Andy Karl: 'Groundhog Day' Seven Days A Week

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🗓️ 11 August 2017

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Tony Nominee Andy Karl from Broadway's Groundhog Day shares what makes the script irresistible and his thoughts on movies turned musicals. This episode originally aired on May 12, 2017.

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0:43.4	Other stars in the musical Groundhog Day, which is about a man stuck living the same day over and over.
0:50.5	So speed round.
0:51.7	In Groundhog Day, what's the name of Phil Conner's high school
0:55.9	classmate who sells insurance? Ned Ryerson. Right. Okay, let's see if you can get this one.
1:01.7	What's the name of Phil Conner's high school classmate who sells insurance? Uh, I think you just
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