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James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk with Carmen Cusack about her career and the release of the Original Broadway Cast Recording of Bright Star. Matt Windman visits with us to tell us about his new book, The Critics Say: 57 Theater Reviewers in New York and Beyond Discuss Their Craft and Its Future. Peter Filichia joins the conversation and we review Shuffle Along, A Streetcar Named Desire at St. Ann’s Warehouse, and finally end with a discussion of the shows nominated for this year’s Tony Awards.

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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

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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.

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: Carmen Cusack (begins at 7:44)

CarmenCusack.com

Bright Star

 

Guest: Matt Windman (begins at 26:38)

The Critics Say: 57 Theater Reviewers in New York and Beyond Discuss Their Craft and Its Future by Matt Windman

Twitter @MattWindman

 

 

Reviews:  (begins at 39:17)

PF + MP + JM: Shuffle Along, Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed @ Music Box Theatre, 239 West 45th Street

MP: Long Day’s Journey Into Night @ American Airlines Theatre, 227 West 42nd Street, through June 26, 2016

— PF @ Kritzerland: Long Day’s Journey into Questions

— PF: Voyage Theater Company’s production of August Strindberg’s THE PELICAN @ Fourth Street Theatre, 83 East 4th Street, through May 14, 2016

JM: Dear Evan Hansen @ the Tony Kiser Theatre, 305 West 43rd Street, through May 29, 2016

PF: A Streetcar Named Desire @ St. Ann’s Warehouse, 45 Water Street, Brooklyn, through June 4, 2016

JM: Fully Committed @ Lyceum Theatre, 149 West 45th Street, through July 24, 2016

 

 

News: 

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Tours: 

Podcasts:

Recordings: 

Post Script:

Next Week: 

Explicit: No

Music:

Bright Star (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

— Sun Is Gonna Shine

— At Long Last

— Finale

 

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Listen: NY Drama Critics Circle Winners @FeldmanAdam @TheTonyAwards Go Vogue, & More

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Notes:

1. New York Drama Critics’ Circle Awards

2. The Tony Awards Go Vogue

— Met Gala 2016: Claire Danes’s Glow-in-the-Dark Gown Upstaged a Red-Carpet Robot Army

3. New York Spectacular Announcements

4. Theatrically Tangential Movie News

— Anne Hathaway to Board “Grounded” Film

— Tom Hooper to Herd Cats

Letterman Gets A Surprise

Paul Newman, surprises Dave from the audience saying “Where the Hell are the Singing Cats?” on the first taping of the Late Show with David Letterman, August 30, 1993 on the CBS Television Network.

5. Tony Nominee Interview Preview: Our interview with “Bright Star’s” Carmen Cusack

— Full interview on This Week on Broadway, this weekend.

ToB: @RobMcClure joins @RottenBroadway, @Astaire_Awards Noms, & 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. Rob McClure is the Bottom

— This Week on Broadway for March 2, 2014: Rob McClure and Erin Mackey

2. Astaire Award Nominations

3. Old Vic Season Announcement

4. Theatrically Tangential Movie News

— Garry Marshall Working on a “Pretty Woman” Stage Adaptation

— Reimagined “Hamlet” in the Works for the Big Screen

— Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga for “A Star is Born” Remake

5. Recommendation

— “Little Big Shots?” with Iain Armitage

— Meet Ivo van Hove, the most provocatively illuminating theater director right now by Charles McNulty

ToB: #Disaster to close, @bstokesmitchell honored #FrozenwithPatti

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

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Notes:

1. “Disaster!” Announces Closing

2. Brian Stokes Mitchell to Receive Isabelle Stevenson Award

3. “Frozen” Finds It’s Anna

4. Chita Rivera Extends at Café Carlyle

5. “The Fantasticks” “Anniversary”

ToB: @HamiltonMusical Leads @TheTonyAwards Noms! #Sweet16 #Shocker

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

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Notes:

1. Tony Award Nominations

correction- Matt mistakenly says that “Joshua Jackson” was nominated for a Tony instead of “Christopher Jackson.” He will explain why Pacey was on his mind on tomorrow’s episode, but he blames James for not noticing it when they were recording!

