This Week on Broadway for December 4, 2016: Telly Leung

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk with Telly Leung. Reviews include A Bronx Tale The Musical, Ride The Cyclone, Tick, Tick… BOOM!, The Front Page on Broadway, The Illusionists - Turn of the Century, Kevin!!!!!, and Robb Johnston gives us his review of Alton Brown Live: Eat Your Science. ---------------------------------- 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, 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, Everything Sondheim 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.   Intro: Hairspray Live! coming on December 7 Listen: KCRW's The Business, hosted by Kim Masters: Harvey Fierstein returns to 'Hairspray,' this time on live TV   Guest: Telly Leung Telly Leung 2015, Photo Credit - Leon Le Photography TELLY LEUNG made his Broadway debut in the 2002 revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Flower Drum Song opposite Lea Salonga, followed by the Roundabout Theater Company revival of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s Pacific Overtures. Telly starred in the final Broadway cast of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Rent, which was filmed for DVD release. In the 2011 revival of Godspell, his version of “All Good Gifts” was praised as “magnificent” by New York Magazine, “superb” by The Philadelphia Inquirer, and “a standout” by Bloomberg News. On Fox TV’s ”Glee,” Leung was featured as a member of the Dalton Academy Warblers opposite Darren Criss. When he recreated his portrayal of “Angel” in Rent at the Hollywood Bowl – directed by Neil Patrick Harris – he was called “vibrant” by the Los Angeles Times, “stunning” by the Orange County Register and praised for his “sweet, clear tenor” by Variety. Telly also originated the role of Boq in the Chicago production of the smash hit Wicked and has performed in concert and shows at venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Hippodrome in London, Birdland Jazz Club and 54 Below in New York, Paper Mill Playhouse, Philadelphia Theater Company, Ford’s Theater, and more. He served as producer for the short film Grind, starring Anthony Rapp (If/Then, Rent), Claire Coffee (“Grimm,” “The West Wing”) and Pasha Pellosie (“The Carrie Diaries”). The movie, which won honors at film festivals around the country, is available to stream atGrindShortFilm.com. The soundtrack is available on Yellow Sound Label. Telly is also the co-producer of the touring concert series “Broadway Back Together,” a reunion of major headliners who have performed on Broadway together, sharing an evening of personal backstage anecdotes and show-stopping music. www.TellyLeung.com @TellyLeung Instagram Telly Leung – Songs For You Allegiance In Transit Listen: This Week on Broadway for November 15, 2015: Telly Leung   Reviews:  PF: A Bronx Tale The Musical @ Longacre Theatre, 220 W. 48th St. PF: Ride The Cyclone @ MCC Theater at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, 121 Christopher St, through December 23, 2016 MP+PF: Keen Company's production of Tick, Tick… BOOM! @ The Acorn Theatre at Theatre Row, 410 West 42nd Street -- Lilli Cooper now in cast -- ‘Rent’ creator Jonathan Larson’s lost songs get their own show by Julie Gordon JM: The Front Page on Broadway @ Broadhurst Theatre, 235 West 44th Street, through January 29, 2017 PF: The Illusionists - Turn of the Century @ Palace Theatre, 1564 Broadway, through January 01, 2017 PF: Peoples Improv Theater's production of Kevin!!!!! @ The Striker, 123 East 24th St, through January 07, 2017 Robb Johnston: Alton Brown Live: Eat Your Science @ Ethel Barrymore Theatre (closed, on tour)   Television, Film and Streaming:  Tours:  Podcasts: Recordings:  Post Script: Next Week:  Explicit: No Music: “SONGS FOR YOU” 01) New York State Of Mind 03) I Am What I Am   Contact Info: Email addresses: see above BroadwayRadio Phone / Voicemail: +1-888-285-4666 BroadwayRadio: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: iHeart Radio, iTunes, Google Play, and anywhere that you can listen to finer podcasts 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. 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