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Listen: @SFosterNYC joins @TheNewGroupNYC & @OffBwayAlliance Awards

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

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Notes:

1. If You Could See Sutton Foster Now!

— SCOTT ELLIOTT, Artistic Director, The New Group

2. Off-Broadway Alliance Awards Announced

3. LCT3 Announces Evan Cabnet, New Artistic Director

4. Show Announcements

— Fiasco’s “Into the Woods” to Open in London

— “A Bronx Tale” Musical Posts Equity Casting Notice

— “Anastasia” Adds Another Performance in Hartford

5. Riedel Calls for One of Broadway’s Most Important Homes to be Saved

6. Recommendations

— Patti LuPone #Ham4Ham

Listen: @BetteMidler Matched w/ #DavidHydePierce & @Astaire_Awards Announced

“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. “Hello, Dolly!” Finds Its Match

2. Astaire Awards Announced

3. Show Announcements

— “The Father” Extends

— Goodspeed’s “Bye Bye Birdie”

— “Shining City” with Matthew Broderick Begins Previews at Irish Rep

— Two of London’s Favorite Leading Men Unite for an Album and Tour

4. Odds and Ends

— MSG vs. Barclay’s

Madison Square Garden is larger, with a seating capacity of 20,000

Lilliputian Barclay’s Center seats only 19,000

— This American Life 259: Promised Land

Fans of movie musicals might know about something called the “I Wish” number. In many movies and Broadway shows, it’s the main character’s first song, in which they express the hope that will set the story in motion. Host Ira Glass explains it, and plays a few examples. (7 minutes)

— Wall Street Journal Article on Tony Voters

The Tony Voters: So Many Shows, So Little Time by Pia Catton

Who are the Tony voters, and how do they approach their task?

— Todd Buonopane ’s Broadway Stories @ 54 Below this Friday night at 11:30pm

Listen: @BarbraStreisand’s Coming Back to Broadway (kind of)

“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. Barbra Streisand announced today that she would be going on a nine-city tour

2. MTC to Bring “Jitney” to Broadway; Adds Two Shows to Season

3. Weekly Grosses

4. “Chicago” Has a New Billy Coming to Town: Jaime Camil

— Entertainment Weekly’s Supercut of Rogelio’s Best Season 1 lines

5. “Disaster!” Recorded an Album

6. Fox’s Future Musical Plans

7. Podcast Recommendations:

— Ken Davenport: PODCAST EPISODE 72 – THE PAPA OF PLAYBILL, PHILIP S. BIRSH

— Mo Brady and Nikka Graff Lanzarone: The Ensemblist Unedited: Polly Baird and Phantom of the Opera

— Patrick Hinds: Theater People Podcast EPISODE 70: CARMEN CUSACK

— Robert W. Schneider and Kevin David Thomas: Behind The Curtain #16 FRANK VERLIZZO (Fraver)

http://fraver.com/

— Gillian Pensavalle and Bianca Soto: The Hamilcast Episode #16: I was chosen for the Constitutional Convention!

 

8. THE CURTAIN CALL BOOK

Listen: @NicoleScherzy & #ALW in a #Cats Fight, @DearEvanHansen coming to Bway

“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. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Nicole Scherzinger are in a “Cats” Fight

2. “Dear Evan Hansen” to Broadway

3. This Week’s Theatrical Schedule

— Paula Vogel’s new play “Indecent” at the Vineyard Theatre

— “The Ruins of Civilization” opens at the Manhattan Theatre Club

— Dominique Morisseau’s “Skeleton Crew” will re-open at the Atlantic Theatre’s Linda Gross Theatre

4. New York Times report on new Hamilton tickets

5. More TV Announcements for Theatre Stars

6. Riedel on Heather Headley and Jennifer Hudson

7. Recommendations

— Tony Kushnier interviews George C. Wolfe for “Interview Magazine”

— Leslie Odom Jr. New York Times profile

— Broadway.com “The Tony Beat”

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk with Jennifer Simard and Kurt Peterson. Michael revisits The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Peter revisits Fun Home. Michael reviews Do I Hear a Waltz? at New York City Center.

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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, Kritzerland, 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.

Notes and links for the podcast.

Guest: Jennifer Simard (begins at 2:30)

Jennifer Simard as Bernadette Peters in GYPSY, from FORBIDDEN BROADWAY Photo by Carol Rosegg

Twitter

Instagram

IBDB

Tony nominee Jennifer Simard gets some love online

 

Guest: Kurt Petetson (begins at 16:40)

When Everything Was Possible – A Concert (with comments) (Sh-K-Boom)

http://www.wheneverythingwaspossible.com/ (Project website)

Follow Spot: Kurt Peterson and Victoria Mallory Remember When Everything Was Possible by Michael Portantiere

GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS

PRESENTS

“WHEN EVERYTHING WAS POSSIBLE”

A CONCERT ALBUM CELEBRATING BROADWAY’S GOLDEN AGE

STARRING

KURT PETERSON & VICTORIA MALLORY

ALBUM ONLINE AND IN STORES MAY 13

New York, NY (5/2/2016) – Ghostlight Records will release the concert recording of When Everything Was Possible, an exciting and poignant evening celebrating Broadway’s Golden Age starring Kurt Peterson and Victoria Mallory, on May 13. The beloved performers – who appeared in the original productions of the classic musicals Follies, A Little Night Music, Dear World and Sondheim: A Musical Tribute, among many others – reunited at New York’s City Center in 2012 and this live album memorializes that special evening, Victoria’s last New York stage appearance. When Everything Was Possible includes songs from shows they appeared in either separately or together between 1966 and 1974, in addition to two new compositions. To pre-order the album, please visit www.sh-k-boom.com/when-everything-was-possible.

