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Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere discuss Apologia @ Roundabout Theatre Company, One Christmas Eve (part of FringeNYC), Girl From The North Country @ The Public, Midnight at The Never Get @ York Theatre Company, Sea View Playwright’s Theatre production of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, and La Femme Theatre Productions of Tennessee Williams’ A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur @ Theatre at St. Clements.

 

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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. 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.

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Reviews: 

PF + MP + JM: Apologia @ Roundabout Theatre Company (Starring Stockard Channing‎) The Laura Pels Theatre, 111 West 46th Street, through December 16, 2018

MP + PF: The Lifespan of a Fact @ Studio 54, through January 13, 2019

— The Nonfiction Novel by Truman Capote

— The Story Behind a Nonfiction Novel By GEORGE PLIMPTON in The New York Times

PF: One Christmas Eve (part of FringeNYC) @ Village School, through Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Schondeikkan Productions in Association with The Journey Company

Writer: Gretchen Cryer, Lynne Halliday, James Hindman, Arlene Hutton, and Craig Pospisil, Song by Gretchen Cryer

MP + JM: Girl From The North Country @ The Public, Newman Theater, 425 Lafayette Street, through December 23, 2018

Written and directed by Conor McPherson, with music and lyrics by Bob Dylan.

Peter’s review: This Week on Broadway for October 7, 2018: Bernhardt / Hamlet

PF: Midnight at The Never Get @ York Theatre Company, 619 Lexington Avenue, through November 2, 2018

— Marc Miller’s reviews at TalkinBroadway

— Lets have more from Mark Sonnenblick!

Mark Sonnenblick is a composer, lyricist, and scriptwriter, although not always at the same time. Collaborations include Midnight at The Never Get (Bistro Award, MAC Award Nominee “Show of the Year”), Independents (“Best Production” FringeNYC, “Critics’ Pick” New York Times), Dragons Love Tacos (TheatreworksUSA), Twenty Minutes Or Less (Washington National Opera), Ship Show (Yale Institute for Music Theatre), Stompcat in Lawndale (Ars Nova Ant Fest), Wheel of Misfortune (Denver Center for the Performing Arts), and Bunkerville (Yale DRAMAT, BSU Discovery Festival winner). He won a 2018 Jonathan Larson Grant and is a three-time finalist for the Kleban Award. Mark has developed work at The Johnny Mercer Writers Colony (Goodspeed Musicals), UCross Foundation, Rhinebeck Writers Retreat, The John Duffy Institute (Virginia Arts Festival), Composers and the Voice (American Opera Projects), and The Johnny Mercer Songwriting Project.

 

MP: Sea View Playwright‘s Theatre production of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot on Staten Island, through October 28, 2018

PF: La Femme Theatre Productions of Tennessee Williams’ A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur @ Theatre at St. Clements, 423 Wes[...]

Listen to the episode here:

On this episode of BroadwayRadio’s “Tell Me More,” Matt Tamanini talks to the writer and the star of the hit Off-Broadway show “Midnight at the Never Get” currently playing at St. Peter’s as part of the York Theatre Company’s season. The show features a book and score by Mark Sonnenblick, and stars his co-conceiver Sam Bolen.

The show is a cabaret act for Trevor Copeland (played by Bolen) and his songwriter, Arthur. The pair has the perfect New York romance, except for the fact that it’s 1965 and their relationship is still against the law. Despite that fact, in the back room of The Never Get, an illegal Greenwich Village gay bar, they put together a show called Midnight— a nightclub act where Trevor sings Arthur’s love songs with their male pronouns intact. But, as the lovers hurtle towards the end of the decade, they find themselves caught in a passion they can’t control and a political revolution they don’t understand.

“Midnight at the Never Get” currently is slated to run Off-Broadway through Sunday, November 4th.

York Theatre Company’s “Midnight at the Never Get”

https://yorktheatre.org/on-stage/mainstage-series/midnight-never-get

Contact Matt:

Twitter: @BWWMatt

Instagram: @BWWMatt

Theme music provided by www.bensound.com | Show music provided by the York Theatre Company

Listen: Judi Dench Finally Gets to Star in “Cats,” Ruben and Clay are Coming to Broadway, and Info about Tonys and Broadway Demographics!

