This Week on Broadway for May 8, 2016: Carmen Cusack and Matt Windman

James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk with Carmen Cusack about her career and the release of the Original Broadway Cast Recording of Bright Star. Matt Windman visits with us to tell us about his new book, The Critics Say: 57 Theater Reviewers in New York and Beyond Discuss Their Craft and Its Future. Peter Filichia joins the conversation and we review Shuffle Along, A Streetcar Named Desire at St. Ann’s Warehouse, and finally end with a discussion of the shows nominated for this year's Tony Awards. ---------------------------------- 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: Carmen Cusack (begins at 7:44) CarmenCusack.com Bright Star   Guest: Matt Windman (begins at 26:38) The Critics Say: 57 Theater Reviewers in New York and Beyond Discuss Their Craft and Its Future by Matt Windman Twitter @MattWindman     Reviews:  (begins at 39:17) PF + MP + JM: Shuffle Along, Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed @ Music Box Theatre, 239 West 45th Street MP: Long Day's Journey Into Night @ American Airlines Theatre, 227 West 42nd Street, through June 26, 2016 -- PF @ Kritzerland: Long Day’s Journey into Questions -- PF: Voyage Theater Company's production of August Strindberg’s THE PELICAN @ Fourth Street Theatre, 83 East 4th Street, through May 14, 2016 JM: Dear Evan Hansen @ the Tony Kiser Theatre, 305 West 43rd Street, through May 29, 2016 PF: A Streetcar Named Desire @ St. Ann’s Warehouse, 45 Water Street, Brooklyn, through June 4, 2016 JM: Fully Committed @ Lyceum Theatre, 149 West 45th Street, through July 24, 2016     News:  Television & Film:  Tours:  Podcasts: Recordings:  Post Script: Next Week:  Explicit: No Music: Bright Star (Original Broadway Cast Recording) -- Sun Is Gonna Shine -- At Long Last -- Finale   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)