The Original Cast

Jon and Patrick dive into the film version of THE LAST FIVE YEARS and then veer into why original cast albums are NOT soundtracks. Featured recordings: The Music Man - Original Broadway Cast (1957)The...

8 Feb 201722min

Avid theatre fan Heather Hurley reveals her origin story. Also how Billy & Mama are like Jack & Karen while Velma & Roxie are like Kim & Khloé. Featured recordings: Chicago - The Musical (1996) Twitte...

1 Feb 201748min

Another free-association with Lee and Patrick. We start with SPRING AWAKENING and get to a movie David Mamet wrote with Shel Silverstein. Featured recordings: REALLY ROSIE - Carole King (1975) Twitter...

25 Jan 201713min

Actor & librarian Megan Reichelt is here to talk about Frank Wildhorn's sweeping epic musical. But which version? The first? The second? The fourth? And why isn't Terrence Mann the lead in this show? ...

18 Jan 201756min

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 ra...

11 Jan 201714min

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 ...

4 Jan 20171h 2min

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 S...

28 Des 20161h 45min

Sondheim's second biggest flop is our subject today with actor Paul Scanlan. Topics include: Why does this show run backwards? What is Mary's deal? And how was this show not the biggest hit of Sondhei...

21 Des 201657min