Episode 66: Chicago is My Kind of Town

Patty & Emily talk about Emily’s trip to Chicago, where she saw Kate Baldwin in The King and I and Mary Page Marlowe. And there were a ton of little news items this week, including Sara Ramirez leaving Grey’s Anatomy, Sutton Foster in Sweet Charity, David Hyde Pierce in Hello, Dolly!, and Barbra’s new tour!

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Episode 65: Broadway Babies

Patty & Emily talk about Broadway’s baby fever, what with Audra and Annaleigh’s pregnancies and Waitress and Bright Star. They also talk about all the castings, for CatsCharlie and the Chocolate Factory, The MUNY, and more. And Encores! next season is announced, which Patty is especially happy about.

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Episode 64: #PutSimardOn

Patty & Emily discuss their Mother’s Day activities, including Bright Star and Theater People’s Summer Series with Lesli Margherita. They also talk Tony nominations and mourn the loss of The Good Wife and Disaster!. But there is much praise for Jennifer Simard and Faith Prince. Playbill continues to baffle with their list of upcoming movie musical adaptations, and Audra keeps it classy.

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Episode 63: All New. All American.

Patty & Emily talk The Robber Bridegroom and Leslie Kritzer’s award-winning performance, show taglines, and cast recordings. They also talk casting changes for She Loves Me and Disaster! and Shuffle Along news. And Liza has not, and never will be, on Twitter.

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Episode 62: We Don’t Want to Talk About It

Patty & Emily grieve Prince the only way they know how, by watching the tribute video by the cast of The Color Purple. They also worry about who might go next. There’s a lot of Shuffle Along talk, including how they are not playing around with late seating. And the  potential Cher musical and Lesli Margherita and Tom Hewitt in The Hunchback of Notre Dame are discussed.

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Episode 61: War on Dogs

Patty & Emily talk about Pump Boys and Dinettes and The Father. They check back in on Tinkerbelle, their nemesis dog, who did a feature for BroadwayWorld. In casting news, they discuss all the casting for The MUNY’s summer season and Privacy at The Public.

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Episode 60: All the Casting

Patty & Emily continue their investigative journalism into dogs attending Broadway shows. They also discuss possible West End transfers Gypsy and Sunset Boulevard, and casting announcements for The Taming of the ShrewGilmore GirlsThe Little Mermaid, and Paramour.

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Episode 59: Diverse Topics

Patty & Emily talk about Encores! production of 1776, which leads into a discussion about the Hamilton casting controversy that happened this week. They also talk about the week’s news: Beth Leavel in The Prom, Lortel nominations, and Falsettos casting. And they get to some listener feedback!

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Episode 58: Experimental Theatre

Patty & Emily talk about the shows they saw, including  YOUARENOWHERE and The Wildness. They congratulate Marc Shaiman on his marriage and mourn the loss of Ken Howard. They talk about this week’s stories, including Shuffle Along news and the upcoming Roman Holiday and The Honeymooners.

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Episode 57: Audra’s in Previews!

Patty & Emily lament still not having seen Shuffle Along after a full week of performances. Patty talks about seeing a high school production of Aida and audience behavior at On Your Feet!. They talk about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory coming to Broadway and possible casting and Shoshana Bean in Funny Girl. They also answer a listener question and do a dreamcast!

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