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Chasing Phantom

David Timberline

Broadway"s longest running shows

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#101: Annie Get Your Gun and child stardom in the...

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2024/10/16

When you want to know about a production, there's no better source than talking to someone who was in it. I never thought that would be possible with the original Broadway run of "Annie Get Your Gun" - I mean, it closed in 1949! But Mary Ellen Ashley, who had a marquee role as the Girl in the Lampshade Hat in the show, is still alive and very much kicking. Though only 8 years old when the show opened, she was already a child star, having been in 2 other major productions and even appearing in...

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#88: Torch Song Trilogy, understudies and awards,...

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2024/10/02

"Torch Song Trilogy" was a ground-breaking production and opened many doors for openly gay artists. It launched the career of Harvey Fierstein who would go on to write and perform in some additionally landmark shows on Broadway. In my hometown, it also was a landmark of sorts for one local actor, Keegan Ferrell. The recent college graduate was slated to be the understudy of the lead role, Arnold Beckoff, but ended up performing the opening weekend of the show due to an illness in the cast.In ...

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#91: Equus, sex, religion and Daniel Radcliffe with...

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2024/09/18

We all know that sex sells, but is that the only thing that drove thousands of people to see "Equus" back in the mid-1970s? Listen in on my discussion with McLean Fletcher as we discuss the explosive intersection of sex, religion and psychology that playwright Peter Schaffer squeezes into this sometimes disturbing tale. McLean starred in the Cadence Theatre production of the play in 2015 as Jill Mason, one of two characters who spend an extended scene naked on stage. McLean argues that ...

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#84: Lightnin' & the demise of long-running plays...

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2024/09/04

The chase is back on! Welcome to season 2 of the podcast dedicated to exploring...and sometimes explaining...Broadway's longest running shows! Today's episode features a true Broadway history whiz: author, dramaturg & professor Jordan Schildcrout has studied long-running plays in more depth than perhaps anyone else on the planet. In his book, "In the Long Run: A Cultural History of Broadway's Hit Plays," Dr. Schildcrout looks at the Broadway landscape over more than 100 years, going deep ...

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Season Two starts Sept. 4th!

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2024/08/30

We're back - better than ever! The second season of "Chasing Phantom" will feature celebrity guests, unexpectedly popular productions, and a cavalcade of trivia, insights and lively conversation about the longest running shows on Broadway. Be sure and check out the first episode where I chat with an author, professor and dramaturg who has written perhaps THE definitive book on long running plays.That episode drops Sept. 4th and new episodes will follow every other week. Follow on Spotify now ...

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#106: Pins and Needles (End of Season 1)

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2024/05/01

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#103: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

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2024/04/17

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#104: Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk

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2024/04/03

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#102: The Seven Year Itch

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2024/03/20

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#30: Annie

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2024/03/06

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#101: Guys and Dolls (1992 revival)

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2024/02/21

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#105: Butterflies Are Free

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2024/02/07

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#107: Plaza Suite

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2024/01/24

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#108: Fosse

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2023/12/20

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#109: They're Playing Our Song

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2023/12/06

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Up-N-Coming #1: SIX

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2023/11/26

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#111: Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark

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2023/11/10

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#110: Kiss Me Kate

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2023/10/25

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#112: Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope

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2023/10/11

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#114: Shenandoah

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2023/10/02

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