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Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about 860 (Billy Crystal), In The Heights @ City Center, The Heart @ Laura Pels Theatre, The Imaginary Invalid, and David Zax’s Aftermath @ A.R.T./NY
[Note: this week’s show is unedited so that you can hear the things we don’t normally include in our show. It was a suggestion from one of our listeners that some may want to hear “the show behind the show”.]
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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 day-by-day desk calendar – A SHOW TUNE FOR TODAY – 366 Songs to Brighten Your Year – is available at finer retailers!
Peter ran the NYC Marathon this morning before we recorded. Sub 3 (hours).
Showtune for Today: Napoleon from Jamaica
Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | Facebook
MICHAEL PORTANTIERE has been a theater journalist for more than 50 years. The founder and editor of CastAlbumReviews.com. He is also a theatrical photographer whose photos have appeared in The New York Times and other publications. Additionally, Michael is known as a producer and director of shows at the Laurie Beechman Theatre and other venues.
On The Town @ Carnegie Hall, Monday, January 11, 2027
For two nights at Carnegie Hall, enjoy Leonard Bernstein’s timeless love letter to “New York, New York”—his Broadway musical debut!—performed in concert by an all-star cast. Corbin Bleu, Jin Ha, Colton Ryan, Emma Crow, Megan Hilty, Isabel Leonard, Paulo Szot, and more join Emmy- and Grammy-winning music director Rob Berman and the 45-piece Orchestra of St. Luke’s for these back-to-back performances. Written with the legendary duo of Betty Comden and Adolph Green, On the Town tells the tale of three American sailors on a 24-hour leave before they depart for battle in World War II, and features one musical theater staple after another, including “Come Up to My Place,” “I Can Cook, Too,” and “Some Other Time.”
James Marino | [email protected] | Facebook
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Reviews:
PF + MP: 860 (Billy Crystal) @ Imperial Theatre, through February 14, 2027
Comedy is tragedy + time.
MP: In The Heights @ City Center, through November 15, 2026
PF + MP: The Heart @ Roundabout Theatre Company’s Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre, through December 13, 2026
A young surfer’s life is cut short. A stranger suddenly has a second chance. And the life-force of one beating heart drives two families and a medical team through 24 hours that couldn’t matter more.
Playwright Kait Kerrigan (The Great Gatsby) and musical mavericks Anne Eisendrath and Ian Eisendrath (of KPop Demon Hunters) join forces with Tony Award®-winning director Christopher Ashley (Roundabout’s new artistic director) and choreographer Mandy Moore (Taylor Swift’s Eras tour) to bring undeniable theatrical life to Maylis de Kerangal’s 2014 novel Réparer les vivants, in our first new Off-Broadway musical in years.
MP: The Imaginary Invalid @ Todd Haimes Theatre, through November 22, 2026
PF + MP: David Zax’s Aftermath @ A.R.T./NY’s Mezzanine Theatre, through November 8, 2026
28-year-old freelance journalist Josh Goldman has just survived a Taliban kidnapping in Afghanistan and is recovering in his childhood home with his parents. As Josh struggles to reconnect with his family and make sense of what he’s endured, we learn how the young journalist found the courage to take on his most dangerous assignment, and at what cost.
This timely drama examines questions of moral responsibility, privilege, and sacrifice in the context of global political conflict and family ties.
PF: Ovation Gram
Send a vintage-style telegram, hand-delivered to their theatre on opening night.
Discussion:
Emerson Collins on Facebook
I hate Gay Halloween, what do you mean you’re the matches Adam Pascal forgot offstage during “Light My Candle” at the BCEFA 30th Anniversary performance of RENT?! #rent30thanniversary
Future Episodes:
Peter’s Brainteaser:
He’s a character from a Stephen Sondheim musical who fears what his life will be like when he reaches a certain age.
On the other hand, a character from a Richard Rodgers musical is pleased to be that age.
Who are the characters? What are the musicals? What is the age?
Michael’s Musical Moments
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
Music Opener: “Dammit Janet”
Music Closer: “Science Fiction Double Feature”
“Once in a While,” deleted song from THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, sung by Barry Bostwick
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