Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about The Dining Room @ Antrim Playhouse, The Sound of Music @ The Paris Theater, Schmigadoon!, The Invention of Love @ Theaterlab, Guys and Dolls Studio Cast Recording, and Helder Guimarães’s The Hope Theory @ New York City Center

Note: This week there was an audio issue on James’ microphone. We were unable to fix it for this episode.

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Peter Filichia | [email protected] | 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!

Larry, The Big-Time Broadway Producer @ The Hopkinton Center for the Arts (HCA)
October 9 – 18, 2026

Showtune for Today: What Makes Me Love Him from The Apple Tree

Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | 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. Additionally, Michael is known as a producer and director of shows at 54 Below, the Laurie Beechman Theatre, and other venues.

Coming up: 54 Loves Cast Albums! 3rd Edition – October 4, 2026

New York theater story: Spring Awaking LMM at Drama Book.

James Marino | [email protected] | Facebook
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PF: The Dining Room @ Antrim Playhouse (Tappan, NY), through October 4, 2026
Set in the dining room of a typical well-to-do household, The Dining Room is a mosaic of interrelated scenes – some funny, some touching, some rueful – which, taken together, create an in-depth portrait of a vanishing species: the upper-middle-class WASP. The actors change roles, personalities and ages with virtuoso skill as they portray a wide variety of characters, from little boys to stern grandfathers, and from giggling teenage girls to Irish housemaids. Each vignette introduces a new set of people and events: a father lectures his son on grammar and politics; a boy returns from boarding school to discover his mother’s infidelity; a senile grandmother doesn’t recognize her own sons at Christmas dinner; a daughter, her marriage a shambles, pleads futilely to return home. Dovetailing swiftly and smoothly, the varied scenes coalesce, ultimately, into a theatrical experience of exceptional range, compassionate humor and abundant human

MP: The Sound of Music @ The Paris Theater

JM: Schmigadoon! (third time), through April 4, 2027

PF: The MAP Theater‘s production of Tom Stoppard’s The Invention of Love @ Theaterlab
The MAP Theater is proud to announce the complete cast and creative team for its rare revival of Tom Stoppard’s The Invention of Love, the Tony-winning play that premiered on Broadway in 2001. Starring eight-time Obie winner David Greenspan as poet and scholar A. E. Housman, this strictly-limited-engagement, directed by Zachary Elkind and featuring original music by Julian Hornik, will run September 17 – October 3, 2026, at Theaterlab (357 W 36th Street, Manhattan) as part of TLAB SHARES, with an opening set for Sunday, September 20. Tickets are now on sale at www.themaptheater.com.

MP: Guys and Dolls Studio Cast, 2026 (Chandos, 2 CDs)

PF: Helder Guimarães’s The Hope Theory @ New York City Center, through December 6, 2026
Witness an ordinary immigrant transform into “a master of illusion” (The New York Times). It’s not a magic trick; it’s the story of The Hope Theory, a critically acclaimed solo show that “proves hope is more than an illusion” (Los Angeles Times). Directed by Academy Award-winning producer Frank Marshall (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Sixth Sense, Raiders of the Lost Ark), and written-performed by Helder Guimarães

Discussion:

Rachel Dratch, Jeff Hiller Complete the Cast of Encores! You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown By Logan Culwell-Block
The company is also replacing the previously announced Hallelujah, Baby! with the Gershwins’ Let ‘Em Eat Cake.

Let ’Em Eat Cake replaces the previously announced Hallelujah, Baby! at Encores! from March 17 through 28, 2027

The production will be directed by Zack Winokur (Artistic Director, AMOC), in association with Opera Philadelphia, with Guest Music Director Rob Berman leading The Encores! Orchestra. Hallelujah, Baby! will be presented during a future Encores! season to allow more time for creative development.

It was also announced today that Rachel Dratch as Patty and Jeff Hiller as Schroeder complete the cast for Encores! You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, which opens the 2027 Encores! series, February 3 through 14.

