This Week on Broadway for July 15, 2018: Lucie Arnaz

Jena Tesse Fox, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk with Lucie Arnaz. Jan Simpson joins in and we review Mary Page Marlowe @ Second Stage Theater, Log Cabin @ Playwrights Horizons, Cyprus Avenue @ Public Theater, Hairspray @ The Argyle Theatre, and The Saintliness of Margery Kempe @ The Duke on 42nd Street. We also have an in-depth discussion about Actor’s Equity renaming of the Gypsy Robe.    

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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. 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. Jan Simpson | jan@broadwayandme.com | Facebook | Twitter Broadway & Me JAN SIMPSON is the Director of the Arts and Culture Journalism program at CUNY’s Graduate School of Journalism, and also writes for TDF Stages, American Theater and has her own blog at Broadway & Me. Her podcast, Stagecraft, is part of the BroadwayRadio network, and she is also a co-host of Theater Talk on PBS.   Notes and links for the podcast. Peter is at Music Theatre Wichita seeing Freaky Friday. but we have pre-recorded trivia at the end.   Guest: Lucie Arnaz IBDB LucieArnaz.com Lucie's Birdland Birthday Bash!! Songs From My Musical Past @ Birdland, 315 West 44th Street Tuesday, July 17, 2018 through Saturday, July 21, 2018   Reviews:  JS: Mary Page Marlowe @ Second Stage Theater, 305 West 43rd Street, through August 12, 2018 MP: Log Cabin @ Playwrights Horizons, 416 West 42nd Street, through July 15, 2018 JF + JS: Cyprus Avenue @ Public Theater, LuEsther Hall, 425 Lafayette Street, through July 29, 2018 JM: Hairspray @ The Argyle Theatre, 34 West Main Street, Babylon, NY 11702, through August 26, 2018 Babylon Village Long Island Rail Road -- This Week on Broadway for May 27, 2018: Evan Pappas -- Penny Pingleton played by Christina Emily Jackson -- Seaweed Stubbs played by Malcolm Franklin   JS: The Saintliness of Margery Kempe @ The Duke on 42nd Street, 229 West 42nd Street, through August 26, 2018   News:  Actors' Equity: Renaming of Gypsy Robe Press Release from Actors' Equity: Actors’ Equity Association Announces “Legacy Robe” As the New Name For the Broadway Tradition Celebrating Chorus Members Lifting the Curtain on the Gypsy Robe by Carol Silverman and Petra Gelbart As Actors Equity prepares to announce a new name for its beloved Broadway ceremony, here’s a look at why they made the change. April 20, 2018, New York Times: Term of Affection? Ethnic Slur? Theater Union Decides That ‘Gypsy’ Must Go. by Michael Paulson

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is sticking with “Gypsy of the Year” for two annual performances that for 29 years have celebrated a fall fund-raising campaign. “Words have different meanings depending on the context in which they are used,” said Tom Viola, the nonprofit’s executive director. “Even words that may have once been intended as a slur can be, in fact, reclaimed with pride.” Mr. Viola said the performances celebrate “the talent, generosity and unique skills of those performing in the ensemble.” He added, “In our theatrical community, ‘the gypsy’ is beloved.”

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