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Snack-sized episodes to give you your theatre history fix, brought to you every morning by Playbill and the Broadway Podcast Network. Hosted by Mark Peikert.

1	October 26–November 1, 2020: Life is a banquet as Rosalind Russell opens in Auntie Mame, Idina Menzel gets Wicked, and Patrick Wilson strips in The Full Monty, and more theatrical doings this week i 2020-10-26	Play	Download
2	October 19–25, 2020: Julie Andrews returns to Broadway in Victor/Victoria, Patti LuPone returns to Broadway in Anything Goes, and Pippin and A Chorus Line both premiere on Broadway, and more in this 2020-10-19	Play	Download
3	October 12–18, 2020: In 1965, Barbara Harris opens in On a Clear Day You Can See Forever and one year and a day later she opens in The Apple Tree, for which she wins a Tony, and more in this weeks� 2020-10-12	Play	Download
4	October 5–11, 2020: Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig get sweaty in A Steady Rain, Deborah Kerr requests that when you speak of her, you’ll be kind in Tea and Sympathy, Elaine Stritch ponders—raucou 2020-10-05	Play	Download
5	September 28–October 4, 2020: Cats, Big Fish, Swan Lake, and non-animale titled shows opened this week in theatre history—plus premieres of musicals as varied as Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Rosenc 2020-09-28	Play	Download
6	September 21-27, 2020: 20 years later, Merman returns in a revival of Annie Get Your Gun, Angela Lansbury opens in Gypsy, and Elizabeth Ashley becomes an icon in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. 2020-09-21	Play	Download
7	September 14–20, 2020: Happy birthday, Bacall! Also, Song & Dance opens, eventually winning Bernadette Peters her first Tony, and The Threepenny Opera becomes an Off-Broadway hit. 2020-09-21	Play	Download
8	September 7–13, 2020: Rob McClure is Chaplin, Rent comes to an end, and Carnival in Flanders and The Man Who Reclaimed His Head both begin short Broadway runs. 2020-09-07	Play	Download
9	August 31–September 6, 2020: Sophie Tucker gets a black eye, Nathan Lane gets blacklisted, and Follies comes to concert this week in theatre history! 2020-09-05	Play	Download
10	August 24–30, 2020: Largely forgotten today but the longest-running Broadway play for two decades at one time, Lightin’ opens in 1918, while 42nd Street opens in 1980. 2020-08-24	Play	Download

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