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Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Harmony, Spamalot, Ragtime @ Signature Theatre (Arlington, VA), War Words @ A.R.T./New York, The New York Pops: Sutton Foster and Kelli O’Hara, and Make Me Gorgeous @ Playhouse 46 at St. Luke’s
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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, is now available 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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Stephen Schwartz
Celebrating Stephen Schwartz
Stephen Schwartz. 2023-24 Gala. Celebrating Stephen Schwartz. Celebrating Stephen Schwartz. Upcoming Performances. Monday. Dec 11 at 8 PM.
The Met presents a special benefit concert in celebration of the 75th birthday of Stephen Schwartz, the Oscar and Grammy Award–winning composer of Broadway smash-hits Wicked, Godspell, and Pippin, and lyricist for beloved film classics Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Enchanted, and more. Stars of Broadway, Hollywood, opera, and popular music come together to give performances of Schwartz’s greatest hits in tribute to his decades of artistic achievements and ongoing contributions to musical theater. Proceeds of this special event support the Metropolitan Opera.
Featuring performances by:
Shoshana Bean
Angel Blue
Kristin Chenoweth
Anthony Roth Costanzo
Cynthia Erivo
Raúl Esparza
Sutton Foster
Nick Jonas
Alex Newell
Leslie Odom Jr.
David Phelps
Ben Platt
Paulo Szot
Jeanine Tesori
Adrienne Warren
Trisha Yearwood
Music Director: Rob Fisher
Stage Director: Michael Mayer
Coming up on BroadwayRadio: Tell Me More | Episode 63: Stephen Schwartz on the Timely Message of ‘The Prince of Egypt’
Reviews:
PF + MP: Harmony @ Ethel Barrymore Theatre
PF + MP: Spamalot @ St. James Theatre
MP: Ragtime @ Signature Theatre (Arlington, VA) through January 7, 2024
PF: NewYorkRep, in association with New Light Theater Project, presents War Words @ A.R.T./New York, through December 17, 2023
War Words is a docu-play in the words of the men and women who served in the U.S. Military during the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. Based on the playwright’s interviews with veterans of the 20-year Long War and their families, War Words is composed of heroic and heartbreaking stories of the veterans, families, and allies of people who served: those who came home, and those who were left behind. The playwright and NewYorkRep have felt that there was always a need for civilians to better understand the motivation and sacrifice one makes to serve.
MP: The New York Pops: Sutton Foster and Kelli O’Hara, Friday, November 17, 2023
Performers
The New York Pops
Steven Reineke, Music Director and Conductor
Sutton Foster, Guest Artist
Kelli O’Hara, Guest Artist
Program
VARIOUS Foster-O’Hara O’Verture
KOSTAL/NICHOLS/WELCH Julie and Carol 1962 Fanfare
COLEMAN / LEIGH / MANCINI / BRICUSSE / STYNE / COMDEN / GREEN / RODGERS / HAMMERSTEIN / JEANINE TESORI / DICK SCANLAN Medley
JEANINE TESORI / DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE “Great Adventure” from Kimberly Akimbo
SONDHEIM “What More Do I Need?” from Saturday Night
PORTER “So in Love” from Kiss Me, Kate
DAVID YAZBEK “Answer Me” from The Band’s Visit
CAHN / VAN HEUSEN / KERN / HAMMERSTEIN / HARBACH / FIELDS / MCHUGH / RODGERS Medley
DAN LIPTON / DAVID ROSSMER “How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?”
GUETTEL “Fable” from The Light in the Piazza
LOESSER “Big D” from The Most Happy Fella
JASON ROBERT BROWN “To Build a Home” from The Bridges of Madison County
VARIOUS 9 Minutes of ’90s Mega-Medley
JONI MITCHELL “A Case of You”
ALLEN/STILLMAN “Meantime”
ARTHUR BUTLER / MOLINARY “Here’s to Life”
GOLDENBERG / A. BERMAN / M. BERGMAN / HAMILTON / RODGERS / HAMMERSTEIN Medley
Encore:
WILLSON “Till There Was You” from The Music Man
PF: Make Me Gorgeous @ Playhouse 46 at St. Luke’s, through December 31, 2023
Make Me Gorgeous! The True Story of Kenneth “Mr. Madam” Marlowe
STARRING WADE MCCOLLUM
Make Me Gorgeous! is the fabulous and incredible true story of Kenneth Marlowe, an oft-overlooked trailblazer in LGBTQ history. Described as one of mid-Century America’s gayest and most openly homosexual personalities, Marlowe took on many roles in life. Kenneth was private hairdresser to the stars; the madam of a notorious gay prostitution ring in Hollywood; an author; a hustler; a female impersonator; a private in the U.S. Army, a call boy; a Christian missionary, a mortuary cosmetologist; a newspaper columnist … and for the final decade of an incredibly lived life, Marlowe was a woman, having transitioned to become Kate Marlow. First preview performance is November 10th with a limited engagement through December 31st.
News:
Peter’s Brainteasers:
It was a musical that had one title during its two out-of-town tryouts, and another by the time it reached Broadway. Despite the title change, it never lost having a title song, because the composer-lyricist who wrote the score had written two songs that just so happened to serve as this flop’s title no matter when anyone saw it.
What was the musical’s first title and second title?
Michael’s Musical Moments
Music from “Harmony”
Music Opener:
Music Closer:
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