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Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk about Damn Yankees at Paper Mill, Illiad, Beyond the Horizon, The Maids, In This House, Ah Wilderness, 1776, and some of the week's news. Please take the BroadwayRadio survey by CLICKING HERE. 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 Newark Star Ledger Masterworks Broadway: Tuesday Kritzerland: Friday MTI Blog James Marino | [email protected] | Twitter | Facebook BroadwayStars Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | Facebook Follow Spot Theatrical Photography Topics: PF and MP: Damn Yankees Paper Mill Damn Yankees at Paper Mill Playhouse PF: Illiad @ New York Theatre Workshop PF: Home Sweet Homer PF: Beyond the Horizon by Eugene O'Neill @ Irish Rep MP: The Maids @ St. Clements PF: In This House @ Two River Theater Company in Red Bank, NJ IN THIS HOUSE, a World Premiere Musical - Preview Trailer MP: Ah Wilderness @ Arena Stage at the Mead Center (Washington DC) MP: 1776 @ Ford's Theater (Washington DC) Next Week: Death of a Salesman and Once 'Gypsy' movie with Barbra Streisand moving forward by David Ng The on-again, off-again movie adaptation of "Gypsy," with Barbra Streisand in the lead, is officially on again. Universal announced Tuesday that the movie project is moving forward with "Downton Abbey" creator … LINKED FROM LOS ANGELES TIMES "Where Is My Bess?": Audra McDonald Temporarily Sidelined from Porgy and Bess by Adam Hetrick This American Life 460: RETRACTION We've discovered that one of our most popular episodes contained numerous fabrications. This week, we detail the errors in Mike Daisey's story about visiting Foxconn, which makes iPads and other products for Apple in China. Marketplace's China correspondent Rob Schmitz discovered the fabrications. OWN Cancels Rosie Show by BroadwayWorld Oprah Winfrey Network announced today The Rosie Show, the daily talk show hosted by Emmy Award-winning actress and comedian Rosie O'Donnell, will tape its final show on Tuesday, March 20, and the final episode … LINKED FROM BROADWAYWORLD

Explicit: No Music: Damn Yankees music from Paper Mill Production IN THIS HOUSE, a World Premiere Musical - Preview Trailer Contact Info: Email addresses: see above Phone / Voicemail: 646-873-7695 BroadwayStars: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: Stitcher: Stitcher App iPhone/iPod: iTunes Listen on BroadwayWorld Radio Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm Direct Link to MP3 File

Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk about Broadway Backwards, Betty Buckley and American Idol, Assistance, The Elixir of Love, Hand to God, Masterworks Broadway: David Merrick Presents Hits, The Lady From Dubuque as well as the week's news. Please take the BroadwayRadio survey by CLICKING HERE. 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 Newark Star Ledger Masterworks Broadway: Tuesday Kritzerland: Friday MTI Blog James Marino | [email protected] | Twitter | Facebook Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | Facebook Topics: MP: Broadway Backwards (7th edition) Theater Talkback: Betty Buckley on Why She Took on ‘American Idol’ by BETTY BUCKLEY Tony Vincent on The Voice PF: Assistance MP: The Elixir of Love at The Met (L'Elisir d'Amore) PF: Hand to God at the Ensemble Studio Theater on 52nd Street MP: Masterworks Broadway David Merrick Presents Hits from His Broadway Hits First Listen: Original Cast Recording, 'Once' by Trey Graham From the very outset — a vigorous four-count windup which kicks off a rowdy riff on melodies traditional and original — the cast album for Broadway's Once serves notice that the stage version of everyone's … LINKED FROM NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO PF: 'Edward Albee's The Lady From Dubuque' at End Stage Theater ArtsBeat: They Pledge Allegiance to the Frat: 'Animal House' Musical Is Planned by Dave Itzkoff "Animal House: The Musical," based on the hit 1978 college comedy, will feature a new score by the band Barenaked Ladies and will be directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw, a Tony Award-winner for "The Bo… LINKED FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES Will Rosie O'Donnell Film "The Rosie Show" In New York? by Andrew Gans The Huffington Post reports that Emmy winner and Broadway champion Rosie O'Donnell plans to move her new talk show, "The Rosie Show," to New York. LINKED FROM PLAYBILL ArtsBeat: Steve Martin Composing New Music for Shakespeare in the Park, Because He Can by Dave Itzkoff Steve Martin — who, when he is not writing, acting or tweeting, is also an accomplished banjo player — will write new music to be performed by a live bluegrass band for the Shakespeare in the Park productio… LINKED FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES In This House at Two River Theater Company ArtsBeat: A 'Pippin' Directed by Diane Paulus Heading to Cambridge by Patrick Healy The American Repertory Theater announcement did not mention Broadway, but New York producers will likely give the production a close look if it's a hit. LINKED FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES ‘Spider-Man’ web-slinging its way to Europe by Michael Riedel ‘Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark” is going global. The producers of the $80 million musical, thumbing their nose at director Julie Taymor’s attempts to scuttle future productions, are shipping the show off t… LINKED FROM THE NEW YORK POST Nicole Kidman dances back on stage after 14 years by BAZ BAMIGBOYE Terrence Rattigan’s “After the Dance”

Explicit: Yes Music: David Merrick Presents Hits from His Broadway Hits Intro music: Fanny (from Fanny – John Gary) Exit music: As Long As He Needs Me (from Oliver! – Ann-Margret) Contact Info: Email addresses: see above Phone / Voicemail: 646-873-7695 BroadwayStars: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: Stitcher: Stitcher App iPhone/iPod: iTunes Listen on BroadwayWorld Radio Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm Direct Link to MP3 File

Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk about Carrie, Make Mine Manhattan, Romeo & Juliet, Hurt Village and Tribes, as well as some of the week's news. Please take the BroadwayRadio survey by CLICKING HERE. 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 Newark Star Ledger Masterworks Broadway: Tuesday Kritzerland: Friday MTI Blog James Marino | [email protected] | Twitter | Facebook Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | Facebook Topics: Peter: Carrie MCC Theater at The Lucille Lortel Theatre through Apr 22

The musical adaptation of Stephen King's novel Carrie is one of Broadway's most famous disasters. Now the show's original writers are back — with a completely reworked version.

Michael and Peter: Make Mine Manhattan, March 1 – 17, 2012 @ THE CONNELLY THEATRE (Unsung Musicals) Michael: Romeo & Juliet - all male - at The Chernuchin Theater at American Theater of Actors 154 West 54th Street through March 17 Peter: Hurt Village & Tribes Attention Must Be Paid: Death of a Salesman Disney’s The Jungle Book Will Premiere at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre by Broadway.com Tony winner Mary Zimmerman (Metamorphoses) will write and direct the premiere stage production of Disney’s The Jungle Book, according to The Chicago Tribune. Based on the classic 1967 animatd film, which … LINKED FROM BROADWAY.COM

Explicit: No Music: Music from Carrie supplied by the production Contact Info: Email addresses: see above Phone / Voicemail: 646-873-7695 BroadwayStars: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: Stitcher: Stitcher App iPhone/iPod: iTunes Listen on BroadwayWorld Radio Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm Direct Link to MP3 File

Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk about CQ/CX, Galileo, Rutherford and Son, CCM's Into The Woods and rememberances of Ted Mann and Howard Kissel. Please take the BroadwayRadio survey by CLICKING HERE. 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 Newark Star Ledger Masterworks Broadway: Tuesday Kritzerland: Friday MTI Blog James Marino | [email protected] | Twitter | Facebook Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | Facebook Topics: CQ/CX at the Atlantic Theater Company Edit Peter 2:30 PF: Galileo at Classic Stage Company MP: Rutherford and Son at Mint Theater Company Rutherford & Son at the Mint Theater from Mint Theater Company on Vimeo. PF: CCM (University of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music) Into The Woods Public Theatre reviving Into The Woods Theodore Mann, Off Broadway Producer, Dies at 87 Howard Kissel, long-time Daily News theater critic, is dead at 69

