This Week on Broadway for February 24, 2014: Al Samuels

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk with Al Samuels from 50 Shades! The Musical. The Other Josh Cohen @ Paper Mill, Dinner with Friends, Til Divorce Do Us Part, London Wall @ The Mint Theater, 70 Years of the People's Opera and Randy Graff @ 54 Below.   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. 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: Al Samuels AL SAMUELS (Director, Producer, Head Writer, Lyrics) is a founding member of Baby Wants Candy, toured with Second City’s National Touring Company and co-wrote and performed in two critically acclaimed reviews on Second City’s Mainstage: Thank Heaven It Wasn't 7/11 and No, Seriously We're All Gonna Die. He co-created and starred for two seasons in the NBC Comedy “Sports Action Team” and “The Venue”, which won “Best Pilot” in the Comedy Central Pilot Competition. Al currently serves as professor at Princeton University where he teaches the course "Creating Musical Comedies." 50 Shades! The Musical - The Original Parody at the Elektra Theatre (300 W. 43rd Street) Performances begin February 21st. Opening night is set for March 12th. 50ShadesTheMusical.com   Reviews: MP + PF: The Other Josh Cohen @ Paper Mill, through March 16, 2014 Peter's Previous Review of The Other Josh Cohen: This Week on Broadway for October 21, 2012: Virginia Woolf, Cyrano, Lear and Barbara Cook Lily Fan | Scandobean Productions MP: Dinner with Friends @ Roundabout PF: Til Divorce Do Us Part @ DR2 Theatre, 103 East 15 Street, through May 4, 2014 MP + PF: London Wall @ The Mint Theater, 311 West 43rd Street, through April 14th, 2014 MP: NYC Opera @ City Center, 70 Years of the People's Opera MP: Randy Graff @ 54 Below   News:  Book Re-Release: Act One: An Autobiography by Moss Hart Bronx Bombers closing.... what is coming in? Audra McDonald in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill at Circle in the Square?   Recordings:      Post Script: MP: Sex shows   Next Week:  Next show records: SUNDAY, March 2 @ 10AM. Our guest will be Rob McClure. Recordings to talk about: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf Janis Joplin Big Fish From Broadway with Love: A Benefit Concert For Sandy Hook   Explicit: Yes     Music: 50 Shades! The Musical. -- Open Your Book -- 50 Shades!   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.