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Listen: Andy Karl Confirmed for “Groundhog Day,” Jordan Fisher Joins “Hamilton,” Riedel Writes About “Great Comet” War

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

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Notes:

1) Andy Karl Confirmed for GROUNDHOG DAY on Broadway and Tickets are Now on Sale

2) “Grease Live’s” Jordan Fisher Joins “Hamilton” Cast

3) Riedel Writes About Off-Stage War Behind “The Great Comet”

4) Colin Firth in Talks to Join MARY POPPINS RETURNS

5) Broadway Stars Audition for “Trump on Broadway!”

6) Fake Melania Trump Slays on “The Late Show”

Listen: Allison Janney Coming Back to Broadway, “Hello, Dolly!” Completes Casting, and Videos from Broadway for Hillary!

“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) Broadway is About to Get “Six Degrees” Closer

2) A Tryout Tour for “Carefree: Dancin’ with Fred and Ginger” to Launch from NJPAC Next Month

3) Show and Casting News

“Hello Dolly!” Rounds Out its Cast

Public Theatre Extends “Plenty” Again

“All the Ways to Say I Love You” to Receive Lincoln Center Filming

The McKittrick Hotel to Welcome New Immersive Show

4) Theatre-ish TV News

Laura Benanti to Return to Colbert’s “Late Show”

Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Anna Camp Confirmed for “Pitch Perfect 3”

5) Recommendations

Ramin Karimloo Gives “Murder Ballad” a Broadgrass Spin

“Holiday Inn” Taps on Over to the “Today Show”

6) Broadway for Hillary Raises at Least $2.3 Million

Instagram Videos Emerge from Event

Music: from the Hillary Clinton fundraiser “STRONGER TOGETHER”

“GET HAPPY / HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN”- Anne Hathaway & Kelli O’Hara

“OVER THE RAINBOW” – Josh Groban

Listen: Broadway Comes Out for HRC, ALW Taps Davenport to Head North America, Michael Arden Casts Wallis’ “Merrily We Roll Along”

“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) Broadway for Hillary Benefit

2) Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group Names Ken Davenport Head of North America

3) The Reviews for Roundabout’s Revival of “The Cherry Orchard”

4) Last Week’s Broadway Grosses

5) Wallis Announces Cast for Michael Arden-Directed “Merrily We Roll Along”

6) Playwrights Welcome to Provide Free Theatre for Writers

Listen: Busy Week on and off Broadway, Christopher Jackson says goodbye to “Hamilton,” and “School of Rock” to get a new Dewey!

“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) Roundabout’s Revival of “The Cherry Orchard” Opens on Broadway

2) This Week’s Theatre Schedule:

Tuesday: MTC’s “Sell/Buy/Date” Opens Off-Broadway

Wednesday: Roundabout’s “Love, Love, Love” Opens Off-Broadway

Thursday: “The Front Page” Opens on Broadway | The Keen Company’s “Tick, Tick… BOOM!” Opens Off-Broadway | The Public’s “Plenty” Opens Off-Broadway

Friday: “Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons” Opens on Broadway

3) Show and Casting News

Cast Announced for “Significant Other’s” Broadway Transfer

Christopher Jackson to Say Goodbye to “Hamilton” Next Month

Damian Lewis to Lead “The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?” in the West End

Eric Petersen to Replace Alex Brightman in “School of Rock”

4) Tony Administrative Committee Makes First Rulings

5) Neil Meron and Craig Zadan Share Details about “Hairspray Live!”

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere catch up on the past week’s Broadway and theatre reviews. Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of Holiday Inn, Manhattan Theatre Club’s production of Heisenberg, Keen Company’s production of Tick, Tick… BOOM!, Love, Love, Love, Lerner and Loewe at The New York Pops, Camelot at Westport Country Playhouse, End of Summer at Metropolitan Playhouse, Film of Romeo and Juliet at MoMA, The Producers at The Paper Mill Playhouse, Sheyenne High’s production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and Theater Latté Da’s production of Ragtime.

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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.

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.

 

Notes and links for the podcast.

