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Listen: “Jersey Boys” Closes on Broadway, Kron and Zaitchik Awarded Kleban Prize, Curtain Call Podcast at “Lazarus.”

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

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Notes:

1) “Jersey Boys” Closed on Sunday

Final Curtain Call Video

Early Investors Cash in on “Jersey Boys”

2) Lisa Kron and Daniel Zaitchik Awarded Kleban Prize

3) The Clintons Attend Final Matinee for “The Humans”

4) “Curtain Call” Podcast Releases “Lazarus” Episode Today

Listen: Adam Jacobs to Lead “Aladdin” Tour, Telly Leung to Rejoin “In Transit,” Nicole Kidman Opts Out of Broadway “Photograph 51.”

“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) Adam Jacobs to Lead “Aladdin” Tour

2) Telly Leung Sets “In Transit” Return Date

3) Nicole Kidman Opts Out of Broadway’s “Photograph 51”

4) Recommendations

“Hamilton” Celebrates Another Peaceful Transition of Power

The Washington Post Goes Backstage at “The Front Page”

Christopher Rice’s “Tappy” Debbie Reynolds Tribute

Jena Tesse Fox, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk with LaChanze about her new show, “Feeling Good”. After, we review The Present, The Metropolitan Opera’s production of Roméo et Juliette, directed by Bartlett Sher, Dinner at Eight from Minnesota Opera @ 54 Below, and Jim Caruso’s Cast Party. We discuss the new movie Manchester by the Sea and Dick Gautier.

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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, 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.

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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.

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.

 

Notes and links for the podcast.

Guest: LaChanze

 

THE TONY AWARD WINNING BROADWAY AND CONCERT STAR

LACHANZE

WILL RELEASE SPECIAL EP “FEELING GOOD”

TO CELEBRATE NEW SHOW AT THE HIGHLINE BALLROOM

IN ADVANCE OF UPCOMING NATIONAL TOUR

New York, NY (12/15/2016) – LaCHANZE – the Tony Award winning actress and concert star of The Color Purple, If/Then, Once on This Island and more – has announced plans to record a special EP “Feeling Good” to feature musical highlights of her electric new concert of the same name at The Highline Ballroom. The show will debut on Monday, February 27, 2017 in anticipation of an upcoming national tour. The recording will be released on Friday, February 24, 2017.

“Feeling Good is a peek into my life through song,” she explains. “Since our preview back in 2014 at Joe’s Pub we have been reworking the material to include original music as well as new arrangements starting with the title song, arranged by Michael Olatuja. I’ve been flirting with the idea of a concert that explores my life for three years. I am currently working on my memoir and this process has inspired this evening of music. We use Jazz, Rock and Soul, along with contemporary Broadway compositions to take you on this journey.

When “Feeling Good” had its world premiere at Washington DC’s Kennedy Center last year, BroadwayWorld.com praised “her ability to deliver exceptional vocals mixed with authentic emotions. Add to that her charm, seemingly natural ability to draw the audience in as if the event is an intimate music sharing experience among friends.” DC Metro Theater Arts raved “LaChanze proved herself to be almost a volcanic, spontaneous force of nature, endowing each song with distinctive and very nuanced shadings appropriate to the mood of each lyric.”

LaCHANZE has been hailed as “m[...]

Listen: Tony-nominee Bryce Pinkham Talks Joining Season 2 of PBS’s “Mercy Street” and the Live-Stream of Broadway’s “Holiday Inn”

“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:

BroadwayHD: “Holiday Inn”

“Mercy Street” on PBS

Listen: Lauren Class Schneider talks to cast member Carson Elrod about “The Liar,” presented by the Classic Stage Company.

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

Listen: Tony Awards to Return to Radio City, Kander and Stroman at Work on New Musical, and Matt RAVES about Jessica Vosk and the “Wicked” Tour!

“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) The Tony Awards Will Return to Radio City

2) Show and Casting News

Michael Emerson and January LaVoy to Lead “Wakey, Wakey” at Signature

John Kander and Susan Stroman are at Work on a New Musical

Nathan Lane’s “Angels in America” Could Potentially Land on Broadway

3) Patti LuPone and Tovah Feldshuh Guest Star on Tonight’s “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”

4) Matt Reviews the “Wicked” National Tour

“Wicked” at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts

Listen: Tyne Daly to Lead Musicals in Mufti’s “Dear World,” “Anastasia” Announces Cast, and Daveed Diggs Raps “Sesame Street” Classic

“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) Tyne Daly to Lead “Dear World” Musicals in Mufti Revival

2) “Anastasia” Announces Full Cast

3) “Hello Dolly” Adds Two New Performances

4) Ariana Grande and John Legend to Duet on “Beauty and the Beast”

5) Shows Closing this Weekend

Broadway

Jersey Boys | Holiday Inn | The Humans

Off-Broadway

Othello: The Remix | A Dog Story

New York

New York City Opera’s Candide | Blueprint Specials

5) Recommendations

Ben Cameron’s “Dance Captain Dance Attack”

Daveed Diggs Visits Sesame Street

Listen: “Miss Saigon” Announces Full Cast, Corden & NPH have a Bway Riff-Off, and James Interviews BroadwayCon’s Melissa Anelli!

“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) “Miss Saigon” Announces Full Company as Rehearsals Begin

2) ABC Announces New “Dirty Dancing” Date

3) Rachel Dratch and Jack McBrayer Join MCP’s “Crazy for You”

4) James Corden and Neil Patrick Harris have a Broadway Riff-Off

5) Interview: Melissa Anelli Executive, Director of BroadwayCon

BroadwayCon

When: January 27–29, 2017 Where:

Jacob K. Javits Convention Center

Contact: BroadwayCon.com

Twitter: @BwayCon

Facebook: www.facebook.com/bwaycon

Instagram: www.instagram.com/bwaycon

Listen: Wayne Brady is Chicago’s New Burr, Lena Hall & Marisa Tomei on “How to Transcend a Happy Marriage,” and Meryl Streep Speaks Her Mind.

“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) Last Week’s Broadway Grosses

“The Front Page” Recoups

“Wicked” Sets Touring Record

2) Show and Casting News

Cast Announced for Sarah Ruhl’s “How to Transcend a Happy Marriage”

Wayne Brady Confirmed as Chicago’s New Aaron Burr

Taylor Louderman will be “Kinky Boots’” New Lauren

“Escape to Margaritaville” to Launch Tour Before Docking on Broadway

3) Ambassador Theatre Group and Emerson College to Reopen Colonial Theatre

4) Golden Globes Update

Jimmy Fallon Opens the Show with a “La La Land” Parody

Meryl Streep Gives Heartfelt Acceptance Speech

“La La Land” Wins Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical

Listen: Critics Review “The Present,” “Secret Garden” Prepping for Broadway, and “The Color Purple” and “Falsettos” 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)

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Notes:

1) The Critics Review “The Present” on Broadway

2) Golden Globes Go Broadway

3) “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” Renewed for Season 3 

4) Show and Casting News

“Love Never Dies” to Tour North America Next Year

“The Secret Garden” Revival Prepping for Broadway

Bryan Cranston to Lead “Damn Yankees” in 2018

Wayne Brady Might Replace Joshua Henry in Chicago’s “Hamilton”

5) Four Shows Closed on Broadway Yesterday

Cynthia Erivo’s Final “I’m Here”

“Falsettos” Final Curtain Call