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Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere review Pacific Overtures @ Classic Stage Company, The Boy Who Danced On Air @ Abingdon Theatre Company, Can You Forgive Her? @ Vineyard Theatre, Signature Theatre’s production of Suzan-Lori Parks’ Venus, Raisin @ Astoria Performing Arts Center, PharmaBro: An American Douchical! @ Players Theatre, The Girls (based on Calendar Girls), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? with Imelda Staunton, and The Miser @ Garrick Theatre

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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.

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Pre: 

Theatre World Awards – June 5 @ Imperial, email Peter for tickets. [email protected]

Reviews: 

MP + PF: Pacific Overtures @ Classic Stage Company, 136 East 13th Street, through June 18, 2017

PF: The Boy Who Danced On Air @ Abingdon Theatre Company, June Havoc Theatre, 312 West 36th Street, through June 11, 2017

MP: Can You Forgive Her? @ Vineyard Theatre, 108 East 15th Street, through June 11, 2017

— This Week on Broadway for April 30 2017: Frank Wood and Hello, Dolly!

PF: Signature Theatre’s production of Suzan-Lori Parks’ Venus, The Irene Diamond Stage, 480 West 42nd Street, through June 4, 2017

MP: Raisin @ Astoria Performing Arts Center, Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, 30-44 Crescent St. at 30th Road, through May 4-27, 2017 (already closed)

PF: PharmaBro: An American Douchical! @ Players Theatre, 115 Macdougal Street, through June 18, 2017

PF: London Section

— The Girls (based on Calendar Girls) @ Phoenix Theatre, 110 Charing Cross Rd, London

— Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? with Imelda Staunton @ Harold Pinter Theatre, Panton St, London

— The Miser @ Garrick Theatre, 2 Charing Cross Road, London

 

Discussion: 

Broadway Attendance For 2016-2017 Tops That Of All 10 NY, NJ Pro Sports Teams Combined

 

Television, Film and Streaming: 

Tours: 

Podcasts:

Recordings: 

Post Script:

Coming Soon: 

Explicit: No

Music:

Raisin 1974 Tony Awards. Esther Rolle introduces her ‘Good Times’ son Ralph Carter singing “Sidewalk Tree” and Tony winner Virginia Capers performs “Whole Lot of Sunlight”

 

 

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Listen: NBC Says Bye Bye to “Bye Bye Birdie Live,” “Ernest Shackleton” to Be Live Streamed, and Details on “Pretty Woman” Musical!

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

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Notes:

1) “Bye Bye Birdie Live” Delays Production at NBC

2) “Ernest Shackleton Loves Me” to Live Stream on BroadwayHD

Vote in the 15th Annual BroadwayWorld Theater Fans’ Choice Awards

3) Jerry Mitchell Gives Entertainment Weekly Details about “Pretty Woman” Musical

4) Show and Casting News

“End of Longing” Extends Off-Broadway

“Gorillas in the Mist” Coming to the Stage

Barrington Stage Announces Additional Casting for this Summer’s Season

5) The Broadway League Responds to Casting Directors Calls for Healthcare

6) The Tonys Release their 2017 In Memoriam List

Listen: Santino Fontana to Lead “Tootsie” Reading, Bloomberg Donates $75 Million to Arts Center, and Loads of Recommendations!

“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) Santino Fontana Set to Lead June Reading of “Tootsie” Musical

2) Broadway Casting Fraud Case Heads to Court

3) Michael Bloomberg Donates $75 Million to New Arts Center

4) Recommendations

Laurie Metcalf and Nathan Exchange Emails on their Tony Nominated Roles

Curtain Call Dream Casts West End “Hamilton’s” Lead

Seven Questions with Director Rachel Chavkin

“Turning the Tables” Dance Call Episode

Listen: “The Band’s Visit” is Heading to Broadway, 2017 Obie Winners, Broadway Sets a New Grosses Record, and Trump Aims at NEA Again

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

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Notes:

1) “The Band’s Visit” to Land on Broadway this Fall

2) The Complete List of 2017 Obie Winners

3) Last Week’s Broadway Grosses

Broadway Has Highest Grossing Year in History Again

4) Show and Casting News

Additions Made to Williamstown Theatre Festival Schedule

“Bandstand” to Launch “Band Together” Project

Lisa Lampanelli’s “Stuffed” to Open Off-Broadway this Fall

5) Kurt Deutsch Heads to Warner/Chappell Music

6) Trump Again Sets Sights on Arts and Public Broadcasting

Actors Equity Again Affirms the Importance of Arts

Listen: “Julius Caesar” Begins Performances in the Park, A.R.T. Teases Fans, and Matt is in a Bad Mood about Both!

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

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Notes:

1) 2017 Obie Winners Announced

Lilly Awards Presented

2) Show and Casting News

Shakespeare in the Park’s “Julius Caesar” Begins Performances Tonight

“Tootsie” Musical to Have a Reading Next Month

“Sojourners” and “Her Portmanteau” Extend at NYTW

A.R.T. Teases, then Denies a “Bombshell” Production

3) Last Week’s Broadway Grosses

4) Dramatists Guild Issues Statement on “Virginia Woolf” Casting Controversy

5) Watch “The Encounter” in Full on YouTube through Thursday

Listen: Encores Announces an Incredible 2018 Season, Drama League Announces Winners, and It is Workshop/Lab/Reading Season in New York!

