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On Tuesday, June 2, BroadwayRadio’s Matt Tamanini attended the opening night of the “SIX: The Musical” national tour at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando, Florida.
Last Week on Broadway: Monday, June 1, 2026
Jun 01, 2026
Show notes
Chrissy Metz to make Broadway debut, NY adds $150M to theatre tax credit, Matt explains how to watch the Tonys
Every week, Matt Tamanini will bring you the biggest news from across the theatrical landscape and will prepare you for what’s ahead over the next seven days.
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This Week on Broadway for May 31, 2026: Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody
May 31, 2026
Show notes
Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about MP: Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody @ The Culture Club, Girls Chance Music @ Vineyard Theatre, Indian Princesses @ Atlantic Theater, Dad Don’t Read This @ St. Luke’s Theatre, Spamilton: An American Parody 10th Anniversary Concert @ 54 Below, Bedlam’s Othello @ West End Theatre, Turandot @ The Met, Small @ Signature Center, and Celebrity Autobiography @ Shubert Theatre
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Panel:
Peter Filichia | peter@broadwayradio.com | Facebook PETER FILICHIA is a playwright, journalist, and historian with a number of books. Peter’s new day-by-day desk calendar – A SHOW TUNE FOR TODAY – 366 Songs to Brighten Your Year – is available at finer retailers!
Showtune for Today: You Mustn’t Be Discouraged from Fade Out – Fade In
Michael Portantiere | michael@broadwayradio.com | Facebook MICHAEL PORTANTIERE has been a theater journalist for more than 50 years. The founder and editor of CastAlbumReviews.com. He is also a theatrical photographer whose photos have appeared in The New York Times and other publications, and he writes reviews of cabaret shows for NiteLifeExchange.com. Additionally, Michael is known as a producer and director of shows at 54 Below, the Laurie Beechman Theatre, and other venues.
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Adam Feldman Pet peeve of the day: Marketing is marketing, I know, but it bugs me a little that Titaníque keeps saying it started in the basement of a Gristedes! It started at Asylum NYC, which was located in a long-established downstairs theater space that had formerly been the Upright Citizens Brigade, and before that the Maverick, and before that the American Jewish Rep, and before that the Roundabout. Yes, there was a Gristedes above that space for a time, but Asylum was very much a real theater, not a grocery-store basement pop-up.
Linda was back for her SIXTH helping of Celebrity Autobiography!!
News:
MP + PF: The New Dramatists Annual Spring Luncheon, honoring multi-award-winning composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz, was held on Tuesday, May 26, in the Broadway Ballroom at the New York Marriott Marquis (1535 Broadway, between 45th and 46th Streets).
This Week on Broadway for May 24, 2026: Broken Snow @ Theatre 71
May 24, 2026
Show notes
Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about the their takes on the awards season (so far). Reviews include Broken Snow @ Theatre 71, Pippin @ Signature Theater (VA), Well I’ll Let You Go @ Studio Seaview, and Thornton Wilder’s The Emporium @ Classic Stage Company.
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Panel:
Peter Filichia | peter@broadwayradio.com | Facebook PETER FILICHIA is a playwright, journalist, and historian with a number of books. Peter’s new day-by-day desk calendar – A SHOW TUNE FOR TODAY – 366 Songs to Brighten Your Year – is available at finer retailers!
Showtune for Today: They Both Reached for the Gun from Chicago: Original Cast Album
Michael Portantiere | michael@broadwayradio.com | Facebook MICHAEL PORTANTIERE has been a theater journalist for more than 50 years. The founder and editor of CastAlbumReviews.com. He is also a theatrical photographer whose photos have appeared in The New York Times and other publications, and he writes reviews of cabaret shows for NiteLifeExchange.com. Additionally, Michael is known as a producer and director of shows at 54 Below, the Laurie Beechman Theatre, and other venues.
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2025-2026 Tony Awards Nominations Announced (May 05, 2026) The Outer Critics Circle Awards (May 11, 2026) The 70th Drama Desk Awards (May 17, 2026) The Theatre World Awards (Jun 02, 2026) 79th Annual Tony Awards (Jun 07, 2026
Reviews:
PF: Broken Snow @ Theatre 71, through May 31, 2026 A new play by Ben Andron Starring Tom Cavanagh, Tony Danza, and Michael Longfellow Directed by Colin Hanlon
BUBBA WEILER (writer) Bubba Weiler is a Brooklyn-based playwright and actor. His plays include Well, I’ll Let You Go and The Saviors, which will have its premier production at Atlantic Theater Company this summer directed by Jack Serio. He studied playwriting and acting at Playwrights Horizons Theater School at NYU. He has been in residency at Berkeley Rep’s Groundfloor and Mercury Store. As an actor, he played Scorpius Malfoy in the first American cast of Harry Potter and The Cursed Child on Broadway and was recently seen in Swing State at the Minetta Lane for which his performance was nominated for a Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, and Outer Critics’ Circle Award.
