This Week on Broadway for April 28, 2013: Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, Orphans, J&H and Macbeth

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk with Benj Pasek & Justin Paul. We also review Orphans, J&H and Macbeth.   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.   Guests: Benj Pasek & Justin Paul http://www.pasekandpaul.com/ Tony Award nominees, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical A Christmas Story (dir. John Rando, chor. Warren Carlyle), which opened in November of 2012 and enjoyed a critically-acclaimed, record-breaking run at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Their cast album for the show was recorded and produced by Sony Masterworks and is published through Warner/Chappell Music. Benj & Justin are also the composers behind the Off-Broadway musical Dogfight (dir. Joe Mantello, chor. Christopher Gattelli), which premiered in July of 2012 at Second Stage Theatre. A cast album, produced by Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight Records, will be released in Spring of 2013. Their original songs are featured on Season 2 of the hit NBC show Smash. Dogfight Cast Recording @ Ghostlight   Reviews:  Apr 18: Orphans - GERALD SCHOENFELD THEATRE Apr 18: Jekyll & Hyde - MARQUIS THEATRE Apr 21: Macbeth - ETHEL BARRYMORE THEATRE  MP: Chicago w/ Adam Pascal Christine Pedi MP: NYC Opera @ City Center MP: Easter Bonnet Photos at TB   Post Script: Dear Marc Shaiman, Matt Morrison is from Broadway, not television!   Next Week:  Tony Nominations Apr 15: The Nance - LYCEUM THEATRE Apr 16: The Big Knife - AMERICAN AIRLINES THEATRE Apr 17: The Assembled Parties - SAMUEL J. FRIEDMAN THEATRE Apr 22: The Testament of Mary - WALTER KERR THEATRE Apr 23: The Trip to Bountiful - STEPHEN SONDHEIM THEATRE Apr 24: I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers - BOOTH THEATRE Apr 25: Pippin - MUSIC BOX THEATRE   Explicit: No   Music: Dogfight (Original Cast Recording) 1. Prelude: Take Me Back 9. Pretty Funny   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.