Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk with Randy Skinner. Peter goes back to see End of the Rainbow. Michael sees The Secret Garden at Astoria Performing Arts Center. Also, we briefly talk about some of this week’s news.
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Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk with Ted Chapin of Rodgers & Hammerstein. Peter and Michael review the openings of Nice Work If You Can Get It, The Columnist, Don’t Dress for Dinner, and Leap of Faith.
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Tony Nominations by Production
Once – 11
The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess – 10
Nice Work If You Can Get It – 10
Peter and the Starcatcher – 9
Follies – 8
Newsies – 8
Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman – 7
One Man, Two Guvnors – 7
Other Desert Cities – 5
Clybourne Park – 4
End of the Rainbow – 3
Evita – 3
Ghost the Musical – 3
Bonnie & Clyde – 2
Don’t Dress for Dinner – 2
Gore Vidal’s The Best Man – 2
Jesus Christ Superstar – 2
Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark – 2
Venus in Fur – 2
Wit – 2
The Columnist – 1
Leap of Faith – 1
The Lyons – 1
Lysistrata Jones – 1
Man and Boy – 1
Master Class – 1
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever – 1
The Road to Mecca – 1
Stick Fly – 1
A Streetcar Named Desire – 1
Moose Murders correction:
Steven Carl McCasland. I am the Artistic Director of Beautiful Soup (as well as the co-director and co-star (Howie) of MOOSE MURDERS)
Beautiful Soup Theater Collective
Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk about the openings of Ghost, A Streetcar Named Desire, and The Lyons. In the news we discuss the Drama Desk elimination of the orchestration category and the upcoming production of Moose Murders.
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Apr 24: Nice Work If You Can Get It – IMPERIAL THEATRE
Apr 25: The Columnist – SAMUEL J. FRIEDMAN THEATRE
Apr 26: Don’t Dress for Dinner – AMERICAN AIRLINES THEATRE
Apr 26: Leap of Faith – ST. JAMES THEATRE
Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk about Clybourne Park, One Man, Two Guvnors, and Peter and the Starcatcher as well as some of this week’s news.
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The Oliviers’ nominations & winners process by Mark Shenton In a Guardian blog last week, Matt Trueman asked if the Olivier Awards really represent London theatre, and he pointed out such apparent anomalies as the omissions from the nominations li…
Jennifer Cody Joins the Busch League by Michael Portantiere Jennifer Cody plays a whore with a heart of gold and a lot of grit in Judith of Bethulia, an over-the-top campy spoof of Biblical films, written by and starring the one and only Charles Busc…
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Apr 26: Don’t Dress for Dinner – AMERICAN AIRLINES THEATRE
Apr 26: Leap of Faith – ST. JAMES THEATRE
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This Week on Broadway for April 22, 2012: Clybourne Park, One Man, Two Guvnors, and Peter and the Starcatcher[ 1:01:50 ]Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk with Stephen Flaherty. Also discussed, the openings of Magic/Bird and Evita, Mikado @ Carnegie Hall, The Big Meal, I Do, I Do @ Bickford and The Last Five Years @ Crossroads
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Stephen Flaherty: Composer of the Broadway musicals Ragtime, Seussical, Once on This Island. He has also contributed music to Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life. Stephen has also written four musicals produced at Lincoln Center Theatre: The Glorious Ones, Dessa Rose, A Man of No Importance, and My Favorite Year. Other theater scores include Lucky Stiff and Loving Repeating: A Musical of Gertrude Stein
Film credits include Anastasia, Bartok the Magnificent and the documentary After The Storm.
Mr. Flaherty serves on the Dramatists Guild Council, where he co-chairs the Dramatists Guild Fellows Program for emerging writers with Lynn Ahrens, his longtime writing partner.
