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“Beaches” made a splash in the cultural lexicon when it debuted in cinemas in 1988. The film starred Bette Midler as Cee Cee Bloom and Barbara Hershey as Hillary Essex, two best friends who met as children under the Atlantic City boardwalk and then weathered life’s trials and tribulations together for decades — until one of them falls fatally ill.

But the truth is, “Beaches” was a novel before it was a movie. And that novel was inspired by author Iris Rainer Dart’s own friendship. In this episode, Dart reveals the connections between the cultural, tear-jerking phenomenon and her own life.

Plus, host Ruthie Fierberg gets the scoop from composer Mike Stoller, co-directors Matt Coward and Lonny Price, producer Jennifer Maloney-Prezioso and stars Jessica Vosk and Kelli Barrett about what to expect from the stage musical version of the beloved “Beaches.”

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