Patrick Flynn joins Alex to review the entire 1987-88 season of Broadway musicals and see if they agree with how the rankings from the podcast season shook out.

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Alex is joined by Kayla Burfeind to talk about two shows from the 1987-88 season that have no cast albums of any kind, but for which unofficial audio is available on a certain video website. We're talking about Teddy & Alice and the revival of Cabaret!

Teddy & Alice: music by John Philip Sousa with adaptations by Richard Kapp, lyrics by Hal Hackady, book by Jerome Alden, directed by John Driver, with music direction by Larry Blank and orchestrations by Jim Tyler.

Cabaret: music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, book by Joe Masteroff, directed by Hal Prince, with music direction by Donald Chan and orchestrations by Don Walker with additional orchestrations by Michael Gibson.

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Alex welcomes back Josh Swantz to talk about three shows from the 1987-88 season that did not release commercial cast albums, but did send out promotional albums to industry insiders. Come learn more about Roza, Mail, and Carrie!

Roza: music by Gilbert Becaud, lyrics & book by Julian More, directed by Harold Prince, with music direction by Louis St. Louis and orchestrations by Michael Gibson.

Mail: music by Michael Rupert, lyrics & book by Jerry Colker, directed by Andrew Cadiff, with music direction by Tom Fay and orchestrations by Michael Gibson.

Carrie: music by Michael Gore, lyrics by Dean Pitchford, book by Lawrence D. Cohen, directed by Terry Hands, with music direction by Paul Schwartz and orchestrations by Anders Eljas, Harold Wheeler, & Michael Starobin.

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We've finally reached the unstoppable juggernaut of the season: the 1986 Original London Cast Album for The Phantom of the Opera! Join Alex and guest Ryan Wood as they go down once more into the longest running musical in Broadway history.

Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart & Richard Stilgoe, book by Richard Stilgoe & Andrew Lloyd Webber, directed by Harold Prince, with music direction by David Caddick and orchestrations by David Cullen & Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Stream the album on YouTube. You can also check out:

• 2004 Soundtrack
• 2011 Royal Albert Hall Concert Cast

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Alex is joined by Jeffrey Scott Parsons to talk about the 1985 Philadelphia (Pre-Broadway) Cast Album of The Gospel at Colonus. Who knew a Sophocles play and a Black Pentecostal church service were such a perfect match?

Music by Bob Telson, lyrics, book, & direction by Lee Breuer, based on Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus as translated by Robert Fitzgerald.

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• 1984 Concept Album

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Paul W. Thompson joins Alex to talk about the 1988 Original Broadway Cast Album of Romance/Romance. Explore the most underrated score of the season!

Music by Keith Hermann, lyrics, book, & direction by Barry Harman, with musical direction by Kathy Sommer and orchestrations by Michael Starobin.

Stream the album on Spotify.

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Alex is joined by Will & Rach, The Theater Lovers, to explore the 1987 Broadway Revival Cast Album of Anything Goes. It’s the top!

Music & lyrics by Cole Porter, book by Guy Bolton, P.G. Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse, Timothy Crouse, & John Weidman, directed by Jerry Zaks, with musical direction by Edward Strauss and orchestrations by Michael Gibson.

Stream the album on YouTube. You can also check out:

• 1962 Off-Broadway Revival Cast
• 1969 London Revival Cast
• 1989 London Revival Cast
• 2003 London Revival Cast
• 2011 Broadway Revival Cast

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Alex and Adair Gilliam discuss the 1988 Original Broadway Cast Album of Sarafina! and how a protest musical against apartheid can still hold lessons for us today.

Music, lyrics, book, & direction by Mbongeni Ngema, additional lyrics by Hugh Masekela, with musical direction by Ndaba Mholongo and arrangements by Mbongeni Ngema & Hugh Masekela.

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• 1987 Original South African Cast
• 1992 Soundtrack

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Alex is joined by Rabindra Tambyraja to explore the 1988 Original Broadway Cast Album of Chess. Is it a big mess? Listen and find out!

Music by Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus, lyrics by Tim Rice, book by Richard Nelson, direction by Trevor Nunn, with musical direction by Paul Bogaev and orchestrations by Anders Eljas.

Stream the album on YouTube. You can also check out:

• 1984 Concept Album
• 2008 Concert Cast

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Jeff Anderson joins Alex to figure out the 1988 Studio Album of Late Nite Comic. Never heard of it? You're not alone.

Music & lyrics by Brian Gari, book by Allan Knee, direction by Philip Rose, with musical direction by Gregory J. Dlugos, and album orchestrations by Lee Shapiro.

Stream the album on Spotify. You can also check out:

• 2007 20th Anniversary Studio Album

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