This Week on Broadway for April 14, 2013: Joe Iconis, Matilda and Motown

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk with Joe Iconis. We review Matilda, Motown, NY Pops Tribute to Stephen Schwartz and Another Medea.   Please take the BroadwayRadio survey by CLICKING HERE. Subscribe to BroadwayRadio in iTunes by CLICKING HERE. If you would like to listen to the podcast, click on the arrow in the player below.   Panel: Peter Filichia | peter@broadwayradio.com | Facebook PETER FILICHIA is a theater journalist and historian with a number of books, the most recent being Broadway MVPs: 1960-2010 - The Most Valuable Players of the Past 50 Seasons. His columns appear at MTI, Kritzerland, Masterworks Broadway and many other places.   James Marino | james@broadwayradio.com | Twitter | Facebook BroadwayStars   Michael Portantiere | michael@broadwayradio.com | Facebook MICHAEL PORTANTIERE is a theater reviewer and essayist, whose work appears at TalkinBroadway, The Sondheim Review and BroadwayStars. He is also a photographer whose work can be seen at FollowSpotPhoto.com and many other places on the internet.   Notes and links for the podcast.   Guest:  Joe Iconis | mrjoeiconis.com JOE ICONIS & FAMILY at 54 Below 4 Shows from April 15th - May 6th! Tickets on sale now! Monday April 15 at 7:00 pm Saturday April 20 at 11:00 pm Friday April 26 at11:00 pm Sunday May 5 at 7:00 pm For Tickets, Click Here   Topics:  PF + MP: Matilda @ Shubert Theatre, 225 West 44th Street PF: Motown: The Musical @ Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 205 West 46th Street ‘Motown’: Mo’ money by Michael Riedel I’ve been a little sniff-sniffy about “Motown, the Musical,” which opens Sunday at the Lunt-Fontanne. Its script, by Motown mogul Berry Gordy (with an assist from Dick Scanlan), isn’… LINKED FROM THE NEW YORK POST SUBSCRIPTION MP: NY Pops Tribute to Stephen Schwartz @ Carnegie Hall, April 12 NOT OPEN YET, HOLD -- PF: The Assembled Parties @ Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, 261 West 47th Street, through June 2, 2013 MP: Another Medea @ The Duplex Cabaret Theater, 61 Christopher Street, through April 17   Hands Off the Truck! Hands on a Hardbody Sets Broadway Closing Date by Lindsay Champion Hunter Foster, Keith Carradine and the cast of Hands on a Hardbody are taking their hands off the truck and driving into the sunset. The new musical will play its final performance on April … LINKED FROM BROADWAY.COM Elaine Stritch’s Long Goodbye by Sarah Larson On Friday evening at the Café Carlyle, before the second-to-last performance of “Elaine Stritch at the Carlyle: Movin’ Over and Out,” Stritch’s farewell show, th… LINKED FROM THE NEW YORKER SUBSCRIPTION A New York Without Elaine Stritch by James Barron The Broadway star Elaine Stritch is irascible and indomitable and, to theatergoers of a certain age or mind-set, irresistible. And now, at 88, she is leaving the city she loves. LINKED FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES SUBSCRIPTION News: National Theatre artistic director Nicholas Hytner will step down in Mar 2015 After several years of speculation, Nicholas Hytner has confirmed that he will be stepping down as artistic director of the UK’s arts flagship, the National Theatre. He has given two y… LINKED FROM WHATSONSTAGE A Christmas Story, The Musical Will Return for 2013 Holiday Season by Adam Hetrick The Benj Pasek-Justin Paul stage production A Christmas Story, The Musical, which played a Broadway run during the 2012 holiday season, will return with engagements in Boston and Hartford la… LINKED FROM PLAYBILL Mary-Louise Parker Returns to Broadway in 'Snow Geese' by David Rooney In-demand director Daniel Sullivan will stage the world-premiere drama by Sharr White, who had a hit this season with "The Other Place." LINKED FROM THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER Jeff Buckley Musical Tunes Up at San Diego’s Old Globe by Gordon Cox “The Last Goodbye,” the tuner mash-up of “Romeo and Juliet” and the songs of Jeff Buckley, will open the 2013-14 season at San Diego’s Old Globe Theater. LINKED FROM VARIETY.COM Breaking News: TUCK EVERLASTING Postponed for Both Boston & Broadway by BroadwayWorld The world premiere production of the new musical TUCK EVERLASTING, scheduled to play Boston's Citi Performing Arts Center Emerson Colonial Theatre 106 Boylston Street from July 28-August 18,… LINKED FROM BROADWAYWORLD   Post Script:     Explicit: No   Music: Clips from Matilda, from the Matilda website “Broadway, Here I Come!” from Things To Ruin released by Sh-K-Boom Clips from Motown: The Musical, the Motown: The Musical website   Contact Info: Email addresses: see above Phone / Voicemail: +1-855-987-8277 BroadwayStars: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: Stitcher: Stitcher App iPhone/iPod: iTunes Listen on BroadwayWorld Radio Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm We need Listener Volunteers to help out with a few projects. If you have a few hours and would like to help out, contact james@broadwayradio.com.