This Week on Broadway for December 25, 2016: Charles Busch

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk with Charles Busch. Reviews include Bright Colors and Bold Patterns, Othello at New York Theatre Workshop, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, and The Babylon Line at Lincoln Center Theater. ---------------------------------- 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. Note: We had some audio problems throughout the show which decreased the quality of the recording at times. We apologize for the inconvenience. 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.   Notes and links for the podcast.   Guest: Charles Busch http://www.charlesbusch.com/ CHARLES BUSCH’S NEW YEAR’S EVE SHOW @ Feinstein’s/54 Below Charles Busch on the First Time He Performed in Drag (The New York Times, December 20, 2016) Charles on Wikipedia CD @ Broadway Records: Charles Busch – Live at Feinstein's/54 Below PF + CB: Bright Colors and Bold Patterns @ Barrow Street Theatre, 27 Barrow Street, through December 30, 2016 -- Audition Disasters ~ Drew Droege   Reviews:  JM + MP + PF: Othello @ New York Theatre Workshop, 79 East 4th Street, January 18, 2017 Marsha Stephanie Blake Rachel Brosnahan Daniel Craig David Oyelowo PF: Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 @ Imperial Theatre, 249 West 45th Street JM + MP: The Babylon Line @ Lincoln Center Theater, 150 West 65th Street, through January 22, 2017 Maddie Corman Randy Graff Julie Halston Michael Oberholtzer Josh Radnor Elizabeth Reaser Frank Wood Flashback: This Week on Broadway for October 9, 2016: Richard Greenberg     Discussion:    Television, Film and Streaming:  Tours:  Podcasts: Recordings:  Post Script: Next Week:  (Possible discussions that we didn't get to this week) PF: The Band's Visit @ Atlantic Theater Company, Linda Gross Theater, 336 W. 20th St, through January 8, 2017 MP: Daniel Reichard @ Birdland, "DANIEL REICHARD'S GUIDE TO CHRISTMAS" MP: Steven Brinberg @ 54 Below, "SIMPLY BARBRA HOLIDAY SHOW: THE MUSIC, THE MEM’RIES, THE MATZO…" PF: Rancho Viejo @ Playwrights Horizons   Explicit: No Music: Charles Busch – Live at Feinstein's/54 Below @ BroadwayRecords.com 4. Bill 12. What a Lot of Flowers/Hurry, It s Lovely Up Here 15. A Parade in Town/Sail Away   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.