This Week on Broadway for February 13, 2011: A Black Tie Affair

  If you would like to listen to the podcast, click on the arrow in the player below. Notes and links for the podcast. Panel: Peter Filichia | peter@broadwayradio.com | Facebook James Marino | james@broadwayradio.com | Twitter | Facebook Matthew Murray | matthew@broadwayradio.com | Twitter Michael Portantiere | michael@broadwayradio.com | Facebook Reviews: Shows Black Tie (playing at Primary Stages) Written by A.R. Gurney Directed by Mark Lamos Designers: John Arnone (sets), Jess Goldstein (costumes), Stephen Strawbridge (lighting), John Gromada (original music and sound design) Starring: Gregg Edelman (Curtis), Daniel Davis (Curtis's Father), Carolyn McCormick (Mimi), Elvy Yost (Elsie), Ari Brand (Teddy) The Whipping Man (playing at Manhattan Theatre Club, Off-Broadway) Written by Matthew Lopez Directed by Doug Hughes Designers: John Lee Beatty (sets), Catherine Zuber (costumes), Ben Stanton (lights), Jill BC DuBoff (sound) Starring: André Braugher (Simon), André Holland (John), Jay Wilkison (Caleb) Matthew Lopez's website Writing the Play His Curiosity Led Him To by FELICIA R. LEE (The New York Times) The Road to Qatar! (playing at the York Theatre at St. Peter's) Written by Stephen Cole (book and lyrics), David Krane (music, arrangements, and orchestrations) Directed by Phillip George, Music Direction by David Caldwell, Choreography by Bob Richard Designers: Michael Bottari and Ronald Case (sets, costumes, puppets), Martin Vreeland (lights), Chris Kateff (projections) Starring: James Beaman (Michael), Keith Gerchak (Jeffrey), Bill Nolte (Mansour), Sarah Stiles (Nazirah), Bruce Warren (Farid) World Cup 2022: Qatar's stadiums in pictures News: News In Good 'Company': Patti LuPone and Stephen Colbert Join Philharmonic Production By DAVE ITZKOFF There will be a free and open-to-the-public reading of Gerard Alessandrini's musical version of MADAME X at the Bruno Walter Auditorium of the NYPL on Thursday, Feb. 24 at 2:15pm. Catch Me If You Can: Press Peek More Focus Groups for 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark' By PATRICK HEALY

When the kids were little, we went to a parents' meeting at their school and I asked the teacher why all her students were geniuses in the second grade? . . . Matisses every one. You've made my child a Matisse. Let me study with you. Let me into the second grade! What is your secret? And this is what she said, "Secrets? I don't have any secret. I just know when to take their drawings away from them." -- Flan (Six Degrees of Separation)

Valentine's Day musicals/songs Blame it on the summer nights from Rags My Funny Valentine from Babes in Arms You Have Made Me Love from Cyrano The Next Best Thing To Love from A Class Act I Chose Right from Baby Explicit: No Music: The opening music is "My Funny Valentine" from Julie Andrews Broadway and the closing music is "You Have Made Me Love" from the original cast recording of Cyrano. Contact Info: Email addresses: see above Phone / Voicemail: 646-873-7695 BroadwayStars: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: iPhone/iPod: iTunes Zune: Zune Marketplace Android: Google Listen for Android BlackBerry: Stitcher App Listen on BroadwayWorld Radio Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm