This Week on Broadway for December 14, 2014: Mary Testa

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk with Mary Testa. Afterwards, we review The Elephant Man, Side Show's closing, Something Rotten next at St. James, and what's up with Laura Benanti. ---------------------------------- This Week on Broadway has been coming to you (mostly) every week since March 16, 2009 and is the longest running Broadway and theatrical podcast with more then 300 shows giving thousands of reviews and hundreds of interviews. 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: Mary Testa Mary Testa and Michael Starobin "Have Faith"   Ghostlight Records has announced the release of the new CD from MARY TESTA – the two time Tony Award nominated singer and actress currently starring in Wicked on Broadway – and MICHAEL STAROBIN, the Tony Award winning orchestrator and arranger. The album will be available in stores and via online outlets December 2, 2014. Mary and Michael will perform a special CD release engagement at The Laurie Beechman Theater at The West Bank Café January 4-5,11-12, 2015 at 7:00 PM. For tickets, please visit www.lauriebeechmantheatre.com. To hear an exclusive stream of the song “Pink” and to pre-order the album, please visit www.sh-k-boom.com/havefaith.   Reviews: PF + MP + JM: The Elephant Man @ Booth Theatre, 222 West 45th Street TV Movie from 1982 Replacement Tony Award? Side Show closing, Something Rotten next at St. James? -- This Week on Broadway for January 12, 2014: Christian Borle Annie Movie PF: In Fields Where They Lay @ The New Ohio Theater PF: Soul Doctor @ Actor's Temple     News:  Laura Benanti - in RCMH Spring Spectacular Loew's Kings Theatre in Flatbush has been restored and opens with Diana Ross in February     Recordings:        Post Script: Peter -- Into The Woods Movie Peter -- The Walnut Theatre Company in Philadelphia Michael -- Mr. Magoo The Nutcracker and I Brigadoon reading The Illusionists     Next Week:        Explicit: No       Music: Mary Testa & Michael Starobin "Have Faith" 2. What If (Michael John LaChiusa) 13. Unravel (Bjork / Guy Sigsworth) If I Loved You (Richard Rodgers / Oscar Hammerstein II) 15. Thank U (Alanis Morissette / Glen Ballard)   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.