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 t… read more
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Friends, you need to go see Dancin! It is one of the best musicals on Broadway and is true brilliance.
To celebrate its opening, we are sharing our 2019 interview with director/choreographer of Dancin, Wayne Cilento!
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Charlotte d’Amboise has been gracing Broadway stages for decades. Since making her Broadway debut in Cats, Charlotte has been nominated for two Tony Awards for her performances in the Broadway revival of A Chorus Line …
Robert W. Schneider reviews monologuist Colin Quinn's new show, Small Talk, at the Lucille Lortel and gives it 4/5 stars!
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To celebrate the life of Lawrence Merritt we are re-running our 2016 episode with him. Larry's shows included: No Strings, No Where To Go But Up, …
Join us as we celebrate the lives and careers of those we lost in 2021 and 2022 with Mr. Show Business himself....LEE ROY REAMS!
Yes, Lee Roy is back with wine, wisdom, and wicked stories about Broadway and its denizens. …
To celebrate the passing of actress Carole Cook (1924-2023) we are reviving our 2019 interview with her at her home in Los Angeles.
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Sheldon Epps was artistic director of the renowned Pasadena Playhouse for two decades, and still acts as artistic director emeritus for the playhouse.
Previously, he was associate artistic director of the Old Globe …
Arnold J. Mungioli is a Casting Director, Audition Coach, Career Coach, Writer, and Teacher who has worked in the professional theater, film, …
To celebrate the life of actress Rita Gardner (1934-2022) we are re-posting her 2017 interview. May her memory be a blessing.
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To celebrate the life and legacy of musical coordinator Seymour Red Press, who passed away on October 24th, 2022 we are re-releasing our 2018 interview with him. May his memory be a blessing.
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To celebrate the life and legacy of press agent Susan L. Schulman, who passed away on October 18th, 2022 we are re-releasing our 2018 episode with …
Rob and Kevin try to move away from the theatrical negativity of the past few weeks and celebrate bootlegs and the joys of musical theatre! Plus …
To celebrate Michael John LaChiusa's new show LOS OTROS we are reviving our interview with him.
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Shows: Very Good Eddie, My Fair Lady, Network
Born in Portland, Maine, Nick Wyman has had a 45-year career of film, television, Broadway and Off-Broadway shows.
After serving on Actors' Equity's governing council for …
SHOWS: Merrily We Roll Along, She Loves Me, Curtains
David Loud occupies a unique place in Broadway history: in addition to his distinguished body of …
Shows: Pippin, Fools, Getting Away With Murder
Celebrated actor John Rubinstein is back to talk about Fosse, Pippin, Mike Nichols, Neil Simon, Stephen …
The delightful and darling Virginia Seidel looks back on her career which includes sharing the stage with Dorothy Lamour, Ethel Merman, Ray Milland, …
The “Crown Prince of New York Cabaret” is what Steve Ross was dubbed many years ago. He hasn’t lost his title. In fact, the only change today would …
Shows: The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Curtains, The Nutty Professor
Tony Award winning composer, lyricist, librettist Rupert Holmes drops in to discuss …
Shows: A Chorus Line, Seesaw, Promises, Promises
The one and only 4'10 bundle of dynamite, Baayork Lee, joins Kevin for a look back on her incredible career which includes appearances in The King and I, Flower Drum Song, …
SHOWS: Violet, The Wild Party, Big River
One of Broadway's most beloved artists, Michael McElroy joins Rob and Kevin to look back on his acting …
To celebrate the life and legacy of Tony Award Winning Music Director Don Pippin, we are re-airing our interview with Don from 2016. May his memory be a blessing.
Don Pippin, the music director of such hit musicals as …
This Week: Celebrating two major events that happened at Carnegie Hall.
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To celebrate the life of Harvey Evans we are re-airing our interview with Harvey which we conducted in 2018.
A dancer's life on Broadway can be limited, but, if you are Harvey Evans, your abilities have no boundaries. …
Rob and Kevin look back on the life and legacy of Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021). The boys discuss their favorite Sondheim songs, moments, lyrics, mentorship, and their own interactions with the man himself.
The leaves are changing, there is a nip in the air, and your hosts are settling down by the fire to dish all about the past two months. Its time to look at the Tony Awards, Wicked casting, the Dear Evan Hansen film, …
This week Kevin and Rob look back at their summer activities and all the things that have kept the theatrical news cycle running like The Bridge Production Group's visceral production of Title Of Show, the passing of …
Revisit our episode with Broadway legend Lee Roy Reams
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SHOWS: How to Succeed (1995), The Life Fela!
One of Broadway's most beloved artists, Tony Award winner Ms. Lillias White joins Rob and Kevin to look back on her acting career, discuss the process of creating Sonja in The …
Revisit our episode with the legendary Tony Award winner Andre DeShields.
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Revisit our episode with the original funny girl herself, Mimi Hines!
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Revisit our episode with iconic music director Don Pippin
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Revisit our episode with Tony Award winner George S. Irving
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Revisit our first episode with Tony Award winner Randy Graff.
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To celebrate Behind The Curtain's over 500 episodes, Backstage Babble's Charles Kirsch turned the tables on Rob and Kevin and made them the guests of honor.
The boys look back on how they met, their favorite guests, …
SHOWS: Funny Girl, Seesaw (Detroit), My Favorite Year
Lainie Kazan has done it all. Broadway, Off-Broadway, Movies, Television, Recordings, Nightclub Owner, Playboy Model, Fashionista, and provided audiences with …
SHOWS: Pippin, Getting Away With Murder, Wicked
In Part One of our interview with John Rubinstein we hear how the man who has appeared in Pippin, …
SHOWS: Working, Is There Life After High School, Sweet Smell of Success
Craig Carnelia, the man who has given the world such songs as Just A Housewife …
SHOWS: Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods
One of Broadway's busiest music directors, Tony Award winner Paul Gemignani, joins …
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SHOWS: Pump Boys and Dinettes, Steel Pier, Curtains
Yes, she's Everybody's Girl but today she is all ours! Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress Debra Monk joins the boys to look …
SHOWS: A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine, Titanic, and Wicked
One of Broadway's most reliable character men, David Garrison, joins Rob and …
SHOWS: City of Angels, The Goodbye Girl, Cinderella
One of Broadway's most clever lyricists, Tony Award winner David Zippel, joins Rob and Kevin to look at the art of lyric writing (and which musicals every lyricist …
SHOWS: Pippin, Chicago, and Angels in America
Their collaboration is one of the longest in theatre history and their brilliant lighting designs have …
This Week: Looking at the organization DANCERS OVER 40 which helps transition older dancers into the next phase of their career and Marc Bonnani's …
SHOWS: My Fair Lady (1976), Oklahoma (1979), On Your Toes (1983)
"Many singers have lovely voices. Very few interpret lyrics the way they were meant to be sung. And Christine Andreas does just that.” While that …
This Week: An interview with Eddie Shapiro, author of A Wonderful Guy: Conversations with the Great Men of Musical Theater
Every week …
SHOWS: Rent, Hamilton, 24 Neil Simon plays
One of Broadway's most prolific producers, Tony Award winner Manny Azenberg, joins Rob and Kevin to look …
SHOWS: In Trousers, 42nd Street (2000), Oklahoma (2019)
For over forty years New York audiences have had the great pleasure of watching three-time Tony nominee Mary Testa light up the stage with her brilliant work in …
This Week: Celebrating Jennifer Ashley Tepper's new book and reviewing the documentary that focuses on the iconic Rose-Marie.
Every week …
This Week: Kevin discovers the 1962 film version of The Music Man and Rob discovers the antics of Jackie Hoffman
Every week director Robert W …
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This Week: Sutton Crawford, Kevin's daily favorite thing, swings by to give the boys a tarot card reading!
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David …
SHOWS: The Producers, Love! Valour! Compassion, Angels in America
There is no greater representation of modern Broadway than three-time Tony Award winner Nathan Lane. His ability to transition from theatre to film, …
This Week: Looking into Trav S.D.'s book, No Applause- Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous and celebrating the BBC TV show Song By Song which was inspired by the success of Side by Side by Sondheim.
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A rebroadcast of our 2020 interview with Ann Reinking
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A rebroadcast of our 2017 interview with Ms. Luker
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SHOWS: Deathtrap, Sweeney Todd, Noises Off
If you don't believe that four time Tony nominee Victor Garber has range just think that he is one of the only actors in his career to play both Jesus and the Devil. Not only …
While we all looked forward to saying good bye to 2020 we didn't look forward to saying goodbye to all of the wonderful artists that we lost this …
This Week: Exploring Liza Minnelli's need for 88 bucks, praising the Twitter sensation known as Mary Neely, and spending alone time with Sid Caesar and Angela Lansbury.