Future Episodes:

Peter’s Brainteaser:

The final full song of a Cole Porter property – meaning that we’re not including the reprise of a number that started the show, but the final full song — starts with the star singing a line that may be the worst prediction ever made in the history of music.

What’s the line? What’s the song? What’s the property?

Michael’s Musical Moments

Music Opener: “If I Were a Bell,” from GUYS AND DOLLS: OFF THE RECORD – Josie de Guzman

Music Closer: “Anthem” from CHESS, sung by BJ High

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1) Last week’s Broadway grosses:
https://www.broadwayleague.com/research/grosses-broadway-nyc/

2) Blue Man Group to make Broadway debut this holiday season
https://deadline.com/2026/09/blue-man-group-broadway-holiday-show-1237110780/

3) Original cast members, famous alumni to join ‘RENT’ 30th anniversary concert
https://deadline.com/2026/09/rent-broadway-cast-reunion-concert-1237110213/

4) Rachel Dratch, Jeff Hiller join Encores’ ‘You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown’
https://deadline.com/2026/09/rachel-dratch-jeff-hiller-youre-a-good-man-charlie-brown-1237111326/

5) Show and casting news

Jocelyn Bioh to join ‘School Girls’ for 4 performances
https://playbill.com/article/jocelyn-bioh-will-star-in-her-school-girls-on-broadway-for-4-performances-only

Cast announced for ‘Evita’ Broadway revival
https://playbill.com/article/diego-rodriguez-and-james-olivas-will-again-co-star-with-rachel-zegler-in-evita-on-broadway

Todrick Hall’s ‘MIDNIGHT’ postpones Off-Broadway previews by 1 week
https://playbill.com/article/todrick-hall-musical-midnight-cancels-1st-week-of-previews-off-broadway

On today’s episode, Matt Tamanini is in conversation with director Rory McGregor and playwright and producer Joshua Owen to discuss their new play “Human Things’ currently running at the West End Theater on Broadway and 86th. Opening night is Friday, Sept. 25, and the run is slated to go through Sunday, Oct. 18.

In the show, Greg and Margaret are on the rocks. More specifically — they are on an atoll in the South Pacific where Margaret is studying a dwindling population of migratory birds, and Greg is doing… something. He’s not quite sure what he’s doing, actually. He’s doing his best. When Bo and Darce arrive, stranded, having crashed their beloved boat, Hula-Hoop, into a nearby coral reef, they bring with them a storm that threatens to reshape the world in ways both big and small.

The show stars Victoria Clark, Rebeca Robles, Ben Rosenfield, and Michael Mulheren.

Purchase tickets to see ‘Human Things’ at the West End Theater:
https://ci.ovationtix.com/37108

Duncan Sheik dies at 56, Bernie Williams joins ‘Buena Vista,’ J. Harrison Ghee take medical leave from ‘Oh, Mary!’

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1) Tony and Grammy Award-winning composer Duncan Sheik dies at 56
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/arts/music/duncan-sheik-dead.html

2) Show and casting news

Yankees’ great Bernie Williams to join ‘Buena Vista Social Club’ band
https://www.broadwaynews.com/new-york-yankees-legend-bernie-williams-to-join-broadways-buena-vista-social-club/

J. Harrison Ghee to take medical leave from ‘Oh, Mary!’ tour
https://playbill.com/article/j-harrison-ghee-takes-leave-of-absence-from-touring-oh-mary-john-andrew-morrison-will-step-in

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ new play ‘Grass’ to premiere at Park Avenue Armory in February
https://playbill.com/article/branden-jacobs-jenkins-grass-to-premiere-off-broadway

Lillias White, Reeve Carney to reunite in ‘Texas in Paris’ Off-Broadway
https://www.theatermania.com/news/hadestown-co-stars-lillias-white-and-reeve-carney-will-reunite-in-texas-in-paris-off-broadway_1853621/

Ryan J. Haddad’s ‘Good Time Charlie’ extends Off-Broadway
https://playbill.com/article/ryan-j-haddad-world-premiere-good-time-charlie-extends-at-off-broadways-public

