Hey there, podcast listeners. Patrick here. So we are just about to enter week two of our 30-day

Kickstarter campaign. You guys, we are 66% funded. I am blown away. Truly, this has been a huge

week for us. To everyone that has supported us thus far, I can't begin to express how grateful

we are.

But here's the thing. Week two of Kickstarter campaigns are notoriously bad. For whatever reason,

the momentum seems to fall off, and I really, really don't want that to happen here.

We're so close, you guys. Please, theater people, if you love this show, take a quick second right now,

put this episode on pause,

and jump over to our Kickstarter page and donate. You can find the link on our Facebook or Twitter pages or at our website, theaterpeople.com. That's theater with an ERPPL.com. And really,

truly, any amount makes a difference. We really mean that. If you can swing 50 bucks, we are over the moon

about it. But by the same token, two bucks or five bucks means the world to us as well. We're having

so much fun making this podcast for you. Please do your part to ensure that we'll be able to keep doing

it for another year. And thank you so, so much. Okay, now to the show.

Okay. you so, so much. Okay, now to the show. Hello, fellow theater people. Welcome to the Theater People podcast. I'm Patrick Hines, your host. So just to give you a little peek behind the

curtain, as they say, Mike and I try to get to the recording space about a half hour ahead of our

guest. We usually record in a little room at Pearl Studios in Manhattan, which is why you'll

probably hear audition noise and sounds of, you know, dancers in the hallway and pianos throughout

this entire episode. If we get all of our equipment set up in time, we try to record the episode's

intro before the guest arrives, which is what we're doing right now. And you guys, I am freaking out because in about five minutes, one of the biggest musical theater stars to ever live is going to walk through the door. Take a little of where you can Nobody's a normal side

You know when we started this thing

And we put together a list of our dream guest

Today's guest, the legendary Elaine Page didn't even come up

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