Robert Viagas, editor-in-chief of Encore Monthly (Encoremonthly.com), the national theatre magazine, is an author, journalist, lecturer, podcaster, and professor with more than thirty-five years' experience, much of it working on Broadway with Playbill Inc., the iconic theatre program company. Founding editor of Playbill.com, Viagas created the Playbill Broadway Yearbook series. Among his nineteen books on the performing arts: On the Line: The Creation of A Chorus Line and The Amazing Story of The Fantasticks. Viagas served on the nominating committee for Broadway's Tony Awards. He has told his theatre ghost stories at libraries, universities, and on SiriusXM radio.