginalCastPod@gmail.com2016-10-1912 min
The Original CastIntermission: PotpourriWhat does Patrick do with all bits either too short or too weird to wind up in an Intermission? Edit them all together in one big episode of course! 00:00 A Coughed Drop (w/ Sophie Schulman) 01:54 Historical Accuracy (w/ Michael J. Bobbitt) 07:48 Forced Staging (w/ Roddy Flynn) 09:10 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (w/ Tracy Lynn Olivera & Megan Westman) 10:17 All the Gin Joints (w/ Evan Casey) 13:35 The Secret Garden (w/ Hannah Hessel Ratner) 18:02 Jesus Christ Superstar (w/ Tracy Lynn Olivera & Megan Westman) 19:50 Jesus Christ Superstar...2016-09-2139 min
The Original CastLee Liebeskind / Spring Awakening - A Decca Broadway Cast Album (2006)Director/actor Lee Liebeskind talks about a show neither he nor Patrick have seen even though they both know people who did it on Broadway. Topics include: closing numbers, smoky vocals, and whether or not Patrick knows John Gallagher Jr well enough to call him “John.” Featured recordings: SPRING AWAKENING - A Decca Broadway Cast Album (2006) Twitter.com/OriginalCastPod Facebook.com/OriginalCastPod Email: OriginalCastPod@gmail.com2016-08-3150 min
The Original CastHannah Hessel Ratner / Flora the Red Menace - The Original Broadway Cast Recording (1965)Dramaturg, audience enrichment manager at Shakespeare Theatre Company, and Welder 2.0 Hannah Hessel Ratner joins Patrick to talk about Kander & Ebb's first collaboration, Liza Minelli's Broadway debut, and one of George Abbott's last shows: FLORA THE RED MENACE. Patrick and Hannah talk about the tenants of communism, how one sings about communism, and whether communism will save us from making cannon fodder of our youth. Featured recordings: FLORA THE RED MENACE - The Original Broadway Cast Recording (1965) Twitter.com/OriginalCastPod Facebook.com/OriginalCastPod Email: OriginalCastPod@gmail.com...2016-08-0346 min
The Original CastIntermission: Dr Jekyll & Mr Larson (w/ Roddy Flynn)During their ANYONE CAN WHISTLE conversation, Patrick and Roddy took a detour into two shows that they had strong feelings about in the 90s and still have strong feelings about today. Featured recordings: RENT - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1996) JEKYLL & HYDE - The Complete Work (1994) Twitter.com/OriginalCastPod Facebook.com/OriginalCastPod Email: OriginalCastPod@gmail.com2016-07-2708 min
The Original CastRoddy Flynn / Anyone Can Whistle - Original Broadway Cast (1964)Roddy is the Executive Director for the U.S. House of Representative’s LGBT Caucus. He is also our first guest drawn “from the house” and Patrick’s brother. Roddy and Patrick gab about Angela Lansbury, intermissions, and the unbearable heaviness of this show’s plot. Featured recording: ANYONE CAN WHISTLE - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1964) Twitter.com/OriginalCastPod Facebook.com/OriginalCastPod Email: OriginalCastPod@gmail.com2016-06-2248 minThe Original CastIT'S THE 2016 TONYS!This week we break format for a discussion about the Tony Awards with past guest Don Mike Mendoza and future guest Roddy Flynn. We talk about not only this year's shows but the Tonys as a whole and how award shows make us feel. Featured recordings: BRIGHT STAR - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2016) HAMILTON - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2015) SCHOOL OF ROCK - Original Cast Recording (2015) WAITRESS - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2016) Twitter.com/OriginalCastPod Facebook.com/OriginalCastPod Email: OriginalCastPod@gmail.c...2016-06-081h 02
The Original CastTracy Lynn Olivera / You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown - The Original Cast Album (1967)Welcome to The Original Cast, a podcast about original cast albums and the people who love them hosted by playwright/filmmaker/professor Patrick Flynn.
Our first guest is actress, singer, & recording artist Tracy Lynn Olivera who stops by to discuss the 1967 original cast album of YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN. We’re also joined by dramaturg Megan Westman as we discuss off-Broadway basement shows, the wrong kind of meta, and how Tracy feels about the 1999 Broadway revival (spoiler: she hates it).
Buy YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN - The Original Cast Album...2016-03-3049 min
The Original CastWelcome to The Original Cast!Welcome to The Original Cast, a podcast about original cast albums and the people who love them hosted by playwright-filmmaker-professor Patrick Flynn.
Each week we’ll bring you a discussion with someone you’d find on-stage, backstage, or in the house of a theatre about that most precious of musical theatre accessories: cast albums.
Episodes start March 30 wherever podcasts are sold.
Twitter: @OriginalCastPodFacebook: /OriginalCastPodEmail: OriginalCastPod@gmail.com2016-03-1602 min