History of Broadway (Radio Edit)
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It's Lucy Worsley here and we're back with a brand new series of Lady Swindlers.
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Hello and welcome to You're Dead to Me, the Radio 4 comedy podcast that takes history seriously. My name is Greg Jenner. I'm a public historian, author and broadcaster. And today we are collecting our costumes and can-canning into the chorus line as we learn all about the history of Broadway. And to help us, we have two very special theatrical stars in History Corner. They're an associate professor in popular music and the director of the Black Studies Department at the University of Nottingham. They're an expert on musical theatre and research race and gender identity in popular culture. They've published on everything from The Wizard of Oz to Hamilton and my favourite, Frozen. No, you let it go. It's Dr Hannah to Risingham Robbins. Welcome.
Hello, thank you for having me.
Delighted to have you here. And in Comedy Corner, she needs no introduction on this show, but I do still have to do one. So she's a comedian, actor, writer. You'll have seen her on all the telly. Taskmaster, Frankie Boyle's New World Order, the Horn Section TV show Netflix is too hot to handle. And you'll know her from our many, many episodes of this very podcast, including recent highlights, The Columbian Exchange and Pythagoras. It's your Dead to Me's leading lady, Desiree Birch. Welcome back, Desiree.
What a dude. You said you had to do one. Do I get to host the podcast now?
I think you've done enough episodes now that maybe... I'm learning my British slang.
I'm doing well, guys.
This is under the test. Are you a fan of musical theatre? Do you go to Broadway when you're maybe back home and to the West End?
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Are we about to hear something?
No, I mean, look, I love theater. I love seeing incredible acting. For me, it is always about the acting above everything else. For musical theater, it really does need to be, for the most part, singing first if you're going to enjoy it. It feels like it needs to be singing, then acting, and then movement. And I wish it were two and one were inverted.
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