Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk with Debbie Gravitte about her upcoming shows “Debbie Plus One” at Birdland Jazz Club. Reviews include Plaza Suite, Paradise Square, 54 Sings Broadway’s Greatest Hits!, Oratorio For Living Things, Coal Country, and Stokes @ Town Hall.
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Peter Filichia | [email protected] | Facebook
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 | [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: Debbie Gravitte Website | Instagram | IBDB | IMDB | Playbill | Wikipedia
Debbie Gravitte – Tony Award-winner, Grammy Award-winner, and Emmy nominee – has found herself in demand from the Broadway stage to the concert stage and beyond. After making her Broadway debut in the original cast of They’re Playing Our Song, she went on to appear in Perfectly Frank, Blues in the Night, Ain’t Broadway Grand, Chicago, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, and Les Misérables. She has appeared in three shows for City Center Encores!: Carnival, The Boys From Syracuse, and Tenderloin.
Birdland Jazz Club will present Debbie Gravitte in “Debbie Plus One” on April 11 (Stephen Schwartz), May 9 (Marc Shaiman), and September 12 (Harvey Fierstein).
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Flashback: This Week on Broadway for May 1, 2016: Debbie Gravitte
Reviews:
MP + PF + JM: Plaza Suite @ Hudson Theatre, through June 26, 2022
PF: Paradise Square @ Ethel Barrymore Theatre
MP: 54 Sings Broadway’s Greatest Hits! @ Feinstein’s/54 Below, March 19, 2022 – December 23, 2022
Producer / Director / Host: Scott Siegel
Musical Direction: Mark Hartman
PF: Oratorio For Living Things, Ars Nova @ Greenwich House, 27 Barrow Street, through May 15, 2022
PF: 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.
MP: Preview: Stokes @ Town Hall (Seth Rudetsky’s Broadway Starring Brian Stokes Mitchell)
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