Broadway Bound: The Musicals That Never Came to Broadway https://bpn.fm/broadwaybound en Broadway Podcast Network Join Broadway historian, director, and all around MT nerd Robert W. Schneider for a wild and exhaustively researched celebration of the musicals that had set their sights on Broadway but missed the mark. The second season of Broadway Bound is called "YOU'RE ONLY AS GOOD AS YOUR LAST" explores ten Broadway Bound musicals that were written by major songwriters. From a foul mouthed Little Orphan Annie to dancing woolly mammoths, Broadway Bound: The Musicals That Never Came To Broadway is sure to open your eyes to some of the most bizarre, brilliant, and bold musicals that tried to get themselves on the Great Bright Way! https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/42e25090-81d8-11ee-a935-030be75fab6a/image/19121fcad8fd846e4cb418bcbffee061.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress Broadway Bound: The Musicals That Never Came to Broadway https://bpn.fm/broadwaybound no episodic Join Broadway historian, director, and all around MT nerd Robert W. Schneider for a wild and exhaustively researched celebration of the musicals that had set their sights on Broadway but missed the mark. The first season of Broadway Bound is called "HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD" and explores ten Broadway Bound musicals that were based on movies. Robert W. Scheider & Broadway Podcast Network Join Broadway historian, director, and all around MT nerd Robert W. Schneider for a wild and exhaustively researched celebration of the musicals that had set their sights on Broadway but missed the mark. The second season of Broadway Bound is called "YOU'RE ONLY AS GOOD AS YOUR LAST" explores ten Broadway Bound musicals that were written by major songwriters. From a foul mouthed Little Orphan Annie to dancing woolly mammoths, Broadway Bound: The Musicals That Never Came To Broadway is sure to open your eyes to some of the most bizarre, brilliant, and bold musicals that tried to get themselves on the Great Bright Way! Join Broadway historian, director, and all around MT nerd Robert W. Schneider for a wild and exhaustively researched celebration of the musicals that had set their sights on Broadway but missed the mark. The second season of Broadway Bound is called "YOU'RE ONLY AS GOOD AS YOUR LAST" explores ten Broadway Bound musicals that were written by major songwriters. From a foul mouthed Little Orphan Annie to dancing woolly mammoths, Broadway Bound: The Musicals That Never Came To Broadway is sure to open your eyes to some of the most bizarre, brilliant, and bold musicals that tried to get themselves on the Great Bright Way!

]]> Broadway Podcast Network alan@broadwaypodcastnetwork.com Bounce (2003) 60 Songs 50 Years 9 Leads 5 Directors 4 Scripts 1 Sondheim We close our second season with the story of Stephen Sondheim's half century quest to bring musical life to the true story of 1920s schemers Addison and Wilson Mizner. Whether you knew it as A Sentimental Guy, Wise Guys, Gold, Get Rich Quick, Bounce, or Road Show, this episode will give you a glimpse into never before heard communication between some of Broadway's most prolific minds as they all work to bring Sondheim's dream to fruition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 22 Jul 2025 07:00:00 -0000 full 2 10 Robert W. Scheider & Broadway Podcast Network 60 Songs 50 Years 9 Leads 5 Directors 4 Scripts 1 Sondheim We close our second season with the story of Stephen Sondheim's half century quest to bring musical life to the true story of 1920s schemers Addison and Wilson Mizner. Whether you knew it as A Sentimental Guy, Wise Guys, Gold, Get Rich Quick, Bounce, or Road Show, this episode will give you a glimpse into never before heard communication between some of Broadway's most prolific minds as they all work to bring Sondheim's dream to fruition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 60 Songs

50 Years

9 Leads

5 Directors

4 Scripts

1 Sondheim


We close our second season with the story of Stephen Sondheim's half century quest to bring musical life to the true story of 1920s schemers Addison and Wilson Mizner.

Whether you knew it as A Sentimental Guy, Wise Guys, Gold, Get Rich Quick, Bounce, or Road Show, this episode will give you a glimpse into never before heard communication between some of Broadway's most prolific minds as they all work to bring Sondheim's dream to fruition.

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]]> 5402 no Pleasures and Palaces (1965) If I said to you I have a score by Guys and Dolls’ Frank Loesser, book by Kiss Me Kate’s Sam Spewack, directed by the one and only Bob Fosse, and starring television personality Phyllis Newman, you’d probably ask where could you invest because this is gonna be bigger than talking pictures! But, it wasn’t? Why? Why did all of these wonderful people struggle with making Russian expansion funny and musical? Well…..why is Frank Loesser’s Pleasures and Palaces even worth talking about? What if I told you it was the show that created the Fosse dancer. See what happened was…..well, you will need to listen to find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 08 Jul 2025 07:00:00 -0000 Pleasures and Palaces (1965) full 2 9 Robert W. Scheider & Broadway Podcast Network Bob Fosse Meets The Russians If I said to you I have a score by Guys and Dolls’ Frank Loesser, book by Kiss Me Kate’s Sam Spewack, directed by the one and only Bob Fosse, and starring television personality Phyllis Newman, you’d probably ask where could you invest because this is gonna be bigger than talking pictures! But, it wasn’t? Why? Why did all of these wonderful people struggle with making Russian expansion funny and musical? Well…..why is Frank Loesser’s Pleasures and Palaces even worth talking about? What if I told you it was the show that created the Fosse dancer. See what happened was…..well, you will need to listen to find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices If I said to you I have a score by Guys and Dolls’ Frank Loesser, book by Kiss Me Kate’s Sam Spewack, directed by the one and only Bob Fosse, and starring television personality Phyllis Newman, you’d probably ask where could you invest because this is gonna be bigger than talking pictures!

But, it wasn’t? Why? Why did all of these wonderful people struggle with making Russian expansion funny and musical?


Well…..why is Frank Loesser’s Pleasures and Palaces even worth talking about?


What if I told you it was the show that created the Fosse dancer. See what happened was…..well, you will need to listen to find out!

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]]> 4583 no Up From Paradise (1983) I never miss an Arthur Miller musical! Yes, you read that correctly. Arthur Miller, the voice of gritty American realism, whose plays confronted capitalism, communism, and catastrophe one day woke up and decided to be the next Jerry Herman. You see what happened was.... Well, you will need to listen to our episode about UP FROM PARADISE to find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 24 Jun 2025 07:00:00 -0000 Up From Paradise (1983) full 2 8 Robert W. Scheider & Broadway Podcast Network I never miss an Arthur Miller musical! I never miss an Arthur Miller musical! Yes, you read that correctly. Arthur Miller, the voice of gritty American realism, whose plays confronted capitalism, communism, and catastrophe one day woke up and decided to be the next Jerry Herman. You see what happened was.... Well, you will need to listen to our episode about UP FROM PARADISE to find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices I never miss an Arthur Miller musical!


Yes, you read that correctly. Arthur Miller, the voice of gritty American realism, whose plays confronted capitalism, communism, and catastrophe one day woke up and decided to be the next Jerry Herman. You see what happened was....


