This Week on Broadway for December 18, 2016: Rory Max Kaplan

Jena Tesse Fox, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk with Rory Max Kaplan. Reviews include Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, In Transit, The Band's Visit @ Atlantic Theater Company, The Babylon Line @ Lincoln Center Theater,  The New York Pops presents Make The Season Bright, and Salome @ The Metropolitan Opera.   ---------------------------------- 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, 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, Everything Sondheim 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. Jena Tesse Fox | Twitter Jena is a theater writer and reviewer whose articles have appeared online at TimeOutNewYork.com, Playbill.com, BroadwayWorld.com and NewYorkTheaterGuide.com. She has interviewed Jennifer Ashley Tepper four times, and the fifth interview will be on HowlRound.com early next year. Notes and links for the podcast. Guest: Rory Max Kaplan Flashback: This Week on Broadway for September 13, 2015: Rory Max Kaplan IBDB http://www.rorymaxkaplan.com/   Reviews:  MP + JF: Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 @ Imperial Theatre, 249 West 45th Street -- Scott Stangland, Standby for Pierre / Josh Groban -- Parade @ Vivian Beaumont Theatre, opened 12/17/1998 -- Broadway Understudies: website | Twitter | Facebook JF + MP + JM: In Transit @ Circle in the Square Theatre, 235 W. 50th St. MP: The Band's Visit @ Atlantic Theater Company, Linda Gross Theater, 336 W. 20th St, through January 8, 2017 JF: The Babylon Line @ Lincoln Center Theater, 150 West 65th Street, through January 22, 2017 Flashback: This Week on Broadway for October 9, 2016: Richard Greenberg MP: The New York Pops presents Make The Season Bright with Liz Callaway & Ann Hampton Callaway, and Will & Anthony Nunziata @ Carnegie Hall, 57th Street and Seventh Avenue MP: Salome @ The Metropolitan Opera   Discussion:  Hudson Theatre getting Sunday in the Park with Jake Sunday in the Park with George Pre-opening information; subject to change. Hudson Theatre, (2/23/2017 - 4/23/2017) First Preview: Feb 11, 2017 Total Previews: Opening Date: Feb 23, 2017 Closing Date: Apr 23, 2017 Something For Everyone (1971) directed by Hal Prince   Television, Film and Streaming:  Tours:  Podcasts: Recordings:  Post Script: Next Week:  Explicit: No Music: The Great Comet on Broadway Dust and Ashes (feat. Josh Groban)   Contact Info: Email addresses: see above BroadwayRadio Phone / Voicemail: +1-888-285-4666 BroadwayRadio: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: iHeart Radio, iTunes, Google Play, and anywhere that you can listen to finer podcasts 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.