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1) Last week’s Broadway grosses:
https://www.broadwayleague.com/research/grosses-broadway-nyc/

2) Tony Awards to remain on CBS through 2032
https://deadline.com/2026/11/tony-awards-cbs-1237213448/

3) Playwrights Horizons to bring ‘Degenerates’ back next month
https://playbill.com/article/degenerates-will-get-an-encore-at-playwrights-horizons

4) Taran Killam, Bonnie Milligan to lead ‘Bad News Bears’ musical world premiere
https://playbill.com/article/taran-killam-bonnie-milligan-ava-briglia-will-lead-premiere-of-the-bad-news-bears-a-musical

Matt reviews the New York City Center gala production of “In the Heights.”

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On Sunday, Nov. 1, BroadwayRadio’s Matt Tamanini attended a New York City Center gala performance of “In the Heights” at New York City Center.

The show is currently set to run through Sunday, Nov. 15. To purchase tickets to see the show, click here:
https://www.nycitycenter.org/events/2026-2027-in-the-heights

Matt reviews the original Broadway production of “Other Desert Cities.”

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On Thursday, Oct. 15, BroadwayRadio’s Matt Tamanini attended the Broadway performance of “Other Desert Cities” at the Hudson Theatre.

The show is currently set to run through Sunday, Jan. 17, 2027. To purchase tickets to see the show, click here:
https://otherdesertcitiesbroadway.com/

Reviews for ‘A Few Good Men’ on Broadway, Patrick Stewart dies at 86, ‘Rocky Horror’ extends through May

Every week, Matt Tamanini will bring you the biggest news from across the theatrical landscape and will prepare you for what’s ahead over the next seven days.

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1) Reviews for ‘A Few Good Men’ on Broadway
https://didtheylikeit.com/shows/a-few-good-men/

2) Stage and screen icon Sir Patrick Stewart dies at 86
https://apnews.com/article/patrick-stewart-shakespeare-theater-appreciation-9fe4ffe6024a270aad3a456ae26a11b7

Stream Patrick Stewart’s greatest screen work
https://thestreamable.com/patrick-stewart-stream-movie-tv-show-performances

3) Daniel Sullivan announces retirement, Jonathan Kent to take over ‘Montauk’ on Broadway
https://deadline.com/2026/10/daniel-sullivan-broadway-retirement-jonathan-kent-1237209510/

4) ‘Rocky Horror Show’ extends on Broadway through May
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/THE-ROCKY-HORROR-SHOW-Extends-on-Broadway-Through-May-2027-20261102

5) ‘The Heart’ extends Off-Broadway from Roundabout
https://www.broadway.com/buzz/207906/the-heart-extends-off-broadway-run-through-december-13/

6) This week’s theatrical schedule

Monday, Nov. 2
Previews: ‘Here There Are Blueberries’ on Broadway
https://herethereareblueberries.com/ 

Tuesday, Nov. 3
Opening: ‘We’ll See’ Off-Broadway from the Public Theater
https://publictheater.org/productions/season/2627/well-see/ 

Previews: ‘The King’s Critique’ Off-Broadway at Signature Center
https://kingscritiquemusical.com/ 

Previews: ‘Rope’ Off-Broadway from The New Group
https://thenewgroup.org/events/rope-2026-11-03-700-pm/ 

Wednesday, Nov. 4
Previews: ‘It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play’ on Broadway
https://itsawonderfullifebway.com/ 

Thursday, Nov. 5
Opening: ‘2:22 – A Ghost Story’ Off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre
https://lortel.org/222-ghost-story/ 

Opening: ‘The Unbelievers’ Off-Broadway from Manhattan Theatre Club
https://www.manhattantheatreclub.com/shows/2026-27-season/the-unbelievers/ 

Opening: ‘The Verge’ Off-Broadway from The Public Theater
https://publictheater.org/productions/season/2627/the-verge/ 

Preview: ‘Seven Guitars’ Off-Broadway from Lincoln Center Theatre
https://www.lct.org/shows/seven-guitars/ 

Saturday, Nov. 7
Previews: ‘The Good Thief’ Off-Broadway from Irish Repertory Theatre

Sunday, Nov. 8
Opening: ‘Wanted’ on Broadway
https://wantedmusical.com/ 

Closing: ‘Aftermath’ Off-Broadway at A.R.T./New York Theatres
https://art-newyork.org/events/aftermath-2/

Closing: ‘Degenerates’ Off-Broadway from Playwrights Horizons
https://www.playwrightshorizons.org/shows/production-history/2020s/2627/degenerates 

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about 860 (Billy Crystal), In The Heights @ City Center, The Heart @ Laura Pels Theatre, The Imaginary Invalid, and David Zax’s Aftermath @ A.R.T./NY

[Note: this week’s show is unedited so that you can hear the things we don’t normally include in our show. It was a suggestion from one of our listeners that some may want to hear “the show behind the show”.]

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Panel:

Peter Filichia | [email protected] | Facebook
PETER FILICHIA is a playwright, journalist, and historian with a number of books. Peter’s day-by-day desk calendar – A SHOW TUNE FOR TODAY – 366 Songs to Brighten Your Year – is available at finer retailers!

Peter ran the NYC Marathon this morning before we recorded. Sub 3 (hours).

Showtune for Today: Napoleon from Jamaica

Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | Facebook
MICHAEL PORTANTIERE has been a theater journalist for more than 50 years. The founder and editor of CastAlbumReviews.com. He is also a theatrical photographer whose photos have appeared in The New York Times and other publications. Additionally, Michael is known as a producer and director of shows at the Laurie Beechman Theatre and other venues.

On The Town @ Carnegie Hall, Monday, January 11, 2027
For two nights at Carnegie Hall, enjoy Leonard Bernstein’s timeless love letter to “New York, New York”—his Broadway musical debut!—performed in concert by an all-star cast. Corbin Bleu, Jin Ha, Colton Ryan, Emma Crow, Megan Hilty, Isabel Leonard, Paulo Szot, and more join Emmy- and Grammy-winning music director Rob Berman and the 45-piece Orchestra of St. Luke’s for these back-to-back performances. Written with the legendary duo of Betty Comden and Adolph Green, On the Town tells the tale of three American sailors on a 24-hour leave before they depart for battle in World War II, and features one musical theater staple after another, including “Come Up to My Place,” “I Can Cook, Too,” and “Some Other Time.”

James Marino | [email protected] | Facebook
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Reviews:

PF + MP: 860 (Billy Crystal) @ Imperial Theatre, through February 14, 2027

Comedy is tragedy + time.

MP: In The Heights @ City Center, through November 15, 2026

PF + MP: The Heart @ Roundabout Theatre Company’s Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre, through December 13, 2026
A young surfer’s life is cut short. A stranger suddenly has a second chance. And the life-force of one beating heart drives two families and a medical team through 24 hours that couldn’t matter more.

Playwright Kait Kerrigan (The Great Gatsby) and musical mavericks Anne Eisendrath and Ian Eisendrath (of KPop Demon Hunters) join forces with Tony Award®-winning director Christopher Ashley (Roundabout’s new artistic director) and choreographer Mandy Moore (Taylor Swift’s Eras tour) to bring undeniable theatrical life to Maylis de Kerangal’s 2014 novel Réparer les vivants, in our first new Off-Broadway musical in years.

MP: The Imaginary Invalid @ Todd Haimes Theatre, through November 22, 2026

PF + MP: David Zax’s Aftermath @ A.R.T./NY’s Mezzanine Theatre, through November 8, 2026
28-year-old freelance journalist Josh Goldman has just survived a Taliban kidnapping in Afghanistan and is recovering in his childhood home with his parents. As Josh struggles to reconnect with his family and make sense of what he’s endured, we learn how the young journalist found the courage to take on his most dangerous assignment, and at what cost.

This timely drama examines questions of moral responsibility, privilege, and sacrifice in the context of global political conflict and family ties.

PF: Ovation Gram
Send a vintage-style telegram, hand-delivered to their theatre on opening night.

Discussion:

Emerson Collins on Facebook
I hate Gay Halloween, what do you mean you’re the matches Adam Pascal forgot offstage during “Light My Candle” at the BCEFA 30th Anniversary performance of RENT?! #rent30thanniversary

Future Episodes:

Peter’s Brainteaser:

He’s a character from a Stephen Sondheim musical who fears what his life will be like when he reaches a certain age.

On the other hand, a character from a Richard Rodgers musical is pleased to be that age.

Who are the characters? What are the musicals? What is the age?

Michael’s Musical Moments

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW

Music Opener: “Dammit Janet”

Music Closer: “Science Fiction Double Feature”

“Once in a While,” deleted song from THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, sung by Barry Bostwick

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Matt reviews the original Broadway production of “Paranormal Activity.”

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On Wednesday, Oct. 14, BroadwayRadio’s Matt Tamanini attended the Broadway performance of “Paranormal Activity” at the August Wilson Theatre.

The show is currently set to run through Sunday, Feb. 28, 2027. To purchase tickets to see the show, click here:
https://paranormalbroadway.com/

reaking down the Broadway grosses and major theatre news

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1) Last week’s Broadway grosses:
https://www.broadwayleague.com/research/grosses-broadway-nyc/

2) Noblezada, Song to lead ‘Heart Sellers’ Off-Broadway
https://playbill.com/article/eva-noblezada-to-make-off-broadway-debut-in-the-heart-sellers

3) ‘Real Housewives’ stars to lead Off-Broadway revival of ‘Rumors’
https://deadline.com/2026/10/real-housewives-rumors-off-broadway-1237206158/

4) Billy Crystal extends ‘860’ into February
https://deadline.com/2026/10/billy-crystal-860-broadway-closing-date-1237206061/

Matt reviews the original Broadway production of “School Girls; Or the African Mean Girls Play.”

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On Wednesday, Oct. 14, BroadwayRadio’s Matt Tamanini attended the Broadway performance of “School Girls; Or the African Mean Girls Play” at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.

The show is currently set to run through Sunday, Nov. 15, 2026. To purchase tickets to see the show, click here:
https://www.manhattantheatreclub.com/shows/2026-27-season/school-girls-or-the-african-mean-girls-play/

The final week of performances will also stream live and on-demand. Purchase tickets here:
https://lolst.org/shows/school-girls

Reviews for ‘860’ and ‘Imaginary Invalid’; Groff and Tom Hanks coming to Broadway in 2027; more

Every week, Matt Tamanini will bring you the biggest news from across the theatrical landscape and will prepare you for what’s ahead over the next seven days.

Any and all feedback is appreciated:
Matt Tamanini: [email protected] | @BroadwayRadio

For a transcript of this episode, please email [email protected] and include the episode name.

1) Reviews for ‘860’ on Broadway
https://didtheylikeit.com/shows/860-2/

2) Reviews for ‘The Imaginary Invalid’ on Broadway
https://didtheylikeit.com/shows/the-imaginary-invalid/

3) Jonathan Groff to bring ‘The Amish Project’ to Broadway in the spring
https://deadline.com/2026/10/jonathan-groff-broadway-amish-project-1237171598/

4) Tom Hanks, Kelli O’Hara to bring ‘This World of Tomorrow’ to Broadway next fall
https://deadline.com/2026/10/tom-hanks-kelli-ohara-broadway-this-world-of-tomorrow-1237170846/

5) Show and casting news

‘Small Mouth Sounds’ moves up Broadway dates
https://www.broadwaynews.com/small-mouth-sounds-on-broadway-moves-up-first-preview/

‘School Girls’ to stream final week of performances
https://www.broadwaynews.com/broadways-school-girls-will-be-available-for-streaming-during-final-week-of-performances/

Jennifer Simard extends run in ‘Schmigadoon’
https://playbill.com/article/jennifer-simard-extends-run-in-schmigadoon-on-broadway

Bengson’s ‘Ohio’ musical to premiere Off-Broadway in January
https://playbill.com/article/ohio-new-musical-from-the-bengsons-sets-off-broadway-run

T.R. Knight withdraws from ‘Little Shop,’ Ethan Slater extends
https://playbill.com/article/ethan-slater-extends-little-shop-of-horrors-run-as-t-r-knight-departs-off-broadway-revival

‘We’ll See’ extends Off-Broadway at the Public Theater
https://playbill.com/article/richard-nelsons-well-see-extends-world-premiere-at-the-public-theater

6) This week’s theatrical schedule

Monday, Oct. 26
Performance: ‘RENT’ 30th anniversary concert
https://broadwaycares.org/pre-event/rent30/ 

Tuesday, Oct. 27
Opening: ‘I Became We’ Off-Broadway from Atlantic Theater Company
https://atlantictheater.org/production/i-became-we/ 

Previews: ‘The Verge’ Off-Broadway from the Public Theater
https://publictheater.org/productions/season/2627/the-verge/ 

Wednesday, Oct. 28
Performances: ‘In the Heights’ from New York City Center Encores
https://www.nycitycenter.org/events/2026-2027-in-the-heights-esp 

Thursday, Oct. 29
Opening: ‘A Few Good Men’ on Broadway from Lincoln Center Theatre
https://www.lct.org/shows/a-few-good-men/ 

Opening: ‘The Heart’ Off-Broadway from Roundabout Theatre Company
https://www.roundabouttheatre.org/production/2026-2027-season/the-heart/ 

Friday, Oct. 30
Closing: ‘Human Things’ Off-Broadway at The West End Theatre
https://www.humanthingsplay.com/ 

Closing: ‘Sea Wall’ Off-Broadway at Studio Seaview
https://studioseaview.com/show/sea-wall/ 

Saturday, Oct. 31
Previews: ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ on Broadway
https://muchadobroadway.com/

Sunday, Nov. 1
Opening: ‘Ms. Blakk for President’ Off-Broadway from Vineyard Theatre
https://vineyardtheatre.org/shows/msblakkforpresident/ 

Closing: ‘ANON’ Off-Broadway from MCC
https://mcctheater.org/tix/anon/ 

Closing: ‘creation stories and all the important importants’ Off-Broadway from LCT3
https://www.lct.org/shows/creation-stories-and-all-the-important-importants/ 

Closing: ‘Fish’ Off-Broadway from WP Theater
https://wptheater.org/show/fish/ 

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about The Imaginary Invalid, Other Desert Cities, Mint Theater Company’s production of Phyl, Ruth Stage’s production of Night of January 16th, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button @ The Public Theater, Midnight @ Daryl Roth Theatre, Memoirs Of Amorous Gentlemen @ The Night Egg at The Culture Club, Atlantic Theater Company’s production of I Became We @ the Linda Gross Theater, Copperfield! The New Musical at The Duke on 42nd Street, Book Review: Love and Second Acts – A Novel by Lewis J. Stadlen, and Anon @ MCC

“This Week on Broadway” has been coming to you every week since 2009. It is the longest-running running Broadway and theatrical podcast with hundreds of shows giving thousands of reviews and interviews.

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Panel:

Peter Filichia | [email protected] | Facebook
PETER FILICHIA is a playwright, journalist, and historian with a number of books. Peter’s day-by-day desk calendar – A SHOW TUNE FOR TODAY – 366 Songs to Brighten Your Year – is available at finer retailers!

Larry, The Big-Time Broadway Producer @ The Hopkinton Center for the Arts (HCA)
November 19 presentation in NYC?

Showtune for Today: We Might Play All Night from Passing Strange

Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | Facebook
MICHAEL PORTANTIERE has been a theater journalist for more than 50 years. The founder and editor of CastAlbumReviews.com. He is also a theatrical photographer whose photos have appeared in The New York Times and other publications. Additionally, Michael is known as a producer and director of shows at the Laurie Beechman Theatre and other venues.

James Marino | [email protected] | Facebook
BroadwayStars

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Reviews:

PF: The Imaginary Invalid @ Todd Haimes Theatre, through November 22, 2026

MP + PF: Other Desert Cities @ Hudson Theatre, through January 17, 2027

MP: Mint Theater Company’s production of Phyl @ Theatre Row, through November 7, 2026
Directed by Britt Berke
PHYL follows Phyllis Chester, a governess trapped in a solitary existence and walled off from the life she craves—until a moment of lost temper leads her to risk everything.

