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Sunday, March 17, 2024

This Week on Broadway for March 17, 2024: The Notebook by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about The Notebook, Doubt, Brooklyn Laundry, Sunday in the Park with George @ The Axelrod Performing Arts Center, and American Thea…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 04:00PM
Sunday, March 10, 2024

This Week on Broadway for March 10, 2024: Corruption @ Lincoln Center Theater by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about The Ally @ The Public, 54 Sings Broadway’s Greatest Hits, FIVE: The Parody Musical, Brooklyn Laundry @ MTC at New York City…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 04:00PM
Sunday, March 3, 2024

This Week on Broadway for March 3, 2024: Oh, Mary! @ The Lucille Lortel by James Marino

James Marino, Michael Portantiere, and Jan Simpson talk about Oh, Mary! @ The Lucille Lortel Theater, The Connector @ MCC, The Seven Year Disappear @ New Group / Signature Center, The Almeid…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 04:00PM
Thursday, February 29, 2024

Today on Broadway: Thursday, February 29, 2024 by James Marino

Iglehart is Louis Armstrong, Brionessss Storm Hadestown, NYTW’s BLUEBERRIES, Jinkx goes Shopping, Gun & Powder is legal in NJ, Bordello @ York, Cariou & Filichia fêted! “Today o…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 08:00AM
Monday, February 26, 2024

Class Notes: Mona Pirnot from “I Love You So Much I Could Die” by James Marino

Listen: Lauren Class Schneider talks to Mona Pirnot, writer and star of “I Love You So Much I Could Die” at New York Theatre Workshop. “Class Notes” actively covers New York’s curr…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 06:00PM
Sunday, February 25, 2024

This Week on Broadway for February 25, 2024: Jelly’s Last Jam @ Encores! by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk about Oh, Mary! @ The Lucille Lortel Theater, Jelly’s Last Jam @ Encores!, A Sign Of The Times @ New World Stages, Russian Troll F…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 04:00PM
Saturday, February 24, 2024

Class Notes: Chilina Kennedy from “A Sign Of The Times” by James Marino

Listen: Lauren Class Schneider talks to Chilina Kennedy, who plays “Cindy” in “A Sign Of The Times” at New World Stages. Chilina Kennedy in A Sign of the Times, directed by Gabriel B…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 06:00PM
Sunday, February 18, 2024

This Week on Broadway for February 18, 2024: Aristocrats @ Irish Rep by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk about Aristocrats @ Irish Rep, Titanic @ NYU, The Apiary @ Second Stage, Melissa Errico: A Manhattan Valentine @ Birdland, Warrior S…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 04:00PM
Sunday, February 11, 2024

This Week on Broadway for February 11, 2024: The Connector @ MCC by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk about The Connector @ The Newman Mills Theater at the Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space, A Chorus Line @ Argyle Theatre, Munich Med…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 04:00PM
Saturday, February 10, 2024

All The Drama: “Next to Normal” by Brian Yorkey, 2010 Pulitzer Prize Winner by James Marino

All The Drama is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of deep dives into the plays that have won The Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The Pulitzer Prize for Drama: “Next to Normal”2010 Pulitze…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 12:01AM
Sunday, February 4, 2024

This Week on Broadway for February 4, 2024: Chita Rivera by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk about the life of Chita Rivera. Reviews include Days of Wine and Roses @ Studio 54, tick, tick… BOOM! @ the Kennedy Center, Jonah …

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 04:00PM
Sunday, January 28, 2024

This Week on Broadway for January 28, 2024: Once Upon A Mattress @ City Center Encores! by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk about Once Upon A Mattress @ City Center Encores!, Our Class @ BAM, Sweeney Todd, and White Rose: The Musical “This Week on Broadw…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 04:00PM
Sunday, January 21, 2024

This Week on Broadway for January 21, 2024: The Whole of Time by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk about Prayer For The French Republic (Peter’s review), The Whole of Time @ Torn Page, and The Perfect Game. In the news, we discus…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 04:00PM
Sunday, January 14, 2024

This Week on Broadway for January 14, 2024: Prayer For The French Republic by James Marino

James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about the Broadway production of Prayer For The French Republic and Patrick Page’s off-Broadway hit, “All The Devils Are Here”. Peter Filichi…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 04:00PM
Sunday, January 7, 2024

This Week on Broadway for January 7, 2024: Here We Are by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere review Here We Are, and Hell’s Kitchen @ The Public Theater. We also talk about the passing of Sarah Rice and Glynis Johns, as well as…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 04:00PM
Sunday, December 31, 2023