Explicit: No Music: Ever After from Into the Woods Original Broadway Cast Recording No More from Into the Woods (2002 Broadway Revival Cast) Contact Info: Email addresses: see above Phone / Voicemail: 646-873-7695 BroadwayStars: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: Stitcher: Stitcher App iPhone/iPod: iTunes Listen on BroadwayWorld Radio Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm

Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk about Shatner's World, How I Learned to Drive, Godspell Cast Recording, Myths and Hymns, Merrily, Seth Rudetsky’s DISASTER! and Zina Bethune. 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 Newark Star Ledger Masterworks Broadway: Tuesday Kritzerland: Friday MTI Blog James Marino | [email protected] | Twitter | Facebook Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | Facebook Topics: Peter: Shatner's World We Just Live In It William Shatner @ IBDB Michael: How I Learned to Drive Michael: Godspell Cast Recording Michael: Myths and Hymns Michael: Merrily We Roll Along Michael: Seth Rudetsky’s DISASTER! Exit Introductions Zina Bethune obituary: Dancer, choreographer and actress dies at 66 by Dennis McLellan And Victoria Kim The animal-loving Zina Bethune was struck by two cars and killed when she apparently got out of her vehicle to check on an injured possum. LINKED FROM LOS ANGELES TIMES Scott Rudin hits the EGOT jackpot by Gold Derby It's been 10 years since anyone joined the pantheon of people who've won the EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony), but now Scott Rudin is among the immortals who include Mel Brooks, John Gielgud, Whoopi Gol… LINKED FROM GOLD DERBY List of people who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards Waltzing to get ‘Matilda’ by Michael Riedel A hit musical to producers is like red meat to carnivores. When one comes along, they scrap and claw for a hunk and then tear into it with abandon. The show they’re salivating over right now is “Matilda,”… LINKED FROM THE NEW YORK POST Leslie Uggam PIPE DREAMS Julie Taymor Reaches SPIDER-MAN Settlement; All the Details! by BroadwayWorld The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society SDC and 8 Legged Productions LLC, the Producer of SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark, have reached a settlement of all pending litigation between them. LINKED FROM BROADWAYWORLD ArtsBeat: 'Sleepless in Seattle' Musical Delayed by Patrick Healy Sheldon Epps, the artistic director of the Playhouse, said in a statement that "our desire to 'get it right' led us to the wise decision to give this project additional time for further creative development." LINKED FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES Next Week: ‘CQ/CX’ dramatizes Jayson Blair scandal at NY Times by Joe Dziemianowicz The title of Gabe McKinley’s new play “CQ/CX” looks like the makings of a lousy Scrabble hand. It’s actually newspaper lingo related to fact-checking and that looms large in this fictionalized … LINKED FROM NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Explicit: No Music: Godspell New Broadway Cast Recording Save The People Day By Day Contact Info: Email addresses: see above Phone / Voicemail: 646-873-7695 BroadwayStars: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: Stitcher: Stitcher App iPhone/iPod: iTunes Listen on BroadwayWorld Radio Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm

Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk with Michael Musto, discuss Encore's "Merrily", Most Happy Fella @ NYU, Addams Family in Boston, Look Back in Anger, Phantom 10,000 performances and the NJPAC R&H Concert

Notes and links for the podcast. Panel: Peter Filichia | [email protected] | Facebook Newark Star Ledger Masterworks Broadway: Tuesday Kritzerland: Friday MTI Blog James Marino | [email protected] | Twitter | Facebook Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | Facebook Topics: Michael Musto: Why I Hate Theater! Appalling! Peter: Merrily We Roll Along Michael: Most Happy Fella @ with a full orchestra at NYU's Skirball Center Peter: Addams Family in Boston

