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ToB: @DearEvanHansen Reviews, @TheTonyAwards rule on #ShuffleAlong

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Notes:

1. Lucille Lortel Awards Announced

2. “Dear Evan Hansen” Opens on Off-Broadway

3. Tony Administration Committee Rules on “Shuffle Along”

4. Casting and Show News

— Ruth Wilson to Lead London “Hedda Gabler”

— Celia Keenan-Bolger and John Ellison Join Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks

— “The Woodsman” to Close Off-Broadway

5. RENT 20th Anniversary Tour

6. Broadway Week on NBC’s “Today” Show

James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk with Debbie Gravitte. Peter Filichia joins the conversation and we review The Father, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Tuck Everlasting, Dear Evan Hansen, Waitress, American Psycho, and Fully Committed.

 

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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, Kritzerland, 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, The Sondheim Review 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.

Guest: Debbie Gravitte

Debbie Gravitte with the NJSO POPS on JUNE 4 & 5 in BOND & BEYOND

DebbieGravitte.com

IBDB (as Debbie Shapiro)

 

 

Reviews:

PF: Manhattan Theatre Club’s production of The Father @ The Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, through June 12, 2016

PF + JM: Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of Long Day’s Journey Into Night @ American Airlines Theatre, 227 West 42nd Street, through June 26, 2016

PF + MP + JM: Tuck Everlasting @ Broadhurst Theatre, 235 West 44th Street

PF + MP: Dear Evan Hansen @ the Tony Kiser Theatre, 305 West 43rd Street, through May 22, 2016

PF + MP +JM: Waitress @ Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 256 West 47th Street

PF + MP + JM: American Psycho @ Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, 236 West 45th Street

PF + MP: Fully Committed @ Lyceum Theatre, 149 West 45th Street, through July 24, 2016

 

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Television & Film: 

Tours: 

Podcasts:

Recordings: 

Post Script:

Bobby Rydell birthday / book party @ Patsy’s

 

Next Week: 

Explicit: No

Music:

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ToB: @shufflealongbwy Reviews & @HamiltonMusical to Be Filmed

“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] or [email protected]

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Notes:

1. “Shuffle Along” Opens on Broadway

2. The New York Times review of “Long Day’s Journey Into Night”

3. Drama Desk Nominees

4. Casting and Show News

— Michael McGrath to Exit “She Loves Me” Early

— Christopher McDonald Joins “The Front Page”

— Carlyss Peer Joins “Groundhog Day

— Another “Glass Menagerie” Revival?

— “Hamilton” to Be Recorded Before Miranda Exits This Summer

ToB: @RTC_NYC #LongDaysJourney Reviews, @derekhough in #HairsprayLive

“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] or [email protected]

BroadwayRadio on Twitter | Facebook

Notes:

1. “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” Opens on Broadway

2. Finishing the “Tuck Everlasting” Reviews

3. More “Hairspray Live!” News and Casting

— Scoop: NBC’s HAIRSPRAY to Air from L.A.; Will Feature Multiple Locations, Live Audience

4. Casting and Show News

— London is “No Man’s Land”

— “Gahd-o” v. “guh-doe”

— Christina Hendricks Bringing “Whorl Inside a Loop” to Broadway?

— “Diary of a Wimpy Kid”

5. Recommendations

— “Hamilton’s” re-worked opening number which now attends the tale of Sweeney Todd.

— Aaron Tveit and Kerry Butler sing song “Seven Wonders” from CATCH ME IF YOU CAN

— Stevie Nicks with the kids of “School of Rock”

ToB: @TuckMusical reviews, @offbwayalliance nominees, & @BCEFA 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] or [email protected]

BroadwayRadio on Twitter | Facebook

Notes:

1. “Tuck Everlasting” Opens on Broadway

2. Wrapping up the “Fully Committed” Reviews

3. Awards Season Updates

— The Off-Broadway Alliance Nominations

— The 7th Annual Lilly Awards

— The Princess Grace Foundation-USA’s 2016 Princess Grace Statue Award winners

4. Casting and Show News

— Will Swenson vacation sub in the Broadway musical “Disaster!”

— Mauricio Pérez and Dominic Scaglione Jr. to alternate Frankie Valli in “Jersey Boys”

— “Lazarus” will soon open in the UK.

— National Theatre / Lucy Prebble’s “The Effect” extended

— National Tour of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” schedule

— National Tour of “An American in Paris” schedule

5. 30th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition: $5,528,568

6. Actors Fund Gala: $1.2 million

7. Theatrical TV

— “Hairspray Live!” production details emerge 

— PBS’s Civil War drama “Mercy Street”

.@FullyBroadway Reviews, @Lin_Manuel in #new MaryPoppins & Grosses

“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] or [email protected]

BroadwayRadio on Twitter | Facebook

Notes:

1. Fully Committed Opens on Broadway

2. Wrapping up the “Waitress” Reviews

3. Waitress Announces Tour

4. Hairspray Live! Casting Announced

5. TV and Movie News

Lin-Manuel Miranda Officially Joins “Mary Poppins” Sequel

Lin-Manuel Miranda Raps for Puerto Rico Assistance on “Last Week Tonight”

Broadway Stars Visit Stars Hollow for “Gilmore Girls” Musical

Roundabout’s “She Loves Me” Revival Records Cast Album

6. Last Week’s Grosses

7. Casting and Show Announcements

Williamstown Theatre Festival Announces All-Star Casting

Hollywood Bowl Adds Third Night of “The Little Mermaid”

@WaitressMusical reviews & #AngelaLansbury to celebrate #Mame

“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] or [email protected]

BroadwayRadio on Twitter | Facebook

Notes:

1. “Waitress” Opens on Broadway

2. Finishing the “American Psycho” Reviews

3. Schedule: Thursday’s Tony Eligibility Cut Off

— Tonight, Fully Committed opens at the Lyceum Theatre.

— Tomorrow, Tuck Everlasting opens at the Broadhurst

— Wednesday, Long Day’s Journey into Night opens at the American Airlines Theatre

— Thursday, Shuffle Along, Or, The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed opens at the Music Box.

4. “Mame’s” 50th Birthday Party

5. Jimmy Award Tickets Go on Sale Tomorrow

6. The RSC Celebrates the Bard’s Life with “Shakespeare Live”

James Marino, Michael Portantiere and Jan Simpson review Manhattan Theatre Club’s production of The Father. Jan catches us up with her reviews of Blackbird, Bright Star, Dry Powder and Kings. Michael is back from his visit to DC where he saw 110 in the Shade @ Ford’s Theatre, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof @ The Round House Theatre. Listener Debbie Shrager calls in a review of I Am Anne Hutchinson/I Am Harvey Milk. And finally we wrap up with Antlia Pneumatica at Playwrights Horizons, Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again, Red Bull’s production of School for Scandal at the Lucille Lortel, and Straight at the Clurman.

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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, Kritzerland, 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, The Sondheim Review 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.

Jan Simpson | Facebook | Twitter

Broadway & Me

JAN SIMPSON is Co-director of the Arts and Culture Journalism program at CUNY’s Graduate School of Journalism, and also writes for TDF Stages and Playbill

Notes and links for the podcast.

Reviews:

JM + MP +  JS: Manhattan Theatre Club’s production of The Father @ The Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, through June 12, 2016

JS: Blackbird

JS: Bright Star

JS: Dry Powder

JS: Kings @

— The Pipeline Festival | Women’s Project Theater

MP: 110 in the Shade @ Ford’s Theatre, Washington, DC, through May 14, 2016

Understudies! — Sunset Boulevard understudy wins over booing crowd after Glenn Close falls ill

MP: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof @ The Round House Theatre, Bethesda, MD, through April 24, 2016.