The New Dramatists Annual Spring Luncheon, honoring multi-award-winning composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz, will be held on Tuesday, May 26, in the Broadway Ballroom at the New York Marriott Marquis (1535 Broadway, between 45th and 46th Streets).
Future Episodes:
Peter’s Brainteaser:
In the 1950s and early 1960s, every American with a TV set knew this performer whose Broadway debut happened just over 100 years ago.
David Merrick courted this performer to play a role that would eventually see not one, not two, but three actresses acquire Tonys. But Merrick’s offer was declined.
However, some years before, the performer had a cameo in a film version of a musical that Merrick had co-produced on Broadway. Who is the performer? What was the role Merrick offered? What was the film of the musical that Merrick had co-sponsored?
Last Week on Broadway: Monday, May 18, 2026
May 18, 2026
Show notes
‘Book of Mormon’ return date, Joshua Henry wins Drama League Award, Ledisi joins ‘Wanted’
Every week, Matt Tamanini will bring you the biggest news from across the theatrical landscape and will prepare you for what’s ahead over the next seven days.
Any and all feedback is appreciated: Matt Tamanini:matt@broadwayradio.com | @BroadwayRadio
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This Week on Broadway for May 17, 2026: Meg Bussert
May 17, 2026
Show notes
Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk with Meg Bussert. Peter was in London and saw seven shows: The Karate Kid @ New Wimbledon Theatre, An Ideal Husband @ Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, The Producers @ Garrick Theatre, The Play That Goes Wrong, Grace Pervades @ Theatre Royal Haymarket, Mother Courage and Her Children @ Globe Theatre and Hercules @ Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Back in NYC, Michael saw Traviata In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY, and Peter saw One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest @ Studio 17.
“This Week on Broadway” has been coming to you every week since 2009. It is the longest-running running Broadway and theatrical podcast with hundreds of shows giving thousands of reviews and interviews.
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Patreon listeners get This Week on Broadway first, on Sunday afternoon before it is released to the general public on Sunday evening.
Panel:
Peter Filichia | peter@broadwayradio.com | Facebook PETER FILICHIA is a playwright, journalist, and historian with a number of books. Peter’s new day-by-day desk calendar – A SHOW TUNE FOR TODAY – 366 Songs to Brighten Your Year – is available at finer retailers!
This Thursday @ AMT Theater, 3PM – A PERSONAL HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN THEATER
Showtune for Today: Mother Darling from Grey Gardens
Michael Portantiere | michael@broadwayradio.com | Facebook MICHAEL PORTANTIERE has been a theater journalist for more than 50 years. The founder and editor of CastAlbumReviews.com. He is also a theatrical photographer whose photos have appeared in The New York Times and other publications, and he writes reviews of cabaret shows for NiteLifeExchange.com. Additionally, Michael is known as a producer and director of shows at 54 Below, the Laurie Beechman Theatre, and other venues.
Note: This week we had listeners join us while recording. These listeners are Patreon members who support BroadwayRadio. If you would like to join us in the future, become a supporter at Patreon.com/BroadwayRadio.
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Palace Theater street level retail space remains empty
Future Episodes:
Peter’s Brainteaser:
He wrote the music to more than one Best Musical Tony winner before he wrote the score to a musical that opened in a more modest downtown cabaret.
One of the show’s song titles was a famous foreign word, although the songwriter spelled it differently. Who’s the songwriter? What’s the musical? What’s the foreign word and how was it misspelled?
Michael’s Musical Moments
BRIGADOON
Music Opener: “Prologue” (from 2017 Encores! cast recording)
start at beginning and play through end (which fades out)
…and anywhere that you can listen to finer podcasts.
Class Notes: Rebecca Jimenez in “Indian Princesses”
May 16, 2026
Show notes
Listen: Lauren Class Schneider talks with Rebecca Jimenez, who plays Andi in “Indian Princesses” co-produced with Rattlestick Theater at the Atlantic Theater Company.
Headshot by Chris Jon Photography
Rebecca Jimenez – Rehearsal photos by Ahron R. Foster
Greg Keller & Rebecca Jimenez – Rehearsal photos by Ahron R. Foster
“Class Notes” actively covers New York’s current theater season on, off, and off-off Broadway.
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