Jack Viertel worked as a Broadway producer for over 20 years and currently serves as the Artistic Director of the Encores! musical theater series. His book, The Secret Life of the American Musical: How Broadway Shows Are Built, takes readers backstage on Broadway. Inspired by his uncle's classes on Shakespeare at Harvard, Viertel deconstructs famous American musicals, including "Gypsy" and "Fiddler …
SOURCE: WNYC at 10:54PM on April 14, 2016