This Week on Broadway for May 17, 2015: Walter Willison and Grand Hotel, The 25th Anniversary Concert at 54 Below

Peter Filichia and James Marino talk with Walter Willison about the upcoming Grand Hotel: The 25th Anniversary Concert at 54 Below. Peter gives us a report from London including: Miss Saigon, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and The Play That Goes Wrong. Michael Portantiere reviews The Glass Menagerie @ The Masterworks Theater Company, Merrily We Roll Along @ The Astoria Performing Arts Center, and Our Guy, Cy: The Songs of Cy Coleman @ 54 Below. ---------------------------------- 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, his most recent is, "The Great Parade", available everywhere. His columns appear at MTI, Kritzerland, Masterworks Broadway, Broadway Select and many other places. ---------------------------------- Theater World Awards @ The Lyric Theater, Monday, June 1 @ 7:45 PM -- email Peter for reservations pfilichia@aol.com ---------------------------------- 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 theatrical photographer whose photos have appeared in The New York Times and other major publications.   Notes and links for the podcast. Guest: Walter Willison 54 Sings Grand Hotel: The 25th Anniversary Concert May 24, 2015 @ 7PM & 9:30PM IBDB     Reviews: Peter's London Trip: Miss Saigon @ Prince Edward Theatre, London Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown @ Playhouse Theatre, London Charlie and the Chocolate Factory @ Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London The Play That Goes Wrong @ Duchess Theatre, London   Michael: The Glass Menagerie @ The Masterworks Theater Company, 47th Street Theatre through May 30, 2015 Merrily We Roll Along @ The Astoria Performing Arts Center,  through May 23, 2015 Our Guy, Cy: The Songs of Cy Coleman @ 54 Below, through May 20, 2015   News:  Darren Criss Set to Host BROADWAY JUNIOR at the Imperial Theatre!   Broadway All-Stars at the NBA All-Star Halftime 1998     Matilda Broadway - #WhenIGrowUp   Television:      Tours:      Recordings:        Post Script:     Next Week:      Explicit: No     Music: Grand Hotel: The Musical - Broadway Cast Recording Roses At The Station Some Have, Some Have Not Love Can't Happen (Live At Steve Mc Graw's) - David Carroll   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.