Down the Yellow Brick Pod
Down the Yellow Brick Pod is a podcast community preserving and peeling back the curtain on the wonderful world of Oz and its irreversible impact on culture. Join good (trouble) witch co-hosts Emily Kay Shrader and Tara Tagliaferro over the rainbow for an escape! Past deep dives include the original 1900 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the MGM Classic, The Wiz, Return to Oz, Wicked, and more! New episodes drop every Sunday evening and we thank you for listening!
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"Wicked The Musical" - Act 1, Scenes 5 & 6: "Dancing Through Life" with Jimmy Larkin (Part 1)
THE TIME HAS COME. Tara and EmKay continue their journey into Broadway's smash hit musical, 2003's "Wicked The Musical"! Joined by special guest Jimmy Larkin, rabbit holes include unnecessary early Playbill articles on cast members being out of the show, detailing the evolution of "Dancing Through Life," a deep dive into Norbert Leo Butz's career, and so much more!
Part 2 dropping this Wednesday.
Quick note: When Jimmy references Craig, he is referencing Telsey Casting Director Craig Burns.
Show Notes:
- Oz and the Musical: Performing the American Fairy Tale by Ryan Bunch
- Defying Gravity The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz
from Godspell to Wicked by Carol de Giere with a Foreword by composer Alan Menken - Wicked: A Musical Biography by Paul R. Laird
- Wicked: The Grimmerie by David Cote
- Wicked the Musical: A Pop-Up Compendium of Splendiferous Delight and Thrillifying Intrigue by Kees Moerbeek & Greg Call
- Taye Diggs Steps in for Ailing Butz in Broadway's Wicked
- Kristin Chenoweth Out of Wicked November 19
- Wicked's Melissa Bell Chait Out of Hospital
- We Love Norbert Leo Butz - Guys Who Like Musicals
- Big Fish Star Norbert Leo Butz on How Tragedy Changed His Life and Career
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- @theozvlog
- @letshearitforthechoice
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Music by: Shane Chapman
Edited by: Emily Kay Shrader
Down the Yellow Brick Pod: A Wizard of Oz Podcast preserving the history and legacy of Oz