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Listen: Broadway Bids Farewell to Shows and Stars, NYT and Isherwood Reach Settlement, and Kron Clears Up Controversy

“Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre headlines of the day.

Any and all feedback is appreciated: [email protected] (James Marino) or [email protected] (Matt Tamanini)

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Notes:

Laura Osnes and Others to Perform at “A Capitol Fourth”

1) Broadway Says Goodbye to Two Shows and a Star

Josh Groban Completes Broadway Turn as Pierre, Oak’s Debut Delayed

Groban Takes on Sean Hannity and Twitter Trolls

“Present Laughter” Takes Final Bow on Broadway

“The Little Foxes” Closes Broadway Revival

2) The New York Times and Charles Isherwood Reach Settlement

3) Lisa Kron Responds to “Fun Home” Costuming Controversy

4) Nicholas Hytner Pens Essay on Post-Brexit Theatre

5) Lin-Manuel Miranda Announces “Hamilton” Instrumentals with #Ham4Ham

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Jan Simpson review 1984, Manhattan Theatre Club’s production of Fulfillment Center, Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of Napoli, Brooklyn, Bella: An American Tall Tale @ Playwrights Horizons, Manhattan Theatre Club’s production of Cost Of Living, and Seeing You, An Immersive Experience from Randy Weiner and Ryan Heffington, located at 450 W 14th Street.

 

 

This Week on Broadway has been coming to you every week since March 16, 2009. It is the longest running Broadway and theatrical podcast with more than 400 shows giving thousands of reviews and hundreds of interviews.

Subscribe to BroadwayRadio in iTunes by CLICKING HERE.

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Panel:

Peter Filichia | [email protected] | Facebook

Peter Filichia is a theater journalist and historian with a number of books, his most recent is, “The Great Parade”, available everywhere. His columns appear at MTI, Masterworks Broadway, Broadway Select and many other places.

James Marino | [email protected] | Twitter | Facebook

BroadwayStars

Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | Facebook

Michael Portantiere is a theater reviewer and essayist, whose work appears at TalkinBroadway, Everything Sondheim and BroadwayStars. He is also a theatrical photographer whose photos have appeared in The New York Times and other major publications. You can see his photography work at FollowSpotPhoto.com.

Matt Tamanini | Twitter

MATT TAMANINI is BroadwayWorld’s Senior TV and Film Critic and the host of the “Some Like it Pop” podcast, which is available on iTunes and Stitcher. You can connect with Matt on Twitter at @BWWMatt.

Jan Simpson | [email protected] | Facebook | Twitter

Broadway & Me

JAN SIMPSON is the Director of the Arts and Culture Journalism program at CUNY’s Graduate School of Journalism, and also writes for TDF Stages, American Theater and has her own blog at Broadway & Me.

Notes and links for the podcast.

Reviews: 

JS + PF: 1984 @ Hudson Theatre, 139 – 141 West 44th Street, through October 8, 2017

JS + PF: Manhattan Theatre Club’s production of Fulfillment Center @ MTC Stage II at City Center, 131 West 55th Street. through July 16, 2017

TDF Stages: What Happens When There’s Class Conflict in the Workplace? by JANICE SIMPSON

JS: Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of Napoli, Brooklyn @ The Laura Pels Theatre, 111 West 46th Street, through September 3, 2017

PF + JS: Bella: An American Tall Tale @ Playwrights Horizons, 416 West 42 Street, through July 2, 2017

JS: Manhattan Theatre Club’s production of Cost Of Living @ MTC Stage I at City Center, 131 West 55th Street, through July 16, 2017

Marvin’s Room

PF: Seeing You | An Immersive Experience from Randy Weiner and Ryan Heffington, located at 450 W 14th Street, through July 30, 2017

New York Times: Review: An Immersive ‘Seeing You’ Sends Its Audience to War by Ben Brantley and Jesse Green

Our chief theater critics went to see the interactive performance piece on the same night, expecting to have vastly different experiences. They didn’t.

 

Television, Film and Streaming: 

Tours: 

Podcasts:

Recordings: 

Post Script:

Coming Soon: 

Explicit: No

Music:

“Big Booty Tupelo Gal” from Bella: An American Tall Tale at Playwrights Horizons

 

Bella: An American Tall Tale Trailer

 

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Listen: Reviews are in for “Marvin’s Room” on Broadway, Lincoln Center Still Hoping for Colin Firth, and “Indecent” Numbers Continue to Rise!

“Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre headlines of the day.

Any and all feedback is appreciated: [email protected] (James Marino) or [email protected] (Matt Tamanini)

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Notes:

1) Critics Differ on “Marvin’s Room’s” Broadway Debut

2) Show and Casting News

Lincoln Center Still Hoping for Colin Firth in “My Fair Lady”

Casting Change for Off-Center’s “Assassins”

Yet Again, More Stars Join Vassar Powerhouse Season

3) “Indecent” Box Office Numbers Reportedly Continue to Climb

4) Artists Announced for Ted Chapin’s First Year at 92nd Street Y

Listen: Two Very Different Shows Aim for Broadway, Mercedes Ruehl and “A Clockwork Orange” to Head Off-Broadway, and #Ham4All Videos!

“Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre headlines of the day.

Any and all feedback is appreciated: [email protected] (James Marino) or [email protected] (Matt Tamanini)

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Notes:

1) Two Very Different Shows Aiming for Broadway, “Beetlejuice” and “Heartbreak Hotel”

2) Show and Casting News

Mercedes Ruehl Joins “Torch Song”

“A Clockwork Orange” to Make London to New York Transfer

York Theatre to Stage “Jerry’s Girls”

3) Recommendations

“Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)” Music Video

Groffsauce’s #Ham4All Video

“The Greatest Showman” Releases Full Trailer

Listen: Equity Releases Study on Diversity Hiring, Michael Moore Donates to the Public, and Norm Lewis and Carolee Carmello Perform on “GMA.”

“Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre headlines of the day.

Any and all feedback is appreciated: [email protected] (James Marino) or [email protected] (Matt Tamanini)

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Notes:

1) Equity Study Shows Gender and Racial Discrimination in Theatre Hiring

2) Michael Moore Donates $10,000 to Public Theatre

3) Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Keala Settle, and More Share “Greatest Showman” Teasers

4) George Takei will Return to “Allegiance” for Los Angeles Premiere

5) Norm Lewis and Carolee Carmello Perform from “Sweeney Todd” on “Today Show”

6) Central Florida Students Take Top Jimmy Awards Prizes

Listen: Queen Lesli and Elena Shaddow to Lead Bucks County “Guys and Dolls,” Should Netflix Embrace Broadway, and #Ham4All!

“Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre headlines of the day.

Any and all feedback is appreciated: [email protected] (James Marino) or [email protected] (Matt Tamanini)

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Notes:

Tickets on Sale Now for “Escape to Margaritaville” on Broadway

1) Last Week’s Broadway Grosses

Note: James talked about “grand rights” when he meant “subsidiary rights”

Subsidiary Rights Clauses in Theatrical Production Contracts. What’s the big deal?

2) The Bucks County Playhouse Announces Star-Studded “Guys and Dolls”

3) MarketWatch Asks if Netflix Should Embrace Broadway

4) Lin-Manuel Miranda Launches #Ham4All Prizeo Contest

Broadway Stars Get in on the #Ham4All Action

Stephen and Ayesha Curry Perform “The Schuyler Sisters” with Lin

Listen: Two Shows Close on Broadway, The Kilroys Release 2017 List, Equity Reaches Deal with LORT, and More!

“Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre headlines of the day.

Any and all feedback is appreciated: [email protected] (James Marino) or [email protected] (Matt Tamanini)

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Notes:

1) Two Shows Closed on Broadway Yesterday

“Sweat” Closes On Broadway

“Sunset Boulevard” Ends Revival Run on Broadway

“SpongeBob” Tickets Go On Sale Today

2) The Kilroys Release their 4th Annual List

The Interval

3) Actors’ Equity Reaches New Deal with LORT

4) The Jimmy Awards to Stream Best Actor and Actress Awards Tonight

5) Recommendations

London’s Best Performed at West End Live Over the Weekend

Matt Was a Guest on St. Louis’ “Geek to Me Radio”

The Guardian Looks at the Intersection of US Plays and Politics 

Broadway Black Delivers a #Purple4Prince Mashup

Ron Fassler, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about 1984, The Ziegfeld Society’s production of We’ll take a glass Together, Cost Of Living @ Manhattan Theatre Club, Afterglow @ The Loft at the Davenport Theatre, Red Bull Theater’s production of The Government Inspector, Live at the 2017 Tony Awards (from the expensive seats!), Dear Evan Hansen | Actors Fund performance, The 2017 National High School Musical Theatre Awards™ (NHSMTA)/Jimmy® Awards coming.

 

 

This Week on Broadway has been coming to you weekly since March 2009. It is the longest running Broadway and theatrical podcast with more than 400 shows giving thousands of reviews and hundreds of interviews.

Subscribe to BroadwayRadio in iTunes by CLICKING HERE.

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If you would like to listen to the podcast, click on the arrow in the player below.

Panel:

Peter Filichia | [email protected] | Facebook

Peter Filichia is a theater journalist and historian with a number of books, his most recent is, “The Great Parade”, available everywhere. His columns appear at MTI, Masterworks Broadway, Broadway Select and many other places.

James Marino | [email protected] | Twitter | Facebook

BroadwayStars

Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | Facebook

Michael Portantiere is a theater reviewer and essayist, whose work appears at TalkinBroadway, Everything Sondheim and BroadwayStars. He is also a theatrical photographer whose photos have appeared in The New York Times and other major publications. You can see his photography work at FollowSpotPhoto.com.

Matt Tamanini | Twitter

MATT TAMANINI is BroadwayWorld’s Senior TV and Film Critic and the host of the “Some Like it Pop” podcast, which is available on iTunes and Stitcher. You can connect with Matt on Twitter at @BWWMatt.

Ron Fassler | [email protected] | Twitter

Ron is a film and television actor and author. His book “Up in the Cheap Seats: A Historical Memoir of Broadway” which chronicles Fassler’s years as a teenage theatregoer, and includes interviews with more than 100 Broadway theatre artists, was published in February, 2017.

 

Notes and links for the podcast.

 

Reviews: 

MP + RF: 1984 @ Hudson Theatre, 139 – 141 West 44th Street, through October 8, 2017

1984 – Talkin’ Broadway’s Theatre Review by Michael Portantiere – June 22, 2017

MP: The Ziegfeld Society’s production of We’ll take a glass Together @ Lang Hall – Hunter College @ 69th Street, June 24th

RS: Cost Of Living @ Manhattan Theatre Club,

MP: Afterglow @ The Loft at the Davenport Theatre, through August 5, 2017

RS: Red Bull Theater’s production of The Government Inspector @ The Duke on 42nd Street, 229 West 42nd Street, though June 24, 2017

 

Discussion: 

RS: Live at the 2017 Tony Awards (from the expensive seats!)

RS: Dear Evan Hansen | Actors Fund Sun, June 25, 2017, 8:00 pm

MP: The 2017 National High School Musical Theatre Awards™ (NHSMTA)/Jimmy® Awards will take place on Monday, June 26, 2017 at 7:30pm at the Minskoff Theatre, 200 West 45th Street in Manhattan.

 

 

Television, Film and Streaming: 

Tours: 

Podcasts:

Recordings: 

Post Script:

Coming Soon: 

Explicit: No

Music:

Grand Hotel: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

H-A-P-P-Y / We’ll Take a Glass Together

 

Contact Info:

Email addresses: see above

BroadwayRadio Phone / Voicemail: +1-888-285-4666

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Listen: “Indecent” Gets a Reprieve, Critics Review “1984,” and Ryan Murphy to Revive “The Boys in the Band”

“Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre headlines of the day.

Any and all feedback is appreciated: [email protected] (James Marino) or [email protected] (Matt Tamanini)

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Notes:

1) “Indecent” Reverses Course and Extends

2) The Critics Have Their Say as “1984” Opens on Broadway

3) Ryan Murphy to Reportedly Bring “The Boys in the Band” to Broadway

4) Original Stars Set to Return for “Mamma Mia” Sequel

5) Lin-Manuel Miranda and Weird Al Yankovic to Gets Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

6) Hedy Weiss to No Longer Receive Press Invitations from Some Chicago Theatre Companies

7) BroadwayHD to Record Kevin Kline’s “Present Laughter” Tonight

Listen: “Cats” Announces Closing, Princess Diana Musical in the Works, Well-Timed “1984” Announcement, Matt’s Crazy “My Fair Lady” Prediction!

“Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre headlines of the day.

Any and all feedback is appreciated: [email protected] (James Marino) or [email protected] (Matt Tamanini)

BroadwayRadio on Twitter | Facebook

Notes:

1) “Cats” Announces Closing Date on Broadway

2) Princess Diana Musical in the Works

3) Show and Casting News

“1984” Announces Age Restrictions

World Premiere of “Sugar in Our Wounds” to Play MTC

Chloe Sevigny and Jerry Springer to Highlight New Group Season

Preliminary Casting Announced for Paper Mill’s “Half Time”

4) Broadway League Reportedly Threatens Lawsuits Against Protesters

5) Matt’s Crystal Ball

Beth Behrs Instagram

6) NT live Releases Trailer for Upcoming “Angels in America” Cinema Broadcast