The Original Cast

It's our THREE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY so we've got a big episode with a big guest talking about a small show that has big ideas about small moments and long songs. Very long songs. So very, very long, these...

13 Mar 20191h 58min

Before it was a Flaherty/Ahrens/McNally musical, Ragtime was a Miloš Forman movie. And before that, it was a novel by E.L. Doctorow. And before that, some of the characters were real people. And befor...

6 Mar 201911min

Rachel is here for a show about exceeding your expectations that maybe doesn't exceed Patrick's expectations (or does it?). Topics include: Challenging roles, Pippin, the joys of singing high, and the...

27 Feb 20191h

Composer/lyricist Douglas J. Cohen (No Way to Treat a Lady) and librettist/lyricist/novelist Dan Elish (13) are here for a phone interview with Patrick about the newly released cast album for their sh...

20 Feb 201926min

We've got a dramaturg to talk about a musical that really could've used a dramaturg. A musical with more concept albums (5) than actual cast albums (1), the last one released fifteen (15) years after ...

13 Feb 20191h 13min

Patrick is a guest this week on the wonderful Broadway Baby Podcast talking about Chess (shocker). Here's a snippet of the episode to whet your appetite. The full episode is available HERE. Enjoy! Ha...

6 Feb 20199min

While our topic is ostensibly the first Disney Broadway musical (and, as of this release, 10th longest running show in Broadway history), Anna and Patrick spend most of this episode on being a young a...

30 Jan 201957min

Did you know you could major in "Hope Theory?" Did you know "Hope Theory" was a thing? Patrick didn't. Have you checked out our PATREON? You haven't? Then how are you going to listen to our patrons-on...

23 Jan 201922min