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Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Some Like It Hot, Merrily We Roll Along @ New York Theatre Workshop, Ohio State Murders, Chess (benefit), Your Own Personal Exegesis @ Claire Tow Theater, Becky Nurse of Salem @ Newhouse Theater, and Ye Bear & Ye Cubb @ 59e59
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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 wherever finer books are sold. Peter also has columns at Masterworks Broadway, Broadway Select, 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.
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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Bono tickets @ The Beacon / Ticketmaster
Broadway ticket prices are not too high in comparison
Reviews:
PF + MP + JM: Some Like It Hot @ Shubert Theatre
PF: Merrily We Roll Along @ New York Theatre Workshop, through January 22, 2023
‘Merrily We Roll Along’ Will Transfer to Broadway Next Fall by Michael Paulson
Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez and Daniel Radcliffe, now starring in an Off Broadway revival, will lead the Broadway production as well.
MP + PF: Ohio State Murders @ James Earl Jones Theatre, through February 12, 2023
JM: Chess, Entertainment Community Fund’s one-night-only benefit concert on Monday, December 12 at 7:30 pm ET at the Broadhurst Theatre
Darren Criss as “Freddie Trumper”
Lena Hall as “Florence Vassey”
Ramin Karimloo as “Anatoly Sergievsky”
Solea Pfeiffer as “Svetlana Sergievsky”
Bradley Dean as “Ivan Molokov”
Sean Allan Krill as “Walter de Courcey”
Bryce Pinkham as “The Arbiter”
with Kate Bailey, Joe Beauregard, Neal Benari, Brendon Chan, Nkrumah Gatling, Masumi Iwai, Nina Lafarga, Ross Lekites, Austin Lesch, Alicia Lundgren, Sean MacLaughlin, Robin Masella, Kaitlyn Mesh, Katerina Papacostas, Julius Rubio, Emily Stillings, Stephen Tewksbury, and Christopher Vo rounding out the ensemble.
The concert celebrates a score by ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and Sir Tim Rice, and features a new book by Emmy Award® winner Danny Strong.
Director Michael Mayer, the creative team consulting for the one-night-only concert production will include Lorin Latarro (Movement), Kevin Adams (Lighting), Steve Canyon Kennedy (Sound), David Rockwell (Scenic), Lisa Zinni (Clothes), Brian Usifer (Music Supervision, Additional Arrangements and Additional Orchestrations), Roberto Sinha (Music Direction), and Anders Eljas (Arrangements and Orchestrations). Casting is by Jim Carnahan, CSA and Jason Thinger, CSA. Lisa Lacucci will serve as Production Stage Manager.
MP: Your Own Personal Exegesis @ Claire Tow Theater (Lincoln Center Theater / LCT3), through December 31, 2022
PF: Becky Nurse of Salem @ Newhouse Theater (Lincoln Center Theater), through December 31, 2022
MP: Ye Bear & Ye Cubb @ 59e59, through December 23, 2022
News:
Tony Awards to Be Staged in Manhattan’s Washington Heights by Michael Paulson
The annual ceremony honoring Broadway’s top productions and performers is moving to the New York neighborhood where the musical “In the Heights” was set.
Peter’s Trivia Section
Michael’s Musical Moments
“Yesterdays,” as the opener
and the latter part of it starting around 1:16,
“Lazy Afternoon,” as the closer.
Music Opener:
Music Closer:
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