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Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about the their takes on the awards season (so far). Reviews include Broken Snow @ Theatre 71, Pippin @ Signature Theater (VA), Well I’ll Let You Go @ Studio Seaview, and Thornton Wilder’s The Emporium @ Classic Stage Company.
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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!
80th Annual Theatre World Awards June 2, 2026 • Longacre Theatre, NYC
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Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | Facebook
MICHAEL PORTANTIERE has been a theater journalist for more than 50 years. The founder and editor of CastAlbumReviews.com. He is also a theatrical photographer whose photos have appeared in The New York Times and other publications, and he writes reviews of cabaret shows for NiteLifeExchange.com. Additionally, Michael is known as a producer and director of shows at 54 Below, the Laurie Beechman Theatre, and other venues.
Last Tuesday, May 19: 54 Sings Lerner & Loewe @ 54 Below
July 1-3: See Michael in 1776! @ Ghostlight Players on Staten Island
James Marino | [email protected] | Facebook
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Topic: Awards Season
MP: Drama Desk Awards Ceremony @ Town Hall
Drama Desk Awards Find a New Home for 2027 by Andrew Gans
The annual awards celebrate Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway theatre.
2025-2026 Tony Awards Nominations Announced (May 05, 2026)
The Outer Critics Circle Awards (May 11, 2026)
The 70th Drama Desk Awards (May 17, 2026)
The Theatre World Awards (Jun 02, 2026)
79th Annual Tony Awards (Jun 07, 2026
Reviews:
PF: Broken Snow @ Theatre 71, through May 31, 2026
A new play by Ben Andron
Starring Tom Cavanagh, Tony Danza, and Michael Longfellow
Directed by Colin Hanlon
MP: Pippin @ Signature Theater (VA), through July 26, 2026
PF: Well I’ll Let You Go @ Studio Seaview, through June 20, 2026
Written by Bubba Weiler
Directed by Jack Serio
BUBBA WEILER (writer)
Bubba Weiler is a Brooklyn-based playwright and actor. His plays include Well, I’ll Let You Go and The Saviors, which will have its premier production at Atlantic Theater Company this summer directed by Jack Serio. He studied playwriting and acting at Playwrights Horizons Theater School at NYU. He has been in residency at Berkeley Rep’s Groundfloor and Mercury Store. As an actor, he played Scorpius Malfoy in the first American cast of Harry Potter and The Cursed Child on Broadway and was recently seen in Swing State at the Minetta Lane for which his performance was nominated for a Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, and Outer Critics’ Circle Award.
PF: Thornton Wilder’s The Emporium @ Classic Stage Company (CSC) Lynn F. Angelson Theater, through June 7, 2026
News:
The New Dramatists Annual Spring Luncheon, honoring multi-award-winning composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz, will be held on Tuesday, May 26, in the Broadway Ballroom at the New York Marriott Marquis (1535 Broadway, between 45th and 46th Streets).
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Peter’s Brainteaser:
In the 1950s and early 1960s, every American with a TV set knew this performer whose Broadway debut happened just over 100 years ago.
David Merrick courted this performer to play a role that would eventually see not one, not two, but three actresses acquire Tonys. But Merrick’s offer was declined.
However, some years before, the performer had a cameo in a film version of a musical that Merrick had co-produced on Broadway.
Who is the performer? What was the role Merrick offered? What was the film of the musical that Merrick had co-sponsored?
Michael’s Musical Moments
PIPPIN AT SIGNATURE THEATRE (VA)
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