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Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere review Jitney, The Great American Drama, The Oregon Trail, The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964), Singin’ in the Rain (1952), Carousel (1956), The Producers (1967), Hemlock Theatre Company’s Trivia Contest, and Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812.

 

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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

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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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Reviews: 

JM + PF: Jitney @ Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, 261 W. 47th St., through March 12, 2017

— Fences (Movie)

 

PF: New York Neo-Futurists’s production of The Great American Drama @Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre/A.R.T./NY Theaters, 502 West 53rd Street

PF: Fault Line Theatre’s production of The Oregon Trail @ WP Theater at the McGinn/Cazale Theatre, 2162 Broadway at 76th Street

MP The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964), Singin’ in the Rain (1952), Carousel (1956), The Producers (1967)

MP: Hemlock Theatre Company (Staten Island), Trivia Contest

JM: Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

 

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Music:

Belly Up To The Bar, Boys from The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)

Make ‘Em Laugh from Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

 

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Listen: Critics Rave for “Jitney;” Jillian Mueller, Lena Hall, Queen Lesli Lead Cher Reading; and Trump Plans Major Arts Cuts!

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Notes:

1) Critics Weigh in on “Jitney’s” Long-Awaited Broadway Debut

2) Michael Riedel has the Scoop on the Starry Cher Musical Reading

3) Trump Team Plans Major Arts Cuts

Arts Leaders Speak Out Against Proposed Cuts

Video: The Impact of the National Endowment for the Arts

4) Show and Casting News

Christopher Gattelli Moving Forward with Broadway-Bound “Top Hat”

“War Paint” Announces Complete Cast

5) Concert for America Adds Stars

concert4america2017.org

6) “The Today Show” Gives First Look of Taran Killam as “Hamilton’s” New King

Music:

“It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” by REM

“For Now” by the Original Broadway Cast of “Avenue Q”

“We’re Not Gonna Take It” by Twisted Sister

“What the World Needs Now” from the Broadway for Orlando concert courtesy of Broadway Records

Listen: “Jitney” Opens Tonight, “Oh Hello” Recoups, Roundabout Moves Up “On the Exhale” Opening.

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

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Notes:

1) “Jitney” Opens Tonight on Broadway

2) Last Week’s Broadway Grosses

“Oh, Hello On Broadway” Recoups

3) Show and Casting News

Roundabout’s “On the Exhale” Moves Up Opening

Chris McCarrell and George Salazar Join “The Lightning Thief” Musical

BC/EFA Announces “Broadway Backwards” Date

4) Ghostlight Project to Create a Light Across the Country

Listen: James Monroe Iglehart to Join “Hamiton,” Rachel Bloom and Jerry O’Connell Get “Crazy for You,” 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) James Monroe Iglehart to Join “Hamilton” this Spring

Major Attaway to Step into Genie’s Lamp in “Aladdin”

2) Rachel Bloom and Jerry O’Connell Join “Crazy for You” Concert

Today on Broadway: January 3rd- Lauar Osnes Talks “Crazy for You” and More

3) Michael Riedel Discuss Potential “Dreamgirls” Broadway Transfer

4) The New York Times Examines Upcoming Movie Musicals

5) #PartyWithMatti

National Swing Day is Today

Broadway Week Launched Yesterday

Listen: “Jersey Boys” Closes on Broadway, Kron and Zaitchik Awarded Kleban Prize, Curtain Call Podcast at “Lazarus.”

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

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Notes:

1) “Jersey Boys” Closed on Sunday

Final Curtain Call Video

Early Investors Cash in on “Jersey Boys”

2) Lisa Kron and Daniel Zaitchik Awarded Kleban Prize

3) The Clintons Attend Final Matinee for “The Humans”

4) “Curtain Call” Podcast Releases “Lazarus” Episode Today

Listen: Adam Jacobs to Lead “Aladdin” Tour, Telly Leung to Rejoin “In Transit,” Nicole Kidman Opts Out of Broadway “Photograph 51.”

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

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Notes:

1) Adam Jacobs to Lead “Aladdin” Tour

2) Telly Leung Sets “In Transit” Return Date

3) Nicole Kidman Opts Out of Broadway’s “Photograph 51”

4) Recommendations

“Hamilton” Celebrates Another Peaceful Transition of Power

The Washington Post Goes Backstage at “The Front Page”

Christopher Rice’s “Tappy” Debbie Reynolds Tribute

Jena Tesse Fox, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk with LaChanze about her new show, “Feeling Good”. After, we review The Present, The Metropolitan Opera’s production of Roméo et Juliette, directed by Bartlett Sher, Dinner at Eight from Minnesota Opera @ 54 Below, and Jim Caruso’s Cast Party. We discuss the new movie Manchester by the Sea and Dick Gautier.

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This Week on Broadway has been coming to you every week (mostly) since March 16, 2009 and is the longest running Broadway and theatrical podcast with more then 300 shows giving thousands of reviews and hundreds of interviews.

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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.

Jena Tesse Fox | Twitter

Jena is a theater writer and reviewer whose articles have appeared online at TimeOutNewYork.com, Playbill.com, BroadwayWorld.com and NewYorkTheaterGuide.com.

 

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Guest: LaChanze

 

THE TONY AWARD WINNING BROADWAY AND CONCERT STAR

LACHANZE

WILL RELEASE SPECIAL EP “FEELING GOOD”

TO CELEBRATE NEW SHOW AT THE HIGHLINE BALLROOM

IN ADVANCE OF UPCOMING NATIONAL TOUR

New York, NY (12/15/2016) – LaCHANZE – the Tony Award winning actress and concert star of The Color Purple, If/Then, Once on This Island and more – has announced plans to record a special EP “Feeling Good” to feature musical highlights of her electric new concert of the same name at The Highline Ballroom. The show will debut on Monday, February 27, 2017 in anticipation of an upcoming national tour. The recording will be released on Friday, February 24, 2017.

“Feeling Good is a peek into my life through song,” she explains. “Since our preview back in 2014 at Joe’s Pub we have been reworking the material to include original music as well as new arrangements starting with the title song, arranged by Michael Olatuja. I’ve been flirting with the idea of a concert that explores my life for three years. I am currently working on my memoir and this process has inspired this evening of music. We use Jazz, Rock and Soul, along with contemporary Broadway compositions to take you on this journey.

When “Feeling Good” had its world premiere at Washington DC’s Kennedy Center last year, BroadwayWorld.com praised “her ability to deliver exceptional vocals mixed with authentic emotions. Add to that her charm, seemingly natural ability to draw the audience in as if the event is an intimate music sharing experience among friends.” DC Metro Theater Arts raved “LaChanze proved herself to be almost a volcanic, spontaneous force of nature, endowing each song with distinctive and very nuanced shadings appropriate to the mood of each lyric.”

LaCHANZE has been hailed as “m[...]

Listen: Tony-nominee Bryce Pinkham Talks Joining Season 2 of PBS’s “Mercy Street” and the Live-Stream of Broadway’s “Holiday Inn”

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

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Notes:

BroadwayHD: “Holiday Inn”

“Mercy Street” on PBS

Listen: Tony Awards to Return to Radio City, Kander and Stroman at Work on New Musical, and Matt RAVES about Jessica Vosk and the “Wicked” Tour!

“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) The Tony Awards Will Return to Radio City

2) Show and Casting News

Michael Emerson and January LaVoy to Lead “Wakey, Wakey” at Signature

John Kander and Susan Stroman are at Work on a New Musical

Nathan Lane’s “Angels in America” Could Potentially Land on Broadway

3) Patti LuPone and Tovah Feldshuh Guest Star on Tonight’s “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”

4) Matt Reviews the “Wicked” National Tour

“Wicked” at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts

Listen: Lauren Class Schneider talks to cast member Carson Elrod about “The Liar,” presented by the Classic Stage Company.

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