Well, you will need to listen to our episode about UP FROM PARADISE to find out!

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]]> 5121 no All About Us (1999) What do Leonard Bernstein, James Joyce, woolly mammoths, Bebe Neuwirth, the ice age, and Mario Cantone all have in common? They all tried to succeed by the skin of their teeth in John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Joseph Stein's musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder's meta-theatrical experience titled The Skin of Our Teeth, Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth, Over and Over, All About Us..... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 11 Jun 2025 22:54:00 -0000 All About Us (1999) full 2 7 Robert W. Scheider & Broadway Podcast Network Kander and Ebb visit the Ice Age What do Leonard Bernstein, James Joyce, woolly mammoths, Bebe Neuwirth, the ice age, and Mario Cantone all have in common? They all tried to succeed by the skin of their teeth in John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Joseph Stein's musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder's meta-theatrical experience titled The Skin of Our Teeth, Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth, Over and Over, All About Us..... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What do Leonard Bernstein, James Joyce, woolly mammoths, Bebe Neuwirth, the ice age, and Mario Cantone all have in common? They all tried to succeed by the skin of their teeth in John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Joseph Stein's musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder's meta-theatrical experience titled The Skin of Our Teeth, Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth, Over and Over, All About Us.....

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]]> 4544 no Grover’s Corners (1987) In 1960, Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt created theater history when their whimsical musical, The Fantasticks, the little show that no one believed in, opened and would not close until forty years later. Twenty-seven years later they would say “Smart New York money says we're not what's happening at the moment. We are perceived as the past. The perspective of us needs to be altered,” and so they plunged head first into musicalizing the play that had inspired them to create theater in the first place, Thornton Wilder’s Our Town. But why, almost forty years later, no one will ever get to hear it? See what happened was…..well, guess you will need to find out for yourself when we explore how the geniuses behind The Fantasticks struggled against the tides of British imports to bring musical life to Grover’s Corners, with a cast of characters ranging from Gene Kelly to Angela Lansbury to Peter Pan herself, Mary Martin.   If you like what we are doing DONATE HERE Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances. Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 provides the statutory framework for determining whether something is a fair use and identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that qualify as fair use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 27 May 2025 07:00:00 -0000 Grover's Corners (1987) full 2 6 Robert W. Scheider & Broadway Podcast Network Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt tackle Our Town In 1960, Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt created theater history when their whimsical musical, The Fantasticks, the little show that no one believed in, opened and would not close until forty years later. Twenty-seven years later they would say “Smart New York money says we're not what's happening at the moment. We are perceived as the past. The perspective of us needs to be altered,” and so they plunged head first into musicalizing the play that had inspired them to create theater in the first place, Thornton Wilder’s Our Town. But why, almost forty years later, no one will ever get to hear it? See what happened was…..well, guess you will need to find out for yourself when we explore how the geniuses behind The Fantasticks struggled against the tides of British imports to bring musical life to Grover’s Corners, with a cast of characters ranging from Gene Kelly to Angela Lansbury to Peter Pan herself, Mary Martin.   If you like what we are doing DONATE HERE Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances. Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 provides the statutory framework for determining whether something is a fair use and identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that qualify as fair use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In 1960, Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt created theater

history when their whimsical musical, The Fantasticks, the little show that

no one believed in, opened and would not close until forty years later.


Twenty-seven years later they would say “Smart New York money says we're not what's

happening at the moment. We are perceived as the past. The perspective of us

needs to be altered,” and so they plunged head first into musicalizing the play

that had inspired them to create theater in the first place, Thornton Wilder’s Our

Town. But why, almost forty years later, no one will ever get to hear it?


See what happened was…..well, guess you will need to find out for yourself when we explore how the geniuses behind The Fantasticks struggled against the tides of British imports to bring musical life to Grover’s Corners, with a cast of characters ranging from Gene Kelly to Angela

Lansbury to Peter Pan herself, Mary Martin.  


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certain circumstances. Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 provides the

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]]> 3646 no Bonanza Bound (1947) It might end up being one the longest partnerships in the history of the American Musical. Betty Comden and Adolph Green, the lyricists of On the Town, Wonderful Town, Bells Are Ringing, Do Re Mi, Applause, On the 20th Century, the screenplay writers of Singing in the Rain, and the duo that gave the world phrases like “New York, New York, it’s a helluva town!” “Never Never land!” “Make Someone Happy” “The Party’s Over” and so many others. But, all of that amazing work might not have happened if they had brought their gold rush musical, Bonanza Bound, onto Broadway when they were first starting out! Grab your sleds and huskies because there is gold in them that hills….and by hills I mean Philadelphia where we will look at 1947’s Bonanza Bound! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 13 May 2025 07:00:00 -0000 full 2 5 Robert W. Scheider & Broadway Podcast Network It might end up being one the longest partnerships in the history of the American Musical. Betty Comden and Adolph Green, the lyricists of On the Town, Wonderful Town, Bells Are Ringing, Do Re Mi, Applause, On the 20th Century, the screenplay writers of Singing in the Rain, and the duo that gave the world phrases like “New York, New York, it’s a helluva town!” “Never Never land!” “Make Someone Happy” “The Party’s Over” and so many others. But, all of that amazing work might not have happened if they had brought their gold rush musical, Bonanza Bound, onto Broadway when they were first starting out! Grab your sleds and huskies because there is gold in them that hills….and by hills I mean Philadelphia where we will look at 1947’s Bonanza Bound! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices It might end up being one the longest partnerships in the history of the American Musical. Betty Comden and Adolph Green, the lyricists of On the Town, Wonderful Town, Bells Are Ringing, Do Re Mi, Applause, On the 20th Century, the screenplay writers of Singing in the Rain, and the duo that gave the world phrases like “New York, New York, it’s a helluva town!” “Never Never land!” “Make Someone Happy” “The Party’s Over” and so many others.

But, all of that amazing work might not have happened if they had brought their gold rush musical, Bonanza Bound, onto Broadway when they were first starting out!

Grab your sleds and huskies because there is gold in them that hills….and by hills I mean Philadelphia where we will look at 1947’s Bonanza Bound!

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]]> 3964 no 1491 (1969) Before Lin Manuel Miranda....before Jason Robert Brown....before Jonathan Larson....there was Meredith Willson, the one man band who gave the world its most American of musicals, The Music Man. But what happens when the music man wants to change his tune? And change it while being confronted with every major life crisis imaginable? Join Christopher Columbus, Meredith Willson, and Chita Rivera in a madcap adventure through one of the trickiest musicals to sink on its way to Broadway: 1491 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 29 Apr 2025 13:51:00 -0000 full 2 4 Robert W. Scheider & Broadway Podcast Network Before Lin Manuel Miranda....before Jason Robert Brown....before Jonathan Larson....there was Meredith Willson, the one man band who gave the world its most American of musicals, The Music Man. But what happens when the music man wants to change his tune? And change it while being confronted with every major life crisis imaginable? Join Christopher Columbus, Meredith Willson, and Chita Rivera in a madcap adventure through one of the trickiest musicals to sink on its way to Broadway: 1491 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Before Lin Manuel Miranda....before Jason Robert Brown....before Jonathan Larson....there was Meredith Willson, the one man band who gave the world its most American of musicals, The Music Man.

