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Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere, and James Marino talk about As You Like It @ The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park, Hal Linden and Bernie Kopell in the new comedy, Two Jews, Talking, The Color Purple @ Signature Theatre (Washington DC), Los Otros @ A.R.T./New York Theatres, In P-town – two shows: Marilyn Maye and Steven Brinberg, Kinky Boots The Musical at Stage 42, Ben Jones: I Think We Should See Other People @ 54 Below, The Lifespan of a Fact @ Cape May Stage, and more info on the new AMT Theater.
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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 is now available and can be purchased where ever finer books are sold. Peter also has columns at Masterworks Broadway, Broadway Select, Encore Monthly, and many other places.
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.
Bernstein on Broadway: A Celebration @ 54 Below, September 27, 2022
Join us at 54 as we celebrate the Broadway musicals of the genius composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein. Produced and hosted by theater journalist and historian Michael Portantiere, with Matthew Martin Ward as musical director/pianist, our event will showcase great songs from Bernstein’s first Broadway hit, On The Town, as well as Wonderful Town, Candide, and 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. We will also feature some rarities, including samples of the score for which Bernstein wrote both music and lyrics for a 1950 Broadway production of Peter Pan. The centerpiece of our show will be a tribute to Bernstein’s greatest masterpiece, West Side Story, marking the 65th anniversary of that immortal musical’s Broadway opening in 1957.
Matt Tamanini | [email protected] | Twitter | Instagram
MATT TAMANINI is a theatre, entertainment, and sports journalist who has been covering theatre for more than a decade. He is the news editor for TheStreamable, the co-managing editor for Land-Grant Holy Land, and is a host and producer for multiple shows on BroadwayRadio.
James Marino | [email protected] | Twitter | Facebook
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Peter’s book is now available!
The Drama Book Shop (212-944-0595): The Book of Broadway Musical Debates, Disputes, and Disagreements (Paperback)
By Peter Filichia
The Drama Book Shop (212-944-0595): Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers (Paperback)
By Mary Rodgers, Jesse Green
A Strange Loop signed libretto. If you are a current Patreon member, email us at [email protected] and we will pick a winner next Sunday.
Jan Simpson’s All the Drama: 1949 Pulitzer Prize Winner “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller, available on Patreon, next week to regular feed.
Reviews:
MP + PF: As You Like It @ The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park, The Delacorte Theater
Adapted by Shaina Taub & Laurie Woolery
Music & Lyrics by Shaina Taub
Original Choreography by Sonya Tayeh
Choreography Restaging & Additional Choreography by Billy Griffin
Directed by Laurie Woolery
August 10 – September 11, 2022
90 minutes, no intermission
Shakespeare just as capable in comedy as drama and tragedy — any other playwrights that can do this?
Coming up: Northwestern University’s production of As You Like It (same adaptation by Shaina Taub and Laurie Woolery) but this production directed by Jessica Fisch. Nov. 11-20, 2022, Evanston, IL.
PF: Hal Linden and Bernie Kopell in the new comedy, Two Jews, Talking
Theatre at St. Clements, 423 West 46th Street, through
MP: The Color Purple @ Signature Theatre (Washington DC) August 16 – October 9, 2022
PF: Los Otros @ A.R.T./New York Theatres, 502 West 53rd Street, through October 8, 2022
Book and Lyrics by Ellen Fitzhugh
Music by Michael John LaChiusa
Directed by Noah Himmelstein
MP: Visit two P-town saw two shows:
— Marilyn Maye
— Steven Brinberg
PF: Kinky Boots The Musical at Stage 42, 422 West 42nd Street
Christian Douglas is overjoyed to be making his New York City and Off-Broadway debut as Charlie Price.
MP: Ben Jones: I Think We Should See Other People @ 54 Below
PF: The Lifespan of a Fact @ Cape May Stage, Robert Shackleton Playhouse: 405 Lafayette Street, Cape May, NJ
by Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell, and Gordon Farrell
Directed by Roy Steinberg
August 31st – October 2nd
MP: AMT Theater
AMT Theater, a modern new 99-seat Off Broadway theater located at 354 West 45th Street, has opened in the heart of the theater district, the venue’s Producer Al Tapper, and Artistic Director, Tony Sportiello, today announced. The first new Off-Broadway theater built in the theater district after its two-year shutdown, AMT will serve as a launching pad for small shows and as a permanent, affordable space where artists, theater makers, and the local community at large can go to test their works on a New York City stage. https://www.amttheater.org
News:
Peter’s Trivia Section
Michael’s Musical Moments
Opener + Closer:
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