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Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Pence sees Hamilton, The New Group’s production of Sweet Charity, Finian’s Rainbow @ Irish Repertory Theatre, The Front Page, Dead Poets Society @ Classic Stage Company, Labyrinth Theater Company’s production of Homos, Or Everyone In America, The Directors Company’s production of Terms of Endearment, Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened (Merrily We Roll Along Documentary), Chita: Nowadays, William Michals: A Baritone On Broadway and Aida at The Metropolitan Opera.

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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.

Notes and links for the podcast.

Reviews: 

Donald Trump Demands Apology for Mike Pence “Harassment” at Hamilton by Robert Viagas

Thomas A. Bogar: American Presidents Attend the Theatre: The Playgoing Experiences of Each Chief Executive

Note: Josh Groban has been out of Great Comet. We will be returning to Great Comet over the next few weeks before reviewing it.

What Was It Like Going on For Josh Groban in Great Comet Two Days After Opening? by Olivia Clement

Singing actor and musician Scott Stangland performed as Pierre on Broadway for the first time November 16.

MP + PF: The New Group’s production of Sweet Charity @ The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center, 480 West 42nd Street, extended through January 8, 2017

MP + PF: Finian’s Rainbow @ Irish Repertory Theatre, 132 West 22nd Street, extended through December 31, 2016

MP + PF: The Front Page on Broadway @ Broadhurst Theatre, 235 West 44th Street, through January 29, 2017

MP + PF: Dead Poets Society @ Classic Stage Company, 136 East 13th Street, through December 18, 2016

MP: Labyrinth Theater Company’s production of Homos, Or Everyone In America, @ Bank Street Theater, 155 Bank Street, through December 11, 2016

PF: The Directors Company’s production of Terms of Endearment @ 59e59 through December 11, 2016

— Produced by Julian Schlossberg, Roy Furman, Harold Newman, Florence Kaufman, Andrew Tobias

MP + PF: Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened (Merrily We Roll Along Documentary)

MP: Chita: Nowadays – Monday, November 7, 2016 | Carnegie Hall

MP: William Michals: A Baritone On Broadway | Feinstein’s/54 Below

MP: Aida at The Metropolitan Opera

 

 

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Listen: Pascal, McClure, and Grisetti to Tour with “Something Rotten,” “Sweet Charity’s” Transfer Roadblock, and Matt Reviews “La La Land”

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Notes:

1) Broadway Stars to Tour with “Something Rotten”

2) New Musical Featuring Go-Gos Music Aims for Broadway

3) “Sweet Charity” Possible for Broadway in the Fall

4) Glenda Jackson in Talks to Return as King Lear in the West End and on Broadway

5) Off-Center’s “God Bless You, Mr.Rosewater” to Get Cast Album

6) Matt’s “La La Land” Review

Listen: A Great Day for the Fansies, Andy Mientus Heads to Oz, and Matt’s Brief “Moana”Review!”

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Notes:

1) “Newsies” Gets Theatrical Release Date

2) The Muny Announces 99th Summer Season

3) Andy Mientus, Isabel Keating, Fred Applegate to Join “Wicked” Tour

4) Casting Call Posted for Cher Musical Reading

5) Michael Riedel Wants a Springsteen Musical

6) Disney Theatrical’s Thomas Schumacher Named New Broadway League Chairman

7) Matt’s Brief “Moana” Review

Listen: “Amelie” w/ Phillipa Soo is Coming to Bway, Norm & Carolee Board “Sweeney Todd,” LMM Gets WTF, & “Broadway Backstory.”

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Notes:

1) Amelie Announces Spring Opening on Broadway

2) Show and Casting News

Norm Lewis and Caralee Carmello Board Off-Broadway “Sweeney Todd”

John Kander’s “Kid Victory” to Premiere Off-Broadway in February

Regent’s Park to Bring Back “Jesus Christ Superstar” in 2017

“Master Harold… and the Boys” Extends at Signature

3) Podcasts Take to the Stage

Lin-Manuel Miranda Chats with the PodFather, Marc Maron

Theater People Debuts New “Broadway Backstory” Podcast

Listen: “The Play that Goes Wrong” to Broadway, “Great Comet” Opens, Audra in Center of Lawsuit!

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Notes:

“Chicago” Celebrates 20 Years on Broadway

Benedict Cumberbatch’s “Hamlet” in Theatres Tonight

1) “The Play that Goes Wrong” to Open on Broadway this Spring

2) Critics Review “Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812” on Broadway

3) Audra McDonald is at Center of “Shuffle Along” Lawsuit

4) Last Week’s Broadway Grosses

5) Glenn Close will be Joined by ENO Co-Stars in “Sunset Boulevard”

6) “Oh, Hello On Broadway” Announces Extension

7) Disney Releases First Official “Beauty and the Beast” Trailer

Listen: “The Lion King” Celebrates 19th Anniversary, Evening Standard Announces Theatre Awards, and More.

“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 Lion King” Celebrates 19 Years on Broadway

2) The Evening Standard Announces its London Theatre Awards

3) This Week’s Theatre Schedule

Monday:

“Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812” Opens at the Imperial on Broadway

“Dear Evan Hansen” Begins Performances at the Music Box

“The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World” Opens at the Signature Theatre

Tuesday:

“Party People” Opens at the Public Theatre

Wednesday:

“Terms of Endearment” Opens at 59E59

“Othello: The Remix” Opens at the Westside Theatre

Thursday:

“Dead Poets Society” Opens at the Classic Stage Company

Sunday:

“Sweet Charity” The New Group The Pershing Square Signature Center

4) Michelle Obama to Present National Arts & Humanities Youth Program Award to Boston’s True Colors

Listen: Andrew Rannells to Co-Host “Today Show,” NYT & WSJ Cut Arts Coverage, “Hamilton Mixtape” Drops New Track.

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Notes:

Andrew Rannells to Co-Host the “Today Show” Today

1) New York Times and Wall Street Journal to Cut Entertainment Coverage

2) Pre-Sale for “Present Laughter” Tickets Begins

3) “The Band’s Visit” and “Rancho Viejo” Begin Off-Broadway Today and Tomorrow

“The Band’s Visit” | “Rancho Viejo”

4) New “A Star is Born” Sets 2018 Release Date

5) CBS Adds New Performances to Thanksgiving Day Parade Coverage

6) New “Hamilton Mixtape” Track Drops

Listen: “In Transit” Begins Tonight, Stokes to Visit “White Rabbit Red Rabbit,” and JRB Gives Us “Hope.”

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Notes:

1) “In Transit” and “Babylon Line” Begin Performances Tonight

“In Transit” at the Circle in the Square | “Babylon Line” at Lincoln Center

2) NJPAC to Present Star-Studded “The Muppet Christmas Carol” Concert

3) “Finian’s Rainbow” Extends at Irish Rep

4) Brian Stokes Mitchell Takes a Turn at “White Rabbit Red Rabbit”

5) Jason Robert Brown Premieres Post Election Song, “Hope”

Listen: Equity Off-Broadway Contract Update, “Sweet Charity” Extends Again, “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” Releases Sheet Music for Free!

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

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Notes:

1) Actors’ Equity and the League of Off-Broadway Theatres Extend Contract Amid Negotiations

2) Last Week’s Broadway Grosses

3) Show and Casting News

“Sweet Charity” Extends… Again

Eric Petersen Takes Over at “School of Rock”

MTC Extends Both “Vietgone” and “Sell/Buy/Date”

4) Rachel Bloom Releases “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” Sheet Music for Free

5) Movie Musical News

Alan Menken Spills Secrets on Live-Action “Beauty and the Beast”

Derek McLane’s “Hairspray Live” Set Designs

Disney’s “Moana” Releases a Pair of Sneak Peek Videos

Listen: Every 28 Hours tonight, Off-Broadway contract extension, Cynthia Erivo and Eric Millegan run, Brightman rests, Lupone, Ferguson and Diggs get out the vote.

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Notes:

1) Playwrights Tackle Black Lives Matter in The Every 28 Hour Plays Tonight

“Every 28 Hours” is a project produced by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival under the leadership of Claudia Alick (OSF’s Associate Producer, Community) and The One-Minute Play Festival with Dominic D’Andrea (Producing Artistic Director,) in association with local St. Louis theater maker and producer Jacqueline Thompson (Assistant Professor of Acting and Directing, University of Missouri-St. Louis). Every 28 Hours is a national partnership focused on the widely shared and contested statistic that every twenty-eight hours a black person is killed by vigilante, security guard, or the police in the United States. The Every 28 Hours Plays consist of 72 one-minute plays inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, with participation from artists across the nation.

2) AEA Negotiations For Off-Broadway Pay Increase Continue Past Deadline by Olivia Clement

3) Tony Award Winner Lets Fans Track Her as She Runs in Today’s NYC Marathon by Robert Viagas

Beating Bipolar Disorder, Eric Millegan Hits the Ground Running (Literally) by Meredith Ganzman

4) Alex Brightman Plays Final SCHOOL OF ROCK Performance Tonight, Says Goodbye Via Twitter

5) Patti LuPone and Jesse Tyler Ferguson Urge Americans to Vote in Funny or Die Music Video by Andrew Gans

The song also features Jane Lynch, Rachel Bloom, and more.

Funny or Die: HOLY SH*T (You’ve Got To Vote)

With Rachel Bloom, Moby, Elizabeth Banks,

Rachel Bloom (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) joins forces with Moby and Elizabeth Banks along with a choir of your favorite stars who have resorted to song because HOLY SH*T, You’ve Got To Vote!

6) VIDEO: HAMILTON Star Daveed Diggs Lays Out Epic Analysis of Hillary vs. Trump

7) This Week on Broadway for November 6, 2016: Falsettos and les Liaisons Dangereuses

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Falsettos, les Liaisons Dangereuses, Plenty, A Life, Kingdom Come, The Collector, Musicals Tonight world premiere of Noel Coward’s Hoi Polloi.