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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:James MarinoMatthew MurrayMichael PortantiereNPR, BroadwayStars new book on Sweeney Todd, Forbidden Broadway Behind the mylar curtain Topics: Elling @ the Ethel Barrymore Theatre Bells Are Ringing @ City Center Encores (closing today) Devil Boys From Beyond @ New World Stages John Simon Fired at Bloomberg Harvey Fierstein replacing Douglas Hodge in La Cage aux Folles Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark Partnering with Syfy The Tony Awards at the Beacon Theatre Explicit: No Music:Opening: Judy Holliday, Sidney Chaplin & Ensemble performing Hello, Hello There from Bells Are Ringing - Original Cast RecordingClosing: Bernadette Peters performing Being Alive from Sondheim, Etc...

Notes and links for the podcast. Panel: Peter Filichia James Marino Matthew Murray Michael Portantiere NPR, BroadwayStars new book on Sweeney Todd, Forbidden Broadway Behind the mylar curtain Topics: Broadway The Merchant of Venice - The Broadhurst Theatre Elf - Al Hirschfeld Theatre Broadway builds 'Elf' esteem Adaptation aims to be a gift that keeps on giving By ROBERT HOFLER Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown - Belasco Theatre The Pee-Wee Herman Show - Stephen Sondheim Theatre

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Listener Jack Lechner teaches about copyright and public domain as part of his NYU film class, and wanted to clarify the situation as it pertains to PORGY AND BESS. U.S. copyright law says that anything published before 1/1/1923 is in the public domain. (Examples: the Bolton-Wodehouse-Kern shows, or George M. Cohan, or the early Irving Berlin.) Anything published between 1923 and 1977 is copyrighted for 95 years from publication, assuming that all the correct forms were filled out at the correct times. So: PORGY AND BESS (1935) will enter the public domain in 2030. DuBose Heyward's novel PORGY (1925) will enter the public domain in 2020; and the straight play version (1927) in 2022. OKLAHOMA! (1943) will enter the public domain in 2038. The next batch of shows to enter the public domain will be the crop of 1923 (e.g. POPPY) -- in 2018. Explicit: No Music: The entrance music is "We Open in Venice" from the original cast recording of Kiss Me, Kate, and the exit music is "In Buddy's Eyes" from the original cast recording of Follies.

Notes and links for the podcast. Panel: Peter Filichia James Marino Matthew Murray Topics: Good luck to Randy Meyer in the NYC Marathon! In the Wake @ Public Theater in the Newman Written by Lisa Kron Directed by Leigh Silverman Starring: Marin Ireland (Ellen), Michael Chernus (Danny), Jenny Bacon (Amy), Susan Pourfar (Kayla), Danielle Skraastad (Laurie), Deirdre O'Connell (Judy), Miriam F. Glover (Tessa) News Spider-Man Delays Spider-Man Injuries Spider-Man - Billy Elliotting: Matthew James Thomas co-swinging? Riedel Schadenfreude Rent re-opening Off-Broadway next year Porgy and Bess as a musical Roger Rees replacing Nathan Lane in The Addams Family Mary Zimmerman's new book for Candide in Chicago Jill Clayburgh Dies at 66; Starred in Feminist Roles Jerry Bock, dead at 81 Explicit: No Music: The entrance music is what's called the "Eden Prelude" from the original cast recording of The Apple Tree and the exit music is "Curtain Call" from She Loves Me.

