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Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk about Harvey, And Miss Reardon Drinks A Little, Man and Superman @ Irish Rep, As You Like It, Audra Out of Porgy, Max in as Che, Gilligan coming to Broadway, A Christmas Story too! Please take the BroadwayRadio survey by CLICKING HERE. 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 Newark Star Ledger Masterworks Broadway: Tuesday Kritzerland: Friday MTI Blog James Marino | james@broadwayradio.com | Twitter | Facebook BroadwayStars Michael Portantiere | michael@broadwayradio.com | Facebook Follow Spot Theatrical Photography Notes and links for the podcast. Topics: PF + MP: Harvey @ Studio 54 MP: And Miss Reardon Drinks A Little @ Longview Theater PF: Man and Superman @ Irish Rep MP: As You Like It @ The Delacorte (Shakespeare In the Park) Audra McDonald Out of Porgy and Bess for Vocal Rest Max Von Essen in as Che for Ricky Martin vacation July 4th week Gilligan’s Island on Broadway? A Christmas Story coming to Broadway Closing: Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical Closing: Godspell Closing: Million Dollar Quartet Richard Adler and Jerry Ross Exit Introductions Explicit: No Music:  Sweet Little Devil You’re Mighty Lucky Hey! Hey! Let ‘Er Go! Contact Info: Email addresses: see above Phone / Voicemail: 646-873-7695 BroadwayStars: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: Stitcher: Stitcher App iPhone/iPod: iTunes Listen on BroadwayWorld Radio Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm

Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere, Jan Simpson and James Marino talk about Love Goes to Press, Storefront Church, Rapture Blister Burn, The Most Happy Fella, February House, Tony Awards: In Memoriam, Rock of Ages Movie, Bunheads, 54 Below, and the 50th Anniversary of Shakespeare in the Park. Please take the BroadwayRadio survey by CLICKING HERE. 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 Newark Star Ledger Masterworks Broadway: Tuesday Kritzerland: Friday MTI Blog James Marino | james@broadwayradio.com | Twitter | Facebook BroadwayStars Michael Portantiere | michael@broadwayradio.com | Facebook Follow Spot Theatrical Photography Jan Simpson | Facebook | Twitter Broadway & Me Co-director of the Arts and Culture Journalism program at CUNY’s Graduate School of Journalism Writer for TDF Stages Notes and links for the podcast. Topics: JS + PF: Love Goes To Press @ The Mint 311 West 43rd Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10036 | Box Office: 866-811-4111 May 26, 2012 through July 22, 2012 PF + JS: Storefront Church by John Patrick Shanley The Linda Gross Theater 336 W 20th St May 16 – June 24 JS: Rapture Blister Burn PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS is located at 416 West 42nd Street between 9th & 10th Avenues EXTENDED THRU July 1! It’s Good To Make a Writer Squeamish by Janice C. Simpson MP: Frank Loesser’s The Most Happy Fella 184 East 76th Street, New York, NY 10021 • (212) 288-9438 Thursday, June 14, 2012 through Sunday, July 8, 2012 Happy, Happy Man by Michael Portantiere PF + JS + MP: February House (closing today, 6/17/12) The Public Theater | 425 Lafayette Street | NY, NY 10003 | 212.539.8500 Tony Awards: In Memoriam (2012) by Tony Awards Remembering some of those in the Broadway community who left us during the past Tony season. They are forever in our hearts. Davy Jones Stephen Douglass Anna Massey John Wood Tom Aldredge Eiko Ishioka Theodore Mann Price Berkley Ulu Grosbard Diane Cilento Dick Anthony Williams Tony Stevens Harry Morgan Mary Fickett Alice Playten Patricia Neway Jeffrey Ash Howard Kissel Shelagh Delaney Ray Aghayan Margaret Tyzack William Duell Philip Rose Judd Woldin Donald Grody Ben Gazzara Beatrice Terry Liviu Ciulei Donald Schenbbaum Charles Jaffe Berenice Weiler Buddy Freitag Jerry Leiber Rock of Ages Movie Bunheads on YouTube (Sutton Foster) 54 Below 50th Anniversary of Shakespeare in the Park R&J Benefit Exit Introductions Next Week: As You Like It Gilligan’s Island Explicit: No Music:  Evita cast album sneak preview And the Money Kept Rolling In (and Out) You Must Love Me Contact Info: Email addresses: see above Phone / Voicemail: 646-873-7695 BroadwayStars: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: Stitcher: Stitcher App iPhone/iPod: iTunes Listen on BroadwayWorld Radio Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm

Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk about last Sunday’s Tony Awards. If you would like to listen to the podcast, click on the arrow in the player below. Panel: Peter Filichia | peter@broadwayradio.com | Facebook Newark Star Ledger Masterworks Broadway: Tuesday Kritzerland: Friday MTI Blog James Marino | james@broadwayradio.com | Twitter | Facebook BroadwayStars Michael Portantiere | michael@broadwayradio.com | Facebook Follow Spot Theatrical Photography Notes and links for the podcast. Topics: The 2012 American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards® — what did we think of the awards. Parade at 4th Wall in Bloomfield NJ Private Lives in Boston at Huntington Theatre Company Exit Introductions Explicit: No Music:  Once – A New Musical Falling Slowly Gold Contact Info: Email addresses: see above Phone / Voicemail: 646-873-7695 BroadwayStars: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: Stitcher: Stitcher App iPhone/iPod: iTunes Listen on BroadwayWorld Radio Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm

Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk about last Sunday’s Drama Desk Awards and predict the winners of the upcoming Tony Awards. If you would like to listen to the podcast, click on the arrow in the player below. Panel: Peter Filichia | peter@broadwayradio.com | Facebook Newark Star Ledger Masterworks Broadway: Tuesday Kritzerland: Friday MTI Blog James Marino | james@broadwayradio.com | Twitter | Facebook BroadwayStars Michael Portantiere | michael@broadwayradio.com | Facebook Follow Spot Theatrical Photography Notes and links for the podcast. Topics: Once, Tribes, Follies, Salesman, Audra McDonald, Danny Burstein and More Are Drama Desk Winners by Andrew Gans Obama, Clinton do Great White Way by Jill Goldsmith Legit News: Event took place at New Amsterdam Theater in Gotham Sunday’s Tony Awards Telecast to Feature the First Live Broadway Performance from Sea The Tony Awards will include a live broadcast from the middle of the Caribbean Sea, where Tony Awards partner Royal Caribbean International’s Oasis of the Seas’ cast of Hairspray will pe… Our Winner Picks for the 2012 American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards® Presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing Best Play Peter Picks: Clybourne Park Michael Picks: Peter and the Starcatcher Best Musical Peter Picks: Once Michael Picks: Once Best Book of a Musical Peter Picks: Once Michael Picks: Once Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre Peter Picks: Newsies Michael Picks: Newsies Best Revival of a Play Peter Picks: Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman Michael Picks: Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman Best Revival of a Musical Peter Picks: Follies Michael Picks: Follies Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play Peter Picks: Philip Seymour Hoffman Michael Picks: Philip Seymour Hoffman and James Corden (tie) Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play Peter Picks: Tracie Bennett Michael Picks: (no pick) Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical Peter Picks: (no pick) Michael Picks: (no pick) Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical Peter Picks: Cristin Milioti Michael Picks: Jan Maxwell James Picks:  Kelli O’Hara Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play Peter Picks: Christian Borle Michael Picks: Christian Borle Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play Peter Picks: Linda Emond / Judith Light Michael Picks: Judith Light Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical Peter Picks: Phillip Boykin Michael Picks: Michael McGrath Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical Peter Picks: Judy Kaye Michael Picks: Jessie Mueller Best Direction of a Play Peter Picks: Pam MacKinnon Michael Picks: (no pick) Best Direction of a Musical Peter Picks: John Tiffany Michael Picks: John Tiffany Best Choreography Peter Picks: Christopher Gattelli Michael Picks: Christopher Gattelli Best Orchestrations Peter Picks: (no pick) Michael Picks: (no pick) Exit Introductions Explicit: No Music:  There’s No Business Like Show Business from Annie Get Your Gun – 1999 Broadway Cast Contact Info: Email addresses: see above Phone / Voicemail: 646-873-7695 BroadwayStars: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: Stitcher: Stitcher App iPhone/iPod: iTunes Listen on BroadwayWorld Radio Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm

Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk about Lonely, I’m Not, Spider-Man, Michael Mulheren, End of the Rainbow, Met Opera Reverses Itself, Most Happy Fella, Lindsay Mendez, Michael McKean, Brian d’Arcy James and Will Chase. If you would like to listen to the podcast, click on the arrow in the player below. Panel: Peter Filichia | peter@broadwayradio.com | Facebook Newark Star Ledger Masterworks Broadway: Tuesday Kritzerland: Friday MTI Blog James Marino | james@broadwayradio.com | Twitter | Facebook BroadwayStars Michael Portantiere | michael@broadwayradio.com | Facebook Follow Spot Theatrical Photography Notes and links for the podcast. Topics: MP: Lonely, I’m Not @ Second Stage PF: Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark Michael Mulheren End of the Rainbow — West End Changes? Met Reverses Itself on Reviews Ban by Opera News by DANIEL J. WAKIN The Most Happy Fella – Dicapo Opera Theatre Dicapo Opera Theatre  •  184 East 76th Street, New York, NY 10021  •  (212) 288-9438 Peter Filichia: The 2012 Broadway University Final Exam Spiegleworld’s EMPIRE - IATSE agreement Gershwin Awards Honor Best High Schoolers With Broadway Dreams Local high school students took part in the musical theater-based Gershwin Awards in Chelsea on Saturday. LINKED FROM NY1 ArtsBeat: Lindsay Mendez Will Be Center of Attention in ‘Dogfight’ Musical by Patrick Healy The new musical, based on the 1991 indie film, is about military buddies who vie to pick up the most unattractive girl in sight. LINKED FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES SUBSCRIPTION The Best Man’s Michael McKean Injured in Accident by Brian Scott Lipton Actor Michael McKean who co-stars in the Broadway revival of Gore Vidal’s The Best Man was struck by a car in Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon, May 22 and remains hospitalized. According… LINKED FROM THEATERMANIA ArtsBeat: Don’t Blame Ellis: Four Actors Are Cut from ‘Smash’ by Dave Itzkoff The Broadway performers Brian d’Arcy James and Will Chase are leaving “Smash,” the NBC comedy-drama about the making of a Broadway musical, as are Raza Jaffrey and Jaime Cepero, who played t… LINKED FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES SUBSCRIPTION Theater World Awards Exit Introductions Explicit: Yes Music: Over by Jason Robert Brown from Wearing Someone Else’s Clothes Contact Info: Email addresses: see above Phone / Voicemail: 646-873-7695 BroadwayStars: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: Stitcher: Stitcher App iPhone/iPod: iTunes Listen on BroadwayWorld Radio Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm

Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk about The Common Pursuit, taking a kid to Mary Poppins, upcoming Dogfight, Broadway & Vine, Road Voters and Josh Young, Spiegleworld’s EMPIRE and Local 1, and more. If you would like to listen to the podcast, click on the arrow in the player below. Panel: Peter Filichia | peter@broadwayradio.com | Facebook Newark Star Ledger Masterworks Broadway: Tuesday Kritzerland: Friday MTI Blog James Marino | james@broadwayradio.com | Twitter | Facebook BroadwayStars Michael Portantiere | michael@broadwayradio.com | Facebook Follow Spot Theatrical Photography Notes and links for the podcast. Topics: The Common Pursuit Matt Cavanaugh – Mitt Romney? Mary Poppins Dogfight @ 2nd Stage Broadway and Vine Fund Launches With ‘Flamingo Kid’ Broadway & Vine Road Voters in town for League Conference Josh Young attendance at Jesus Christ Superstar affecting Tony Award voting? Spiegleworld’s EMPIRE Pitches Tent in Times Square Today, 5/18 IATSE (Local 1) not happy Lucky Stiff is being made into a movie? (TWoB April 15, 2012) Chyler Leigh West is an American actress, best known for her portrayal of Dr. Lexie Grey on ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy. TheatreWorld Awards ceremony scheduled for June 5, 2pm, possibly at Belasco Urban Stages benefit at Central Park Boat House Exit Introductions Explicit: No Music: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious from Mary Poppins The Supercalifragilistic (Australian Cast) Contact Info: Email addresses: see above Phone / Voicemail: 646-873-7695 BroadwayStars: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: Stitcher: Stitcher App iPhone/iPod: iTunes Listen on BroadwayWorld Radio Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm

Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk with Randy Skinner. Peter goes back to see End of the Rainbow. Michael sees The Secret Garden at Astoria Performing Arts Center. Also, we briefly talk about some of this week’s news. Please take the BroadwayRadio survey 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 Newark Star Ledger Masterworks Broadway: Tuesday Kritzerland: Friday MTI Blog James Marino | james@broadwayradio.com | Twitter | Facebook BroadwayStars Michael Portantiere | michael@broadwayradio.com | Facebook Follow Spot Theatrical Photography Notes and links for the podcast. Topics: Randy Skinner Gentlemen Prefer Blondes PF: Peter revisits End of the Rainbow MP: The Secret Garden @ Astoria Performing Arts Center Theatre World Awards Spider-Man “Tony” Appreciation Sunday Matinee Forbidden Broadway returns! Zooey Deschanel to Play Loretta Lynn on Broadway by David Rooney Central Park’s imported forest by Michael Riedel Leap of Faith Closing today. Magic/Bird closed yesterday. How to Succeed announces closing. Joe Dziemianowicz’s Top 10 memorable moms in theater for Sunday, May 13 Exit Introductions Explicit: No  Music: Highlights from Encores!: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Contact Info: Email addresses: see above Phone / Voicemail: 646-873-7695 BroadwayStars: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: Stitcher: Stitcher App iPhone/iPod: iTunes Listen on BroadwayWorld Radio Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm

Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk with Ted Chapin of Rodgers & Hammerstein. Peter and Michael review the openings of Nice Work If You Can Get It, The Columnist, Don’t Dress for Dinner, and Leap of Faith. Please take the BroadwayRadio survey by CLICKING HERE. If you would like to listen to the podcast, click on the arrow in the player below. Notes and links for the podcast. Panel: Peter Filichia | peter@broadwayradio.com | Facebook Newark Star Ledger Masterworks Broadway: Tuesday Kritzerland: Friday MTI Blog James Marino | james@broadwayradio.com | Twitter | Facebook BroadwayStars Michael Portantiere | michael@broadwayradio.com | Facebook Follow Spot Theatrical Photography Topics: Ted Chapin, President and Executive Director of Rodgers & Hammerstein Sound of Music @ Carnegie Hall Cinderella / Douglas Carter Beane Encores Pipe Dream recording release Tony Awards 35 DAYS LEFT UNTIL THE TONY AWARDS Tony Nominations by Production Once – 11 The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess – 10 Nice Work If You Can Get It – 10 Peter and the Starcatcher – 9 Follies – 8 Newsies – 8 Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman – 7 One Man, Two Guvnors – 7 Other Desert Cities – 5 Clybourne Park – 4 End of the Rainbow – 3 Evita – 3 Ghost the Musical – 3 Bonnie & Clyde – 2 Don’t Dress for Dinner – 2 Gore Vidal’s The Best Man – 2 Jesus Christ Superstar – 2 Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark – 2 Venus in Fur – 2 Wit – 2 The Columnist – 1 Leap of Faith – 1 The Lyons – 1 Lysistrata Jones – 1 Man and Boy – 1 Master Class – 1 On A Clear Day You Can See Forever – 1 The Road to Mecca – 1 Stick Fly – 1 A Streetcar Named Desire – 1 Apr 24: Nice Work If You Can Get It – IMPERIAL THEATRE Apr 25: The Columnist – SAMUEL J. FRIEDMAN THEATRE Apr 26: Don’t Dress for Dinner – AMERICAN AIRLINES THEATRE Apr 26: Leap of Faith – ST. JAMES THEATRE Drama Desk Awards Reinstate Orchestrations Category; Nominees Announced Moose Murders correction: Steven Carl McCasland. I am the Artistic Director of Beautiful Soup (as well as the co-director and co-star (Howie) of MOOSE MURDERS) Beautiful Soup Theater Collective Me and My Shadows by Lorna Luft Exit Introductions Explicit: No Music: Queen of the Mist: There Is Greatness In Me Leap of Faith: Step Into The Light Contact Info: Email addresses: see above Phone / Voicemail: 646-873-7695 BroadwayStars: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: Stitcher: Stitcher App iPhone/iPod: iTunes Listen on BroadwayWorld Radio Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm

Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk about the openings of Ghost, A Streetcar Named Desire, and The Lyons. In the news we discuss the Drama Desk elimination of the orchestration category and the upcoming production of Moose Murders. Please take the BroadwayRadio survey by CLICKING HERE. If you would like to listen to the podcast, click on the arrow in the player below. Notes and links for the podcast. Panel: Peter Filichia | peter@broadwayradio.com | Facebook Newark Star Ledger Masterworks Broadway: Tuesday Kritzerland: Friday MTI Blog James Marino | james@broadwayradio.com | Twitter | Facebook BroadwayStars Michael Portantiere | michael@broadwayradio.com | Facebook Follow Spot Theatrical Photography Topics: Note: Megan Hilty was scheduled to speak with us, but had a scheduling conflict. We will try and get her on soon! PF+MP: Ghost The Musical – LUNT-FONTANNE THEATRE MP+PF: A Streetcar Named Desire – BROADHURST THEATRE PF+MP: The Lyons – CORT THEATRE Jason Robert Brown: The Drama Desk Orchestration Controversy Petition: Reinstate the Drama Desk Award for Best Orchestrations Andrew Gans: Famous Flop Moose Murders Will Be Revived in NYC YouTube: Moose Murders trailer Coming soon to the Beautiful Soup stage, the New York return of MOOSE MURDERS by Arthur Bicknell. www.beautifulsouptheatercollective.org Exit Introductions Next Week: R&H’s Ted Chapin Apr 24: Nice Work If You Can Get It – IMPERIAL THEATRE Apr 25: The Columnist – SAMUEL J. FRIEDMAN THEATRE Apr 26: Don’t Dress for Dinner – AMERICAN AIRLINES THEATRE Apr 26: Leap of Faith – ST. JAMES THEATRE Explicit: No Music: Ghost: The Musical Here Right Now Contact Info: Email addresses: see above Phone / Voicemail: 646-873-7695 BroadwayStars: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: Stitcher: Stitcher App iPhone/iPod: iTunes Listen on BroadwayWorld Radio Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm

Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk about Clybourne Park, One Man, Two Guvnors, and Peter and the Starcatcher as well as some of this week’s news. Please take the BroadwayRadio survey by CLICKING HERE. If you would like to listen to the podcast, click on the arrow in the player below. Notes and links for the podcast. Panel: Peter Filichia | peter@broadwayradio.com | Facebook Newark Star Ledger Masterworks Broadway: Tuesday Kritzerland: Friday MTI Blog James Marino | james@broadwayradio.com | Twitter | Facebook BroadwayStars Michael Portantiere | michael@broadwayradio.com | Facebook Follow Spot Theatrical Photography Topics: MP + PF: Clybourne Park: All the News and Reviews on BroadwayStars PF + MP: One Man, Two Guvnors: All the News and Reviews on BroadwayStars MP+ PF: Peter and the Starcatcher: All the News and Reviews on BroadwayStars Bradley Cooper and Patricia Clarkson Will Star in Williamstown’s Elephant Manby Andrew Gans Film star Bradley Cooper will star in the title role of Bernard Pomerance’s The Elephant Man this summer at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, according to the New York Times. LINKED FROM PLAYBILL ‘Water By the Spoonful’ Wins Pulitzer For Drama by Frank Rizzo Quiara Alegría Hudes became the first Latina to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play “Water by the Spoonful,” which was commissioned, developed and had its world prem… LINKED FROM HARTFORD COURANT The Oliviers’ nominations & winners process by Mark Shenton 
In a Guardian blog last week, Matt Trueman asked if the Olivier Awards really represent London theatre, and he pointed out such apparent anomalies as the omissions from the nominations li… LINKED FROM THE STAGE Jennifer Cody Joins the Busch League by Michael Portantiere Jennifer Cody plays a whore with a heart of gold and a lot of grit in Judith of Bethulia, an over-the-top campy spoof of Biblical films, written by and starring the one and only Charles Busc… LINKED FROM BROADWAYSTARS The King’s Speech Will Close Early in West End by Mark Shenton The King’s Speech, currently running at the West End’s Wyndham’s Theatre, will end its run early, closing May 12. It was originally booking through July 21. LINKED FROM PLAYBILL Yankees 15, Red Sox 9: 4/21/12    Exit Introductions Upcoming Broadway Openings: Apr 22: A Streetcar Named Desire – BROADHURST THEATRE Apr 23: Ghost The Musical – LUNT-FONTANNE THEATRE Apr 23: The Lyons – CORT THEATRE Apr 24: Nice Work If You Can Get It – IMPERIAL THEATRE Apr 25: The Columnist – SAMUEL J. FRIEDMAN THEATRE Apr 26: Don’t Dress for Dinner – AMERICAN AIRLINES THEATRE Apr 26: Leap of Faith – ST. JAMES THEATRE Next Week: Megan Hilty In Two Weeks (May 6): R&H’s Ted Chapin Explicit: No Music: One Man, Two Guvnors – The Brighton Line – Bangers And Mash Contact Info: Email addresses: see above Phone / Voicemail: 646-873-7695 BroadwayStars: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: Stitcher: Stitcher App iPhone/iPod: iTunes Listen on BroadwayWorld Radio Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm

Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk with Stephen Flaherty. Also discussed, the openings of Magic/Bird and Evita, Mikado @ Carnegie Hall, The Big Meal, I Do, I Do @ Bickford and The Last Five Years @ Crossroads Please take the BroadwayRadio survey by CLICKING HERE. If you would like to listen to the podcast, click on the arrow in the player below. Notes and links for the podcast. Panel: Peter Filichia | peter@broadwayradio.com | Facebook Newark Star Ledger Masterworks Broadway: Tuesday Kritzerland: Friday MTI Blog James Marino | james@broadwayradio.com | Twitter | Facebook BroadwayStars Michael Portantiere | michael@broadwayradio.com | Facebook Follow Spot Theatrical Photography Topics: Once on this Island @ Paper Mill NY Pops Monday April 30 @ Carnegie Hall Movie of Lucky Stiff in pre-production directed by Christopher Ashley, shooting this summer (2012). Starring Dominic Marsh (British actor known for The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) Stephen Flaherty: Composer of the Broadway musicals Ragtime, Seussical, Once on This Island. He has also contributed music to Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life. Stephen has also written four musicals produced at Lincoln Center Theatre: The Glorious Ones, Dessa Rose, A Man of No Importance, and My Favorite Year. Other theater scores include Lucky Stiff and Loving Repeating: A Musical of Gertrude Stein Film credits include Anastasia, Bartok the Magnificent and the documentary After The Storm. Mr. Flaherty serves on the Dramatists Guild Council, where he co-chairs the Dramatists Guild Fellows Program for emerging writers with Lynn Ahrens, his longtime writing partner. You can see his website at http://www.ahrensandflaherty.com/ MP + PF: Magic/Bird PF + MP: Evita MP: Mikado @ Carnegie Hall MP: The Big Meal PF: I Do, I Do @ Bickford Theater in Morris Township PF: The Last Five Years @ Crossroads ‘Lion King’ is Broadway’s all-time box office king Very quietly, almost stealthily, a new king has been inaugurated on Broadway. Box office figures to be released later Monday show that “The Lion King” last week swiped the title of Broadway’s all-time highest g… LINKED FROM THE NEW YORK POST Carrie Musical to Get Cast Recording from Ghostlight Records by Andy Propst Ghostlight Records will record the cast album of MCC Theater’s production of Carrie on April 17. The show’s composer Michael Gore, along with Joel Moss, will serve as producer. LINKED FROM THEATERMANIA Exit Introductions Next Week: One Man, Two Guvnors, Peter and the Starcatcher, and Judith of Bethulia, Starring Charles Busch Explicit: No Music: EVITA on Broadway Montage Back to Before from Ragtime Contact Info: Email addresses: see above Phone / Voicemail: 646-873-7695 BroadwayStars: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: Stitcher: Stitcher App iPhone/iPod: iTunes Listen on BroadwayWorld Radio Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm

Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk about the Broadway openings of End of the Rainbow, The Best Man and Newsies. Please take the BroadwayRadio survey by CLICKING HERE. If you would like to listen to the podcast, click on the arrow in the player below. Notes and links for the podcast. Panel: Peter Filichia | peter@broadwayradio.com | Facebook Newark Star Ledger Masterworks Broadway: Tuesday Kritzerland: Friday MTI Blog James Marino | james@broadwayradio.com | Twitter | Facebook BroadwayStars Michael Portantiere | michael@broadwayradio.com | Facebook Follow Spot Theatrical Photography Topics: MP + PF: End of the Rainbow MP + PF: Gore Vidal’s The Best Man Texts from Hillary MP + PF: Newsies Neil Patrick Harris returns to Tonys Legit News: Actor to host Broadway awards for third time LINKED FROM VARIETY Jesus Christ Superstar: Don’t Give It Up for Lent by Peter Filichia Good Friday would seem to be an apt day to discuss Jesus Christ Superstar, wouldn’t you say? Only minutes into the new production at the Neil Simon, director Des McAnuff displays an idea that’s so inspired that… LINKED FROM KRITZERLAND Steve Bell: Voicemail comment about photograph from Little Me Exit Introductions Next Week: Magic Bird Explicit: Yes Music:  End of the Rainbow – Somewhere Over the Rainbow (sic, nee: Over the Rainbow) – Come Rain or Come Shine Contact Info: Email addresses: see above Phone / Voicemail: 646-873-7695 BroadwayStars: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: Stitcher: Stitcher App iPhone/iPod: iTunes Listen on BroadwayWorld Radio Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm

Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk with Terence Blanchard who wrote the score for A Streetcar Named Desire, Peter and Michael review Jesus Christ Superstar, Pipe Dream, Manon and The Big Meal as well as cover some of this week’s news. Please take the BroadwayRadio survey by CLICKING HERE. If you would like to listen to the podcast, click on the arrow in the player below. Notes and links for the podcast. Panel: Peter Filichia | peter@broadwayradio.com | Facebook Newark Star Ledger Masterworks Broadway: Tuesday Kritzerland: Friday MTI Blog James Marino | james@broadwayradio.com | Twitter | Facebook BroadwayStars Michael Portantiere | michael@broadwayradio.com | Facebook Follow Spot Theatrical Photography Topics: Interview: Terence Blanchard, Grammy Award winning musician is writing the score for the upcoming revival of “A Streetcar Named Desire” PF + MP: Jesus Christ Superstar PF: Pipe Dream Follow Spot by Michael Portantiere Rodgers & Hammerstein Love Laura Osnes Ted Chapin, R&H MP: Manon Opera Now Podcast Erica Sweeney: According to Wikipedia, Mr. Filichia has appeared on Saturday Night Live. PF: The Big Meal Merrily We Roll Along in Cincinnati coming to Broadway? Carrie “recording”? Tim Rice rules out collaborating again with Andrew Lloyd Webber Rice insists his partnership with Lloyd Webber is now in the past, saying: ‘We’re not relevant as a team any more’ Michael Dale: GODSPELL Introduces ‘Kindle Seats’ Exit Introductions Explicit: Yes Music:  Jesus Christ Superstar – Heaven On Their Minds – Superstar Contact Info: Email addresses: see above Phone / Voicemail: 646-873-7695 BroadwayStars: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: Stitcher: Stitcher App iPhone/iPod: iTunes Listen on BroadwayWorld Radio Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm

Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk with Michael Mauldin, Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance at Cleveland State University / Allen Theater Complex, Peter and Michael review Death of a Salesman and Once, and we talk about some of the week’s news. Please take the BroadwayRadio survey by CLICKING HERE. If you would like to listen to the podcast, click on the arrow in the player below. Notes and links for the podcast. Panel: Peter Filichia | peter@broadwayradio.com | Facebook Newark Star Ledger Masterworks Broadway: Tuesday Kritzerland: Friday MTI Blog James Marino | james@broadwayradio.com | Twitter | Facebook BroadwayStars Michael Portantiere | michael@broadwayradio.com | Facebook Follow Spot Theatrical Photography Topics: Michael Mauldin, Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance at Cleveland State University / Allen Theater Complex PF + MP: Death of a Salesman An Open Letter To The Owner Of The Cell Phone That Went Off During The Final Moments Of Death Of A Salesman: Gothamist by John Del Signore During an otherwise engrossing performance of Death of a Salesman on Broadway last night, a cellphone blared out during the final, tender moments, as Linda Emond delivered the famously heartbreaking monologue t… LINKED FROM GOTHAMIST.COM PF + MP: Once CARRIE Extension Cancelled; Show to Close April 8 by BroadwayWorld MCC THEATER announced today that Carrie has cancelled its previously announced extension and will close following the evening performance on Sunday, April 8, 2012 after 34 previews and 46 performances. LINKED FROM BROADWAYWORLD ArtsBeat: We Ain’t Got Dames: Edna Everage Plans Her Retirement by Dave Itzkoff Barry Humphries, the actor and comedian who has played Dame Edna Everage in various incarnations for more than half a century, says that a coming stage show called “Eat Pray Laugh!” will be the character’s swan… LINKED FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES Rosie O’Donnell In Negotiations To Join Broadway Cast Of ‘Annie’ by Naughty But Nice Rob Rosie O’Donnell is wasting no time finding her next job now that her OWN Network talk show has been canned. I’m told the comedian is getting ready to return to Broadway, playing the iconic Miss Hannigan in th… LINKED FROM HUFFINGTON POST NBC Orders Second Season of Smash by Brian Scott Lipton NBC has ordered a second season of its musical drama Smash, according to Variety. No other details have been announced. The series, which looks behind the scenes of the making of a Broadway musical, is co-cre… LINKED FROM THEATERMANIA Sondheim Grants Approval for Michael Ball & Imelda Staunton Led SWEENEY TODD for Broadway by BroadwayWorld Now, Baz Bamigboye of the UK Daily Mail has revealed that Stephen Sondheim has given director Jonathan Kents Chichester Festival Theatre production of Sweeney Todd with Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton deliveri… LINKED FROM BROADWAYWORLD Cris Alexander, Actor and Photographer, Dies at 92 by DOUGLAS MARTIN New Yorkers tend to believe that creative people trapped in America’s hinterlands hunger to come to their big, pulsating city to fulfill their dreams. In the case of Cris Alexander, it was true. Next Week: Jesus Christ Superstar Exit Introductions Explicit: No Music:  Once – A New Musical Falling Slowly Gold Contact Info: Email addresses: see above Phone / Voicemail: 646-873-7695 BroadwayStars: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: Stitcher: Stitcher App iPhone/iPod: iTunes Listen on BroadwayWorld Radio Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm

Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk about Damn Yankees at Paper Mill, Illiad, Beyond the Horizon, The Maids, In This House, Ah Wilderness, 1776, and some of the week’s news. Please take the BroadwayRadio survey by CLICKING HERE. If you would like to listen to the podcast, click on the arrow in the player below. Notes and links for the podcast. Panel: Peter Filichia | peter@broadwayradio.com | Facebook Newark Star Ledger Masterworks Broadway: Tuesday Kritzerland: Friday MTI Blog James Marino | james@broadwayradio.com | Twitter | Facebook BroadwayStars Michael Portantiere | michael@broadwayradio.com | Facebook Follow Spot Theatrical Photography Topics: PF and MP: Damn Yankees Paper Mill Damn Yankees at Paper Mill Playhouse PF: Illiad @ New York Theatre Workshop PF: Home Sweet Homer PF: Beyond the Horizon by Eugene O’Neill @ Irish Rep MP: The Maids @ St. Clements PF: In This House @ Two River Theater Company in Red Bank, NJ IN THIS HOUSE, a World Premiere Musical – Preview Trailer MP: Ah Wilderness @ Arena Stage at the Mead Center (Washington DC) MP: 1776 @ Ford’s Theater (Washington DC) Next Week: Death of a Salesman and Once ‘Gypsy’ movie with Barbra Streisand moving forward by David Ng The on-again, off-again movie adaptation of “Gypsy,” with Barbra Streisand in the lead, is officially on again. Universal announced Tuesday that the movie project is moving forward with “Downton Abbey” creator … LINKED FROM LOS ANGELES TIMES “Where Is My Bess?”: Audra McDonald Temporarily Sidelined from Porgy and Bess by Adam Hetrick This American Life 460: RETRACTION We’ve discovered that one of our most popular episodes contained numerous fabrications. This week, we detail the errors in Mike Daisey’s story about visiting Foxconn, which makes iPads and other products for Apple in China. Marketplace’s China correspondent Rob Schmitz discovered the fabrications. OWN Cancels Rosie Show by BroadwayWorld Oprah Winfrey Network announced today The Rosie Show, the daily talk show hosted by Emmy Award-winning actress and comedian Rosie O’Donnell, will tape its final show on Tuesday, March 20, and the final episode … LINKED FROM BROADWAYWORLD Exit Introductions Explicit: No Music:  Damn Yankees music from Paper Mill Production IN THIS HOUSE, a World Premiere Musical – Preview Trailer Contact Info: Email addresses: see above Phone / Voicemail: 646-873-7695 BroadwayStars: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: Stitcher: Stitcher App iPhone/iPod: iTunes Listen on BroadwayWorld Radio Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm