This Week on Broadway for July 29, 2012: New Girl in Town




BroadwayRadio show

Summary: Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk about New Girl in Town, some cast album chat, She Loves Me, Foreverman, NYMF itself, and Jordan Roth and Richie Jackson got married! 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 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 + PF: New Girl in Town off-Broadway @ Irish Repertory Theatre, 132 West 22nd Street, Through September 9, 2012 Anna Christie movie Mistakes Were Made… on Cast Albums by Peter Filichia By Peter Filichia — Faithful readers may recall last week that I dealt with the marvelous original cast album of 110 in the Shade. I mentioned that after it was recorded in late 1963, th… LINKED FROM MASTERWORKS BROADWAY Kritzerland is very proud to present a very special limited edition CD release: FOLLIES The 1971 Original Broadway Cast Recording NEWLY REMIXED AND REMASTERED! Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim She Loves Me @ The Paley Center for Media on 52nd Street PF + MP: NYMF: Foreverman Sister Act: A Divine Musical Comedy Preview: Mar 24, 2011 Total Previews: 28 Opening: Apr 20, 2011 Closing: Aug 26, 2012 Total Performances: 521 as of July 22, 2012 MP: Remembering Sister Mary Raimonde at St. Joseph Hill Academy PF: Sister Marillac Jordan Roth and Richie Jackson got married. Heated exchanges at La Jolla Playhouse over multicultural casting by David Ng The controversy over the casting of a new musical set in China with mostly non-Asians provoked a series of heated exchanges at a public forum arranged by the La Jolla Playho… LINKED FROM LOS ANGELES TIMES Danny DeVito and Richard Griffiths- Led THE SUNSHINE BOYS Heading to Broadway? by BroadwayWorld Danny DeVito and Richard Griffiths are currently leading THE SUNSHINE BOYS in the West End, and according to the New York Times, the show’s producers are ‘considering a move to New York’ in … LINKED FROM BROADWAYWORLD Cate Blanchett in ‘Uncle Vanya’ is New York’s hot ticket by David Ng Cate Blanchett is the marquee name of the Sydney Theater Co.’s production of “Uncle Vanya,” now playing in New York as part of the Lincoln Center Festival. LINKED FROM LOS ANGELES TIMES GHOST to Play Final Broadway Performance on August 18 – National Tour Launches in Fall 2013! by BroadwayWorld The producers of Ghost The Musical announced today that the show will play its final performance on Broadway on Saturday, August 18th at 8pm after 39 previews and 136 regular performances. LINKED FROM BROADWAYWORLD 20th BROADWAY ON BROADWAY Set For 9/9! by BroadwayWorld The Broadway League and The Times Square Alliance announced today that the 20th Broadway on Broadway free outdoor concert will take place on Sunday, September 9th at 1130am in Times Square. LINKED FROM BROADWAYWORLD Liz Callaway in Sunset Blvd in Pittsburgh Godspell’s Morgan James Apologizes For Twitter Stir Following First Preview of Public’s Into the Woods by Michael Gioia Following the first preview of The Public Theater’s much-anticipated production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into the Woods at the Delacorte Theater, Morgan James… LINKED FROM PLAYBILL ArtsBeat: Lewis Black, Fed Up With Politics, Will Vent on Broadway by Larry Rohter The comedian will perform for a week in October at the Richard Rodgers Theater. LINKED FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES SUBSCRIPTION A Christmas Story, The Musical! to Play Broadway’s Lunt-Fontanne Theatre by Dan Bacalzo The Broadway theater has been announced for the previously repor[...]