Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere, James Marino, and Jan Simpson talk with Matt Cox about his play Puffs or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic & Magic. We chat about three cast recordings and news from the past week.

 

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Peter Filichia | [email protected] | Facebook

PETER FILICHIA is a theater journalist and historian with a number of books, his most recent is, “The Great Parade”, available everywhere. His columns appear at MTI, Masterworks Broadway, Broadway Select and many other places.

James Marino | [email protected] | Twitter | Facebook

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Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | Facebook

MICHAEL PORTANTIERE is a theater reviewer and essayist, and is the chief new york theater critic at TalkinBroadway. 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.

Jan Simpson | [email protected] | Facebook | Twitter

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JAN SIMPSON is the Director of the Arts and Culture Journalism program at CUNY’s Graduate School of Journalism, and also writes for TDF Stages, American Theater and has her own blog at Broadway & Me.

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MATT TAMANINI is BroadwayWorld’s Senior TV and Film Critic and the host of the “Some Like it Pop” podcast, which is available on iTunes and Stitcher. You can connect with Matt on Twitter at @BWWMatt.

 

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Guest: Matt Cox

Matt is a playwright, actor, sound designer, & improviser based in New York City. His plays include Kapow-i GoGo; Cool Chefs Jr.; The Madness of Captain Dread; & Puffs Or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years At A Certain School Of Magic & Magic. He has also sound designed those plays. He authored the radio play El Hombre Bovino for WYNC. His work has been produced at The Flea Theater, The PIT, Green Space & The Tank, among others. He is an actor & director for The Story Pirates. www.MattCoxLand.com

www.PuffsthePlay.com

Twitter: @matthewthecox

 

 

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— This Week on Broadway for June 21, 2015: Michael Friedman and The Fortress of Solitude

 

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“Hello, Dolly!” Goes from Bette to Bernadette

 

Victor Garber Officially Announced as her Horace

 

 

“A Doll’s House, Part 2” to Close on Broadway this Month

 

 

Phillipa Soo and Marton Csokas Join “The Parisian Woman”

 

 

Alison Pill Announced as the Third Tall Woman for Broadway

 

 

The National Theatre’s “Follies” to Screen in Cinemas this Fall

 

 

“Mean Girls” Confirms Broadway Dates for this Spring

 

 

Aaron Sorkin’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” to Come to Broadway in 2018

 

 

“Angels in America” will Return to Broadway this Spring

 

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