“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)

1) Major Star Signs on for “Cats” Film After a Bad Break

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Judi-Dench-Signs-On-To-Play-Old-Deuteronomy-in-Upcoming-CATS-Film-20181018

Dame Judi Dench on “Today on Broadway”

https://broadwayradio.com/blog/2016/05/30/today-on-broadway-monday-may-30-2016/

2) There’s a New Holiday Show Coming to the Imperial in December

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Ruben-Studdard-Clay-Aiken-Ring-in-the-Holidays-on-Broadway-20181018

3) Tony Awards News

Tony Awards Confirm Date and Location

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/THE-TONY-AWARDS-Return-Sunday-June-9th-Live-from-Radio-City-20181018

Tony Awards Administration Committee Makes First Eligibility Rulings

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-Tony-Awards-Administration-Committee-Makes-First-Eligibility-Rulings-of-the-Season-on-PRETTY-WOMAN-HEAD-OVER-HEELS-and-More-20181018

4) Broadway League Announces Stats from 2017-18 Season

https://www.broadwayleague.com/research/order-research-reports/

5) Ok, Matt, what else do we have to talk about today?

Reviews Start to Come in for “Lifespan of a Fact”

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Review-Roundup-What-Did-Critics-Think-of-Daniel-Radcliffe-Cherry-Jones-and-Bobby-Cannavale-In-THE-LIFESPAN-OF-A-FACT-20181018

London “Company” Confirms Extension; What does that Mean for a Transfer?

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Marianne-Elliotts-Production-Of-COMPANY-Extends-To-30-March-20181018

City Center Announces Stars for Upcoming “A Chorus Line” Gala Performance

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Tony-Yazbeck-Jay-Armstrong-Johnson-and-More-to-Lead-City-Centers-A-CHORUS-LINE-20181018

Laura Benanti Brings Together Stars for Family Reunification Album

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Laura-Benanti-Idina-Menzel-Lin-Manuel-Miranda-Among-Stars-Singing-for-Family-Reunification-on-Album-SINGING-YOU-HOME-20181018

Listen: Lauren Class Schneider talks to cast member Dylan Baker about “Bernhardt/Hamlet,” playing on Broadway at the American Airlines Theater.

Class Notes actively covers New York’s current theater season on, off and off-off Broadway.

Listen: Reviews are in for London “Company” (Raves) and RTC’s “Apologia” (Not Raves), Denee Benton to Join “Hamilton,” and “Smokey Joe’s” to Close.

“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)

1) Critics Rave Over “Company” in London

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Review-Roundup-Critics-Weigh-In-On-Marianne-Elliotts-COMPANY-on-the-West-End-20181017

2) Critics Rave Over Stockard Channing and are Mixed Over “Apologia”

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Review-Roundup-What-Do-The-Critics-Think-of-Roundabouts-APOLOGIA-Starring-Stockard-Channing-20181017

3) “Hamilton” Announces Special Halloween Performance and New Cast Members

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/HAMILTON-Offers-10-Performance-Oct-31st-Dene-BentonandCarvens-Lissaint-Join-Cast-20181017

4) In Other News

“Smokey Joe’s Café” Will Close Off-Broadway this Month

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-SMOKEY-JOES-CAFE-Will-Play-Final-Off-Broadway-Performance-Next-Month-20181017

“What the Constitution Means to Me” Adds Final Extension

https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/WHAT-THE-CONSTITUTION-MEANS-TO-ME-Adds-Final-Extension-Through-November-4th-20181017

The Muny Announces Shows in its 101st Season

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/The-Muny-Will-Stage-KINKY-BOOTS-MATILDA-CINDERELLA-and-More-This-Summer-20181017

Amazon to Develop a “Twelfth Night” Musical Series from Sater and Sheik

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Amazon-to-Develop-TWELFTH-NIGHT-Musical-Series-from-SPRING-AWAKENING-Team-20181017

Listen: Danny Burstein to Join Laura Benanti in “My Fair Lady” on Broadway, Idris Elba is Playing WHO in WHAT?, and News about “A Very Wicked Halloween”!

“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)

Tell Me More | Episode 14: Whitney Bashor on Keen Company’s “Ordinary Days”

https://broadwayradio.com/blog/2018/10/16/tell-me-more-episode-14-whitney-bashor-on-keen-companys-ordinary-days/

1) Danny Burstein to Join Broadway’s “My Fair Lady”

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Get-Him-To-The-Church-On-Time-Danny-Burstein-to-Join-the-Cast-of-MY-FAIR-LADY-20181016

2) Idris Elba to Play Macavity in “Cats” Film

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Idris-Elba-In-Final-Talks-To-Join-the-Upcoming-CATS-Film-20181016

3) Last Week’s Broadway Grosses

https://www.broadwayworld.com/grosses.cfm

5) “A Very Wicked Halloween” Taped on Tuesday

http://www.tmz.com/2018/10/16/ariana-grande-first-public-appearance-since-split-pete-davidson/

https://twitter.com/_sexualgrande/status/1052375056620371969?s=21

5) Cody Simpson to Make Broadway Debut in “Anastasia”

