This Week on Broadway for July 16, 2017: Joshua Ellis, Assassins

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk with Joshua Ellis about his upcoming show, "Call My Publicist – the Starry Education of a Broadway Press Agent." We review Encores! Off-Center's Assassins, Pipeline @ Lincoln Center Theater, Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Marvin's Room, The Public Theater's production of Hamlet, The Little Victory Theatre's production of Summer of '42, The Crusade of Connor Stephens @ The Jerry Orbach Theater, and 54 Sings Man of La Mancha  

---

This Week on Broadway has been coming to you every week since March 16, 2009. It is the longest running Broadway and theatrical podcast with more than 400 shows giving thousands of reviews and hundreds of interviews. 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. Notes and links for the podcast. Upcoming:  PF: Next Sunday, July 16, 2017 at 7:00 and 9:30 pm see Peter narrate A Broadway Musical, by Charles Strouse, Lee Adams, and William F. Brown @ Feinstein's/54 Below PF: Wednesday, July 19, 2017 @ Yotel, Villain: DeBlanks Green Room 42 is located on the 4th floor of Yotel Hotel, on 42nd St & 10th Ave. Full restaurant & bar available. Tickets: $25. No food or beverage minimum. STARRING AMY SPANGER, HUNTER RYAN HERDLICKA, GENEVA CARR, PETER FILICHIA, ALLISON CASTILLO, ERIC LESH MP: Broadway Stands Up for Freedom @ NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, 566 LaGuardia Pl, Monday, July 17, 2017 @ 7:30 pm Spend an unforgettable evening with fellow art and music lovers celebrating the power and beauty of expression. This year Broadway Stands Up for Freedom welcomes Kurt Crowley of “Hamilton: An American Musical” as the music director for the show. The concert will also feature Gavin Creel, 2017 Tony award winning actor and Chris Jackson, 2015 Tony-award nominated actor from Hamilton: An American Musical. Brilliant Broadway songwriter teams creating original music, written and composed exclusively for this concert, will be performed by a lineup of Broadway’s brightest stars and up-and-coming talent. Each song highlights a different civil liberties issue and the work of the ACLU and NYCLU using humor, irony and the freedom of expression!   Guest: Joshua Ellis Call My Publicist – the Starry Education of a Broadway Press Agent (callmypublicist.com) CALL MY PUBLICIST! The Starry Education of A Broadway Press Agent @ United Solo Festival Written and Performed by Joshua Ellis, NEW YORK Thursday, September 14, 2017 @ 9:00pm   Reviews:  MP: Encores! Off-Center's Assassins @ City Center, 131 West 55th St, July 12 - 15, 2017 PF + JM: Pipeline @ Lincoln Center Theater's Mitzi E. Newhouse, 150 West 65th Street, through August 27, 2017 MP + PF + JM: Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Marvin's Room @ American Airlines Theatre, 227 West 42nd Street, through August 27, 2017 PF: The Public Theater's production of Hamlet @ Anspacher Theater, 425 Lafayette Street, through September 3, 2017 (Directed by Sam Gold) MP: The Little Victory Theatre's production of Summer of '42, 4089 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, through July 16, 2017 PF: The Crusade of Connor Stephens @ The Jerry Orbach Theater at the Theater Center, 210 W. 50th MP: 54 Sings Man of La Mancha, 254 W 54th St. Wed, Jul 12: 7:00 pm Wed, Jul 12: 9:30 pm     Television, Film and Streaming:  Tours:  Podcasts: Recordings:  Post Script: Coming Soon:  Explicit: No Music: The Assassins cast sings "Everybody's Got The Right" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrUt0vWtfSk   Sondheim & Weidman's ASSASSINS at New York City Center https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vua2xVgsD2o   Assassins (The Broadway Cast Recording) -- Another National Anthem   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.