Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere discuss The Nutty Professor @ Ogunquit Playhouse, BroadwayBarks, A Chorus Line @ Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Jeff Harnar @ The Laurie Beechman Theater, Love Quirks @ AMT Theater, Titanique @ The Asylum Theatre, Hamlet @ Park Avenue Armory, and Scott Siegel’s 54 Sings Broadway’s Greatest Hits
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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.
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On BroadwayRadio.com: All the Drama: Biographer Mimi Pockross on the 1945 Pulitzer Prize Winner “Harvey”
First on Patreon: Stagecraft: Brian Watkins, Playwright of “Epiphany”
Reviews:
PF: The Nutty Professor @ Ogunquit Playhouse, Ogunquit, Maine, through August 6, 2022
Weight Watchers is now WW
MP: Between the Lines @ the Tony Kiser Theater, through October 2, 2022
“Please note, Between The Lines is a rental at the Tony Kiser Theater. This is not a Second Stage production nor a part of Second Stage’s subscription season.“
PF: A Chorus Line @ Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival
MP: Jeff Harnar @ The Laurie Beechman Theater
I Know Things Now: My Life in Sondheim’s Words / Jeff Harnar @ PS Classics
PF: Love Quirks @ AMT Theater, through September 2, 2022
— SETH BISEN-HERSH Composer/ Lyricist
MP: Theater Hall of Fame
Lynn Nottage, Mandy Patinkin, and More Will Be Inducted Into the Theater Hall of Fame by Stephi Wild
The inductees also include Christine Ebersole, Frank Galati, Bill Irwin, Abe Jacob, Suzan-Lori Parks, and Ntozake Shange.
PF: Titanique @ The Asylum Theatre, through September 25, 2022
PF: Hamlet @ Park Avenue Armory, through August 13, 2022
MP: Scott Siegel’s 54 Sings Broadway’s Greatest Hits @ 54 Below
News:
Cabaret Champion Michael Feinstein Teams With Café Carlyle By Elysa Gardner
The performer and entrepreneur is ending his partnership with 54 Below and will perform his first-ever shows at the Upper East Side venue in October.
Peter’s Trivia Section
Michael’s Musical Moment
Kenward Elmslie, Poet and Librettist, Dies at 93 By Neil Genzlinger
He collaborated on operas with Jack Beeson and Ned Rorem and published numerous poetry books. Late in life, he was victimized by theft.
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and “Floozies” for the closer.
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