The play launches Mint Theater Company’s new season, featuring two frank, provocative, and deeply human works exploring sex, love, marriage, and the complexities of relationships. Originally scheduled to premiere in Oxford, PHYL was banned by the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, although it had passed the scrutiny of the Lord Chamberlain without requiring the alteration of a single line. The play instead premiered in Manchester, where one disapproving critic described Phyl as “slaking thirsty lips in the voluptuous pleasure of life.” When Hamilton was asked how she described the play, she replied, “Well, I call it a comedy because it has a happy ending, and I hope somebody is funny in it.”

PF: Ruth Stage’s production of Night of January 16th @ Theater Row

Ayn Rand’s Night of January 16th, directed by Theo Devaney. De Rogatis will play Bjorn Faulkner and “Guts” Regan in the company’s radical reimagining of Rand’s courtroom drama.

MP: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button @ The Public Theater Newman Theater, through December 20, 2026
A Musical
Book and Lyrics by Jethro Compton
Music and Lyrics by Darren Clark
Based on the Short Story by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Choreographed by Chi-San Howard
Directed by Jethro Compton

Following a highly acclaimed production in London’s West End, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON makes its North American premiere at The Public this fall. Olivier Award-winning writing team Jethro Compton and Darren Clark reimagine F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic story of an old man who is not at the end of his life, but at the beginning. Set in a Cornish fishing village on the coast of Great Britain, and brought to life by a company of 15 actor-musicians, this is the magical tale of a love that defies all odds.

MP: Midnight @ Daryl Roth Theatre, through January 3, 2027
Set in the American South, MIDNIGHT follows twelve interconnected lives—six Black and six white characters—whose stories unfold through an exhilarating score that blends gospel, pop, R&B, rock, folk, opera, and contemporary musical theatre. As love, loss, prejudice, and hope collide, the boundaries that separate them begin to disappear, revealing a timeless truth: while we don’t choose the roles we’re born into, we do choose who we become.

MP: Memoirs Of Amorous Gentlemen @ The Night Egg at The Culture Club, through January 3, 2027
Based on the manga graphic novel “Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen” by Moyoco Anno
music and lyrics by Duncan Sheik
book by Leah Nanako Winkler
directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford

PF: Atlantic Theater Company’s production of I Became We @ the Linda Gross Theater, through November 15, 2026
by Mona Pirnot
music by Jack D. Coen
lyrics by Mona Pirnot and Jack D. Coen
directed by Sarah Benson

MP: Copperfield! The New Musical at The Duke on 42nd Street, December 6, 2026
Book, music, and lyrics by Jeffrey Scharf
Directed and choreographed by Gabriel Barre

PF: Book Review: Love and Second Acts – A Novel by Lewis J. Stadlen

PF: Anon @ MCC Theater’s Newman Mills Theater, through November 1, 2026
by Anne Washburn
directed by Anne Kauffman
When a gay pride flag is unfurled across the street from Jeanie, an increasingly online TikToker in a suburb in Texas, two seemingly different households…freak out. How well do you know the people you live among, and with, in an America where the line between fantasy and reality has become increasingly optional?

The cast of ANON will include Jeff Biehl (The Burning Cauldron of Fiery Fire), Crystal Finn (Cold War Choir Practice), Andrew Garman (The Holdovers), Izabel Mar (Family), and Obie Award winner and Tony Award nominee Jeremy Shamos (Clybourne Park).

Discussion:

Future Episodes:

Peter’s Brainteaser:

He only did one Broadway play, but when the hit was sold to the movies, he reprised his role in the film version.

He later left a play that was a disaster in tryouts, but became a long-running hit that won a Tony for someone else in the cast.

Right now, you can hear his name mentioned in a Broadway production.

Who is he? What was the play and film? Of what property did he bail out? Who won a Tony for it? And what property is keeping his name before the public right now.

Michael’s Musical Moments

Music Opener: OPENER: Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen: “Hoops” (Cory Jeacoma and ensemble)

Music Closer: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: “Where E’re She Looked at Me” (Company)

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