This Week on Broadway for July 30, 2017: Cinco Paul

Peter Filichia, Jena Tesse Fox, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk with Cinco Paul, who wrote the book, music, and lyrics to the new musical, "Bubble Boy." This week's reviews include Encores! Off-Center production of The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin and Theatreworks USA production of Pete the Cat. We also chat about controversy at The Great Comet.  

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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. 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. 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: Cinco Paul, writer of "Bubble Boy" music, lyrics, and book   GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS PRESENTS “BUBBLE BOY” ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING FROM THE WRITERS OF THE “DESPICABLE ME” MOVIES MUSIC AND LYRICS BY CINCO PAUL BOOK BY CINCO PAUL AND KEN DAURIO STARRING A.J. HOLMES, RICHARD KIND, CAROLINE BOWMAN, MATT DOYLE AND ALICE RIPLEY AVAILABLE IN DIGITAL AND PHYSICAL FORMATS TODAY, FRIDAY, JULY 28 New York, NY – Ghostlight Records has released the Original Cast Recording of Bubble Boy, the new musical based on the 2001 cult classic film of the same name, in both digital and physical formats today, Friday, July 28. The show is created by Cinco Paul (music, lyrics and book) and Ken Daurio (book), writers of the international hit animated films The Secret Life of Pets, Horton Hears a Who!, The Lorax, and Despicable Me 1, 2 & 3. Bubble Boy is the second major project for Daurio and Paul this summer, with their new film Despicable Me 3 currently in cinemas nationwide. A special music video of album’s first single “Bring Back My Boy” — featuring Alice Ripley — can be viewed here. A music video for the album’s second single “Falling for the Boy” is available here. Order the album via Apple Music. The album features a 32-page full color booklet with a synopsis and liner notes from Cinco Paul, as well as a note from Stephen Schwartz – composer and lyricist of Pippin, Wicked, and Godspell – who calls it “one of the cleverest, funniest, and most endearing musicals I’ve seen in a long time.” The recording is produced by Cinco Paul, Kurt Deutsch and Justin Goldner. For more information about Bubble Boy, please visit http://sh-k-boom.com/bubble-boy The recording features Tony Award winner Alice Ripley, A.J. Holmes, Drama Desk Award winner Richard Kind, Caroline Bowman and Matt Doyle. The cast also includes Gerard Canonico, Kirsten Scott, Martin Sola, Nehal Joshi, Alex Chester and Anita Welch. Musical Director Matt Hinkley leads a seven member band. A special concert production of Bubble Boy was presented at Feinstein’s/54 Below. Bubble Boy – hailed as a “lively, contemporary pop fun-filled musical fantasy” by Talkin’ Broadway and called “heartwarming fun for all ages” by BroadwayWorld.com – tells the story of Jimmy Livingston, a boy born without immunities who has spent his entire life confined inside a plastic bubble room. Enter Chloe, the girl next door, who becomes his friend and steals his heart. When she leaves town to get married, Jimmy travels cross-country in a homemade bubble suit in order to stop the wedding and finally tell her how he feels. Along the laugh-filled journey he deals with a crazy cult, a biker gang, a dead cow, and a controlling mother who will stop at nothing to get him back in the bubble. Whether you adored the film or are experiencing the story of Bubble Boy for the first time, this touching and hilarious coming-of-age story is sure to delight. The original film, also written by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, starred a young Jake Gyllenhaal. Bubble Boy was originally developed at Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza’s Scherr Forum and at the Disney ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop, a developmental workshop headed by Stephen Schwartz, created for the purpose of nurturing new American musicals. Performance rights for Bubble Boy are available through Dramatists Play Service. Learn more at www.Dramatists.com. “BUBBLE BOY” TRACK LIST 1. Bubble Boy 2. It Will Be Chloe 3. Say Clean 4. Falling for the Boy 5. Decontaminate Me 6. Prom Night 7. It Will Be Mark 8. Prom Night (Reprise) 9. Falling for the Boy (Reprise) 10. Please Stay 11. Out of Here 12. Bright and Shiny 13. Bring Back My Boy 14. Regret 15. Something Called Forever 16. Gotta Get That Boy 17. It’s an Elk 18. There’s a Bubble Around My Heart 19. I Stole a Bus 20. You Can See the Moon Today 21. One More Mile 22. I’d Rather Spend One Minute Holding You 23. Finale   Cinco is writing a new show with Bekah Brunstetter.   Reviews:  MP + JF: Encores! Off-Center production of The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin @ City Center, July 26 and 27, 2017 PF: Theatreworks USA production of Pete the Cat @ The Lucille Lortel Theatre, 121 Christopher Street, through August 18, 2017     News:  What About Oak? GREAT COMET Producer Explains Okieriete Onaodowan's Exit Mandy Patinkin Withdraws From ‘The Great Comet’ by MICHAEL PAULSON After a social media storm over the musical’s plan to replace Okieriete Onaodowan, who is African-American, Mr. Patinkin dropped out.   Television, Film and Streaming:  Tours:  Podcasts: Recordings:  CD: 2017 Tony Award Season Tony Award Productions and Broadway Records join forces to release the first ever Tony Award® Season compilation album, available June 9, 2017. Each musical from the 2016-2017 season, including the 2017 Tony nominated musicals, have been invited to contribute a song to this new compilation album. A portion of the proceeds from the album will go to the American Theatre Wing and Broadway League’s arts educations initiatives. The cover art features a specially commissioned Tony season illustration by Justin “Squigs” Robertson. The first 1,000 people to order the album here or at www.TonyAwardsStore.com will receive a free limited-edition “Lights of Broadway” Tony Nominees 2017 showcard with their purchase. The packaging will include an essay by noted musical theatre historian Jennifer Ashley Tepper as well as details about each show.   A Chorus Line @ 42 Enter: Masterworks Broadway giveaway 'A Chorus Line' 40th Anniversary Vinyl -- FORTY YEARS, FORTY FACTS FOR A CHORUS LINE by Peter Filichia -- Donna McKechnie Will Star in Arena Stage's THE PAJAMA GAME   Post Script: Coming Soon:  Explicit: No Music: Bubble Boy (Original Cast Recording) 1. Bubble Boy 13. Bring Back My Boy 15. 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