This Week on Broadway for August 23, 2015: Brian Drutman and Cast Recordings

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere interview Brian Drutman about his many years in the cast recording business. Peter gives us his review of Hamilton and The New Group's production of Mercury Fur. Michael reviews a few cast recordings. That plus more. ---------------------------------- This Week on Broadway has been coming to you every week (mostly) 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. 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. You can see his photography work at FollowSpotPhoto.com.   Notes and links for the podcast. Guest: Brian Drutman Brian Drutman on Facebook Brian Drutman on LinkedIn email: drutmanbrian@gmail.com Wall Street Journal: The Economics of Broadway Cast Recordings LIAISONS Re-Imagining Sondheim from The Piano Pianist Anthony de Mare presents a new 3CD set of 36 songs by legendary composer Stephen Sondheim – arranged and reimagined by some of the world’s most exciting contemporary composers.   Reviews: PF: Hamilton @ Richard Rodgers Theatre, 226 W 46th St PF: The New Group's production of Mercury Fur @ The Pershing Square Signature Center, The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre, 480 West 42nd Street   News:  Coming: GROSS INDECENCY: THE THREE TRIALS OF OSCAR WILDE A One Night Only All-Star Reading Directed by Moisés Kaufman October 5, 2015 @ 7:00PM   Television:  Tours:  Recordings:  An American in Paris (Sony) On The Town (PS Classics) The King and I (Decca) PINOCCHIO 1967 TV CAST ALBUM STARRING MICKEY ROONEY RELEASED FROM THE #MWBVAULT! DAMES AT SEA (ORIGINAL LONDON CAST RECORDING) TWO’S COMPANY, THREE CHEERS (Bette Davis) AGES OF MAN (ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING) with Sir John Gielgud     Judy Kuhn and Jeanine Tesori Celebrate 20 Years of Disney's "Pocahontas" Colors of the Wind from Disney's Pocahontas   Post Script: Next Week: Recording evening Monday, 8/31/15, show released Tuesday or Wednesday Explicit: No Music: Birds of Victorian England -- Jason Robert Brown Johanna in Space -- Duncan Sheik Love is in the Air -- David Shire   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. YouTube Transcript: (Beta)