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James Marino, Michael Portantiere, and Carey Purcell review Girl, Interrupted @ The Public, The Whoopi Monologues @ LCT’s Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Romeo & Juliet @ The Revitalized Delacorte Theater, The Drilling Company’s Shakespeare in the Parking Lot’s As You Like It, HENRY VI: A Trilogy in Two Parts @ The Public Theater’s Newman Theater, and The Wedding Singer @ John W. Engeman Theater
Peter Filichia joins at the end to give the answer to last week’s Brainteaser and ask this week’s question. He also discusses his time in Sydney, Australia in 1990.
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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!
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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.
James Marino | [email protected] | Facebook
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Carey Purcell | Website | Instagram
Carey is a writer and editor whose nonfiction writing on theater, film, feminism and health care has been featured in The New York Times, Vogue, Vanity Fair, The Nation, TDF Stages, Theatermania and The Village Voice, among others. She has also served on the editorial staffs of Playbill and People. Her nonfiction book, From Aphra Behn to Fun Home: A Cultural History of Feminist Theater, was published in 2019 by Bloomsbury.
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Reviews
CP: Girl, Interrupted @ The Public, closed July 12, 2026
MP: The Whoopi Monologues @ LCT‘s Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, through August 30, 2026
Written by Whoopi Goldberg and directed by two-time Tony Award nominee Whitney White, The Whoopi Monologues will star Emmy Award Nominee Dominique Fishback (“Swarm,” “The Deuce”), Tony Award winner Kecia Lewis (Hell’s Kitchen), NAACP Image Award Winner Danielle Pinnock (“Ghosts”), Emmy Award-winning producer and Golden Globe-nominated actress Kerry Washington (“Imperfect Women,” American Son), and two-time Tony Award® winner Kara Young (Purlie Victorious, Purpose), with Kai Heath, Denise Manning, and Pavar Snipe rounding out the cast as understudies.
CP: Romeo & Juliet @ The Revitalized Delacorte Theater, closed June 28, 2026
MP: The Drilling Company’s Shakespeare in the Parking Lot’s As You Like It, through August 1, 2026
In the parking Lot adjoining 145 Stanton Street New York, NY 10002
CP: HENRY VI: A Trilogy in Two Parts @ The Public Theater‘s Newman Theater, through July 19, 2026
MP: The Wedding Singer @ John W. Engeman Theater, through August 23, 2026
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Peter’s Brainteaser:
She was a beloved Broadway star who appeared in an early 1950s comedy that featured a lesser-known but respected actress. Approximately two years after they did the play, their next joint appearance was in what became a well-known musical that has been much revived on Broadway. What they also have in common is that the first three letters of their first name are identical. The star’s first name was a common one even before the first millennium began. But the lesser-known actress’s first name is one that no other Broadway performer has ever had. Who’s the star? Who’s the featured player? What’s the play? And what’s the musical?
Michael’s Musical Moments
THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL IN CONCERT at 54 Below
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Music Opener: “Storybook” – Jill Paice
Music Closer: “She Was There” – Ben Jones
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