Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: RSS
Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about the Broadway production English, Dangerous Corner @ ActorsNET in Morrisville, PA, Kowalski @ The Duke on 42nd Street, Dear Jack, Dear Louise @ 59e59, Bent @ Out/Play Studio Theater, and Harry Connick Jr: A Celebration of Cole Porter @ The Metropolitan Opera
Marjan Neshat (Marjan) in Roundabout Theatre Company’s Broadway-premiere production of English. Photo: Joan Marcus, 2025
“This Week on Broadway” has been coming to you every week since 2009. It is the longest-running running Broadway and theatrical podcast with hundreds of shows giving thousands of reviews and interviews.
Subscribe to BroadwayRadio in Apple Podcasts by CLICKING HERE.
Support BroadwayRadio on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/broadwayradio
Patreon listeners get This Week on Broadway first, on Sunday afternoon before it is released to the general public on Sunday evening.
Panel:
Peter Filichia | [email protected] | Facebook
PETER FILICHIA is a playwright, journalist, and historian with a number of books. Peter’s new day-by-day wall calendar – A SHOW TUNE FOR TODAY – 366 Songs to Brighten Your Year – has been released! Peter also has columns at Masterworks Broadway, Broadway Select, and many other places.
February 2 song of the day: Punxsutawney Phil from Groundhog Day, or Grand Old Ivy from How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
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.
New Cast Album Reviews: tons of new reviews!
James Marino | [email protected] | Facebook
BroadwayStars
Note: This week we had listeners join us while recording. These listeners are Patreon members who support BroadwayRadio. If you would like to join us in the future, become a supporter at Patreon.com/BroadwayRadio.
Pre:
Michael is in Washington DC
Reviews:
PF: Dangerous Corner @ ActorsNET in Morrisville, PA, through February 16, 2025
Directed by Cat Milone
(l to r): Hadi Tabbal (Omid) and Marjan Neshat (Marjan) in Roundabout Theatre Company’s Broadway-premiere production of English. Photo: Joan Marcus, 2025
PF + MP + JM: English @ Todd Haimes Theatre, through March 2, 2025
ENGLISH features Tala Ashe as “Elham,” Ava Lalezarzadeh as “Goli,” Pooya Mohseni as “Roya,” Marjan Neshat as “Marjan,” and Hadi Tabbal as “Omid.”
(l to r): Pooya Mohseni (Roya), Hadi Tabbal (Omid), Marjan Neshat (Marjan), Tala Ashe (Elham), Ava Lalezarzadeh (Goli) in Roundabout Theatre Company’s Broadway-premiere production of English. Photo: Joan Marcus, 2025
The creative team for English includes: Marsha Ginsberg (Set Design), Enver Chakartash (Costume Design), Reza Behjat (Lighting Design), and Sinan Refik Zafar (Sound Design).
The comedy unfolds in an Iranian classroom where adult English learners practice for their proficiency exam. As they leapfrog through a linguistic playground, their wildly different dreams, frustrations, and secrets come to light. Can they overcome the limits of language to discover what they really want to say?
MP: Kowalski @ The Duke on 42nd Street, through February 16, 2025
PF: Dear Jack, Dear Louise @ 59e59, through February 16, 2025
MP: Bent @ Out/Play Studio Theater, through February 7, 2025 (show added!)
Discussion:
How Netflix’s ‘Emilia Pérez’ Emerged as a Top Awards Season Contender Despite Online Backlash by Elsa Keslassy and Alex Ritman
Producers James Carpinello, Marcus Chait and Patrick Wilson announced today THE LOST BOYS, A NEW MUSICAL will arrive on Broadway Spring 2026 at the legendary Palace Theatre (160 West 47th Street). The new musical will feature direction by Tony Award winner Michael Arden (Parade, Maybe Happy Ending), book by David Hornsby (“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” writer/EP) & Chris Hoch, music & lyrics by The Rescues (Kyler England, AG, Gabriel Mann), music supervision by Tony Award nominee Ethan Popp (Tina, The Tina Turner Musical), and choreography by Lauren Yalango-Grant (Parade) & Christopher Cree Grant (Parade).
Hadestown being filmed in London with much of the OBC leads
Cult of Love being made into a movie
Peter Pan in Boston — reviewer Don Aucoin @ Boston Globe has a strange take on a classic.
Next Week:
Peter’s Brainteaser:
Two musicals that opened 11 days apart in the early ‘60s each had an eleven o’clock number that mentioned a credit card.
What are the shows, songs and credit cards?
Michael’s Musical Moments
Harry Connick Jr: A Celebration of Cole Porter @ The Metropolitan Opera, through February 2, 2025
Music Opener & Closer:
HARRY CONNICK, JR.: “It’s All Right With Me” from CAN-CAN
Support BroadwayRadio on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/broadwayradio
Patreon listeners get “This Week on Broadway” on Sunday afternoon before it is released to the general public on Sunday evening.
Explicit: No
Contact Info:
Email addresses: See above in bios
BroadwayRadio Phone / Voicemail: +1-888-285-4666
BroadwayRadio: Facebook | Instagram
Subscribe:
Patreon | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | iHeart Radio | TuneIn | Pandora | YouTube Music
…and anywhere that you can listen to finer podcasts.
