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Eric Gutman's "From Broadway to Obscurity" is both a love letter to musical theater and a therapy session about being a professional actor.

Garry Marshall was a funny guy. He was one of the writers who shaped the comedy of the 1960s on "The Lucy Show" and "The Dick Van Dyke Show" before he developed Neil Simon's "The Odd Couple" for TV in 1970 and created "Happy Days" (1974-1984), "Laverne and Shirley" (1976-1983), and "Mork and Mindy" (1978-1982).

Today's top stories include Lea Michele out of Funny Girl for 10 days after testing positive for COVID-19. Learn more about Julie Benko's upcoming schedule. In other Funny Girl news, Barbara Tirrell made her debut in the show one day after she was hired as an offstage cover for Mrs. Brice, Mrs. Strakosh, and Mrs. Meeker.

Those who loved the original “Pretty Woman” movie with Julia Roberts and Richard Gere when it came out in 1990 likely will feel the same way when seeing “Pretty Woman: The Musical,” which is in Oklahoma City through Sunday.

For 30 years, Theater Talk has been appointment listening on WBFO, featuring the insights of theater critic and historian, Anthony Chase, who joins Peter Hall for a five-minute weekly broadcast at 6:45 and 8:45 Friday mornings on 88.7 WBFO with a podcast available on wbfo.org. As part of BTPM (Buffalo Toronto Public Media), their beat is primarily Buffalo theater, but Broadway, The Shaw Festival, The Stratford Festival, are covered as other relevant art forms are touched on, including ballet and opera.