If you would like to listen to the podcast, click on the arrow in the player below. Notes and links for the podcast. Panel: Peter Filichia | [email protected] | Facebook James Marino | [email protected] | Twitter | Facebook Matthew Murray | [email protected] | Twitter Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | Facebook Reviews: Good People Written by David Lindsay-Abaire Directed by Daniel Sullivan Designers: John Lee Beatty (sets), David Zinn (costumes), Pat Collins (lighting), Jill BC DuBoff (sound) Starring: Frances McDormand (Margaret), Tate Donovan (Mike), Renee Elise Goldsberry (Kate), Estelle Parsons (Dottie), Becky Ann Baker (Jean), Patrick Carroll (Stevie) Sound like the basis of a Matt Damon film. MP: Benjamin Walker's FIND THE FUNNY at Joe's Pub News: Spider Man: dramatic news this week...? Book of Mormon ticket buyers: 20-30's men. Michael Theatre Trivia: The fact that Britney Spears was Laura Bell Bundy's understudy for RUTHLESS! has been fairly well publicized, but it turns out the replacement understudy was....Natalie Portman!! Natalie Portman Raps on SNL Ratings for the Academy Awards / Oscars down. What does this mean for the Tony Awards? Les Miz 25th Anniversary on PBS BroadwayStars v4 to launch next weekend. Beta / Pre-release site Explicit: Yes Music: Wanted Dead or Alive from Rock of Ages OBC America, Fuck Yeah from Team America (Trey Parker/Matt Stone) Contact Info: Email addresses: see above Phone / Voicemail: 646-873-7695 BroadwayStars: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: iPhone/iPod: iTunes Zune: Zune Marketplace Android: Google Listen for Android BlackBerry: Stitcher App Listen on BroadwayWorld Radio Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm

Notes and links for the podcast. Panel: Peter Filichia | [email protected] | Facebook James Marino | [email protected] | Twitter | Facebook Matthew Murray | [email protected] | Twitter Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | Facebook Interview with Mart Crowley: MAKING THE BOYS Opening March 11, 2011 Executive Produced by Bill Condon Produced by Doug Tirola, Susan Bedusa and Crayton Robey Directed by Crayton Robey The Boys in the Band is a groundbreaking play that earned historical significance by being the first successful work to authentically depict gay characters. Over a year before the Stonewall rebellion, the play found surprising success and became a must-see phenomenon around the world. It had an impact on mainstream and gay audiences in a way no creative work about homosexuals had ever done before. It stood alone for years as the premiere depiction of the gay lifestyle. Simultaneously praised for being a landmark moment in gay visibility, and yet often condemned for reinforcing stereotypes, The Boys in the Band became Hollywood's first film about gays and sparked a controversy that still exists four decades later. Featuring anecdotes from the surviving cast and filmmakers, as well as perspectives by legendary figures from stage and screen, MAKING THE BOYS traces the behind-the-scenes drama and lasting legacy of this cultural milestone. First Run Features will release the film on March 11, 2011 Featuring Mart Crowley -- Playwright, The Boys in the Band Peter White - Actor, original "Alan" in The Boys in the Band Laurence Luckinbill - Actor, original "Hank" in The Boys in the Band William Friedkin -- Director, film adaptation of The Boys in the Band Dominick Dunne -- Executive Producer, film adaptation of The Boys in the Band Robert Wagner - Actor Edward Albee -- Playwright, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Terrence McNally - Playwright, Love! Valour! Compassion! Tony Kushner - Playwright, Angels in America Michael Cunningham -- Author, The Hours Cheyenne Jackson -- Actor Ed Koch -- Former Mayor, New York City Larry Kramer -- Activist and Author Carson Kressley -- Queer Eye for the Straight Guy Michael Musto - Columnist, Village Voice Paul Rudnick - Playwright and Screenwriter Dan Savage - Columnist, Christian