This Week on Broadway for October 12, 2009 -- An Uncut Hamlet

This Week on Broadway for October 12, 2009 -- An Uncut Hamlet (To listen to the show, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the radio logo) Guests: Peter Filichia Michael Portantiere Topics: Wishful Drinking Carrie Fisher Irene (her first Broadway show) Censored Scenes From King Kong (at the 22 Steps Theater) Hamlet Jude Law There was a very good production of Hamlet in NJ last month, at the Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey, (in Madison NJ) Hamlet in Central Park (2008) How were Hamlet audiences in comparison to audiences in A Steady Rain? It was an uncut Hamlet -- 4 hours! The Royal Family by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber Tony Roberts back in The Royal Family The Harris Girls: Rosemary Harris Julie Harris Barbara Harris Rosemary Harris in A Streetcar Named Desire (1973) Uta Hagen in Charlotte New York Musical Theatre Festival My Scary Girl Book and Lyrics by Kyoung-Ae Kang Music by Will Aronson Girl kills boyfriends by accident My Scary Girl -- Korean with supertitles Anjou, A Tale of Horror Book, Music and Lyrics by Guillermo Mendez and Lupita Sandoval The Cure Two friends are offered immortality by the last surviving vampires Story and Songs by Mark Weiser Marrying Meg A rollicking Scottish folktale of feuds, faeries and unlikely love. Book, Music and Lyrics by Mark Robertson Based on the play The Lass wi the Muckle Mou by Alexander Reid Arthur Laurents new play at George Street Come Back, Come Back, Wherever You Are The Stunning New Play You'll Be Talking About written and directed by Arthur Laurents with Jim Bracchitta, John Carter, Alison Fraser, Shirley Knight, and Leslie Lyles October 6 - November 1, 2009 David Saint, Artistic Director New Brunswick, NJ is a great theater town ---------------------------------------------------------- The New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences presents a reading of: PRONT by Peter Filichia Those Ghosts who showed up at Ebenezer Scrooge's on Christmas Eve? They work all year round -- and now one is coming to visit Willard Pront, who makes Scrooge look like Mother Teresa. Hosted by Arlene Dahl Produced by Ellen Muir When: Monday, Oct. 19, 2009 at 6 p.m. Doors open at 5:30; snacks served. No admission charge. Where: 1100 6th Ave. at 42nd Street. Please check in at lobby entrance on the first floor. You can email Peter at: PFilichia@aol.com ---------------------------------------------------------- Music: My Scary Girl / Best Friend Bye Bye Birdie 2009 Roundabout Cast Contact Us: james@broadwayradio.com 646-873-7695 voicemail