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Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere review American Dance Machine for the 21st Century @ The Joyce Theater, Playwrights Horizons production of Marjorie Prime, Kevin Jones in A Christmas Carol at the Merchant’s House, The Golden Bride @ Museum of Jewish Heritage, Naomi Wallace’s play Night is a Room @ Signature Theatre, and then we reflect a little on 2015.

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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

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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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Guest:

 

 

Reviews:

MP: American Dance Machine for the 21st Century @ The Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue through January 3, 2016

— Jack Lee and Charlie Kakatsakis’s Musical Theatre Workshop (1980-1990’s)

MP + PF: Playwrights Horizons production of Marjorie Prime,  416 West 42nd Street, through January 24, 2016

MP: Kevin Jones in A Christmas Carol at the Merchant’s House, Charles Dickens in New York, 1867, 29 East Fourth Street, already concluded its run.

PF: The Golden Bride @ Edmond J. Safra Hall at Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Pl, in Yiddish with English and Russian supertitles, through January 3, 2016

PF: Naomi Wallace’s play Night is a Room @ Signature Theatre, 480 West 42nd Street, already concluded its run.

 

News: 

Television: 

Tours: 

Recordings: 

The Wiz LIVE! Original Soundtrack of the NBC Television Event

 

Post Script:

Peter Filichia’s Best in 2015 (in no particular order):

Liberty Smith

Hamilton

Merman’s Apprentice

A Little Night Music

Big Fish @ Nebraska

First Daughter’s Suite

Dames At Sea

King Charles III

A View from the Bridge

Whorl Inside a Loop

John

 

MP: Patricia Elliott, Tony Winner and ‘One Life to Live’ Actress, Dies at 77 by Jacob Bryant

 

JM: Hamilton Broadway Cast Album to Hit #1 on Billboard Rap Chart by Robert Viagas

JM: Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) on Google Play for $1.99!

 

Next Week: 

 

 

Explicit: No

Music:

The Wiz LIVE! Original Soundtrack of the NBC Television Event

05 Soon As I Get Home

07 Ease On Down The Road

17 Believe In Yourself

 

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Peter Filichia, James Marino, Michael Portantiere, and Carey Purcell chat with Melissa Anelli, the Event Creator of BroadwayCon.

We review The Color Purple, West Side Story, Fiddler on The Roof, Once Upon a Mattress, Annie, China Doll, Lazarus, Invisible Thread, School of Rock, and MotherStruck.

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Peter Filichia | [email protected] | Facebook

Peter Filichia, whose play ADAM’S GIFTS: A NEW CHRISTMAS CAROL, opened in Clinton, Iowa at the Clinton Area Showboat Theatre this past week!

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.

Carey Purcell | [email protected] | Twitter | Website

CAREY PURCELL is a staff writer and the features editor of Playbill.com. She can be followed on Twitter @CareyPurcell and at her blog CareyPurcell.com.

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Guest: Melissa Anelli, the Event Creator of BroadwayCon

http://www.broadwaycon.com/

From January 22–24, 2016, join fellow fans, performers, and creators from some of your favorite on- and off-Broadway shows as they gather at the famed New York Hilton Midtown hotel to perform, discuss, debate, and celebrate.

You’ve seen shows, and festivals, and markets, and benefits, and concerts. BroadwayCon is all of that and more. It’s a chance to get the complete Broadway fan experience, from every angle, all in one incredible weekend.

BroadwayCon brings you through the stage door to see and experience what goes on both on stage and behind the scenes. It is a place where Broadway fans can come together to celebrate the shows they love with people who bring them to life.

 

 

Reviews:

CP + MP + JM: The Color Purple @ Bernard B Jacobs Theatre, 242 West 45th Street

MP: West Side Story @ Signature Theatre, Arlington, VA, through January 31, 2016

— Parker Esse

CP: Fiddler on The Roof @ Broadway Theatre, 1681 Broadway

PF + MP + CP: Transport Group’s Once Upon a Mattress @ Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand Street, through January 3, 2016

 

 

PF: Annie @ King’s Theater in Brooklyn (Tour)

CP: China Doll @ Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, 236 West 45th Street

CP: Lazarus @ New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW), 79 East 4th Street, through January 20, 2016

CP: Invisible Thread @ Second Stage Theatre (edit @26, track 4),

CP: School of Rock @ Winter Garden Theatre, 1634 Broadway

CP: MotherStruck @ Culture Project, 49 Bleecker Street

 

News: 

Television: 

Tours: 

Recordings: 

Post Script:

Next Week: 

Coming… Playwrights Horizons production of Marjorie Prime

 

Explicit: No

Music:

“The Color Purple” Cast Performs “Push Da Button” on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Now on Broadway | THE COLOR PURPLE on Broadway

 

 

Contact Info:

Email addr[...]

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere chat with Paul Hodge, writer-composer of Clinton The Musical.

We review School of Rock, The Color Purple, Lazarus @ New York Theatre Workshop, A View from The Bridge, China Doll, Rose @ Nora’s Playhouse, and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum @ Two River Theater.

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Peter Filichia | [email protected] | Facebook

Peter Filichia, whose play ADAM’S GIFTS: A NEW CHRISTMAS CAROL, will soon be opening in Clinton, Iowa at the Clinton Area Showboat Theatre.

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

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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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Guest: Paul Hodge

Paul Hodge is a writer-composer from Brisbane, Australia. His most recent work, Clinton The Musical, was performed Off-Broadway at New World Stages in 2015, at the New York Musical Theatre Festival, London’s King’s Head Theatre, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and will have its Australian Premiere in 2016 with the Black Swan State Theatre Company of Western Australia. Off-Broadway, Clinton received a nomination for Best New Musical from the Off-Broadway Alliance, a New York Times Critics Pick, and nominations for Best New Musical and Best Book of a Musical at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. His musical, Terra Australis, was shortlisted for the QLD Premier’s Drama Award 2012-13. He is completing a PhD in Music Composition and received the Dalley Scarlett Memorial Scholarship to complete a Masters in Music Theatre Performance at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Awards include the Margaret Nickson Prize and 4MBS Sid Page Musica Viva Chamber Music Prize.

http://clintonthemusical.com/

http://sh-k-boom.com/clinton-the-musical-original-cast-recording

 

Reviews:

PF + MP + JM: School of Rock @ Winter Garden Theatre, 1634 Broadway

— Alex Brightman On His Unlikely Casting, Gaining Weight and Being Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Homie” by Michael Gioia

 

PF: The Color Purple @ Bernard B Jacobs Theatre, 242 West 45th Street

PF + MP + JM: Lazarus @ New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW), 79 East 4th Street, through January 20, 2016

PF: A View from The Bridge @ Lyceum Theatre, 149 West 45th Street, through February 21, 2016

MP: China Doll @ Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, 236 West 45th Street

PF: Rose @ Nora’s Playhouse, The Clurman Theatre, 410 West 42nd Street, through December 13, 2015

— This Week on Broadway for November 22, 2015: Kathleen Chalfant

MP: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum @ Two River Theater, 21 Bridge Avenue, Red Bank, NJ 07701, through December 13, 2015

 

News: 

Television: 

Tours: 

Recordings: 

Post Script:

Next Week: 

We are recording Sunday night next week.

The Color Purple

Michael goes to Washin[...]

Peter Filichia, James Marino, Michael Portantiere, and Matt Tamanini chat with Vivian Reed.

We review NBC’s live broadcast of The Wiz, Al Pacino in China Doll, A Child’s Christmas in Wales @ Irish Rep, Gigantic @ Vineyard, Santaisa @ St Lukes, New York Animals @ The New Ohio Theater and talk about upcoming productions and concerts.

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Peter Filichia | [email protected] | Facebook

Peter Filichia, whose play ADAM’S GIFTS: A NEW CHRISTMAS CAROL, will soon be opening in Clinton, Iowa at the Clinton Area Showboat Theatre.

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 is BroadwayWorld’s Senior TV and Film critic, and is an editor at BWW Orlando. He is also the host BroadwayWorld’s “Some Like it Pop” podcast. You can connect with Matt through Twitter @BWWMatt.

 

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Guest: Vivian Reed

IBDB

Vivian Reed is a two-time Tony Award nominee (Bubbling Brown Sugar and The High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club), Drama Desk Award winner, Outer Critics Circle Award winner, and has received an NAACP Award as well. She studied at the Juilliard School of Music and has sustained a dynamic career as an actress, singer and dancer on the stage and screen. In addition to several appearances on “The Tonight Show,” “The Today Show” and the ABC-TV daytime drama “One Life to Live,” Ms. Reed took on the role of Josephine Baker in the film Le Rumba. Selected by People Magazine as one of the “25 Most Intriguing People of the Year,” Vivian Reed has captured the hearts of audiences all over the world and continues to share her wealth of knowledge and experience as a celebrity vocal teacher on the staff of Marymount College, in New York City.

 

Piaf : A Centennial Celebration

Town Hall, New York, NY

Sat, Dec 19, 2015 08:00 PM

 

 

Reviews:

MT + MP + PF: The Wiz LIVE! – NBC.com

PF + JM: China Doll @ Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, 236 West 45th Street

PF: Gigantic @ Vineyard, Santaisa  @ St Lukes, New York Animals @ The New Ohio Theater

MP: A Child’s Christmas in Wales @ Irish Rep

MP: Upcoming concerts: Marilyn Maye @ Metropolitan Room, Chita Rivera @ Cafe Carlyle, and Daniel Reichard’s “Under the Mistletoe”

 

News: 

Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! For Dec. 5, 2015 — Not My Job: We Ask Actor Jeff Daniels About People Named Steve And Their Jobs

2016 Broadway Production Website

Jeff Daniels, Michelle Williams to Star in Broadway ‘Blackbird’

2007 MTC Production of Blackbird

 

Television: 

Tours: 

Recordings: 

Post Script:

Next Week: 

Explicit: No

Music:

 

Contact Info:

Email addresses: see above

Phone / Voicemail: +1-888-285-4666

BroadwayStars: Twitter | Fa[...]

Peter Filichia, James Marino, Michael Portantiere, and Carey Purcell chat with Jessica Hecht.

We review A Confederacy of Dunces, Allegiance, A View from The Bridge, Shear Madness, Dada Woof Papa Hot, Arthur Miller’s Incident at Vichy, The New Group’s production of Steve, and King Charles III.

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Peter Filichia | [email protected] | Facebook

Peter Filichia, whose play ADAM’S GIFTS: A NEW CHRISTMAS CAROL, will soon be opening in Clinton, Iowa at the Clinton Area Showboat Theatre. http://www.clintonshowboat.org/

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.

Carey Purcell | [email protected] | Twitter | Website

CAREY PURCELL is a staff writer and the features editor of Playbill.com. Her new column, “A Woman’s World” focuses on covering women’s issues, both on and Off-Broadway by highlighting successful women in the industry and the challenges they have faced. She can be followed on Twitter @CareyPurcell and at her blog CareyPurcell.com.

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Guest: Jessica Hecht

 

Jessica Hecht last starred on Broadway in the Tony nominated-play The Assembled Parties. She was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance in the recent revival of Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge opposite Liev Schreiber and Scarlett Johansson. Her other Broadway appearances include the revivals of Harvey opposite Jim Parsons, Brighton Beach Memoirs opposite Laurie Metcalf, Julius Caesar opposite Denzel Washington, After the Fall opposite Peter Krause and Carla Gugino, and her Broadway debut in the Tony Award-winning play The Last Night of Ballyhoo. Her many off-Broadway appearances include starring roles in The Three Sisters (Classic Stage Company); Make Me (Atlantic Theater Company); The House in Town (Lincoln Center Theater); Stop, Kiss (The Public Theater); Lobster Alice (Playwrights Horizons); Plunge (Playwrights Horizons); Flesh and Blood (New York Theatre Workshop); The Fourth Sister (The Vineyard Theatre). She has spent nine seasons at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, where she recently played “Blanche” opposite Sam Rockwell in A Streetcar Named Desire. On film, she will next be seen in Tim Blake Nelson’s Anesthesia. Her recent films include The English Teacher with Julianne Moore, “Emma Goldman” in Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar with Leonardo DiCaprio, Rob Reiner’sThe Summer of Monte Wildhorn with Morgan Freeman, and Jonah Hill’s mother in The Sitter. Her other films include Helena from the Wedding, Fair Game with Naomi Watts and Sean Penn, The Winning Season with Sam Rockwell, and Wes Craven’s My Soul to Take. She was also seen in Woody Allen’sWhatever Works with Larry David, Dan in Real Life with Steve Carr[...]

James Marino, Michael Portantiere, and Carey Purcell chat with Kathleen Chalfant. We review the Broadway production of Misery, The Public’s production of First Daughter Suite, and Laura Benanti at NJPAC.

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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.

Carey Purcell | [email protected] | Twitter | Website

CAREY PURCELL is a staff writer and the features editor of Playbill.com. Her new column, “A Woman’s World” focuses on covering women’s issues, both on and Off-Broadway by highlighting successful women in the industry and the challenges they have faced. She can be followed on Twitter @CareyPurcell and at her blog CareyPurcell.com.

 

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Guest: Kathleen Chalfant

KATHLEEN CHALFANT starring as ‘Rose Kennedy’ in ROSE  at Theatre Row’s Clurman Theatre through December 13th

Kathleen Chalfant: IBDB | IMDB | Wikipedia

ROSE @ Nora’s Playhouse

 

 

Reviews:

MP + JM + CP: Misery @ Broadhurst Theatre, 235 W 44th Street

— This Week on Broadway for June 21, 2015: Michael Friedman and The Fortress of Solitude

MP + JM + CP: First Daughter Suite @ The Public, 425 Lafayette Street through November 22, 2015

— First Daughter Suite (Original Cast Recording)

MP: Laura Benanti @ NJPAC

— This Week on Broadway for November 3, 2013: Laura Benanti

— EPISODE 45: TONY WINNER LAURA BENANTI (PART 1)

— EPISODE 46: TONY WINNER LAURA BENANTI (PART 2)

LauraBenanti.com

Laura Benanti on Twitter

 

News: 

Miss Saigon London Revival coming to Broadway in 2017

David Bowie’s Lazarus @ NYTW

Michael Riedel: Will this be the show that finally sinks Al Pacino’s stage career?

 

Television: 

Tours: 

Recordings: 

Post Script:

All Male — A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum @ Two River Theater in Red Bank

 

Next Week: 

Explicit: No

Music:

Laura Benanti: In Constant Search of the Right Kind of Attention: Live At 54 BELOW Live

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James Marino, Michael Portantiere, Carey Purcell, and Matt Tamanini chat with Telly Leung. We review Misery, On Your Feet, Henry IV, Shear Madness, Thérèse Raquin, and Cinderella on Tour. Matt talks about Grease Live, The Wiz Live!, and Oscar Contending films with theatre stars released this week.

 

 

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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.

Carey Purcell | [email protected] | Twitter | Website

CAREY PURCELL is a staff writer and the features editor of Playbill.com. Her new column, “A Woman’s World” focuses on covering women’s issues, both on and Off-Broadway by highlighting successful women in the industry and the challenges they have faced. She can be followed on Twitter @PlaybillCarey and at her blog CareyPurcell.com.

Matt Tamanini | Twitter

Matt is BroadwayWorld’s Senior TV and Film critic, and is an editor at BWW Orlando. He is also the host BroadwayWorld’s “Some Like it Pop” podcast. You can connect with Matt through Twitter @BWWMatt.

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Guest: Telly Leung

Telly Leung 2015, Photo Credit – Leon Le Photography

 

TELLY LEUNG made his Broadway debut in the 2002 revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Flower Drum Song opposite Lea Salonga, followed by the Roundabout Theater Company revival of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s Pacific Overtures. Telly starred in the final Broadway cast of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Rent, which was filmed for DVD release. In the 2011 revival of Godspell, his version of “All Good Gifts” was praised as “magnificent” by New York Magazine, “superb” by The Philadelphia Inquirer, and “a standout” by Bloomberg News.

