This Week on Broadway for April 10, 2016: The Crucible, Dry Power, Hungry, The Broadway Musicals of the 1950s

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere review: The Crucible, Dry Power @ The Public, Hungry @ The Public, and Broadway By The Year: The Broadway Musicals of the 1950s. Peter tells us about his visit to Penn State University for a panel with Jennifer Ashley Tepper and Scott Miller. ---------------------------------- This episode of THIS WEEK ON BROADWAY is sponsored by SEATGEEK. To get $20 rebate on tickets, download the SEATGEEK app and enter the promo code: BR20. SeatGeek will send you $20 dollars after you’ve made your first ticket purchase. ---------------------------------- This Week on Broadway has been coming to you every week (mostly) 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, his most recent is, "The Great Parade", available everywhere. His columns appear at MTI, Kritzerland, Masterworks Broadway, Broadway Select 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 theatrical photographer whose photos have appeared in The New York Times and other major publications. You can see his photography work at FollowSpotPhoto.com. Matt Tamanini | Twitter MATT TAMANINI is BroadwayWorld’s Senior TV and Film Critic and the host of the "Some Like it Pop" podcast, which is available on iTunes and Stitcher. You can connect with Matt on Twitter at @BWWMatt.   Notes and links for the podcast. Special: Discussion: Are We In A New Golden Age of Musical Theatre? Peter visits Penn State University for a panel with Jennifer Ashley Tepper and Scott Miller. Jennifer Ashley Tepper on Twitter Scott Miller, Artistic Director, New Line Theatre   Reviews:   MP + JM: The Crucible @ The Walter Kerr Theatre, through July 17, 2016 The best Arthur Miller plays by David Cote From Death of a Salesman to All My Sons, we rank the ten best plays by the great American dramatist Arthur Miller PF + MP + JM: Dry Power @ The Public, through May 1, 2016 PF: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play One: HUNGRY @ The Public, (already closed.) MP: Broadway By The Year: The Broadway Musicals of the 1950s -- Coming: BROADWAY BY THE YEAR: The 1960s @ Town Hall on May 23, 2016 -- Coming: BROADWAY BY THE YEAR: The 1970s @ Town Hall on Jun 20, 2016 Scott Siegel   News:  Television & Film:  Tours:  Podcasts: Recordings:  Post Script: Next Week:  Explicit: No Music: Overture from My Fair Lady   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. YouTube Transcript: (Beta)