Best Robert W Schneider Podcasts (2024)

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Robert W. Schneider / La Cage Aux Folles - Original Cast Recording (1983) FLASHBACK 1:05:28

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originally released: June 10, 2020 Director/podcaster Robert W. Schneider is here for a musical whose legacy may be unfairly besmirched by an infamous Tony speech. Topics Include: George Hearn, staging the overture, cutting the entr’acte, and maybe revoking Rob’s gay card live on the air! Featured Recording: La Cage Aux Folles - Original Cast Recor…

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Alexandra Silber / The Secret Garden - The Original Broadway Cast Album (1991) FLASHBACK 1:03:12

14h ago1:03:12

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originally released: September 18, 2019 Actor and author Alexandra Silber is currently appearing as Fraulein Sally Bowles in Olney Theatre Center's production of Cabaret. But she's here this week to talk about this beautiful Lucy Simon/Marsha Norman musical and so much more. Really, we get deep.__Topics include: living with grief, communing with na…

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Episode 77: NINA WEST 53:51

13d ago53:51

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RuPaul's Drag Race star Nina West talks to us about her life in drag, growing up in Ohio, and all things Drag Race! Assistant Director of Programming Macon Prickett hosts. For more info about Nina's upcoming show, visit 54Below.org/NinaWest The 54 Below Podcast is hosted by Nella Vera and Macon Prickett, and produced by Michael Allan Galvez with su…

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Kenny Neal / Starlight Express - The Original Cast Recording (1984) FLASHBACK 55:15

13d ago55:15

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originally released: March 29, 2017 Sound designer Kenny Neal comes by to talk about what he describes as “nobody’s favorite musical.” Topics include: “What?,” “Why?,” “Really?,” “He does?,” “They are?,” and “I don’t get it.” Featured recordings: STARLIGHT EXPRESS - The Original Cast Recording (1984) Twitter.com/OriginalCastPodFacebook.com/Original…

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Interview with Laura Frankos 35:46

18d ago35:46

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I chat with Laura Frankos, author of the book, Broadway Revival, a historical, fictional work that has an actor, David W. Greenbaum, go back in time to save George Gershwin from his early, untimely death.

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Logan Culwell-Block / Little Shop of Horrors - Original Cast Album (1982) FLASHBACK 59:50

1M ago59:50

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originally released: November 29, 2017 Playbill writer (now news editor) Logan Culwell-Block stops by ostensibly to talk about LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS but Patrick and he nerd out pretty fast. Topics include: How should a cast album be produced? Early versions of how Seymour killed the dentist. And why in the name of heavenly glory would you autotune…

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Rebecca Luker / Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Original Cast (1979) FLASHBACK 49:36

2M ago49:36

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originally released: July 22, 2020 • updated intro: December 23, 2020 Three-time Tony-nominee Rebecca Luker is here for a walk through her career and the show Sheldon Harnick calls our “greatest American opera.” Topics Include: getting an agent out of town, auditioning for Hal Prince, balancing your work and your life, and of course we talk about T…

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Amy Oestreicher / In Trousers - Original Cast (1979) FLASHBACK 1:09:53

2M ago1:09:53

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originally released: June 17, 2020 • updated intro: April 9, 2021 Writer/performer/amazing human Amy Oestreicher comes to us with us to complete the Falsettos trilogy (by going back to Part 1). Topics Include: Bill Finn calling on the phone, convincing teachers to let you do your own version of the assignment, tap dancing so hard you need surgery, …

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Interview with Kate Navin 24:48

2M ago24:48

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I speak with Kate Navin, Head of Audible Theater. They just celebrated their 5th year anniversary producing works at the Minetta Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village.

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Douglas J. Cohen / Sondheim: A Musical Tribute - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1973) FLASHBACK 49:29

3M ago49:29

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originally released: May 8, 2019 Composer/lyricist (and former subject of this podcast), Doug Cohen is here for the first-ever Sondheim tribute. Topics include: cut songs, Ethel Merman, Sondheim's singing voice, the glorious Nancy Walker, and drowning your babies. Featured recordings: Sondheim: A Musical Tribute - Original Broadway Cast Recording (…

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Interview with Michael John LaChiusa 27:39

3M ago27:39

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I chat with Michael John LaChiusa, the American musical theatre and opera composer, lyricist, and librettist. He is best known for musically esoteric shows such as Hello Again, Marie Christine, and The Wild Party. We talk, primarily, about The Gardens of Anuncia, where he wrote music, lyrics, and book. The show is based on the life of Graciela Dani…