When Everything Was Possible features selections from landmark works of musical theater, along with hilarious and personal memories from the stars themselves, to offer a walk down Broadway’s memory lane. The concert has new orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick, music direction by Michael Rafter, direction by Larry Moss, musical staging by Joshua Bergasse, historical projections by TelegraphicMedia, original songs by Kurt and composer Jesse Wiener, and an introduction by Ted Chapin, President of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization. The album is produced by James William Productions and Stephenie Skyllas.

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Listen: @NYCityCenter #DoIHearAWaltz reviews, @AnastasiaStage delay, & more

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

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Notes:

1. “Do I Hear a Waltz?”

2. Speedbumps on the Way to Broadway

“Anastasia” which had to postpone its first preview performance due to a technical issue

Menier Chocolate Factory’s “Funny Girl” Sheridan Smith taking a break from the show due to stress and exhaustion

3. Show Announcements

“School of Rock” planning on opening at the London Palladium

“My Fair Lady” at the Sydney Opera House

West End premiere of “Dream Girls”

Lazarus Rises Again in London

“Daddy Long Legs” to Close Off-Broadway

4. Tour Announcements

“Hamilton” on Washington’s Side

US National Tour of the West End musical “The Bodyguard”

“Mamma Mia!”

5. TV and Movie News

TV Renewals, Cancellations, and Pick-ups

Miss Saigon Film Scheduled for 2018 Start

6. Recommendation

#PutSimardOn

Listen: @Lin_Manuel Calls Out Photogs, @taylizlou gets #Clueless, @TheAAshford’s Prego too!

“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. “Do I Hear a Waltz?” Opened at Encores last night

2. B2 — Annaleigh Ashford and Joe Tapper: BABY!

3. Lin-Manuel Miranda Calls Out “Illegal Photographers”

4. Show and Album Announcements

— Diana DeGarmo is Getting Marvelous

— Michael Arden to Helm Los Angeles “Merrily We Roll Along”

5. Cast Recording Release Dates Announced

— “The Robber Bridegroom” recording at Ghostlight Records studios on June 1st

— “Paint Your Wagon” to be released by Masterworks Broadway

6. “Clueless” Musical Moving Towards Broadway

7. Part of 53rd Street Renamed for Bock and Harnick

Listen: @AudraEqualityMc & @thewillswenson having most important baby in Bway history!

“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 Biggest Announcement in the History of Broadway

2. Matthew Perry Coming to MCC

3. Show and Casting Announcements

— Encores 2017 Season

— New Muny Casting

— Jude Law Joins Ivo van Hove’s “Obsession”

— Public Extends “The Total Bent”

4. Dramatists Guild Explains What the Book of a Musical is to Charles Isherwood

5. The Wall Street Journal: Broadway’s Little-Understood Orchestrators

6. Venue Change Makes Tony Tickets Tough to Come By

Listen: #ChristianBorle gets a #GoldenTicket, @CatsBroadway Announces Cast

“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 Finds It’s Willy

— This Week on Broadway for January 12, 2014: Christian Borle

2. “Cats” Again Now and Forever

3. Darren Criss Takes the Wig Out of the Box

4. Outer Critics Circle Announces This Year’s Winners

5. Weekly Grosses

6. “Spongebob” Extends in Chicago

7. Hartley and O’Brien’s “The Stripper” to Open in London

8. Recommendation: Curtain Call (London)

Listen: #UnsinkableMollyBrown Coming to Bway w/ @heebyfluff, #Javilton Up Next?

“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. “Finding Neverland” to Close on Broadway

2. Is “Molly Brown” Coming Back to Broadway?

3. “My Paris” — Kathleen Marshall, Charles Aznavour, Jason Robert Brown, Alfred Uhry

Kathleen Marshall Says Bonjour to ‘My Paris’ by Frank Rizzo

The choreographer/director on the new Toulouse-Lautrec musical at Long Wharf Theatre, with music by Charles Aznavour.

4. Broadway’s Next Hamilton?

5. Massachusetts’ Cape Playhouse Brings in Broadway Stars for Summer Season

6. “The Color Purple” Welcomes a New Shug

7. Recommendations

#OutOfOz: “For Good” Performed by Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel | WICKED the Musical

 

Andrew Rannells Blew the Hamilton Lyrics to His King George Solo

Waging ‘War’ In The Tony Awards; Critics’ Quirks; And Is The West End Corrupt? – Gerard & Roth by Jeremy Gerard and Jordan Roth