Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk with Jon Maas about David Merrick and the orignal production of 42nd Street.

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Panel:

Peter Filichia | [email protected] | Facebook
PETER FILICHIA is a playwright, journalist, and historian with a number of books. Peter’s new day-by-day desk calendar – A SHOW TUNE FOR TODAY – 366 Songs to Brighten Your Year – has been released! Peter also has columns at Masterworks Broadway, Broadway Select, and many other places.

Showtune for Today: Only With You from NINE, 2003 Revival Cast Album

Antonio Banderas @ Theater World Awards

Peter Filichia & Friends: Broadway Tales and Tunes, Monday August 4 @ 54 Below: “Jackie Hoffman was hilarious as always, and Peter is without equal as a raconteur.” — Cheryl Hodges Selden

Peter saw Jill Eikenberry at lunch, and asked about her Broadway performance in Onward Victoria

Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | Facebook
MICHAEL PORTANTIERE is a theater reviewer and essayist. He is the founder and editor of CastAlbumReviews.com. 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.

The Paris Theater is showing Auntie Mame (film, 1958) on Tuesday, August 12 @ 3:00 PM

Celebration: The Songs of Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt @ Laurie Beechman, September 9, 2025

James Marino | [email protected] | Facebook
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Pre:

Jan Simpson‘s All the Drama: “Dinner With Friends”, 2000 Winner, Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and Stagecraft: Cary Gitter on “Gene & Gilda” was released to the general public this week!

The 45th anniversary of 42nd Street (Opening night Aug 25, 1980)

Jon Maas, Writer/Producer for Television and Film Facebook | BlueSky
Graduated Summa cum laude from The Office Boy And Coffee Shop School Of The Dramatic Arts.
Assistant to David Merrick on the original production of 42nd Street

’42nd Street Log–The Making of a Broadway Hit By Cliff Jahr, Sept. 7, 1980
“It was one of the most stunning moments in the history of Broadway theater. Stunning in the literal sense.”

David Merrick’s Big Announcement: The Infamous Opening Night of 42ND STREET by AJ Hunsucker
Lee Roy Reams opens up about one of Broadway’s most historic nights.

David Merrick: The Abominable Showman: The Unauthorized Biography (Applause Books) by Howard Kissel

Music from intro and exit of discussion

42nd Street (1980 Original Broadway Cast) – 7. We’re in the money (the gold diggers song)

Reviews:

PF: Floating Down to Camelot @ Spotlighters Theatre (Baltimore, MD), through August 17, 2025
written by Steven J. Satta
directed by Cat Bustos

A collaboration with The Baltimore Playwrights Festival!
A new work by a local Baltimore playwright selected from this season of exciting BPF readings!

It’s 1977 and things are looking up for Prof. Julian Chapel! He has a new exhibition and, possibly, a new boyfriend. But scandal erupts when the Dean believes a homoerotic painting is actually a portrait of Roberto, one of Julian’s graduate students. Before Julian can decide what to do, the painting mysteriously disappears. Floating Down to Camelot is about love, art, and finding allies in unlikely places.

The Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre, Inc, (aka Spotlighters Theatre)

GYPSY to close next week August 17, 2025

MP: Cast Album Reviews — Floyd Collins

News:

Next Week:

Peter’s Brainteaser:

An Oscar-winning movie mentioned a Tony-winning musical, but when that Oscar-winning movie was made into a Tony-losing musical, it dropped the reference to the Tony-winning musical. Explain.

Michael’s Musical Moments

Jane Morgan, Singer Who Charmed Both Sides of the Atlantic, Dies at 101
Born in Massachusetts, she built a following in Parisian nightclubs before returning to the U.S., where she had a successful career as a torch singer.

MUSIC: JANE MORGAN AS MAME ON THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW

Music Opener:

OPENER: “It’s Today”

Music Closer:

CLOSER: “We Need a Little Christmas”

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