Stephen is missing solitude in public places.

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MUSIC: “You Can Always Count On Me” performed by Randy Graff from City of Angels - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1989), music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by David Zippel

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Heather is a costume designer, which is a hard job to do remotely.

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MUSIC: “Magic Dance” performed by David Bowie, from Labyrinth - From the Original Soundtrack of the Jim Henson Film (1986), music and lyrics by David Bowie

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James is here to explain Animal Crossing.

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MUSIC: "Two-Player Game" performed by Will Roland & George Salazar from Be More Chill - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2019), music and lyrics by Joe Iconis

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Anna wants to go back to college, please.

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MUSIC: "I Wish I Could Go Back to College" performed by John Tartaglia, Peter Linz, Stephanie D'Abruzzo from Avenue Q - Original Broadway Cast (2003), music and lyrics by Robert Lopez & Jeff Marx

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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)

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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 cover all 4 theatrical film versions of A Star is Born. And we start with at the beginning in 1937 with Janet Gaynor and Fredric March. It's not a musical but it will be!

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Jim Steinman wrote a Batman musical.

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MUSIC: "Simon Zealotes / Poor Jerusalem" performed by Ledisi and Morgan James, from Jesus Christ Superstar - She is Risen: Volume I (2020), music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Tim Rice

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Rick is teaching drama to 5th-8th grade girls.

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MUSIC: "Do-Re-Mi" performed by Mary Martin, from The Sound of Music - Original Broadway Cast (1959), music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

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Today we take a deep-dive into a song's evolution with this number from Evita from its debut on the 1976 concept album, its deletion from the stage production, and reinstatement for the film.

Featured recordings: Evita - An Opera Based on the Life Story of Eva Peron 1919-1952 (1976) • Evita - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1979) • Evita - The Complete Motion Picture Music Soundtrack (1996)

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Mary's teaching Shakespeare to stuffed animals.

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MUSIC: "Hip Hop Hooray" performed by Naughty by Nature, from 19 Naughty III - Naughty by Nature (1993), music and lyrics by Ronald Isley, Ernie Isley, Rudolph Isley, Chris Jasper, O'Kelly Isley Jr., Marvin Isley, Vincent Brown, Anthony Criss, Keir Gist

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Danielle Mohlman's play Nexus is going on a virtual national tour.

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MUSIC: "Opening Night" performed by the company, from The Producers - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2001), music and lyrics by Mel Brooks

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