This Week on Broadway for January 18, 2016: Billy Porter

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk with Billy Porter. We re-review Spring Awakening, Something Rotten, and The King and I. New reviews include Maurice Hines is Tappin' Thru Life and Noises Off. We are getting ready for BroadwayCon! ---------------------------------- 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. You can also get all of your news for 'This Week on Broadway' by Liking BroadwayRadio on Facebook or following us on Twitter at BroadwayRadio. 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: Billy Porter BILLY PORTER Broadway: Kinky Boots (Tony Award), Miss Saigon, Five Guys..., Grease, Smokey Joe’s..., Dreamgirls. Off-Broadway/regional: Angels in America, The Merchant of Venice, Radiant Baby, Birdie Blue, Songs for a New World, Ghetto Superstar (one-man show), Topdog/Underdog, King Lear, The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler. Film/TV: The Broken Hearts Club, Noel, “Shake, Rattle and Roll,” “Law & Order,” “The Big C.” Recording: Untitled, At the Corner of Broadway & Soul. “INSPIRATIONAL BROADWAY” WITH PREVIOUSLY-ANNOUNCED GUESTS BILLY PORTER, RENEE ELISE GOLDSBERRY, JOSHUA HENRY & MARCUS PAUL JAMES AT B.B. KING BLUES CLUB & GRILL – FEBRUARY 15, 2016 INSPIRATIONAL BROADWAY – an evening of Broadway, R&B, Gospel, and Pop classics featuring Broadway’s brightest lights and an ensemble of uplifting voices – has added special guest stars Adam Pascal, Eden Espinosa, Telly Leung and Jarrod Spector. The concert takes place at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill on February 15, 2016 at 7:30 PM (Doors at 6:00 PM). Michael McElroy and The Broadway Inspirational Voices will be joined by previously-announced performers Billy Porter, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Joshua Henry and Marcus Paul James. The music will be performed with the signature soul and innovative musical arrangements of the Grammy-nominated Broadway Inspirational Voices. This event will help benefit the BIV Outreach Program. Tickets begin at $30, and can be purchased by visiting http://www.bbkingblues.com. http://shufflealongbroadway.com/ http://www.ibdb.com/Production/View/499865   Reviews: PF: Spring Awakening PF: Something Rotten -- Brian d’Arcy James, Jonathan Groff, and Andrew Rannells on Playing Hamilton Fan Favorite King George III MP: King and I MP: Maurice Hines is Tappin' Thru Life MP: Noises Off   News:    Television & Film:    Tours:  Recordings:  Post Script: BroadwayCon -- meeting? Saturday, 11am: Peter book signing of The Great Parade, at Drama Book Shop's booth (1006/1008) in the BroadwayCon Marketplace   Next Week: Monday night recording 1/25/16 Explicit: No Music: 2015 Broadway revival cast recording on The King and I 05 The March Of The Siamese Children 02 I Whistle A Happy Tune   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)