This Week on Broadway for December 15, 2013: What's It All About?

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk about Commons of Pensacola, What's It All About?, The Story of My Life, Cheri, The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence, La Soiree, Annie as well as ideas for the next NBC live musical.   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, with Strippers, Showgirls and Sharks being his most recent. His columns appear at MTI, Kritzerland, Masterworks Broadway and many other places. Adam's Gifts, a Play by Peter Filichia December 20 @ 7PM  & 21 @ 2PM and 7:00PM St. John's Lutheran Church, 81 Christopher St. Featuring: Philip Hoffman, William Parry, Julia Peterson, Maureen Silliman, and Hayden Wall   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.   Reviews:  PF: Commons of Pensacola @ MTC, New York City Center - Stage I, 131 West 55th Street, through January 26th. Info of the Film: August: Osage County MP: What's It All About? @ New York Theatre Workshop, through January 5th. PF: The Story of My Life @ Delaware Theatre Company, with Rob McClure, through December 22nd.  

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MP: Cheri @ Signature Theatre Company, 480 West 42nd Street, through December 29th. PF: The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence @ Playwrights Horizons, 416 West 42nd St., through December 29th. MP: La Soiree @ Union Square Theatre, 100 E 17th St PF: Annie @ Palace Theatre, 1564 Broadway, through January 5th   News:  What will be the next NBC musical? Former ‘Sleep No More’ Interns Say Immersive NYC Megahit Offers Little Educational Benefit by Christopher Zara   Post Script:     Next Week:      Explicit: No     Music: Sound clips from the new recording of ANNIE, provided by the production.   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.