But what happens when the music man wants to change his tune? And change it while being confronted with every major life crisis imaginable?

Join Christopher Columbus, Meredith Willson, and Chita Rivera in a madcap adventure through one of the trickiest musicals to sink on its way to Broadway: 1491

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]]> 4479 no Home Again, Home Again (1979) Composer Cy Coleman gave Broadway some of its most iconic melodies: Big Spender, Real Live Girl, Hey, Look Me Over, and the list goes on and on. He was the King of 60s smooth swing and had never once closed a show out of town….until…. Along with a wild crew including a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, a testy choreographer, a director unsure of the material, and a leading man who was as eccentric offstage as he was on, Cy Coleman tried to bring a bucolic morality musical to life but Home Again, Home Again shuttered in Canada. But soon Coleman had an idea for his next musical! A musical about a musical whose wild crew included a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, a testy choreographer, a director unsure of the material, and a leading man who was as eccentric offstage as he was on, as they all careened to opening on the great bright way. See what happened was…well, you will just need to jump into our episode focusing on Baker’s Dozen/Home Again/Home Again Home Again/10 Days to Broadway/13 Days to Broadway…..yes….there are more titles. If you like what we are doing DONATE HERE Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances. Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 provides the statutory framework for determining whether something is a fair use and identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that qualify as fair use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 15 Apr 2025 07:00:00 -0000 Home Again, Home Again (1979) full 2 3 Robert W. Scheider & Broadway Podcast Network Cy Coleman invents recycling Composer Cy Coleman gave Broadway some of its most iconic melodies: Big Spender, Real Live Girl, Hey, Look Me Over, and the list goes on and on. He was the King of 60s smooth swing and had never once closed a show out of town….until…. Along with a wild crew including a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, a testy choreographer, a director unsure of the material, and a leading man who was as eccentric offstage as he was on, Cy Coleman tried to bring a bucolic morality musical to life but Home Again, Home Again shuttered in Canada. But soon Coleman had an idea for his next musical! A musical about a musical whose wild crew included a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, a testy choreographer, a director unsure of the material, and a leading man who was as eccentric offstage as he was on, as they all careened to opening on the great bright way. See what happened was…well, you will just need to jump into our episode focusing on Baker’s Dozen/Home Again/Home Again Home Again/10 Days to Broadway/13 Days to Broadway…..yes….there are more titles. If you like what we are doing DONATE HERE Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances. Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 provides the statutory framework for determining whether something is a fair use and identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that qualify as fair use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Composer Cy Coleman gave Broadway some of its most iconic melodies:

Big Spender, Real Live Girl, Hey, Look Me Over, and the list goes on and on. He

was the King of 60s smooth swing and had never once closed a show out of town….until….


Along with a wild crew including a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist,

a testy choreographer, a director unsure of the material, and a leading man who

was as eccentric offstage as he was on, Cy Coleman tried to bring a bucolic

morality musical to life but Home Again, Home Again shuttered in Canada.


But soon Coleman had an idea for his next musical! A musical

about a musical whose wild crew included a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, a

testy choreographer, a director unsure of the material, and a leading man who

was as eccentric offstage as he was on, as they all careened to opening on the

great bright way.


See what happened was…well, you will just need to jump into

our episode focusing on Baker’s Dozen/Home Again/Home Again Home Again/10 Days

to Broadway/13 Days to Broadway…..yes….there are more titles.


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identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting,

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fair use.

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]]> 5595 no Lolita, My Love (1971) Trigger Warning: This episode deals with pedophilia If there was source material that no one ever thought could be a musical, you would go to one man to write it. Not Lin Manuel Miranda. Not Stephen Sondheim. Not even Oscar Hammerstein. You would go to lyricist Alan Jay Lerner who, along with Frederick Loewe, created Brigadoon, Camelot, and the juggernaut known as My Fair Lady. But when Loewe chooses to retire, and Broadway moves to pop, Alan Jay Lerner has two options. He can either retire himself OR try to outdo the current crop of edgy young songwriters who are putting sex, drugs, rock and roll onstage. Could Lerner top them all with the adding songs to the most scandalous book ever written? See what happened was….well, you will need to find out for yourself when we see what happened when Alan Jay Lerner tried to get audiences excited about turning Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita, a book centered on the adoration of nymphets, into a big old musical called Lolita, My Love! If you like what we are doing DONATE HERE Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances. Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 provides the statutory framework for determining whether something is a fair use and identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that qualify as fair use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 01 Apr 2025 07:00:00 -0000 Lolita, My Love (1971) full 2 2 Robert W. Scheider & Broadway Podcast Network Alan Jay Lerner attempts to musicalize one of the world's most banned books Trigger Warning: This episode deals with pedophilia If there was source material that no one ever thought could be a musical, you would go to one man to write it. Not Lin Manuel Miranda. Not Stephen Sondheim. Not even Oscar Hammerstein. You would go to lyricist Alan Jay Lerner who, along with Frederick Loewe, created Brigadoon, Camelot, and the juggernaut known as My Fair Lady. But when Loewe chooses to retire, and Broadway moves to pop, Alan Jay Lerner has two options. He can either retire himself OR try to outdo the current crop of edgy young songwriters who are putting sex, drugs, rock and roll onstage. Could Lerner top them all with the adding songs to the most scandalous book ever written? See what happened was….well, you will need to find out for yourself when we see what happened when Alan Jay Lerner tried to get audiences excited about turning Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita, a book centered on the adoration of nymphets, into a big old musical called Lolita, My Love! If you like what we are doing DONATE HERE Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances. Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 provides the statutory framework for determining whether something is a fair use and identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that qualify as fair use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Trigger Warning: This episode deals with pedophilia


If there was source material that no one ever thought could

be a musical, you would go to one man to write it. Not Lin Manuel Miranda. Not

Stephen Sondheim. Not even Oscar Hammerstein. You would go to lyricist Alan Jay

Lerner who, along with Frederick Loewe, created Brigadoon, Camelot, and the

juggernaut known as My Fair Lady.


But when Loewe chooses to retire, and Broadway moves to pop,

Alan Jay Lerner has two options. He can either retire himself OR try to outdo

the current crop of edgy young songwriters who are putting sex, drugs, rock and

roll onstage. Could Lerner top them all with the adding songs to the most scandalous

book ever written?


See what happened was….well, you will need to find out for yourself

when we see what happened when Alan Jay Lerner tried to get audiences excited

about turning Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita, a book centered on the adoration of

nymphets, into a big old musical called Lolita, My Love!


If you like what we are doing DONATE HERE


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identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that qualify as fair use.

