This is the preview to Chapter 4 and 5 for all of our great original cast members. Thanks to the Lombardo Family the debut of this show is exactly 54 years since my debut as a professional actor.

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Hello everyone, this is Richard Arnold Beattie, producer and co-host of Useful to God. On this day in America, we are beginning the Republican National Convention. As a journalist I want to take you back in history to August 5, 1956 to the Cow Palace in San Francisco, CA. While Dwight D. Eisenhower - an American Hero accepted the run for his second term as Commander and Chief, his remarks were unremarkable, save for the last minute. He evoked, Lincoln and Jesus with the "House Divided quote." You may recall that the Pharisees attempted to divide Jesus' from his mother and brothers by saying that "He was possessed." As we begin a short series on Media and The Presidency, we are at the Eisenhower Library in Abeline, TX. And so, Eisenhower is on my mind! Ike told the crowd that we have a choice during these divisive times- we can employ- "anxiety," or "Faith." In the coming days, we will stop in Independence, MO and walk the Truman Library and then Hyde Park and FDR. All of these Presidents were heard on KLZ Radio when they spoke about The Depression, WWII, Korea and The Cold War. As you listen to the speeches this week from Michigan, remember, the choice, fear, anxiety, or faith in God. Here is that speech by Eisenhower, August 5, 1956.

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Another useful conversation from Theologian and Academic, Dr. James Spencer and Broadcast Journalist and Editor Richard Arnold Beattie. Part 2

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Jones Beach Marine Theater was a special place to see musical theater. It is geographically 40 minutes from Broadway, yet in the community of musical theater it is very much a part of the Tony Award lights from stars, directors, producers and crew. It is where so many actors revived and originated roles, in a bigger than Broadway scale. Constance Towers and Richard Arnold Beattie give a behind the scenes look at the nightly business of the theater by talking about their shared experiences at Jones Beach Marine Theater from The Sound of Music in 1970 and 1971 and The King and I in 1972. This week, on chapter 3- From Broadway to Jones Beach.

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Live from a sandbar, the introduction goes in this introduction episode of From Broadway to Jones Beach.

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John Cullum went from Broadway to Jones Beach, as did Constance Towers, John Michael King and Joel Grey, and as is usual many returned to Broadway. June Angela spends her time going from Jones Beach to television, voice work and Broadway. Morty Halpern, the veteran "Dean" of stage managers spent many summers at Jones Beach Marine Theater with his wife Sherry Lambert Halpern. This is a program dedicated to the kin of Musical Theater. And as John Lennon once sang "In my life -I've loved them all."

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From South Pacific to The Sound of Music, The King and I, Carousel and Oklahoma, The Jones Beach Theater went on to be a key spot for R and H Revivals. Richard Arnold Beattie in this podcast talks to his friends and his beginnings in musical theater. This episode contains the voices of Constance Towers, Liz Lombardo, Lee Wilson and June Angela. This is a special Legends edition with stories and songs of Richard Rogers.

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