This Week on Broadway for July 20, 2014: Side Show and Elaine Stritch

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk with Steven Bell about the Kennedy Center production of Side Show. We review A Celebration of Mary Rodgers, Pump Boys and Dinettes @ Encores! Off-Center, NYMF shows: The Gig and Der Gelbe Stern (The Yellow Star). We also talk about the passing of Elaine Stritch.   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.   Reviews: MP: A Celebration of Mary Rodgers @ the Paley Center (Screenings: Once Upon a Mattress and Feathertop) PF + MP: Pump Boys and Dinettes @ Encores! Off-Center PF: Piece of My Heart @ The Irene Diamond Stage at The Pershing Square Signature Center PF: The Gig (NYMF) PF: Der Gelbe Stern (The Yellow Star) (NYMF) Steven Bell: Side Show @ Kennedy Center   News:  Elaine Stritch, Tart-Tongued Broadway Actress and Singer, Is Dead at 89 Rocky closing Holler If Ya Hear Me closing   Recordings:  Androcles and the Lion by Richard Rodgers   Billy Porter's CD: Billy’s Back on Broadway This Week on Broadway for April 27, 2014: Billy Porter   Post Script: Mary Rodgers shared thoughts about 70 years of knowing Sondheim Interview by Michael Portantiere   Next Week:  Ryan Hugh Mackey, producer. David Campbell   Explicit: No     Music:   Elaine Stritch At Liberty - Original Broadway Cast 2-01 I'm Still Here 2-04 The Ladies Who Lunch   Contact Info: Email addresses: see above Phone / Voicemail: +1-888-285-4666 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.