This Week on Broadway for May 12, 2013: The Big Knife, The Assembled Parties, The Testament of Mary and The Trip to Bountiful

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk about The Big Knife, The Assembled Parties, The Testament of Mary and The Trip to Bountiful. Also discussed is the cancellation of "Smash", Into The Woods at McCarter, Alec Baldwin's essay in Huffington Post, Neil Patrick Harris to host Tony Awards, and the Theatre World Awards.   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. May 29th: Strippers! Showgirls! Sharks! @  The Drama Book Shop, 250 West 40th Street, 5PM   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.   News & Reviews:  Apr 16: The Big Knife - AMERICAN AIRLINES THEATRE Apr 17: The Assembled Parties - SAMUEL J. FRIEDMAN THEATRE Apr 22: The Testament of Mary - WALTER KERR THEATRE, already closed Apr 23: The Trip to Bountiful - STEPHEN SONDHEIM THEATRE NBC Officially Cancels Musical Series "Smash" Into The Woods at McCarter Theatre in NJ "Letting Go": Jekyll & Hyde, Starring Constantine Maroulis and Deborah Cox, Ends Broadway Run May 12 How Broadway Has Changed by Alec Baldwin A Hostage Who Turns Into a Dad ‘Orphans,’ With Alec Baldwin, at the Schoenfeld Theater Neil Patrick Harris to Host 67th Annual Tony Awards Theatre World Awards, Monday June 3, 2013, 6:45 pm @ Music Box Theatre Hosted by Peter Filichia Produced by TWA Board of Directors, Mary K. Botosan & Erin Oestreich Directed by John Tartaglia   Post Script: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (film)   Next Week:  Apr 24: I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers - BOOTH THEATRE Apr 25: Pippin - MUSIC BOX THEATRE   Explicit: No   Music: The full 2012 Tony Awards Opening     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.