This Week on Broadway for November 13, 2022: Almost Famous

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11/13/22

James Marino,Jan Simpson,Michael Portantiere

This Week on Broadway for November 13, 2022: Almost Famous

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James Marino, Michael Portantiere, and Jan Simpson talk with Santino Fontana about his upcoming show at 54 Below this week. Reviews include Almost Famous, A Raisin in the Sun @ Public Theater, Jeff Harner @ Birdland, Leslie Uggams @ 54 Below, You Will Get Sick @ Roundabout, and Where the Mountain Meets the Sea @ Manhattan Theatre Club. Michael talks about the Susan L. Schulman tribute.

ALMOST FAMOUS Production Photo by Matthew Murphy

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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 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.

Jan Simpson | [email protected] | Facebook | Twitter
Broadway & Me
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.

All the Drama: 1921 Pulitzer Prize Winner “Miss Lulu Bett” by Zona Gale

Stagecraft: Joseph Dougherty, Playwright of “Chester Bailey”

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 Filichia moving this week. He will return next week!

Guest: Santino Fontana

SANTINO FONTANA, NOVEMBER 14 – 20, 2022 @ 54 BELOW
Tony Award® winner Santino Fontana is back in NYC for his first live show since the before times. His sex tape didn’t take off so he’s back at the microphone. Come celebrate a spontaneous, intimate, and bespoke evening of his and your favorite songs- intermixed with hilarious showbiz tales about everything from James Earl Jones to Ryan Gosling.

Your Own Thing Benefit Red Bull Theater, Monday, December 12, 2022

This one-night-only performance will take place Monday December 12th at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space. The performance will begin at 7:30PM. This concert event is an important fundraiser for Red Bull Theater. Proceeds help to make all of its programs possible. Tickets for this benefit event, which are now on sale, are $81.50 – $121.50 including fees (most tickets include tax-deductible donation). To purchase tickets for this one-night-only event, visit redbulltheater.com/your-own-thing.

New Studio Cast Recording of “The Violet Hour” Released November 4

The award-winning songwriting team of Will Reynolds and Eric Price will release a complete 28-track studio cast recording of their new musical, The Violet Hour on Friday, November 4, 2022. With music by Reynolds and a book and lyrics by Price, The Violet Hour is based on the 2003 Broadway play by Tony Award-winning playwright Richard Greenberg (Take Me Out). The album, which will be released on all digital platforms, is now available for exclusive early access download at theviolethourmusical.com. The musical’s title song, “The Violet Hour” performed by Jeremy Jordan, is now streaming along with an exclusive music video.

Reviews:

MP + JS + JM: Almost Famous @ Bernard B. Jacobs

NPR: Director Cameron Crowe on the opening of his musical ‘Almost Famous’ in New York this week by Scott Simon

NPR Fresh Air (1989) Interviews with Cameron Crowe

JS: A Raisin in the Sun @ Public Theater‘s Newman Theater, through November 20, 2022

MP: Jeff Harner @ Birdland

MP: Leslie Uggams @ 54 Below