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Listen: “The Play that Goes Wrong” to Broadway, “Great Comet” Opens, Audra in Center of Lawsuit!

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

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Notes:

“Chicago” Celebrates 20 Years on Broadway

Benedict Cumberbatch’s “Hamlet” in Theatres Tonight

1) “The Play that Goes Wrong” to Open on Broadway this Spring

2) Critics Review “Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812” on Broadway

3) Audra McDonald is at Center of “Shuffle Along” Lawsuit

4) Last Week’s Broadway Grosses

5) Glenn Close will be Joined by ENO Co-Stars in “Sunset Boulevard”

6) “Oh, Hello On Broadway” Announces Extension

7) Disney Releases First Official “Beauty and the Beast” Trailer

Listen: “The Lion King” Celebrates 19th Anniversary, Evening Standard Announces Theatre Awards, and More.

“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 Lion King” Celebrates 19 Years on Broadway

2) The Evening Standard Announces its London Theatre Awards

3) This Week’s Theatre Schedule

Monday:

“Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812” Opens at the Imperial on Broadway

“Dear Evan Hansen” Begins Performances at the Music Box

“The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World” Opens at the Signature Theatre

Tuesday:

“Party People” Opens at the Public Theatre

Wednesday:

“Terms of Endearment” Opens at 59E59

“Othello: The Remix” Opens at the Westside Theatre

Thursday:

“Dead Poets Society” Opens at the Classic Stage Company

Sunday:

“Sweet Charity” The New Group The Pershing Square Signature Center

4) Michelle Obama to Present National Arts & Humanities Youth Program Award to Boston’s True Colors

Listen: Andrew Rannells to Co-Host “Today Show,” NYT & WSJ Cut Arts Coverage, “Hamilton Mixtape” Drops New Track.

“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:

Andrew Rannells to Co-Host the “Today Show” Today

1) New York Times and Wall Street Journal to Cut Entertainment Coverage

2) Pre-Sale for “Present Laughter” Tickets Begins

3) “The Band’s Visit” and “Rancho Viejo” Begin Off-Broadway Today and Tomorrow

“The Band’s Visit” | “Rancho Viejo”

4) New “A Star is Born” Sets 2018 Release Date

5) CBS Adds New Performances to Thanksgiving Day Parade Coverage

6) New “Hamilton Mixtape” Track Drops

Listen: “In Transit” Begins Tonight, Stokes to Visit “White Rabbit Red Rabbit,” and JRB Gives Us “Hope.”

“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) “In Transit” and “Babylon Line” Begin Performances Tonight

“In Transit” at the Circle in the Square | “Babylon Line” at Lincoln Center

2) NJPAC to Present Star-Studded “The Muppet Christmas Carol” Concert

3) “Finian’s Rainbow” Extends at Irish Rep

4) Brian Stokes Mitchell Takes a Turn at “White Rabbit Red Rabbit”

5) Jason Robert Brown Premieres Post Election Song, “Hope”

Listen: Equity Off-Broadway Contract Update, “Sweet Charity” Extends Again, “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” Releases Sheet Music for Free!

“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) Actors’ Equity and the League of Off-Broadway Theatres Extend Contract Amid Negotiations

2) Last Week’s Broadway Grosses

3) Show and Casting News

“Sweet Charity” Extends… Again

Eric Petersen Takes Over at “School of Rock”

MTC Extends Both “Vietgone” and “Sell/Buy/Date”

4) Rachel Bloom Releases “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” Sheet Music for Free

5) Movie Musical News

Alan Menken Spills Secrets on Live-Action “Beauty and the Beast”

Derek McLane’s “Hairspray Live” Set Designs

Disney’s “Moana” Releases a Pair of Sneak Peek Videos

Listen: Every 28 Hours tonight, Off-Broadway contract extension, Cynthia Erivo and Eric Millegan run, Brightman rests, Lupone, Ferguson and Diggs get out the vote.

“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) Playwrights Tackle Black Lives Matter in The Every 28 Hour Plays Tonight

“Every 28 Hours” is a project produced by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival under the leadership of Claudia Alick (OSF’s Associate Producer, Community) and The One-Minute Play Festival with Dominic D’Andrea (Producing Artistic Director,) in association with local St. Louis theater maker and producer Jacqueline Thompson (Assistant Professor of Acting and Directing, University of Missouri-St. Louis). Every 28 Hours is a national partnership focused on the widely shared and contested statistic that every twenty-eight hours a black person is killed by vigilante, security guard, or the police in the United States. The Every 28 Hours Plays consist of 72 one-minute plays inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, with participation from artists across the nation.