On Fox TV’s ”Glee,” Leung was featured as a member of the Dalton Academy Warblers opposite Darren Criss. When he recreated his portrayal of “Angel” in Rent at the Hollywood Bowl – directed by Neil Patrick Harris – he was called “vibrant” by the Los Angeles Times, “stunning” by the Orange County Register and praised for his “sweet, clear tenor” by Variety. Telly also originated the role of Boq in the Chicago production of the smash hit Wicked and has performed in concert and shows at venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Hippodrome in London, Birdland Jazz Club and 54 Below in New York, Paper Mill Playhouse, Philadelphia Theater Company, Ford’s Theater, and more.

He served as producer for the short film Grind, starring Anthony Rapp (If/Then, Rent), Claire Coffee (“Grimm,” “The West Wing”) and Pasha Pellosie (“The Carrie Diaries”). The movie, which won honors at film festivals around the country, is available to stream atGrindShortFilm.com[...]

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere chat with Tony Roberts. We review Hello, Dolly! with Lee Roy Reams, Thérèse Raquin, King Charles III, and Dramatists Guild Fund: Great Writers Thank Their Lucky Stars.

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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.

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Guest: Tony Roberts

 

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Tuesday, December 15 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM: Tony will be reading from his book and doing a book signing at the Drama Book Shop (250 West 40th Street in New York)

TONY ROBERTS was recently seen on Broadway in the Manhattan Theatre Club revival of The Royal Family, and in the Tony nominated musical Xanadu. These were preceded by the Broadway productions of The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife; Victor/Victoria; Cabaret; The Sisters Rosenzweig; Doubles; Absurd Person Singular; They’re Playing Our Song; Jerome Robbins’ Broadway; Sugar; How Now, Dow Jones; Promises, Promises; Play It Again, Sam; Don’t Drink The Water; Barefoot In The Park and a dozen others. He has received two Tony Award nominations, and was the winner of the London Critic’s Poll Award for his performance in Promises, Promises. His versatility was on display at Madison Square Garden where he played Scrooge, as well as in the New York City Opera productions of Brigadoon and South Pacific.

His major film credits include the Academy Award-winning Annie Hall, as well as the original The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, the cult classic Amityville 3D, Radio Days, 18 Again! with George Burns; Star Spangled Girl with Sandy Duncan; Switch and Le Sauvage (Lovers Like Us) opposite Yves Montand and Catherine Deneuve. Television highlights include Arthur Miller’s “The American Clock,” Saul Bellow’s “Seize The Day,” and his own series for NBC, “Rosetti & Ryan.” Mr. Roberts has recorded more than 50 audio books, including the popular Stuart Woods detective series featuring Stone Barrington. He recorded the audio versions of classics like The Jungle Book and The Maltese Falcon,and won Audio Book Awards for Bob Woodward’s The Choice and Rudolph Giuliani’s Leadership.

Earlier in 2015 he appeared in the scandalous Brett Gelman TV gala on Cartoon Network’s “Adult Swim,” as well as the highly-acclaimed revival of Carousel at The Lyric Opera in Chicago. A New Yorker by birth, he graduated from The High School of Music & Art, and Northwestern University.

 

 

 

Reviews:

PF: Hello, Dolly! with Lee Roy Reams at The Wick Theatre (Boca Raton, FL) , through December 6, 2015

MP + JM + PF: Thérèse Raquin @ Studio 54, 254 West 54th Street, through January 3, 2016

PF + MP: King Charles III @ Music Box Theatre, 239 West 45th Stre[...]

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere chat with Teresa Eyring, the Executive Director of Theatre Communications Group. James speaks with Seth Rudetsky about his new book, Seth’s Broadway Diary, Volume 2. We review the National Tour of Matilda, Sylvia, The Humans, and Dames at Sea as well as new recording releases A Chorus Line, 40th Anniversary OBC, Remastered (Masterworks Broadway), Barbara Cook, and Alison Fraser.

 

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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.

 

Notes and links for the podcast.

