Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere discuss New Yiddish Rep's Samuel Beckett's Vartn Af Godot (Waiting for Godot), things we missed in last week's the best of 2018, and cast recordings, including Cole Porter's Something For the Boys, Lerner & Loewe's Brigadoon (New York City Center 2017 Cast Recording), Masterworks Broadway's Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert, and more.
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. 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. Notes and links for the podcast. Pre: BroadwayCon: Saturday January 12, 2019, 11:15AM Broadway Radio: This Week on Broadway Live! New York Hilton Midtown - Sutton Center Room Santino Fontana: Talking Tootsie, Rodgers & Hart, and More with Michael Portantiere as moderator. Drama Desk Event – Tuesday, January 15, 2019 @ 6PM Ripley Grier Studios, 520 8th Ave. Reviews: PF: New Yiddish Rep's Samuel Beckett's Vartn Af Godot (Waiting for Godot) @ 14th Street Y, 344 E. 14 Street, through January 27, 2019 New Yiddish Rep Archive -- Death of a Salesman -- Awake and Sing -- God of Carnage The Fascinating Yiddish Origins of “Death of a Salesman”The Fascinating Yiddish Origins of “Death of a Salesman” by Sarah Zarrow (Redux) What was the best theater in 2018? Review: Kenneth Lonergan’s ‘The Waverly Gallery’ With Lucas Hedges by Marilyn Stasio News: ‘The Notebook’ Musical Is Heading To Broadway; ‘This Is Us’ Producer & ‘The Way I Am’ Songwriter Will Write by Greg Evans Broadway Record: “Hamilton” First Ever to Gross $4 Mil in One Week, Thanks to Kennedy Center Honors, Takes in $1 Mil More Than It Technically Can by Roger Friedman Tours: Podcasts: Recordings: Cole Porter's Something For the Boys 2018 Studio Cast Recording (PS Classics) BroadwayRadio Special: Interview with Philip Chaffin James Marino and talks with Philip Chaffin about his new album, “Will He Like Me” on the PS Classics label. Lerner & Loewe's Brigadoon (New York City Center 2017 Cast Recording) The album is produced by Kurt Deutsch, Lawrence Manchester, Rob Berman and Emily Altman. Download the booklet for Lerner & Loewe's Brigadoon. Masterworks Broadway: Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE IN CONCERT ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK OF THE NBC TELEVISION EVENT | Album Available Digitally April 6 & On CD April 20 |Preorder Now Live Broadcast Airs April 1 Be More Chill (Original Cast Recording) (Ghostlight) The Leader of a Big-Time Band (Something for the Boys, 1942) Vinyl releases 2019 Grammy Nominations MUSICAL THEATER 58. Best Musical Theater Album For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new recordings. Award to the principle vocalist(s) and the album producer(s) of 51% or more playing time of the album. The lyricist(s) and composer(s) of a new score are eligible for an Award if they have written and/or composed a new score which comprises 51% or more playing time of the album. THE BAND'S VISIT Etai Benson, Adam Kantor, Katrina Lenk & Ari'el Stachel, principal soloists; Dean Sharenow & David Yazbek, producers; David Yazbek, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast) CAROUSEL Renée Fleming, Alexander Gemignani, Joshua Henry, Lindsay Mendez & Jessie Mueller, principal soloists; Steven Epstein, producer (Richard Rodgers, composer; Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist) (2018 Broadway Cast) JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE IN CONCERT Sara Bareilles, Alice Cooper, Ben Daniels, Brandon Victor Dixon, Erik Grönwall, Jin Ha, John Legend, Norm Lewis & Jason Tam, principal soloists; Andrew Lloyd Webber & Harvey Mason, Jr., producers (Andrew Lloyd-Webber, composer; Tim Rice, lyricist) (Original Television Cast) MY FAIR LADY Lauren Ambrose, Norbert Leo Butz & Harry Hadden-Paton, principal soloists; Van Dean, David Lai & Ted Sperling, producers (Frederick Loewe, composer; Alan Jay Lerner, lyricist) (2018 Broadway Cast) ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Phillip Boykin, Merle Dandridge, Quentin Earl Darrington, Hailey Kilgore, Kenita R. Miller, Alex Newell, Isaac Powell & Lea Salonga, principal soloists; Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty & Elliot Scheiner, producers (Stephen Flaherty, composer; Lynn Ahrens, lyricist) (New Broadway Cast) Michael and Peter -- how large are your recording collections? Scott Siegel presents Broadway by the Year @ Town Hall Where Do I Go from Here? (Fiorello!) performed by Liz Callaway Greenwillow "liar in chief" Alternate recordings: Bye Bye Birdie London Cast Recording Les Miserables - The Original French Concept Album Promises Promises Italian Cast (Promesse... Promesse... Italian Cast) Fiddler on the Roof - 1965 Original Israeli Cast (Yiddish) Post Script: Michael's Music Moment: Trivia: Coming Soon: Explicit: No Music: A Part of Us from Once on This Island (2018) from Broadway Records "Superstar": Brandon Victor Dixon - Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yleuZbY8rKk Contact Info: Email addresses: see above in bios BroadwayRadio Phone / Voicemail: +1-888-285-4666 BroadwayRadio: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: Apple Podcasts iHeart Radio TuneIn Stitcher Google Play ...and anywhere that you can listen to finer podcasts.
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. 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. Notes and links for the podcast. Pre: BroadwayCon: Saturday January 12, 2019, 11:15AM Broadway Radio: This Week on Broadway Live! New York Hilton Midtown - Sutton Center Room Santino Fontana: Talking Tootsie, Rodgers & Hart, and More with Michael Portantiere as moderator. Drama Desk Event – Tuesday, January 15, 2019 @ 6PM Ripley Grier Studios, 520 8th Ave. Reviews: PF: New Yiddish Rep's Samuel Beckett's Vartn Af Godot (Waiting for Godot) @ 14th Street Y, 344 E. 14 Street, through January 27, 2019 New Yiddish Rep Archive -- Death of a Salesman -- Awake and Sing -- God of Carnage The Fascinating Yiddish Origins of “Death of a Salesman”The Fascinating Yiddish Origins of “Death of a Salesman” by Sarah Zarrow (Redux) What was the best theater in 2018? Review: Kenneth Lonergan’s ‘The Waverly Gallery’ With Lucas Hedges by Marilyn Stasio News: ‘The Notebook’ Musical Is Heading To Broadway; ‘This Is Us’ Producer & ‘The Way I Am’ Songwriter Will Write by Greg Evans Broadway Record: “Hamilton” First Ever to Gross $4 Mil in One Week, Thanks to Kennedy Center Honors, Takes in $1 Mil More Than It Technically Can by Roger Friedman Tours: Podcasts: Recordings: Cole Porter's Something For the Boys 2018 Studio Cast Recording (PS Classics) BroadwayRadio Special: Interview with Philip Chaffin James Marino and talks with Philip Chaffin about his new album, “Will He Like Me” on the PS Classics label. Lerner & Loewe's Brigadoon (New York City Center 2017 Cast Recording) The album is produced by Kurt Deutsch, Lawrence Manchester, Rob Berman and Emily Altman. Download the booklet for Lerner & Loewe's Brigadoon. Masterworks Broadway: Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE IN CONCERT ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK OF THE NBC TELEVISION EVENT | Album Available Digitally April 6 & On CD April 20 |Preorder Now Live Broadcast Airs April 1 Be More Chill (Original Cast Recording) (Ghostlight) The Leader of a Big-Time Band (Something for the Boys, 1942) Vinyl releases 2019 Grammy Nominations MUSICAL THEATER 58. Best Musical Theater Album For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new recordings. Award to the principle vocalist(s) and the album producer(s) of 51% or more playing time of the album. The lyricist(s) and composer(s) of a new score are eligible for an Award if they have written and/or composed a new score which comprises 51% or more playing time of the album. THE BAND'S VISIT Etai Benson, Adam Kantor, Katrina Lenk & Ari'el Stachel, principal soloists; Dean Sharenow & David Yazbek, producers; David Yazbek, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast) CAROUSEL Renée Fleming, Alexander Gemignani, Joshua Henry, Lindsay Mendez & Jessie Mueller, principal soloists; Steven Epstein, producer (Richard Rodgers, composer; Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist) (2018 Broadway Cast) JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE IN CONCERT Sara Bareilles, Alice Cooper, Ben Daniels, Brandon Victor Dixon, Erik Grönwall, Jin Ha, John Legend, Norm Lewis & Jason Tam, principal soloists; Andrew Lloyd Webber & Harvey Mason, Jr., producers (Andrew Lloyd-Webber, composer; Tim Rice, lyricist) (Original Television Cast) MY FAIR LADY Lauren Ambrose, Norbert Leo Butz & Harry Hadden-Paton, principal soloists; Van Dean, David Lai & Ted Sperling, producers (Frederick Loewe, composer; Alan Jay Lerner, lyricist) (2018 Broadway Cast) ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Phillip Boykin, Merle Dandridge, Quentin Earl Darrington, Hailey Kilgore, Kenita R. Miller, Alex Newell, Isaac Powell & Lea Salonga, principal soloists; Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty & Elliot Scheiner, producers (Stephen Flaherty, composer; Lynn Ahrens, lyricist) (New Broadway Cast) Michael and Peter -- how large are your recording collections? Scott Siegel presents Broadway by the Year @ Town Hall Where Do I Go from Here? (Fiorello!) performed by Liz Callaway Greenwillow "liar in chief" Alternate recordings: Bye Bye Birdie London Cast Recording Les Miserables - The Original French Concept Album Promises Promises Italian Cast (Promesse... Promesse... Italian Cast) Fiddler on the Roof - 1965 Original Israeli Cast (Yiddish) Post Script: Michael's Music Moment: Trivia: Coming Soon: Explicit: No Music: A Part of Us from Once on This Island (2018) from Broadway Records "Superstar": Brandon Victor Dixon - Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yleuZbY8rKk Contact Info: Email addresses: see above in bios BroadwayRadio Phone / Voicemail: +1-888-285-4666 BroadwayRadio: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: Apple Podcasts iHeart Radio TuneIn Stitcher Google Play ...and anywhere that you can listen to finer podcasts.
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