Sorry, it’s a sad one today.

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MUSIC: “Farewell to Stromness” written and performed by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies from Farewell to Stromness (2016)

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Stephen is missing solitude in public places.

Preorder Fortune Favors the Dead!

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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

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

Read Heather’s articles on Grounded Reason.

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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

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

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

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.

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

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

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)

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

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

Staying mentally balanced in Harlem.

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MUSIC: "Another Hundred People" performed by Pamela Myers, from Company - Original Broadway Cast (1970), music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

Guest host Kari Ginsburg talks to usual host Patrick Flynn about his rebirth as a music theatre devotee and what he thought the podcast would be versus what it is.

Topics Include: the Queen, Judy Kuhn, long may she reign; oddball Juan Peróns; crying and crying; the eternal struggle of the cast album as artform, commodity, and obsession.

Musical theatre solo albums dos and don'ts and please do dos and please please don't dos.

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MUSIC: "You'll Never Get Away from Me" performed by (the Queen) Judy Kuhn (Long May She Reign), from Just in Time: Judy Kuhn Sings Jule Styne (1995), music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, from Gypsy (1959)

Megan is keeping it upbeat and active and thank God for her.

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MUSIC: "Another Day / Finale B" performed by Daphne Rubin-Vega & the Company, from Rent - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1996), music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson

(Yes, that's two days of Rent in a row.)

Michelle is hosting workouts and walking in the woods. And the animals have come out to feast.

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MUSIC: "We're Okay" performed by Fredi Walker, from Rent - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1996), music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson

It's raining in Texas.

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MUSIC: "The Long Grift" performed by Lena Hall, from Hedwig and the Angry Inch - Original Broadway Cast Album (2014), music and lyrics by Stephen Trask

Puzzles and dogs and tables and dungeons and dragons.

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MUSIC: "Rose's Turn" performed by Ethel Merman, from Gypsy - The Original Broadway Cast (1959), music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

Jeremy does business business and is here for business business facts to supplement the business business theories I brought up on Tuesday's business.

PIZZA ROBOT!

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MUSIC: "The Company Way" performed by Sammy Smith & Robert Morse, from How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1961), music and lyrics by Frank Loesser

Next Wednesday will be our 100th guest! So before that, let's look all the way back to March 2016 and our very first guest: Tracy Lynn Olivera! Which, synergistically, also happens to be the same show our 99th guest chose (though a different recording)!