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This Week on Broadway for May 8, 2022: Macbeth

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Macbeth, The Skin of Our Teeth, The Minutes, Mr. Saturday Night, American Buffalo, Paradise Square, for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf, and Nightclub Cantata @ The Cell.

A scene from Lincoln Center Theater’s THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH. Photo Credit: Julieta Cervantes
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Monday, May 16, 2022, 9:15 PM

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Saturday, June 11, 2022, 7:00 PM

Panel:

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 BroadwayBroadway Select, Encore Monthly, and many other places.

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

The Boys from Syracuse in Concert, Feat. John & Matthew Drinkwater, Jay Aubrey Jones, & More!
June 16, 2022

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Pre:

Theatre World Awards, @ Circle in the Square Theatre, Monday, June 6 at 7PM

Drama Desk Nominations will be announced on May 16


Reviews:

PF: Macbeth @ Longacre Theatre, through July 10, 2022

MP + PF + JM: The Skin of Our Teeth @ Vivian Beaumont Theatre, through May 29, 2022

Obie Award winner James Ortiz designed the amazing dinosaurs for this production.

MP: The Minutes @ Studio 54, through July 10, 2022

PF: Mr. Saturday Night @ Nederlander Theatre

MP: American Buffalo @ Circle in the Square Theatre, through July 10, 2022

MP: Paradise Square @ Ethel Barrymore Theatre

MP: for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf @ booth theatre, through may 22, 2022

PF: Nightclub Cantata @ The Cell
Conceived, Composed and Written by Elizabeth Swados (1951-2016)
Music by Elizabeth Swados
Words by Elizabeth Swados and Brian Avidan, Nazim Hikmet, Nancy Larrick, Isabel Leitner, Eve Merriam, Pablo Neruda, Sylvia Plath, Muriel Rukeyser, and Delmore Schwartz
Directed and Choreographed by Bill Castellino
April 23 – May 22, 2022
@ Nancy Manocherian’s the cell theatre, 338 West 23rd Street, New York, NY 11201


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Romeo & Bernadette
In this wild spoof of Shakespeare’s timeless tale, Romeo yes, THAT Romeo – awakens and finds himself in 1960 Brooklyn, chasing a girl he believes is his beloved Juliet. But no, it’s Bernadette, the beautiful, foul-mouthed daughter of a crime family.

Peter’s Trivia Section


Michael’s Musical Moment

Kander & Ebb song from their musical based on THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH, variously titled OVER AND OVER and ALL ABOUT US.


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