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Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Art @ Music Box Theatre, Saturday Church @ NYTW, Damn Yankees @ Arena Stage (DC), The Wild Duck @ TFANA (Theatre for a New Audience), and This Is Not a Drill @ The York Theatre
Bryson Battle (center) and the company of NYTW’s SATURDAY CHURCH, Photo by Marc J. Franklin
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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 – is available at finer retailers! Peter also has columns at Masterworks Broadway, Broadway Select, and many other places.
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The 2025 BC/EFA Broadway Flea Market!
Peter will be ther from about 10AM – 4PM
It’s that time of year! The big day! It’s the 2025 BC/EFA Broadway Flea Market and Grand Auction! Lights of Broadway will be back in Shubert Alley once again, and we’ve got some good stuff for all those able to get to the Theater District this Sunday, September 21 from 10am-7pm! Click over to the BC/EFA page for more info on the big event.
Since we’re celebrating our TENTH YEAR, our special Flea 5-card release features so much of our journey this past decade:
Our BC/EFA card releases (with Tom Viola and Danny Whitman).
Our ten years of regular and show editions (with Dori)!
Ten years of Tony-winning musicals (with Squigs)!
Iain Armitage who’s been a part of Lights of Broadway from the start!
“What We Do Together Makes A Difference”: BC/EFA’s motto that rings as true now as it ever has.
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.
Michael is recording from Washington DC today
James Marino | [email protected] | Facebook
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Reviews:
PF: Art @ Music Box Theatre, through December 21, 2025
Three longtime friends. One ridiculously expensive painting. Is it art, or is it just the world’s priciest inside joke? What begins as a polite debate over aesthetics and taste devolves into a clash of egos and resentments. Can their friendship survive, or will one of them finally draw the line? It’s just 100 minutes of minimalist art, maximalist laughs, and a moving look at what we really see and forgive in the people we love.
ART, starring Bobby Cannavale, James Corden and Neil Patrick Harris, is written by Yasmina Reza and translated by Christopher Hampton. Directed by Scott Ellis, the design team includes David Rockwell (Set Design), Linda Cho (Costume Design), Jen Schriever (Lighting Design), Mikaal Sulaiman (Sound Design) and Kid Harpoon (Original Music).
Neil Patrick Harris and James Corden in ART on Broadway
Anania, B Noel Thomas, and Caleb Quezon in NYTW’s SATURDAY CHURCH, Photo by Marc J. Franklin
PF + MP + JM: Saturday Church @ NYTW, through October 19, 2025
J. Harrison Ghee and Bryson Battle in NYTW’s SATURDAY CHURCH, Photo by Marc J. Franklin
Veyonce Deleon, B Noel Thomas, Joaquina Kalukango, Kareem Marsh, and Damani Van Rensalier in NYTW’s SATURDAY CHURCH, Photo by Marc J. Franklin
James Ijames (his surname is pronounced “imes”)
MP: Damn Yankees @ Arena Stage (DC), through November 9, 2025
Music and Lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop
Based on the Novel The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant by Douglass Wallop
New Adaptation by Will Power and Doug Wright
Additional Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Directed and Choreographed by Sergio Trujillo
PF: The Wild Duck @ TFANA (Theatre for a New Audience), through September 28, 2025
By Henrik Ibsen
In a new version by David Eldridge
Directed by Simon Godwin
A Co-Production with
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Creative Team
Scenic Designer: Andrew Boyce
Costume Designer: Heather C. Freedman
Lighting Designer: Stacey Derosier
Sound Designer: Darron L West
Movement and Fight Director: Jacob Grigolia-Rosenbaum
Voice Director: Andrew Wade
Hair & Wig Designer: Satellite Wigs
Properties Supervisor: Jonno Knust
Music Director: Alexander Sovronsky
Casting Director: Jack Doulin
Production Dramaturg: Jonathan Kalb
Production Stage Manager: Shane Schnetzler
PF + MP: This Is Not a Drill @ The York Theatre, through October 11, 2025
Book By Holly Doubet & Joseph McDonough
Music & Lyrics By Holly Doubet, Kathy Babylon & John Vester
Music Supervisor: Paul Bogaev
Music Director: David John Madore
Directed And Choreographed By Gabriel Barre
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Next Week:
Peter’s Brainteaser:
A CHORUS LINE was a Tony-winning musical whose script mentions two dates that were the official openings of two previous Tony-winning Best Musicals – not Best Musical Revivals, mind you, but Best Musicals.
Name the dates, the shows, and the two characters who mention them in A CHORUS LINE.
Michael’s Musical Moments
Sweet Charity: Overture
Music Opener:
Music Closer:
Same. 😉
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