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]]> 4015 yes Annie 2: Miss Hannigan's Revenge (1990) In 1977, Martin Charnin, Charles Strouse, and Thomas Meehan, looked at one another on the opening night of Annie and said five magic words to one another “This show will run forever!” Thirteen years later, Charnin, Strouse, and Meehan looked at one another on the opening night of Annie 2 and said another five words to one another “We wrote the wrong show.” See what happened was…..well, guess you will need to find out for yourself when we explore how the geniuses behind Annie 1 struggled to find the right elements to make Annie 2 just as brilliant as her older sister. If you like what we are doing DONATE HERE FAIR USE: Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances. Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 provides the statutory framework for determining whether something is a fair use and identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that qualify as fair use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 18 Mar 2025 04:00:00 -0000 Annie 2: Miss Hannigan's Revenge (1990) full 2 1 Robert W. Scheider & Broadway Podcast Network "We wrote the wrong show" In 1977, Martin Charnin, Charles Strouse, and Thomas Meehan, looked at one another on the opening night of Annie and said five magic words to one another “This show will run forever!” Thirteen years later, Charnin, Strouse, and Meehan looked at one another on the opening night of Annie 2 and said another five words to one another “We wrote the wrong show.” See what happened was…..well, guess you will need to find out for yourself when we explore how the geniuses behind Annie 1 struggled to find the right elements to make Annie 2 just as brilliant as her older sister. If you like what we are doing DONATE HERE FAIR USE: Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances. Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 provides the statutory framework for determining whether something is a fair use and identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that qualify as fair use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In 1977, Martin Charnin, Charles Strouse, and Thomas Meehan,

looked at one another on the opening night of Annie and said five magic words

to one another “This show will run forever!”


Thirteen years later, Charnin, Strouse, and Meehan looked at

one another on the opening night of Annie 2 and said another five words to one

another “We wrote the wrong show.”


See what happened was…..well, guess you will need to find

out for yourself when we explore how the geniuses behind Annie 1

struggled to find the right elements to make Annie 2 just as brilliant as

her older sister.


If you like what we are doing DONATE HERE


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]]> 5533 Season 2 Trailer: You're Only As Good As Your Last Join Broadway historian, director, and all around MT nerd Robert W. Schneider for a wild and exhaustively researched celebration of the musicals that had set their sights on Broadway but missed the mark. This trailer looks at the second season of Broadway Bound which is called "YOU'RE ONLY AS GOOD AS YOUR LAST" and explores ten Broadway Bound musicals that were written by major songwriters. From a foul mouthed Little Orphan Annie to dancing woolly mammoths, Broadway Bound: The Musicals That Never Came To Broadway podcast is sure to open your eyes to some of the most bizarre, brilliant, and bold musicals that tried to get themselves on the Great Bright Way! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 05 Mar 2025 01:25:00 -0000 trailer 2 1 Robert W. Scheider & Broadway Podcast Network Join Broadway historian, director, and all around MT nerd Robert W. Schneider for a wild and exhaustively researched celebration of the musicals that had set their sights on Broadway but missed the mark. This trailer looks at the second season of Broadway Bound which is called "YOU'RE ONLY AS GOOD AS YOUR LAST" and explores ten Broadway Bound musicals that were written by major songwriters. From a foul mouthed Little Orphan Annie to dancing woolly mammoths, Broadway Bound: The Musicals That Never Came To Broadway podcast is sure to open your eyes to some of the most bizarre, brilliant, and bold musicals that tried to get themselves on the Great Bright Way! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Join Broadway historian, director, and all around MT nerd Robert W. Schneider for a wild and exhaustively researched celebration of the musicals that had set their sights on Broadway but missed the mark. This trailer looks at the second season of Broadway Bound which is called "YOU'RE ONLY AS GOOD AS YOUR LAST" and explores ten Broadway Bound musicals that were written by major songwriters. From a foul mouthed Little Orphan Annie to dancing woolly mammoths, Broadway Bound: The Musicals That Never Came To Broadway podcast is sure to open your eyes to some of the most bizarre, brilliant, and bold musicals that tried to get themselves on the Great Bright Way!

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]]> 258 no Gone With The Wind: The Musical (1974) https://bpn.fm/broadwaybound When we think of "out of town" tryouts we think of Boston, New Haven, Philadelphia, Detroit, Tokyo….. Yes, Tokyo! In the 1970s Tokyo had become the center of Japanese culture and it was giving its citizens home grown movies, literature, plays, and paintings but it had not given its public a musical that was cultivated in Japan. So what better option than an hour adaptation of Gone With The Wind? Well, what happened was…..well were gonna let Miss Scarlett herself, Lesley Ann Warren, tell you in this week’s episode of which explores Gone With the Wind: The Musical! Well, fiddle- dee- dee! BROADWAY BOUND PLAYERS Ray Hebel as Joe Layton Cameron Kalajian as Akira Takarada CJ Schneider as Harold Rome Molly Stillens as Florence Rome Jake Urban as Rex Reed If you like what we are doing DONATE HERE Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances. Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 provides the statutory framework for determining whether something is a fair use and identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that qualify as fair use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 04 Apr 2024 04:00:00 -0000 Gone With The Wind: The Musical (1974) full 1 10 Robert W. Scheider & Broadway Podcast Network In Philly, Boston, or Tokyo?????? When we think of "out of town" tryouts we think of Boston, New Haven, Philadelphia, Detroit, Tokyo….. Yes, Tokyo! In the 1970s Tokyo had become the center of Japanese culture and it was giving its citizens home grown movies, literature, plays, and paintings but it had not given its public a musical that was cultivated in Japan. So what better option than an hour adaptation of Gone With The Wind? Well, what happened was…..well were gonna let Miss Scarlett herself, Lesley Ann Warren, tell you in this week’s episode of which explores Gone With the Wind: The Musical! Well, fiddle- dee- dee! BROADWAY BOUND PLAYERS Ray Hebel as Joe Layton Cameron Kalajian as Akira Takarada CJ Schneider as Harold Rome Molly Stillens as Florence Rome Jake Urban as Rex Reed If you like what we are doing DONATE HERE Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances. Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 provides the statutory framework for determining whether something is a fair use and identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that qualify as fair use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices When we think of "out of town" tryouts we think of Boston, New Haven, Philadelphia, Detroit, Tokyo…..

Yes, Tokyo!

In the 1970s Tokyo had become the center of Japanese culture and it was giving its citizens home grown movies, literature, plays, and paintings but it had not given its public a musical that was cultivated in Japan. So what better option than an hour adaptation of Gone With The Wind?

Well, what happened was…..well were gonna let Miss Scarlett herself, Lesley Ann Warren, tell you in this week’s episode of which explores Gone With the Wind: The Musical! Well, fiddle- dee- dee!


