BroadwayRadio

Listen: “Amelie” Announces Closing, “Harry Potter” Announces Opening Date, and Dave Malloy Returns to Pierre!

“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:

James’ “Groundhog Day” Review

1) “Amelie” Announces Closing Date

2) “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” Announces Broadway Opening Date

3) Show and Casting News

Dave Malloy is Back as Pierre

Amber Tamblyn-Led “Can You Forgive Her?” Began Previews Last Night

“Anastasia” to Launch US Tour and International Productions

Tesori and Lindsay-Abaire Team up for “Kimberly Akimbo” Musical

Jaime Camil Signs on to Hollywood Bowl “Mamma Mia!”

4) First Look at PBS’s “King Charles III”

Listen: Tony Nomination Reaction, Leads Found for “All the President’s Men?” Reading, and “Freaky Friday” Musical Headed for TV!

“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:

Curtain Call book Discount

Code: BW20

1) Tony Nomination Reaction

Brantley and Green on Nominees

Gordon Cox: Are the Tony Awards Elitist?

Riedel Places Bets on Winners

2) Show and Casting News

Stars Found to Lead “All the President’s Men?” Reading

New Stephen Trask and Peter Yanowitz Musical to Lead Atlantic Season

Simon and Garfunkel Show Heads to West End

3) Last Week’s Broadway Grosses

4) Chita Rivera Award Nominees Announced

5) Theatre on Film

Disney Prepping a “Freaky Friday: The Musical” for TV

BroadwayHD Announces Latest Additions

6) NEA and Public Broadcasting Budgets Included in House Budget

Listen: Something Other Than Tony Nominations. Mostly.

“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. Marc Hershberg at Forbes.com tells us that Britney Spears (is) In Talks To Make Broadway Musical

2. Michael Moore coming to Broadway, but not as Brittney Spears. Sad face.

3. Will and Amber Riley-Led DREAMGIRLS to Move to Broadway in 2018?

4. Even More Pure Imagination! CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Will Launch National Tour in 2018

5. American Repertory Theater Announces First Production of the Season WARHOL CAPOTE

 

6. John Kander, David Thompson and Susan Stroman to Bring THE BEAST IN THE JUNGLE to the Vineyard Theatre in the spring of 2018

7. Takeaways from the 2017 Tony nominations by Adam Feldman

Listen: Hi, it’s James. I just want to remind you that today the 2017 Tony Nominations will be announced this morning at 8:30AM, BroadwayTime, and that Matt and I will be back around 9:30AM to give you today’s episode. Speak to you then!

Experts Predict Tomorrow’s Tony Nominations, Middle Eastern & Muslim Artists Voice Representation Concerns, Cynthia Erivo an O Away from an EGOT!

“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:

2017 Tony Nominations!

Listen: Tony Nominations Have Been Announced! GREAT COMET, DOLLY, DEAR EVAN HANSEN, and A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2 Lead the Way!

“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) TONY NOMINATIONS!

Best Play

A Doll’s House, Part 2

Indecent

Oslo

Sweat

Best Musical

Come From Away

Dear Evan Hansen

Groundhog Day The Musical

Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

Best Revival of a Play

August Wilson’s Jitney

Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes

Present Laughter

Six Degrees of Separation

Best Revival of a Musical

Falsettos

Hello, Dolly!

Miss Saigon

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk with Frank Wood. We review Hello, Dolly!, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, A Doll’s House Part 2, Bandstand, Anastasia, Six Degrees of Separation, and Groundhog Day.

 

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.

———————————-

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.

 

Notes and links for the podcast.

Guest: Frank Wood

Frank Wood at IBDB

Frank Wood at IMDB

Can you Forgive Her? at the Vineyard Theatre

 

Reviews: 

PF + MP + JM: Hello, Dolly! @ Shubert Theatre, 225 W. 44th St. (21:12)

MP + JM: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory @ Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 205 W. 46th St. (42:45)

PF: A Doll’s House Part 2 @ John Golden Theatre, 252 W. 45th St. Jul 23, 2017 (51:15)

MP + PF + JM: Bandstand @ Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, 242 W. 45th St. (56:00)

MP + PF + JM: Anastasia @ Broadhurst Theatre, 235 W. 44th St. (1:08:10)

Projection Design by Aaron Rhyne

— How Ghosts and Trees Come to Life in ‘Anastasia’ by Frank Rizzo

— Frank Rizzo’s new website: ShowRiz

PF: Six Degrees of Separation @ Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 243 W. 47th St. (1:19:56)

MP: Groundhog Day @ August Wilson Theatre, 245 W. 52nd St. (1:25:10)

 

Discussion: 

 

Television, Film and Streaming: 

Tours: 

Podcasts:

Recordings: 

Post Script:

Coming Soon: 

The Little Foxes @ Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, 261 W. 47th St., through  Jun 18, 2017

Oslo @ Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 150 W. 65th St.

MasterVoices presents Babes in Toyland @ APRIL 27, 2017 at 7:00PM | CARNEGIE HALL

Telly Leung  “Hello, Young Lovers” at the performance space The Green Room 42 at Yotel, Sunday, April 23 at 7:30 PM.

Fork on the Left, Knife in the Back: Broadway Roasts Michael Musto

Monday, May 22nd at 8PM at the Actors Temple Theater, 339 West 47th Street

BroadwayRoast.com

Presented by Daniel DeMello and Nathaniel Nowak, in association with the world popular dating app SCRUFF.

 

Explicit: No

Music:

“Journey to the Past” Christy Altomare Live Performance | ANASTASIA The Musical

 

Laura Osnes singing “Welcome Home”

 

Groundhog Day Now On Broadway

 

 

Contact Info:

Email addresses: see above

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

BroadwayRadio: Twitter | Facebook

Subscribe:

iHeart Radio, iTunes, Google Play, and anywhere that you can listen to finer podcasts

Stitcher: Stitcher App

iPhone/iPod: iTunes

Listen on BroadwayWorld Radio Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm

We need Listener Volunteers to help out with a few projects. If you have a few hours and would like to help out, contact [email protected].

Listen: Experts Predict Tomorrow’s Tony Nominations, Middle Eastern & Muslim Artists Voice Representation Concerns, Cynthia Erivo an O Away from an EGOT!

“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) Tony Nominations Announced Tomorrow

Gold Derby Experts Predict Nominations

2) Middle Eastern and Muslim Artists and Playwrights Horizons Discuss Representation

3) Cynthia Erivo, now an Oscar from an EGOT

4) “Hand to God” Copyright Case Appealed to the Supreme Court

5) Stars to Celebrate Fifth Anniversary of 54 Below

6) Footage of “Come from Away” in Gander

Listen: Special Episode! Critics Review “A Doll’s House, Part 2,” Drama Desk Nominees Announced, and Rob Fisher Chats “Lyrics & Lyricists.”

“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) Critics Have Their Say on “A Doll’s House, Part 2”

2) Drama Desk Announces 62nd Annual Award Nominations

3) Other Award News

James Earl Jones to Receive Tony Lifetime Achievement Award

Obies to Award Paula Vogel with Lifetime Achievement Award

MasterWorks Voices Establishes Roger Rees Fund

4) Show and Casting News

Cate Blanchett to Star in Ivo van Hove Adaptation of “All About Eve”

Michael Xavier Rounds Out “Prince of Broadway”

Karen Pittman to Lead “Pipeline” at Lincoln Center

Justin Guarini Joins Muny’s “Unsinkable Molly Brown”

Damien Chazzelle Working on Musical TV Show

5) David Cote Parts Ways with Time Out New York

Carey Purcell, New York Times- “Ten Years Later, a One-Woman Shows is Still One Man’s Work”

6) Rob Fisher Interview

92nd Street Y Lyrics and Lyricists Series

Listen: Critics Review “Bandstand” on Broadway, Milioti, Sadoski, Erivo, Pasquale Join WTF, Kevin Spacey to Play Arthur Ashe Stadium, and Sondheim’s Claps Back on Riedel!

“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:

Drama Desk Nominations Announced Today

“A Doll’s House, Part 2” Opens Tonight on Broadway to Wrap Up the Season

1) Critics Weigh in as “Bandstand” Opens on Broadway

2) The Off-Broadway Alliance Announces 2017 Award Nominees

3) Show and Casting News

Roundabout Adds to “Marvin’s Room” Cast

Stars Join Williamstown Theatre Festival

Kevin Spacey to Bring One-Man Show to Center Court

Taylor Mac’s “24-Decade History” to Tour

“Yank!” to Transfer to the London

Stephen Sondheim Corrects Michael Riedel on New Show

4) Theatre Community Gives Back

“Hamilton” Holds Three-City #EduHam

Signature Theatre and Ghostlight Project Team Up for Volunteer Campaign

5) Recommendations

Inside the Changing New York Times

Pasek and Paul Discuss and Perform “Waving Through a Window”

Listen: Easter Bonnet Competition Breaks Records, Critics Review “Six Degrees of Separation,” and Theatre Community Mourns Loss of Martha Lavey.

“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:

Easter Bonnet Competition Breaks BC/EFA Record

1) Critics Review Broadway’s “Six Degrees of Separation” Revival

2) Outer Critics Circle Announces Nominations

3) Baayork Lee to Receive 2017 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award

4) Disney Announces Major Movie Musical News

“Live-Action” “Lion King” Released in June 2019

“Lion King” Adaptation Close to Finding its Timon and Pumba

“Frozen 2” Coming in November 2019

5) Potpourri

Soho Rep will Return to their Walker Street Home in 2018

“Bandstand” to Get a Cast Recording

Recommendation: Behind the Scenes of “Bandstands” Opening Lead-Up

Leslie Odom Jr. and Nicolette Robinson Welcome a Baby Girl

6) Steppenwolf’s Martha Lavey Passes Away