Michael and Peter: Look Back in Anger

Exit Introductions Phantom 10,000 performances! Michael: NJPAC R&H Concert Next Week: Michael: Myths and Hymns Michael: Merrily We Roll Along Michael: Seth Rudesky - Disaster Explicit: Yes Music:

Old Friend from Merrily We Roll Along

Spooky Mormon Hell Dream from the Grammy Award Winning recording of The Book of Mormon

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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 Broadway Musical MVPs, 1960-2010: The Most Valuable Players of the Past 50 Seasons, is now available through Applause Books and at www.amazon.com Newest column for Peter: MTI Blog! James Marino | [email protected] | Twitter | Facebook Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | Facebook Topics: Peter: The Scottsboro Boys @ Philadelphia Theatre Company Gavin Creel in Lincoln Center's American Songbook Series Ionescopade, "A Musical Vaudeville," at The York Theatre Company NBC's "Smash" Brings Broadway Magic To Primetime TV The highly anticipated show-biz television series "Smash," about the production of a Broadway show about Marilyn Monroe, kicks off on Monday, and NY1's Frank DiLella has a preview. LINKED FROM NY1 Megan Hilty Will Be Lorelei Lee in Encores! Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Andrew Gans Megan Hilty, the Wicked and 9 to 5 star who will be seen in NBC's new musical series "Smash," will star in the City Center Encores! production of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. LINKED FROM PLAYBILL Host of Sondheim Titles, Including The Birthday Concert and Into the Woods, Streaming On Netflix by Adam Hetrick Sondheim: The Birthday Concert, Into the Woods, Company and "Evening Primrose" are now available for instant streaming on Netflix. LINKED FROM PLAYBILL Arts & Leisure: 'Carrie,' a Huge Stage Flop, Is Reinvented by MCC Theater by Patrick Healy One of Broadway's greatest flops, "Carrie" is being dressed up, and toned down, for another onstage dance. LINKED FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES Original Merrily We Roll Along Star Lonny Price on Capturing 'Mind-Blowing' Memories in New Documentary Our Time by Kathy Henderson The 1981 Broadway premiere of Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along lasted a total of 68 performances (52 of them previews!), but it's a production that lives on in memory and lore. As Encores! g... LINKED FROM BROADWAY.COM Broadway Streetcar, Starring Blair Underwood and Nicole Ari Parker, to Open April 22 by Dan Bacalzo The Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, which as previously reported will play the Broadhurst Theatre, has announced production dates. The show will play a limited engagement ... LINKED FROM THEATERMANIA The wrath of Rudin by Michael Riedel In his heyday, David Merrick was the most powerful producer on Broadway. He had taste. He was prolific. He knocked out hits -- "Look Back in Anger," "Hello, Dolly!" "42nd Street." And he could put ... LINKED FROM THE NEW YORK POST Jordan Roth Will Bring Clybourne Park To Broadway by Andrew Gans Despite the loss of lead producer Scott Rudin, who abandoned his plan to produce Bruce Norris' play Clybourne Park on Broadway this spring, the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama will make its Broadway debut afte... LINKED FROM PLAYBILL 5 Reasons Why a Jekyll & Hyde Revival Is a Good Idea (No, Seriously) by Lucky We don't want to go crazy with this or anything, given that 90% of "announced" projects never happen, but news broke over the weekend that a revival of Jekyll & Hyde could be in the works... LINKED FROM THE CRAPTACULAR Willow Smith: Whip My Hair Ben Gazzara, Actor of Stage and Screen, Dies at 81 by Neil Genzlinger Mr. Gazzara's long acting career included playing Brick in the original "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" on Broadway and roles in influential films by John Cassavetes. LINKED FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Original Cast Clip Logo for Death of A Salesman Exit Introductions Why we all do theatre by James Marino Next Week: Look Back in Anger Most Happy Fella @ NYU full orchestra at Skirball Center Seth Rudesky - Disaster Explicit: Yes Music: Ben Folds Brick Contact Info: Email addresses: see above Phone / Voicemail: 646-873-7695 BroadwayStars: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: Stitcher: Stitcher App iPhone/iPod: iTunes Listen on BroadwayWorld Radio Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm Direct Link to MP3 File

Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino discuss Wit, Christian Borle, Signature's $25 million gift, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, Nicol Williamson, James Farentino and Bradshaw Smith.

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 Broadway Musical MVPs, 1960-2010: The Most Valuable Players of the Past 50 Seasons, is now available through Applause Books and at www.amazon.com Newest column for Peter: MTI Blog! James Marino | [email protected] | Twitter | Facebook Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | Facebook Topics: ArtAmerica: How To Pick A Hit by Michael Portantiere MP + PF: Wit Christian Borle to Star in Broadway's Peter and the Starcatcher by Andy Propst Christian Borle will reprise his portrayal of Black Stache in Peter and the Starcatcher on Broadway, according to published reports. As previously announced, the show, co-directed by Alex Timbers and Roger Ree... LINKED FROM THEATERMANIA PF: The Scottsboro Boys Talkback @ Philadelphia Theatre Company Derrick Cobey, Rodney Hicks, Kendrick Jones, Forrest McClendon Are Scottsboro Boys, Opening Jan. 25 in First Post-Broadway Production by Andrew Gans And Kenneth Jones Broadway in 2032: TEDxBroadway looks to the future by Loganne What will Broadway be in twenty years? Well, Damian Bazadona, founder of Situation Interactive, Broadway producer Ken Davenport, and Jim McCarthy, CEO of Goldstar were especially interested in the answer. The t... LINKED FROM THEATER ADVISOR ArtsBeat: With $25 Million Gift, Signature Theater Has a New Name by Larry Rohter The Pershing Square Foundation has given $25 million to the Signature Theater, whose new home will now be renamed the Pershing Square Signature Center. The gift will also allow Signature to keep its ticket pric... LINKED FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES Tim Rice Opposes Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Tasteless' SUPERSTAR Reality Show by BroadwayWorld Lyricist Tim Rice is well-known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, including EVITA, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR and THE WIZARD OF OZ, among many other projects. Rice describes Lloyd Webber's latest pro... LINKED FROM BROADWAYWORLD Actor was sword of volatile by Michael Riedel In London, Nicol Williamson is remembered for celebrated performances in "Hamlet," "Waiting for Godot" and "Inadmissible Evidence." But around Broadway, he'll always be remembered for his bizarre ... LINKED FROM THE NEW YORK POST I Hit Hamlet Behind the scenes at a Broadway fiasco. by Paul Rudnick James Farentino, Stage and Film Actor, Dies at 73 by Robert Simonson James Farentino, a stage and film actor with a tough, masculine image, and a frequently tumultuous offstage life, died Jan. 24 in Los Angeles. The cause was heart failure. He was 73. LINKED FROM PLAYBILL BROADWAY RECALL: Thank You, Bradshaw Smith by Michael Dale A few selections from Broadway's beloved videographer Bradshaw Smith. Exit Introductions Closing: Relatively Speaking Closing: Chinglish Closing: On a Clear Day You Can See Forever Next Week: Look Back in Anger Next Week: The Scottsboro Boys @ Philadelphia Theatre Company Explicit: No The Scottsboro Boys Cast Recording It's Gonna Take Time Shout! Music: Contact Info: Email addresses: see above Phone / Voicemail: 646-873-7695 BroadwayStars: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: Stitcher: Stitcher App iPhone/iPod: iTunes Listen on BroadwayWorld Radio Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm Direct Link to MP3 File