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It's ShowtimeDecember 16, 2013
Our show on the Broadway musical was quite epic, and we ended up cutting out some interesting stories to make the show a reasonable length. However I'll leak out a couple of these 'deleted scenes' over the next couple weeks.For instance, here's a segment…
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