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-Recording-Artist-Cody-Simpon-Will-Make-Broadway-Debut-in-ANASTASIA-This-November-20181016

6) “Jagged Little Pill” Gearing Up for New Production

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Rialto-Chatter-JAGGED-LITTLE-PILL-Gets-Set-for-Soon-to-Be-Announced-Production-Could-it-be-Broadway-Bound-20181016

7) “Fiddler on the Roof” Extends through December 30th

https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/Yiddish-FIDDLER-ON-THE-ROOF-Extends-Until-December-30-20181016

8) Dick Van Dyke and Angela Lansbury Star in “Buttons: A New Musical Film”

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Dick-Van-Dyke-and-Angela-Lansbury-Star-in-BUTTONS-A-NEW-MUSICAL-FILM-20181016

Listen to the episode here:

On this episode of BroadwayRadio’s “Tell Me More,” Matt Tamanini talks to one of his favorite performers about one of his favorite shows. Whitney Bashor is currently starring in the Keen Company Off-Broadway revival of Adam Gwon’s “Ordinary Days.”

Matt and Whitney talk about show, the power of Gwon’s music, doing the show in New York, working on new material, and balancing having a seven-month old daughter, while both she and her husband Jared Zirilli (currently starring in “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical” on Broadway) have shows every night.

Spoiler Alert: If you don’t know the plot of “Ordinary Days” and don’t want to be spoiled, you might want to skip this until you’ve seen the show.

Keen Company’s “Ordinary Days”

http://www.keencompany.org/ordinarydays

Contact Whitney:

https://www.whitneybashor.com/

Twitter: @whitneybashor

Instagram: @bashorw

Contact Matt:

Twitter: @BWWMatt

Instagram: @BWWMatt

Theme music provided by www.bensound.com

Listen: “The Inheritance” Earns Raves in London, Judy Kuhn to Reteam with Trevor Nunn, and “Transparent” to have Musical Series Finale

“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)

1) Critics Weigh In on “The Inheritance” in London

https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/Review-Roundup-What-Did-the-Critics-Think-of-THE-INHERITANCE-20181015

2) Roundabout to Dim Lights for Joe Masteroff Tomorrow

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Roundabout-Theatres-Will-Dim-Lights-for-Joe-Masteroff-on-Wednesday-20181015

3) London Theatre News

Judy Kuhn to Lead Menier “Fiddler on the Roof”

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Principal-Casting-Announced-For-Menier-Chocolate-Factorys-Major-Revival-Of-FIDDLER-ON-THE-ROOF-20181015

David Suchet Led “The Price” to Transfer to West End

https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/THE-PRICE-Will-Transfer-to-the-West-End-Starring-David-Suchet-And-Brendan-Coyle-20181015

4) Audio and Video News

“A Star is Born” Soundtrack Debuts at No. 1

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/A-STAR-IS-BORN-Soundtrack-Debuts-at-Number-1-on-Billboard-200-20181015

“Puffs” to Premiere on BroadwayHD

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/PUFFS-to-Premiere-on-BroadwayHD-20181015

Amazon’s “Transparent” to Include a Musical Episode

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/TRANSPARENT-to-End-Final-Season-With-Musical-Episode-20181015

Listen: Stars Announced for Broadway’s “Ink,” BC/EFA Changes Gypsy of the Year Name, and the Smash Mouth Musical Might be Most Brilliant Thing EVER!

“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)

“This Week on Broadway”

https://broadwayradio.com/blog/2018/10/14/this-week-on-broadway-for-october-14-2018-popcorn-falls/

1) Manhattan Theatre Club Announces Stars for Broadway Transfer of “Ink”

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-Bertie-Carvel-and-Jonny-Lee-Miller-Will-Lead-INK-on-Broadway-20181012

2) Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Announces New Name for Gypsy of the Year

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BCEFA-Announces-Start-Of-In-Theatre-Fundraising-Red-Bucket-Follies-20181011

