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Addison's Trip – Bounce & Road Show (with Jim Cullen)
What's a guy to do when even his own parents like his brother more? Head out on the road! Jim Cullen returns to discuss how the song Addison's Trip survived every vers...
Next to You – Bounce (with Shannon Dohar)
Does this song even need to be in the show? Shannon Dohar returns to try and answer that question and unpack other bizarre decisions in Bounce. You can listen to Shann...
Matthew Gardiner on Merrily and Follies at Signature Theatre
Matthew Gardiner is the Artistic Director at Signature Theatre. He joins Kyle to discuss their production of Merrily We Roll Along, which is currently playing. He also...
The Game – Bounce & Road Show (with Shannon Migliore)
The character motivation for Wilson is all laid out in the song "The Game." Shannon Migliore returns to discuss the slight differences between how it appears in Bounce...
Brotherly Love – Road Show (with Evan Lopes)
The last song written for the show(s) is a sweet tune about two brothers. Does it add anything? Evan Lopes joins Kyle to figure that out. Learn more about SPARC Theate...
Kennedy Caughell "Just the Beginning" – Sondheim Adjacent
Kennedy Caughell joins Kyle to discuss her debut album, Just the Beginning, which highlights a variety of stellar musicals in which she has appeared, including Wicked,...
What's Your Rush – Bounce (with Dimitris Dimopoulos)
If I had a nickel for every time a character in a Sondheim show, named Nellie, asked the question "what's your rush?" I'd have ten cents. That's kinda weird isn't it? ...
Gold! – Bounce & Road Show (with Will C. White)
Gold! The Mizner brothers are headed for Alaska to find their fortune. Will C. White returns to discuss this song's history throughout the iterations of the show and s...
It's In Your Hands Now – Road Show (with Charlotte LeMay)
Papa's message to his sons becomes far less comedic in Road Show. And if the melody sounds familiar that's because you may have heard it in a cut song from Assassins! ...
Opportunity – Bounce (with Erik Stadnik)
Sometimes you just need to sing about the American Dream. Erik Stadnik returns to discuss the purpose of this song to Bounce and whether it's even needed. Erik's podca...
Waste – Road Show (with Mike Meaney)
Mike Meaney returns to the podcast to discuss whether the opening number to Bounce/Road Show was ever figured out, or whether it was just a waste. Follow Mike on Insta...
Bounce (with Richard Kind)
Richard Kind learned to do what counts, by knowing when to pounce, and dishes about Bounce. Send feedback to puttingittogetherpodcast@gmail.com Keep up to date with Pu...
If the Stars Were Mine with Claybourne Elder
Claybourne Elder joins the podcast to discuss his latest album If the Stars Were Mine. Plus, he reveals where he feels the spirit of Sondheim to this day. Center Stag...
Anyone Can Whistle: A Sondheim Journey with Laurent Ziliani
In honour of Sondheim's birthday this is a conversation with Laurent Ziliani about his new album Anyone Can Whistle: A Sondheim Journey which is a deeply personal albu...
Saturday Night with Christine Chen
Saturday Nights turns into Sunday Afternoons. Christine Chen joins Kyle to continue the discussion about Sondheim first show that was shelved for five decades. Christi...
Saturday Night with Eric Henwood-Greer
What would have happened had Saturday Night come out in the mid-1950s? Eric Henwood-Greer joins Kyle to discuss that and other matter related to a young man's first wo...
Wicked: For Good and Blue Moon – Sondheim Adjacent
This month a quick discussion on two recent film. First, the mega blockbuster Wicked: For Good. Second, the small character piece Blue Moon. Send feedback to puttingit...
An update about the podcast and me
Just an update about me (Kyle) and what to expect from the podcast over the next year. Send feedback to puttingittogetherpodcast@gmail.com Keep up to date with Putting...
Sweeney Todd: Behind the Bloody Musical Masterpiece with Rick Pender
Rick Pender returns to discuss his latest book Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd: Behind the Bloody Musical Masterpiece. Purchase the book by clicking here. Send feedbac...
Dainty June and Her Farmboys with Christine Chen
This song is probably the only time in Gypsy where June gets to have a showstopper of a performance. Christine Chen returns to give her thoughts on why this shouldn't ...
Gypsy: 2024 Broadway Cast Recording with Music Director Andy Einhorn
Between a matinee and evening performance, musical director Andy Einhorn talked with Kyle about his relationship with Audra McDonald, revivals, and the decisions that ...
Out of Myself – Songs of Peter Foley (with Kate Chisholm)
Peter Foley was an accomplished composer/lyricist and mentee of Stephen Sondheim. The New Yorker praised Foley for his “gift for sinuous, haunting melody and surprisin...
Finale – Passion (with Matt Koplik)
Death, love, and letters. What more could you want in a finale? Matt Koplik returns to discuss Fosca and Giorgio's journey through the musical and how this piece wraps...
Loving You – Passion (with Dimitris Dimopoulos)
Fosca lays it out plainly. She will live and die for Giorgio. Dimitris Dimopoulos joins Kyle to discuss choices, asking Sondheim a question, and missing out on the ori...
No One Has Ever Loved Me – Passion (with Mike Meaney)
Giorgio finally realizes what love is. Mike Meaney joins Kyle to discuss letter, realizations, and duels. Follow Mike on Instagram. Send feedback to puttingittogetherp...
Farewell Letter – Passion (with Charlotte LeMay)
An amalgam of three previously heard songs, Farewell Letter shows how Giorgio has changed. Charlotte LeMay returns to discuss all the messiness of relationships. Send ...
Soldier's Gossip 2 / Transition 4 / Forty Days – Passion (with Alex Asp)
Beyond allowing for costume and scene changes are there thematic reasons for the transitions in Passion? Alex Asp returns to offer insight into three songs that stem f...
Sunrise Letter / Is This What You Call Love? – Passion (with Tyler Joseph Ellis)
All Giorgio wanted to do was sit underneath a tree and read about how Clara is getting grey hairs. Instead he's being watch by Fosca and he must release all his pent u...
Sondheim in Portuguese with Gustavo Brunetti – Sondheim Adjacent
What's it like to watch Sweeney Todd in Portuguese? Gustavo Brunetti joins Kyle to discuss his experience seeing two different productions, and what the future of Sond...
Soldier's Gossip 1 / Flashback – Passion (with Shannon Migliore)
It's time to get some backstory! Shannon Migliore returns to pick apart the lengthly Flashback sequence from Passion which explains Fosca, and very well may explain Gi...