This Week on Broadway for May 11, 2014: Jarrod Spector

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere chat with Tony Nominee Jarrod Spector. We also talk about The 70th Annual Theatre World Awards, Irma La Douce at City Center Encores, and The City of Conversation at Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater.   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, with Strippers, Showgirls and Sharks being his most recent. 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: Jarrod Spector Photo credit: Jeremiah Hull Jarrod Spector website Twitter Facebook IBDB Beautiful The Carole King Musical   Triangle Club at Princeton   News:  The 70th Annual Theatre World Awards Ceremony set Monday evening, June 2, 2014 beginning at 7:45 p.m. at Circle in the Square (West 50th Street, between Broadway and 8th Avenue), home of the current Broadway revival of Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill.   2014 Theatre World Award Winners Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut Performance during the 2013-2014 theatrical season Paul Chahidi, Twelfth Night, or What You Will Nick Cordero, Bullets Over Broadway Bryan Cranston, All the Way Mary Bridget Davies, A Night with Janis Joplin Sarah Greene, The Cripple of Inishmaan Rebecca Hall, Machinal Ramin Karimloo, Les Misérables Zachary Levi, First Date Chris O'Dowd, Of Mice and Men Sophie Okonedo, A Raisin in the Sun Emerson Steele, Violet Lauren Worsham, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder 2014 Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence in the Theater Winner Outstanding Performance in a Broadway or Off-Broadway Production Celia Keenan-Bolger for her performance as Laura in The Glass Menagerie 2014 John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre Winner Christopher Plummer Reviews: PF + MP: Irma La Douce @ City Center Encores Series, May 7 - 11, 2014 Books by Ethan Mordden | Wikipedia PF + MP: The City of Conversation @ Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater (Lincoln Center Theater), through July 6, 2014     Recordings:      Post Script:     Next Week:  PF + MP + JM: Roundabout Theatre Company's Violet @ American Airlines Theatre, 227 West 42nd Street, through August 10, 2014     Explicit: No     Music: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical / Original Broadway Cast Recording Walking in the Rain You've Got a Friend   Jarrod Spector: A Little Help From My Friends: Live at 54 BELOW Maybe I'm Amazed (Live)     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.