Tuesday, October 16th

Opening: “Apologia” Off-Broadway at the Roundabout Theatre Company

https://www.roundabouttheatre.org/Shows-Events/Apologia.aspx

Previews: “School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play” Off-Broadway from MCC

https://www.mcctheater.org/shows/17-18_season/schoolgirls/index.html

Wednesday, October 17th

Opening: “The Mother of the Maid” Off-Broadway at the Public Theater

https://www.publictheater.org/Public-Theater-Season/Mother-of-the-Maid/

Opening: “Ordinary Days” Off-Broadway from the Keen Company

http://www.keencompany.org/ordinarydays

Thursday, October 18th

Opening: “The Lifespan of a Fact” on Broadway at Studio 54

https://www.lifespanofafact.com/

Sunday, October 21st

Opening: “The Ferryman” on Broadway at the Jacobs Theatre

http://theferrymanbroadway.com/

Previews: “Eve’s Song” Off-Broadway at The Public Theater

https://www.publictheater.org/Public-Theater-Season/Eves-Song/

Closing: “The Heart of Rock & Roll” at The Old Globe

4) In Other News

The Vineyard is Working on an Unheard Michael Friedman Musical

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Rialto-Chatter-Could-a-New-Michael-Friedman-Musical-Be-Headed-to-The-Vineyard-20181012

Smash Mouth Musical “All Star” Sounds AMAZING!

https://www.polygon.com/2018/10/12/17968406/smash-mouth-all-star-musical

 

Correction:

The Theater’s on a Roll, Gliding Down 42d Street; Fast-Moving Times Square Revitalization Leaves No Stone or Building Unturned

By JOHN HOLUSHA

FEB. 28, 1998  Tomorrow, a theater weighing 7.4 million pounds will be rolled down 42d Street. The engineers who arranged the trip say that it is no big deal.

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere discuss Popcorn Falls @ Davenport Theatre, Midnight at The Never Get @ York Theatre Company, The Drowsy Chaperone @ The Goodspeed, A Little Night Music @ Wagner College, The Midtown Men @ St. George Theatre, The Evolution Of Mann @ The Cell Theatre, My Parsifal Conductor @ Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater, Hitler’s Tasters @ IRT Theater, and Broadway Close Up @ Kaufman Music Center. We also have remembrances of Carol Hall.

 

This Week on Broadway has been coming to you every week since March 16, 2009. It is the longest running Broadway and theatrical podcast with more than 400 shows giving thousands of reviews and hundreds of interviews.

Subscribe to BroadwayRadio in iTunes by CLICKING HERE.

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If you would like to listen to the podcast, click on the arrow in the player below.

 

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

BroadwayStars

Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | Facebook

MICHAEL PORTANTIERE is a theater reviewer and essayist. 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.

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Reviews: 

PF: Popcorn Falls, Welcome to Popcorn Falls, a small American town @ Davenport Theatre, 354 West 45th Street

MP: Midnight at The Never Get @ York Theatre Company, 619 Lexington Avenue, through November 2, 2018

PF: The Drowsy Chaperone @ The Goodspeed, East Haddam, CT, through November 25, 2018

Goodspeed Replaces Woody Allen’s Bullets Over Broadway With The Drowsy Chaperone by Andrew Gans

The musical based on Allen’s film of the same name was canceled “in light of the current dialogue on sexual harassment and misconduct.”

MP: A Little Night Music @ Wagner College through October 14, 2018

MP: The Midtown Men @ St. George Theatre, Staten Island, Saturday, October 13, 2018

— Julie and Carol @ Carnegie Hall

PF: The Evolution Of Mann @ The Cell Theatre, 338 West 23rd Street, through October 27, 2018

music and lyrics by Douglas J. Cohen

book and lyrics by Dan Elish

directed by Joe Barros

MP: My Parsifal Conductor @ Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater at the West Side YMCA, 10 West 64th Street, through November 3, 2018 (Eddie Korbich)

PF: Hitler’s Tasters @ IRT Theater, 154 Christopher Street, through October 29, 2018

— Previous review of Hitler’s Taster on This Week on Broadway for April 8, 2018: Drew Droege and Frozen

MP: Broadway Close Up – Kaufman Music Center (Series):

Monday | October 8 2018 | 7:30 pm // Bound for Broadway 2018 with Liz Callaway

Monday | October 29, 2018 | 7:30 pm // Broadway Close Up: Hidden Gems

Thursday | November 1, 2018 | 7:30 pm // Broadway Close Up: Hidden Gems

Monday | November 12, 2018 | 7:30 pm // Broadway Close Up: When Broadway Went to Hollywood

Monday | December 10, 2018 | 7:30 pm // Broadway Close Up: Whatever It Is, I’m Against It – 100 Years of Funny Jewish Songs

News: 

Carol Hall, ‘Best Little Whorehouse’ Composer, Is Dead at 82 By Neil Genzlinger (The New York Times)

Carol Hall, who helped turn an unlikely inspiration into one of the biggest Broadway hits of the 1970s when she wrote the music and lyrics for “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,” died on Thursday at her home in Manhattan. She was 82.

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PF: Apologia @ Roundabout T[...]