BEHIND THE CURTAIN: BROADWAY'S LIVING LEGENDS Celebrates 1st Year Anniversary

Behind The Curtain: Broadway's Living Legends, the iTunes podcast dedicated to preserving the memories, wisdom, and anecdotes of Broadway's greatest artists, celebrates its first year anniversary on February 1st, 2017.

Since its inception last year, Behind the Curtain: Broadway's Living Legends has aired over 100 episodes. Released bi-weekly, Monday episodes are in-depth conversations with legendary Broadway artists while Thursday episodes are celebrations of cult musicals and obscure moments in musical theatre history.

The podcast is hosted by Robert W Schneider (Memphis), an SDC director, and Kevin David Thomas (A Little Night Music), a member of AEA, and it is produced by Daniel Gutierrez.

In a statement, hosts Robert W Schneider and Kevin David Thomas said, "We are incredibly proud of the work we are doing to preserve these legends' journeys, in their own words, with their own voices. To hear that these episodes are being used as teaching tools in classrooms across the world energizes our commitment to Behind The Curtain: Broadway's Living Legends and its next year on the air."

Previous guests have included Randy Graff (City of Angels), Loni Ackerman (Evita), Walter Bobbie (Chicago), Judy Kaye (The Phantom of the Opera), Spence Ford (Merlin), William Ivey Long (Nine), George S Irving (Oklahoma), Jack Viertel (City Center Encores!), Jim Brochu (Zero Hour), Joanna Merlin (Company), Lee Roy Reams (42nd Street), Ted Chapin (Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization), Don Pippin (Mame), Frank "Fraver" Verlizzo (Fraver Posters), Andre DeShields (The Wiz), Howard McGillin (The Phantom of the Opera), Bryan Hobgood (Historian), Joan Copeland (Two by Two), Len Cariou (Sweeney Todd), George Lee Andrews (A Little Night Music), Peter Marshall (Skyscraper), Stephen Cole (Merman's Apprentice), Nancy Dussault (Bajour), Larry Moore (City Center Encores!), Jennifer Ashley Tepper (Historian), Lawrence Merritt (Golden Rainbow), Bruce Yeko (Original Cast Records), Carol Lawrence (West Side Story), Todd Buonopane (Cinderella), Peter Filichia (Critic), Karen Morrow (I Had A Ball), Scott Wise (Jerome Robbins' Broadway), Tyler Mount (Vlogger), Ed Dixon (Georgie), Brad Oscar (The Producers), Rick McKay (Filmmaker), Richard Roland (Follies), Martin Charnin (Annie), Rita Gardner (The Fantasticks), Eddie Korbich (Carousel), Evan Pappas (Parade), Susan L Schulman (Press Agent), Richard Maltby Jr (Miss Saigon), Kevin Daly (Blogger), Michael Rupert (Legally Blonde), Barbara Walsh (Falsettos), Jim Walton (Merrily We Roll Along), and Fred C Mann III (Sweet Charity).

Show discussed on the Thursday show have included Personals, Juno, Sherry, Floyd Collins.

Behind The Curtain: Broadway's Living Legends can be heard on iTunes, Stitcher, and BroadwayWorld.com.

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