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This Week on Broadway for June 12, 2016: The Morning of The Tony Awards

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Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere discuss West Side Story @ Paper Mill Playhouse, Signature Plays (Edward Albee’s The Sandbox, Maria Irene Fornes’ Drowning, and Adrienne Kennedy’s Funnyhouse of a Negro), Michael Feinstein @ The Appel Room, Sin Twisters Anita Gillette & Penny Fuller @ Metropolitan Room, The Taming of the Shrew @ The read more


This Week on Broadway for June 5, 2016: Paramour, An Act of God with Sean Hayes

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Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere discuss Cirque du Soleil’s Paramour, Theater for a New Audience’s production of A Doll’s House, Himself and Nora @ Minetta Lane, An Act of God with Sean Hayes, Debbie Gravitte’s Bond & Beyond, and West Side Story @ Paper Mill Playhouse. We also discuss the featured actor/actress in read more


This Week on Broadway for May 29, 2016: The Total Bent and Hadestown

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Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere discuss The Total Bent @ The Public Theater, Hadestown @ New York Theater Workshop, Chita Rivera at Café Carlyle, The Roger Rees Awards, Fiddler on the Roof @ Broadway Theatre, Mame 50th Anniversary Celebration, Show Boat’s 1936 film. We also discuss the leading actor/actress in a play/musical nominations.   read more


This Week on Broadway for May 22, 2016: Lindsay Jones

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Peter Filichia, James Marino, Michael Portantiere, and Matt Tamanini talk with composer and sound designer Lindsay Jones.Peter reviews Do I Hear a Waltz? at New York City Center. Michael revisits The King and I, and The Color Purple. Michael also reviews School for Scandal. Matt reviews the HBO production of All The Way. ———————————- read more


The Sound of Musicals: Lee Roy Reams

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“The Sound of Musicals,” is a monthly podcast devoted to musical theatre recordings of all types, including Broadway cast albums, London cast albums, studio cast albums, and soundtrack recordings of the films of stage musicals. Hosted by Michael Portantiere [display_podcast] Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | Facebook MICHAEL PORTANTIERE is a theater reviewer and essayist, whose read more


This Week on Broadway for May 8, 2016: Carmen Cusack and Matt Windman

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James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk with Carmen Cusack about her career and the release of the Original Broadway Cast Recording of Bright Star. Matt Windman visits with us to tell us about his new book, The Critics Say: 57 Theater Reviewers in New York and Beyond Discuss Their Craft and read more


This Week on Broadway for May 1, 2016: Debbie Gravitte

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James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk with Debbie Gravitte. Peter Filichia joins the conversation and we review The Father, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Tuck Everlasting, Dear Evan Hansen, Waitress, American Psycho, and Fully Committed.   ———————————- This Week on Broadway has been coming to you every week (mostly) since March 16, 2009 and read more