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Broadway Backstory - April 04, 2018 13:09 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 736 ratingsBig News, You guys! Check It Out!
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!
Broadway Backstory - March 30, 2018 09:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 736 ratingsTodayTix is introducing a brand new podcast called "My So-Called Podcast" all about "MY So-Called Life." Hosted by Broadway Backstory's Patrick Hinds and Gillian Pensavalle of The Hamilcast: An American Podcast, the show is a deep and hilarious dive into the 90s drama that invented teen angst, f...
Episode 16: Kinky Boots
Broadway Backstory - December 19, 2017 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 736 ratingsThe Most Beautiful Thing in the World! For our season two finale, we're tackling the 2013 Tony Award-winning Kinky Boots. We'll find out how the show, based on true events, developed from a little-known British independent film to an unlikely Tony-winning smash hit, now in its fifth year on Br...
Episode 15: Come From Away
Broadway Backstory - December 05, 2017 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 736 ratingsWelcome to The Rock! This week, we're tackling the 2017 smash hit Come From Away! When American airspace was shut down on September 11, 2011, 38 planes carrying nearly 7,000 passengers were forced to land in Gander, Newfoundland. For five days, the residents of the town took care of these stra...
Season 2 Update!
Broadway Backstory - November 22, 2017 10:37 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 736 ratingsHappy Holidays! We're checking in to say thanks for helping to make season 2 such a great success and to let you know when to expect the final two episodes of the season!
Episode 14: Bring It On: The Musical
Broadway Backstory - November 07, 2017 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 736 ratingsThis week we bring you the tale of 2012's Bring It On: The Musical. Bring It On was created from the ground up by some of the greatest talents working in theater today: Andy Blankenbuehler (director / choreographer), Lin-Manuel Miranda (music, lyrics), Tom Kitt (Music), Amanda Green (Music, Ly...
Episode 13: The Light in the Piazza
Broadway Backstory - October 23, 2017 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 736 ratingsFor this week's episode, we trace The Light in the Piazza's fifty-year journey from its first incarnation as a novella by Elizabeth Spencer to a musical idea handed down through one of musical theater's most prominent families. We follow the musical, written by Adam Guettel and Craig Lucas, a...
Episode 12: Bonnie & Clyde
Broadway Backstory - October 10, 2017 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 736 ratingsFINALLY! With no further ado, we bring you the backstory of THE MOST requested show for us to cover: 2011's Bonnie & Clyde. In this episode, we'll find out how the show developed from an ambitious recording project at Atlantic Records to a Broadway musical adored by audiences, but not by crit...
Episode 11: Natasha, Pierre, & The Great Comet of 1812
Broadway Backstory - October 03, 2017 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 736 ratings"Helene is a slut, Anatole is hot, Marya is old-school, Sonya is good, Natasha is young, and Andre isn't here..." We're OBSESSED with Natasha, Pierre, & The Great Comet of 1812! Through conversations with the show's writer & composer, Dave Malloy, director Rachel Chavkin, producers, set design...
Episode 10: Hamilton Part 2
Broadway Backstory - September 19, 2017 09:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 736 ratingsWe're kicking off season two with 2 episodes about the Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning musical Hamilton. Featuring Lin-Manuel Miranda, Director Tommy Kail, Producers Jeffrey Seller & Oskar Eustis, Alex Lacamoire, David Korins, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Phillipa Soo, and more, these episodes will d...
Episode 9: Hamilton Part 1
Broadway Backstory - September 19, 2017 09:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 736 ratingsWe're kicking off season two with 2 episodes about the Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning musical Hamilton. Featuring Lin-Manuel Miranda, Director Tommy Kail, Producers Jeffrey Seller & Oskar Eustis, Alex Lacamoire, David Korins, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Phillipa Soo, and more, these episodes will d...
Season 2 Trailer
Broadway Backstory - August 22, 2017 20:23 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 736 ratingsAnnnnnnnnd, we're back! Season two brings you eight brand new episodes that find out how some of your favorite shows developed from an idea to a full Broadway production. Our first two episodes drop on Tuesday, September 19th and will cover Hamilton. We take a fresh look at the show and offer ...
Episode 8: Next To Normal
Broadway Backstory - February 21, 2017 12:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 736 ratingsThrough conversations with the show's writers, producers, director and stars, we'll find out how Next To Normal developed from a college project, to a 10-minute musical, to a NYMF favorite, and then found its footing off-Broadway and out of town before becoming the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning...
Episode 7: Legally Blonde
Broadway Backstory - January 19, 2017 12:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 736 ratingsThis episode finds out how Legally Blonde was transformed from a hit film to the long-running, peppy, and empowering Broadway hit. From a now Tony Award-winning Broadway director's debut to agonizing over choosing between two actresses for the lead role, this episode journeys from the first work...
Episode 6: Deaf West's Spring Awakening
Broadway Backstory - January 03, 2017 12:05 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 736 ratingsThis episode finds out how the stunning re-imagining of the groundbreaking musical Spring Awakening began as a ten day workshop, was developed at a 99-seat theater near LA’s Skid Row, quickly transferred to famed regional theater in Beverly Hills, and ultimately landed on Broadway, all in a litt...
Episode 5: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Broadway Backstory - December 13, 2016 12:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 736 ratingsThis episode finds out how The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee developed from an off-off-off-Broadway improv show to the beloved, hilarious and quirky Broadway hit. Through conversations with the show's conceiver, actors, producer, and iconic director James Lapine, we'll find out how the ...
Episode 4: The Secret Garden
Broadway Backstory - December 06, 2016 12:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 736 ratingsThis episode finds out how The Secret Garden developed from the classic 1911 children's book to one of the most beloved American musicals of the 1990s. Through conversations with the show's creators, producers, and Tony-winning child star Daisy Eagan, we'll find out how the show survived a 'disa...
Episode 3: Fun Home
Broadway Backstory - November 29, 2016 12:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 736 ratingsThis episode traces Fun Home's journey from a popular graphic novel to the groundbreaking Broadway hit. We'll hear from the book's author who didn't think a musical was possible, the history-making composing team who took 7 years to get the show up on its feet, the actors who lived through dra...
Episode 1: In the Heights (Part 1)
Broadway Backstory - November 15, 2016 12:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 736 ratingsEpisode 1 covers the early days of In the Heights. From the show's beginnings as a college project to the off-off Broadway readings that attracted big deal Broadway producers, we'll hear how the plot of the show took shape, the creative team was assembled, and the money was raised to get the sho...
Episode 2: In The Heights (Part 2)
Broadway Backstory - November 15, 2016 12:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 736 ratingsPicking up where episode 1 left off, episode 2 follows In the Heights from the show's first workshop to the Off-Broadway and Broadway productions. There was no guarantee that In the Heights would move beyond the workshop. Tough decisions were made and the show found its way, becoming the most To...
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