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Listen: New York Fringe to Take 2017 Off, Jennifer Holliday Returns to Broadway, and “Grease 2: Live” Next at Fox?

“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) New York Fringe Festival Cancels 2017 Edition to Reconfirgure

2) New York City Starts $5 Million Fund for Women in Film and Theatre

3) “The Color Purple” Welcomes a New Shug Avery Tomorrow

4) Breaking News: God is a Woman… At Least in Arizona

5) This Week’s Theatre Schedule

Tuesday: “Vietgone” Begins Previews at MTC

Wednesday: “Holiday Inn” Opens on Broadway | “The Roads to Home” Opens at Primary Stages

Saturday: “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” Begins Previews on Broadway | “The Harvest” Begins at LCT3

6) Is GREASE 2: LIVE Up Next for Tommy Kail?

Lindsay Barenz, James Marino, and Jan Simpson discuss talk with playwright Bess Wohl about Small Mouth Sounds and her other work. Peter Filichia and Michael Portantiere join after for reviews of All the Ways to Say I Love You, The Encounter, The Trial of an American President, Nat Turner in Jerusalem, Marni Nixon Memorial, and Taylor Mac's A 24-Decade History of Popular Music.

Listen: Prince of Broadway in 2017, Staunton Follies, Small Mouth Sounds 100, Rocky and Grumpy.

“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:

New! Flashy! Shiney!

— Opening last night on Broadway was Simon McBurney’s “The Encounter”

— Beginning previews last night was Christian Borle and his guns in William Finn’s revival of Falsettos

1. Michael Riedel reports that the long-talked about ‘Prince of Broadway’, a revue about Hal Prince and his work on Broadway, is coming to MTC in an general timeframe of next year. Inferred from the column is that the non-profit MTC run will be limited and that for-profit producer Jeffrey Seller is primed to take it to a commercial run if demand is there for tickets.

Reporting on a second show, Reidel says that a Warren Carlyle workshop at City Center last week centered on the topic of another Broadway legend: Jerome Robbins. This show which is in its infancy recreated scenes from Robbins famous shows, but is expected to be much different than the 1989 Tony Winning show, “Jerome Robbins’ Broadway”

 

2. Baz Bamigboye, the Daily Mail columnist that some may think of as the West End version of Riedel, reports that Imelda Staunton will Star in West End Revival of FOLLIES at the National Theatre in 2017

Hearing this news makes me wonder if Ms Staunton has found Ivo Van Hove’s replicating machine… She certainly is popping up everywhere.

 

3. In the milestone section, SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS Celebrates 100th Performance Last Night

The critically acclaimed play Small Mouth Sounds, written by Bess Wohl and directed by Obie Award-winner Rachel Chavkin, celebrated 100 performances last night

The show began performances on Sunday, July 3rd, opened on July 13th to rave reviews, and has been extended beyond its original run and must close Sunday, October 9, 2016.

Preview: we will be interviewing Bess Wohl on this weekend’s This Week on Broadway.

 

 

4. You know how I love lists? Well, this one can keep me busy for a week!

The Educational Theatre Association’s Dramatics magazine conducted a survey of their 5,200 member schools of what shows are they putting on. In three categories, here are the tops among the members:

FULL-LENGTH PLAYS

1. Almost, Maine (John Cariani)

FULL-LENGTH MUSICALS

1. The Addams Family (Andrew Lippa, Marshall Brickman, Rick Elice)

SHORT PLAYS

1. The Show Must Go On (Laurence Klavan)

If you want the full list, go to the show notes on BroadwayRadio.com and we will have a link.

 

5. It has been almost a week since we have mentioned a BroadwayRadio fav Jennifer Ashley Tepper. The young historian and impressario above and below has a feature on the travel website FROMMERS. (No not Abe Froman, Sausage King of Chicago.) On the frommers site, which we will link to in the show notes, Tepper’s photo essay “Hidden Wonders Inside Broadway’s Historic Theaters” teases us with 10 photos and stories.

Where does she find the time? Don’t forget, The Untold Stories of Broadway, Volume 3. is being released soon and makes a great gift for the Broadway love in your life.

 

6. You may have missed the first one, but get your rice, newspapers, water pistols and candles in the privacy of your own home and see a sneak peek of Rocky Horror on Thursday nights at one minute to midnight on FOX NOW and HULU. The full ROCKY HORROR comes to FOX October 20

 

7. The Fourth Horsemen of the Apocalypse quietly appeared across many, if not all Broadway websites, twitter and facebook feeds in the form of a press release that Grumpy Cat will be appearing in CATS on Broadway today, Friday, September 30, 2016. I really thought it was going to be Trump that ended the world[...]

