Marc is the host of the popular YouTube channel Broadway by Ghostlight and is here for a show that ran for 8 performances despite Barbra Streisand’s best efforts.
Topics include: selling merch at The Drowsy Chaperone, Lee Wilkoff v. Eddie Korbich, shows that should’ve gone out of town, Anyone Can Whistle, and Blue Pear Records.
Broadway by Ghostlight - Drat! The Cat!: Broadway's Best 8-Performance FLOP
Broadway by Ghostlight - The Outrageous Publicity Stunts Of David Merrick
Featured recordings: Drat! The Cat! - Studio Cast Recording (1997) • My Name Is Barbra, Two... - Barbra Streisand (1965)
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Adam is the National Theater and Dance Editor and chief theater critic at TimeOut New York and President of the New York Drama Critics' Circle. And he is here for a big episode about a very big show on a very big, double-LP.
Topics include: Patti, Mandy, Patti's rage, Bob Gunton’s accent, Mandy being Mandy all over the second act, comma writing, Mark Syers, the worst lyric in Chess, the “Big Apple,” and the agony and the ecstasy of Tim Rice.
Featured recordings: Evita - Premiere American Recording (1979) • Pacific Overtures - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1976) • Chess - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1988)
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