The story of Passion starts over a hundred years before the musical debuted on Broadway. In this episode Kyle talks with Michael Vecchio about what was going on in Italy at the time, the true story of the author, and why this story has persisted over the decades.

Michael Vecchio is co-host of the Italian radio program, Ciao Italia Edmonton, and a lover of history, and culture, and anything Italian. Also available on Soundcloud. On radio in Edmonton, Sunday mornings 8:30-11 AM, 101.7 FM

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Alex Asp returns to discuss his Sondheim Database project, along with some data he's collected about the shows!

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Look at the Sondheim Database project here: https://www.sondheimdatabase.com/

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Gail Leondar-Wright joins Kyle to offer some further insight into the song Unworthy of Your Love.

Find out more at the Talking Sondheim website: https://www.talkingsondheim.com/
You can contact Gail at: TalkingSondheim@gmail.com

We are using three productions to frame our discussion of Assassins.

The original off-Broadway cast starring Victor Garber, Jonathan Hadary, and Terrence Mann (1990)

You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/assassins-original-cast-recording/254421633

Or listen to it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2YhmmaSqQpHrx1XmVW3TpV?si=3iXLFILxQ8SJaaG-bXXNNg

Or buy it on Amazon: https://a.co/d/j9vlZBY

The first Broadway cast starring Michael Cerveris, Dennis O’Hare, and James Barbour (2004)

You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/assassins-the-2004-broadway-revival-cast-recording/881212225

Or listen to it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/5ifTOl4KhC5KDQIN6HalFJ?si=D_2Ly4NlS3e3SsQR2LYSlA

Or buy it on Amazon: https://a.co/d/01nc5zw

The Broadway revival starring Steven Pasquale, Will Swenson, and Brandon Uranowitz (2021)

You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/assassins-the-2022-off-broadway-cast-recording/1663102585

Or listen to it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6U7iRoc5P856IAoVgDBqMk?si=tNzrOQmVTb2X4upp3F-szA

Or buy it on Amazon: https://a.co/d/82iSrA8

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We've reached the end of Assassins. What does it say about America as a whole, not to mention the American Dream™? Luckily, Margaret Hall wrote her thesis on this very subject and joins the podcast to discuss it.

You can visit Margaret's website here: https://www.margaret-hall.com/

Or follow here on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/itsmargarethall/

We are using three productions to frame our discussion of Assassins.

The original off-Broadway cast starring Victor Garber, Jonathan Hadary, and Terrence Mann (1990)

You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/assassins-original-cast-recording/254421633

Or listen to it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2YhmmaSqQpHrx1XmVW3TpV?si=3iXLFILxQ8SJaaG-bXXNNg

Or buy it on Amazon: https://a.co/d/j9vlZBY

The first Broadway cast starring Michael Cerveris, Dennis O’Hare, and James Barbour (2004)

You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/assassins-the-2004-broadway-revival-cast-recording/881212225

Or listen to it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/5ifTOl4KhC5KDQIN6HalFJ?si=D_2Ly4NlS3e3SsQR2LYSlA

Or buy it on Amazon: https://a.co/d/01nc5zw

The Broadway revival starring Steven Pasquale, Will Swenson, and Brandon Uranowitz (2021)

You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/assassins-the-2022-off-broadway-cast-recording/1663102585

Or listen to it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6U7iRoc5P856IAoVgDBqMk?si=tNzrOQmVTb2X4upp3F-szA

Or buy it on Amazon: https://a.co/d/82iSrA8

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Feels appropriate doesn't it? Micah Mooney returns to discuss a song that was added to the show for the first London production, and has stayed ever since. Is it essential or extraneous?

Micah's website: https://micahmooney.com/

We are using three productions to frame our discussion of Assassins.

The original off-Broadway cast starring Victor Garber, Jonathan Hadary, and Terrence Mann (1990)

You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/assassins-original-cast-recording/254421633

Or listen to it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2YhmmaSqQpHrx1XmVW3TpV?si=3iXLFILxQ8SJaaG-bXXNNg

Or buy it on Amazon: https://a.co/d/j9vlZBY

The first Broadway cast starring Michael Cerveris, Dennis O’Hare, and James Barbour (2004)

You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/assassins-the-2004-broadway-revival-cast-recording/881212225

Or listen to it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/5ifTOl4KhC5KDQIN6HalFJ?si=D_2Ly4NlS3e3SsQR2LYSlA

Or buy it on Amazon: https://a.co/d/01nc5zw

The Broadway revival starring Steven Pasquale, Will Swenson, and Brandon Uranowitz (2021)

You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/assassins-the-2022-off-broadway-cast-recording/1663102585

Or listen to it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6U7iRoc5P856IAoVgDBqMk?si=tNzrOQmVTb2X4upp3F-szA

Or buy it on Amazon: https://a.co/d/82iSrA8

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What do we think the other national anthem actually sounds like? Charlotte LeMay returns to offer opinions on why Samuel Byck should be the main character of this song, and the disillusionment of the American Dream.

