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"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)

Listen: The @TheTonyAwards pull off a great show with no surprises and lots of @HamiltonMusical wins.

“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:

70th Annual Tony Awards (2016)

— Pre: Orlando

— Hamilton / James Corden (Just you wait…)

— James Corden childhood open (That could be me)

— Les Miz spoof

— Phantom

— Lion King

— Grease

— Sweeney Todd

— Jesus Christ Superstar

— Sound of Music

— Music Man

— Barbra

— Guys & Dolls

— WSS

— Annie

— CATS

— A Chorus Line

— Evita

— Fiddler

— Dreamgirls

— 42nd Street / We’re in the Money

— (kids)

— nominees

8:14: Jake Gillenhal – Actress Featured Play – Jane Houdyshell – The Humans

8:17: ALW – Intro School of Rock –

8:23: JC – Ham4Ham | L-MM/ALW/Steve Martin/Edie Brickell/Sara Bareilles

— commercial break —

8:28: H4H – Shuffle Along, Sit down you’re rockin the boat

8:29: Aaron Tveit / ??? Featured – Actress – Musical – Renée Elise Goldsberry, Hamilton (8:32)

8:32: Shuffle Along –

8:37: H4H: School of Rock — Phantom

— commercial break —

8:42: Costume Design (summary)

8:43: Patina Miller/Daniel Day Kim: Featured – Actor – Musical – Daveed Diggs, Hamilton (Broadway Debut)

8:45: Daveed Diggs, Hamilton 8:46

8:46: JC – Cheap Seats. Carole King Best Score – Hamilton

Music & Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda

8:48: Lin-Manuel Miranda / Score – Sonet, no freestyling, too old 8:49

8:49: Meg Ryan (!) She Loves Me (tempos really fast!)

8:55: H4H: Fiddler – Annie Get Your Gun – No business like show business

— commercial break —

8:59: H4H: She Loves Me – Cabaret, Laura Benanti in PJ’s

9:00: Jesse Tyler Ferguson / Lucy Liu – Direction of a Play – Ivo Van Hove, Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge

9:01: Ivo Van Hove 9:02

9:02: Direction of a Musical – Thomas Kail, Hamilton

9:04: Thomas Kail, Hamilton

9:06: JC – Josh Groban, Fiddler from High School. Los Angeles County High School of the Arts (got danny’s last name wrong)

9:08: Fiddler presentation

9:12: H4H Bright Star / Damn Yankees

— commercial break —

9:17: Scenic Design

9:17: JC Grant Thornton / Accounting firm?

9:18: Andrew Rannels and Saoirse Ronan (WEIRD VOICE) – Featured – Actor – Play – Reed Birney, The Humans

9:19: Reed Birney, The Humans, actor for 42 years, last 8 great.

9:22: Bright Star / Steve Martin, Edie Brickell (Work hard, or already be famous)

9:26: H4H Color Purple – Lion King – Circle of Life

— commercial break —

9:32: Lighting Design (summary)

9:33: Claire Danes / Billy Porter / et al / Law & Order Segment

9:34: Oprah – The Color Purple

9:40: James Earl Jones / Angela Landsbury – 7 Decades with The Wing. Scholarships. $1.3 million from ALW.

9:42: Nathan Lane – Leading Actress in a Play (Trump joke) – Jessica Lange, Long Day’s Journey Into Night

9:44: Jessica Lange, Long Day’s Journey Into Night

9:46: Emilio Estefan – On Your Feet

9:49: H4H Spring Awakening – Hair

— commercial break —

9:53: JC/LMM in Carpool Karaoke (Why are they showing this?)

9:59: Kate Blanchette – Leading Actor Play – Frank Langella, The Father

10:01: Frank Langella, The Father (Astrologer, late in career: 30, losing his now, losing his reality, his brother andrew going through this, Orlando, when something bad happens, we habe three choices, we let it define us, we let it destroy us, we let it strengthen us.)

10:03: Marlee Matl[...]

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere discuss West Side Story @ Paper Mill Playhouse, Signature Plays (Edward Albee's The Sandbox, Maria Irene Fornes' Drowning, and Adrienne Kennedy's Funnyhouse of a Negro), Michael Feinstein @ The Appel Room, Sin Twisters Anita Gillette & Penny Fuller @ Metropolitan Room, The Taming of the Shrew @ The Delacorte Theater in Central Park, Manhattan Theatre Club's production of Incognito, Turn Me Loose (A play about comic genius Dick Gregory), and Cal in Camo @ Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. We also discuss the Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, Best Direction of a Play, Best Direction of a Musical, Best Choreography, and Best Orchestrations Tony Award nominations.

