Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk with Casey Nicholaw. Later in the program, we discuss our favorite Act 1 Closers.
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PETER FILICHIA is a playwright, journalist, and historian with a number of books. His columns appear at Masterworks Broadway, Broadway Select and many other places.
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Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | Facebook
MICHAEL PORTANTIERE is a theater reviewer and essayist. He is the founder and editor of CastAlbumReviews.com. 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.
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Guest: Casey Nicholaw
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CASEY NICHOLAW (Director, Choreographer). Currently represented on Broadway as director/choreographers of Mean Girls (2018 Tony® nominations for Best Direction and Choreography), Disney’s Aladdin (2014 Tony®, Drama Desk & Outer Critics Circle Award nominations for Best Choreography), and co-director and choreographer of The Book of Mormon (2011 Tony®, Drama Desk & Outer Critics Circle Awards for co-director and nominations in the same categories for Choreography); Olivier award winner for Best Choreography. Currently represented on the West End as director/choreographer of The Book of Mormon. Other Broadway credits as director/choreographer: The Prom (2019 Tony® nomination for Best Direction), Tuck Everlasting, Something Rotten (2015 Tony®, Drama Desk & Outer Critics Circle Award nominations for Best Direction and Choreography) Elf: The Musical; The Drowsy Chaperone (2006 Tony®, Drama Desk nominations for Best Direction and Choreography, Outer Critics Circle nomination for Best Choreography); Monty Python’s Spamalot directed by Mike Nichols (2005 Tony®, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle nominations for Best Choreography). Other West End Credits as director/choreographer: The Drowsy Chaperone, Dreamgirls, and Aladdin. Additional New York credits for: City Center Encores! – the highly acclaimed productions of Most Happy Fella, Anyone Can Whistle and Follies (direction/choreography).
Discussion:
Best First-Act Closers
Dreamgirls: And I Am Telling You I Am Not Going
Mame:
Promises Promises:
Rent: La Vie Boheme
Amy Lai: Gypsy – Everything’s Coming Up Roses
The Phantom of the Opera
Into The Woods
The Producers
Cabaret
The Fiddler on the Roof
Beauty and the Beast
The Sound of Music
Oklahoma
West Side Story
Annie Get Your Gun
Hamilton: Yorktown false Act 1 ending
Ten Best Lines: Kiss Me Kate
The Pajama Game
A Chorus Line and Grand Hotel have not intermission
Jena Tesse Fox: The Cakewalk in Parade
Brent Carver, Versatile Tony-Winning Actor, Dies at 68
He played Hamlet, the wizard Gandalf and Tevye in “Fiddler on the Roof.” But he was probably best known for “Kiss of the Spider Woman.”
My Fair Lady
Baby
Hair
Nikki Juvan: Wells Fargo Wagon from Music Man
Hadestown: Why We Build the Wall
Dear Evan Hansen: You Will Be Found
Peter’s Trivia Section
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