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This Week on Broadway for October 4, 2020: Netflix film The Boys in the Band and Political Plays and Musicals

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Peter Filichia, James Marino, Michael Portantiere, and Jan Simpson talk about the Netflix adaptation of The Boys in the Band. Michael talks about three things to look for at Broadway Records. In the second half, we continue the discussion with Jan’s topic “Best plays and musicals that have focused directly read more


This Week on Broadway for September 27, 2020: Rory O’Malley

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Peter Filichia, James Marino, Michael Portantiere, and Jan Simpson talk with Rory O’Malley. This Week on Broadway has been coming to you every week since 2009. It is the longest running Broadway and theatrical podcast with hundreds of shows giving thousands of reviews and interviews. Subscribe to BroadwayRadio in Apple read more


This Week on Broadway for September 20, 2020: Brandon Victor Dixon

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Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk with Brandon Victor Dixon. After talking with Brandon, there is a discussion about Plays that have become Musicals This Week on Broadway has been coming to you every week since 2009. It is the longest running Broadway and theatrical podcast with hundreds read more


This Week on Broadway for September 13, 2020: Jeremy Jordan

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Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk with Jeremy Jordan. After talking with Jeremy, there is a discussion about Diana Rigg’s passing, Ben Brantley leaving The New York Times, and Shows That Can’t Be Revived. This Week on Broadway has been coming to you every week since 2009. It read more


Recode Decode: James Corden

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In this best-of episode originally published in October 2016, Recode’s Kara Swisher talks to the host of The Late Late Show, James Corden, about redesigning a talk show for the YouTube generation. He talks about the viral video hits that broke out from the show such as “Carpool Karaoke,” his complicated read more


This Week on Broadway for September 6, 2020: Labor Day Plays and Musicals

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Peter Filichia, James Marino, Michael Portantiere, and Jan Simpson talk about “working stiffs” This Week on Broadway has been coming to you every week since 2009. It is the longest running Broadway and theatrical podcast with hundreds of shows giving thousands of reviews and interviews. Subscribe to BroadwayRadio in Apple read more


The New York Times: Bringing the Theater Back to Life

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Three months into Broadway’s shutdown because of the coronavirus pandemic, Michael Paulson, a theater reporter for The New York Times, got a call from a theater in western Massachusetts — they planned to put on “Godspell,” a well-loved and much-performed musical from 1971, in the summer.Today, we explore how, in read more