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor …
For over thirty years Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS has been advocating for those theatre artists who are in need of medicine, housing, rehabilitation, and counseling. At the forefront of this magnificent …
SHOWS: Little Shop of Horrors, The Boy from Oz, Steel Magnolias
BOOK: Stages: A Theater Memoir
Albert Poland has long been one of the most iconic …
This Week: Laughing your way through December with a new instagram sensation and taking a short shorts stroll with Sally Struthers' friends!
Every …
SHOWS: Ain't Misbehavin', Don't Bother Me I Can't Cope, Pretty Fire
The brilliant and beloved Charlayne Woodard joins Rob and Kevin to look back on her career as both an actress and a playwright. Audiences have seen her …
This Week: Looking at how Vaudeville transformed the country and munching on Wheat Thins while Sandy Duncan sweats it out.
Every week director Robert …
SHOWS: Grease, The Robber Bridegroom, Nick & Nora
Dammit, Janet, it's The Rocky Horror Picture Show's very own Tony/Golden Globe Award winner …
This Week: Examining the show tune in popular music and getting your sweat on with Debbie Reynolds.
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor …
The one and only Michael Lavine, sheet music guru and music director to the stars, joins Rob and Kevin with some obscure musical theatre songs, cut gems, and a lively discussion about some of Broadway's best composers!
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PANELISTS: Alyce Gilbert, Rick Kelly, Linda Lee,
It takes a village to put on a Broadway show. Quite often audiences only appreciate what they see in front of them in that moment, not aware there are tons of talented, …
This Week: Going back to the 1990s with the Cameron Mackintosh extravaganza HEY MR. PRODUCER and Michael Riedel's new book about Broadway in that decade, SINGULAR SENSATION: THE TRIUMPH OF BROADWAY
Every week director …
FILMS: My Dinner with Andre, Vanya on 42nd Street, The Master Builder
For over sixty years Andre Gregory has been on the cutting edge of theatre with …
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)
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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, …
This Week: Salad Days & Legally Blonde: The Musical!
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on …
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 …
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 …
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 …
This Week: The genius of opera singer Diana Damrau & the wisdom of critic Elliot Norton
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin …
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, …
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 …
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 …
This Week: Looking back on Elaine Stritch's recording career & the genius that is Marilyn Maye
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor …
SHOWS: The Lion King, Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar
"Don't Cry For Me Argentina," "A Whole New World," "Can You Feel The Love Tonight," and many more …
This Week: Finding the perfect musical theatre playlists & Kermit dismisses Liza!
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David …
SHOWS: Wicked, Love! Valour! Compassion!, The Boys in the Band
One of Broadway's busiest directors, Tony Award winner Joe Mantello, joins Rob and Kevin to look back on his acting career, discuss the process of creating …
This Week: Why the Whorehouse movie is better than the stage show & why we'd all rather be sailing.
Every week director Robert W Schneider and …
SHOWS: The Producers, Brighton Beach Memoirs, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
One of Broadway's most iconic players, Tony Award winner Matthew Broderick, takes a look back on the beginnings of his career …
This Week: The Best Belter in Show Business & Mario Cantone vs. Grand Hotel lady
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David …
SHOWS: Titanic, On Your Feet, Uncommon Women and Others
Get on your feet because we have one of Broadway's most beloved actresses, Alma Cuervo, who joins us to discuss her career which include appearances in Once In A …
This Week: An interview with Sounds Of Broadway's Stuart Brown
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the …
SHOWS: The Band's Visit, Tootsie, The Full Monty
One of Broadway's greatest songwriters, Tony Award winning composer David Yazbek, hops on podcast to …
This Week: Exploring a new way to get your theatre news and celebrating an unsung icon
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David …
SHOWS: Lend Me A Tenor, Crazy for You, Moon Over Buffalo
One of the most celebrated comic playwrights of this era, Ken Ludwig, joins Rob and Kevin for an in-depth look at the craft of playwrighting, structuring farce, …
This Week: Discussing the new musical THE ANXIETY PROJECT with its creators, Rachel Dean and David Brush
Every week director Robert W Schneider and …
SHOWS: A New Brain, Merrily We Roll Along, Amour
One of Broadway's most charming leading men, Malcolm Gets, joins Rob and Kevin for a look back on his …
This Week: Stephen Sondheim wins an Oscar and the T-Rex from Toy Story discovers Sartre
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David …
SHOWS: Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, Beauty and the Beast
She has made teapots dance, witches turn from grunge to glam in seconds, and has used a garage door opener to free Bernadette Peters. Yes, Tony …
This Week: Psycho analysis sings a song & why you must always have Kosher Dill in your stage manager's kit.
Every week director Robert W Schneider …
SHOWS: South Pacific, The Light In The Piazza, To Kill A Mockingbird
There is not a genre that Tony Award winning director Bartlett Sher has not explored in his varied, celebrated career. His directorial credits include …
This Week: The Making of Miss Saigon and The Ed Koch Musical!
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the …
SHOWS: The Wiz, The Tap Dance Kid, Miss Saigon
Three time Tony Award winning actor Hinton Battle joins us from Japan to look back on his illustrious career in such shows as The Wiz, Dancin, Sophisticated Ladies, …
This Week: A new documentary explores standom in the musical theatre & revisiting a classic musical from the 1980s!
Every week director Robert W …
Two of the Behind The Curtain's favorite guests, press agent Joshua Ellis and critic Peter Filichia, join Rob and Kevin to look back on their …
This Week: Exploring Kevin David Thomas' cinematic endeavors in the post millennial era of film and Jacques Brel's legacy of music.
Every week …
SHOWS: The Full Monty, Hairspray, The Coast of Utopia
Note: This interview was recorded via phone with Mr. O'Brien and may not have as clear of a …
This Week: A delightful children's book and a thorough exploration of Britain's greatest musicals.
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor …
SHOWS: She Loves Me (1993), Curtains, Tootsie
One of Broadway's busiest directors, Roundabout's Adams' Deputy Artistic Director Scott Ellis, joins Rob and Kevin for an exploration of acting, directing techniques, and the …
This Week: Discussing Hamilton on the TV and Nick Cordero
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on …
SHOWS: Pippin, Dancin, Chicago
We've got Annie! The one and only Ann Reinking joins Rob and Kevin to look back on her career which includes appearing in Cabaret, Coco, Pippin, Over Here, Goodtime Charley, Dancin, and …
This Week: Music Director Kris Kukul swings by to discuss Ghostlight Records' new album The Liz Swados Project which features Michael Jackson, Sophia …
SHOWS: Moose Murders, La Cage Aux Folles, Falsettos
He was there when Eve Arden was hired then fired/left Moose Murders. He watched the unsolved …
This Week: Celebrating the release of Robbie Rozelle's SONGS FROM INSIDE MY LOCKER which we are calling "The Gold Standard Of Cabaret Recordings."
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SHOWS: The Color Purple, Sweeney Todd, Company
Tony Award winning director John Doyle, artistic director of New York's acclaimed Classic Stage …
This Week: Going back to 1980s public access with Stairway to Stardom and celebrating the brilliant first grade teacher Bryan Andes.
Every week …
SHOWS: Best Foot Forward, Greenwillow, The Fig Leaves Are Falling
Actor/Producer Edmund Gaynes has racked up sixty plus years in show business. From Off-Broadway to Broadway, small screen to big screen, East Coast to …
This Week: Celebrating Micki Grant, rediscovering Something's Afoot, and the most bizarre college Scene Studies.
Every week director Robert W …
The need to capture a show’s energy and impact is a major responsibility for the person tasked with preserving that show on record. As the founder of Ghostlight Records, Kurt Deutsch has done just that for the past …
While America knows her as Mrs. Moskowitz, Joel's secretary in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Cynthia Darlow has long been one of this country's most accomplished actresses having appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, movies, …
This Week: Celebrating Jennifer Ashley Tepper's love of under-appreciated musicals and the definitive book on the American Musical.
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Bonnie Comley and Stewart Lane, the co-founders of BroadwayHD, sit down with Rob and Kevin to look back on the platform's incredible history and how it might develop in the future.
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This Week: A fascinating one man show with Charles Nelson Reilly and the most bizarre musical ever put on celluloid!
Every week director Robert W …
Good old Jason, good old, good old, good old Jason Alexander joins us from Los Angeles to look back on his incredible acting career onstage and off. …
This Week: Saying good bye to Shetler Studios, Mamma Mia OG, and Peter Howard gets his due!
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin …
The incomparable Grover Dale co-directed with Jerome Robbins, was engaged to Elaine Stritch, choreographed the I Love NY commercials, danced with …
This Week: Pam Goldberg (We Met On TipToes and PBS' Secretville) swings by to discuss her regional career.
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Ilene Graff is one of television's most recognizable faces having appeared on ABC's hit comedy, Mr. Belevedere, for six seasons. But, before she staked a claim in television immortality, she was one of New York's most …
This Week: French & Saunders take on opera and A Chorus Line, while we celebrate the man who gave us Drat! The Cat!
Every week director Robert W …
He's one of the most stunning leading men on Broadway and for a few hours we've got him! He is the one and only Douglas Sills who has appeared in Into the Woods, The Secret Garden, Chess, Living on Love, Little Shop of …
This Week: Lucy gets vindicated & Harold Arlen gets praised!
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the …
The one and only two time Tony Award nominee, Alison Fraser, joins us to look back on her career which includes the original productions of In Trousers, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Romance/Romance, The Secret Garden, …
This Week: Richard Simmons creates a Broadway Body & Captain Stubbing loves The Merm.
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin …
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Jeff Blumenkrantz is a man who wears many hats. As an actor, he was in the original companies of Into the Woods, A Class, Act, Murder for Two, and the revivals of Damn Yankees and …
This Week: Celebrating arts patrons, giving Broadway a new beat, and everything old is new again.....at least on Instagram!
Caleb Albert: …
This Week: The bawdiness of Pre-Code Hollywood and the brilliance of Agnes DeMille.
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David …
This Week: We're baaaaaaaack!
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and …
This Week: Dan Dietz's incredible book series and remembering an old chestnut.
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas …
This Week: Jule Styne gets a tribute from Merv and Edna Ferber gets to sing....again!
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David …
From Carol Channing to Jerry Herman, Martin Charnin to Hal Prince, Kaye Ballard to John Simon, 2019 saw the passing of some of the greatest legends …
This Week: Shelly Duvall sings and Robert Goulet croons!
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on …
As the decade comes to a close, Time Out critic Adam Feldman joins Rob and Kevin for a stimulating look back at the trends, highlights, milestones, …
This Week: Celebrating the life and music of Jerry Herman.
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain …
It was the era of Social Media, contentious elections, and a renaissance in the American Musical Theatre.
On this week's episode, Rob and Kevin sit down with Daniel Dunlow, the Original Programming Producer of The Green …
This Week: Celebrating the brilliance of George Hearn and Barbara Cook!
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back …
Walter Marks, one of the most popular songwriters of the 1960s, swings by Shetler Studios to discuss his incredible career which includes Bajour, …
This Week: Celebrating two grand dames of the theater.
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on …
One of the industry's most respected lecturers and historians, George Dansker, swings by Shetler Studios to look back on the Golden Age of Broadway …
This Week: Jackie Mason becomes a Professor of Love and celebrating an NY institution.
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David …
Get ready to be pulled in a new direction as composer/lyricist Andrew Lippa teaches us all to live out loud and how to be the life of the party. …
This Week: The joys of Jack Cassidy, Martin Charnin looks back, and discussing John Simon.
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin …
This week marks the 400th episode of Behind The Curtain: Broadway's Living Legends. 200 weeks on the air, 2 episodes a week, 50 Robert Goulet …
This Week: Lauren Bacall makes some coffee and Hal Prince makes some music.
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull …
One of Broadway's most beloved general managers and producers, Tony Award winner Leonard Soloway, is not only swinging by Shetler Studios to discuss …
This Week: Liza finds a cannister and Celeste finds a choice.
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the …
"All I did was make a few phone calls." Agent/actor extraordinaire Richard Seff might say humbly but here are some of the results he got from picking …
This Week: Celebrating Leonard Soloway, Robert Goulet, and a new take on The Music Man.
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David …
Today's podcast is a master class in the art of direction and your instructor is none other than 4 time Tony Award winner Jerry Zaks, whose onstage credits include Fiddler on the Roof, Grease, Once in a Lifetime, and …
This Week: Tim Curry, Elaine Stritch, Bizarre Broadway Demos, Paul Lynde Loves Ramon Navarro, and the brilliance of James McMullen.
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Wayne Cilento, who starred in the original productions of Seesaw, A Chorus Line, The Act, Dancin, and choreographed the mega-hit Wicked, swings by Shetler Studios to talk to Rob and Kevin about his career on and off the …
This Week: Discussing The Lightning Thief, Robert Ghoulet, Company casting, a revue from the 80s and a fabulous archive.
Every week director Robert W …
Michael Kubala has long been one of the most respected hoofers working on Broadway. His Broadway shows include Dancin, A Broadway Musical, Woman of the Year, Marilyn, Jerome Robbins Broadway, Crazy for You, and Chicago, …
This Week: Kevin interviews Rob about his new theater company!
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the …
For over thirty years, KT Sullivan has been one of the most recognizable artists associated with cabaret. She has played Carnegie Hall, Lincoln …
This Week: Discussing Chasing Rainbows, The Inheritance, and The Sound Inside. Plus, the joys of the New York Public Library For The Performing Arts and trying to find out how Frank Langella stays so young. Every week …
SHOWS: A Chorus Line, Company, Promises, Promises The one and only Tony Award winner Donna McKechnie, star of A Chorus Line, sits down with Rob and Kevin to look back on her incredible career which started with How to …
This Week: The Rose Tattoo, The Great Society, The Height of the Storm, Gwen Verdon on film, and Michael Jackson off-broadway! Every week director …
SHOWS: Nine, Titanic, Phantom, Grand Hotel His music has inspired audiences for generations and his knowledge of music history is comparable to no one. He is the Tony Award winning composer Maury Yeston, and in this …
This Week: Celebrating three Golden Age Gals! Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on …
Shows: La Cage Aux Folles, Gypsy (1974 & 1989), Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Tony Award winning producer Barry Brown has given the world …
This Week: Celebrating the lyrics of two geniuses…..and best friends!
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back …
Shows: New Faces of 1956, 110 in the Shade, Baker Street
One of Broadway’s most legendary sopranos, Tony nominee Inga Swenson, joins Rob and Kevin via phone to look back on her incredible career which includes films like …
This Week: Jerry Herman gets his due & Me thinks ye will enjoy the Renaissance Fair, mi lady.
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor …
Mix some vodka stingers, take your jagged little pill, and let’s fly over Sunset because Rob, Kevin, and entertainment icon Robbie Rozelle are sitting down and examining the musicals slated to come in for the 2019-2020 …
This Week: John Cullum creates a Vlog and who doesn't want a Sarava T-Shirt?
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The posters are going up, contracts are being signed, and three show queens in Queens have popped open a third bottle of Seagrams to discuss the upcoming 2019-2020 Broadway Season. Beloved entertainer Robbie Rozelle …
This Week: Obscure Ed Sullivan clips resurface and Sondheim doesn't want to vogue! Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David …
From a murderous baker to a singing teapot to Hugh Jackman's mother, today's guest has done it all. The incomparable Beth Fowler, who is an intuition in the American Musical Theater, swings by Shetler Studios to discuss …
This Week: Christopher Walken does a tap dance & Gwen Verdon steals the show! Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas …
One of Broadway's most successful book writers, John Weidman, swings by Shetler Studios to discuss his illustrious career as a book writer for such …
This Week: Rediscovering Tennessee Williams & Reinventing The Brady Family. Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas …
She is one half of the first female songwriting team to hit Broadway and one of the most important figures in the American Musical Theater of the …
This Week: Celebrating the life and legacy of Hal Prince. Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain …
The Book of Mormon. Mean Girls. The Prom. Aladdin. The Drowsy Chaperone. And that are only five of the many musicals that were directed and choreographed by one of the most productive men in musical theater: Tony Award …
This Week: Watching some TV with Kristin Chenoweth & Andy Bernard! Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back …
Jeff McCarthy is one of the industry's most recognizable faces and the King of the Cult Musical. On Broadway, he starred in The Pirates Of Penzance, …
This Week: Ernest Goes To Shackleton and Norbert inhabits Effie! Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the …
Her autobiography is entitled I've Slept With Everyone and, after hearing our interview with Sondra Lee, we think you will understand why. Sondra's Broadway credits include High Button Shoes, Peter Pan (where she …
This Week: A forgotten musical and the history of Broadway's most productive writing team. Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin …
He created a revolution in the American musical theatre when he wrote the lyrics for The Fantasticks, the longest running musical in New York City …
This Week: Celebrating the last work of Stephen Sondheim & the most popular songwriting team of the 1970s! Every week director Robert W Schneider …
To honor the passing of Martin Charnin, this week we are posting his interview with us. Martin was a fantastic individuals whose passion for the theater, and supporting young talent, was infectious. The sun will come …
This Week: Looking back on two musicals from the 1980s! Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on …
Today is our Summer Sale here at Behind The Curtain: Broadway's Living Legends. Three for one! In this episode you will hear portions of interviews with three guests whose interviews we have not aired. When we decide …
This Week: Cracking the books on some summer reading! Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on …
Get out your wimples and avoid the vichyssoise because the creator of the Nunsense franchise, Dan Goggin, is today's guest! Dan pulls back the …
This Week: Lena Horne doubles the stormy weather & Maureen Stapleton sells a hot dog. Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin …
He is one of the entertainment industry’s most recognizable faces, having appeared on screen in American Beauty, Grace and Frankie, Center Stage, Sex, Lies, and Videotape, and so many others. But, Peter Gallagher is …
This Week: Bob Merrill gets a doggie & Hal Prince cuts a cast member. Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull …
She was one of Broadway's most respected singers, garnering two Tony nominations for her work in Raisin and the 1976 revival of Guys and Dolls. Now, …
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 …
From Stephanie J Block turning back time to Andre DeShields taking us back to Hadestown, from Santino Fontana taking New York by storm to a storm of egos invading an Indiana prom, the 2018-2019 musical season took us …
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 …
From Bryan Cranston to being mad as hell to Johnny Lee Miller changing the face of journalism, from Glenda Jackson raging against a storm to Laurie Metcalf raging against the electoral machine, the 2018-2019 season was …
This Week: The man who revolutionized design and the women who revolutionized theater. Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David …
One of New York's most recognizable grande dames, Tony Award winning producer Jamie DeRoy, swings by Shetler Studios to discuss such topics as producing in the 21st century, stand up comedy in the 1980s, and what …
This Week: Sherrie Renee Scott sings Mr. Rodgers & Henry VIII's wives put on a show! Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David …
One of modern drama's most prolific playwrights, Terrence McNally, sits down with Rob and Kevin to look at his upcoming production of Frankie and …
This Week: A dive into the onstage swimming pool & a journey to the center of campy 80s goodness. Every week director Robert W Schneider and …
One of the entertainment industry's most recognizable faces, Richard Kind, swings by Shetler Studios to talk to Kevin and Rob about his obsession with theater and his appearances in Sly Fox, The Producers, Bounce, A …
This Week: Julie Andrews gets snubbed and Tammy Grimes becomes a baritone. Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull …
Graciela Daniele is one of Broadway's most beloved director/choreographers with credits including the choreography for The Pirates of Penzance, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The Rink, The Goodbye Girl, Ragtime and …
This Week: A glimpse into the creative process, a beatnik musical, plus reviews of Burn This, Hadestown, and Ink! Every week director Robert W …
Part two of our two parter with Two by Two star, Tony nominee Walter Willison. In Part 2 of our interview with Walter, we look back on Walter's life in the throes of Two by Two, Pippin, Grand Hotel, and so much …
This Week: It is our sixth episode of The Set's Still Wet, an exploration of the wild wonderful, wacky world of theater from sea to shining …
We are going two by two today because we are talking, in two parts, to Two by Two star, Tony nominee Walter Willison. In Part 1 of our interview with …
This Week: A Behind The Curtain before Behind The Curtain, Sondheim gets rearranged, plus thoughts on Tootsie, What The Constitution Means To Me, and Ain't Too Proud. Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor …
Slip into your birthday suit because we have the choreographer of Oh! Calcutta! with us today! Yes, the one and only Margo Sappington, sits down with Rob and Kevin to talk about her appearances in Promises, Promises and …
This Week: Rob & Kevin sit down with Steve Brinberg and discuss his 50th Anniversary Celebration for the movie version of Hello, Dolly, which …
He has appeared in 250 movies and over 100 theatrical productions. His resume ranges from the original production of Fiddler on the Roof to the most recent Choir Boy, his scene partners have included E.G. Marshall, …
This Week: It is our fifth episode of The Set's Still Wet, an exploration of the wild wonderful, wacky world of theater from sea to shining …
John Epperson is one of the most influential performers of this generation. Since the early 1980s John's character Lypsinka, a woman whose entire show is lip-synching to iconic film clips, obscure musical theater …
This Week: Rob & Kevin discuss Be More Chill, Prioritizing Yanni, Souvenir Cup Stealing, Gary:A Sequel to Titus Andronicus, Hillary and Clinton, Oklahoma, Cyrille Aimee, Lauren Bacall, and more! Every week director …
One of Broadway's most beloved political scientists, three time Tony Award nominee Marc Kudisch, swings by Shetler Studios to look back on his career …
This Week: It is our fourth episode of The Set's Still Wet, an exploration of the wild wonderful, wacky world of theater from sea to shining …
You're Gonna Love Tomorrow….well, you're actually gonna love today because we have with us the one and only Kurt Peterson, who was Young Ben in the …
This Week: Sondheim gets a send up and Angela Lansbury solves a crime! Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back …
Lonny Price is one of the industry's most respected directors of both stage and screen. As an actor, he appeared in such shows as Merrily We Roll …
This Week: It is our third episode of The Set's Still Wet, an exploration of the wild wonderful, wacky world of theater from sea to shining …
The one and only Tony Walton, one of Broadway's most innovating and influential set designers, invites Rob and Kevin into his apartment to look back on his career which includes the Oscar, the Tony, the Emmy, and …
This Week: The genius of Bob Mackie & Alan Menken! Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on …
Five Time Tony Award winning director/choreographer Susan Stroman swings by Shetler Studios to discuss her incredible career which includes the original productions of Crazy For You, And The World Goes Round, Big, Steel …
This Week: Bobby Baby gets an update and Ethel Merman makes a mint! Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the …
Get ready to laugh your tuchas off because the creator of Forbidden Broadway, Tony Award winner Gerard Alessandrini swings by Shetler Studios to talk to Rob and Kevin about the many incarnations of off-broadway's most …
This Week: It is our second episode of The Set's Still Wet, an exploration of the wild wonderful, wacky world of theater from sea to shining …
Rob and Kevin are having a wild, wild party with the brilliant composer/lyricist Michael John LaChiusa whose works include Hello, Again, The Wild Party, First Ladies Suite, First Daughters Suite, Giant, Little Fish, See …
This Week: It is our first episode of The Set's Still Wet, an exploration of the wild wonderful, wacky world of theater from sea to shining …
The one and only new girl in town, Tony Award winner Linda Lavin, joins Rob and Kevin for a phone chat that discusses not only her appearances in A Family Affair, It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's Superman, Broadway …
This Week: Celebrating a home for new musicals and a legend who left us too soon. Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas …
Richard Frankel is one of Broadway's most respected producers and is one of the co-owners of Feinstein's/54 Below, arguable the most influential cabaret space in the world. As a producer, his passion for theater led to …
This Week: Celebrating the life of Carol Channing. Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on …
She's Dee-lightful, she's Dee-licious, she's Dee Hoty! Three time tony nominee Dee Hoty swings by Shetler Studios to look back on her illustrious …
This Week: Celebrating Maria & Marie Christine. Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on …
Today's guests are Ethel Merman, Julie Andrews, Eartha Kitt, Angela Lansbury, and Carol Channing.....well, not really, but you would think we had …
A Chorus Line with 56 pre-teens. A Tevye who sells bagels, not milk. A theatre that doubles as a functioning airport. This, and so much more, will be discussed on our new addition to Behind The Curtain: HAPPY OPENING, …
This Week: Playbill makes trading cards fun & Nathan Lane ffffffffffffoxtrots! Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David …
This year we lost so many legends from Marin Mazzie to Gary Beach, Neil Simon to William Goldman, Rick McKay to Craig Zadan. We end our year …
This Week: Celebrating a new podcast and an experienced legend! Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the …
While he was known by many as The Butcher of Broadway, Frank Rich is still considered to be one of the greatest critics who ever covered The Great White Way. Despite that savage moniker, he was, and is, a proud theater …
This Week: Rob & Kevin look back on the top ten greatest theatrical moments of 2018. From Elaine May to Jessica Vosk, from Angels in America to The Prom, all of this year's greatest moments are celebrated! Every …
It would be hard pressed to find someone who, in the past thirty years, has influenced the development of the American Theatre more than Andre …
This Week: Looking back on one of America's greatest musicals and one of its favorite stars. Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin …
She is as passionate offstage as she is on and her philosophy on life, art, and everything in between, makes Tonya Pinkins one of Broadway's fiercest …
This Week: The wonder of solos shows onstage...... and in a car. Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the …
Actor. Writer. Lyricist. Director. Mark Waldrop has done it all. His acting career started on Broadway with appearances in Hello, Dolly, The Grand …
This Week: We go to heaven & hell. Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, …
It is hard pressed to find someone who loves musical theatre as much as Emmy and Oscar winning producer Neil Meron. He loves musical theatre so much that he is determined to bring some of the canon's greatest works from …
This Week: Broadway's rich history & Lucy Doesn't Love Mamet. Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the …
Yes, we all know about her unfortunate run in with a hot dog cart, but there is so much more to incredible character actress, Mary Stout, who has appeared on Broadway in Copperfield, Me and My Girl, A Change In The …
This Week: Flops from before 1983 & a mighty wind is blowing you and me! Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull …
Woody Allen. Stephen Sondheim. Mel Brooks. Alan Menken. Eric Idle. These are only a few of the artists whom the wonderful Glen Kelly has had to give …
This Week: A wonderful bookstore goes away & an actor paves the way for drag. Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas …
In one of the funniest episodes to date, Carole Cook brings Rob and Kevin into her LA home to look back on her eighty plus years in the business! …
This Week: Happy Halloween! To celebrate the spookiness of the season, Rob and Kevin reveal their costumes, Mrs. Garrett pulls a Patty Duke, Tim …
In one of their most inspiring interviews to date, Behind the Curtain sits down with one of Broadway's most respected artists, Daphne Rubin-Vega, to discuss not only her career in such shows as Rent, Miss You Like Hell, …
This Week: The genius of Jule & Danny! Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, …
One of Broadway's most respected chroniclers, Steven Suskin, swings by Shetler Studios to talk to Rob and Kevin about his career as a General Manager AND as the author of such books as Show Tunes: The Songs, Shows and …
This Week: Shows that ran over five hundred performances & one show that did not. Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David …
This week only we are offering a bonus episode with our friends Pamela and Ebony over at the great podcast Theatre Geeks Anonymous! Rob, Pamela, Ebony, and not Kevin because he went camping, sit down and discuss four …
Two Tony Award nominations. Drama Desk Award Winner. Obie Award Winner. Recognition from the NAACP, Dance Education of America, Outer Critics Circle Awards, and Mr. Blackwell's Best Dressed List. These are some of the …
This Week: The Tonys go to the dogs and Sting goes to Broadway. Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the …
His Broadway debut was made at an age when some actors consider retiring from the business. But, countless credits later, Gerry Vichi has no intention of stopping anytime soon. His adorable mug has been seen in such …
This Week: A musical mall & Billy Porter goes old school. Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the …
She held one of Seventy-Six trombones, she heard about Hugo and Kim during The Telephone Hour, and she got to Sail Away with Elaine Stritch. She is …
This Week: An Instagram with history & The Onion for Actors. Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the …
Sit down, John.........because Michael McCormick, one of Broadway's busiest character actors, sits down with Rob and Kevin to look back on a career that has had him appear in such musicals as Oliver, La Bete, Kiss of …
This Week: Remembering the great Marin Mazzie. Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on …
He has inspired countless generations with his observations on the world of musical theatre and his literary output is staggering. His name is Ethan Mordden and just a few of his books are: When Broadway Went To …
This Week: Celebrating orchestrators in print and on CD! Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on …
He has kept audiences in stitches for over forty years and today its Rob and Kevin's turn as Emmy Award winner Bruce Vilanch, the man behind the quips heard at the Tonys, Oscars, and Emmys swings by Shetler Studios to …
This Week: Carol Channing eats a wiener & Helene Hanff leans in! Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back …
One of the industry's most beloved artists, Lucie Arnaz, swings by Shetler Studios to talk to Rob and Kevin about her fifty plus year stage career. From her roots on CBS' Here's Lucy, starring her mother Lucille Ball, …
This Week: Liza Minnelli sells some jewelry & the art of film scoring. Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull …
This week Rob, Kevin, and celebrated author and historian, Peter Filichia, look forward to the 2018-2019 theatrical season and discuss all the shows that are announced to come, rumored to come, and those that have …
This Week: Remembering Vivian Matalon, Brian Murray, Craig Zadan, and Barbara Harris and looking back on industrial musicals. Every week director …
While Robert Sher's career has been most significant for producing the Grammy nominated cast recordings of such Broadway musicals as Nice Work If You Can Get It, Sugar Babies, and the most recent revival of How to …
This Week: Praising the genius that is Jessica Vosk and reinventing the sound of music with Burt Bacharach. Every week director Robert W Schneider …
He might have written "Fifty Percent" but today we get one hundred percent of the Emmy Award winning composer, Billy Goldenberg, who has worked with …
This Week: Getting your picture up at Sardis and the undiscovered world of Alan Menken. Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David …
The musical theatre goddess that is Debbie Gravitte swings by Shetler Studios to tell Rob and Kevin about her amazing career that got started doing Annie Get Your Gun with Gower Champion all the way up to her filling …
This Week: The ten most produced high school plays/musicals, why we loved Head Over Heels and Bonnie Milligan, the generosity of TDF, and Michael …
Stop the presses.......literally! One of Broadway's most respected press agents, Joshua Ellis, has the spotlight shifted from his glittering …
This Week: Revisiting Stritch & Spongebob meets West Side. Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the …
Get out your tap shoes, Francis, because four time Tony nominated choreographer, Randy Skinner, is here to waltz us all back in time for an intimate retrospective of his career. From working at the famed Kenley Players …
This Week: Remembering Tony Award winner Gary Beach. Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on …
One of Broadway's busiest and most respected set designers, Tony Award winner John Lee Beatty, swings by Shetler Studios to sit down with Rob and …
This Week: Remembering Liliane Montevecchi and Jeff Loeffelholz, soccer teams love musical theatre, and an essential coffee table book! Every week …
It may not be Halloween but we got the one and only Eve Harrington, Penny Fuller, with us in today's episode! Penny has been an Emmy Award winning …
This Week: Looking at Songs For A New World, Jagged Little Pill, Ethel Merman, Ginger Rodgers, and the wicked Windy City. Every week director Robert …
5,6,7,8.....get out your tap shoes, Francis, because we are sitting down with the one and only Barry McNabb who will dance his way into all your hearts. Barry not only appeared in the original Broadway productions of …
This Week: Sorry, folks, we got sound issues BUT its pretty much a drag themed, Stephen Spinella loving episode! Every week director Robert W …
David Shire's melodies have earned him an Oscar, a Grammy, countless Emmy and Tony nominations, as well a special place in the hearts of audiences spanning as far back as 1960. David drops by Shetler Studios to look …
This Week: Judy Garland gets some groceries & the Wheel of Fortune lands on Kay Starr! Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin …
A dancer's life on Broadway can be limited, but, if you are Harvey Evans, your abilities have no boundaries. Starting with his first Broadway credit in 1957's New Girls In Town, Harvey's incredible resume includes the …
This Week: Recapping the 72nd Annual Tony Awards, celebrating a titan of musical theatre's vocal heritage, and dusting off great dances from musicals of yesteryear! Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin …
She might have once been a drowsy chaperone but the brilliant artist who created her, Beth Leavel, is an energetic life force whose passion for the art of musical theatre is infectious. Beth drops by Shetler Studios to …
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 …
This Week: Rob, Kevin and Tony Awards historian Bryan Hobgood grab their ballots and kiki about the 2017-2018 Tony Award Musical Nominations. From a …
This Week: Individuals, and shows, who should have been nominated for the 2017-2018 Tony Award nominations. Every week director Robert W Schneider …
Rob, Kevin, and Tony Awards historian Bryan Hobgood all sit down with their ballots and review the 2017-2018 Best Play Tony Award nominations. From Uma Thurman to Glenda Jackson, from Marvin's Room to The Iceman Cometh, …
This Week: Saying goodbye to Patricia Morison, the new Gwen Verdon documentary, Rob explores Boston, Maltby and Shire become the heroes of all BFAs, and a public access show gives us a glimpse into days gone by. Every …
