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The Original Cast

A podcast about original cast albums and the people who love them hosted by playwright Patrick Flynn.

Ranked #1

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Broadwaysted! / Sunday in the Park with George - Original Cast (1985)

Broadwaysted! / Sunday in the Park with George - Original Cast (1985)

It's a big one to kick off the year! Bryan Plofsky and Kimberly Cooper Schmidt of the official Broadwaysted! podcast (wh... Read more

8 Jan 2020

1hr 35mins

Ranked #2

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Michael Innocenti / The Producers - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2001)

Michael Innocenti / The Producers - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2001)

Director/actor/lighting designer Michael Innocenti brings this (now) 19-year-old megahit to the podcast and asks "What a... Read more

29 Apr 2020

56mins

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Ranked #3

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Alexandra Petri / Camelot - Original Broadway Cast (1960)

Alexandra Petri / Camelot - Original Broadway Cast (1960)

Columnist, playwright, and the mind behind @KyloR3n is here for one of the most capital-M Musicals ever to grace the Bro... Read more

18 Mar 2020

1hr 2mins

Ranked #4

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Liz Maestri / Les Misérables - Original London Cast Album (1985)

Liz Maestri / Les Misérables - Original London Cast Album (1985)

Playwright Liz Maestri stops by to talk about the London cast recording of LES MISÉRABLES. Patrick and Liz discuss the d... Read more

20 Jul 2016

56mins

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Star Johnson / Company - Original Broadway Cast (1970)

Star Johnson / Company - Original Broadway Cast (1970)

Star is playwright/lyricist/director who brings to us a fun and funny conversation about a still-relevant turning point ... Read more

13 May 2020

1hr

Ranked #6

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Angela Kay Pirko / The Phantom of the Opera - The Original Cast Recording (1986)

Angela 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 musi... Read more

4 Sep 2019

1hr 30mins

Ranked #7

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Jonathan Howard / Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - London Palladium Cast Recording (1991)

Jonathan Howard / Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor 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 Inclu... Read more

22 Apr 2020

59mins

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Heather C. Jackson / She Loves Me - 2016 Broadway Cast Recording (2016)

Heather C. Jackson / She Loves Me - 2016 Broadway Cast Recording (2016)

Costume designer Heather C. Jackson is here to talk about one of the best musicals ever. Not that anyone’s ranking. But ... Read more

16 Jan 2019

1hr 4mins

Ranked #9

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Distantly Social 27: Caroline Dubberly

Distantly Social 27: Caroline Dubberly

It's raining in Texas. Taking Care - An Emergency Fund for the Washington Theatre Community MUSIC: "The Long Grift" per... Read more

11 Apr 2020

13mins

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Joanna McKee / Anastasia - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2017)

Joanna McKee / Anastasia - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2017)

Joanna works in the Education Department at the Kennedy Center and she is here to take us to school about a show that ne... Read more

25 Mar 2020

1hr 9mins

Ranked #11

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Patrick Flynn / Fun Home - A New Broadway Musical (2015)

Patrick 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 thou... Read more

15 Apr 2020

1hr 16mins

Ranked #12

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Casey Erin Clark / Little Women - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2005)

Casey Erin Clark / Little Women - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2005)

Actor/singer/coach/multi-hyphenate Casey Erin Clark is here for a Sutton Foster vehicle that brings the sincerity. Topic... Read more

6 May 2020

1hr 18mins

Ranked #13

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Alex Fossella / Waitress - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2016)

Alex Fossella / Waitress - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2016)

Comedian and the Broadway Baby himself Alex Fossella is here for mainly a talk about Waitress. But we also talk about Ha... Read more

10 Jul 2019

1hr

Ranked #14

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Jenna Duncan / Fiddler on the Roof - The Original Broadway Cast Recording (1964)

Jenna Duncan / Fiddler on the Roof - The Original Broadway Cast Recording (1964)

Jenna is a director in DC (she directed my adaptation of The Velveteen Rabbit) and is also the Associate Artistic Direct... Read more

19 Feb 2020

1hr 5mins

Ranked #15

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Brittany Truske / Next to Normal - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2009)

Brittany Truske / Next to Normal - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2009)

Adventure Theatre MTC's Assistant Production Manager extraordinaire Brittany Truske is here for a good but tough musical... Read more

9 May 2018

1hr 11mins

Ranked #16

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Elliot Dash / Ragtime - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1997)

Elliot Dash / Ragtime - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1997)

A big episode for a big show. Actor Elliot Dash is with us to talk about one of Patrick's 10 favorite musicals. And they... Read more

5 Sep 2018

1hr 14mins

Ranked #17

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Robyn Rikoon / Rent - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1996)

Robyn 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 Mob... Read more

17 Oct 2018

1hr 6mins

Ranked #18

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Lee Liebeskind / Spring Awakening - A Decca Broadway Cast Album (2006)

Lee 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 ... Read more

31 Aug 2016

50mins

Ranked #19

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Elisa Rosman / March of the Falsettos ; Falsettoland - Original Cast (1981 ; 1990)

Elisa Rosman / March of the Falsettos ; Falsettoland - Original Cast (1981 ; 1990)

Music director and pianist extraordinaire Elisa Rosman is here for two LPs about a single show that was two shows (reall... Read more

28 Feb 2018

59mins

Ranked #20

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Clare Carys O'Connell / You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown - The Broadway Musical (1999)

Clare 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 ... Read more

1 Apr 2020

41mins

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