Siriano -Designer/ Project Runway Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman - Composer and Lyricist, Hairspray News: Spider-Man threatening to postpone its opening again Spider-Man has hired Paul Bogaev, but is denying Phillip William McKinley and Roberto Aguierre-Sacasa have been hired There are two other (completely unrelated) Spider-Man musicals in the works, both with plans to open before this one (not that that's an achievement at this point) Jeffrey Tambor has left La Cage aux Folles before even opening in it Reviews: Adam Rapp's The Hallway Trilogy Ben Rimalower's YOU LIKE ME: An Evening of Classic Acceptance Speeches DESIGN: FRAVER Four Decades of Theatre Poster Art Fraver The Normal Heart coming back to Broadway for 12 weeks. Explicit: No Music: Issue in Question from Triumph Of Love (1998 Original Broadway Cast) The Song That Goes Like This from Monty Python's Spamalot (2005 Original Broadway Cast) Contact Info: Email addresses: see above Phone / Voicemail: 646-873-7695 BroadwayStars: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: iPhone/iPod: iTunes Zune: Zune Marketplace Android: Google Listen for Android BlackBerry: Stitcher App Listen on BroadwayWorld Radio Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm

If you would like to listen to the podcast, click on the arrow in the player below. Notes and links for the podcast. Panel: Peter Filichia | [email protected] | Facebook James Marino | [email protected] | Twitter | Facebook Matthew Murray | [email protected] | Twitter Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | Facebook News: Problem-plagued "Spider-man" bringing in co-director Roberto Aguierre-Sacasa to fix/rewrite Spider-Man's book? 2nd unit reviews compelled to re-review new book and director William Goldman: The Season Encores! to offer expanded performance schedule starting next year What is the best size for a theater (in number of seats)? Yul Brenner in The King and I at the Gershwin (then the Uris Theatre). New DVD releases of TV versions of Kiss Me, Kate (Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison) Anything Goes (Ethel Merman, Frank Sinatra, Bert Lahr) Reviews: A Perfect Future (at the Cherry Lane Theatre) Written by David Hay Directed by Wilson Milam Designers: Charles Corcoran (set), Michael McDonald (costumes), Ben Stanton (lights), Daniel Kluger (sound) Starring: Daniel Oreskes (Elliot Murphy), Donna Bullock (Natalie Schiff-Hudson), Michael T. Weiss (John Hudson), Scott Drummond (Mark Colvin) When I Come to Die (playing at the Duke on 42nd Street, part of Lincoln Center's LCT3 program) Written by Nathan Louis Jackson Directed by Thomas Kail Designers: Robin Vest (sets), Emily Rebholz (costumes), Betsy Adams (lights), Jill BC DuBoff (sound) Starring: Chris Chalk (Damon Robinson), Adrian Crouse (Neal Huff), James "Roach" Teagle (David Patrick Healy) Officer Cooper (Michael Balderrama), Chantel Robinson (Amanda Mason Warren) Reviews of One-Night Only Events: Jim Caruso's Cast Party Broadway Musicals of 1921 Raul Esparza's "American Songbook" show Kathy Griffin Explicit: No Music: The opening music is "Another Op'nin, Another Show" from the original cast recording of Kiss Me, Kate, and the exit music is "Come to Your Senses" from the original cast recording of tick...tick...BOOM!. Contact Info: Email addresses: see above Phone Voicemail: 646-873-7695 BroadwayStars: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: iPhone/iPod: iTunes Zune: Zune Marketplace Android: Google Listen for Android BlackBerry: Stitcher App Listen on BroadwayWorld Radio Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm Direct Link to MP3 File

