Today's episode of the Theater People podcast is brought to you by BroadwayCon 2018.

Tickets are now on sale, and they are cheaper than they have ever been.

You can find info and tickets at Broadwaycon.com.

And stay tuned at the end of this episode for a special Broadwaycon theme message from our friend Julia Murney.

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You guys, today's episode is also sponsored by my other podcast, Broadway Backstory.

If you don't know what Broadway Backstory is, it's a documentary-style podcast in which each

episode finds out how a show developed from an idea to a full production.

We do this by interviewing everyone involved and getting their hilarious or heartbreaking

or, you know, just like regular stories. Season two is launching tomorrow, Tuesday, September 19th,

with two episodes about Hamilton. Now, if you think you know everything there is to know about

Hamilton, I promise you, you don't. Through our interviews

with literally everybody involved, including Lynn Manuel Miranda, director Tommy Kale, Alex Lacamoire,

the ridiculously handsome David Korns, producers Oscar Eustis and Jeffrey Seller, and more. We are

going to take you through it and find out how this thing developed from a vacation

beach read to the biggest thing on the planet. This season, we're also covering great comet,

Bonnie and Clyde, The Light and the Piazza, bring it on, come from away, and kinky boots. You guys,

I have a lot of editing to do. We did over 80 interviews for this season, and I am so, so proud of the stories we're

going to tell you. Oh, and for each episode, we're going to release a few full and unedited

interviews with some of the people involved, which you can find at the brand new website,

todayticks.com slash Broadway backstory. So go subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and we'll see you tomorrow.

Welcome to the theater people podcast. I'm your host, Patrick Hines. Today I am so excited to be

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