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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

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: Natalie Mendoza leaves Spider-Man American Songbook Series Oak Room at Algonquin Rabbit Hole Movie Rabbit Hole on Broadway Broadway's starchives: NYPL saves theater history NYPL Theatre on Film and Tape Archive In Memoriam: Playbill.com Remembers Those We Lost in 2010 by Robert Simonson Explicit: No Music: The Perfect Year from Sunset Boulevard Original London Cast When You're Good To Mama from Chicago Broadway Revival 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

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 What we liked this year: Peter: Johnny Baseball at ART Matthew: The Language Archive at Roundabout Michael: Porgy & Bess @ Newark Peter: Old Settler @ Luna Stage in Orange NJ Matthew: Nancy Anderson in Peter Pan @ Paper Mill Matthew: Restoration @ NYTW Michael: Marin Mazzie in Next To Normal Peter: Scottsboro Boys Matthew: Closer Than Ever @ Queens Theater in the Park Matthew: Kelsey Grammer in La Cage Matthew: With Glee @ Prospect Theater Company Michael: Brief Encounter James: Neil Berg working around the country producing, musical directing Peter: Time Stands Still Matthew: The Swearing Jar @ Fringe Matthew: Clybourne Park Matthew: Equivocation @ MTC Matthew: The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity @ Second Stage Michael: Mistakes Were Made @ Barrow Street Theatre Michael: Pee Wee Herman Michael: Lombardi What are you looking forward to in the spring? Peter: Catch Me If You Can Matthew: Book of Mormon Michael: Neil Patrick Harris in Company with the New York Philharmonic Numbers of shows this year? News: Cherry Lane Theater Artistic Director to Leave and Sell Building Spider-Man update, Christopher Tierney Explicit: No Music: Entrance Music: The Scottsboro Boys performed by the Original Off-Broadway Cast from the album The Scottsboro Boys Exit Music: Goodbye performed by David Campbell from the album On Broadway 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] Matthew Murray | [email protected] Michael Portantiere | [email protected] Reviews: Off-Broadway The Break of Noon Written by Neil LaBute Directed by Jo Bonney Designers: Neil Patel (sets), ESosa (costumes), David Weiner (lights), Justin Ellington (original music), Darron L. West (sound) Starring David Duchovny (John Smith), John Earl Jelks (Lawyer and Detective), Amanda Peet (Ginger and Jesse), Tracee Chimo (Jenny and Gigi) Kevin Anderson and Catherine Dent announced for L.A. production of 'The Break of Noon' by Neil LaBute Other The Magic Flute at the Met (all Michael on this one, too) Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (music) and Emanuel Schikaneder (libretto) Directed by Julie Taymor (possible Spider-Man lead-in?) Starring Nathan Gunn as Papageno News: Spider-Man now opening February 7: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/17/spider-man-sets-feb-7-as-new-date-for-broadway-opening/, http://www.playbill.com/news/article/145939 Will it set a preview record? (Uh, probably not): http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/17/spider-man-sets-feb-7-as-new-date-for-broadway-opening/ Is there any conceivable way this thing can recoup? (Uh, probably not): http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/14/spider-man-economics-recouping-that-initial-investment/ The Scottsboro Boys campaign to come back: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/16/producers-ask-audience-to-help-bring-back-the-scottsboro-boys/, http://www.playbill.com/news/article/145917 It played to 97.2%(!) capacity its final week: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/145807 Savion Glover Thora Birch is out of Dracula, under weird circumstances: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/14/actress-thora-birch-fired-from-dracula/ http://www.playbill.com/news/article/145825 Stephen Sondheim on The Colbert Report: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/15/are-they-a-pair-stephen-sondheim-meets-stephen-colbert/ The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cStephen Sondheimwww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical Humor & Satire BlogMarch to Keep Fear Alive Top 10 Most Performed Plays and Musicals in High Schools: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/145911, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/18/theater/18almost.html New York Flop Becomes a Hit Everywhere Else By CARA JOY DAVID Fools Patti LuPone in Hello, Dolly!? http://www.playbill.com/news/article/145852 http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/14/hello-patti-whats-next-for-la-lupone/ Cry-Baby being scaled down http://www.playbill.com/news/article/145961 Hath Not a Year Highlights? Even This One? By BEN BRANTLEY Recommendations: The ticket to buy as a present: Michael: In The Heights, Merchant of Venice James: NY Phil NPH in Company Explicit: No Music: Opening: Take A Walk Through Bethlehem / Joy To The World performed by Karyn Quackenbush, Ric Ryder, LaChanze Closing: Christmas Eve performed by Marin Mazzie Follow us on Facebook / Twitter James Twitter: http://twitter.com/JamesMarino Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jamesmarino Matthew Twitter: http://twitter.com/MMurrayOnBway Michael Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1206836515 BroadwayStars Twitter: http://twitter.com/BroadwayStars Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BroadwayStars 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

