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11/8/26

James Marino,Peter Filichia

This Week on Broadway for November 8, 2026: A Few Good Men

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Peter Filichia and James Marino talk about A Few Good Men, Waiting for Lefty @ Classic Stage Company, Midnight @ Daryl Roth Theatre, and The Steel Man @ 59e59.

After our reviews, James talks with the League of Live Stream Theater co-founders Jim Augustine and Oren Michels, about this week’s stream of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play.

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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!

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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.

James Marino | [email protected] | Facebook
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Reviews:

PF + JM: A Few Good Men @ Lincoln Center Theater‘s Vivian Beaumont Theater, through January 10, 2027

PF: Waiting for Lefty @ Classic Stage Company November 29, 2026
Directed by Steven Pasquale

PF: Midnight @ Daryl Roth Theatre, through January 3, 2027

PF: The Steel Man @ 59e59, through December 13, 2026
Produced by Penguin Rep Theatre
By Cary Gitter
Directed by Joe Brancato

New York, NY – (10/12/26) Penguin Rep Theatre (Joe Brancato, Artistic Director; Andrew M. Horn, Executive Director), announced today the Off-Broadway premiere of The Steel Man, a play by Cary Gitter, directed by Joe Brancato. Performances will begin Tuesday, November 3, 2026, for a limited engagement through December 13, 2026, at 59E59 Theaters – Theater B (59 East 59th Street between Madison and Park Aves). Opening Night is Sunday, November 8, 2026, at 2:15PM.

Inspired by a true story, The Steel Man follows Jake Gellert as he struggles to escape from the shadow of his larger-than-life father, Leo, a Hungarian Jewish Holocaust survivor. While Leo remains consumed by the past and a desire to avenge the family he lost, Jake searches for a way to forge his own identity and help his father find peace.

The Steel Man had its world premiere at Penguin Rep Theatre in Stony Point, NY in 2024. It is the fourth work by Gitter to be produced by Penguin at 59E59 following Gene & Gilda (2025), The Sabbath Girl: Musical (book & lyrics by Gitter, music & lyrics by Neil Berg) (2024), and The Sabbath Girl (play) (2020).

Guests: Jim Augustine and Oren Michels, co-founders League of Live Stream Theater

Experience Manhattan Theatre Club’s Broadway production of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, by Jocelyn Bioh, directed by Whitney White, from your own home.

https://lolst.org/shows/school-girls

November 10–15 · Eight Streaming Performances
Every performance includes a 24-hour replay window

Experience Manhattan Theatre Club’s Broadway production of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, by Jocelyn Bioh, directed by Whitney White, from your own home.

Becoming Miss Ghana 1986 would mean fame, fortune, and prosperity. At least, that’s what Paulina, the queen bee of Aburi Girls Boarding School, believes. When the pageant recruiter comes to school, Paulina and her crew pull out all the stops. But to their surprise, a new transfer student from America kicks the competition into a higher, far more personal gear.

Arriving on Broadway for the first time nearly a decade after its Off-Broadway premiere, this bright, biting comedy reunites the team behind Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Tony Award-nominated playwright Jocelyn Bioh and Tony Award-nominated director Whitney White.

Featuring Lucia Aremu, Denée Benton, Patina Miller, Erin Morton, Nia Otchere-Sarfo, Jordan Rice, Jasmine Amy Rogers, and Heather Alicia Simms.

Captured at Broadway’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.

Choose your streaming performance
All times Eastern

Tuesday, November 10 · 7 pm
Wednesday, November 11 · 2 pm and 7 pm
Thursday, November 12 · 7 pm
Friday, November 13 · 7 pm
Saturday, November 14 · 2 pm and 7 pm
Sunday, November 15 · 2 pm

Your ticket includes access to your selected streaming performance, plus a 24-hour replay window following that performance.

Streaming tickets are $59 (inclusive of $9 service fee).

Produced in association with Chase This Productions and Susan Kelechi Watson.

Support for School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play is provided by the Anna L. Weissberger Foundation.

Future Episodes:

Peter’s Brainteaser:

A song from a revue of the 1930s and a drama from the 1940s provided a 1960’s comedy with its title.

What’s the revue, the song, the drama and the comedy?

Michael’s Musical Moments

Michael is away this week. He will return next week!

Music Opener: