This Week on Broadway for May 1, 2016: Debbie Gravitte

James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk with Debbie Gravitte. Peter Filichia joins the conversation and we review The Father, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Tuck Everlasting, Dear Evan Hansen, Waitress, American Psycho, and Fully Committed.   ---------------------------------- 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. Guest: Debbie Gravitte Debbie Gravitte with the NJSO POPS on JUNE 4 & 5 in BOND & BEYOND DebbieGravitte.com IBDB (as Debbie Shapiro)     Reviews: PF: Manhattan Theatre Club's production of The Father @ The Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, through June 12, 2016 PF + JM: Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Long Day's Journey Into Night @ American Airlines Theatre, 227 West 42nd Street, through June 26, 2016 PF + MP + JM: Tuck Everlasting @ Broadhurst Theatre, 235 West 44th Street PF + MP: Dear Evan Hansen @ the Tony Kiser Theatre, 305 West 43rd Street, through May 22, 2016 PF + MP +JM: Waitress @ Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 256 West 47th Street PF + MP + JM: American Psycho @ Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, 236 West 45th Street PF + MP: Fully Committed @ Lyceum Theatre, 149 West 45th Street, through July 24, 2016   News:  Television & Film:  Tours:  Podcasts: Recordings:  Post Script: Bobby Rydell birthday / book party @ Patsy's   Next Week:  Explicit: No Music: 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)