We are using three productions to frame our discussion of Assassins.

The original off-Broadway cast starring Victor Garber, Jonathan Hadary, and Terrence Mann (1990)

You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/assassins-original-cast-recording/254421633

Or listen to it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2YhmmaSqQpHrx1XmVW3TpV?si=3iXLFILxQ8SJaaG-bXXNNg

Or buy it on Amazon: https://a.co/d/j9vlZBY

The first Broadway cast starring Michael Cerveris, Dennis O’Hare, and James Barbour (2004)

You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/assassins-the-2004-broadway-revival-cast-recording/881212225

Or listen to it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/5ifTOl4KhC5KDQIN6HalFJ?si=D_2Ly4NlS3e3SsQR2LYSlA

Or buy it on Amazon: https://a.co/d/01nc5zw

The Broadway revival starring Steven Pasquale, Will Swenson, and Brandon Uranowitz (2021)

You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/assassins-the-2022-off-broadway-cast-recording/1663102585

Or listen to it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6U7iRoc5P856IAoVgDBqMk?si=tNzrOQmVTb2X4upp3F-szA

Or buy it on Amazon: https://a.co/d/82iSrA8

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This week we don't talk about a song, but rather a scene. Reid Orphan joins the podcast to discuss how Samuel Byck has been depicted and how it can be destructive to those with mental health challenges if not pursued with proper intentions.

Follow Reid on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orphan_designs

We are using three productions to frame our discussion of Assassins.

The original off-Broadway cast starring Victor Garber, Jonathan Hadary, and Terrence Mann (1990)

You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/assassins-original-cast-recording/254421633

Or listen to it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2YhmmaSqQpHrx1XmVW3TpV?si=3iXLFILxQ8SJaaG-bXXNNg

Or buy it on Amazon: https://a.co/d/j9vlZBY

The first Broadway cast starring Michael Cerveris, Dennis O’Hare, and James Barbour (2004)

You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/assassins-the-2004-broadway-revival-cast-recording/881212225

Or listen to it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/5ifTOl4KhC5KDQIN6HalFJ?si=D_2Ly4NlS3e3SsQR2LYSlA

Or buy it on Amazon: https://a.co/d/01nc5zw

The Broadway revival starring Steven Pasquale, Will Swenson, and Brandon Uranowitz (2021)

You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/assassins-the-2022-off-broadway-cast-recording/1663102585

Or listen to it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6U7iRoc5P856IAoVgDBqMk?si=tNzrOQmVTb2X4upp3F-szA

Or buy it on Amazon: https://a.co/d/82iSrA8

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Join us on our cakewalk up the gallows. Shannon Migliore joins the podcast to explain what the real Charles Guiteau was like and how Sondheim uses his actual words in this song.

Follow Shannon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/my_pretty_sleeper

We are using three productions to frame our discussion of Assassins.

The original off-Broadway cast starring Victor Garber, Jonathan Hadary, and Terrence Mann (1990)

You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/assassins-original-cast-recording/254421633

Or listen to it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2YhmmaSqQpHrx1XmVW3TpV?si=3iXLFILxQ8SJaaG-bXXNNg

Or buy it on Amazon: https://a.co/d/j9vlZBY

The first Broadway cast starring Michael Cerveris, Dennis O’Hare, and James Barbour (2004)

You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/assassins-the-2004-broadway-revival-cast-recording/881212225

Or listen to it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/5ifTOl4KhC5KDQIN6HalFJ?si=D_2Ly4NlS3e3SsQR2LYSlA

Or buy it on Amazon: https://a.co/d/01nc5zw

The Broadway revival starring Steven Pasquale, Will Swenson, and Brandon Uranowitz (2021)

You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/assassins-the-2022-off-broadway-cast-recording/1663102585

Or listen to it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6U7iRoc5P856IAoVgDBqMk?si=tNzrOQmVTb2X4upp3F-szA

Or buy it on Amazon: https://a.co/d/82iSrA8

Send feedback to puttingittogetherpodcast@gmail.com

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