Listen: #NathanLane to Lead #AngelsInAmerica, Inside #Hamilton 360 Vid

“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 Front Page” Fills Out its News Room

2. Nathan Lane Joins National Theatre’s “Angels in America”

3. MTC to Premiere Penelope Skinner’s “Linda”

4. The Long Awaited Return of the HamilSection

— Hamilton’s new five month block of tickets that the show opened for American Express pre-purchase is nearly completely gone, and only the newly premium seats remained at the new, record-obliterating price of $849. 

— Hamilton West End Theatre and Dates Announced

— Chicago Sit-Down Tickets on Sale June 21st

— Toronto to Get in on the Sit-Down Action Too

5. Lin-Manuel Miranda and FreeStyle Love Supreme Coming to Seeso

6. Theatre Stars Join PBS’s “A Capitol Fourth”

7. “She Loves Me’s” Zachary Levi to Host 2016 Jimmy Awards

8. Recommendations: “Hamilton” Cast Rehearse in 360 Degrees

Andrew Asnes (Twitter), president at Round Hill Entertainment, produced the Hamilton 360 Video for CBS and joins us to give the background of how he was in the room where it happened.

2016 #TheTonyAwards Omnibus Special! Full Broadway season coverage!

On this special Tonys Omnibus podcast, Matt Tamanini and James Marino chat with 11 great theatre podcasters and friends about the 2015-2016 Broadway season from the unique perspective of their specific podcast.

Any and all feedback is appreciated: [email protected] (James Marino) or [email protected] (Matt Tamanini)

Omnibus Segments:

1) OHenry Report (4:20): Breaking down the analytics, methodology, and algorithms of predicting the Tony Award winners.

2) Theater People Podcast (28:52): Matt and James chat with Patrick Hinds about the star performances from the 2015-2016 season.

3) The Hamilcast (42:22): James chats with Gillian Pensavalle and Bianca Soto about the phenomenon that is “Hamilton.”

4) Broadway Stories (58:40): Matt and James are joined by Todd Buonopane who tells some Tonys stories and quizzes and quizzes Matt and James on Tonys trivia.

5) Maxamoo New York Theatre and Performance Podcast (1:18:43): Matt and David Levy discuss the Tony-nominated shows that began Off-Broadway.

6) Robbie Rozelle (1:39:03): Matt and James dive into this season’s cast recordings with Broadway Records’ Robbie Rozelle.

7) Behind the Curtain: Broadway’s Living Legends (1:50:20): Matt chats with Robert W. Schneider and Kevin David Thomas about this season’s musical revivals.

8) Curtain Call (2:07:30): Matt is joined by John Schwab and Matt Humphrey of the Curtain Call to discuss this season’s Broadway shows that began their lives in the UK. They also make a special announcement.

Listen: #TheTonyAwards Performers Announced, Another @CatsBroadway Fight

“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.) CBS Reveals Tony Performances

2.) Gillian Lynne Gets in a “Cats” Fight of Her Own

3.) “Finding Neverland” to Welcome New Stars

4.) “Miss Saigon” Group Tickets Go On Sale

www.saigonbroadway.com

5.) London Critics Report on “Cursed Child” First Preview

6.) “The Go-Between,” Starring Michael Crawford, Opens in the West End

7.) Recommendations

New York Times’ Michael Paulson and David Gelles: ‘Hamilton’ Inc.: The Path to a Billion-Dollar Broadway Show

Listen: @DearEvanHansen confirms cast, #Hairspray finds its Tracy!

