BEHIND THE CURTAIN: BROADWAY'S LIVING LEGENDS » Podcast

This Week: Celebrating The Triton Gallery, your one stop shop for posters, and the brilliant Disney + documentary about lyricist Howard Ashman (The Little Mermaid, Little Shop of Horrors, Beauty and The Beast)

Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and under appreciated musicals, as well as bizarre performances, endearing television appearances, and all things show business.

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SHOWS: Urinetown, Wicked, Honeymoon in Vegas

The incredibly funny Nancy Opel joins the boys to look back on her career which includes Evita, Sunday in the Park with George, Teddy & Alice, Getting Away With Murder, Triumph of Love, Urinetown, Wicked, Fiddler on the Roof, Honeymoon in Vegas, and so many more!

Nancy pulls back the curtain on her career to discuss how she booked her first Broadway show, what it was like being one of the first to hear Finishing The Hat, and why she always knew Urinetown would be a hit!

Also, Nancy shines the spotlight on Mandy Patinkin, Patti LuPone, and Stephen Sondheim!

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This Week: Salad Days & Legally Blonde: The Musical!

Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and under appreciated musicals, as well as bizarre performances, endearing television appearances, and all things show business.

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SHOWS: City of Angels, Chicago, I Love My Wife

He is suave. He is sophisticated. He is two time Tony Award winner James Naughton. Mr. Naughton joins Rob and Kevin from his Maine summer home to look back on his career which includes Long Day's Journey Into Night, I Love My Wife, Whose Life Is It Anyway, City of Angels, Four Baboons Adoring The Sun, Chicago, Prymate, Democracy, and so many more.

James pulls back the curtain on his career to discuss how he directed Paul Newman in Our Town, what it was like working with the one and only Cy Coleman on two shows, and why he decided to invest in Chicago: The Musical....literally!

Also, James shines the spotlight on Geraldine Fitzgerald, Geraldine Page, and John Kander and Fred Ebb!

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This Week: Jim Brochu stops by to discuss his incredible new book WATCHING FROM THE WINGS

Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and under appreciated musicals, as well as bizarre performances, endearing television appearances, and all things show business.

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SHOWS: Cactus Flower, How Now, Dow Jones, The Odd Couple

Golden Globe and Emmy Award Winner, as well as Tony and Oscar nominee, Brenda Vaccaro joins Rob and Kevin to look back on her incredible career which includes the plays The Affair, Cactus Flower, How Now, Dow Jones, The Goodbye People, The Odd Couple, Jake's Women, the movies Midnight Cowboy, Zorro, The Gay Blade, The Mirror Has Two Faces, and the television programs Marcus Welby MD, Streets of San Francisco, The Love Boat, Murder She Wrote, and The Golden Girls.

Brenda pulls back the curtain on her career to discuss how she sparred with Lauren Bacall, what it was like being upstaged by Milton Berle, and why Bea Arthur's keen sense of observation was her greatest asset.

Also, Brenda shines the spotlight on Abe Burrows, Neil Simon, and Al Pacino!

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This Week: The genius of opera singer Diana Damrau & the wisdom of critic Elliot Norton

Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and under appreciated musicals, as well as bizarre performances, endearing television appearances, and all things show business.

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One of the foremost experts on American Musical Theatre, Professor Thomas S. Hischak, joins Rob and Kevin for an in-depth discussion about his books, his research, and some delightful tidbits about shows jumping the pond on his new book The Mikado to Matilda: British Musicals on the New York Stage.

Thomas is the author of over thirty non-fiction books about theatre, film, and popular music, including The Oxford Companion to the American Musical; The Rodgers and Hammerstein Encyclopedia; Broadway Plays and Musicals; Through the Screen Door; The Tin Pan Alley Encyclopedia; Off-Broadway Musicals Since 1919; The Disney Song Encyclopedia; Word Crazy: Broadway Lyricists; American Literature on Stage and Screen; Theatre as Human Action; 1939: Hollywood’s Greatest Year; and The Oxford Companion to American Theatre.

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This Week: Discussing the brilliant new book MUSICAL MISFIRES: THREE DECADES OF BROADWAY MUSICAL HEARTBREAK with its authors Thomas S. Hischak and Mark A. Robinson.

Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and under appreciated musicals, as well as bizarre performances, endearing television appearances, and all things show business.

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SHOWS: How To Succeed....., Seesaw, The Tale of the Allergist's Wife

Hilarious. Candid. Brilliant. How else can you describe the marvelously magnetic Michele Lee. Whether you loved her on Knott's Landing, cheered for her in Herbie The Love Bug, or were dazzled by her countless talk show appearances, you would enthusiastically agree that Michele Lee is a living legend. Joining us from Los Angeles, Michele looks back on her theatrical career which includes Vintage '60, Bravo, Giovanni, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Seesaw, The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, and Wicked, to name but a few.

Michele pulls back the curtain on her career to discuss how she quickly navigated the role of Gittel Mosca in Seesaw, what it was like sharing the stage with the wildly charming Robert Morse in How To Succeed (both onstage and on film), and why Joan Rivers was her favorite interviewer.

Also, Michele shines the spotlight on Lainie Kazan, Michael Bennett, and Rudy Vallee!

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