This Week on Broadway for April 3, 2016: Review Catchup - 1776, She Loves Me, The Crucible, Blackbird, Bright Star, and more!

Peter Filichia, James Marino, Michael Portantiere and Jan Simpson review 11 shows! 1776 at Encores!, Southern Comfort @ The Public, She Loves Me, Hold on To Me Darling, The Crucible, Blackbird, White Rabbit, Red Rabbi, Cagney, Death for Five Voices @ Sheen Center, Bright Star, and The Effect ---------------------------------- This episode of THIS WEEK ON BROADWAY is sponsored by SEATGEEK. To get $20 rebate on tickets, download the SEATGEEK app and enter the promo code: BR20. SeatGeek will send you $20 dollars after you’ve made your first ticket purchase. ---------------------------------- 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. Matt Tamanini | Twitter MATT TAMANINI is BroadwayWorld’s Senior TV and Film Critic and the host of the "Some Like it Pop" podcast, which is available on iTunes and Stitcher. You can connect with Matt on Twitter at @BWWMatt. Jan Simpson | Facebook | Twitter Broadway & Me JAN SIMPSON is Co-director of the Arts and Culture Journalism program at CUNY’s Graduate School of Journalism, and also writes for TDF Stages and Playbill   Notes and links for the podcast. Reviews: 1. PF JS MP: 1776 at Encores! 2. JS PF: Southern Comfort @ The Public 3. MP JM: She Loves Me 4. JS MP: Hold on To Me Darling 5. PF: The Crucible 6. MP PF JM: Blackbird 7. JS PF: White Rabbit, Red Rabbit (Jan saw Nathan Lane, Peter saw Whoopi Goldberg) 8. PF: Cagney 9. MP PF: Bright Star 10. PF: Death for Five Voices by Peter Mills @ Sheen Center 11. MP PF JS: The Effect     News:  Television & Film:  Tours:  Podcasts:   Recordings:  Post Script: Next Week:  Explicit: No Music: Vanilla Ice Cream - Laura Benanti Sun Is Gonna Shine (Single Version) from BRIGHT STAR   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)