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Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk with Mary Testa. Afterwards, we review The Elephant Man, In Fields Where They Lay @ The New Ohio Theater, Side Show's closing, Something Rotten next at St. James, and Laura Benanti .

James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk with Douglas Sills. Peter Filichia joins us to discuss My Favorite Year @ The York Theatre Company, Peter Pan LIVE!  on NBC, and The Wall Street Journal's Joanne Kaufman's  " Confessions of a Broadway Bolter "

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere discuss Prospect Theater Company's production of The Underclassman, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty honored by The York Theatre Company, The Irish Repertory Theatre's production of A Christmas Memory, Rollo's Wild Oat @ Metropolitan Playhouse, and Playwrights Horizons' production of Grand Concourse.

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere discuss the Broadway revival of Side Show, Little Dancer @ The Kennedy Center, Camelot @ Two River Theater in Red Bank and Allegro @ Classic Stage Company. For the record, Peter's viewing of CSC's Allegro was his 10,000th show!

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere discuss The River, The Death of Klinghoffer, Small Town Story, Encores! The Band Wagon  and  Show Boat at the New York Philharmonic.

James Marino interviews Richard Jay-Alexander about the grand opening of the new Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando, FL. Afterwards, Peter Filichia and Michael Portantiere join in to review The Last Ship at the Neil Simon Theatre, Godlight Theatre Company's Deliverance at 59e59, and Can-Can at the Paper Mill Playhouse.

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk with John Lloyd Young about the movie version of Jersey Boys. We also review the Broadway revival of On the Town and the winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize: Disgraced.

James Marino talks with Matt Sax and Eric Rosen about the original cast recording of their show: VENICE. Peter Filichia and Michael Portantiere join in afterward with reviews of Atlantic Theater Company's production of Found, Big The Musical, Standard Time with Michael Feinstein @ Zankel Hall (Carnegie Hall) and Edinburgh Encores - SoHo Playhouse: Signal Failure.

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk with Lauren Worsham. We review It's Only A Play, Inner Voices 2014 @  TBG Theatre, and It Has to Be You @ Abingdon Theatre Company.

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk about You Can't Take It With You, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Tail! Spin!, Something Rotten (industry reading), The Guys @ Staten Island Shakespearean Theater, and Big The Musical @ The York Theatre Company.

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk with Billy Hayes (Riding the Midnight Express with Billy Hayes). We review King Lear, Bloomer Girl, From Here To Eternity, The Country House, and Tail! Spin! Michael remembers his friend Greg Hiby.

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk with Margo Seibert. We review This Is Our Youth, Love Letters , The Wayside Motor Inn, Scenes from a Marriage, Man of La Mancha at NYU and the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival. This plus a little bit of news.

James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk with Burke Moses about his new book and The Unsinkable Molly Brown at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Peter is just back from a trip to Iowa where he saw  Shirley Jones and Patrick Cassidy in The Music Man in Concert. He also saw  Mary Zimmerman's production of  The White Snake  at  Guthrie Theater.

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk about Cabaret in Milwaukee @ Off The Wall Theatre Company, Bootycandy @ Playwrights Horizons, The Wayside Motor Inn @ Signature Theatre Company, The Fatal Weakness @ Mint Theatre, and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown @ Theatre at the Center.

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk with Ben Rimalower. We also talk about Playwrights Realm's production of My Mañana Comes, who to follow on Facebook, Bridges of Madison County sheet music, 54 Below's Meadowlark tally, Joan Rivers, Cinderella posts closing notice, King Kong looking around, Doctor Zhivago expected and Broadway/Chicago actor Bernie Yvon dies in accident.

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere review Primary Stages production of Poor Behavior, Sunday in the Park with George @ Signature Theatre, Things We Do For Love @ Westport Country Playhouse, Amas Musical Theatre's production of Red Eye of Love and the movie of Oklahoma. We also talk about the passing of Angelo Del Rossi and Victoria Mallory.

Laura Motta, Aileen McKenna and James Marino interview Claybourne Elder who is playing Georges Seurat/George in the Signature production of Sunday in the Park with George. We also talk with Dave Hamilton who gives us updated reviews of Rock of Ages with Constantine Maroulis and Pippin.

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk with Lee Roy Reams and Penny Fuller about Betty Joan Perske, also known as Lauren Bacall. We also talk about ReGroup Theatre's production of A Texas Trilogy and Primary Stages's production of Poor Behavior.

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk with Elena Shaddow. We also talk about King Lear @ The Delacorte Theater in Central Park and Sex With Strangers @ Second Stage. In the news, we discuss Larry David's new play Fish in the Dark, Side Show makes it official, will James Corden forgo Broadway, Helen Mirren returns in The Audience, and Fun Home brings the fun back to Broadway.

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk about  Music Theatre Wichita's production of Catch Me If You Can, Pippin, Piece of My Heart, Daniel Reichard @ Birdland, The Attic Theater Company's production of Strictly Dishonorable and Love and Human Remains.

James Marino talks with David Campbell about his new album, " David Campbell Sings John Bucchino." Peter Filichia and Michael Portantiere join in for a chat with Broadway  p roducer Ryan Hugh Mackey from  A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder.

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk with Steven Bell about the Kennedy Center production of Side Show. We review A Celebration of Mary Rodgers, Pump Boys and Dinettes @ Encores! Off-Center, NYMF shows: The Gig and Der Gelbe Stern (The Yellow Star). We also talk about the passing of Elaine Stritch.  

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk with Robin De Jesús. We also talk about International Thespian Festival in Nebraska, Holler If Ya Hear Me, Tick Tick Boom, 54 Sings 1776, Meeting Our Heroes (NYMF Event), West Village Musical Theatre Festival and a revisit to Rocky. 

Hi, this is James Marino from This Week on Broadway   We won't have a new show this week. I am in Hawaii and we couldn't arrange the logistics.   Peter, Michael and I will be back next week with interviews, reviews and news from the Broadway community.   If you are disappoined and really need to listen to us, rememeber that we have more than 250 shows in our archives. Pick out one from long ago an...

This week's episode consists of two interviews: Alex Timbers and Van Kaplan.