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This Week on Broadway for August 31, 2015: Annie Baker’s “John”, Remembering Kyle Jean-Baptiste and Joshua Park

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James Marino talks with Mo Brady and Nikka Graff Lanzarone, of The Ensemblist Podcast, about their upcoming show at 54 Below. Peter Filichia and Michael Portantiere join in after to review Annie Baker’s, “John” @ Signature, A Delicate Ship, Drop Dead Perfect, The Oresteia @ CSC, Screening of West Side Story (Film) @ Lincoln Center. In the news, we talk about the passing of Kyle Jean-Baptiste and Joshua Park. Looking into the future, Kevin Bacon To Star In ‘Rear Window’ At Hartford Stage, and SpongeBob Musical is coming to Broadway.

[Note: we had a technical issue with sound, which caused the delay in releasing this episode. We apologize for the sound quality and the delay. There is no show for the weekend of September 6, 2015, Labor Day. See you next 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 MTIKritzerlandMasterworks BroadwayBroadway Select and many other places.

James Marino | [email protected] | Twitter | Facebook
BroadwayStars

Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | Facebook
MICHAEL PORTANTIERE is a theater reviewer and essayist, whose work appears at TalkinBroadwayThe Sondheim Review and BroadwayStars. 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.

Notes and links for the podcast.

 

Guests: Mo Brady and Nikka Graff Lanzarone

Ensemblists-54below

http://theensemblist.com/

The Ensemblist & The Bowery Boys Celebrate Broadway’s St. James Theatre
September 13, 2015 @ 54 Below

 

Reviews:

PF: Annie Baker’s world premiere John @ Signature

PF: The Playwrights Realm production of A Delicate Ship @the Peter Jay Sharp Theater,416 W. 42nd Street, through September 12th, 2015

PF: Drop Dead Perfect @ Theatre at St. Clement’s, 423 West 46th Street

 

Erasmus Fenn

PF: The Oresteia @ Classic Stage Company (CSC), 136 East 13th Street

MP: Screening of West Side Story @ Lincoln Center

http://www.popspotsnyc.com/west_side_story/

 

 

News: 

BroadwayWorld: LES MISERABLES Cast Member Kyle Jean-Baptiste Dies at 21

BroadwayWorld: Broadway Vet Joshua Park Passes Away at 38

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Frank Rizzo: Kevin Bacon To Star In ‘Rear Window’ At Hartford Stage

Jeremy Gerard: Broadway-Bound ‘SpongeBob Musical’ From Aerosmith, John Legend Won’t Be ‘Lion King’

 

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Music:

Kyle Jean- Baptiste – Bring Him Home

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer “To Hear You Say My Name”

 

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