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This Week on Broadway for February 3, 2019: Rent Live on Fox Review

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Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere discuss Rent Live on Fox, Three shows at 92Y Lyrics & Lyricists: We’ll Have Manhattan: Rodgers & Hart in New York, Fashion Icons with Fern Mallis: Bob Mackie, An Evening with Maury Yeston, Primary Stages production of God Said This, True West , Fellowship for Performing Arts production of A Man for All Seasons, Carmelina, Musicals in Mufti, The Convent @ Mezzanine Theatre at A.R.T./New York Theatres, and Ah, Wilderness! @ The Sheen Center  
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, and the writer of a new play called GOD SHOWS UP that began previews at the Playroom on West 46th Street last Friday night through February 21, 2019. His columns appear at MTIMasterworks BroadwayBroadway 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:  Reviews: 
PF + MP + JM: Rent Live on Fox, Aired 1-27-19 ‘Some Like it Pop’ (?) Episode 5.1: The Good, the Bad, the Emotional of ‘RENT: Live-ish’ Listen Here: Hello Pop Culture RENT heads! On this episode of what may or may not still be called “Some Like It Pop,” after nearly 11 months, Matt Tamanini and Jennifer McHugh get back to podcasting because one of their shared favorite musicals was broadcast semi-live on national television.
MP: Three shows at 92Y (92nd Street Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association) Lyrics & Lyricists: We’ll Have Manhattan: Rodgers & Hart in New York Before the Broadway successes that would introduce countless songbook classics, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart were a couple of New York City students, attending Columbia University and writing musicals for the school’s varsity shows. Fashion Icons with Fern Mallis: Bob Mackie Bob Mackie, the multiple award-winning, legendary costume and fashion designer, sits down with Fern Mallis for a career conversation. An Evening with Maury Yeston, Tony Award-Winning Composer/Lyricist Come join the 92Y Musical Theatre Lab and Maury Yeston, Tony Award-winning composer/lyricist for a special evening of dance and musical theatre criticism. PF: Primary Stages production of God Said This @ Cherry Lane Theatre, 38 Commerce Street, through February 15, 2019 MP + JM: True West @ American Airlines Theatre, 227 West 42nd Street, through March 17, 2019 PF: Fellowship for Performing Arts production of A Man for All Seasons @ Theatre Row, The Acorn Theatre, 410 West 42nd Street, through March 17, 2019 MP: Carmelina, Musicals in Mufti @ York Theatre Company, 619 Lexington Avenue, through February 3, 2019 In Philly, Boston, or Baltimo' -- Peter Filichia and Josh Ellis Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 5:00PM The York Theatre Company 619 Lexington Ave. (Enter on 54th St. between Lex and 3rd) Admission is FREE with your ticket to the 2:30pm or 8pm performances of Lolita, My Love on March 2nd. OR $25 for Philly, Boston, or Baltimo' only PF: Weathervane Theatre and Rising Phoenix Repertory, in association with Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre production of The Convent @ Mezzanine Theatre at A.R.T./New York Theatres, 502 West 53rd Street, through February 17, 2019 MP: Blackfriars Repertory Theatre and The Storm Theatre production of Ah, Wilderness! @ The Sheen Center, 18 Bleecker Street, through February 17, 2019 MP: Ron Fassler -- with regard to no programs not in theaters
News: Skittles Commercial: The Broadway Musical @ The Town Hall, Sunday February 3, 2019 @ 1PM Carol Channing Dies at 97; a Larger-Than-Life Broadway Star Her performances as the gold-digging Lorelei Lee in “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” and the matchmaker Dolly Gallagher Levi in “Hello, Dolly!” made her a Broadway legend. Kaye Ballard, Indefatigable Comedian and Actress, Dies at 93 Best known for the 1960s sitcom “The Mothers-in-Law,” she also had memorable turns in Broadway musicals and rode the nightclub circuit for years.   Tours:  Podcasts: Recordings:  Post Script: Michael's Music Moment: Trivia:  Coming Soon:  Explicit: No Music: Kaye Ballard -- Lazy Afternoon (Golden Apple Original-Cast) 1954 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVaEiPjLgtE     So Long, Dearie from Hello, Dolly! Original Broadway Recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrJ1RwfE1yo   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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