Listen: @BetteMidler Matched w/ #DavidHydePierce & @Astaire_Awards Announced

“Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre headlines of the day.

Any and all feedback is appreciated: [email protected] (James Marino) or [email protected] (Matt Tamanini)

BroadwayRadio on Twitter | Facebook

Notes:

1. “Hello, Dolly!” Finds Its Match

2. Astaire Awards Announced

3. Show Announcements

— “The Father” Extends

— Goodspeed’s “Bye Bye Birdie”

— “Shining City” with Matthew Broderick Begins Previews at Irish Rep

— Two of London’s Favorite Leading Men Unite for an Album and Tour

4. Odds and Ends

— MSG vs. Barclay’s

Madison Square Garden is larger, with a seating capacity of 20,000

Lilliputian Barclay’s Center seats only 19,000

— This American Life 259: Promised Land

Fans of movie musicals might know about something called the “I Wish” number. In many movies and Broadway shows, it’s the main character’s first song, in which they express the hope that will set the story in motion. Host Ira Glass explains it, and plays a few examples. (7 minutes)

— Wall Street Journal Article on Tony Voters

The Tony Voters: So Many Shows, So Little Time by Pia Catton

Who are the Tony voters, and how do they approach their task?

— Todd Buonopane ’s Broadway Stories @ 54 Below this Friday night at 11:30pm