 

Reviews: 

PF: Sheyenne High’s production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, West Fargo, ND

PF: Theater Latté Da’s production of Ragtime, Minneapolis, MN

PF+MP+JM: Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of Holiday Inn, The New Irving Berlin Musical @ Studio 54, 254 West 54th St

PF+JM: Manhattan Theatre Club’s production of Heisenberg @ Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, 261 West 47th St, through Dec 11, 2016

MP+PF: Keen Company’s production of Tick, Tick… BOOM! @ The Acorn Theatre at Theatre Row, 410 West 42nd Street

PF: Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of Love, Love, Love @ The Laura Pels Theatre, 111 West 46th Street

— Amy Ryan Says ‘Glamorous Parts are Not Interesting’ by ALEXIS SOLOSKI

MP: The Musical World of Lerner and Loewe | The New York Pops @ Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, October 14, 2016

PF: Camelot @ Westport Country Playhouse, Westport, Connecticut, through November 5, 2016

PF: End of Summer at Metropolitan Playhouse, 220 East Fourth Street, through November 6, 2016

MP: Film of Romeo and Juliet (1968, Directed by Franco Zeffirelli) @ The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

PF+JM: The Producers @ The Paper Mill Playhouse, through October 23, 2016

 

 

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MP+PF+JM: Oh, Hello

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Roundabout Theatre Company: Holiday Inn

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“The Sound of Musicals,” is a monthly podcast devoted to musical theatre recordings of all types, including Broadway cast albums, London cast albums, studio cast albums, and soundtrack recordings of the films of stage musicals.

Hosted by Michael Portantiere

Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | Facebook

MICHAEL PORTANTIERE is a theater reviewer and essayist, whose work appears at TalkinBroadway, The Sondheim Review 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.

This episode of The Sound of Musicals podcast is available in Stereo or Mono.

Listen: Patti LuPone & Christine Ebersole are Coming Back To Broadway in “War Paint.” Is Glenn Close Gonna Crash the Party?

“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) “War Paint” with Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole Will Come to Broadway this Spring

2) Michael Riedel Claims “Sunset Boulevard” is a Go for the Palace

3) Blankenbuehler Ineligible for Tony for “Cats” Choreography

4) Critics Praise Broadway’s “Heisenberg”

5) Theatre Owners Maneuver to Land “Harry Potter”

6) Show and Casting News

Euan Morton and Hannah Corneau to Replace in “Hedwig” Tour

Daily Mail Reports Tom Stoppard to Transfer “Travesties” to West End and Broadway

Gary Busey to Make Off-Broadway Debut in Most “Perfect” Way Possible

Listen: Disney to Share “Frozen” Profits, Paris’ “Phantom” Postponed, and “In Transit” Gets a Music Video

“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) Disney Offers Preemptive Profit-Sharing to “Frozen” Actors

“Hamilton’s” $1,000 Tickets

2) Show and Casting News

Paris Premiere of “The Phantom of the Opera” Postponed Indefinitely

“My Name is Gideon” Finds New Home After Walker Street Closure

York Theatre to Present New York Premiere of “A Taste of Things to Come”

“17 Again” Musical Adaptation to Get New York Lab Next Month

3) Abbott and Costello Lose to a Demonic Puppet

4) “In Transit” Releases Music Video of Opening Number “Deep Beneath the City”

Listen: Hunter Foster with Bucks County on the Stage! “Clue” to Debut in 2017. “Miss Saigon” Finds Ellen & John!

“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:

Intro: Mike O’Malley Doorstop

1) The Board Game “Clue” to Hit the Stage in 2017

2) Last Week’s Broadway Grosses

3) Show and Casting News

“Miss Saigon” Finds its Ellen and John

Adam Pascal to Close Out “Something Rotten” as the Bard

The Jimmy Buffett Musical Will Sail Away to Chicago Before Hitting Broadway

“Waitress” Finds It’s New Dawn

4) Hamil-TV News

ABC Orders Pilot for Daveed Diggs’ Rap Comedy

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Saturday Night Live” Scores 12-year High

Listen: @mulaney and @nickkroll open Oh Hello on Broadway, Phantom goes live on Facebook, Nathan Lane in a new musical?

“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) Review Roundup: OH, HELLO Opens on Broadway

2. West End Production of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA to Make History with Facebook Live Broadcast

https://www.facebook.com/ThePhantomOfTheOpera/

3. Nathan Lane Eyes New Musical Based on 1979 Award-Winning Film BEING THERE

4. Guy Ritchie To Direct Live-Action ‘Aladdin’ For Disney

Music:

Jason Robert Brown’s “Songs for a New World”

— Opening: The New World

— On the Deck of a Spanish Sailing Ship, 1492