‘Lion King’ is Broadway’s all-time box office king Very quietly, almost stealthily, a new king has been inaugurated on Broadway. Box office figures to be released later Monday show that “The Lion King” last week swiped the title of Broadway’s all-time highest g…
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Jesus Christ Superstar: Don’t Give It Up for Lent by Peter Filichia Good Friday would seem to be an apt day to discuss Jesus Christ Superstar, wouldn’t you say? Only minutes into the new production at the Neil Simon, director Des McAnuff displays an idea that’s so inspired that…
Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk with Terence Blanchard who wrote the score for A Streetcar Named Desire, Peter and Michael review Jesus Christ Superstar, Pipe Dream, Manon and The Big Meal as well as cover some of this week’s news.
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Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk with Michael Mauldin, Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance at Cleveland State University / Allen Theater Complex, Peter and Michael review Death of a Salesman and Once, and we talk about some of the week’s news.
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CARRIE Extension Cancelled; Show to Close April 8 by BroadwayWorld
MCC THEATER announced today that Carrie has cancelled its previously announced extension and will close following the evening performance on Sunday, April 8, 2012 after 34 previews and 46 performances.
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ArtsBeat: We Ain’t Got Dames: Edna Everage Plans Her Retirement by Dave Itzkoff
Barry Humphries, the actor and comedian who has played Dame Edna Everage in various incarnations for more than half a century, says that a coming stage show called “Eat Pray Laugh!” will be the character’s swan…
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NBC Orders Second Season of Smash by Brian Scott Lipton
NBC has ordered a second season of its musical drama Smash, according to Variety. No other details have been announced. The series, which looks behind the scenes of the making of a Broadway musical, is co-cre…
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This Week on Broadway for March 25, 2012: Once, Death of a Salesman and Cleveland State University's Allen Theater Complex[ 1:25:17 ]Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk about Damn Yankees at Paper Mill, Illiad, Beyond the Horizon, The Maids, In This House, Ah Wilderness, 1776, and some of the week’s news.
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‘Gypsy’ movie with Barbra Streisand moving forward by David Ng
The on-again, off-again movie adaptation of “Gypsy,” with Barbra Streisand in the lead, is officially on again. Universal announced Tuesday that the movie project is moving forward with “Downton Abbey” creator …
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This American Life 460: RETRACTION
We’ve discovered that one of our most popular episodes contained numerous fabrications. This week, we detail the errors in Mike Daisey’s story about visiting Foxconn, which makes iPads and other products for Apple in China. Marketplace’s China correspondent Rob Schmitz discovered the fabrications.
OWN Cancels Rosie Show by BroadwayWorld
Oprah Winfrey Network announced today The Rosie Show, the daily talk show hosted by Emmy Award-winning actress and comedian Rosie O’Donnell, will tape its final show on Tuesday, March 20, and the final episode …
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Damn Yankees music from Paper Mill Production
IN THIS HOUSE, a World Premiere Musical – Preview Trailer
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Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk about Broadway Backwards, Betty Buckley and American Idol, Assistance, The Elixir of Love, Hand to God, Masterworks Broadway: David Merrick Presents Hits, The Lady From Dubuque as well as the week’s news.
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First Listen: Original Cast Recording, ‘Once’ by Trey Graham
From the very outset — a vigorous four-count windup which kicks off a rowdy riff on melodies traditional and original — the cast album for Broadway’s Once serves notice that the stage version of everyone’s …
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“Animal House: The Musical,” based on the hit 1978 college comedy, will feature a new score by the band Barenaked Ladies and will be directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw, a Tony Award-winner for “The Bo…
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‘Spider-Man’ web-slinging its way to Europe by Michael Riedel
‘Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark” is going global. The producers of the $80 million musical, thumbing their nose at director Julie Taymor’s attempts to scuttle future productions, are shipping the show off t…
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David Merrick Presents Hits from His Broadway Hits
Intro music: Fanny (from Fanny – John Gary)
Exit music: As Long As He Needs Me (from Oliver! – Ann-Margret)
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This Week on Broadway for May 13, 2012: Randy Skinner [ 1:20:48 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download