Summary: <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Welcome to this week’s episode of the And Scene Theater Podcast!<br></span></p><br> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">In Act 1, we bring you the latest theater news including stories from the underground, current trends on Broadway, and a new women’s theater festival in Philadelphia.<br></span></p><br> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">What a perfect segue for Act 2, where we discuss a festival. A festival! The Kiiiiiiing’s festival!!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Not quite Into the Woods, but rather, it’s that time of year.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It’s the time for theater festivals all around the United States.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We bring to you nine of the country’s premier theater festivals — where they are, what they present, and other highlights of these annual gatherings of theater professionals and patrons. </span></p><br> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Don’t worry international listeners.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We’ll get you covered in the coming weeks. There is so much theater, we couldn’t cram it all into one show! <br></span></p><br> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Do you have a theater topic you’d like us to talk about? <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Maybe you’d like to chat about it with us.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Please get in touch with your feedback, and maybe we can have you on the show to discuss your theatrical passion!<br></span></p><br> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Connect with us on Twitter at @andscenepod, @mikenjd, and @meghancrosby, via email at <a href="mailto:andscenepod@gmail.com"><span class="s2">andscenepod@gmail.com</span></a>, and on Facebook at <a href="http://facebook.com/andscenepod"><span class="s2">facebook.com/andscenepod</span></a>. Please subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play Music, or Stitcher, and leave us a rating (five stars please!). </span></p><br> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">We also now have an Instagram account, at, you guessed it, @andscenepod!!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Follow us there!</span></p><br> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Thank you for listening!</span></p><br> <p class="p1"><span class="s3"><br></span><span class="s4">NEWS SOURCES</span><span class="s3"><br> Ukraine: <a href="http://www.euronews.com/2018/04/18/the-underground-theatre-breaking-down-barriers"><span class="s5">http://www.euronews.com/2018/04/18/the-underground-theatre-breaking-down-barriers</span></a></span><span class="s4"><br> Non-Escapist Theater: <a href="http://www.playbill.com/article/how-non-escapist-theatre-has-become-a-new-norm-for-broadway"><span class="s6">http://www.playbill.com/article/how-non-escapist-theatre-has-become-a-new-norm-for-broadway</span></a><br> Women’s Theater Festival: <a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/philadelphia/article/Philadelphia-Womens-Theatre-Festival-Celebrates-Motherhood-20180418"><span class="s6">https://www.broadwayworld.com/philadelphia/article/Philadelphia-Womens-Theatre-Festival-Celebrates-Motherhood-20180418</span></a></span></p><br> <p class="p1"><span class="s4"><br></span><span class="s1">MUSIC CREDITS</span><span class="s7"><br></span><span class="s1">Overture, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Angel Records, 1996.</span><span class="s7"><br></span><span class="s1">Overture, Annie Get Your Gun: An Original Cast Album, Masterworks Broadway, 1966.</span></p>
