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Jena Tesse Fox, James Marino and Michael Portantiere review 9 Circles @ Sheen Center, Concert of An American Victory @ 54 Below, Wakey, Wakey @ The Pershing Square Signature Center, Beauty and the Beast (2017 film), and Dog Sees God @ Hemlock Theatre Co (Staten Island).

 

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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, Masterworks Broadway, Broadway Select and many other places.

Jena Tesse Fox | Twitter

Jena is a theater writer and reviewer whose articles have appeared online at TimeOutNewYork.com, Playbill.com, BroadwayWorld.com and NewYorkTheaterGuide.com.

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.

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Reviews: 

MP: 9 Circles @ Sheen Center, 18 Bleecker Street, through March 19, 2017

YouTube: 9 CIRCLES TRAILER (Sheen Center)

JF: Concert of An American Victory @ 54 Below

MP: Wakey, Wakey @ The Pershing Square Signature Center through April 2, 2017

 

JF: Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)

This Little Boy Dressed Up As Audra McDonald For A School Project And She Loved It

Brendan O’Brien is a Broadway fanatic.

by Caroline Bologna

Brian Stokes Mitchell Will Mentor High School Students Prior to Ragtime Production BY ANDREW GANS

The Tony-winning actor will discuss the racially charged language that is part of the award-winning musical.

MP: Dog Sees God @ Hemlock Theatre Co (Staten Island)

 

Discussion: 

Glass Ceiling

Sally Field has coveted the role of Amanda in The Glass Menagerie for years. As it turns out, she’s tackling it on Broadway at just the right moment.

BY JADA YUAN

 

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Josh Groban – Evermore (From “Beauty and the Beast”/Audio Only)

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Broadway: Sunday in the Park with George, She Loves Me, Les Miserables, Hair. West End: Hair. National Tour: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Regional: Shakespeare in the Park, Roundabout Theatre Company, New York Theatre Workshop, Yale Rep, The Old Globe, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Bucks County Playhouse, The Denver Center Theater, Barrington Stage Company. TV: “House of Cards”, “Boardwalk Empire”, “Blue Bloods”, “Pan Am”. Solo show: “Koberet” (Joe’s Pub, NYMF, Feinstein’s, 54 Below, Le Poisson Rouge). On Twitter: @andrewkober

Listen: Critics Review “Significant Other,” Stars Announced for “Roman Holiday” Musical, Stokes to Mentor Students at Center of “Ragtime” Controversy.

“Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre headlines of the day.

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“The Andrew Kober Show” Debuts in this Feed TOMORROW! You don’t want to miss it.

1) The Critics Weigh in on “Significant Other” on Broadway

2) Show and Casting News

Producers Announced Leads for Upcoming “Roman Holiday” Out-of-Town Tryout

Daniel Breaker to Succeed Wayne Brady in Chicago’s “Hamilton”

Immersive “Sweeney Todd” Extends Through December

West End’s “Dreamgirls” Premiere Announces Cast Recording

3) Sir Kenneth Branagh to Receive Olivier’s Special Award

4) Brian Stoke Mitchell to Mentor Students at Center of “Ragtime” Controversy

5) Jake Gyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford Talk “Sunday in the Park” with New York Times

Listen: “Sweeney Todd” Opens Off-Broadway, Al Pacino’s “God Looked Away” Gets Negative Reaction, Caissie Levy Joins Patti Murin for “Frozen” Lab!

“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:

Matt’s Interview with Marc Kudisch

1. “Sweeney Todd” Opens Off-Broadway

2) Al Pacino’s “God Looked Away” Gets Horrendous LA Times Review

3) Show and Casting News

Caissie Levy and Patti Murin to Let it Go in “Frozen” Spring Lab

Broadway Stars Set to “Escape to Margaritaville”

“Muriel’s Wedding” Officially Set to Premiere in Sydney this November

4) Miscellaneous Theatre News

Mayor de Blasio Scraps Air Rights Change

Lincoln Center Publishes Open Letter in Support of the NEA

Audiences Asked Not to Eat at West End’s “Virginia Woolf?”

Denise Gough and Matt Henry to Announce Olivier Awards Next Week

5) Lego Considering a New “Hamilton” Set

Listen: Mean Girls Looking, Cotton Club Prepping, Suggestion for NYT Replacement

“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. ‘Mean Girls’ musical is searching for its star by Michael Riedel

2. Debra Messing Will Receive Women of Achievement Award at WP Theater’s Annual Gala by Ryan McPhee

3. Broadway Backwards add even more names

4. Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, who we know from NBC’s The Sound of Music Live!, Peter Pan Live!, The Wiz Live!, and Hairspray Live!, have jumped to Fox where they are planning a musical TV series base on the Cotton Club, which will be directed by Kenny Leon. No timeline has been announced; the script is currently being developed.

5. Philip Boroff at BroadwayJournal reports that influential members of the theatrical community are asking the New York Times to hire a woman of color as a critic to fill the position that Charles Isherwood was fired from in February.

6. Paris’s Mogador Theatre Will Re-Open in September without Phantom

7. The Good Wife’s Josh Charles Tapped for Annie Baker World Premiere

8. The PR people over at Waitress are killing trees by the acre. In a third drip drip drip announcement in as many days, we learn that Will Swenson will be taking on the role of Earl, sleazy husband of Jenna, who will be played by Sara Bareilles, as mentioned in previous broadcasts.

9. Prior to Broadway Opening, Come From Away Plans a Return to Toronto

Listen: Recapping the Bonkers Academy Awards, Jay Z to Produce “In the Heights” Film, and “Bandstand” Forced to Relocate!

“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) Academy Awards Theatrical Recap

2) Jay Z to Produce “In the Heights” Film

3) Last Week’s Broadway Grosses

4) Show and Casting News

– Encores! Off-Center Announces 2017 Season

– “Sunday in the Park” Rush to Continue for Entire Run

– Paper Mill Playhouse Announces 2017-2018 Season

– New Immersive Show from “Sleep No More” Producers

5) “Bandstand” Forced to Find a New Rehearsal Home

Listen: Lauren Class Schneider talks to James Kautz, a cast member from “Nibbler,” presented by The Amoralists in association with the Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre.

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

Listen: A Busy Week of Theatre, Sienna Miller to Lead West End “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” and Claire Danes and Jim Parsons to Star in “A Kid Like Jake” Film!

“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) This Week’s Theatrical Schedule

Broadway | Off-Broadway | London

2) Show and Casting News

– Sienna Miller and Jack O’Connell to Lead Young Vic’s “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”

– Chris Diamantopoulos will Replace Drew Gehling in “Waitress”

– Ogunquit Playhouse Announces 2017 Season, Including Elvis Musical World Premiere

3) Claire Danes and Jim Parsons to Star in “A Kid Like Jake”

4) “This Week on Broadway”

Listen: Lauren Class Schneider talks to writer and star Ed Dixon about “Georgie: My Adventures with George Rose” playing at The Loft at the Davenport Theatre.

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

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk with Karen Mason. We review Kid Victory @ The Vineyard Theatre, Sunday in the Park with George, Man from Nebraska @ Second Stage Theatre, 9 Circles @ Sheen Center, Everybody @ Signature Theater, The Skin of our Teeth @ Theatre for a New Audience, The View UpStairs @ The Lynn Redgrave Theater, Werther @ The Metropolitan Opera, and the Memorial for Florence Henderson.

 

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, 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.

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Guest: Karen Mason

Karen Mason IBDB

www.KarenMason.com

Concert at Birdland Jazz Club (315 West 44th Street in New York) on Monday, March 6 at 7:00 PM

Tickets are $30 with an additional $20 food and beverage minimum. For further information, please visit www.birdlandjazz.com or call (212) 581-3080 for reservations.

KAREN MASON – “It’s About Time” – Track Listing

1. It’s About Time (Paul Rolnick / Shelly Markham)

2. Finding Wonderland (Frank Wildhorn / Jack Murphy)

3. Zing! Went The Strings of My Heart (James Hanley)

4. Everything’s Coming Up Roses (Jule Styne / Stephen Sondheim)

5. What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? (Michel Legrand / Alan & Marilyn Bergman)

6. Just in Time (Jule Styne/ Betty Comden / Adolph Green)

7. I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (Jimmy McHugh / Dorothy Fields)

8. Somewhere / The Impossible Dream (Leonard Bernstein / Stephen Sondheim – Mitch Leigh / Joe Darion)

9. The Man That Got Away (Harold Arlen / Ira Gershwin)

10. A House is Not A Home (Burt Bacharach / Hal David)

11. Once Upon A Dream Come True (Paul Rolnick)

12. Over the Rainbow (Harold Arlen / E.Y. Harburg)

Bonus Tracks

13. Fifty Percent (Billy Goldenberg / Alan & Marilyn Bergman)

14. Our Love Is Here to Stay (George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin)

 

Reviews: 

MP + PF: Kid Victory @ The Vineyard Theatre, 108 East 15th Street, through March 19, 2017

PF + JM: Sunday in the Park with George @ The Hudson Theatre, through April 23. 2017

MP: Man from Nebraska @ Second Stage Theatre, 305 W 43rd Street, through March 26, 2017

PF: 9 Circles @ Sheen Center, 18 Bleecker Street, through March 19, 2017

MP: Signature Theatre’s production of Everybody at The Irene Diamond Stage, 480 West 42nd Street, through March 19, 2017

PF: The Skin of our Teeth @ Theatre for a New Audience, 262 Ashland Place, Brooklyn, through March 19, 2017

PF + MP: The View UpStairs @ The Lynn Redgrave Theater, 49 Bleecker Street

MP: Werther @ The Metropolitan Opera, through March 9, 2017

MP: Memorial for Florence Henderson @ Music Box

 

Discussion: 

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