Notes and links for the podcast. Panel: Peter Filichia James Marino Matthew Murray Topics: The Scottsboro Boys @ Lyceum Theatre Rain - A Tribute To The Beatles On Broadway @ Neil Simon Theatre Driving Miss Daisy @ John Golden Theatre Grand Hotel discussion Lombardi @ Circle In The Square News: Joseph Stein, dead at 98 (Playbill, The New York Times) Explicit: No Music: "Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey!" from the original cast recording of The Scottsboro Boys and the exit music is "To Life" from the original cast recording of Fiddler on the Roof. 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 Topics: A Life in the Theatre, by David Mamet Starring Patrick Stewart (Robert) and T.R. Knight (John) Directed by Neil Pepe Designers: Santo Loquasto (sets), Laura Bauer (costumes), Kenneth Posner (lights) Exit Through The Fireplace by Kate Dunn The Language Archive, by Julia Cho Starring Matt Letscher (George), Heidi Schreck (Mary), Betty Gilpin (Emma), John Horton (Resten), Jayne Houdyshell (Alta) Directed by Mark Brokaw Designers: Neil Patel (sets), Michael Krass (costumes), Mark McCullough (lights), David Van Tieghem (original music and sound) In Transit, at Primary Stages Conceived by Gregory T. Christopher and Karla Lant Book, Music, and Lyrics: Kristen Anderson-Lopez, James-Allen Ford, Russ Kaplan, Sara Wordsworth Direction and Musical Staging by Joe Calarco Designers: Anna Louizos (sets), Jennifer Caprio (costumes), Jeff Croiter (lights), Jon Weston (sound) National Alliance of Musical Theatre: Festival of New Musicals Red Clay: Book and lyrics by Jeff Hughes, music by Scott Ethier; Directed by Daniella Topol and Jerry Dixon The Trouble with Doug: Book and music by Will Aronson, book and lyrics by Daniel Maté; Directed by Victoria Clark Heartbreakers: Book by Robert Cary and Benjamin Feldman, Lyrics by Robert Cary, Music by David Gursky; Directed by Christopher Ashley News: Tom Bosley, 'Happy Days' Dad, Dies at 83 Robin Williams Chris Rock's Broadway debut in The Motherf**cker With the Hat National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) Explicit: Yes Music: "The Name's LaGuardia" from the original cast recording of Fioreollo! Direct Link to MP3 File

Panel: Peter Filichia James Marino Matthew Murray Topics: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson La Bete Circle Mirror Transformation with Sandy Duncan at George Street Playhouse Panama Hattie at Musicals Tonight! The closing of the Theatres at 45 Bleecker -- http://www.playbill.com/news/article/143963 and http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/theater/deep_sixed_by_dispute_OK5BVt5gCLECJXRdp1ejoN Follies at the Kennedy Center, maybe? This isn't happening until the middle of next year, but it just seems to keep getting starrier -- http://www.playbill.com/news/article/143937 Explicit: No Music: The opening music is "Populism Yea Yea" from the original cast recording of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and the exit music is "My Mother Would Love You" from Panama Hattie.

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 FilichiaMatthew MurrayMichael Portantiere Topics:Time Stands Still returns to Broadway* How many performances do actors need to feel comfortable?* How should critics review performances early on?* Jennifer Holliday walking through Dreamgirls, Bernadette Peters ill in GypsyMrs. Warren's Profession* "Did we see the same show?"* "A shout-out to Shaw"The Divine SisterThe New York Musical Theatre FestivalWithout YouThe Great UnkownAbove Hell's KitchenMy Mother's Lesbian Jewish Wiccan WeddingCarrie opening Off-Broadway at MCC?!?* Can Carrie survive without camp?The Orphans' Home Cycle not coming to BroadwayIs there an audience for marathon-length shows?Egos in the theatre: Arthur Laurents, Patti LuPone, denigrating previous performances and productionsWas Ethel Merman an actress? Explicit: Music: 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 Michael Portantiere Topics: Brief Encounter The Pitmen Painters Hairspray at Paper Mill Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley in Next to Normal Patti LuPone's autobiography Patti yells at photographer during Gypsy Love Never Dies not coming in this season after all Deaths of Arthur Penn and James Stovall South Pacific @ NJ PAC Explicit: No Music: "We Are What We Are" from the revival of La Cage aux Folles Direct Link to MP3 File

This Week on Broadway for September 26, 2010: It's A Hit! 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 FilichiaJames MarinoMatthew MurrayTopics:Nick and Nora review by Frank RichDivine SisterLittle FoxesGod of Carnage FilmRuined on HBONicole Kidman in Rabbit Hole movieColin Quinn / Jerry SeinfeldTheater Hall of FameAmerican Theatre Critics AssociationDirectors for Encores!Explicit: NoMusic:The opening music is "Do Re Mi" from the original cast recording of The Sound of Music, and the exit music is "It's a Hit!" from the original cast recording of Merrily We Roll Along.

This Week on Broadway for September 26, 2010: It's A Hit! 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 FilichiaJames MarinoMatthew MurrayTopics:Nick and Nora review by Frank RichDivine SisterLittle FoxesGod of Carnage FilmRuined on HBONicole Kidman in Rabbit Hole movieColin Quinn / Jerry SeinfeldTheater Hall of FameAmerican Theatre Critics AssociationDirectors for Encores!Explicit: NoMusic:The opening music is "Do Re Mi" from the original cast recording of The Sound of Music, and the exit music is "It's a Hit!" from the original cast recording of Merrily We Roll Along.