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30: A Star is Born (1954)
Roddy Flynn & Kari Ginsburg are back for the second A Star is Born which means Judy! Judy! Judy!! JUDY!!!!!
29: This is Spin̈al Tap (1984)
Kimberly Cooper Schmidt (The Light in the Piazza) and Jay Schmidt (The Full Monty) talk about the best mockumentary ever made This is Spin̈al Tap (1984)! Also the nature of fame, the paradox of stardom, and a certain amount of jejune reflection on the very apex of childish manhood. And stuff.
28: Lost Horizon (1973)
From the team that brought you Promises! Promises! comes a film with everything: Walking! Coats! Racist make-up! Gowns! Everything except plot, character development, stakes, and/or a consistent tone. Join Logan Culwell-Block (Little Shop of Horrors 1982) and Caroline Dubberly (Hedwig and the Angry Inch 2014) for this amazing catastrophe.
27: A Star is Born (1937)
This year, Roddy Flynn (Anyone Can Whistle, TONYS!!!!, et al.), Kari Ginsburg (Gypsy, TONYS!!!!, et al.) and I are going 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!
26: Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
Brian DePalma's musical take on The Phantom of the Opera is more like Starlight Express than you might think. Kenny Neal (Starlight Express) and Joanna McKee are here to tell you how.
25: Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
Sophie Schulman (Funny Girl) and Stephen Spotswood (Once More with Feeling) are here for the greatest movie musical ever. . . Or is it? #JusticeForLina
24.1: Original Cast Album: Co-op (2019)
Still don't know whether or not to become a Patreon patron of The Original Cast? Well, you should. But if you're on the fence, here's Robbie Rozelle and I giving you a sample as we dissect the "Original Cast Album: Co-op" episode of Documentary Now!.
24: Original Cast Album: Company (1971)
This month it's just one guest because he's more than enough. The diva-whisperer Robbie Rozzelle (Mame) is here for this seminal documentary about a seminal musical made by seminal people in a seminal time in a seminal world and I am a seminal girl.
23: All That Jazz (1979)
Heather C. Jackson (She Loves Me) and Amanda Zeitler (Starmites) are here for a movie that is one of Patrick's favorites but not one of their favorites. Oh no.
22: Purple Rain (1984)
Journalist/radio personality Chris Klimek (It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!) and journalist/actress Rachel Manteuffel (Annie, maybe?) are here for Prince's first movie. But not his last. Maybe not even his first, who's to say? It's Purple Rain (1984)!
21: Waiting for Guffman (1996)
Caroline Dubberly [from next week's Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2014) episode] and Kari Ginsburg (Gypsy, et al.) are here for everyone's favorite mockumentary about a small-town theatre company and their musical about the history of the small town in which they live that may or may not think dreams are stupid.
EDIT NOTE: My editing software went a little haywire on me while cutting this episode so the sound may not be as balanced as you are used to. But it's still so much fun!
20: The Muppet Movie (1979)
Married super-cool duo Lee Liebeskind (Spring Awakening) and Megan Reichelt (The Scarlet Pimpernel) join Patrick and his super-cool ladywife Kelley to talk about the super-coolest movie of all time. Seriously, it's so good you guys.
19: Once (2007)
James Finley (The Life) and Charlene V. Smith (Man of La Mancha 1968) join Patrick to cover and Irish film featuring Irish music made by Irish people (and a few Czechs) which they will evaluate as three fellow Irish humans. Also a lot about KonMari at the end.
18: Spice World (1997)
Journalist Eliza Berkon (Godspell 1973) and actress Sophie Schulman (Funny Girl) are here for a movie that wants to be A Hard Day's Night but ends up being more like From Justin to Kelly even though it could've been Help!. At least it isn't Can't Stop the Music.
17: Head (1968)
Eric Messner (The Who's Tommy) and Emily Zickler (Sweeney Todd, et al.) are here for a deep-dive into The Monkees' feature film Head (1968).
It was written by Jack Nicholson.
Any more details would make no sense.
Watch Head on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Q4nT-5DyjX0
16: Yentl (1983)
Perennial favorites Kari Ginsburg (Gypsy, et al.) and Roddy Flynn (Anyone Can Whistle, et al.) are here for Barbara Streisand's epic story about a woman pretending to be a man so she can study the Talmud and sing alone in the woods with candles.
15: The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953)
Logan Culwell-Block (Little Shop of Horrors 1982) and Kimberly Cooper Schmidt (The Light in the Piazza)are with us for Dr. Suess's movie for everyone who hated piano lessons.
NOTE: This episode was recorded at the Playbill offices in New York City after I had recorded 4 podcast episodes (coming to your feed soon). As a result, my voice is a little gone and I am very, very punchy.
We talk about undershirts for a while.
It's a thing.
14: Bugsy Malone (1976)
Lauren Halvorsen (The Wild Party) and Kenny Neal (Starlight Express) are here for a musical starring Scott Bao and Jodie Foster that is like the Little Rascals doing GoodFellas to the Xanadu soundtrack.
But that's not necessarily a bad thing.
13: Cinderella (1997)
Beth Amann (Wicked) and Don Mike Mendoza (Hot Mikado ; Do I Hear a Waltz? 1965) are here to talk about Disney's version of Rodgers & Hammerstein's version of the Disney version of the fairytale. Is that right? It's a film they have each seen a thousand times and Patrick has seen 1.5 times.
Also lots of Air Bud talk towards the end.
It's a journey.
Watch Cinderella (1997): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk9uuD86ufk
12: White Christmas (1954)
We close out our first year with a mega-episode about a mega-musical. Emma Jackson (Brigadoon - 1990) and Farrell Parker (A Chorus Line - 1975) can both recite White Christmas from memory. But don't worry, they don't. Much. Also Megan Reichelt (The Scarlet Pimpernel) stops by in the form of the written word!