2) AEA Negotiations For Off-Broadway Pay Increase Continue Past Deadline by Olivia Clement

3) Tony Award Winner Lets Fans Track Her as She Runs in Today’s NYC Marathon by Robert Viagas

Beating Bipolar Disorder, Eric Millegan Hits the Ground Running (Literally) by Meredith Ganzman

4) Alex Brightman Plays Final SCHOOL OF ROCK Performance Tonight, Says Goodbye Via Twitter

5) Patti LuPone and Jesse Tyler Ferguson Urge Americans to Vote in Funny or Die Music Video by Andrew Gans

The song also features Jane Lynch, Rachel Bloom, and more.

Funny or Die: HOLY SH*T (You’ve Got To Vote)

With Rachel Bloom, Moby, Elizabeth Banks,

Rachel Bloom (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) joins forces with Moby and Elizabeth Banks along with a choir of your favorite stars who have resorted to song because HOLY SH*T, You’ve Got To Vote!

6) VIDEO: HAMILTON Star Daveed Diggs Lays Out Epic Analysis of Hillary vs. Trump

7) This Week on Broadway for November 6, 2016: Falsettos and les Liaisons Dangereuses

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Falsettos, les Liaisons Dangereuses, Plenty, A Life, Kingdom Come, The Collector, Musicals Tonight world premiere of Noel Coward’s Hoi Polloi.

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Falsettos, les Liaisons Dangereuses, Plenty, A Life, Kingdom Come, The Collector, Musicals Tonight world premiere of Noel Coward’s Hoi Polloi.

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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.

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Reviews: 

MP+PF+JM: Lincoln Center Theater’s production of Falsettos @ the Walter Kerr Theatre,

MP+PF+JM: les Liaisons Dangereuses @ the Booth Theatre,

PF + JM: Plenty @ The Public Theater,

PF: Playwrights Horizons’ production of A Life with David Hyde Pierce @ the Peter Jay Sharp Theater

PF: Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of Kingdom Come @ The Black Box Theatre, 111 West 46th Street

PF: The Collector @ 59e59

MP: Musicals Tonight world premiere of Noel Coward’s Hoi Polloi

 

 

Discussion: 

MP: Chita: Nowadays – Monday, November 7, 2016 | Carnegie Hall

MP: The Front Page. 1931. Directed by Lewis Milestone | MoMA

Tammy Grimes, Tony-Winning Broadway Star, Dies at 82

 

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Listen: Dr. Dre Joins Broadway’s “Six Degrees of Separation,” MTC Announces “Jitney” Cast, Julliard Rickrolls Westboro Baptist Cult!

“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) Corey Hawkins Joins Broadway’s “Six Degree of Separation”

2) Cast Announced for MTC’s Broadway Premiere of “Jitney”

3) Broadway Announces Holiday Schedule Plans

4) Show and Casting News

Atlantic Announces Cast for World Premiere of David Mamet’s “The Penitent”

Jay Armstrong Johnson and Linda Lavin to Lead Harold Prince’s “Candide” for the New York City Opera

“A Life” Starring David Hyde Pierce Extends

5) “The Hamilton Mixtape” is Now Available for Pre-Order

6) Julliard Students Counter Westboro Baptist Protest

Listen: Ars Nova and Howard Kagan Reach an Agreement, Big Names for American Songbook & LA Opera, James & Bean to Lead Female “JCS”!

“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) Ars Nova and “Great Comet” Come to an Agreement

2) Sutton Foster, Heather Headley, Santio Fontana, and More to Lead Lincoln Center Songbook Series

3) Show and Casting News

Mel B to Join Broadway Cast of “Chicago”

“Master Harold… and the Boys” Extends at Signature

“Spamilton” Extends through February

Broadway Stars to Lead “Wonderful Town” at LA Opera Next Month

Morgan James an Shoshana Bean to Lead a One-Night Only, Female-Centered “Jesus Christ Superstar”

4) Broadway League Sets Kids’ Night on Broadway 2017 Dates

5) ESPN Sports Science Breaks Down THE LION KING

Listen: New York Times Rejects “Hello, Dolly!” Ad and We Talk to Robert Stanton about #FairWageOnStage!

“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) New York Times Rejects “Hello, Dolly!” Ad

2) “Great Comet” Producers and Ars Nova Back at the Table

3) Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Announces Broadway Performers

4) Interview: Robert Stanton from #FairWageOnStage

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