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Liz Callaway / Company - Original Broadway Cast (1970) FLASHBACK 58:45

3M ago58:45

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originally released: June 30, 2021 Tony nominee and favorite of this podcast, Liz Callaway is here for the first show she saw on Broadway at 9, a decade before she’d appear on the same stage in a show by the same creative team. Topics include: the Mets, reunion concerts, auditioning for Sondheim without knowing it, demos, and luck. Liz Callaway Dot…

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Interview with Kevin Winkler (On Bette Midler) 33:52

3M ago33:52

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In this episode, I interview Kevin Winkler, the author of On Bette Midler: An Opinionated Guide. Kevin chronicles her career from the New York City Continental Baths through her recording, stage and movie careers.By Stuart Brown

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IT'S THE 2024 TONYS!!!!!! 2:18:07

4M ago2:18:07

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It's TONYS TIME!! Patrick, Lauren Halvorsen (Nothing for the Group), and Robbie Rozelle (Center Stage Records) break down this incredibly overpacked Tony season. Who will win? Who will lose? Who won't show up? Who wasn't invited? Which version of The Wild Party should've been on Broadway 24 years ago? We cover it all! Patrick's magic 2024 Tonys You…

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Interview With Susan Dormady Eisenberg 37:29

4M ago37:29

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This week’s podcast episode is a conversation with Susan Dormady Eisenberg, the author of the historical fiction novel, One More Seat at the Round Table. Here’s a description of the book: Jane Conroy, tries to juggle her first theater job and her unexpected passion for a gifted singer in the chorus, Bryce Christmas. Part coming of age novel, part l…

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Elegy: Joanna McKee 1:12:42

4M ago1:12:42

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Friend of the podcast, repeat guest, and genuine ray of sunshine Joanna McKee passed away today and I’m at a loss. Listen to her talk about the musical Anastasia and hear the joy in her heart. originally released: March 25, 2020 original notes: Joanna works in the Education Department at the Kennedy Center and she is here to take us to school about…

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Robbie Rozelle / Mame - Original Broadway Cast (1966) FLASHBACK 55:47

4M ago55:47

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originally released: October 3, 2018 Designer, record producer, performer, and talent-whisperer Robbie Rozelle is here to bring some joy into Patrick's life (he says). Topics include: Jerry Herman's pros, Jerry Herman's cons, Jerry Herman's women, and the movie version of Mame which is just the worst. Featured recordings: Mame - Original Broadway C…

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Episode 19 - The Complete Stephen Sondheim 30:27

4M ago30:27

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The 19th episode in a series on the complete works of Stephen Sondheim. Rick Pender, the author of the The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia, is our musical guide. For this episode, we feature the musical Off-Broadway revue, Marry Me a Little. The show is a musical composed of outtakes from Stephen Sondheim's early musicals.…

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Roddy Flynn / Anyone Can Whistle - Original Broadway Cast (1964) FLASHBACK 48:07

5M ago48:07

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originally released: June 22, 2016 Roddy is the Executive Director for the U.S. House of Representative’s LGBT Caucus. He is also our first guest drawn “from the house” and Patrick’s brother. Roddy and Patrick gab about Angela Lansbury, intermissions, and the unbearable heaviness of this show’s plot. Featured recording: ANYONE CAN WHISTLE - Origina…

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Interview with Robert W. Schneider - The Musicals That Never Came to Broadway 30:02

5M ago30:02

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I chat with Robert W. Schneider, an award-winning Director, Producer, Author, Educator, Podcast Host, and Artistic Director of The J2 Spotlight Musical Theater Company, about his new podcast – BROADWAY BOUND: THE MUSICALS THAT NEVER CAME TO BROADWAY. It features musicals that had set their sights on Broadway but missed the mark. The first season is…

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Kari Ginsburg / Gypsy - The Original Broadway Cast (1959) FLASHBACK 1:05:53

5M ago1:05:53

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originally released: October 12, 2016 Actor and director Kari Ginsburg is here to talk about one woman’s fall from grace as she facilitates the rise of her daughter from the front of a cow to the greatest stripper in the history of the world. Featured recordings: GYPSY - The Original Broadway Cast (1959) Twitter.com/OriginalCastPodFacebook.com/Orig…

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Interview with Patrick Pacheco 36:52

5M ago36:52

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This week I chat with Patrick Pacheco who helped the late Chita Rivera write her autobiography - Chita: A Memoir. Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero – Chita – created some of Broadway’s most iconic roles, including Anita in West Side Story‚ Rosie in Bye Bye Birdie, Velma in Chicago, Aurora in Kiss of the Spider Woman, and Claire in The Visit. Pat…

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Glen Weldon / My Fair Lady - Original Cast (1958) FLASHBACK 1:20:42

6M ago1:20:42

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originally released: April 21, 2021 NPR’s Glen Weldon is here for the musical that (according to him) made him gay. Topics include: Herb Alpert (not the dirty one), Charles Emerson Winchester III, Doolittle as a father, Nathan Lane chewing scenery, Eliza’s agency, keeping media fresh, and why album covers are important. Glen Weldon’s Profile on NPR…

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Interview with Matt Gould 24:32

6M ago24:32

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I speak with Matt Gould, composer and co-librettist, of the new Broadway musical Lempicka. We chat about the show and his approaching to writing music.

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Elliott Kalan / The Music Man - Original Broadway Cast (1957) FLASHBACK 1:26:05

6M ago1:26:05

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originally released: July 13, 2022 Emmy-winner and former The Daily Show head-writer Elliott Kalan is here for a musical running now about then but really about way back then which seems to have been lost now. Topics include: losing on Jeopardy!, adding jokes by Larry David, ethical use of a resurrection machine, Frank Loesser, the House Committee …

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Interview with Stephen Cole 33:07

6M ago33:07

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Author Stephen Cole talks about his fictional, time-traveling novel, MARY & ETHEL…and Mikey Who?, which has taken the real-life friendship with Ethel Merman and Mary Martin, tossed them into a blender and come up with a fantasy about a nerdy super-fan.

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Episode 76: CHRISTINE PEDI 59:49

7M ago59:49

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Drama Desk Award nominee Christine Pedi talks about her career journey, "Forbidden Broadway" and "Chicago," and the life of comediennes as she knows it. Assistant Director of Programming Macon Prickett hosts. For more info about Christine's upcoming show, visit 54Below.org/WickedStage The 54 Below Podcast is hosted by Nella Vera and Macon Prickett,…

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Clint McElroy / The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2005) 1:07:25

7M ago1:07:25

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Clint is the paterfamilias of the McElroy family of podcasters as well as a comic book author, theatre director, and general enthusiast of all things. And he’s here for his favorite original cast album of a show he was IN on BROADWAY (kinda). Topics include: spelling your way to Broadway glory, not making fun of the kids, getting choreo tips from J…

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Interview with Martin Fitzgibbon 34:45

7M ago34:45

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I chat with Martin Fitzgibbon, who was a young drummer in the band during the creation of the The Rocky Horror Show in 1973. In his memoir, Behind the Curtain: My Life and Rocky Horror, he discusses the show, giving his unique insight into how the musical and its participants became an overnight success and created a cultural phenomenon still going…

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Episode 75: NITA WHITAKER 51:04

7M ago51:04

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Multi-hyphenate award-winning actress Nita Whitaker talks about her passion for music and healing, entering pageants to pay for nursing school, and working with icons like David Foster and Alan Thicke. Director of Marketing Nella Vera hosts. For tickets and more information about Nita's upcoming show at 54 Below, visit 54Below.org/NitaWhitaker Watc…

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Justin McElroy / The Who's Tommy - Original Cast Recording (1993) 1:02:33

7M ago1:02:33

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Justin is the oldest brother on the My Brother, My Brother and Me podcast but is also a best-selling author, voice actor, and community theatre director. And he’s here with a show that rode the early-90s obsession with the late-60s to Tony glory! Topics include: how Tommy is like Joseph from a protagonist standpoint, seeing the original Broadway pr…

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2024 Bracket Challenge 5:52

7M ago5:52

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SoundsofBroadway's Stuart Brown talks about our current Bracket Challenge - Favorite Musical From the Golden Age (Oklahoma! in 1943 through the year 1964). Each week, listeners pick the winners in head-to-head matchups – just like ‘March Madness’ – until we narrow down the field of 64 to just one ultimate favorite. Vote now! Just go to SoundsofBroa…

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Episode 74: HUGH PANARO 46:11

7M ago46:11

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One of the few actors ever to play both male lead roles in The Phantom of the Opera, Hugh Panaro tells the story of how he convinced Hal Prince to give him the titular role, his show mementos, and the release of his first album! Director of Marketing Nella Vera hosts. Watch Hugh perform "Music of the Night" from The Phantom of the Opera here: https…

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