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 #186: Gwen Verdon’s Final S...
This Week: Christopher Walken does a tap dance & Gwen Verdon steals the show!
18 min
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#186 JOHN WEIDMAN, Book Writer
Shows: Pacific Overtures, Assassins, Road Show
73 min
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Our Favorite Things #185: Follies of God & The ...
This Week: Rediscovering Tennessee Williams & Reinventing The Brady Family.
18 min
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#185 GRETCHEN CRYER, Lyricist
Shows: I'm Getting My Act Together...., Shelter, Now Is The Time For All Good Men....
73 min
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Our Favorite Things #184: Hal Prince (1928-2019)
This Week: Celebrating the life and legacy of Hal Prince.
15 min
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#184 CASEY NICHOLAW, Director
Shows: The Book of Mormon (Tony Award), Mean Girls, Aladdin, The Prom, The Drowsy Chaperone
73 min
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Our Favorite Things #183: Pushing Daisies & The...
This Week: Watching some TV with Kristin Chenoweth & Andy Bernard!
14 min
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#183 JEFF MCCARTHY, Actor- Urinetown
Shows: Urinetown, Side Show, Beauty and the Beast
60 min
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Our Favorite Things #182: Ernest Shackleton Lov...
This Week: Ernest Goes To Shackleton and Norbert inhabits Effie!
14 min
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#182 SONDRA LEE, Original Cast Member of Peter ...
Shows: Hello, Dolly!, Peter Pan, High Button Shoes
63 min
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Our Favorite Things #181: Donnybrook & Colored ...
This Week: A forgotten musical and the history of Broadway's most productive writing team.
17 min
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#181 TOM JONES, Lyricist
Shows: The Fantasticks, 110 in the Shade, I Do, I Do
67 min
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Our Favorite Things #180: Road Show & Geld/Udell
This Week: Celebrating the last work of Stephen Sondheim & the most popular songwriting team of the 1970s!
18 min
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#180 MARTIN CHARNIN (1934-2019)
Shows: Annie (Tony Award), Two By Two, West Side Story
43 min
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Our Favorite Things #179: Sunday in the Park wi...
This Week: Looking back on two musicals from the 1980s!
18 min
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#179 Summer Sale: SUSAN WATSON (Actress), JOHN ...
In this episode you will hear portions of interviews with three guests whose interviews we have not aired: Susan Watson, John Simon, Carleton Carpenter.
37 min
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Our Favorite Things #178: American Musical Thea...
This Week: Cracking the books on some summer reading!
16 min
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#178 DAN GOGGIN, Nunsense Creator
Shows: Nonsense, Legend, Luther
65 min
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Our Favorite Things #177: Lena Horne- The Lady ...
This Week: Lena Horne doubles the stormy weather & Maureen Stapleton sells a hot dog.
25 min
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#177 PETER GALLAGHER, Actor
Shows: Long Day's Journey Into Night ('86), Guys and Dolls ('92), Grease
70 min
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Our Favorite Things #176: Bob Merrill & The Sou...
This Week: Bob Merrill gets a doggie & Hal Prince cuts a cast member.
24 min
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#176 ERNESTINE JACKSON, Tony Nominated Actress
Shows: Raisin, Guys and Dolls ('77), Hello, Dolly!
65 min
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Our Favorite Things #175: Forgotten Tony Awards...
This Week: Rob, Kevin, and Tony Awards historian Bryan Hobgood discuss Tony Award categories that are no longer part of the ceremony and suggest ones that should be included.
32 min
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#175 THE 2018-2019 TONY AWARDS: MUSICALS
Shows: Hadestown, Ain’t Too Proud, Beetlejuice, The Prom, Tootsie
61 min
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Our Favorite Things #174: Egregiously Overlooke...
This Week: Rob, Kevin, and Tony Awards Historian Bryan Hobgood look at all the wonderful artists and shows who were not nominated for a Tony Award this season and should have been nominated for their stellar work.
38 min