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Ray Hebel as Joe Layton

Cameron Kalajian as Akira Takarada

CJ Schneider as Harold Rome

Molly Stillens as Florence Rome

Jake Urban as Rex Reed


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]]> 4254 no Paper Moon (1993) https://bpn.fm/broadwaybound This one is a heart-breaker, friends. A real, honest to Sondheim heart-breaker. Like Avenue Q beating Wicked heart-breaker because, unless without a deus ex machina at Paramount Studios, we will never, ever see a musical that everyone says was one of the greatest musicals of the 1990s. Starring Christine Ebersole, Gregory Harrison, and......wait, why should I tell you when book writer Martin Casella and ensemble members John Bolton and Christopher Sieber can as they back on 1993's Paper Moon. BROADWAY BOUND PLAYERS Charles Kirsch as The New York Times Critic Matt Koplik as The New York Times Reporter CJ Schneider as Larry Grossman If you like what we are doing DONATE HERE Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances. Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 provides the statutory framework for determining whether something is a fair use and identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that qualify as fair use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 28 Mar 2024 04:00:00 -0000 Paper Moon (1993) full 1 9 Robert W. Scheider & Broadway Podcast Network A troubled Moon landing This one is a heart-breaker, friends. A real, honest to Sondheim heart-breaker. Like Avenue Q beating Wicked heart-breaker because, unless without a deus ex machina at Paramount Studios, we will never, ever see a musical that everyone says was one of the greatest musicals of the 1990s. Starring Christine Ebersole, Gregory Harrison, and......wait, why should I tell you when book writer Martin Casella and ensemble members John Bolton and Christopher Sieber can as they back on 1993's Paper Moon. BROADWAY BOUND PLAYERS Charles Kirsch as The New York Times Critic Matt Koplik as The New York Times Reporter CJ Schneider as Larry Grossman If you like what we are doing DONATE HERE Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances. Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 provides the statutory framework for determining whether something is a fair use and identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that qualify as fair use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This one is a heart-breaker, friends.

A real, honest to Sondheim heart-breaker.

Like Avenue Q beating Wicked heart-breaker because, unless without a deus ex machina at Paramount Studios, we will never, ever see a musical that everyone says was one of the greatest musicals of the 1990s.

Starring Christine Ebersole, Gregory Harrison, and......wait, why should I tell you when book writer Martin Casella and ensemble members John Bolton and Christopher Sieber can as they back on 1993's Paper Moon.


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Charles Kirsch as The New York Times Critic

Matt Koplik as The New York Times Reporter

CJ Schneider as Larry Grossman


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]]> 5397 The Baker's Wife (1976) https://bpn.fm/broadwaybound What do a nine minute song about a bird, the chest hair of Israel's greatest entertainer, an FBI pursuit of a missing lead sheet, and a list of firings as long as Paul Sorvino's range have in common? They were all part of the madcap, wild, manic, and tumultuous ride of Stephen Schwartz and Joseph Stein's The Baker's Wife. Get ready as original cast members Carole Demas, Kurt Peterson, Teri Ralston, as well as original press agent Joshua Ellis, look back on Topol, Patti LuPone, David Merrick, and a meadowlark longing to break free. BROADWAY BOUND PLAYERS Nicole Weitzman as Patti LuPone Cole Winston as Stephen Schwartz If you like what we are doing DONATE HERE Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances. Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 provides the statutory framework for determining whether something is a fair use and identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that qualify as fair use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 21 Mar 2024 04:00:00 -0000 The Baker's Wife (1976) full 1 8 Robert W. Scheider & Broadway Podcast Network Merrick vs. Meadowlark What do a nine minute song about a bird, the chest hair of Israel's greatest entertainer, an FBI pursuit of a missing lead sheet, and a list of firings as long as Paul Sorvino's range have in common? They were all part of the madcap, wild, manic, and tumultuous ride of Stephen Schwartz and Joseph Stein's The Baker's Wife. Get ready as original cast members Carole Demas, Kurt Peterson, Teri Ralston, as well as original press agent Joshua Ellis, look back on Topol, Patti LuPone, David Merrick, and a meadowlark longing to break free. BROADWAY BOUND PLAYERS Nicole Weitzman as Patti LuPone Cole Winston as Stephen Schwartz If you like what we are doing DONATE HERE Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances. Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 provides the statutory framework for determining whether something is a fair use and identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that qualify as fair use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What do a nine minute song about a bird, the chest hair of Israel's greatest entertainer, an FBI pursuit of a missing lead sheet, and a list of firings as long as Paul Sorvino's range have in common? They were all part of the madcap, wild, manic, and tumultuous ride of Stephen Schwartz and Joseph Stein's The Baker's Wife.

Get ready as original cast members Carole Demas, Kurt Peterson, Teri Ralston, as well as original press agent Joshua Ellis, look back on Topol, Patti LuPone, David Merrick, and a meadowlark longing to break free.


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Nicole Weitzman as Patti LuPone

Cole Winston as Stephen Schwartz


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]]> 5024 no Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Musical (1966) https://bpn.fm/broadwaybound What happens when the doctor becomes the patient? Abe Burrows, the greatest script doctor of the Golden Age, had agreed to direct and write the musical adaptation of Breakfast at Tiffany's. Only problem is no one told him what they wanted...or expected... Soon, it was a troubled musical with different titles, different book-writers (including Edward Albee), America's cutest TV stars floundering without cameras, the Abominable Showman himself, David Merrick, and.....well, why have us tell you when ten time Emmy Award winning director James Burrows (Cheers, Friends) looks back on his father's work and his own experience as the assistant stage manager of Holly Golightly/Breakfast At Tiffany's: The Musical BROADWAY BOUND PLAYERS Caleb Funk as Edward Albee Andrew Leggieri as Jeff Alaina Mills as Holly Brody Redman as Abe's friend CJ Schneider as New York Times critic Jake Urban as Angel, Policeman, and Howard Cole Winston as Stage Directions If you like what we are doing DONATE HERE Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances. Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 provides the statutory framework for determining whether something is a fair use and identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that qualify as fair use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 14 Mar 2024 04:00:00 -0000 Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Musical (1966) full 1 7 Robert W. Scheider & Broadway Podcast Network James Burrows (10x Emmy Award winner) looks back on his time with Breakfast at Tiffany's. What happens when the doctor becomes the patient? Abe Burrows, the greatest script doctor of the Golden Age, had agreed to direct and write the musical adaptation of Breakfast at Tiffany's. Only problem is no one told him what they wanted...or expected... Soon, it was a troubled musical with different titles, different book-writers (including Edward Albee), America's cutest TV stars floundering without cameras, the Abominable Showman himself, David Merrick, and.....well, why have us tell you when ten time Emmy Award winning director James Burrows (Cheers, Friends) looks back on his father's work and his own experience as the assistant stage manager of Holly Golightly/Breakfast At Tiffany's: The Musical BROADWAY BOUND PLAYERS Caleb Funk as Edward Albee Andrew Leggieri as Jeff Alaina Mills as Holly Brody Redman as Abe's friend CJ Schneider as New York Times critic Jake Urban as Angel, Policeman, and Howard Cole Winston as Stage Directions If you like what we are doing DONATE HERE Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances. Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 provides the statutory framework for determining whether something is a fair use and identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that qualify as fair use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What happens when the doctor becomes the patient?