2. “A Streetcar Named Desire” Opens Off-Broadway

3. Weekly Grosses Report

4. Wrapping Up the “Dear Evan Hansen” Reviews

5. Drama Desk Uproar

6. Theatre World Award Winners Announced

7. Special Tony Award Winners Announced

— The Paper Mill Playhouse will be this year’s recipient of the Regional Tony Award

— National Endowment for the Arts

— Miles Wilkin from Broadway Across America

8. Matt’s Angry! Tune in tomorrow for why.

We will be recording Today on Broadway on Tuesday morning, after the Tony Award Nominations announcement. Please check back for a new show about 10AM.

“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] or [email protected]

ToB: @DearEvanHansen Reviews, @TheTonyAwards rule on #ShuffleAlong

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Notes:

1. Lucille Lortel Awards Announced

2. “Dear Evan Hansen” Opens on Off-Broadway

3. Tony Administration Committee Rules on “Shuffle Along”

4. Casting and Show News

— Ruth Wilson to Lead London “Hedda Gabler”

— Celia Keenan-Bolger and John Ellison Join Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks

— “The Woodsman” to Close Off-Broadway

5. RENT 20th Anniversary Tour

6. Broadway Week on NBC’s “Today” Show

James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk with Debbie Gravitte. Peter Filichia joins the conversation and we review The Father, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Tuck Everlasting, Dear Evan Hansen, Waitress, American Psycho, and Fully Committed.

 

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This Week on Broadway has been coming to you every week (mostly) since March 16, 2009 and is the longest running Broadway and theatrical podcast with more then 300 shows giving thousands of reviews and hundreds of interviews.

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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, 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.

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: Debbie Gravitte

Debbie Gravitte with the NJSO POPS on JUNE 4 & 5 in BOND & BEYOND

DebbieGravitte.com

IBDB (as Debbie Shapiro)

 

 

Reviews:

PF: Manhattan Theatre Club’s production of The Father @ The Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, through June 12, 2016

PF + JM: Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of Long Day’s Journey Into Night @ American Airlines Theatre, 227 West 42nd Street, through June 26, 2016

PF + MP + JM: Tuck Everlasting @ Broadhurst Theatre, 235 West 44th Street

PF + MP: Dear Evan Hansen @ the Tony Kiser Theatre, 305 West 43rd Street, through May 22, 2016

PF + MP +JM: Waitress @ Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 256 West 47th Street

PF + MP + JM: American Psycho @ Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, 236 West 45th Street

PF + MP: Fully Committed @ Lyceum Theatre, 149 West 45th Street, through July 24, 2016

 

News: 

Television & Film: 

Tours: 

Podcasts:

Recordings: 

Post Script:

Bobby Rydell birthday / book party @ Patsy’s

 

Next Week: 

Explicit: No

Music:

Contact Info:

Email addresses: see above

Phone / Voicemail: +1-888-285-4666

BroadwayStars: Twitter | Facebook

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ToB: @shufflealongbwy Reviews & @HamiltonMusical to Be Filmed

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Notes:

1. “Shuffle Along” Opens on Broadway

2. The New York Times review of “Long Day’s Journey Into Night”

3. Drama Desk Nominees

4. Casting and Show News

— Michael McGrath to Exit “She Loves Me” Early

— Christopher McDonald Joins “The Front Page”

— Carlyss Peer Joins “Groundhog Day

— Another “Glass Menagerie” Revival?

— “Hamilton” to Be Recorded Before Miranda Exits This Summer

ToB: @RTC_NYC #LongDaysJourney Reviews, @derekhough in #HairsprayLive

“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] or [email protected]

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Notes:

1. “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” Opens on Broadway

2. Finishing the “Tuck Everlasting” Reviews

3. More “Hairspray Live!” News and Casting

— Scoop: NBC’s HAIRSPRAY to Air from L.A.; Will Feature Multiple Locations, Live Audience

4. Casting and Show News

— London is “No Man’s Land”

— “Gahd-o” v. “guh-doe”

— Christina Hendricks Bringing “Whorl Inside a Loop” to Broadway?

— “Diary of a Wimpy Kid”

5. Recommendations

— “Hamilton’s” re-worked opening number which now attends the tale of Sweeney Todd.

— Aaron Tveit and Kerry Butler sing song “Seven Wonders” from CATCH ME IF YOU CAN

— Stevie Nicks with the kids of “School of Rock”