“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. Dear Evan Hansen Sets Dates and Cast

2. Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon to Bring “The Little Foxes” to Broadway

3. NBC Finds its Tracy

Maddie Baillio Performance Videos 

4. “An Act of God” Return Engagement Reviews

5. “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts I & II” Begins Previews in London

6. “The Spongebob Musical” Begins Previews in Chicago

7. Annoying Actor Friend Reveals Second Annual Awaresie Award Winners

Listen:#PeterShaffer Passes Away, #SallyField Returns to Broadway

“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. Peter Shaffer Passes Away

2. “The Glass Menagerie” Is Coming Back to Broadway… Again

3. Weekly Grosses

4. Tony News

— More Tony Presenters: Angela Lansbury, James Earl Jones, Neil Patrick Harris…

— Tony Live Stream Team

— Gary Barlow to Compose Tony Opening Number

— Coach to Present Tonys Greenroom

5. “Groundhog Day” Sees its Shadow

Rudin Exits

6. “Hamilton” Tickets to Go on Sale

There will be an AMEX Centurion/Platinum Card® pre-sale starting Tuesday, 06/07/16 at 10:00 AM (ET).

The general public can begin to purchase them on the day of the Tony Awards, 6/12/2016, at 8 PM (ET)

7. Recommendations

Theater People Podcast Episode 72: Jennifer Damiano

The Producer’s Perspective Podcast with Ken Davenport: PODCAST EPISODE 75 – ANDRÉ BISHOP

Listen: @KingandIBway to close 6/6, @ShuffleAlongBwy Wins @DramaDeskAwards

“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. 2016 Drama Desk Awards Announced

2. “The King & I” to Close on Broadway

3. This Week’s Theatre Schedule

— An Act of God

— War at LCT3

— MCC’s play “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center of New York City”

— Playwright’s Horizons’ “Indian Summer”

— The Irish Repertory Theatre’s “Shining City”

— Himself and Nora at the Minetta Lane Theatre

4. Show Announcements

— The Total Bent extends

— Christopher Gattelli joins Frozen

— “Eclipsed” Heads West

5. “October Sky” Musical Lawsuit

6. Recommendations

— Hollywood Bowl Little Mermaid

STAGE TUBE: Sara Bareilles Sings ‘Part of Your World’ at Hollywood Bowl’s THE LITTLE MERMAID

Watch Highlights of Hollywood Bowl’s THE LITTLE MERMAID, with Rebel Wilson, Darren Criss, and More!

— TimeOut New York’s Top Tony Performances by Adam Feldman

— Laura Benanti Explains: Broadway Musicals of 2015-2016 Season

James Corden Carpools to Broadway

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere discuss Cirque du Soleil’s Paramour, Theater for a New Audience’s production of A Doll’s House, Himself and Nora @ Minetta Lane, An Act of God with Sean Hayes, Debbie Gravitte’s Bond & Beyond, and West Side Story @ Paper Mill Playhouse. We also discuss the featured actor/actress in a play/musical Tony nominations.

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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: 

JM + PF + MP: Cirque du Soleil’s Paramour @ Lyric Theatre, 213 W. 42nd St.

— Jeremy Kushnier Replaces Bradley Dean in Cirque du Soleil’s Paramour on Broadway

PF: Theater for a New Audience’s production of A Doll’s House, Polonsky Shakespeare Center, 262 Ashland Pl, Brooklyn, through June 12, 2016

MP: Himself and Nora @ Minetta Lane Theatre, 18 Minetta Lane

PF: An Act of God with Sean Hayes @ Booth Theatre, 222 W. 45th St., through September 4, 2016

MP: Debbie Gravitte’s Bond & Beyond @ NJPAC

— This Week on Broadway for May 1, 2016: Debbie Gravitte

PF: West Side Story @ Paper Mill Playhouse, 22 Brookside Drive Millburn, NJ, through June 26, 2016

 

Tony Awards: Featured Actor/Actress in a Play/Musical

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

Reed Birney, The Humans

Bill Camp, Arthur Miller’s The Crucible

David Furr, Noises Off

Richard Goulding, King Charles III

Michael Shannon, Long Day’s Journey Into Night

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

Pascale Armand, Eclipsed

Megan Hilty, Noises Off

Jayne Houdyshell, The Humans

Andrea Martin, Noises Off

Saycon Sengbloh, Eclipsed

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

Daveed Diggs, Hamilton

Brandon Victor Dixon, Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed

Christopher Fitzgerald, Waitress

Jonathan Groff, Hamilton

Christopher Jackson, Hamilton

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical

Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple

Renée Elise Goldsberry, Hamilton

Jane Krakowski, She Loves Me

Jennifer Simard, Disaster!

Adrienne Warren, Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed

 

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She Loves Me from She Loves Me (2016 Broadway Cast Recording)

Poppa’s Blues from Starlight Exp[...]