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Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere review Summer Stock @ Goodspeed Opera House, Orpheus Descending @ Theater for a New Audience, Back to the Future: The Musical, Daniel Reichart @ Birdland, Goin’ Hollywood @ WaterTower Theatre, Addison Texas, and The Tempest @ Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival.
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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, Brain Teasers for Broadway Geniuses, which is available for pre-order on Amazon. 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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Pre:
Jan Simpson’s All The Drama: Founding Encores! Music Director Rob Fisher on Fiorello!, 1960 Pulitzer Prize Winner, available this weekend on Patreon, available next weekend to the general public
Thanks Matt Tamanini for hosting last week!
Reviews:
Corbin Bleu and the cast of Goodspeed’s Summer Stock. Photo by Diane Sobolewski
PF: Summer Stock @ Goodspeed Opera House, through August 27, 2023
Arianna Rosario and Danielle Wade in Goodspeed’s Summer Stock. Photo by Diane Sobolewski
MP: Orpheus Descending @ Theater for a New Audience (TFANA), through August 6, 2023
Scripps Main Stage, Polonsky Shakespeare Center, 262 Ashland Place Brooklyn
PF: Back to the Future: The Musical @ Winter Garden Theatre
MP: Daniel Reichard @ Birdland
PF: Goin’ Hollywood @ WaterTower Theatre, Addison Texas, July 19 – July 30, 2023
Written by: Stephen Cole & David Krane
Directed by: Gabriel Barre
PF: The Tempest @ Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, through August 6, 2023
News:
‘Spamalot’ Revival to Open on Broadway This Fall by Michael Paulson
The new production, directed by Josh Rhodes, had a brief run at the Kennedy Center in Washington in May. Casting has not yet been announced.
The Cottage on Broadway: Eric McCormack and Laura Bell Bundy
‘The Notebook’ Musical to Land on Broadway in the Spring by Sarah Bahr
The adaptation of the popular Nicholas Sparks romance novel, with music and lyrics by Ingrid Michaelson, had a well-reviewed run last year in Chicago.
Broadway Veteran Walter Charles Dies at 78 by Meg Masseron
Charles made his Broadway debut in the original production of Grease.
The Lion King and In The Heights Star Clifton Oliver Dies at 47 by Meg Masseron
Oliver notably played Benny in the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical opposite Jordin Sparks.
Post:
Peter’s Trivia Section
A song from a James Bond movie wound up in a smash off-Broadway play less than a year later after the film’s release.
What’s the Bond movie, the song, and the off-Broadway play in which it appeared?
Michael’s Musical Moment
The Wiz coming back to Broadway in the Spring 2024!
Opener: Ease On Down The Road
Closer: If You Believe (Film Version)
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