The sun won't come out tomorrow because it is here now and its name is Conrad John Schuck. One of the entertainment industry's most recognizable character actors, whose on screen credits include MASH, McMillan & …
This Week: Rob has a wicked good time in Boston, sending love to Ruthie Ann Miles, revisiting Me and My Girl, Encores' announces its 26th Season, Big Fish deals with Big Bigots, the joys of musical theatre performance …
In January of 2017, Rob and Kevin sat down with two time Tony Award winner Helen Gallagher to discuss her incredible life and career. If you are a listener of the podcast you will know that a virus erased the entire …
This Week: Rob discusses The Iceman Cometh with Denzel Washington, The York Theatre's Unexpected Joy, The Boys in the Band, the importance of Mart Crowley, Rob and Kevin appear on Sashay Away with Barry, Rob debuts his …
For over forty years, Jim Morgan has been one of the most recognizable names in the New York theatre. For twenty years, Jim has served as the the artistic director of the acclaimed Off-Broadway theater company, The York …
This Week: Mispronunciations at the Tony noms, The Tony Award Best Ensemble, the Gypsy Robe gets a new name, Sierra Boggess leaves the West Side, To Kill A Mockingbird goes to Court, Moss Hart captures life upon the …
Are you willing to ride? If so, then you will get to hear the enchanting Tony Award winner Karen Ziemba look back on her incredible career which includes show stealing turns in And The World Goes Round, Crazy For You, …
This Week: Amy Sedaris goes after Michael Riedel & Kevin shares an important message. This week's episode is dedicated to Floyd Thomas. Every …
The wry, witty, and sophisticated Tony nominee Jane Summerhays swings by Shetler Studios to look back on her incredible career in such musicals as A Chorus Line, Me and My Girl (for which she was nominated for the …
This Week: The genius of "Give Me Fat Boy's Famous Arrow," holograms of Cassie and Sheila, altering original staging, Kevin throws some Dolly shade, …
At 94 years old, Tony Award winner Seymour Red Press is one of the most beloved artists working on Broadway. As a music coordinator, Seymour has …
This Week: Kevin and Rob have a dialect-off, Rob redecorates, Kevin sweats it out, Rob reveals some upcoming 54 Below shows, Kevin goes to the Catskills, Rob introduces to the Kutcher Emcee, the merits of talkbacks, …
Brace yourselves because the infamous Assassin of Broadway, Michael Riedel, sits down with Rob and Kevin to look back on his career and to celebrate the great legends that fascinated him when he first began in this …
This Week: Merman becomes a critic, discussing the new Angles in America, praising Andrew Garfield, Nathan Lane takes on Peter Sellars, Stritch goes …
Two-time Tony Award winning orchestrator, Michael Starobin, swings by Shetler Studios to discuss his illustrious career with Rob and Kevin. As an orchestrator, Michael created those magical charts for such shows as …
This Week: Kevin has sound issues, Rob and Kevin go to Encores' Grand Hotel, the brilliance of Josh Rhodes, Anita Gillette sings the lullaby of …
What happens when you put three obsessive fans of the American Songbook into the same room? Well, you get this week's episode with acclaimed author and champion of the great American Songbook, Deborah Grace Winer. …
This Week: Evan Hansen needs to do laundry, debating the baseball glove song, Rob's new shower playlist, Rob toots his horn, directorial tips from …
On January 29th, 2018, we lost our 37th guest, Rick McKay. We always wanted Rick as a guest but we didn’t put him at the top of our list because he was so young and we thought “Oh, we got plenty of time.” Well, to …
This Week: Bombshell Bernadette, revisiting Broadway commercials, Betty Bacall stars in Get Out, the reality of commercials, Kevin reveals his …
Lift up your head, wash off your mascara, and get ready to be entertained by the original Seymour from Little Shop of Horrors, Tony nominee Lee Wilkof. While audiences are familiar with Lee's counltess stage appearances …
This Week: A new Favorite Things theme song? A "Change" medley. A Broadway Kiki. Kevin gets outed for his love of RuPaul's Drag Race. Shout-out to …
Rob and Kevin are back for another round with one of the most celebrated choreographers of the 1970s, Larry Fuller. Joining us via phone from his new …
This Week: Happy Birthday, Robert! Robert's birthday hallucinations. Bergman's moody movies. A plug for the brilliance of Film Forum. Looking at The New Group's Jerry Springer: The Opera. When does John Rando sleep? The …
Grab your good friend Sweeney and snag a comfy seat on the 20th Century as Rob and Kevin speak to one of the most celebrated choreographers of the …
This Week: Kevin busts out some Le Jazz Hot, the output of Frank Loesser, Rob challenges with some Pleasures and Palaces, looking at "Baby, It's Cold …
Let us all say Solla Sollew because three-time Tony nominee Kevin Chamberlin swings by Shetler Studios to look back on a varied career that includes …
This Week: Kevin takes a break, Rob goes to Palm Springs, the reenactment of Charlotte Rae, Professor Rob Explains Live TV Dramas, Chinese gravestones....yes, Chinese gravestones, the pop-opera that came and went, …
We're gonna whomp, and stomp, and whoop it up all night with the legendary director/choreographer Jeff Calhoun. From his days as a hoofer in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, My One and Only, and The Best Little …
This Week: Back to the firing of Annie, Rob tries a Barbara Walters impression, Life After Annie, discussing the original Effie, a celebration of Nell Carter, the joys of opting down, Kevin jaunts to gay Paree, Rob’s …
It Takes Two...well, almost two...... glorious hours to look back on the career of Broadway's favorite neurotic, Chip Zien. One of entertainment's most recognizable character actors sits down with Rob and Kevin to …
This Week: Kevin goes In Transit, the kindness of Bobby and Kristen Lopez, impromptu Frozen karaoke, Rob discusses the Feinstein's/54 Below reunion concert of Memphis with Chad Kimball, some Dear Evan Hansen surprises …
Come spend a moment in the woods with one of Broadway's finest artists, Joanna Gleason, who not only won a Tony Award for her magnificent portrayal of The Baker's Wife in Into The Woods, but also starred in such …
This Week: Rob creates a new character- Kyle, the Straight Guy Who Doesn't Understand Musicals, Kevin makes a Super Bowl pick, Encores! Off-Center Series, the joys of local orchestras, debating the merits of Songs for a …
Brush Up Your Marshall because we have three time Tony Award winning director and choreographer, Kathleen Marshall, to discuss all things theatre, dance, and musical theatre history! From an actress in the chorus of the …
This Week: Wave your little hand and say Hello, Skipper because the expert on all things Dolly, Richard Skipper, swings by Shetler Studios to …
Company. Sweeney Todd. Merrily We Roll Along. 42nd Street. La Cage Aux Folles. Those original cast recordings, and so many others, were produced by …
This Week: The wonderful Ilana Levine of the uplifting podcast Little Known Facts, drops by Shetler Studios to discuss her show, the inspiration …
At 91, Charlotte Rae has no intentions of slowing down, as this interview will show. Charlotte began her career in Wisconsin and quickly conquered New York appearing in such musicals as Three Wishes for Jamie, The …
While 2017 was filled with so many theatrical highs (Ben Platt, The Band's Visit, Spongebob, Bette Midler, etc), it was also a time to say good bye to some of the industry's most beloved artists whose work made the …
This Week: Rob and Kevin wanna be in The Producers, discussing David Yazbeck's The Band's Visit, the effervescent Katrina Lenk, Spongebob …
100 Guests. 200 Favorite Things. What started as a dream has evolved into one of the industry's longest-running celebrations of the history of …
This Week: Christmas songs vs Hanukah songs. The Heat Miser makes an appearance. The joys of Stop Motion. Rob loses the button. Kevin does an …
In one of the most versatile careers on record, Richard Jay-Alexander has pretty much done it all. Starting first as a PA on Broadway, then moving …
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 …
53 Broadway credits and counting. Yes, that record belongs to the incredible Jerry Adler, who is Equity's third oldest working member. Jerry swings …
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, …
Today we are not in praise of women, but, in praise of the original Count Carl-Magnus, Laurence Guittard. One of Broadway's greatest voices swings by Shetler Studios to discuss some of the shows Laurence has appeared, …
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, …
It's not going to be a lazy afternoon when the great Golden Age musical comedy star, Kaye Ballard, sits down with Rob in her Palm Springs home to …
This Week: Rob and Kevin have a matinee cocktail and get on the air, things get a bit dirty, Bob Fosse becomes resourceful, discovering brothers in …
Come down from your balcony, Golda, because Tovah Feldshuh is sitting down with Rob and Kevin to look back on her incredible career in theatre, film, …
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 …
No one is going to rain on your parade today because the wonderful survivor of over sixty years of show business, Mimi Hines, joins Rob and Kevin for …
This Week: Rob announces his cast for Woman of the Year at Feinstein's/54 Below, Joyce DeWitt is a goddess, Rob gets starstruck over Janet Wood, Angela Bower is Miss Mannerly, who's nice vs who isn't, Judith Light takes …
Well, we've got her, so we are going to flaunt her. The wonderful, Tony Award winning Cady Huffman swings by Shetler Studios to look back on her …
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 …
Everyone step to the rear and let Tony Roberts take the day. One of America's most beloved character actors drops by Shetler Studios to look back on his career with Rob and Kevin. While Tony's film career includes such …
This Week: Happy Halloween! To celebrate the spookiness of the season, Rob and Kevin reveal their costumes, Mrs. Garrett pulls a Patty Duke, Tim …
Even if your feet's too big come to the heavyside layer and join Rob and Kevin as they sit down with the incredible star of The Wiz, Ain't Misbehavin, Cats, and the iconic The Nightmare Before Christmas, the warm and …
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 …
Everyone's favorite little bird, little Chavala, Neva Small, sits down with Rob and Kevin to look back on her fabulous career both onstage and on the …
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, …
The musical theatre of the 1970s offered audiences the most diverse style of musical entertainment. There were traditional golden age shows, concept …
This Week: Looking back on The Last Five Years, celebrating Honeymoon in Vegas, creeping on JRB, Merrily We Roll Along opens this Friday, …
Peter Bogyo, author of Broadway General Manager: Demystifying The Most Important And Least Understood Role In Show Business, sits down with Rob and …