This Week on Broadway for December 31, 2023: The Best of 2023 by James Marino

BroadwayRadio Listeners join Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere to talk about the best of 2023. “This Week on Broadway” has been coming to you every week since 2009. I…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 04:00PM
Sunday, December 24, 2023

This Week on Broadway for December 24, 2023: Appropriate by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Appropriate @ Hayes Theater, Buena Vista Social Club @ Atlantic Theater Company, La Femme Theatre Productions’ Night of the…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 04:00PM
Sunday, December 17, 2023

This Week on Broadway for December 17, 2023: How to Dance in Ohio by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about How to Dance in Ohio, Hell’s Kitchen, Celebrating Stephen Schwartz @ The Metropolitan Opera, School Pictures @ Peter Jay Sh…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 04:00PM
Sunday, December 10, 2023

This Week on Broadway for December 10, 2023: Lone Star by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Lone Star @ Theater Row, Mad Women of the West @ Actors Temple Theater, United Nations: The Other West @ 154 Christopher St (…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 04:00PM
Saturday, December 9, 2023

All The Drama: “Fences” by August Wilson, 1987 Pulitzer Prize Winner by James Marino

All The Drama is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of deep dives into the plays that have won The Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The Pulitzer Prize for Drama: “Fences”1987 Pulitzer winner…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 12:01AM
Sunday, December 3, 2023

This Week on Broadway for December 3, 2023: Wicked (tour in New Orleans) by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Wicked (tour in New Orleans), Maestro (film), Sondheim Unplugged @ 54 Below, Mind Mangler: A Night of Tragic Illusion @ New W…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 04:00PM
Sunday, November 26, 2023

This Week on Broadway for November 26, 2023: Chip Zien by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk with Chip Zien. “This Week on Broadway” has been coming to you every week since 2009. It is the longest-running running Broadwa…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 04:00PM
Sunday, November 19, 2023

This Week on Broadway for November 19, 2023: Harmony and Spamalot by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Harmony, Spamalot, Ragtime @ Signature Theatre (Arlington, VA), War Words @ A.R.T./New York, The New York Pops: Sutton Foster…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 04:00PM
Sunday, November 12, 2023

This Week on Broadway for November 12, 2023: Pal Joey @ City Center by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Pal Joey @ City Center (Gala), Roundabout’s I Need That, Gingold Theatrical Group’s Arms and The Man, Ode To The Wasp Wom…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 04:00PM
Sunday, November 5, 2023

This Week on Broadway for November 5, 2023: MasterVoices’ The Frogs by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about MasterVoices production of The Frogs, The Great Gatsby @ Paper Mill Playhouse, I Can Get It For You Wholesale @ Classic Stage…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 04:00PM
Sunday, October 29, 2023

This Week on Broadway for October 29, 2023: Here We Are by James Marino

Jena Tesse Fox, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Here We Are @ The Griffin Theater, Redwood @ Ensemble Studio Theatre, Emergence: Things Are Not as They Seem @ the Alice Grif…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 04:00PM
Thursday, October 26, 2023

Class Notes: Ellen Harvey from “Dracula a Comedy of Terrors” by James Marino

Ellen Harvey, James Daly and Arnie Burton TERRORS. photo by Matthew Murphy Listen: Lauren Class Schneider talks to Ellen Harvey, cast member of “Dracula a Comedy of Terrors” at New World…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 03:00PM
Sunday, October 22, 2023

This Week on Broadway for October 22, 2023: Gutenberg The Musical! by James Marino

Jena Tesse Fox, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Gutenberg The Musical!, Merrily We Roll Along, Patrick Page’s All The Devils Are Here: How Shakespeare Invented The Villain…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 04:00PM
Sunday, October 15, 2023

This Week on Broadway for October 15, 2023: Merrily We Roll Along (Broadway) by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Merrily We Roll Along, Dead Man Walking @ The Metropolitan Opera, Otto Frank @ Northwestern University (Chicago Campus), Nigh…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 04:00PM
Saturday, October 14, 2023

All The Drama: “That Championship Season” by Jason Miller, 1973 Pulitzer Prize Winner by James Marino

All The Drama is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of deep dives into the plays that have won The Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The Pulitzer Prize for Drama: “That Championship Season”19…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 12:01AM
Sunday, October 8, 2023

This Week on Broadway for October 8, 2023: Melissa Etheridge: My Window by James Marino

Jena Tesse Fox, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere and about Melissa Etheridge: My Window, Atlantic Theater Company’s production of Infinite Life, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Emergi…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 04:00PM

All that Chat

2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards