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

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Notes:

1. “Tuck Everlasting” Opens on Broadway

2. Wrapping up the “Fully Committed” Reviews

3. Awards Season Updates

— The Off-Broadway Alliance Nominations

— The 7th Annual Lilly Awards

— The Princess Grace Foundation-USA’s 2016 Princess Grace Statue Award winners

4. Casting and Show News

— Will Swenson vacation sub in the Broadway musical “Disaster!”

— Mauricio Pérez and Dominic Scaglione Jr. to alternate Frankie Valli in “Jersey Boys”

— “Lazarus” will soon open in the UK.

— National Theatre / Lucy Prebble’s “The Effect” extended

— National Tour of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” schedule

— National Tour of “An American in Paris” schedule

5. 30th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition: $5,528,568

6. Actors Fund Gala: $1.2 million

7. Theatrical TV

— “Hairspray Live!” production details emerge 

— PBS’s Civil War drama “Mercy Street”

.@FullyBroadway Reviews, @Lin_Manuel in #new MaryPoppins & Grosses

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

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Notes:

1. Fully Committed Opens on Broadway

2. Wrapping up the “Waitress” Reviews

3. Waitress Announces Tour

4. Hairspray Live! Casting Announced

5. TV and Movie News

Lin-Manuel Miranda Officially Joins “Mary Poppins” Sequel

Lin-Manuel Miranda Raps for Puerto Rico Assistance on “Last Week Tonight”

Broadway Stars Visit Stars Hollow for “Gilmore Girls” Musical

Roundabout’s “She Loves Me” Revival Records Cast Album

6. Last Week’s Grosses

7. Casting and Show Announcements

Williamstown Theatre Festival Announces All-Star Casting

Hollywood Bowl Adds Third Night of “The Little Mermaid”

@WaitressMusical reviews & #AngelaLansbury to celebrate #Mame

“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. “Waitress” Opens on Broadway

2. Finishing the “American Psycho” Reviews

3. Schedule: Thursday’s Tony Eligibility Cut Off

— Tonight, Fully Committed opens at the Lyceum Theatre.

— Tomorrow, Tuck Everlasting opens at the Broadhurst

— Wednesday, Long Day’s Journey into Night opens at the American Airlines Theatre

— Thursday, Shuffle Along, Or, The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed opens at the Music Box.

4. “Mame’s” 50th Birthday Party

5. Jimmy Award Tickets Go on Sale Tomorrow

6. The RSC Celebrates the Bard’s Life with “Shakespeare Live”

James Marino, Michael Portantiere and Jan Simpson review Manhattan Theatre Club’s production of The Father. Jan catches us up with her reviews of Blackbird, Bright Star, Dry Powder and Kings. Michael is back from his visit to DC where he saw 110 in the Shade @ Ford’s Theatre, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof @ The Round House Theatre. Listener Debbie Shrager calls in a review of I Am Anne Hutchinson/I Am Harvey Milk. And finally we wrap up with Antlia Pneumatica at Playwrights Horizons, Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again, Red Bull’s production of School for Scandal at the Lucille Lortel, and Straight at the Clurman.

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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.

Jan Simpson | Facebook | Twitter

Broadway & Me

JAN SIMPSON is Co-director of the Arts and Culture Journalism program at CUNY’s Graduate School of Journalism, and also writes for TDF Stages and Playbill

Notes and links for the podcast.

Reviews:

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

JS: Blackbird

JS: Bright Star

JS: Dry Powder

JS: Kings @

— The Pipeline Festival | Women’s Project Theater

MP: 110 in the Shade @ Ford’s Theatre, Washington, DC, through May 14, 2016

Understudies! — Sunset Boulevard understudy wins over booing crowd after Glenn Close falls ill

MP: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof @ The Round House Theatre, Bethesda, MD, through April 24, 2016.

Debbie Shrager: I Am Anne Hutchinson/I Am Harvey Milk @ Strathmore, North Bethesda, MD, two performances only.

— Original Cast Recording of the world-premiere of Andrew Lippa’s I AM HARVEY MILK

The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus is joined by Andrew Lippa, Noah Marlowe, and Tony Award-winning soprano Laura Benanti.Recorded live at the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus 35th Anniversary Concert “Harvey Milk 2013” on June 26, 27 and 28, 2013.

 

JS: Antlia Pneumatica at Playwrights Horizons

JS: Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again at Soho Rep

JS: Red Bull’s production of School for Scandal at the Lucille Lortel,

JS: Straight at the Clurman

 

News: 

Television & Film: 

Tours: 

Podcasts:

Recordings: 

Post Script:

MP: A Man For All Seasons at SeaViewPlaywrightsTheatre on Staten Island

No Peter this week, trivia returns next week!

Next Week: 

Explicit: No

Music:

I Am Harvey Milk Original Cast Recording

The original cas[...]

“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.

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Show Notes

1951 Original Broadway Cast Recording: Gertrude Lawrence, Yul Brynner, et al.

 

1956 Motion Picture Soundtrack: Marni Nixon, Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, et al.

 

1964 Music Theater of Lincoln Center: Risë Stevens, Darren McGavin, et al.

 

1977 Broadway Cast: Yul Brynner, Constance Towers, Martin Vidnovic, June Angela, et al.

 

1992 Studio Cast: Julie Andrews, Ben Kingsley, Marilyn Horne, et al.

 

1999 Animated Film Soundtrack: Christiane Noll, Martin Vidnovic, David Burnham, et al.

 

2015 Broadway Cast: Kelli O’Hara, Ken Watanabe, et al.

Once a monthish, Patti will be joined by some of her Broadway friends to discuss life, theatre, and life in the theatre. In addition to being a talented performer, Patti uses her blog, and now this podcast, to talk about things that are often left unsaid.

Show Notes:

In the inaugural edition of “Literally Patti Murin: The Podcast,” Broadway’s Lysistrata Jones chats with her Broadway BFF, Tony-nominated star of stage and screen, Andrew Rannells (“The Book of Mormon,” “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” “Hamilton”), about Broadway, “The Bachelor,” and how being on Broadway is like “The Bachelor.”

The pair discusses Andrew’s upcoming revival of “Falsettos,” the packed theatre season, and reviving the theatrical-casting reality show!

In addition to being a Broadway leading lady, Patti is an accomplished writer, reality TV aficionado, and wine connoisseur, who intelligently and comedically takes on a wide-range of issues from depression to message board bullying.

Patti Bio:

Patti’s credits include Broadway/National Tour: “Lysistrata Jones” (Lysistrata Jones), “Wicked” (Galinda), “Xanadu” (Euterpe). Almost Broadway: “Nerds!” (Sally). Other NY Theatre: “Love’s Labour’s Lost” (Princess, Shakespeare in the Park), “Fly By Night” (Daphne, Playwrights Horizons), “Lady, Be Good!” (Susie, Encores!). Other favorite credits: “Emma” (Emma, Old Globe Theatre), “The Little Mermaid” (Ariel, The MUNY), “Chicago” (Roxie, The MUNY). TV: Recurring on “Chicago Med” and “Royal Pains”, “Untitled Louis CK Pilot” (CBS). BFA Syracuse University. Follow Patti on Twitter: @pattimurin.

@APtheMusical Reviews & Bway Remembers @Prince

“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. American Psycho Opens on Broadway

2. Casting News Around the Country and the World

Oslo at Lincoln Center

Othello at the New York Theatre Workshop

An American in Paris In the West End

The Hunchback of Notre Dame at La Mirada Theatre 

3. It’s Been a Good Day for Lin-Manuel Miranda

Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People” — Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mark Rylance, and Ariana Grande

4. Michael Riedel: Hamilton producers are contemplating $995 tickets

5. Show Announcements

Cagney Extends

Hand to God to Close Early in London

The Bridges of Madison County Tour to Wrap Up this Summer

6. Prince Passes Away

Working with Prince by David Henry Hwang

@BetsyWolfe gets #Frozen, Bway gets #Fetch w/ #MeanGirls & 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] or [email protected]

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Notes:

1. Major Broadway Casting and Show News

New York Post’s Page Six reported that Betsy Wolfe has been cast as Elsa in the Broadway-bound stage adaptation of “Frozen.”

— Flashback: This Week on Broadway for October 6, 2013: Betsy Wolfe

Sienna Miller and Bradley Cooper recently took part in a reading of “The Philadelphia Story”

2. Drama League Award Nominations

3. Stage to Screen Developments

Mean Girls The Musical

Monsoon Wedding

4. Southern Theatres Respond to Anti-LGBTQ Laws

5. Recommendation

Theatre for Babies BY MICHAEL SCHULMAN

#SheLovesMe & @APtheMusical lead #OCCAward noms & @Cher 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] or [email protected]

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Notes:

1. Outer Critics Circle Nominations

2. Tony Lifetime Achievement Awards

3. Cher Musical Aiming for Broadway

4. Hamilton Forger Charged

5. Recommendation

WNYC’s On the Media: On Shakespeare

Remembering #DorisRoberts & Here Comes the Pulitzer w/ #Hamilton

“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. Doris Roberts Passes Away

2. Here Comes the Pulitzer

If Lin-Manuel wins an Oscar for the Disney movie he is writing music for, will he be the first person to have a PEGOOT? (Pulitzer, Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Olivier, and Tony)

3. Alexander Hamilton will remain on the $10 bill

4. Les Liaisons Dangereuses / Dangerous Liasons

5. Grosses

More than half of the shows that saw a post-Spring Break decline last week rebounded this week, and as a whole, grosses rose just about $283,000, to top $27 million last week.

6. New York City Center Announces New Director of Off-Center Program

7. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt