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 #24: Floyd Collins & You’re...
This Week: Floyd gets stuck in a cave and Merman gets stuck in a sitcom!
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#24 STEPHEN COLE, Writer
Writer: The Road to Qatar!, Merman's Apprentice, My Heart Belongs to Mary
48 min
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Our Favorite Things #23: Do-Re-Mi & Coming Up R...
This Week: The greatest musical from the Styne-Comden-Green collaboration and an exploration of the decade that gave us the greatest musicals of the canon.
18 min
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#23 PETER MARSHALL, Actor
Shows: Bye Bye Birdie, La Cage aux Folles, Skyscraper
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Our Favorite Things #22: Dorothy Loudon & Juno
This Week: Celebrating two great comediennes of the American Musical Theatre
20 min
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#22 GEORGE LEE ANDREWS, Guinness Book of World ...
Shows: The Phantom of the Opera, A Little Night Music, On the Twentieth Century
51 min
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Our Favorite Things #21: The Spitfire Grill & T...
This Week: The joys of intimate musicals!
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#21 LEN CARIOU, Actor
Shows: Sweeney Todd (Tony Award), A Little Night Music, Applause
41 min
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Our Favorite Things #20: The TheatreMania Guide...
This Week: A book that needs to be revised and a musical that needs to be revived!
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#20 JOAN COPELAND, Survivor of HUAC
Shows: Two By Two, Pal Joey, Coco
38 min
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Our Favorite Things #19: Forgotten Tony Award C...
This Week: Categories that used to be a part of the Tony Awards. Tony historian Bryan Hobgood drops by to speculate on who might win those forgotten awards today!
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#19 2016 Tony Awards: Plays
Shows: The Humans, Eclipsed, The Father, King Charles III
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#19 2016 Tony Awards: Musicals
Shows: Hamilton, Bright Star, Shuffle Along..., School of Rock, Waitress
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Our Favorite Things #18: Seesaw & Waiting for G...
This episode: The brilliant lyrics of Dorothy Fields & Corky St. Clair
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#18 HOWARD MCGILLIN, Actor
Shows: The Phantom of the Opera, Anything Goes, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
58 min
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Our Favorite Things #17: Trude Rittmann & Stair...
This episode: The unsung hero of Broadway musicals and the unsung heroes of public access television!
20 min
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#17 ANDRE DESHIELDS, Actor
Shows: The Wiz, Ain't Misbehavin', Hadestown (Tony Award)
52 min
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Our Favorite Things #16: No Strings and Raisin
This episode: Richard Rodgers goes solo, Sean Combs goes to the window, and the 70s goes to Rob's head!
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#16 FRANK VERLIZZO, Poster Designer
Shows: Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George, Follies ('11)
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Our Favorite Things #15: Diary of a Mad Playwri...
This week: Dolly Levi berates Peter Pan and Rob reveals his childhood hero!
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#15 DON PIPPIN, Music Director
Shows: A Chorus Line, La Cage Aux Falles, Mame
48 min
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Our Favorite Things #14: Sugar & Just In Time: ...
This week: The wonderful world of Jule Styne!
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#14 TED CHAPIN, President of the R&H Organization
Shows: The King & I, Carousel, Oklahoma!
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Our Favorite Things #13: Bajour & The Wild Party
This week: Betty Boop & Stan Zbornak tread the boards and two songwriters duke it out on Broadway.
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#13, LEE ROY REAMS, Director, Part 3
Shows: Hello, Dolly! ('95), An Evening with Jerry Herman, Sweet Charity
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