BEHIND THE CURTAIN: BROADWAY'S LIVING...

Behind the Curtain: Broadway's Living Legends collects the wit, wisdom, and anecdotes of musical theatre's greatest artists from the Golden Age to Now. From actors to directors, designers to playwrights, press agents to general managers, this podcast is a celebration of the giants who helped shape the American Musical Theatre. Hosts: Robert W. Schneider & Kevin David Thomas

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Our Favorite Things #99: The Year Without a San...
This Week: Christmas songs vs Hanukah songs, Rob loses the button, Kevin does an impression, Groucho offers some creative consulting, and more!
15 min
352
#99 RICHARD JAY-ALEXANDER: Director
Shows: Song & Dance, Les Miserables, Miss Saigon
68 min
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Our Favorite Things #98: Clownaround & The Scar...
This Week: Rob and Kevin celebrate winter, hanukah, and the lovely month of December! Plus, the holy grail of cast recordings and the burning of Rome.....Harold Rome.
24 min
354
#98 JERRY ADLER: Stage Manager of My Fair Lady,...
Shows: The Apple Tree, My Fair Lady ('76), Dear World
84 min
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Our Favorite Things #97: Rick Skye
This Week: The incredible Rick Skye, who has made a career of impersonating Liza Minnelli, swings by Shetler Studios to discuss his career, his show, and his fabulousness!
39 min
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#97 LAURENCE GUITTARD: Actor
Shows: A Little Night Music, Oklahoma! ('79), Baker Street
89 min
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Our Favorite Things #96: Mad Hot Ballroom & Eve...
This Week: Rob and Kevin chat about their Thanksgivings, when it is apporpriate to play Turkey Lurkey Time, Rob's dad plays a trick, revisiting community theaters, the joys of teaching, nostalgia appropritate casting, and more!
39 min
358
#96 KAYE BALLARD: Golden Age Star
Shows: The Golden Apple, Carnival!, The Pirates of Penzanca ('81)
74 min
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Our Favorite Things #95: Dear World & Theatre W...
This Week: Rob and Kevin have a matinee cocktail and get on the air, things get a bit dirty, celebrating the great articles of Filichia, Mandelbaum, Riedel, and the Broadway gossip no one knows nor no one wants to know, Freddie Martinez does summer stock, and so much more!
39 min
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#95 TOVAH FELDSHUH: Actress
Shows: Yentl, Lend Me A Tenor, Pippin ('13)
60 min
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Our Favorite Things #94: Celebration & Merman’s...
This Week: Rob and Kevin sing from Sunset Boulevard, the insanity of recitative, Rob and Kevin try to speak with the young kids, Kevin advocates for Lil Abner, the brilliance of Jones & Schmidt, how J&S really led the musical theatre revolution, the saga of Grover's Corners, Ethel Merman plays teacher, David Merrick sings, and the brilliance of musicals within musicals.
17 min
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#94 MIMI HINES, “Funny Girl”
Shows: Funny Girl, Grease ('94), Sugar Babies
76 min
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Our Favorite Things #93: Musicals101.com & Grea...
This Week: Rob announces his cast for Woman of the Year at Feinstein's/54 Below, and the class of Rydell High needs social security.
39 min
364
#93 CADY HUFFMAN, “The Producers”
Shows: The Producers (Tony Award), The Will Rogers Follies, The Nance
78 min
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Our Favorite Things #92: Alice Playten & No Pay...
This Week: Rob and Kevin discuss color blind casting in musical theatre and what can musical theatre programs across the country to do to help lead the cause, our guests send us swag, celebrating the great Kafritz & Mamie Eisenhower, Alka Seltzer's greatest commercial, spilling the tea on Weekend at Bernies, Nathan Lane can't get work, Donna Murphy goes to acting school, and the follies of the AEA.
23 min
366
#92 TONY ROBERTS, Actor
Shows: How Now, Dow Jones, Victor/Victoria, Xanadu
89 min
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Our Favorite Thing #91: The Worst Witch & Chris...
This Week: Happy Halloween! To celebrate the spookiness of the season, Rob and Kevin reveal their costumes, Mrs. Garrett pulls a Patty Duke, Tim Curry can't find his tambourine, Charles Strouse gets spooky, Big Daddy Whiz goes to the pumpkins, Rob meets Christine Pedi, Liza Minnelli has a pokerface, Rob plays Daddy Warbucks, and Christine Pedi wants to save the Cafe Edison!
30 min
368
#91 KEN PAGE, “Old Deuteronomy”
Shows: Cats, Ain't Misbehavin', Guys & Dolls ('76)
87 min
369
Our Favorite Things #90: Center Stage & The Van...
This Week: Life post-Merrily We Roll Along, Kevin gets to watch The World Go Round, Rob brings back 24 Broadway Bound musicals, Rob breaks the rules that Kevin follows, Van Johnson sees red, Letterman loves La Cage, the joys of My Mama's Attic, Kevin is a dancer and a dancer dances, celebrating Center Stage, and Donna Murphy hits the barre.
29 min
370
#90 NEVA SMALL, “Chava” in Fiddler On The Roof
Shows: The Impossible Years, Henry, Sweet Henry, Something's Afoot
59 min
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Our Favorite Things #89: Musical Theater Today
This Week: Rob and Kevin sit down with Ben Van Buren and Lucas Tahiruzzaman Syed, the co-founders and editors of Musical Theater Today, a new, yearly periodical inspired by the extraordinary variety of artists, institutions, and audiences engaged in the musical theatre world.
24 min
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#89 PAT BIRCH: Choreographer
Shows: West Side Story, Grease, A Little Night Music
72 min
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Our Favorite Things #88: Woman of the Year Rehe...
This Week: Looking back on The Last Five Years, celebrating Honeymoon in Vegas, creeping on JRB, international Sondheim, and so much more!
33 min
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#88 PETER BOGYO: General Manager
Shows: Starmites, Time Stands Still, Stick Fly
63 min
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Our Favorite Things #87: Ben Rimalower
This Week: Hide the children because this episode gets a bit naughty with acclaimed writer and director Ben Rimalower (Patti Issues, Bad With Money).
39 min