Paolo Montalban to lead new musical ‘Grim’ at La Jolla Playhouse
https://playbill.com/article/paolo-montalban-will-star-as-retiring-grim-reaper-in-world-premiere-grim-musical

3) This week’s theatrical schedule

Tuesday, Sept. 22
Opening: ‘The Holes’ Off-Broadway at the Wild Project
https://thewildproject.org/performances/the-holes/ 

Thursday, Sept. 24
Previews: ‘Good Time Charlie’ Off-Broadway at the Public Theater

https://publictheater.org/productions/season/2627/good-time-charlie

Friday, Sept. 25
Previews: ‘The Imaginary Invalid’ on Broadway
https://roundabouttheatre.org/production/2026-2027-season/the-imaginary-invalid/ 

Opening: ‘Human Things’ Off-Broadway at The West Side Theatre
https://www.humanthingsplay.com/ 

Previews: ‘Memoirs of Amorous Gentleman’ Off-Broadway at The Culture Club
https://www.memoirsmusical.com/ 

Previews: ‘The Hairy Ape’ Off-Broadway at the Irish Repertory Theatre
https://irishrep.org/whats-on/the-hairy-ape 

Previews: ‘ANON: a tempest at our kitchen table’ Off-Broadway at MCC
https://mcctheater.org/tix/anon/ 

Closes: ‘Cat Cohen: Broad Strokes’ Off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre
https://lortel.org/broad-strokes/ 

Sunday, Sept. 27
Opening: ‘MIDNIGHT’ Off-Broadway at the Daryl Roth Theatre
https://www.midnightoffbway.com/ 

Previews: ‘Kramer/Fauci’ Off-Broadway at St. Ann’s Warehouse
https://stannswarehouse.org/show/kramer-fauci/ 

Closing: ‘Spandex’ Off-Broadway at Asylum NYC
https://www.spandexmusical.com/ 

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about The Ford/Hill Project @ BAM, Pre-Existing Condition @ Greenwich House Theater, 54 Sings Broadway’s Greatest Hits! @ 54 Below, The Body of Mary @ The Gym At Judson, Sweet Charity (Roadshow Version) movie @ Paris Theater, Ben Franklin In Paris @ 54 Below, and the passings of Bob Mackie and Duncan Sheik.

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Peter Filichia | [email protected] | 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!

Larry, The Big-Time Broadway Producer @ The Hopkinton Center for the Arts (HCA)
October 9 – 18, 2026

Showtune for Today: Follow Your Heart from Urinetown

Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | 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. Additionally, Michael is known as a producer and director of shows at 54 Below, the Laurie Beechman Theatre, and other venues.

Coming up: 54 Loves Cast Albums! 3rd Edition – October 4, 2026

Operation Mincemeat… extends!

James Marino | [email protected] | Facebook
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MP: The Ford/Hill Project @ BAM, September 8-20, 2026
CREATED BY :
Elizabeth Marvel and Lee Sunday Evans

“The Ford/Hill Project performs one of theater’s most noble and necessary functions: to shine a light on character itself, to attune the populace to how a person’s acts betoken who they are, and to prompt the polis to pay attention.” – DC Theater Arts

30 years apart, Anita Hill and Christine Blasey Ford provoked a reckoning about who is given the power to shape the future of our country by telling the story of one of the most private moments of their lives in one of the most public settings imaginable.

With an ensemble of four actors speaking from the verbatim transcripts of these pivotal hearings, these two women’s stories can be seen side by side in a new light in Waterwell’s illuminating new production which we are honored to bring to two of the country’s most prestigious theaters in the weeks leading up to the consequential 2024 election.