Notes and links for the podcast. Panel: Peter Filichia | [email protected] | Facebook James Marino | [email protected] | Twitter | Facebook Matthew Murray | [email protected] | Twitter Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | Facebook Reviews: Shows Black Tie (playing at Primary Stages) Written by A.R. Gurney Directed by Mark Lamos Designers: John Arnone (sets), Jess Goldstein (costumes), Stephen Strawbridge (lighting), John Gromada (original music and sound design) Starring: Gregg Edelman (Curtis), Daniel Davis (Curtis's Father), Carolyn McCormick (Mimi), Elvy Yost (Elsie), Ari Brand (Teddy) The Whipping Man (playing at Manhattan Theatre Club, Off-Broadway) Written by Matthew Lopez Directed by Doug Hughes Designers: John Lee Beatty (sets), Catherine Zuber (costumes), Ben Stanton (lights), Jill BC DuBoff (sound) Starring: André Braugher (Simon), André Holland (John), Jay Wilkison (Caleb) The Road to Qatar! (playing at the York Theatre at St. Peter's) Written by Stephen Cole (book and lyrics), David Krane (music, arrangements, and orchestrations) Directed by Phillip George, Music Direction by David Caldwell, Choreography by Bob Richard Designers: Michael Bottari and Ronald Case (sets, costumes, puppets), Martin Vreeland (lights), Chris Kateff (projections) Starring: James Beaman (Michael), Keith Gerchak (Jeffrey), Bill Nolte (Mansour), Sarah Stiles (Nazirah), Bruce Warren (Farid) World Cup 2022: Qatar's stadiums in pictures News: News In Good 'Company': Patti LuPone and Stephen Colbert Join Philharmonic Production By DAVE ITZKOFF There will be a free and open-to-the-public reading of Gerard Alessandrini's musical version of MADAME X at the Bruno Walter Auditorium of the NYPL on Thursday, Feb. 24 at 2:15pm. Catch Me If You Can: Press Peek Post-review focus groups seeing one act each: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/11/more-focus-groups-for-spider-man-turn-off-the-dark/?ref=theater When the kids were little, we went to a parents' meeting at their school and I asked the teacher why all her students were geniuses in the second grade? . . . Matisses every one. You've made my child a Matisse. Let me study with you. Let me into the second grade! What is your secret? And this is what she said, "Secrets? I don't have any secret. I just know when to take their drawings away from them." -- Flan (Six Degrees of Separation) Valentine's Day musicals/songs Blame it on the summer nights from Rags My Funny Valentine from Babes in Arms You Have Made Me Love from Cyrano The Next Best Thing To Love from A Class Act I Chose Right from Baby Explicit: No Music: The opening music is "My Funny Valentine" from Julie Andrews Broadway and the closing music is "You Have Made Me Love" from the original cast recording of Cyrano. Contact Info: Email addresses: see above Phone / Voicemail: 646-873-7695 BroadwayStars: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: iPhone/iPod: iTunes Zune: Zune Marketplace Android: Google Listen for Android BlackBerry: Stitcher App Listen on BroadwayWorld Radio Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm

If you would like to listen to the podcast, click on the arrow in the player below. Notes and links for the podcast. Panel: Peter Filichia | [email protected] | Facebook James Marino | [email protected] | Twitter | Facebook Matthew Murray | [email protected] | Twitter Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | Facebook Reviews: Special Event Lost in the Stars Written by Maxwell Anderson (book and lyrics) and Kurt Weill (music and orchestrations) Directed by Gary Griffin, Music Directed by Rob Berman Designers: John Lee Beatty (scenic consultant), Paul Tazewell (costume consultant), Paul Miller (lighting), Scott Lehrer (sound) Starring: Chuck Cooper (Stephen Kumalo), Quentin Earl Darrington (Leader), Daniel Gerroll (James Jarvis), Daniel Breaker (Absalom Kumalo), Sherry Boone (Irina), Alex (Jeremy Gumbs), Kieran Campion (Arthur Jarvis), Sharon Washington (Grace Kumalo), John Douglas Thompson (John Kumlao) Notes: Originally opened October 30, 1949, at the Music Box and ran for 281 performances; 1972 revival at the Imperial ran 39 performance Regular Off-Broadway Three Sisters Written by Anton Chekov, translated by Paul Schmidt Directed by Austin Pendleton Designers: Walt Spangler (sets), Marco Piemontese (costumes), Keith Parham (lights), Christian Frederickson and Ryan Rumery (music and sound) Starring: Maggie Gyllenhaal (Masha Prozorov), Jessica Hecht (Olga Prozorov), Juliet Rylance (Irina Prozorov), Peter Sarsgaard (Vershinin), Josh Hamilton (Andrey Prozorov), Roberta Maxwell (Olga Prozorov), Marin Ireland (Natasha), Louis Zorich (Fedotik), Gabe Bettio (Rohde), Paul Lazar (Kulygin), George Morfogen ( Ferapont), Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Baron Tuzenbach), Anson Mount (Solyony), James Patrick Nelson (Fedotik) The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore Written by Tennessee Williams Directed by Michael Wilson Designers: Jeff Cowie (sets), David C. Woolard (costumes), Rui Rita (lights), John Gromada (original music and sound) Starring: Olympia Dukakis (Flora Goforth), Maggie Lacey (Frances Black/Blackie), Darren Pettie (Christopher Flanders), Edward Hibbert (Witch of Capri), Curtis Billings (Giulio), Elisa Bocanegra (Simonetta) The New York Idea Adapted by David Auburn from the original by Langdon Mitchell Directed by Mark Brokaw Designers: Allen Moyer (sets), Michael Krass (costumes), Mary Louis Geiger (lights), Lewis Flinn (original music) Starring: Jaime Ray Newman (Cynthia Karslake), Jeremy Shamos (John Karslake), Michael Countryman (Philip Philimore), Francesca Faridany (Vida Philimore), Rick Holmes (Wilfred Cates-Darby), Patricia O'Connell (Mrs. Philimore), Patricia Conolly (Miss Henage), Joey Slotnick (Matthew Philimore), John Keating (Fiddler), Peter Maloney (Sudley), Tom Patrick Stephens (Thomas), Mikaela Feely-Lehmann (Jacqueline) Notes: The original Broadway production opened November 19, 1906, at the Lyric, and ran for 66 performances. Other Desert Cities Written by Jon Robin Baitz Directed by Joe Mantello Designers: John Lee Beatty (sets), David Zinn (costumes), Kenneth Posner (lights), Jill BC DuBoff (sound) Starring: Stockard Channing (Polly Wyeth), Elizabeth Marvel (Brooke Wyeth), Stacy Keach (Lyman Wyeth), Thomas Sadoski (Trip Wyeth), Linda Lavin (Silda Grauman) News: Christie Brinkley going into CHICAGO The new cast of THE ADDAMS FAMILY Book of Mormon buzz is starting. BROADWAY BACKWARDS Mary Cleere Haran, Cabaret Singer With a Big-Band Style, Dies at 58 by Stephen Holden Explicit: Yes Music: "Lost in the Stars" from the original cast recording of Lost in the Stars Contact Info: Email addresses: see above Phone / Voicemail: 646-873-7695 BroadwayStars: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: iPhone/iPod: iTunes Zune: Zune Marketplace Android: Google Listen for Android BlackBerry: Stitcher App Listen on BroadwayWorld Radio Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm

If you would like to listen to the podcast, click on the arrow in the player below. Notes and links for the podcast. Panel: James Marino | [email protected] | Twitter | Facebook Matthew Murray | [email protected] | Twitter Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | Facebook Michael Riedel Spider-Man Reviews Explicit: No Music: "Boy Falls From The Sky" -- Live on Good Morning America Contact Info: Email addresses: see above Phone / Voicemail: 646-873-7695 BroadwayStars: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: iPhone/iPod: iTunes Zune: Zune Marketplace Android: Google Listen for Android BlackBerry: Stitcher App Listen on BroadwayWorld Radio Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm

Notes and links for the podcast. Panel: James Marino | [email protected] | Twitter | Facebook Matthew Murray | [email protected] | Twitter Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | Facebook Reviews: The New York Idea Project Gutenberg: The New York Idea Waiting for Godot: No More Waiting (from Boston.com) Speak the speech ... Shakespeare's plays to be performed in 38 languages Globe theatre to stage all of the Bard's plays, each in a different language, as part of 2012 Cultural Olympiad The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore Knickerbocker Holiday Fascinating Rhythm (Gershwin) News: James Franco, who will co-host the 2011 Oscars (he also has his own nomination, will co-star with Nicole Kidman in Sweet Bird of Youth. Get your tickets now. Explicit: No Music: Walter Huston singing "The Scars" from Knickerbocker Holiday Contact Info: Email addresses: see above Phone / Voicemail: 646-873-7695 BroadwayStars: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: iPhone/iPod: iTunes Zune: Zune Marketplace Android: Google Listen for Android BlackBerry: Stitcher App Listen on BroadwayWorld Radio Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm

Panel: James Marino | [email protected] | Twitter | Facebook Matthew Murray | [email protected] | Twitter Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | Facebook Reviews: Off-Broadway A Small Fire Written by Adam Bock Directed by Trip Cullman Designers: Loy Arcenas (sets), Ilona Somogyi (costumes), David Weiner (lights), Robert Kaplowitz (original music and sound) Starring: Michele Pawk (Emily Bridges), Reed Birney (John Bridges), Celia Keenan-Bolger (Jenny Bridges), Victor Williams (Billy Fontaine) Other Desert Cities Written by Jon Robin Baitz Directed by Joe Mantello Designers: John Lee Beatty (sets), David Zinn (costumes), Kenneth Posner (lights), Jill BC DuBoff (sound) Starring: Stockard Channing (Polly Wyeth), Elizabeth Marvel (Brooke Wyeth), Stacy Keach (Lyman Wyeth), Thomas Sadoski (Trip Wyeth), Linda Lavin (Silda Grauman) News: Kathleen Turner is coming to Broadway in HIGH and, apparently, they're doing some sort of marketing play where no one under 17 will be admitted without an adult guardian! Ricky Martin, Elena Roger in Evita Ragtime video clip from a 2008 High school production Joe Turner's Come and Gone Theoni Aldredge Preview of Michael's interview with Chuck Cooper and Ted Sperling re LOST IN THE STARS and KNICKERBOCKER HOLIDAY. Kerrigan-Lowdermilk new CD Our First Mistake TalkinBroadway's ALL THAT CHAT Explicit: No Music: Contact Info: Email addresses: see above Phone / Voicemail: 646-873-7695 BroadwayStars: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: iPhone/iPod: iTunes Zune: Zune Marketplace Android: Google Listen for Android BlackBerry: Stitcher App Listen on BroadwayWorld Radio Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm

Notes and links for the podcast. Panel: Peter Filichia | [email protected] | Facebook James Marino | [email protected] | Twitter | Facebook Matthew Murray | [email protected] | Twitter Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | Facebook Reviews: Dracula Written by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston, based on the world-famous novel by Bram Stoker Directed by Paul Alexander Designers: Dana Kenn (sets), Willa Kim (costumes), Brian Nason (lights), Chris DelVecchio (sound), Rick Sordelet and Mike Rossmy (fight choreography and special effects) Starring: Michel Altieri (Count Dracula), George Hearn (Abraham van Helsing), Timothy Jerome (Dr. Seward), Jake Silbermann (Jonathan Harker), John Buffalo Mailer (Renfield), Emily Bridges (Lucy Seward), Katharine Luckinbill (Miss Wells, Woman in White), Rob O'Hare (Butterworth) A Small Fire Written by Adam Bock Directed by Trip Cullman Designers: Loy Arcenas (sets), Ilona Somogyi (costumes), David Weiner (lights), Robert Kaplowitz (original music and sound) Starring: Michele Pawk (Emily Bridges), Reed Birney (John Bridges), Celia Keenan-Bolger (Jenny Bridges), Victor Williams (Billy Fontaine) News: Spider Man Does it violate consumer protection laws? Christopher Tierney seems to be doing well Should theatre critics wait to review shows like this? New York Times Time Out New York Bloomberg Explicit: No Music: "Die Vampire, Die!" from [title of show] Contact Info: Email addresses: see above Phone / Voicemail: 646-873-7695 BroadwayStars: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: iPhone/iPod: iTunes Zune: Zune Marketplace Android: Google Listen for Android BlackBerry: Stitcher App Listen on BroadwayWorld Radio Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm