This is an excerpt from a podcast episode featuring Gary Seligson. Gary tells his reason for leaving a hit show (Wicked) for something new and untested (Tarzan) and how Phil Collins played an integral part in that decision.

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Clayton Craddock hosts the Broadway Drumming 101 Podcast and Newsletter. He has held the drum chair in several hit broadway and off-broadway musicals, including Tick, tick…BOOM!, Altar Boyz, Memphis The Musical, Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar and Grill and Ain’t Too Proud.

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