Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk with Andrew Polk. Reviews include A White House Cantata @ Montclair State University, Hey, Look Me Over! @ Encores, Love Never Dies National Tour (reviewed in Boston), Home Is A Verb @ Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA), and The Thing With Feathers @ The Barrow Group
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. 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. Guest: Andrew Polk from The Band's Visit Film: The Week Of (w/Adam Sandler, Chris Rock – premiere on Netflix, April 2018), The Humbling, Three Generations, Norman (w/ Richard Gere), Jamie Marks Is Dead, Love Is Strange, Shelter among many others. TV: “The Punisher”(Netflix) “Instinct” (CBS – recurring premieres March, 2018), “House of Cards” (Harry Marshall – recurring, seasons 4&5), “Madame Secretary,” “Hell On Wheels,” “The Good Wife,” “Blue Bloods,” “Person of Interest,” “The Blacklist,” “The Closer,” “30 Rock,” all “Law & Order” shows, among many others. Theater: The Band’s Visit (Barrymore Theater), The Band’s Visit (Atlantic Theater) Burning, Mouth To Mouth and The Accomplices (Drama Desk Nomination, The New Group), Diner The Musical (workshop), Walmartopia (Minetta Lane), The Green Zone (Lincoln Center), Walmartopia (MinettalLane), Flight (Lortel), Vick's Boy (Rattlestick), among others. Regional: The Homecoming, Speed-The-Plow (A.C.T.), At Home At The Zoo (Philadelphia Theatre Co.), A New War (Long Wharf), Dinner with Friends (Alley Theatre), Angels in America (Alliance), Arena Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville, among many others. Training: London's Webber-Douglas Academy (Fulbright Scholar). Associate Artist at A.C.T. Founder of The Cape Cod Theatre Project. Alan Cumming show “Instinct” on CBS premiering mid March Adam Sandler and Chris Rock film “The Week Of” premiering in April on Netflix. The Cape Cod Theatre Project The Band's Visit WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS: Zohar Tirosh, Andrew Polk, June 26, 2009 ZOHAR TIROSH-POLK – Israeli Dramaturg & Dialect Coach My favorite lyric… “NO EDGE, NO EDGE NO WALLS, NO BORDER” Zohar was the production dramaturg and dialect consultant for Higher at A.C.T. Her plays: Pieces, Land/Holy, Home/Front, The Zionists, Theo’s Dream, Waltz, and Six have been presented or produced at the The New Group, Magic Theatre, The Lincoln Center Theater’s Director’s Lab, New Repertory Theatre, The Cape Cod Theatre Project, The Jewish Plays Project, Rising Phoenix Rep, Silk Road Rising, the Lark Play Development Center, The Brick and HERE, among others. The Zionists will be published in the upcoming Semitic Commonwealth Anthology. Her English translation of Hanoch Levin’s play, Those Who Walk in the Dark is published in Wanderers and Other Israeli Plays by Seagull Books. Zohar won the Jewish Plays Project’s new play competition for Six. A 2017-2018 LABA fellow, Zohar is the recipient of the Foundation for Jewish Culture’s Theatre Grant and a commission from Highbrow Productions. She has a B.A. in Literature and Writing from Columbia University and a Playwriting MFA from Brooklyn College under Mac Wellman and Erin Courtney. Reviews: PF: A White House Cantata (nee: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue) @ Montclair State University, February 1 - 4, 2018 Directed by Gary John La Rosa MP: Hey, Look Me Over! @ Encores! City Center, 131 West 55th Street, February 7 - 11, 2018 PF: Love Never Dies (National Tour in Boston) PF: Home Is A Verb @ Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA) PF: The Thing With Feathers @ The Barrow Group, TBG Main Stage Theatre, 312 West 36 Street, through February 10th, 2018 -- Alexa Shae Niziak -- How Massachusetts child actors balance Broadway, off-Broadway with school by Isaac Feldberg Television, Film and Streaming: News: Tours: Podcasts: Recordings: Post Script: MP: Next week Michael will be seeing Chess and West Side Story in DC (@ Kennedy Center) MP: Groff Story MP: Broadway Valentine @ Queens Theatre February 17-18, 2018 Produced by Stephen DeAngelis Trivia: Coming Soon: PF: Martin McDonagh’s Hangmen @ Atlantic Theater Company’s Linda Gross Theater, 336 West 20th Street, through March 4th, 2018 Explicit: No Music: Welcome to Nowhere Performed by the Cast of THE BAND'S VISIT / Music & Lyrics by David Yazbek Haj-Butrus Music by David Yazbek Haled's Song About Love Performed by Ari'el Stachel / Music & Lyrics by David Yazbek Answer Me Performed by the Cast of THE BAND'S VISIT / Music & Lyrics by David Yazbek Contact Info: Email addresses: see above BroadwayRadio Phone / Voicemail: +1-888-285-4666 BroadwayRadio: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: iHeart Radio TuneIn iTunes / Apple Podcasts Stitcher Google Play ...and anywhere that you can listen to finer podcasts
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. 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. Guest: Andrew Polk from The Band's Visit Film: The Week Of (w/Adam Sandler, Chris Rock – premiere on Netflix, April 2018), The Humbling, Three Generations, Norman (w/ Richard Gere), Jamie Marks Is Dead, Love Is Strange, Shelter among many others. TV: “The Punisher”(Netflix) “Instinct” (CBS – recurring premieres March, 2018), “House of Cards” (Harry Marshall – recurring, seasons 4&5), “Madame Secretary,” “Hell On Wheels,” “The Good Wife,” “Blue Bloods,” “Person of Interest,” “The Blacklist,” “The Closer,” “30 Rock,” all “Law & Order” shows, among many others. Theater: The Band’s Visit (Barrymore Theater), The Band’s Visit (Atlantic Theater) Burning, Mouth To Mouth and The Accomplices (Drama Desk Nomination, The New Group), Diner The Musical (workshop), Walmartopia (Minetta Lane), The Green Zone (Lincoln Center), Walmartopia (MinettalLane), Flight (Lortel), Vick's Boy (Rattlestick), among others. Regional: The Homecoming, Speed-The-Plow (A.C.T.), At Home At The Zoo (Philadelphia Theatre Co.), A New War (Long Wharf), Dinner with Friends (Alley Theatre), Angels in America (Alliance), Arena Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville, among many others. Training: London's Webber-Douglas Academy (Fulbright Scholar). Associate Artist at A.C.T. Founder of The Cape Cod Theatre Project. Alan Cumming show “Instinct” on CBS premiering mid March Adam Sandler and Chris Rock film “The Week Of” premiering in April on Netflix. The Cape Cod Theatre Project The Band's Visit WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS: Zohar Tirosh, Andrew Polk, June 26, 2009 ZOHAR TIROSH-POLK – Israeli Dramaturg & Dialect Coach My favorite lyric… “NO EDGE, NO EDGE NO WALLS, NO BORDER” Zohar was the production dramaturg and dialect consultant for Higher at A.C.T. Her plays: Pieces, Land/Holy, Home/Front, The Zionists, Theo’s Dream, Waltz, and Six have been presented or produced at the The New Group, Magic Theatre, The Lincoln Center Theater’s Director’s Lab, New Repertory Theatre, The Cape Cod Theatre Project, The Jewish Plays Project, Rising Phoenix Rep, Silk Road Rising, the Lark Play Development Center, The Brick and HERE, among others. The Zionists will be published in the upcoming Semitic Commonwealth Anthology. Her English translation of Hanoch Levin’s play, Those Who Walk in the Dark is published in Wanderers and Other Israeli Plays by Seagull Books. Zohar won the Jewish Plays Project’s new play competition for Six. A 2017-2018 LABA fellow, Zohar is the recipient of the Foundation for Jewish Culture’s Theatre Grant and a commission from Highbrow Productions. She has a B.A. in Literature and Writing from Columbia University and a Playwriting MFA from Brooklyn College under Mac Wellman and Erin Courtney. Reviews: PF: A White House Cantata (nee: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue) @ Montclair State University, February 1 - 4, 2018 Directed by Gary John La Rosa MP: Hey, Look Me Over! @ Encores! City Center, 131 West 55th Street, February 7 - 11, 2018 PF: Love Never Dies (National Tour in Boston) PF: Home Is A Verb @ Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA) PF: The Thing With Feathers @ The Barrow Group, TBG Main Stage Theatre, 312 West 36 Street, through February 10th, 2018 -- Alexa Shae Niziak -- How Massachusetts child actors balance Broadway, off-Broadway with school by Isaac Feldberg Television, Film and Streaming: News: Tours: Podcasts: Recordings: Post Script: MP: Next week Michael will be seeing Chess and West Side Story in DC (@ Kennedy Center) MP: Groff Story MP: Broadway Valentine @ Queens Theatre February 17-18, 2018 Produced by Stephen DeAngelis Trivia: Coming Soon: PF: Martin McDonagh’s Hangmen @ Atlantic Theater Company’s Linda Gross Theater, 336 West 20th Street, through March 4th, 2018 Explicit: No Music: Welcome to Nowhere Performed by the Cast of THE BAND'S VISIT / Music & Lyrics by David Yazbek Haj-Butrus Music by David Yazbek Haled's Song About Love Performed by Ari'el Stachel / Music & Lyrics by David Yazbek Answer Me Performed by the Cast of THE BAND'S VISIT / Music & Lyrics by David Yazbek Contact Info: Email addresses: see above BroadwayRadio Phone / Voicemail: +1-888-285-4666 BroadwayRadio: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: iHeart Radio TuneIn iTunes / Apple Podcasts Stitcher Google Play ...and anywhere that you can listen to finer podcasts
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