Long Wharf Theatre
At Quinnipiac University & Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, CT
September 19-27, 2026

Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT
September 30-October 1, 2026

Williams College
Williamstown, MA
October 2-3, 2026

PF: Pre-Existing Condition @ Greenwich House Theater, January 8, 2027

The critically acclaimed production, and New York Times Critic’s Pick, will feature Academy Award winner and Tony Award nominee Lupita Nyong’o, Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Edie Falco, Tony and Emmy Award nominee Phillipa Soo, Actor Award nominee Hari Nef, and Tony Award nominee Susannah Flood, performing the alternating role of ‘A.’ The cast will also include Drama Desk Award nominee Greg Keller, Pulitzer Prize finalist Dael Orlandersmith, and Drama Desk Award winner Sarah Steele, reprising their roles from the production’s run at the Connelly Theater. Nyong’o will perform the role of ‘A’ through September 26.

Pre-Existing Condition, written by Tony Award nominee Marin Ireland and directed by Tony Award nominee Maria Dizzia, offers an “unfiltered examination of how violence imprints itself on the body and soul” (New York Theatre Guide). The play centers on an unnamed woman, brought to life in sequential engagements by the formidable Lupita Nyong’o, Phillipa Soo, Susannah Flood, Hari Nef and Edie Falco, alongside a powerhouse returning cast featuring Dael Orlandersmith, Sarah Steele, and Greg Keller. Staged at the historic Greenwich House Theater, Pre-Existing Condition explores the quiet challenges and everyday indignities of moving forward after a life-altering relationship.

MP: 54 Sings Broadway’s Greatest Hits! @ 54 Below
The performance on Sep 19:
Gabrielle Baker (In the Heights at Playhouse on Park)
Elizabeth Bedley (A Chorus Line and Bye Bye Birdie at the Wick Theatre)
Ben Jones (Musical theater, opera, & symphony concert star)
Ryan Knowles (The Lightning Thief)
Philippa Lynas (Cirque Du Soleil’s Cirque Dreams Holidaze, Brisbane Fest)
Tyler McCall (Fiddler on the Roof national tour)
Zachary Santolaya
Ann Stein

PF: The Body of Mary @ The Gym At Judson, through October 8, 2026
Written & Directed By Katie Cappiello

MP: Sweet Charity (Roadshow Version) movie @ Paris Theater

PF: Ben Franklin In Paris @ 54 Below, September 13, 2026
A Revolutionary Musical in Concert Celebrating the 250th Anniversary of America’s Independence
Featuring:
Tony Award® nominee Walter Willison (Grand Hotel, Pippin, Two By Two)
Bistro Award winner Ann Kittredge (Dessa Rose, A Christmas Carol, King David)
Keith Crowningshield (Grand Hotel, Jelly’s Last Jam)
Tony Award® nominee Timothy Jerome (Grand Hotel, Me and My Girl, The Rothschilds)
Keaton Miller (Somewhere, Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors at the Straz Center)
Zoë Parrish (Steps the Play, NYC workshops of YES! The Musical and Zombie Musical)
Ron Spivak (Regional: Man of La Mancha)
Melinda Hopkins (Two By Two regional tour)
Sheila Wormer (The Magic Flute at the Salzburg Music Festival)

Discussion:

New York Performing Arts Library Gets $60 Million Gift for Preservation by Malia Mendez
The anonymous donation, the library’s largest ever, will support digitization of archival items related to theater, dance and music.

Bob Mackie, Designer Who ‘Dressed Every Spangly Woman in Show Business,’ Dies at 87 by Penelope Green
His sequined gowns and outrageous costumes threw clouds of glitter at American fashion for over half a century.

This Week on Broadway for September 5, 2021: Bob Mackie

Duncan Sheik, Who Traded Pop Stardom for Broadway, Dies at 56 by Alex Williams
Weary of the heartthrob label after his 1996 hit “Barely Breathing,” he pivoted to musical theater and won two Tonys for composing “Spring Awakening.”

Future Episodes:

Peter’s Brainteaser:

What four words in the opening number of a Kander and Ebb show bring to mind a Tony-winning play?