This Week: Hide the children because this episode gets a bit naughty with acclaimed writer and director Ben Rimalower (Patti Issues, Bad With Money). The gents discuss Patti LuPone as a gateway drug, Ben's Top 5 Divas, …
Rob and Kevin go together with Broadway's original Sandy, Carole Demas, on this week's fascinating episode. Carole looks back not only on her time …
This Week: Listening devices, Mrs. Lovett vs. Joanne, the role of the prompter, the top ten most produced high school plays and musicals, the …
One of Broadway's greatest leading men, Ron Husmann, joins Rob and Kevin in a telephone discussion about his incredible Broadway career that started with Fiorello and was a whirlwind of big shows, big stars, and big …
This Week: Kevin passes the football, Rob is confused by the meaning of NFL, celebrating the all-black revival of Guys and Dolls, who wanted to be …
If you are in the musical theatre business, chances are you have thanked heaven for the brilliance of Michael Lavine. While any one of us could …
This Week: Merrily We Roll Along, a secret YouTube clip, a magazine from the past, celebrating the orchestrator, and there WILL be trumpets! Every …
As the Great Comet passes and the Bandstand plays the last tune, Rob and Kevin sit down with theatre critic Peter Filichia to recap the 2016-2017 theatre season and explore the 2017-2018 theatre seasons and the shows …
This Week: Thanking the Sound Gods, onstage mistakes, the Holy Grail of Broadway impressions is found within Robbie Rozzelle, Gwen Verdon wants to go …
For many young musical theatre actors, a rite of passage in their New York City development is appearing in one of the many wonderful productions …
This Week: Mourning Thomas Meehan, celebrating the great bookwriters of yesterday and today, Michael Jackson wants to be David Merrick, Larry Hart meets Larry Hart, Diane Sawyer snoops around Smile, Ariel wants to go to …
The Secret Garden. Little Women. Violet. The revivals of Sweeney Todd and The Sound of Music. All that, and many more, were directed by Susan H. …
This week: Praising the bible of Musical Theatre geekdom, Where in the World is Ken Mandelbaum, the Beckettian podcast from last week, praising Yma …
One of Broadway's most acclaimed designers, Clint Ramos, joins Rob and Kevin, via phone, to discuss his illustrious career, which includes …
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and under appreciated musicals, as …
Yes, mama, there's a rainbow but stop looking at it long enough to listen to Tony nominated composer Larry Grossman discuss what it was like not only …
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One of Broadway's funniest guys, John Bolton, sits down with Rob and Kevin to discuss his incredibly wild and varied career. From Damn Yankees to …
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and under appreciated musicals, as …
Put on your plaid jacket because original Forever Plaid cast member, Jason Graae, is sitting down with Rob and Kevin to talk about his career in theatre, cabaret, and the land of voice over. Jason's numerous credits …
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This is the moment because Broadway's very own Dr. Jekyll AND Mr. Hyde, Robert Cuccioli, sits down with Rob & Kevin to look back on his career as …
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Imagine growing up in a world where your neighbors were Tennessee Williams, The Marx Brothers, Alan Jay Lerner, Noel Coward, Arthur Miller, and …
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and under appreciated musicals, as …
Sound the drums because Tony Award winning orchestrator Larry Hochman swings by Shetler Studios to discuss with Rob and Kevin the art of being an orchestrator. Larry's works has been heard in the original productions of …
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and under appreciated musicals, as …
You might not know this man but you sure will know this woman, the effervescent Carolee Carmello. Carolee swings by to discuss Falsettos, Parade, …
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Order in the court because entertainment lawyer to the stars, Mark Sendroff, swings by the studios to discuss his life, career, and what he has learned from his legendary client list with Rob and Kevin. You'll hear no …
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and under appreciated musicals, as …
Curtain up! Light the lights....literally, because this week's guest is Tony Award winning lighting designer Ken Billington, Ken swings by Shetler Studios to discuss his over one hundred Broadway credits including …
This week Rob, Kevin, and Tony Award historian Bryan Hobgood discuss categories that used to be part of the Tony Awards ceremony but have since been removed....plus, categories that we want to see added for future shows!
5,6,7,8.....TONY! Rob and Kevin welcome back Tony Awards historian Bryan Hobgood to discuss the 2016-2017 Tony Award Nominations! This week's episode focuses on this season's musical works. From Come From Away to …
In 1996, when Julie Andrews was the only artist involved with Victor/Victoria to receive a Tony nomination, she withdrew her name from the ballot. In …
Tony! Tony! Tony! Rob and Kevin welcome back Tony Awards historian Bryan Hobgood to discuss the 2016-2017 Tony Award Nominations! This week's episode focuses on this season's dramatic works. From Oslo to Indecent, The …
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and under appreciated musicals, as …
Everything today is thoroughly Hal....Luftig, that is! Four time Tony Award winning producer Hal Luftig swings by Shetler Studios to look back on his career of hits including Thoroughly Modern Millie, Legally Blonde, …
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What does a musical coordinator do, you ask? Well, John Miller, one of Broadway's most respected in the field, swings by to discuss this pivotal role …
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Brilliant. Hysterical. Dangerous. Those three words best sum up veteran character actor Lewis Stadlen. A two time Tony nominee, Lewis has seen it all and has worked with the best. His many credits include Minnie's Boys, …
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Tony Award winner Ted Sperling is one of Broadway's most sought after music directors. His brilliance and versatility have been on display in numerous Broadway musicals including Fiddler on the Roof, The King and I, …
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Sue Frost is one of the most inspirational producers working on Broadway. In addition to her indefatigable generosity, Sue is one of the theatre's loudest advocates for new musicals. In addition to the Tony Award …
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"I had such a great time with those two sessions, I'm wondering if you'd like to do a third. With Miss Saigon opening in March, I wouldn't mind doing …
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The Secret Service might make her nervous but it doesn't stop the wonderful Anita Gillette from telling all in this fascinating interview. Anita …
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Yes, he has directed some of entertainment's greatest comedians, including Tina Fey, Steve Carrell, Alec Baldwin, and Jim Carrey BUT its onstage where Don Scardino first made a name for himself. As one of Broadway's …
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The words "Just Do It" should be emblazoned across the office walls of Tony Award winning producer Barry Weissler. On a beautiful Spring day, Barry …
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The hills are alive with the warmth and wit of three time Tony nominee Rebecca Luker. Best known for her appearances in The Secret Garden, Show Boat, The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins, and Fun Home, Rebecca makes a …
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It "Don't Take Too Much" to be excited that Tony Award winner Chuck Cooper swings by Shetler Studios to talk to Rob and Kevin about his forty plus …
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Up there, high, high in the lovely apartment in midtown Manhattan, lives the mysterious Paul Kandel. Who is this creature? What is he? How did he …
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and under appreciated musicals, as …
Because he has a whole lot of livin' to do, Rob and Kevin's time with Tony Award winning lyricist Lee Adams was short but it did make them feel happy …
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and under appreciated musicals, as …
Imagine taking the proceeds from your paper route, training into NYC by yourself, and, for only $2, seeing the original 1776, Company, Follies, …
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and under appreciated musicals, as …
The sun will come out today because the Tony Award winning composer of Bye Bye Birdie, Applause, Annie, and countless others, Charles Strouse is back …
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and under appreciated musicals, as …
Put on a happy face because the Tony Award winning composer of Bye Bye Birdie, Applause, Annie, and countless others, Charles Strouse, invites Rob and Kevin into his penthouse apartment for a two part interview about …
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and under appreciated musicals, as …
Dolly will never go away and neither will Fred C. Mann III because this gypsy has so many stories to tell Rob and Kevin! Fred pulls back the curtain …
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and under appreciated musicals, as …
Rob and Kevin will bring some sunshine into your wintry days with one of Broadway's most well respected actors, Jim Walton (Merrily We Roll Along, …
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and under appreciated musicals, as …
The story might go on and on and on but our three part interview with Tony Award winner Richard Malby, Jr. must come to an end. In our last discussion, Richard discusses how an observant stage manager got him working on …
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and under appreciated musicals, as …
Rob and Kevin celebrate their 50th interview by sitting down with the brilliant, fascinating, and hysterical Tony nominee Barbara Walsh (Falsettos, …
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We are starting 2017 off with a bang: A 2 hour interview with the Tony Award winning Michael Rupert, who has been in the business for over fifty …
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On this very special episode of Behind The Curtain: Broadway's Living Legends, Rob and Kevin take a look back at some of the great artists who made …
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Richard Maltby Jr, acclaimed lyricist and director, sits down again with Rob and Kevin to pull back the curtain on his illustrious career. In this …
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"I Hear Bells", "Miss Byrd", "The Movie In My Mind", and the list goes on...and on...and on...and on....Richard Malby Jr., Tony Award winning director of Ain't Misbehavin and lyricist of such musicals as Baby and Miss …
