This Week on Broadway for April 6, 2025: Good Night, and Good Luck / The Picture of Dorian Gray

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04/6/25

James Marino,Jena Tesse Fox,Michael Portantiere,Peter Filichia

This Week on Broadway for April 6, 2025: Good Night, and Good Luck / The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Peter Filichia, Jena Tesse Fox, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Theatre People @ Westport Country Playhouse, Good Night, and Good Luck, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and Glengarry Glen Ross

George Clooney celebrates the opening of Good Night, and Good Luck on Broadway. Photo: Emilio Madrid

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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 desk 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.

Show Tune for Today is: When I’m Not Near The Girl I Love from Finian’s Rainbow

Jena Tesse Fox | Twitter | Instagram
JENA TESSE FOX has written about theater for many publications, including Playbill Magazine, BroadwayWorld, Time Out New York and HowlRound. She is a member of The League of Professional Theatre Women and the Drama Desk, and is a contributor to BroadwayRadio

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.

AN EVENING WITH SANDY DUNCAN at the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe on Tuesday, May 13 at 7pm

Onstage interview with the legendary Sandy Duncan by Drama Desk member Michael Portantiere.

Sandy Duncan has been captivating audiences for over six decades with her effervescent charm and multifaceted talent. She began her theatrical journey at the tender age of 12 in a local production of The King and I, and shortly thereafter, received a Tony nomination for her Broadway debut in The Canterbury Tales. More Tony nominations followed, most notably for her celebrated portrayal of Peter Pan in the 1979 revival of Peter Pan. Other Broadway credits include The Boy Friend, My One and Only, and Chicago. Her versatility shone through in television and film as well, she became a household name starring in The Hogan Family, and Disney films such as The Million Dollar Duck, The Cat from Outer Space, and the animated film The Fox and The Hound.

Join us for a special evening of stories, memories, and showbiz lore! Film, TV, and Broadway star Sandy Duncan will be joined in conversation by Drama Desk member Michael Portantiere to discuss her career in show business. The evening will incorporate video clips of Sandy’s Broadway performances followed by a Q&A session with the audience.

James Marino | [email protected] | Facebook
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Reviews:

PF: Theatre People @ Westport Country Playhouse, through April 12, 2025

JTF + PF + MP: Good Night, and Good Luck @ Winter Garden Theatre, through June 8, 2025

First look at Good Night, and Good Luck on Broadway, starring George Clooney. Photo: Emilio Madrid

Link to the 2005 movie on IMDB.

MP + PF + JTF + JM: The Picture of Dorian Gray @ Music Box Theatre, through June 15, 2025

Sarah Snook in The Picture of Dorian Gray, adapted, written and directed by Kip Williams © Marc Brenner

JM + PF: Glengarry Glen Ross @ Palace Theatre, through June 28, 2025

Glengarry Glen Ross. Kieran Culkin, Michael McKean, Donald Webber Jr., John Pirruccello, Howard W. Overshown, Bob Odenkirk, Bill Burr. Photo: Emilio Madrid

News:

Next Week:

MP: Love Life @ (City Center) Encores!, through March 30, 2025

MP: We Had a World @ New York City Center Stage II, through May 11, 2025
written by Joshua Harmon
directed by Trip Cullman
with Andrew Barth Feldman, Joanna Gleason, Jeanine Serralles.
A dying woman calls her grandson and asks him to write a play about their family. “But I want you to promise me something,” she says. “Make it as bitter and vitriolic as possible.” In this searing, funny, and deeply personal play, the author of last season’s Prayer for the French Republic recreates thirty years of family fights, monstrous behavior, enormous cruelty, and enduring love. Directing is Trip Cullman (Choir Boy, Murder Ballad).

Peter’s Brainteaser:

It happens near the end of every December.

A Tony-winning musical mentioned it when citing one European country known as The Land of Fields and another as L’hexagone.
What’s the musical, and what is this reference in the show?

Michael’s Musical Moments

Music Opener:

OPENER: “You’ve Got to Pick a Pocket or Two” from OLIVER!, Clive Revill, “Original Broadway Cast”