Robert Viagas is editor-in-chief of Encore Monthly (Encoremonthly.com), the national theatre magazine. He has more than thirty-five years' experience as an author, journalist, lecturer, podcaster, and professor. He has spent much of his career working on Broadway with Playbill Inc., the iconic theatre program company, including as the founding editor of Playbill.com and the Playbill Broadway Yearbook series. His twenty-two books on the performing arts include On the Line: The Creation of A Chorus Line, The Amazing Story of The Fantasticks, and Good Morning, Olive: Haunted Theatres of Broadway and Beyond. Viagas has served on the nominating committee for the Tony Awards.