Piano Man
Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities
iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild
4.5 • 8.7K Ratings
🗓️ 8 September 2020
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Some performances are more than just entertainment. They stick a stake in the ground and mark a chance in world history. Today's tour covers two such stories.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to AirNManky's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm |
| 0:08.7 | and Mild. |
| 0:13.0 | Our world is full of the unexplainable. |
| 0:16.3 | And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display, |
| 0:22.2 | just waiting for us to explore. |
| 0:25.4 | Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's. |
| 0:30.0 | When we're told that we can't have something, we only want it more. |
| 0:40.5 | If we can't read a certain book or listen to a particular band on the radio, it's forbidden |
| 0:44.7 | nature only makes it more irresistible. |
| 0:48.2 | By 1928, playwright Eugene O'Neill had written almost 20 full-length plays and 21 won |
| 0:53.8 | act plays. |
| 0:54.9 | To call him prolific would have been an understatement. |
| 0:57.7 | He was born and bred in New York and overcame tuberculosis in 1912 only to go on and write |
| 1:03.1 | some of the most highly revered and well-known plays ever performed on stage. |
| 1:08.6 | Often considered his magnum opus 1942's Long Days Journey into Night was a Tony and Pulitzer |
| 1:14.3 | Prize winner earning O'Neill legendary status and eventually a Broadway theater with his |
| 1:19.4 | own name on it. |
| 1:21.2 | But O'Neill had a long way to go before he'd reach his long day and that road included |
| 1:25.3 | one show, So Taboo was banned in almost every city where they tried to stage a production. |
| 1:31.7 | It was called Strange Interlude, written between 1926 and 1927. |
| 1:36.6 | The show follows the main character of Nina Leeds, whose fiancée is killed in World War |
| 1:40.8 | One. |
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