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She's back and better than ever! In Part 2 of Rob and Kevin's interview with famed press agent Susan L Schulman, Susan details her clash with …
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In part one of Behind the Curtain's most fascinating interviews to date, Rob and Kevin sat down with famed press agent Susan L Schulman to discuss …
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and under appreciated musicals, as …
One of Broadway's greatest actors, Evan Pappas, joins Rob and Kevin at Shetler Studios to discuss his long, varied career onstage and off. From his …
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and under appreciated musicals, as …
Everyone's favorite tenor, Eddie Korbich, is this week's guest on Behind the Curtain: Broadway's Living Legends. From starring in the original production of Assassins, to playing Mr. Snow against newcomer Audra ANN …
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and under appreciated musicals, as …
In a career that spans sixty years, Rita Gardner is the epitome of the word "legend". While she is best known to audiences as The Girl in The Fantasticks, or as the hip hopping Grandma in The Wedding Singer, Rita's …
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Martin Charnin is back with Rob and Kevin to discuss the second part of his career which includes collaborations with Richard Rodgers, Charles …
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He created the role of Big Deal in the original West Side Story. He changed the face of musical theatre, and pop culture, when he wrote Annie. And, …
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Great Grandpa Roland was a bandleader. Grandpa Roland was a trumpet player. Dad, Steve Roland, was in South Pacific. Mom, Liz Roland, was in Mr. …
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Broadway: The Golden Age (2004) is the greatest documentary ever made about the pleasures and pitfalls of working in the arts. Directed by Rick …
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One of Broadway's greatest clowns, two time Tony nominee Brad Oscar, swings by Shetler to kibbitz with Rob & Kevin about his amazing career on Broadway. From his beginnings at the JCC to being Tony nominated for The …
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With forty six years worth of Broadway credits to his name Ed Dixon is one of New York's most beloved actors. From his first Broadway appearance, tapping alongside Ruby Keeler in No, No Nanette, to his newest play …
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Get out your calendars as Rob, Kevin and special guest Todd Buonopane, host of the amazing podcast Broadway Stories, sit down and discuss all the shows slated to open in the 2016-2017 Season. From plays to musicals, …
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and under appreciated musicals, as …
Fosse.Bennett.Robbins. Scott Wise got to know and work with them all. His incredible dancing skills were featured in 13 Broadway musicals including A Chorus Line, Cats, Carrie, and Jerome Robbins' Broadway, for which he …
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For over fifty years, the big, belt voice of Karen Morrow has been filling theatres and TV screens. While audiences across America will fondly remember her numerous appearances on The Merv Griffin Show, it is her live …
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You would be hard pressed to find someone who loves the theatre more than Peter Filichia. For years, Peter's observations on musical theatre have …
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For over fifty years, the beautiful voice of Carol Lawrence has filled our hearts. No one will capture the love, yearning, and heart break of Maria, …
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Bruce Yeko is one of the most fascinating men in show business. If it wasn't for Bruce we wouldn't have the original cast recordings of such musicals …
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In his 78 years of entertaining, Lawrence Merritt has truly seen it all. From dancing on Broadway in Golden Rainbow and Pippin, to modeling for the …
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In between writing her next edition of The Untold Stories of Broadway, and altering the landscape of musical theatre history, historian Jennifer …
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and underappreciated musicals, as …
Orchestrator Larry Moore has been praised by the New York Daily News as "one of the most ingenious practitioners in his profession," and you'll find no argument in that statement once you hear Larry's fascinating story. …
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Audiences across America remember Nancy Dussault as Ted Knight's wife in Too Close for Comfort, Alan Arkin's wife in The In-Laws, and as the original …
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There are three types of musical theatre lovers: Fan, Obsessed, and Stephen Cole. Stephen, who has had a wonderfully varied career as a lyricist and …
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While most of America remembers Peter Marshall as the host of Hollywood Squares from 1966 to 1981, it was in theatres across America and the UK that …
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George Lee Andrews holds the Guinness Book of World Records for the most performances in the same Broadway show, The Phantom of the Opera. But, …
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Sweeney Todd. Frederik Egerman. Bill Samson. All of these roles, plus many others, were first brought to life by Tony Award winner Len Cariou. Len …
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and underappreciated musicals, as …
She was Arthur Miller's sister, a victim of the House Un-American Activities Committee, and one of New York's most respected actresses. Joan Copeland is a living legend whose career includes standing by for Vivien Leigh …
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and underappreciated musicals, as …
In part two of our 2016 Tony Awards show, Rob, Kevin, and Tony Awards expert, Bryan Hobgood, discuss the nominees for the non-musical categories! Don't forget you can now listen to us on iTunes and @BroadwayRadio The …
Its Tony Time so its time to place your bets! Who will win? Who will lose? Who wasn't nominated? Who should be nominated? Rob, Kevin, and Tony …
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Howard McGillin holds the record for the most performances as The Phantom of the Opera. But, before he watched the chandelier fall over 2,000 times, …
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and underappreciated musicals, as …
The Wiz is in the House! Andre DeShields, Tony nominated star of The Wiz, Ain't Misbehavin', and The Full Monty, takes Rob & Kevin on a spiritual …
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The Lion King. Sweeney Todd. Deathtrap. If you close your eyes and think of those shows you probably think of their striking posters, all designed by this week's guest Frank Verlizzo. Frank invites Rob & Kevin to …
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Don Pippin, the music director of such hit musicals as Mame, A Chorus Line, and La Cage Aux Folles, invites Rob & Kevin to his favorite …
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and underappreciated musicals, as …
Ted Chapin has had a front row seat to Broadway history! From interning on Follies to running the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, a position …
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The Best of Times is Now as we bid adieu to Lee Roy Reams in the last of his three part interview. After 7 years in 42nd Street, Lee Roy begins a journey into the worlds of Disney, Mel Brooks, and, puts on his Sunday …
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Actor Lee Roy Reams is back! In the second part of this three part interview, Lee Roy discusses 42nd Street after Gower Champion's death! Plus, never before heard stories about the behind the scenes shenanigans at 42nd …
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and underappreciated musicals, as …
Fasten your seat-belts, folks, because actor Lee Roy Reams is this week's guest and he is telling all in this two part interview. From growing up in …
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and under appreciated musicals, as …
Patti LuPone. Kevin Kline. Mandy Patinkin. These titans of musical theatre, plus many others, were given their first chance by casting director Joanna Merlin. Joanna sat down with us to discuss what it was like to cast …
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and under appreciated musicals, as …
Legendary character actor Jim Brochu sits down with Rob and Kevin to share the lessons he learned from Lucille Ball, Zero Mostel, and Charles Nelson Reilly. Also, Jim stars in the Rue McClanahan musical, befriends …
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City Center Encores! Artistic Director, and Jujamcyn Senior Vice-President, Jack Viertel welcomes Rob and Kevin into his office to discuss the many hats he wears. Also, Jack's lunches with August Wilson, bringing Leiber …
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Tony Award winner George S. Irving, who is 93 years young, appeared in the original companies of Oklahoma!, Me & Juliet, Can-Can, and many …
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Six Time Tony Award winning costume designer William Ivey Long brings Rob and Kevin into his studio to discuss his process and to share his memories …
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and under appreciated musicals, as …
Legendary Broadway gypsy, Spence Ford, invites us into her home to regale us with tales from such cult classics as Merlin, Carmelina, King of Hearts, …
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and under appreciated musicals, as …
Judy Kaye, two time Tony Award winner for The Phantom of The Opera and Nice Work If You Can Get It, gets off from her chandelier to join Rob and …
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and under appreciated musicals, as …
Tony Award winning director of Chicago, Broadway's longest running revival, invites Rob & Kevin into his apartment to discuss his journey from Scranton to Broadway, and to discuss what it was like working with Jerry …
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and under appreciated musicals, as …
Andrew Lloyd Webber favorite, Loni Ackerman, drops by the studio to reveal to Rob and Kevin what it was like playing Evita in LA, Grizabella on Broadway, and Norma Desmond in Maine! Also, Loni sets the record straight …
Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and underappreciated musicals, as …
Tony Award winning actress Randy Graff drops into Rob and Kevin’s fancy recording studio (i.e. room 1203 at Shetler) to show off her Fantine locket …
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