Hey, theater people, Patrick here. I am so, so, so excited that the day is finally here for me to share our new podcast with you.

As a lot of you already know, our new podcast, which is a partnership with the fabulous people at Today Ticks, is called Broadway backstory.

Each episode finds out how a show develops from an idea to a full Broadway production.

And the best part is that we get the story from the people who lived it.

The conceivers, writers, directors, composers, actors, even the theater owners.

Our first two episodes tell the incredible true backstory of the Tony winning in the Heights.

We're playing the first 20 minutes of the first episode for you right here.

But the complete first two episodes are available right now.

Just search for Broadway backstory in iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, or any place else you get your

podcasts, and you can download the first two episodes in their entirety right now. Also, hit the

subscribe button so you'll automatically get our new episodes as they go up. Also, you, our listeners,

get to pick our seventh and final episode of season one. Go to todayticks.com slash Broadway backstory to see the shows you get to pick from

and you can vote once per day. Okay, you guys. I've said it before. Creatively, this is the hardest

I've ever worked on anything ever in my life. I'm super proud of Broadway Backstory, and I can't wait for you to hear it.

So let's get to it now.

From Today Ticks and Theater People, this is Broadway Backstory.

The podcast that finds out how shows go from an idea to a full Broadway production.

I'm your host, Patrick Hines.

For our first two episodes, we're getting the backstory of In The Heights,

the 2008 Tony, Drama Desk, and Obie Award winning,

and Pulitzer Prize-nominated Hip Hop Musical.

Through conversations with the show's creator, Lynn Manuel Miranda,

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