Guest: Teresa Eyring

Teresa Eyring is Executive Director of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), a national organization for theatre in the U.S., founded in 1961. Eyring provides leadership for the theatre field by promoting and acting upon TCG’s core values of artistry, diversity, activism and global citizenship. At TCG, she guides an array of programs and services,including convenings, professional development, research, publishing, federal advocacy, re-granting partnerships and international cultural exchange. In addition to serving its direct community of over 500 resident theatres, 200 affiliates and more than 13,000 individual members, TCG is the largest independent trade publisher of dramatic literature in North America, with twelve Pulitzers on its booklist. TCG also publishes ARTSEARCH and American Theatre magazine, and is the U.S. Center for the International Theatre Institute. Under her leadership, TCG has invested in building greater equity, diversity and inclusion in the American theatre field. In sum, TCG’s vision is “A better world fortheatre, a better world because of theatre.”

 

About TCG

For over 50 years, Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theatre, has existed to strengthen, nurture and promote the professional not-for-profit American theatre. TCG’s constituency has grown from a handful of groundbreaking theatres to nearly 700 Member Theatres and Affiliate organizations and more than 12,000 individuals nationwide. TCG offers its members networking and knowledge-building opportunities through conferences, events, research and communications; awards grants, approximately $2 million per year, to theatre companies and individual artists; advocates on the federal level; and serves as the U.S. Center of the International Theatre Institute, connecting its constituents to the global theatre community. TCG is North America’s largest independent trade publisher of dramatic literature, with 14 Pulitzer Prizes for Best Play on the TCG booklist. It also publishes the award-winning American Theatre magazine and ARTSEARCH®, the essential source for a career i[...]

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere chat with Michael Riedel about his new book, Razzle Dazzle. We review The Bandstand @ Paper Mill, Romance Language, Trip of Love, and talk about Elizabeth Broadhurst in Oh, Kay! Also, Matt Tamanini reports in on a Television and Film update.

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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, 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 writes across other BroadwayWorld sites, including BroadwayWorld Orlando. He is also the site’s Advertising and Database Manager. Matt is a director, producer, and playwright and serves as the Executive and Co-Artistic Director of The Squeaky Wheel Theatre Project in Orlando. You can connect with Matt through Twitter @BWWMatt.

 

 

Notes and links for the podcast.

Guest: Michael Riedel

 

Razzle Dazzle: The Battle for Broadway by Michael Riedel

Broadway’s most respected (and feared) commentator pulls back the curtain on its stars, its producers, and its mega-hits to reveal all the shocking drama, intrigue, and power plays that happened off stage.

 

 

READ:  Vanity Fair: Dreamgirls, Nine, and the Greatest Face-Off in Tony Award History

(Adapted from Razzle Dazzle: The Battle for Broadway, by Michael Riedel)

The New York Post

Theater Talk

Riedel’s previous appearances on This Week on Broadway —

— Flashback: This Week on Broadway for February 8, 2011: Special — The Spider-Man Reviews Are In

— Flashback: This Week on Broadway for July 19, 2009: First Night’s Fight Club

 

Reviews:

MP + PF: The Bandstand @ Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn, NJ, through November 8, 2015

— Robert De Niro on New York, New York (Kander and Ebb)

MP: Romance Language @ Theater 511 at Ars Nova, 511 West 54th Street, through November 8, 2015

MP + PF: Trip of Love @ Stage 42, 422 West 42nd Street

MP: Musicals Tonight production of Oh, Kay! @ The Lion Theatre, 410 West 42nd Street, through October 25, 2015

— Elizabeth Broadhurst

 

News: 

Television and Film: Matt Tamanini

BroadwayWorld’s Stage to Screen Guide

 

THE WIZ LIVE

GREASE LIVE casting

ROCKY HORROR SHOW on TV

BBC America

Live From Lincoln Center

Broadway Stars on TV: SUPERGIRL debut, THE GOOD WIFE, LAW & ORDER: SVU, CHICAGO MED (new show), BRAINDEAD (new show), Madam Secretary

Stage Shows in movie theatres

Neil Patrick Harris – Starring in Best Time Ever on NBC‎

 

Tours: 

Recordings: 

 

Post Script:

Next Week: 

Masterworks Recordings: A Chorus Line, Beggars Opera

 

Explicit: No

Music:

 

Robert Horton sings “Melisande” from 110 IN THE SHADE, Original Broadway [...]