For the first guest of this season, I’m talking with writer Steve Cuden, who was a part of a musical and its beginning stages, but was eventually replaced right before it began to take off and become the hugely iconic Jekyll & Hyde musical we all know.
In fact, it was Steve's first foray into writing with another unknown composer and writer at the time, Frank Wildhorn. And in part one of our conversation, Steve opens up about their personal and professional relationship in ways that he has not done so before publicly.
A little backstory...Steve and I actually met last year when he reached out to me via email after listening to an episode of my other podcast Closing Night, which focuses on theater history. That began a series of emails back and forth that eventually led me to invite him onto this podcast to share his side of the story. A side of the story that Frank Wildhorn himself doesn’t really talk about in his own interviews.
The 1986 demo version of "Murder, Murder" featured in this episode can be found on Cuden's website.
Subscribe or Donate to WINMISubscribing helps support this podcast, while also giving early access to extended conversations and other bonus content. Donating can be done on a one-time on ongoing basis. So whether you subscribe or donate, your financial contribution to this podcast is greatly appreciated!
Follow WINMI: Website | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube
----------
Why I’ll Never Make It is an award-winning, Top Theater Podcast with actor and singer Patrick Oliver Jones and is a production of WINMI Media. Background music is by John Bartmann and Blue Dot Sessions is used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Steven Warner (Part 2) - The Little Prince Grows Up and Finds a New Path
Steven Warner (Part 1) - Becoming The Little Prince
Kevin Spirtas Takes the Stage and Shares from the Heart
Judy Tenuta Shares Her Journey from Stage to Standup and Her Battle with Cancer
Elizabeth Swain Leads a New Generation of Theater Artists
Mental Talk About Performance Anxiety with Mostafa Ashraf and Yara
Terron Brooks Discovers There’s More to Success Than Fame
Black History Month - Vinnette Justine Carroll and Alvin Ailey (Encore)
Gina Morgano Learned That Self-Awareness Is Key to the Performer’s Journey
Kathryn Allison Shares How She Found Her True Authentic Self Outside of Broadway
Al Blackstone On Knowing Yourself as an Artist & Not Waiting for Permission to Create
Briana Packen on Finding Balance and Stability in our Lives and Acting Careers
A Look Back at 2021 and What’s Next for Theater and This Podcast
Debra Ann Byrd (Part 2) - A Black Girl‘s Journey to Becoming Othello
Debra Ann Byrd (Part 1) - Classically-Trained Actress Shares Her Bumpy Road to Theater
Michael Learned Bravely Shares Her Struggles and Secrets to Longevity in the Arts
Matt Sav Shares His Process of Storytelling Through Musical Composition
Max Stossel Shows Us How to Improve Our Storytelling with Words That Move
"Standby for Places" Uses Podcasts to Exercise and Explore an Actor‘s Creativity
Kate McClanaghan Helps Actors Find Their Voice
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Marty Ray Project: Chats
What’s the Res?
The Creative Solutions Podcast
Anne of Avonlea
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Magnus Archives
The Moth