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06/28/26

James Marino,Michael Portantiere,Peter Filichia

This Week on Broadway for June 28, 2026: The Loved Ones @ Irish Rep

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Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about The Loved Ones @ Irish Rep, La Cage Aux Folles @ City Center Encores!, Madame X – The Musical! by Gerard Alessandrini and Robert Hetzel @ 54 Below, West Side Story @ Paper Mill, The Last Out Gate @ The Chain Theatre, and Misterman by Enda Walsh (Origin Irish Theatre Festival) @ Theatre Row.

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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 – is available at finer retailers!

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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.

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James Marino | [email protected] | Facebook
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Reviews

PF: The Loved Ones @ Irish Rep, through August 2, 2026

MP: La Cage Aux Folles @ City Center Encores!, through June 28, 2026

PF: Madame X – The Musical! by Gerard Alessandrini and Robert Hetzel @ 54 Below, June 22, 2026

MP: West Side Story @ Paper Mill, through June 28, 2026 (2nd viewing, reviewed last week)

PF: The Last Out Gate @ The Chain Theatre, closed June 27, 2026

Grant Dine is from Columbus, Ohio and is currently studying Biochemistry at St. John’s University. His recent credits include Ben and Dante in Someone Else, a world premiere production at Teatro Latea, Percy Jackson in The Lightning Thief, and Johnny Cade in The Outsiders. Grant is expanding his craft onto the screen, where he appears as the lead in the short films Behind!, Growing Apart, and The Will. He would like to thank his parents, brothers, and friends for their unwavering support!

MP: Misterman by Enda Walsh (Origin Irish Theatre Festival) @ Theatre Row, through July 5, 2026

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Peter’s Brainteaser:

This performer’s Broadway debut was in a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical.

Ten years later, this performer had the title role in a film based on a Tony-nominated musical. And yet, despite having the lead, this performer didn’t sing a note.

Who’s the performer? What was the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical? What was the film?

Michael’s Musical Moments

THE KING AND I (film premiere June 28, 1956)

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