This Week on Broadway for December 28, 2014: Best of 2014

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about the Best of 2014... plus Peter Filichia's Trivia Challenge!   ---------------------------------- This Week on Broadway has been coming to you (mostly) every week since March 16, 2009 and is the longest running Broadway and theatrical podcast with more then 300 shows giving thousands of reviews and hundreds of interviews. 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.   The Bridges of Madison County (Original Broadway Cast Recording)   Best Shows of 2014: Cabaret (Roundabout revival) In Fields Where They Lay Kelli O'Hara @ Pops Big @ York Anyone Can Whistle at Westfield High School (NJ) The Bridges of Madison County

Coming in 2015! -- Laura Osnes Will Join Steven Pasquale in Lyric Opera's Carousel Two-time Tony nominee Laura Osnes will star as Julie Jordan in Lyric Opera of Chicago's new production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel, which will be presented April 11-May 3, 2015.

Casa Valentina Ally Mulholland A Texas Trilogy The Cripple of Inishmaan Something Rotten (Reading) Musicals in Mufti On The Town This Is Our Youth Rocky Beautiful The Carole King Musical The Death of Klinghoffer (The Met) Hedwig and the Angry Inch Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time The Elephant Man Sex With Strangers     Best Recordings of 2014: -- Billboard top 5 show albums list Frozen Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill Roberta Sheldon Harnick Hidden Treasures via Harbinger Records Beautiful Fun Home Bullets Over Broadway The Bridges of Madison County   Memorial: Elaine Stritch Mary Rodgers Joan Rivers Mike Nichols Victoria Mallory Robin Williams Philip Seymour Hoffman     News:        Recordings:        Post Script:       Next Week:        Explicit: No       Music: Broadway Baby from Elaine Stritch At Liberty One Second and a Million Miles from The Bridges of Madison County   Contact Info: Email addresses: see above Phone / Voicemail: +1-888-285-4666 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.