Putting It Together

Two people, who never met in real life, join together to sing a 1970s love ballad. Chris Brown returns to discuss how this song plays differently if you don't know the context, and how it's odd to talk about two "characters" that are still alive.

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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 is Putting It Together?

This is a podcast about Stephen Sondheim's entire body of work show by show and song by song. Each week Kyle Marshall invites an expert to discuss a Sondheim song in-depth. Together they discover the humour, how the songs inform character, and any hidden meanings. Most importantly they try to understand the man behind the music, the Shakespeare of our time, as best they can.