Our Favorite Things: Playbill on Spotify & The Muppets Take Manhattan
10/01/20 • 29 min
This Week: Finding the perfect musical theatre playlists & Kermit dismisses Liza!
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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This Week: Finding the perfect musical theatre playlists & Kermit dismisses Liza!
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.
Become a sponsor of Behind The Curtain and get early access to interviews, private playlists, and advance knowledge of future guests so you can ask the legends your own questions. Go to: http://bit.ly/2i7nWC4
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#235 JOE MANTELLO, Director
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 the shuttered Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf, and to walk listeners through the process of creating Netflix's The Boys in The Band, starring Jim Parsons, which drops on September 30th.
Joe pulls back the curtain on his career to discuss how he discovered the staging of Defying Gravity, what it is like directing the genius that is Laurie Metcalf, and why he decided to tackle The Boys in the Band for a whole new generation.
Also, Joe shines the spotlight on Ryan Murphy, Neil Simon, and Nathan Lane!
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#236 SIR TIM RICE, Lyricist
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 all sprung from the mind of today's guest, lyricist Sir Tim Rice, whose credits include Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, Blondel, Evita, Chess, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Aida, and many more.
Sir Tim pulls back the curtain on his career to discuss how he first met Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, what it was like working for Disney during its Golden Age, and why he started his very own podcast, Get Onto My Cloud: The Tim Rice Podcast.
Also, Sir Tim shines the spotlight on Howard Ashman, Patti LuPone, and Hal Prince!
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