Abe Burrows, the greatest script doctor of the Golden Age, had agreed to direct and write the musical adaptation of Breakfast at Tiffany's. Only problem is no one told him what they wanted...or expected...

Soon, it was a troubled musical with different titles, different book-writers (including Edward Albee), America's cutest TV stars floundering without cameras, the Abominable Showman himself, David Merrick, and.....well, why have us tell you when ten time Emmy Award winning director James Burrows (Cheers, Friends) looks back on his father's work and his own experience as the assistant stage manager of Holly Golightly/Breakfast At Tiffany's: The Musical


BROADWAY BOUND PLAYERS

Caleb Funk as Edward Albee

Andrew Leggieri as Jeff

Alaina Mills as Holly

Brody Redman as Abe's friend

CJ Schneider as New York Times critic

Jake Urban as Angel, Policeman, and Howard

Cole Winston as Stage Directions


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]]> 5311 no Juliet of the Spirits (1979) https://bpn.fm/broadwaybound Gwen Verdon was Charity. Raul Julia was Guido. Angela Lansbury was Juliet......then was not. Federico Fellini was Italy’s most iconic film director of the 1960s so its no surprise that many of his films have been turned into musicals. But, there is a Fellini movie that screams to be a musical, even more so than any of the others and it almost was…with Angela Lansbury in the title role….grab a pizza, open some chianti, and get ready to hear all about the greatest musical that never was: Enter Juliet! BROADWAY BOUND PLAYERS Aaron Gooden as Lucien Ray Hebel as Ely Jacques Kahn Brian Michael Henry as George Laura Mason as Carolyn Leigh CJ Schneider as Morton DaCosta Daniel Schwartzberg as Larry Adler Nicole Weitzman as Juliet Cole Winston as Stage Directions If you like what we are doing DONATE HERE Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances. Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 provides the statutory framework for determining whether something is a fair use and identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that qualify as fair use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 07 Mar 2024 05:00:00 -0000 Juliet of the Spirits (1979) full 1 6 Robert W. Scheider & Broadway Podcast Network Charity! Guido! Juliet???? Gwen Verdon was Charity. Raul Julia was Guido. Angela Lansbury was Juliet......then was not. Federico Fellini was Italy’s most iconic film director of the 1960s so its no surprise that many of his films have been turned into musicals. But, there is a Fellini movie that screams to be a musical, even more so than any of the others and it almost was…with Angela Lansbury in the title role….grab a pizza, open some chianti, and get ready to hear all about the greatest musical that never was: Enter Juliet! BROADWAY BOUND PLAYERS Aaron Gooden as Lucien Ray Hebel as Ely Jacques Kahn Brian Michael Henry as George Laura Mason as Carolyn Leigh CJ Schneider as Morton DaCosta Daniel Schwartzberg as Larry Adler Nicole Weitzman as Juliet Cole Winston as Stage Directions If you like what we are doing DONATE HERE Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances. Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 provides the statutory framework for determining whether something is a fair use and identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that qualify as fair use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Gwen Verdon was Charity. Raul Julia was Guido. Angela Lansbury was Juliet......then was not.

Federico Fellini was Italy’s most iconic film director of the 1960s so its no surprise that many of his films have been turned into musicals. But, there is a Fellini movie that screams to be a musical, even more so than any of the others and it almost was…with Angela Lansbury in the title role….grab a pizza, open some chianti, and get ready to hear all about the greatest musical that never was: Enter Juliet!

BROADWAY BOUND PLAYERS

Aaron Gooden as Lucien

Ray Hebel as Ely Jacques Kahn

Brian Michael Henry as George

Laura Mason as Carolyn Leigh

CJ Schneider as Morton DaCosta

Daniel Schwartzberg as Larry Adler

Nicole Weitzman as Juliet

Cole Winston as Stage Directions


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]]> 4260 no The Mambo Kings: The Musical (2005) https://bpn.fm/broadwaybound It was supposed to be the musical that turned Latinx characters in musical theater from hoodlums and gang members to heroes and inspirations! A musical that was steeped in the rhythms of Latinx history and a story that would examine assimilation and appropriation within the immigration experience. So why was creator Arne Glimcher leaving his heart, and show, in San Francisco? Well you see what happened was…..well, we are going to let composer Carlos Frazetti tell us in this episode of Broadway Bound which will focus on the 2005 heart-breaker The Mambo Kings! BROADWAY BOUND PLAYERS Bryan Austermann as The Variety Reporter Erin Fagundes as The San Jose Mercury News Reporter Andres Felipe as Oscar Hijuelos and Sergio Trujillo Jordan Ari Gross as The San Francisco Chronicle Reporter Daniel Schwartzberg as Michael Riedel Sean Stephens as The Oakland Tribune Reporter Antonio Urrutia as Jaime Camil Nicole Weitzman as The San Francisco Examiner Reporter If you like what we are doing DONATE HERE Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances. Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 provides the statutory framework for determining whether something is a fair use and identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that qualify as fair use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 29 Feb 2024 05:00:00 -0000 The Mambo Kings: The Musical (2005) full 1 5 Robert W. Scheider & Broadway Podcast Network Dejé mi mambo en San Francisco! It was supposed to be the musical that turned Latinx characters in musical theater from hoodlums and gang members to heroes and inspirations! A musical that was steeped in the rhythms of Latinx history and a story that would examine assimilation and appropriation within the immigration experience. So why was creator Arne Glimcher leaving his heart, and show, in San Francisco? Well you see what happened was…..well, we are going to let composer Carlos Frazetti tell us in this episode of Broadway Bound which will focus on the 2005 heart-breaker The Mambo Kings! BROADWAY BOUND PLAYERS Bryan Austermann as The Variety Reporter Erin Fagundes as The San Jose Mercury News Reporter Andres Felipe as Oscar Hijuelos and Sergio Trujillo Jordan Ari Gross as The San Francisco Chronicle Reporter Daniel Schwartzberg as Michael Riedel Sean Stephens as The Oakland Tribune Reporter Antonio Urrutia as Jaime Camil Nicole Weitzman as The San Francisco Examiner Reporter If you like what we are doing DONATE HERE Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances. Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 provides the statutory framework for determining whether something is a fair use and identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that qualify as fair use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices It was supposed to be the musical that turned Latinx characters in musical theater from hoodlums and gang members to heroes and inspirations! A musical that was steeped in the rhythms of Latinx history and a story that would examine assimilation and appropriation within the immigration experience. So why was creator Arne Glimcher leaving his heart, and show, in San Francisco? Well you see what happened was…..well, we are going to let composer Carlos Frazetti tell us in this episode of Broadway Bound which will focus on the 2005 heart-breaker The Mambo Kings!


BROADWAY BOUND PLAYERS

Bryan Austermann as The Variety Reporter

Erin Fagundes as The San Jose Mercury News Reporter

Andres Felipe as Oscar Hijuelos and Sergio Trujillo

Jordan Ari Gross as The San Francisco Chronicle Reporter

Daniel Schwartzberg as Michael Riedel

Sean Stephens as The Oakland Tribune Reporter

Antonio Urrutia as Jaime Camil

Nicole Weitzman as The San Francisco Examiner Reporter


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]]> 4273 no Minsky's (2009) https://bpn.fm/broadwaybound Some musicals have all the luck...and them some do not. Minsky's is one that does not. It would take thirty plus years for this cult classic to make its way from the big screen to the big stage and in between it would have three different lyricists, two different directors, two choreographers, but it would always have the same composer: Charles Strouse. Why was he so determined to get this movie to Broadway? Well, what happened was....We are going to let two time Tony Award winning director Casey Nicholaw give you an insider's look at what should've been the next Drowsy Chaperone: Minsky's! BROADWAY BOUND PLAYERS Matthew Fairlee as Morton Minsky Cole Winston as Bob Boyett Brian Michael Henry as Charles Strouse Caleb Funk as Kevin McCollum Michael McDonald as The New York Times Critic Matt Koplik as The Variety Critic If you like what we are doing DONATE HERE Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances. Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 provides the statutory framework for determining whether something is a fair use and identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that qualify as fair use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 22 Feb 2024 05:00:00 -0000 Minsky's (2009) full 1 4 Robert W. Scheider & Broadway Podcast Network Right Show. Wrong Time. Some musicals have all the luck...and them some do not. Minsky's is one that does not. It would take thirty plus years for this cult classic to make its way from the big screen to the big stage and in between it would have three different lyricists, two different directors, two choreographers, but it would always have the same composer: Charles Strouse. Why was he so determined to get this movie to Broadway? Well, what happened was....We are going to let two time Tony Award winning director Casey Nicholaw give you an insider's look at what should've been the next Drowsy Chaperone: Minsky's! BROADWAY BOUND PLAYERS Matthew Fairlee as Morton Minsky Cole Winston as Bob Boyett Brian Michael Henry as Charles Strouse Caleb Funk as Kevin McCollum Michael McDonald as The New York Times Critic Matt Koplik as The Variety Critic If you like what we are doing DONATE HERE Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances. Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 provides the statutory framework for determining whether something is a fair use and identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that qualify as fair use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Some musicals have all the luck...and them some do not. Minsky's is one that does not.

It would take thirty plus years for this cult classic to make its way from the big screen to the big stage and in between it would have three different lyricists, two different directors, two choreographers, but it would always have the same composer: Charles Strouse. Why was he so determined to get this movie to Broadway?

Well, what happened was....We are going to let two time Tony Award winning director Casey Nicholaw give you an insider's look at what should've been the next Drowsy Chaperone: Minsky's!


BROADWAY BOUND PLAYERS

Matthew Fairlee as Morton Minsky

Cole Winston as Bob Boyett

Brian Michael Henry as Charles Strouse

Caleb Funk as Kevin McCollum

Michael McDonald as The New York Times Critic

Matt Koplik as The Variety Critic


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]]> 3941 no Busker Alley (1995) https://bpn.fm/broadwaybound Tommy Tune. The boy genius of Broadway. He dazzled audiences onstage in his Tony Award winning performance in Seesaw. Then he kept reinventing himself as a director with The Club, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Cloud Nine, Nine, Grand Hotel, The Will Rogers Follies. Nothing could stop him except…..well, we’re gonna let producer Barry Weissler tell you in this week’s episode which explores the bone fracturing Busker Alley…I mean Stage Door Charley…I mean Buskers….I mean… Busker Alley? BROADWAY BOUND PLAYERS Sabrina Brush as Liz Smith James Cella as Ken Madelbaum Michael McDonald as Robert Feldberg Robbie Rozelle as Michael Riedel Andy Tighe as AJ Crothers If you like what we are doing DONATE HERE Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances. Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 provides the statutory framework for determining whether something is a fair use and identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that qualify as fair use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 15 Feb 2024 05:00:00 -0000 Busker Alley (1995) full 1 3 Robert W. Scheider & Broadway Podcast Network A different time. A different place. A broken Tune. Tommy Tune. The boy genius of Broadway. He dazzled audiences onstage in his Tony Award winning performance in Seesaw. Then he kept reinventing himself as a director with The Club, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Cloud Nine, Nine, Grand Hotel, The Will Rogers Follies. Nothing could stop him except…..well, we’re gonna let producer Barry Weissler tell you in this week’s episode which explores the bone fracturing Busker Alley…I mean Stage Door Charley…I mean Buskers….I mean… Busker Alley? BROADWAY BOUND PLAYERS Sabrina Brush as Liz Smith James Cella as Ken Madelbaum Michael McDonald as Robert Feldberg Robbie Rozelle as Michael Riedel Andy Tighe as AJ Crothers If you like what we are doing DONATE HERE Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances. Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 provides the statutory framework for determining whether something is a fair use and identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that qualify as fair use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tommy Tune. The boy genius of Broadway. He dazzled audiences onstage in his Tony Award winning performance in Seesaw. Then he kept reinventing himself as a director with The Club, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Cloud Nine, Nine, Grand Hotel, The Will Rogers Follies.

Nothing could stop him except…..well, we’re gonna let producer Barry Weissler tell you in this week’s episode which explores the bone fracturing Busker Alley…I mean Stage Door Charley…I mean Buskers….I mean… Busker Alley?


