Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about some of the Tony Nominations. Our conversation will continue next week.
Reviews include Summer and Smoke @ Classic Stage Company, Max von Essen In Concert with Billy Stritch @ Birdland, 217 Boxes of Dr. Henry Anonymous @ Baryshnikov Arts Center, ¡HAVANA! a presentation on the Norwegian Bliss, and Unexpected Joy @ York Theatre Company
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. Reviews: PF: Summer and Smoke @ Classic Stage Company, 136 East 13th Street, through May 25, 2018 MP: Max von Essen In Concert with Billy Stritch @ Birdland, Monday, April 30, 2018 PF: 217 Boxes of Dr. Henry Anonymous @ Baryshnikov Arts Center, Jerome Robbins Theater, 450 West 37th Street, through May 11, 2018 MP: ¡HAVANA! a presentation on the Norwegian Bliss (a cruise ship in port), directed and choreographed by Warren Carlyle PF: Unexpected Joy @ York Theatre Company, 619 Lexington Avenue, through May 27, 2018 Television, Film and Streaming: News: Nominations for the 2018 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards® Presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing Best Book of a Musical The Band's Visit, Itamar Moses Frozen, Jennifer Lee Mean Girls, Tina Fey SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical, Kyle Jarrow Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre Angels in America, Music: Adrian Sutton The Band's Visit, Music & Lyrics: David Yazbek Frozen, Music & Lyrics: Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez Mean Girls, Music: Jeff Richmond, Lyrics: Nell Benjamin SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical, Music & Lyrics: Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler & Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, Lady Antebellum, Cyndi Lauper & Rob Hyman, John Legend, Panic! at the Disco, Plain White T's, They Might Be Giants, T.I., Domani & Lil'C Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play Andrew Garfield, Angels in America Tom Hollander, Travesties Jamie Parker, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two Mark Rylance, Farinelli and The King Denzel Washington, Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play Glenda Jackson, Edward Albee's Three Tall Women Condola Rashad, Saint Joan Lauren Ridloff, Children of a Lesser God Amy Schumer, Meteor Shower Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical Harry Hadden-Paton, My Fair Lady Joshua Henry, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel Tony Shalhoub, The Band's Visit Ethan Slater, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical -- BroadwayRadio Special: Interview with Ethan Slater Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical Lauren Ambrose, My Fair Lady Hailey Kilgore, Once On This Island LaChanze, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical Katrina Lenk, The Band's Visit Taylor Louderman, Mean Girls Jessie Mueller, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel TO BE CONTINUED... Tony Nominations by Production Mean Girls - 12 SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical - 12 Angels in America - 11 The Band's Visit - 11 Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel - 11 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two - 10 My Fair Lady - 10 Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh - 8 Once On This Island - 8 Edward Albee's Three Tall Women - 6 Farinelli and The King - 5 Travesties - 4 Frozen - 3 Lobby Hero - 3 The Children - 2 Junk - 2 Summer: The Donna Summer Musical - 2 Children of a Lesser God - 1 Latin History for Morons - 1 Meteor Shower - 1 1984 - 1 Saint Joan - 1 Tours: Podcasts: Recordings: Post Script: Trivia: Coming Soon: Explicit: No Music: "Dangerous to Dream" from FROZEN on Broadway (Official Lyric Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1zlG69CMuQ Patti Murin - True Love (From "Frozen: The Broadway Musical" / Acoustic) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUGpJVsBoUQ 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. Reviews: PF: Summer and Smoke @ Classic Stage Company, 136 East 13th Street, through May 25, 2018 MP: Max von Essen In Concert with Billy Stritch @ Birdland, Monday, April 30, 2018 PF: 217 Boxes of Dr. Henry Anonymous @ Baryshnikov Arts Center, Jerome Robbins Theater, 450 West 37th Street, through May 11, 2018 MP: ¡HAVANA! a presentation on the Norwegian Bliss (a cruise ship in port), directed and choreographed by Warren Carlyle PF: Unexpected Joy @ York Theatre Company, 619 Lexington Avenue, through May 27, 2018 Television, Film and Streaming: News: Nominations for the 2018 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards® Presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing Best Book of a Musical The Band's Visit, Itamar Moses Frozen, Jennifer Lee Mean Girls, Tina Fey SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical, Kyle Jarrow Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre Angels in America, Music: Adrian Sutton The Band's Visit, Music & Lyrics: David Yazbek Frozen, Music & Lyrics: Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez Mean Girls, Music: Jeff Richmond, Lyrics: Nell Benjamin SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical, Music & Lyrics: Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler & Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, Lady Antebellum, Cyndi Lauper & Rob Hyman, John Legend, Panic! at the Disco, Plain White T's, They Might Be Giants, T.I., Domani & Lil'C Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play Andrew Garfield, Angels in America Tom Hollander, Travesties Jamie Parker, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two Mark Rylance, Farinelli and The King Denzel Washington, Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play Glenda Jackson, Edward Albee's Three Tall Women Condola Rashad, Saint Joan Lauren Ridloff, Children of a Lesser God Amy Schumer, Meteor Shower Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical Harry Hadden-Paton, My Fair Lady Joshua Henry, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel Tony Shalhoub, The Band's Visit Ethan Slater, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical -- BroadwayRadio Special: Interview with Ethan Slater Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical Lauren Ambrose, My Fair Lady Hailey Kilgore, Once On This Island LaChanze, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical Katrina Lenk, The Band's Visit Taylor Louderman, Mean Girls Jessie Mueller, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel TO BE CONTINUED... Tony Nominations by Production Mean Girls - 12 SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical - 12 Angels in America - 11 The Band's Visit - 11 Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel - 11 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two - 10 My Fair Lady - 10 Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh - 8 Once On This Island - 8 Edward Albee's Three Tall Women - 6 Farinelli and The King - 5 Travesties - 4 Frozen - 3 Lobby Hero - 3 The Children - 2 Junk - 2 Summer: The Donna Summer Musical - 2 Children of a Lesser God - 1 Latin History for Morons - 1 Meteor Shower - 1 1984 - 1 Saint Joan - 1 Tours: Podcasts: Recordings: Post Script: Trivia: Coming Soon: Explicit: No Music: "Dangerous to Dream" from FROZEN on Broadway (Official Lyric Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1zlG69CMuQ Patti Murin - True Love (From "Frozen: The Broadway Musical" / Acoustic) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUGpJVsBoUQ 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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