Debbie Shrager: I Am Anne Hutchinson/I Am Harvey Milk @ Strathmore, North Bethesda, MD, two performances only.

— Original Cast Recording of the world-premiere of Andrew Lippa’s I AM HARVEY MILK

The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus is joined by Andrew Lippa, Noah Marlowe, and Tony Award-winning soprano Laura Benanti.Recorded live at the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus 35th Anniversary Concert “Harvey Milk 2013” on June 26, 27 and 28, 2013.

 

JS: Antlia Pneumatica at Playwrights Horizons

JS: Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again at Soho Rep

JS: Red Bull’s production of School for Scandal at the Lucille Lortel,

JS: Straight at the Clurman

 

News: 

Television & Film: 

Tours: 

Podcasts:

Recordings: 

Post Script:

MP: A Man For All Seasons at SeaViewPlaywrightsTheatre on Staten Island

No Peter this week, trivia returns next week!

Next Week: 

Explicit: No

Music:

I Am Harvey Milk Original Cast Recording

The original cas[...]

“The Sound of Musicals,” is a monthly podcast devoted to musical theatre recordings of all types, including Broadway cast albums, London cast albums, studio cast albums, and soundtrack recordings of the films of stage musicals.

Hosted by Michael Portantiere

Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | Facebook

MICHAEL PORTANTIERE is a theater reviewer and essayist, whose work appears at TalkinBroadway, The Sondheim Review 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.

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Show Notes

1951 Original Broadway Cast Recording: Gertrude Lawrence, Yul Brynner, et al.

 

1956 Motion Picture Soundtrack: Marni Nixon, Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, et al.

 

1964 Music Theater of Lincoln Center: Risë Stevens, Darren McGavin, et al.

 

1977 Broadway Cast: Yul Brynner, Constance Towers, Martin Vidnovic, June Angela, et al.

 

1992 Studio Cast: Julie Andrews, Ben Kingsley, Marilyn Horne, et al.

 

1999 Animated Film Soundtrack: Christiane Noll, Martin Vidnovic, David Burnham, et al.

 

2015 Broadway Cast: Kelli O’Hara, Ken Watanabe, et al.

Once a monthish, Patti will be joined by some of her Broadway friends to discuss life, theatre, and life in the theatre. In addition to being a talented performer, Patti uses her blog, and now this podcast, to talk about things that are often left unsaid.

Show Notes:

In the inaugural edition of “Literally Patti Murin: The Podcast,” Broadway’s Lysistrata Jones chats with her Broadway BFF, Tony-nominated star of stage and screen, Andrew Rannells (“The Book of Mormon,” “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” “Hamilton”), about Broadway, “The Bachelor,” and how being on Broadway is like “The Bachelor.”

The pair discusses Andrew’s upcoming revival of “Falsettos,” the packed theatre season, and reviving the theatrical-casting reality show!

In addition to being a Broadway leading lady, Patti is an accomplished writer, reality TV aficionado, and wine connoisseur, who intelligently and comedically takes on a wide-range of issues from depression to message board bullying.

Patti Bio:

Patti’s credits include Broadway/National Tour: “Lysistrata Jones” (Lysistrata Jones), “Wicked” (Galinda), “Xanadu” (Euterpe). Almost Broadway: “Nerds!” (Sally). Other NY Theatre: “Love’s Labour’s Lost” (Princess, Shakespeare in the Park), “Fly By Night” (Daphne, Playwrights Horizons), “Lady, Be Good!” (Susie, Encores!). Other favorite credits: “Emma” (Emma, Old Globe Theatre), “The Little Mermaid” (Ariel, The MUNY), “Chicago” (Roxie, The MUNY). TV: Recurring on “Chicago Med” and “Royal Pains”, “Untitled Louis CK Pilot” (CBS). BFA Syracuse University. Follow Patti on Twitter: @pattimurin.