This Week on Broadway for March 24, 2013: Superman, Michael Taustine and Breakfast at Tiffany's

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk with Michael Taustine about his article "The Canaries in the Coal Mine" which is about the future of Broadway. We also review Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Madrid, Silk Stockings, and Superman at Encores.   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 PETER FILICHIA is a theater journalist and historian with a number of books, the most recent being Broadway MVPs: 1960-2010 - The Most Valuable Players of the Past 50 Seasons. His columns appear at MTI, Kritzerland, Masterworks Broadway 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, whose work appears at TalkinBroadway, The Sondheim Review and BroadwayStars. He is also a photographer whose work can be seen at FollowSpotPhoto.com and many other places on the internet.   Notes and links for the podcast.   Guest: Michael Taustine Psychic Infection: The Canaries in the Coal Mine Broadway as a whole, after decades of mistaken calls of its imminent demise, continues to roll along, posting impressive yearly grosses. But if the industry's foundation was ever on uncertai… LINKED FROM PSYCHICINFECTION.BLOGSPOT.COM   Topics:  PF + MP: Breakfast at Tiffany's @ Cort Theatre, 138 West 48th Street PF: The Madrid @ MTC Stage I at City Center through May 5, 2013 MP + PF: It’s a Bird... It's a Plane... It’s Superman @ Encores, March 20-24, 2013 PF: Silk Stockings @ The York Theatre Company (Mufti series), March 22-24, 2013   Post Script: We didn't get to it this week, so next week we may discuss these shows: MP: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike @ Golden Theatre, 252 West 45th Street PF: The Flick @ Playwrights Horizons through April 7, 2013 MP: Happy Birthday @ The Actors Company Theatre (TACT) through May 9, 2013   Explicit: No   Music: It's A Bird ... It's A Plane ... It's Superman (1966 Original Broadway Cast) Act I: Overture It's Superman   Contact Info: Email addresses: see above Phone / Voicemail: +1-855-987-8277 BroadwayStars: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: Stitcher: Stitcher App iPhone/iPod: iTunes Listen on BroadwayWorld Radio Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm We need Listener Volunteers to help out with a few projects. If you have a few hours and would like to help out, contact james@broadwayradio.com.