“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:

Two Shows Closed on Broadway Yesterday: “Amelie” and “The Glass Menagerie”

1) Encores Announces its 2018 Season

2) The Drama League Announces its 2017 Winners

3) “Come from Away” Announces National Tour

4) Workshop, Lab, and Reading News

Margherita, Mendez, and Wyse Lead “The Talented Mr. Ripley” Workshop

Drew Lachey Stars in “Bulldozer” Reading

Chris Gattelli Joins THE CHER SHOW Team’s Next Lab

5) Universal Sets Release Date for “Mamma Mia” Sequel Film

6) Reading Recommendations

Cynthia Erivo Comments on Glenn Close’s Public Apology

Theatre Casting Directors Fight to Unionize

Louis Peitzman on the “Virginia Woolf” Casting Debate

7) Video Recommendations

PBS Releases a Sneak Peek of “Falsettos”

Titus Burgess Sings “Poor Unfortunate Souls” at Vulture Fest

Jane Krakowski and Tituss Burgess Sing at Vulture Fest

Laura Benanti Explains the 2016-2017 Plays

James Marino, Michael Portantiere and Jan Simpson review Pacific Overtures @ Classic Stage Company, The New Group’s production of The Whirligig, Seven Spots on the Sun @ Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, and The Mint Theater Company’s production of The Lucky One. We discuss the controversy surrounding an Oregon production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Shoebox Theatre director Michael Streeter.

 

This episode of This Week on Broadway is supported by Heartbeat Opera.

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 | Facebook | Twitter

Broadway & Me

JAN SIMPSON is Co-director of the Arts and Culture Journalism program at CUNY’s Graduate School of Journalism, and also writes for TDF Stages and American Theater.

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Reviews: 

 

JS: Pacific Overtures @ Classic Stage Company, 136 East 13th Street, through June 18, 2017

MP: The New Group’s production of The Whirligig @ Signature’s Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre, 480 West 42nd Street, through June 18, 2017

JS: Seven Spots on the Sun @ Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, 224 Waverly Place, through June 4, 2017

JS + MP: The Mint Theater Company’s production of The Lucky One @ The Beckett Theatre at Theatre Row, 410 West 42nd Street, through through June 25, 2017

— Off Broadway Reviews – The Lucky One: Theatre Review by Michael Portantiere – May 18, 2017

 

Discussion: 

BWW: Controversy Erupts After Albee Estate Objects to Casting of Black Actor in WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?

 

Playbill: August Wilson Assails Colorblind Casting

NYT: Barlett Sher to Direct “Porgy and Bess” at the Met in 2019-2020

 

Television, Film and Streaming: 

Tours: 

Podcasts:

Recordings: 

Post Script:

Coming Soon: 

Explicit: No

Music:

Two selections from PORGY AND BESS, from the recording of the Houston Grand Opera production that played on Broadway in 1976

1-01 Introduction – Jasbo Brown Blue

2-11 Oh, I Can’t Sit Down

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Listen: One Killed and 22 Injured in Times Square, Glenda Jackson and Laurie Metcalf to Return to Broadway Next Spring, “Oh, Hello” on Netflix in June!

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

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Notes:

A Pedestrian was Killed and Nearly Two Dozen More Were Injured when a Car Struck them in Times Square

Traffic Patterns Modified as All Broadway Shows Go on as Scheduled

1) Glenda Jackson and Laurie Metcalf to Return to Broadway in “Three Tall Women” Next Spring

2) Show and Casting News

“1984” Officially Began Performances on Broadway Thursday Night

“The End of Longing” Began Previews Off-Broadway on Thursday

Celia Keenan-Bolger, Anita Gillette, and More Join Second Stage’s “A Parallelogram”

Drew Gehling to Return to “Waitress” this Summer

“Oh, Hello on Broadway” to Debut on Netflix on June 13th

3) Edward Albee Estate Pulls “Virginia Woolf” Rights Over Color-Blind Casting

4) Bette Midler to Visit “CBS Sunday Morning” This Week

Listen: “King Kong” is Coming to Broadway, Glenn Close Apologizes for Absence, and “Great Comet” Release New Ticket Block.

“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) “King Kong” the Musical to Hit Broadway in Fall 2018

2) “Great Comet” Releases Tickets into 2018

Vulture Presents First Listen to “Great Comet” Recording

3) Glenn Close Apologies for Mother’s Day Absence

4) BCEFA’s Broadway Bets Raises More than a Quarter of a Million Dollars

5) The Collaborator Party to Hold a Celebratory Tony Night Party

Music: “Dust and Ashes” from “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812”

Listen: “The Little Mermaid: Live” This Fall,  Off Broadway Alliance Awards, “Dear Evan Hansen” Tour, Barlett Sher to Direct “Porgy and Bess” at the Met

“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) ABC to Present “The Little Mermaid: Live” This Fall… Kind Of

2) Off Broadway Alliance Award Winner Announced

3) Show News

“Dear Evan Hansen” Heading Out on the Road Next Fall

“Fun Home” Tour Recoups

Barlett Sher to Direct “Porgy and Bess” at the Met in 2019-2020

4) David Letterman to be Awarded the Mark Twain Prize

5) Sara Bareilles and the Cast of “Waitress” Serve a Pop-Up Performance on “GMA”