STAGE TUBE: Egan & Borle Record Lopez's 'Bet Against the American Dream' for NPR

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Broadway veterans John Treacy Egan (Jekyll & Hyde, The Little Mermaid) and Christian Borle (Legally Blonde, Mary Poppins) recently recorded a song for the NPR radio series "This American Dream," entitled 'Bet Against the American Dream.' Written by Tony Award winning composer and lyricist of Avenue Q, Robert Lopez, the tune appeared in the April 9 episode entitled 'Inside Job.' Bruce Coughlin orchestrated the song while Stephen Oremus acted as music supervisor/producer.

'Bet Against the Amrican Dream', a satirical song about the banking industry, was featured in the 'Eat My Shorts' section of the show, about a hedge fund named Magnetar who comes up with an elaborate plan to make money: creating toxic financial securities while at the same time betting against the very securities it helped create. In the show, Planet Money's Alex Blumberg teams up with two investigative reporters from ProPublica, Jake Bernstein and Jesse Eisinger, to tell the story. Jake and Jesse pored through thousands of pages of documents and interviewed dozens of Wall Street Insiders.

The recording session occured in late afternoon in the heart of the theatre district.

For more information on "This American Dream," visit: www.npr.org.

 

 

 

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