LITTLE DID I KNOW, the first Broadway-level podcast musical, released by The Audio Drama Initiative, based on the novel by Mitchell Maxwell, and newly released on Apple Podcasts, soared to #3 on the Apple podcast charts this past weekend, making it one of the top 5 Arts podcasts in the United States on Apple podcasts and in the top 40 overall. It is now one of the most successful podcast musicals to ever debut on Apple.
LITTLE DID I KNOW features Tony Award Nominee
Richard Kind, Tony Award Nominee
Patrick Page, Olivier Award Winner
Lesli Margherita, Disney Star
Laura Marano, and YouTube stars Kurt Hugo Schneider,
Sam Tsui, Casey Breves, Alex Blue, film & TV star
Alexander Chaplin, and Broadway veterans
Jennifer Blood, and
E. Clayton Cornelious. All combined, the show's cast has more than 36 million social media followers.
LITTLE DID I KNOW's music is by three-time Tony Award Winner
Doug Besterman (The Producers, Thoroughly Modern Millie), lyrics by Oscar and Golden Globe award winner
Dean Pitchford (Fame, Footloose) and
Marcy Heisler (Ever After), book by New York Times best-selling author Lou Aronica and
Johanna Besterman, and is produced by award-winning producer
Mitchell Maxwell (Stomp!, Damn Yankees, Pulitzer Prize winner Dinner with Friends), and
Robert Barandes along with Aronica. It was directed by
Marlo Hunter. Arrangements and musical supervision were by
Jeffrey Saver, orchestrations by
Michael Morris, and editing and sound design by
Dave Hart. Casting was by
Robin Carus and General Management is by Five Points Theatrical (Carl Vorwerk and Mahaley Jacobs).
Episodes of the new musical will be released every Tuesday through Tuesday, May 12. A digital podcast soundtrack recording, produced by Broadway Records, and featuring the podcast's original twenty-two songs, is also available everywhere music is sold.
LITTLE DID I KNOW tells the story of a group of friends - recent college graduates - who bring a broken-down summer theatre back to life in 1976. The summer will be different from anything they expected. Told over nine episodes, approximately thirty minutes each, LITTLE DID I KNOW includes twenty-two original songs.
The Audio Drama Initiative, headed by Lou Aronica and
Mitchell Maxwell, was founded in 2019 to develop and produce audio dramas based on literary works. In the fall of 2019, the company released the audio drama The Thursday Night Club, a Christmas story based on the novella by Steven Manchester, which was published by their sister company, The Story Plant whose present library includes nearly 200 titles. Their next project will be released later this month and deals with the current situation engulfing our nation.
