Today on Broadway: Monday, October 22, 2018

Listen: Reviews for Broadway's "The Ferryman" and "Lifespan of a Fact" and Off-Broadway's 'Gloria: A Life," and "Be More Chill" Heading for the Big Screen" "Today on Broadway" is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre headlines of the day. Any and all feedback is appreciated: james@broadwayradio.com (James Marino) or matt@broadwayradio.com (Matt Tamanini) “Come from Away” Becomes Longest Running Canadian Musical in Broadway History https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/COME-FROM-AWAY-Becomes-Longest-Running-Canadian-Musical-on-Broadway-20181021 This Week on Broadway: October 21^st, 2018 https://broadwayradio.com/blog/2018/10/21/this-week-on-broadway-for-october-21-2018-apologia/ 1) “The Ferryman” Officially Opened on Broadway Last Night http://www.playbill.com/article/what-did-broadway-critics-think-of-jez-butterworths-london-hit-the-ferryman 2) “Be More Chill” Film in the Works https://deadline.com/2018/10/be-more-chill-movie-shawn-levy-greg-berlanti-film-auction-broadway-musical-1202486576/ 3) More Reviews are in for “Lifespan of a Fact” https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Review-Roundup-What-Did-Critics-Think-of-Daniel-Radcliffe-Cherry-Jones-and-Bobby-Cannavale-In-THE-LIFESPAN-OF-A-FACT-20181018 4) This Week’s Theatrical Schedule Monday, October 22^nd Opening: “School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play” Off-Broadway from MCC https://www.mcctheater.org/shows/17-18_season/schoolgirls/index.html Opening: “Plot Points In Our Sexual Development” Off-Broadway from LCT3 https://www.lct.org/shows/plot-points-our-sexual-development/ Tuesday, October 23^rd Opening: “Indiana Pale Ale” Off-Broadway from the Manhattan Theatre Club https://www.manhattantheatreclub.com/2018-19-season/india-pale-ale/ Previews: The Prom on Broadway at the Longacre https://theprommusical.com/ Previews: “Thom Pain (based on nothing)” Off-Broadway from Signature Theatre https://www.signaturetheatre.org/shows-and-events/Productions/2018-2019/Thom-Pain-(based-on-nothing).aspx Wednesday, October 24^th Previews: “Little Shop of Horrors” Broadway Center Stage Production at the Kennedy Center http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/event/TTBCA Thursday, October 25^th Opening: “The Waverly Gallery” on Broadway at the John Golden Theatre https://thewaverlygalleryonbroadway.com/ Previews: “Mike Birbiglia’s The New One” on Broadway at the Cort Theatre https://thenewone.com/ Opening: “The Niceties” Off-Broadway from Manhattan Theatre Club https://www.manhattantheatreclub.com/2018-19-season/the-niceties/ Previews: “The Hard Problem” Off-Broadway from Lincoln Center Theatre https://www.lct.org/shows/hard-problem/ Friday, October 26^th Previews: “The Other Josh Cohen” Off-Broadway at the West Side Theatre http://otherjoshcohen.com/ Sunday, October 28^th Closing: “Desperate Measures” Off-Broadway http://www.desperatemeasuresmusical.com/ Closing: “The True” Off-Broadway from the New Group https://www.thenewgroup.org/thetrue.html Closing: “Uncle Romeo Vanya Juliet” from Bedlam http://bedlam.org/whats-on/uncle-romeo-vanya-juliet/ 5) In Other News Reviews for “Gloria: A Life” Off-Broadway at the Daryl Roth Theatre https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Review-Roundup-What-Did-Critics-Think-of-GLORIA-A-LIFE-20181019 Robert Cuccioli to Lead Goodspeed’s “A Connecticut Christmas Carol” https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Robert-Cuccioli-to-Lead-Goodspeeds-A-CONNECTICUT-CHRISTMAS-CAROL-Hunter-Foster-Directs-20181019