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This Week on Broadway for April 24, 2016: The Father, I Am Anne Hutchinson, I Am Harvey Milk

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James Marino, Michael Portantiere and Jan Simpson review Manhattan Theatre Club's production of The Father. Jan catches us up with her reviews of Blackbird, Bright Star, Dry Powder and Kings. Michael is back from his visit to DC where he saw 110 in the Shade @ Ford's Theatre, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof @ The Round House Theatre. Listener Debbie Shrager calls in a review of I Am Anne Hutchinson/I Am Harvey Milk. And finally we wrap up with Antlia Pneumatica at Playwrights Horizons, Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again, Red Bull's production of School for Scandal at the Lucille Lortel, and Straight at the Clurman. ---------------------------------- 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 MTIKritzerlandMasterworks BroadwayBroadway 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 TalkinBroadwayThe 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: thefather JM + MP +  JS: Manhattan Theatre Club's production of The Father @ The Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, through June 12, 2016 JS: Blackbird JS: Bright Star JS: Dry Powder JS: Kings @ -- The Pipeline Festival | Women's Project Theater MP: 110 in the Shade @ Ford's Theatre, Washington, DC, through May 14, 2016 Understudies! -- Sunset Boulevard understudy wins over booing crowd after Glenn Close falls ill MP: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof @ The Round House Theatre, Bethesda, MD, through April 24, 2016. Debbie Shrager: I Am Anne Hutchinson/I Am Harvey Milk @ Strathmore, North Bethesda, MD, two performances only. -- Original Cast Recording of the world-premiere of Andrew Lippa's I AM HARVEY MILK The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus is joined by Andrew Lippa, Noah Marlowe, and Tony Award-winning soprano Laura Benanti.Recorded live at the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus 35th Anniversary Concert "Harvey Milk 2013" on June 26, 27 and 28, 2013.   JS: Antlia Pneumatica at Playwrights Horizons JS: Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again at Soho Rep JS: Red Bull's production of School for Scandal at the Lucille Lortel, JS: Straight at the Clurman   News:  Television & Film:  Tours:  Podcasts: Recordings:  Post Script: MP: A Man For All Seasons at SeaViewPlaywrightsTheatre on Staten Island No Peter this week, trivia returns next week! Next Week:  Explicit: No Music: I Am Harvey Milk Original Cast Recording The original cast recording of Andrew Lippa's I AM HARVEY MILK was released today (October 11, 2013) in celebration of National Coming Out Day. This live recording is from the world-premiere performance by the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus and features Andrew Lippa, Tony award-winner Laura Benanti, and Noah Marlowe. Video Design by Andrew Lazarow. Musical Rehearsal of "Rain Song" from 110 in the Shade @ Ford's Theatre   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)

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