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 James Marino Matthew Murray Reviews: The Great Game: Afghanistan Long Story Short Caveman 700 Sundays Goodnight America Christmas Shows Meet Me In St. Louis She Loves Me Here's Love Mame Subways Are For Sleeping Coming Uptown Irma la Douce: Christmas Child Annie New Deal for Christmas Promises Promises JRB Surabaya Santa Starting Here, Starting Now: I Don't Remember Christmas - Maltby and Shire White Christmas Menken Christmas Carol News: Fat Pig by Neil LaBute Dane Cook League Audience Analysis 20 shows closing, moves, reopening Scottsboro? Twyla in a Las Recommendations: Gift Guide Book Recommendations: Peter: Smothers Brothers biography Peter: Kay Thompson Biography by Sam Irwin Peter: Ken Bloom Hollywood Musicals Matthew: Explicit: No Music: Direct Link to MP3 File Subscribe: iTunes Zune Marketplace Android Listen through 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 James Marino Matthew Murray Topics: A Free Man of Color Written by John Guare Directed by George C. Wolfe Starring Jeffrey Wright (Jacques Cornet), Mos (Cupidon Murmur and Toussaint Louverture), Reg Rogers (Zeus-Marie Pincepousse and Tallyrand), John McMartin (Thomas Jefferson), Paul Dano (Meriwether Lewis), Peter Bartlett (Mercure and Count Achille Creux), Veanne Cox (Mme. Mandragola and Dona Polissena), Triney Sandoval (Napoleon Bonaparte and Intendante Juan Ventura Morales) The Coward By Nick Jones Directed by Sam Gold Starring Jeremy Strong (Lucidus Culling), Richard Poe (Nathaniel Culling), Christopher Evan Welch (Henry Blaine), Steven Boyer (Robert Blithe), Stephen Ellis (Gavin Klaff), Kristen Schaal (Isabelle Dupree), Jarlath Conroy (Old Man, Egbert, Friedmont, Sir Derek Lanley), John Patrick Doherty (Finn, Earl of Dorchester, King's Messenger) Les Misérables at Paper Mill Written by Claude-Michel Schönberg (book and music), Alain Boublil (book; and "original French text" with Jean-Marc Natel), Herbert Kretzmer (lyrics), James Fenton (additional text) Directed by Laurence Connor and James Powell Starring Lawrence Clayton/Ron Sharpe (Jean Valjean/Alternate), Andrew Varela (Javert), Betsy Morgan (Fantine), Justin Scott Brown (Marius), Jenny Latimer (Cosette), Chasten Harmon (Éponine), Michael Kostroff (Thénardier), Shawna M. Hamic (Mme. Thénardier), Jeremy Hays (Enjolras) News The first week of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark 60 Minutes piece on the night of the first preview Profile on Today Show Creative team not enjoying late-night jabs Foxwoods owner already looking for another tenant? Two new musicals closing already The Scottsboro Boys (December 12: 29 previews, 49 regular performances) Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (January 2: 26 previews, 120 regular performances) Accredited Investor Gift guide: Best cast recording of the year -- Scottsboro Boys Explicit: No Music: One Day More (Les Miserables - Complete Symphonic Recording) The Heat is on in Saigon (Miss Saigon - 1995 Complete Symphonic Recording) Direct Link to MP3 File

Notes and links for the podcast. Panel: Peter Filichia James Marino Matthew Murray Michael Portantiere Topics: Angels In America at Signature Theatre. Part One: Millennium Approaches Part Two: Perestroika by Tony Kushner directed by Michael Greif Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? at 3LD Art and Technology Center (80 Greenwich St, New York, NY) Adapted and directed by Edward Einhorn From the novel by Philip K. Dick Designers: Neal Wilkinson (sets), Carla Gant (costumes), Jeff Nash (lights), Jared Mezzochi (video), Barry Wil (puppets) Starring Timothy Babcock (Mercer), Alex Emanuel (Rick Deckard), Ian W. Hill (Bryant), Uma Incrocci (Iran Deckard), Christian Pedersen (Roy Baty) Yvonne Roen (Rachael Rosen), Trav SD (Buster Friendly), Alyssa Simon (Phillipa Ryan), Ken Simon (Isidore), Moira Stone (Luna Luft) Lynn Berg, Lindsey Carter, Maia Karo, Candace Lawrence (TV crew and puppeteers) Evita, at Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Written by Tim Rice (book and lyrics), Andrew Lloyd-Webber (music) Directed by Aubrey Berg, Musical Direction by Jesse Kissell Designers: Thomas C. Umfrid (sets), Rebecca Senske (costumes), Samantha Spiro (lights) Patti James (choreography) Starring Alaina Mills (Eva Perón), Pierce Cassedy (Che Guavara) Chris Blem (Juan Perón), Michelle Berkowitz (Perón's Mistress), John Riddle (Augustín Migaldi) Neil LaBute's Break of Noon at MCC with Tracee Chimo, David Duchovny, John Earl Jelks, Amanda Peet. Amanda Peet. Metropolitan Opera (Michael only) Don Carlo Written by Giuseppe Verdi (music) and Camille du Locle and Joseph Méry (libretto), based on Friedrich Schiller's Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien Directed by Nicholas Hytner, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin Starring Roberto Alagna (Don Carlo) Marina Poplavskaya (Elisabeth), Anna Smirnova (Princess Eboli), Simon Keenlyside (Rodrigo), Ferruccio Furlanetto (King Philip), Eric Halfvarson (Grand Inquisitor) Notes: Premiered in Paris in 1867 New Met production, premiered in London; will be shown as part of the Live in HD program on December 11, 2010, at 12:30 PM ET Title of Show @ George Street Playhouse (New Brunswick NJ) News and Happenings (Everybody, unless otherwise noted) Michael and Peter attended the John Willis memorial service (Monday, November 22, at the National Arts Club) Women on a Verge cast recording? Talkin' Broadway thread? Sh-K-Boom? Broadway Closings Today Mrs. Warren's Profession (expected) A Life in the Theatre (semi-expected) Elling (really expected) Michael in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at Wagner College Guest directed by John Caraffa?!? Really? Runs through Sunday, December 5 Tangled, Disney's movie take on Rapunzel Explicit: Yes Music: The opening music is "On This Night of a Thousand Stars" from the original Broadway cast recording of Evita, and the exit music is "The Second Goodbye" from the original cast recording of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.