James Marino, Michael Portantiere and Jan Simpson review Pacific Overtures @ Classic Stage Company, The New Group's production of The Whirligig, Seven Spots on the Sun @ Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, and The Mint Theater Company's production of The Lucky One. We discuss the controversy surrounding an Oregon production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Shoebox Theatre director Michael Streeter.
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This Week on Broadway has been coming to you every week since March 16, 2009. It is the longest running Broadway and theatrical podcast with more than 400 shows giving thousands of reviews and hundreds of interviews. 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. Jan Simpson | Facebook | Twitter Broadway & Me JAN SIMPSON is Co-director of the Arts and Culture Journalism program at CUNY’s Graduate School of Journalism, and also writes for TDF Stages and American Theater. Notes and links for the podcast. Reviews: JS: Pacific Overtures @ Classic Stage Company, 136 East 13th Street, through June 18, 2017 MP: The New Group's production of The Whirligig @ Signature's Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre, 480 West 42nd Street, through June 18, 2017 JS: Seven Spots on the Sun @ Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, 224 Waverly Place, through June 4, 2017 JS + MP: The Mint Theater Company's production of The Lucky One @ The Beckett Theatre at Theatre Row, 410 West 42nd Street, through through June 25, 2017 -- Off Broadway Reviews - The Lucky One: Theatre Review by Michael Portantiere - May 18, 2017 Discussion: BWW: Controversy Erupts After Albee Estate Objects to Casting of Black Actor in WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? Playbill: August Wilson Assails Colorblind Casting NYT: Barlett Sher to Direct “Porgy and Bess” at the Met in 2019-2020 Television, Film and Streaming: Tours: Podcasts: Recordings: Post Script: Coming Soon: Explicit: No Music: Two selections from PORGY AND BESS, from the recording of the Houston Grand Opera production that played on Broadway in 1976 1-01 Introduction - Jasbo Brown Blue 2-11 Oh, I Can't Sit Down 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. If you have a few hours and would like to help out, contact james@broadwayradio.com.
This Week on Broadway has been coming to you every week since March 16, 2009. It is the longest running Broadway and theatrical podcast with more than 400 shows giving thousands of reviews and hundreds of interviews. 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. Jan Simpson | Facebook | Twitter Broadway & Me JAN SIMPSON is Co-director of the Arts and Culture Journalism program at CUNY’s Graduate School of Journalism, and also writes for TDF Stages and American Theater. Notes and links for the podcast. Reviews: JS: Pacific Overtures @ Classic Stage Company, 136 East 13th Street, through June 18, 2017 MP: The New Group's production of The Whirligig @ Signature's Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre, 480 West 42nd Street, through June 18, 2017 JS: Seven Spots on the Sun @ Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, 224 Waverly Place, through June 4, 2017 JS + MP: The Mint Theater Company's production of The Lucky One @ The Beckett Theatre at Theatre Row, 410 West 42nd Street, through through June 25, 2017 -- Off Broadway Reviews - The Lucky One: Theatre Review by Michael Portantiere - May 18, 2017 Discussion: BWW: Controversy Erupts After Albee Estate Objects to Casting of Black Actor in WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? Playbill: August Wilson Assails Colorblind Casting NYT: Barlett Sher to Direct “Porgy and Bess” at the Met in 2019-2020 Television, Film and Streaming: Tours: Podcasts: Recordings: Post Script: Coming Soon: Explicit: No Music: Two selections from PORGY AND BESS, from the recording of the Houston Grand Opera production that played on Broadway in 1976 1-01 Introduction - Jasbo Brown Blue 2-11 Oh, I Can't Sit Down 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. If you have a few hours and would like to help out, contact james@broadwayradio.com.
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