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Podcast: The Original Cast
Episode: Michael J. Bobbitt / Once on This Island - Original Cast Recording (1990) *Flashback*
Description: Tinker Bell (by Patrick Flynn) is now running at Adventure Theatre MTC. Throughout the run, all our episodes will be related to the production. So here's a reissue of the episode featuring Adventure Theatre MTC's Artistic Director: Michael J. Bobbitt. ORIGINAL NOTES: Michael J. Bobbitt, artistic director of Adventure Theatre MTC, stops by ostensibly to discuss the 1990 Flaherty & Ahrens musical Once on This Island but he and Patrick quickly diverge into discussions of stripped-down theatre, racial appropriation, and what constitutes "children's theatre." It gets real. Get into it. Featured recording: Once o...