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News "Radio Playbill" Goes Inside Little Shop Rehearsal Sept. 15-27 "Radio Playbill" goes inside the rehearsal studio of Broadway's Little Shop of Horrors revival Sept. 15-27 to talk to director Jerry Zaks, composer Alan Menken, star Hunter Foster and the family of late lyricist Howard Ashman and learn how the show was put together for Off-Broadway in 1981, and how it's been conceived for Broadway in 2003.

Special treat: a performance of "Suddenly Seymour" by Foster and his co-star, Kerry Butler.

Then, test your knowledge in the weekly Playbill Quiz.

"Radio Playbill," a weekly news and entertainment magazine show of theatrical interviews, features and music, is broadcast multiple times each week on Sirius Satellite Radio's A&E, Stream 137.

A new 30-minute show debuts each Monday, with rebroadcasts throughout the following two weeks. Here is the schedule (all times are Eastern): New show Monday Sept. 15 at 1 PM, Wednesday Sept,. 17 at 6 PM, Friday Sept. 19 at 5 AM, Saturday Sept. 20 at 7 AM, and Sunday Sept. 21 at 4:30 PM. Rebroadcasts continue following the ensuing week’s shows: Monday Sept. 22 at 1:30 PM, Wednesday Sept. 24 at 6:30 PM, Friday Sept. 26 at 5:30 AM, Saturday Sept. 27 at 7:30 AM.

All the excitement and glamour of the American theatre scene comes across in "Radio Playbill," the first radio project from the creators of Broadway's distinctive programs, and Playbill On-Line, the home of theatre on the internet. The program reflects Playbill's unique access and knowledge of the world of Broadway, broadcasting from Sirius' midtown Manhattan studios overlooking Times Square. Previous guests on "Radio Playbill" have included Brian Stokes Mitchell, Chita Rivera, Michael John LaChiusa, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Antonio Banderas, Jerry Herman, Barbara Cook, William Finn, Michael Crawford, Jason Robert Brown, Rebecca Luker, Liz Callaway, Lea Salonga, Cy Coleman, Stephen Flaherty, Sherie Rene Scott, Jeanine Tesori, Charles Strouse, Cherry Jones, Baz Luhrman, Seth Rudetsky, Maury Yeston, Gerard Alessandrini and many more. The program has offered the first (and sometimes only) chance to hear songs from Hairspray, Avenue Q, Nine, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Urban Cowboy, Marty, Dance of the Vampires and revivals of Flower Drum Song and Man of La Mancha, among many more shows.

You can now listen to some of the best these with RealPlayer in the "Radio Playbill" archives on Playbill On-Line.

And don't miss Playbill's theatre news headlines, being broadcast throughout the day, seven days a week on Sirius Satellite Radio's "Broadway's Best," Stream 77. This link now takes you directly to the page that lets you listen to the music channel and the news. Click the "listen now" icon.

Host for both the news and the magazine show is Robert Viagas, founding editor of Playbill On-Line and Theatre.com, author of several books on theatre, including "On the Line: The Creation of A Chorus Line" and "The Amazing Story of The Fantasticks," and editor of Louis Botto’s updated book, "At This Theatre."

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