Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk with Dave Malloy about Moby Dick and his upcoming fundraiser for Jack, a performance space in Brooklyn. Reviews include Dogs of Rwanda @ Urban Stages, Shakespeare’s Will @ HERE, Escape to Margaritaville, Admissions @ Lincoln Center Theater, Education @ 59e59, Chita Rivera @ Feinsteins 54 read more
Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Broadway and major theatrical reviews, news, and interviews. Debbie Shrager joins us to review the Kennedy Center’s production of Chess as well as Michael Urie in Hamlet @ Shakespeare Theatre Company. Other reviews include National Symphony Orchestra of West Side Story in Concert, a read more
Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk with Alan Menken about the release of Kurt Vonnegut’s God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. We review West Side Story 60th Anniversary Celebration @ 54 Below, Cool! West Side Story 60th Anniversary Reunion at St. Lukes, A Clockwork Orange, Mary Jane, Desperate Measures, and Say Something Bunny. read more
Michael Portantiere, Jan Simpson, and James Marino talk with Manoel Felciano about his career and the release of the Zipperz recording. We review The Rape of the Sabine Women, by Grace B. Matthias, The Red Letter Plays, For Peter Pan on her 70th birthday, and the Chita Rivera Awards. We also discuss read more
Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk with Sam Davis about the release of Red Eye of Love (Studio Cast Recording). In the reviews we discuss What Did You Expect, The Wild Party, Missed Connections, West Side Story with New York Philharmonic, Tony Bennett Celebrates 90, and Where Did We Sit on the Bus. In TV and film, read more
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