BROADWAY BOUND PLAYERS

Sabrina Brush as Liz Smith

James Cella as Ken Madelbaum

Michael McDonald as Robert Feldberg

Robbie Rozelle as Michael Riedel

Andy Tighe as AJ Crothers


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]]> 3453 no The Graduate: The Musical (1988) https://bpn.fm/broadwaybound Are you trying to musicalize me, Mrs. Robinson? Oh, yes, Benjamin Braddock, they are trying to musicalize you, and Mrs. Robinson, and Elaine, all of you. They are going to keep going until every critic in New York is banging on a church window begging you to stop. And who is giving you these songs to sing, Mrs. Robinson? Simon and Garfunkel? Nope. Not at all. Sharing a xylophone (yes, a xylophone) were the man who wrote Funny Girl and the man who wrote Bat Out of Hell. What happened was… well we will tell you in this week’s episode of BROADWAY BOUND: THE MUSICALS THAT NEVER GOT TO BROADWAY which explores The Graduate: The Musical, or “I Want to Say One Word To You. Just One Word: Don’t” BROADWAY BOUND PLAYERS Catherine DeLuce as New York Times Reporter Matthew Fairlee as Milton Greene Matt Koplik as Bob Greene Rebecca Spigelman as Glady Nederlander If you like what we are doing DONATE HERE Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances. Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 provides the statutory framework for determining whether something is a fair use and identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that qualify as fair use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 08 Feb 2024 05:00:00 -0000 The Graduate: The Musical (1988) full 1 2 Robert W. Scheider & Broadway Podcast Network Are you trying to musicalize me Mrs. Robinson? Are you trying to musicalize me, Mrs. Robinson? Oh, yes, Benjamin Braddock, they are trying to musicalize you, and Mrs. Robinson, and Elaine, all of you. They are going to keep going until every critic in New York is banging on a church window begging you to stop. And who is giving you these songs to sing, Mrs. Robinson? Simon and Garfunkel? Nope. Not at all. Sharing a xylophone (yes, a xylophone) were the man who wrote Funny Girl and the man who wrote Bat Out of Hell. What happened was… well we will tell you in this week’s episode of BROADWAY BOUND: THE MUSICALS THAT NEVER GOT TO BROADWAY which explores The Graduate: The Musical, or “I Want to Say One Word To You. Just One Word: Don’t” BROADWAY BOUND PLAYERS Catherine DeLuce as New York Times Reporter Matthew Fairlee as Milton Greene Matt Koplik as Bob Greene Rebecca Spigelman as Glady Nederlander If you like what we are doing DONATE HERE Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances. Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 provides the statutory framework for determining whether something is a fair use and identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that qualify as fair use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Are you trying to musicalize me, Mrs. Robinson? Oh, yes, Benjamin Braddock, they are trying to musicalize you, and Mrs. Robinson, and Elaine, all of you. They are going to keep going until every critic in New York is banging on a church window begging you to stop.

And who is giving you these songs to sing, Mrs. Robinson? Simon and Garfunkel? Nope. Not at all. Sharing a xylophone (yes, a xylophone) were the man who wrote Funny Girl and the man who wrote Bat Out of Hell.

What happened was… well we will tell you in this week’s episode of BROADWAY BOUND: THE MUSICALS THAT NEVER GOT TO BROADWAY which explores The Graduate: The Musical, or “I Want to Say One Word To You. Just One Word: Don’t”


BROADWAY BOUND PLAYERS

Catherine DeLuce as New York Times Reporter

Matthew Fairlee as Milton Greene

Matt Koplik as Bob Greene

Rebecca Spigelman as Glady Nederlander


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]]> 3814 no Arthur: The Musical (1991) https://bpn.fm/broadwaybound So no one told you creating musicals was going to be this way? (clap, clap, clap) Now you might be asking, what in the name of Smelly Cat does the TV show Friends have to do with Broadway? Well, before Marta Kauffman and David Crane created that quintessential 90s sitcom, they were musical theater writers and had their hearts set on The Great Bright Way. But, they had to pivot. What happened was…..well, we’re gonna let Marta, David, and composer Michael Skloff tell you themselves in this week’s episode of BROADWAY BOUND: THE MUSICALS THAT NEVER GOT TO NEW YORK which explores Arthur: The Musical, or “The One Where A Great Score Needs To Be Heard” The Broadway Bound Players: Catherine DeLuce as the Reporter Matt Koplik as David Richards If you like what we are doing DONATE HERE Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances. Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 provides the statutory framework for determining whether something is a fair use and identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that qualify as fair use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 01 Feb 2024 05:00:00 -0000 Arthur: The Musical (1991) full 1 1 Robert W. Scheider & Broadway Podcast Network Friends' creators Marta Kauffman and David Crane talk about their journey into musicals So no one told you creating musicals was going to be this way? (clap, clap, clap) Now you might be asking, what in the name of Smelly Cat does the TV show Friends have to do with Broadway? Well, before Marta Kauffman and David Crane created that quintessential 90s sitcom, they were musical theater writers and had their hearts set on The Great Bright Way. But, they had to pivot. What happened was…..well, we’re gonna let Marta, David, and composer Michael Skloff tell you themselves in this week’s episode of BROADWAY BOUND: THE MUSICALS THAT NEVER GOT TO NEW YORK which explores Arthur: The Musical, or “The One Where A Great Score Needs To Be Heard” The Broadway Bound Players: Catherine DeLuce as the Reporter Matt Koplik as David Richards If you like what we are doing DONATE HERE Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances. Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 provides the statutory framework for determining whether something is a fair use and identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that qualify as fair use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices So no one told you creating musicals was going to be this way? (clap, clap, clap)

Now you might be asking, what in the name of Smelly Cat does the TV show Friends have to do with Broadway?

Well, before Marta Kauffman and David Crane created that quintessential 90s sitcom, they were musical theater writers and had their hearts set on The Great Bright Way. But, they had to pivot.

What happened was…..well, we’re gonna let Marta, David, and composer Michael Skloff tell you themselves in this week’s episode of BROADWAY BOUND: THE MUSICALS THAT NEVER GOT TO NEW YORK which explores Arthur: The Musical, or “The One Where A Great Score Needs To Be Heard”

The Broadway Bound Players:

Catherine DeLuce as the Reporter

Matt Koplik as David Richards


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]]> 4709 no Broadway Bound: The Musicals That Never Came To Broadway Teaser https://bpn.fm/broadwaybound Join Broadway historian, director, and all around MT nerd Robert W. Schneider for a wild and exhaustively researched celebration of the musicals that had set their sights on Broadway but missed the mark. This trailer looks at the first season of Broadway Bound which is called "HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD" and explores ten Broadway Bound musicals that were based on movies. From Angela Lansbury refusing to do voodoo to a tap dancing Mrs. Robinson, Broadway Bound: The Musicals That Never Came To Broadway podcast is sure to open your eyes to some of the most bizarre, brilliant, and bold musicals that tried to get themselves on the Great Bright Way! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 25 Jan 2024 05:00:00 -0000 Broadway Bound: The Musicals That Never Came To Broadway Teaser trailer 1 Robert W. Scheider & Broadway Podcast Network Join Broadway historian, director, and all around MT nerd Robert W. Schneider for a wild and exhaustively researched celebration of the musicals that had set their sights on Broadway but missed the mark. Join Broadway historian, director, and all around MT nerd Robert W. Schneider for a wild and exhaustively researched celebration of the musicals that had set their sights on Broadway but missed the mark. This trailer looks at the first season of Broadway Bound which is called "HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD" and explores ten Broadway Bound musicals that were based on movies. From Angela Lansbury refusing to do voodoo to a tap dancing Mrs. Robinson, Broadway Bound: The Musicals That Never Came To Broadway podcast is sure to open your eyes to some of the most bizarre, brilliant, and bold musicals that tried to get themselves on the Great Bright Way! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Join Broadway historian, director, and all around MT nerd Robert W. Schneider for a wild and exhaustively researched celebration of the musicals that had set their sights on Broadway but missed the mark. This trailer looks at the first season of Broadway Bound which is called "HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD" and explores ten Broadway Bound musicals that were based on movies. From Angela Lansbury refusing to do voodoo to a tap dancing Mrs. Robinson, Broadway Bound: The Musicals That Never Came To Broadway podcast is sure to open your eyes to some of the most bizarre, brilliant, and bold musicals that tried to get themselves on the Great Bright Way!

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