James Marino, Michael Portantiere, and Jan Simpson review On Sugarland @ NYTW, Anyone Can Whistle, MasterVoices @ Carnegie Hall, WP Theater and Vineyard co-production of sandblasted, Coal Country @ Cherry Lane Theatre, This Space Between Us @ Keen Company, A Touch of the Poet @ The Irish Repertory Theatre, Sam Gravitte @ Birdland, and The Music Man.
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PETER FILICHIA is a playwright, journalist, and historian with a number of books. His new book, The Book of Broadway Musical Debates, Disputes, and Disagreements will be released September 1, 2022 and can now be preordered on Amazon. Peter also has columns at Masterworks Broadway, Broadway Select, Encore Monthly, and many other places.
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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.
STARS IN THE HOUSE tribute to Harvey Evans, with special guests Chita Rivera and Sandy Duncan
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Jan Simpson is a theater journalist who writes the blog Broadway & Me and hosts the BroadwayRadio podcasts Stagecraft and All The Drama. She has twice served as a Pulitzer Prize juror.
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All the Drama: “Of Thee I Sing,” 1932 Winner, Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Coming next month: Jan interviews the artistic director of the Eugene O’Neill Foundation. He directed a production of O’Neill’s rarely seen 1920 winner “Beyond the Horizon” last fall. It was the second play to win the prize and the first of the four times that O’Neill would win.
Reviews:
JS: On Sugarland @ NYTW, 79 East 4th Street, through March 20, 2022
Aleshea Harris Stages Black Life By Hilton Als
The playwright explores the myths of community, love, and violence.
Merrily We Roll Along announced at New York Theater Workshop for 2022-2023 with Daniel Radcliffe
MP: Anyone Can Whistle, MasterVoices @ Carnegie Hall, One Night Only, March 10, 2022
JS: WP Theater and Vineyard co-production of sandblasted @ The Vineyard Theatre, 108 East 15th Street, but it through March 13, 2022
MP: Coal Country @ Cherry Lane Theatre, 38 Commerce St, through April 17, 2022
Coal Country, written by Drama Desk winners Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen, with original music written and performed by three-time Grammy Award winner Steve Earle. Audible Theater produces this return engagement of the Public Theater production, which was shut down as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
JS: This Space Between Us @ Keen Company, Theater Five in Theatre Row, 410 West 42nd Street, through April 2, 2022
JS: A Touch of the Poet @ The Irish Repertory Theatre, 132 West 22nd Street, through April 17, 2022
Irish Rep Sondheim Estate beneficiary
JS: Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey into Night, directed by Tony Award nominee Robert O’Hara and produced by Audible Theater.
Long Day’s Journey into Night begins performances Tuesday, January 11 and opens Sunday, January 23 at Audible Theatre’s Minetta Lane Theatre (18 Minetta Lane, between MacDougal & 6th Avenue – one block south of W. 3rd Street). The run is six weeks only, through Sunday, February 20.
Radio Drama for a Podcast Age: How Amazon’s Audible Moved Into Theater
A company known for audiobooks is mounting starry live productions — and recording them, too.
JS: The Music Man @ The Winter Garden Theatre, debate over whether a show can just be enjoyable
MP: Sam Gravitte: Songs That Raised Me, March 7 @ 7:00 pm BIRDLAND!
Look at images of Sam Gravitte…
News:
The second anniversary of the day when Covid forced the closing of theaters.
Peter’s Trivia Section
Michael’s Musical Moment
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Opening: Don’t Forget 127th Street from Golden Boy
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Closing: Why (Raul Esparza version) from tick, tick…BOOM!
Other Music: The Lounge from www.bensound.com
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