This Week on Broadway for August 31, 2015: Annie Baker's "John", Remembering Kyle Jean-Baptiste and Joshua Park

James Marino talks with Mo Brady and Nikka Graff Lanzarone, of The Ensemblist Podcast, about their upcoming show at 54 Below. Peter Filichia and Michael Portantiere join in after to review Annie Baker's, "John" @ Signature, A Delicate Ship, Drop Dead Perfect, The Oresteia @ CSC, Screening of West Side Story (Film) @ Lincoln Center. In the news, we talk about the passing of Kyle Jean-Baptiste and Joshua Park. Looking into the future, Kevin Bacon To Star In 'Rear Window' At Hartford Stage, and SpongeBob Musical is coming to Broadway. ---------------------------------- 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.   Guests: Mo Brady and Nikka Graff Lanzarone http://theensemblist.com/ The Ensemblist & The Bowery Boys Celebrate Broadway’s St. James Theatre September 13, 2015 @ 54 Below   Reviews: PF: Annie Baker's world premiere John @ Signature PF: The Playwrights Realm production of A Delicate Ship @the Peter Jay Sharp Theater,416 W. 42nd Street, through September 12th, 2015 PF: Drop Dead Perfect @ Theatre at St. Clement's, 423 West 46th Street   Erasmus Fenn PF: The Oresteia @ Classic Stage Company (CSC), 136 East 13th Street MP: Screening of West Side Story @ Lincoln Center http://www.popspotsnyc.com/west_side_story/     News:  BroadwayWorld: LES MISERABLES Cast Member Kyle Jean-Baptiste Dies at 21 BroadwayWorld: Broadway Vet Joshua Park Passes Away at 38 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Frank Rizzo: Kevin Bacon To Star In 'Rear Window' At Hartford Stage Jeremy Gerard: Broadway-Bound ‘SpongeBob Musical’ From Aerosmith, John Legend Won’t Be ‘Lion King’   Television:    Tours:    Recordings:    Post Script: Next Week:  Explicit: No Music: Kyle Jean- Baptiste - Bring Him Home The Adventures of Tom Sawyer "To Hear You Say My Name"   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)