Listen: Theatre Greats Join Drabinsky’s “Sousatzka,” Lin-Manuel Miranda to Host “SNL,” and “Submissions Only” Cast Reunites!

“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) Garth Drabinsky’s “Sousatzka” Finds Stars

2) Big and Small Screen News

Lin-Manuel Miranda to Host “Saturday Night Live”

David Mamet to Direct Movie Adaptation of “Speed-The-Plow”

Jon Favreau to Direct Live-Action “Lion King”

3) “Jersey Boys” to Close in London this Spring

4) Bobby Lopez Assisted on Last Night’s “South Park”

5) “Submissions Only” Cast Reunites for Campaign Ad

Listen: “Frozen” and Kevin Kline Coming to the St. James, Drabinsky Finds a Sucker, and Matt Cries for Mad Cow’s “1776”

“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) Plans for the St. James are Frozen

Disney Confirms “Frozen’s” Broadway Time Line

Kevin Kline to Bring “Present Laughter” to Broadway this Spring

2) The Tonys Confirm their 2017 Calendar

3) Garth Drabinsky Finds Backers for “Madame Sousatzka” Musical

4) Show and Casting News

New Musical “Ride the Cyclone” Announces Cast at MCC

Irish Rep’s “Finian’s Rainbow” Completes Cast

David Hyde Pierce-led “The Life” Extends at Playwrights Horizons

5) Recommendations

Matt Raves about Mad Cow Theatre’s All-Female 1776

First Trailer for Big Screen “Fences” is Released

Variety Goes In-Depth with Lin-Manuel Miranda

Listen: Fire Postpones “Phantom’s” 30th Anniversary and Broadway Flea Market Breaks a Record!

“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) Fire Postpones “Phantom’s” 30th Anniversary Production

2) Broadway Flea Market Raises Record Total for Broadway Cares

3) Last Week’s Broadway Grosses

4) Show and Casting Announcements

Molly Ringwald to Lead US Premiere of “Terms of Endearment” Off-Broadway

Marin Ireland to Star in Roundabout Underground’s “On the Exhale”

“Sell/Buy/Date” Begins at MTC Today

Jennifer Simard to Star as Cindy Lou Who Off-Broadway this Holiday Season

5) Benjamin Netanyahu Booed at “Hamilton” Performance

6) BroadwayWorld Releases “Come From Away” Opening Number

Listen: Disney Settles on a “Frozen” Director and Lewis Black to Film Show 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:

1) Disney Finally Finds “Frozen” Director

2) Broadway’s “Black to the Future” to be Filmed for TV

3) This Week’s Schedule

4) Imelda Staunton and Conleth Hill to Lead West End “Virginia Woolfe”

5) Ryan Silverman to Join Melissa Errico in Irish Rep’s “Finians’ Rainbow”

6) Matt Reviews “Miss Saigon” 25th Anniversary Performance Film

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Matt Tamanini speak with Andrew Lippa. Michael Portantiere join in for our reviews, including ChipandGus @ Soho Playhouse, A Taste of Honey @ Pearl Theatre, Melissa Errico @ Feinstein's 54 Below, and Miss Saigon (Filmed 25th anniversary production from the West End)

Listen: MacArthur Fellows Announced, ALLEGIANCE filmed, Ramin in ANASTASIA, Mamie in CATS, HAMILTON'S AMERICA clips...

Listen: Adam Drive to Return to Bway? Billy Eichner Joins “Hairspray Live!” Babs is Back on the Road!

“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) Adam Driver is Rumored to Return to Broadway in “Streetcar”

2) “Merrily We Roll Along” Documentary to Hit Theatres this Fall

 

3) Show Announcements

Sutton Foster’s “Sweet Charity” Extends Again

Billy Eichner and Original Dynamites Join “Hairspray Live!”

Reed Birney to Lead “Man From Nebraska” at Second Stage

4) Barbra Streisand to Hour Texas and Florida this Fall

5) “Hand to God” is the Most Popular Play in America

Top-20 Most Produced Playwrights

6) Recommendations

David Zinn’s “Fun Home” Tour Models

“The Last Five Years” at Nashville Rep Ends this Weekend