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Notes:

1. Diane Lane for RTC’s “The Cherry Orchard”

2. Imelda Staunton’s “Gypsy” to Broadway?

3. “Hamilton” Going Global

4. “Hamilton” Going Back to Live Ham4Ham shows and Lotteries

5. New batch of stars were announced for “White Rabbit/Red Rabbit”

6. Dylan and Becky Ann Baker join CSC / John Doyle directed production of “Peer Gynt”

7. New York’s Always Love Lucy Theatre Company will be performing a rather untraditional version of George Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalian”

8. MCC Miscast On Monday Gala

BWW TV Exclusive: Watch Cynthia Erivo Channel Barbra Streisand as Yentl in ‘A Piece Of Sky’ at MISCAST!

STAGE TUBE: Tina Fey and Tituss Burgess Sing Surprise CITY OF ANGELS Duet at MISCAST

9. Sunset Boulevard Transfer?

“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. Sunset Boulevard Reviews

2. Grosses: Broadway Box Office: Jessica Lange, Jesse Tyler Ferguson Start Up New Shows

3. Casting

Broadway.com is reporting that Tony-nominee Marc Kudish will be taking over the roles of Charles Frohman and Captain Hook in Broadway’s “Finding Neverland” a week from today.

Encores Do I Hear a Waltz?

Extremely Open Online Call for “The Lion”

Carl Reiner’s “All Kinds of Love”

4. #TonysSoWhite

5. Podcast Episode 66 – Broadway Press Agent and Tony Award Honoree, Adrian Bryan-Brown.

Amy Schumer Hamilton parody “Betsy Ross.”

“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. Olivier Winners

KINKY BOOTS, GYPSY Win Big At Oliviers! Staunton, Henry And All The Winners!

2. Casting

Oscar Isaac will play Prince Hamlet at Theatre for a New Audience

Jeremy Kushnier in Cirque du Soleil’s PARAMOUR

3. Hamilton Sees Black

4. Bomb Scare on Broadway

5. Disaster Benefits for Broadway Cares

Peter Filichia, James Marino, Michael Portantiere and Jan Simpson review 11 shows! 1776 at Encores!, Southern Comfort @ The Public, She Loves Me, Hold on To Me Darling, The Crucible, Blackbird, White Rabbit, Red Rabbi, Cagney, Death for Five Voices @ Sheen Center, Bright Star, and The Effect

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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:

1. PF JS MP: 1776 at Encores!

2. JS PF: Southern Comfort @ The Public

3. MP JM: She Loves Me

4. JS MP: Hold on To Me Darling

5. PF: The Crucible

6. MP PF JM: Blackbird

7. JS PF: White Rabbit, Red Rabbit (Jan saw Nathan Lane, Peter saw Whoopi Goldberg)

8. PF: Cagney

9. MP PF: Bright Star

10. PF: Death for Five Voices by Peter Mills @ Sheen Center

11. MP PF JS: The Effect

 

 

News: 

Television & Film: 

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Podcasts:

 

Recordings: 

Post Script:

Next Week: 

Explicit: No

Music:

Vanilla Ice Cream – Laura Benanti

Sun Is Gonna Shine (Single Version) from BRIGHT STAR

 

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“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]

BroadwayRadio on Twitter | Facebook

Notes:

1. Falsettos Details Announced

2. The Crucible Reviews

3. 1776 Reviews

4. Schedule

— Long Day’s Journey began previews

— Fully Committed beginning previews this week

5. Stephen Schwartz take on the state of North Carolina

“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]

BroadwayRadio on Twitter | Facebook

Notes:

1. “An Act of God” returns to Broadway for the second time in a year.

2. Lortel Award Nominations

3. NBC’s “A Few Good Men Live”

4. City Center Encores’ 1776

5. The Crucible Opens on Broadway

6. Tuck Everlasting Begins Previews

7. “Hamilton” Discrimination Charge

Bonus: Gillian Pensavalle and Bianca Soto, the hosts of the fantastic podcast “The Hamilcast,” visited with us.

The Hamilcast on Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

“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]

Notes:

1. Casting

“Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812”

2. Casting 2

“You Can’t Take It With You”

3. Head of Passes Reviews

4. Buried Child on BroadwayHD

5. Hairspray Casting Open Call

Preview for Tomorrow: The hosts of the fantastic podcast “The Hamilcast” Gillian and Bianca visit

“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]

Notes:

1. Nathan Lane will lead an all-star cast in a Broadway revival of Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur’s semi-autobiographical play THE FRONT PAGE in late September at a theatre to be named later.

2. Grosses

American Psycho $365 K, 4 performances

Waitress $426 K, 3 performances

Shuffle Along $359 K, 4 performances

Three shows, “Aladdin,” “The Lion King,” and “Wicked,” took advantage of the Easter holiday and added a ninth performance, pushing each up over $2 million dollars at the box office last week.

3. Barbara Cook Cancellation

4. Hamilton stories

— Rory O’Malley as King George

— Lin-Manuel Miranda, taking a week off and writing NY Times Op-Ed: Give Puerto Rico Its Chance to Thrive

— Christopher Jackson balancing Broadway superstardom with being dad to an autistic son

5. Ruth Bader Ginsburg in William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice

“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]

Notes:

1. Bright Star Review Update

2. Jeremy Gerard & Jordan Roth: A New Partnership?

Gerard & Roth: Broadway’s ‘Nerds’ Fiasco Doesn’t Compute; Off-Broadway Gets The Business With ‘The Effect’

3. Openings

— Sir Cameron Mackintosh is aiming to bring Hamilton to the West End sometime next year.

— October Sky will have its West Coast premiere this fall at the Old Globe theatre in San Diego.

4. Casting

— Paul Slade Smith taking over the role of Charles Frohman/Captain Hook I Broadway’s “Finding Neverland”

5. Blackbird movie Update

6. NY Post Weirdest Jobs on Broadway

These are the weirdest jobs on Broadway by Barbara Hoffman

‘Waitress’ Is Making Broadway History With Its All-Female Creative Team by JOANNA KAO

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk with Bryce Pinkham. Ron Fassler joins us to remember Ken Howard, who passed away this week.

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This episode of THIS WEEK ON BROADWAY is sponsored by SEATGEEK. To get $20 rebate on tickets, download the SEATGEEK app and enter the promo code: BR20. SeatGeek will send you $20 dollars after you’ve made your first ticket purchase.

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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.

Please take the BroadwayRadio survey by CLICKING HERE.

Subscribe to BroadwayRadio in iTunes by CLICKING HERE.

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If you would like to listen to the podcast, click on the arrow in the player below.

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 | [email protected] | Twitter

Matt 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: Bryce Pinkham

Bryce on Instagram

Bryce on Twitter

Bryce on IBDB

Encores! production of 1776, coming up on March 30 – April 3, 2016

 

Reviews:

None this week!

 

News: 

Ron Fassler: writer, actor, director, and long time friend of Ken Howard.

George Clooney Remembers Ken Howard’s Help in Early Acting Days by Dave McNary

 

Television & Film: 

 

Tours: 

Podcasts:

 

Recordings: 

Post Script:

Next Week: 

Peter revisits Something Rotten. Michael and James review She Loves Me. (plus a lot more!)

Explicit: No

Music:

Knickerbocker Holiday Cast Recording: Introduction & Washington Irving Song

A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder Cast Recording: Sibella

 

Contact Info:

Email addresses: see above

Phone / Voicemail: +1-888-285-4666

BroadwayStars: Twitter | Facebook

Subscribe:

Stitcher: Stitcher App

iPhone/iPod: iTunes

Listen on BroadwayWorld Radio Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm

We need Listener Volunteers to help out with a few projects. If you have a few hours and would like to help out, contact [email protected].

YouTube Transcript: (Beta)