Michael’s Musical Moments

Duncan Sheik

Music Opener: “Selling Out” from AMERICAN PSYCHO – Benjamin Walker and cast, press event

Music Closer: “Left Behind, Jonathan Groff live at The Cabaret in Indianopolis, IN in 2012

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1) Last week’s Broadway grosses:
https://www.broadwayleague.com/research/grosses-broadway-nyc/

2) ‘Two Strangers’ to close on Broadway post-Thanksgiving
https://deadline.com/2026/09/two-strangers-carry-a-cake-across-new-york-broadway-closing-1237105074/

3) Fiftieth anniversary revival of ‘Annie’ coming to Broadway
https://deadline.com/2026/09/annie-broadway-sam-pinkleton-1237103809/

4) Rosie O’Donnell to join ‘Rocky Horror’ for 2 weeks
https://deadline.com/2026/09/rosie-odonnell-rocky-horror-show-broadway-1237104579/

5) ‘Spring Awakening’ Off-Broadway revival announces cast
https://deadline.com/2026/09/spring-awakening-off-broadway-cast-amalia-yoo-1237104489/

6) Patti LuPone to star in one-woman show ‘Full Gallop’ Off-Broadway
https://playbill.com/article/patti-lupone-will-return-to-the-new-york-stage-in-full-gallop

‘Princess Bride’ musical to play Chicago in 2027, London ‘Sunday’ canceled, ‘Oh, Mary!’ to hit HBO

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1) ‘Princess Bride’ musical to play Chicago in summer 2027
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/14/princess-bride-musical/

2) West End ‘Sunday in the Park’ canceled following star departures
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/sunday-in-the-park-george-cancelled-ariana-grande-bailey-1236700424/

3) Show and casting news

Gina Torres to join ‘Buena Vista Social Club’ on Broadway
https://playbill.com/article/gina-torres-will-lead-buena-vista-social-club-on-broadway

‘Lion King’ tour to close after 25 years; revised production planned
https://playbill.com/article/the-lion-king-tour-will-close-in-2027-newly-configured-production-planned

4) Off-Broadway show and casting news

‘Heated Rivalry’ parody musical recoups, extends Off-Broadway
https://deadline.com/2026/09/heated-rivalry-musical-parody-recoupment-off-broadway-1237072525/

Gillies, Harner, Monaghan, Phillips to lead ‘Rope’ Off-Broadway
https://playbill.com/article/elizabeth-gillies-jason-butler-harner-graham-phillips-more-will-star-in-rope-off-broadway

Mary Testa to lead new LaChiusa musical Off-Broadway
https://playbill.com/article/michael-john-lachiusa-musical-beautiful-jolie-gabor-sets-off-broadway-world-premiere

Whitney White to join ‘Pre-Existing Condition’ Off-Broadway
https://playbill.com/article/whitney-white-will-join-pre-existing-condition-off-broadway

‘Heathers’ moves up closing date
https://playbill.com/article/off-broadway-heathers-revival-moves-up-closing-date

‘Shuffle Along’ musical adds second performance
https://playbill.com/article/shuffle-along-reunion-concert-adds-2nd-performance

5) London show and casting news

Megan Hilty, Rachel Tucker to lead ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’ concerts
https://playbill.com/article/megan-hilty-and-rachel-tucker-will-star-in-london-gentlemen-prefer-blondes-concerts

Sacha Baron Cohen to lead Quentin Tarantino West End play
https://deadline.com/2026/09/sacha-baron-cohen-quentin-tarantino-popinjay-cavalier-london-1237073438/

Nick Mohammed to host ‘The Traitors’ stage adaptation
https://deadline.com/2026/09/traitors-acts-of-betrayal-west-end-london-nick-mohammed-1237073365/

6) Theatre on screen news

Andrew Scott to star in film adaptation of ‘Sea Wall’
https://deadline.com/2026/09/andrew-scott-sea-wall-1237072906/

‘Oh, Mary!’ coming to HBO in 2027
https://press.wbd.com/us/media-release/hbo-debut-tony-and-olivier-award-winning-play-oh-mary-2027

7) This week’s theatrical schedule

Wednesday, Sept. 16
Previews: ‘Degenerates’ Off-Broadway from Playwrights Horizons
https://www.playwrightshorizons.org/shows/production-history/2020s/2627/degenerates 

Thursday, Sept. 17
Opening: ‘Truly, Howard Hughes’ Off-Broadway from the York Theatre
https://www.yorktheatre.org/truly-howard-hughes

Performances: Slam Frank’ Off-Broadway at the Orpheum Theatre
https://www.slamfrankmusical.com/ 

Saturday, Sept. 19
Closing: ‘Music City’ Off-Broadway at St. Luke’s Theatre
https://musiccitythemusical.com/ 

Sunday, Sept. 20
Closing: ‘Titanique’ on Broadway
https://titaniquebroadway.com/ 

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Frank “Fraver” Verlizzo’s book, “Sanity Claus”, Ghostlight Players production of The Guys at Staten Island Academy’s Haugen Hall Theater, Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? @ The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, New York, New York (1977 movie) @ Paris Theater, Molière in the Park: Don Juan @ LeFrak Center at Lakeside, and Garry Starr: Classic Penguins @ Studio Seaview.

“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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Panel:

Peter Filichia | [email protected] | 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!

Larry, The Big-Time Broadway Producer @ The Hopkinton Center for the Arts (HCA)
October 9 – 18, 2026

Showtune for Today: Legally Blonde Remix from Legally Blonde

How come Legally Blonde has not had a revival, and I don’t see it much in regional and community theater?

Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | 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. Additionally, Michael is known as a producer and director of shows at 54 Below, the Laurie Beechman Theatre, and other venues.

Coming up: 54 Loves Cast Albums! 3rd Edition – October 4, 2026

James Marino | [email protected] | Facebook
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Reviews:

PF: Book Review: Sanity Claus by Frank “Fraver” Verlizzo, published by Retro Broadway Mysteries

MP: Ghostlight Players production of The Guys at Staten Island Academy’s Haugen Hall Theater

PF: Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? @ The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, through September 27, 2026

MP: New York, New York (1977 movie) @ Paris Theater

PF: Molière in the Park: Don Juan @ LeFrak Center at Lakeside (in Prospect Park), through September 27, 2026

PF: Garry Starr: Classic Penguins @ Studio Seaview, through October 11, 2026
International smash hit GARRY STARR lands in New York this fall, and he’s hell-bent on saving books from extinction – by performing every Penguin Classic novel ever written in under an hour, (mostly) naked.

This event is strictly 18+. Please be aware that this production includes full nudity, strobes, haze, recorded gunshots, and sudden loud noises. Audience participation will be invited at the discretion of the performer and is voluntary. By purchasing a ticket, you acknowledge the inherent risks of voluntarily participating in a live performance, includingphysical activity and close contact with the performer, and release all producers and venue operator from claims based on negligence, except for gross negligence or willful misconduct. No photography or filming.

Discussion:

Shaw Festival Theatre

Good Time Charlie @ The Public Theater
September 24, 2026 – October 18, 2026
Written by Ryan J. Haddad
Choreography by Jennifer Rias
Directed by Danny Sharron

Ryan J. Haddad returns to The Public with his joyous, moving new play GOOD TIME CHARLIE. As a young man, Charlie dreamt of a life on the stage, but his parents thought dentistry sounded better, so he channeled his passion for culture into his nephew Ryan—a fellow theater-loving gay kid with Broadway ambitions. Spanning more than three decades, GOOD TIME CHARLIE is a multigenerational story of gay men growing up, falling in love, and cherishing the arts. Directed by Danny Sharron, this comedic, theatrical love letter celebrates the people who teach us how to dream.

What are we looking forward to this fall?

Future Episodes:

Peter’s Brainteaser:

Gentlemen whose surnames were Kelly, Young, Fox, King and Hart created characters that were mentioned in a song in a 1980’s Tony-losing musical.

What’s the show and song? Name the characters, too.

Michael’s Musical Moments

Richard Rodgers Conducts “The Carousel Waltz” with NY Philharmonic (Columbia Recording, 1955)

Music Opener:

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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.

1990 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, “The Piano Lesson” by August Wilson

August Wilson Wikipedia page
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Wilson

The Piano Lesson Wikipedia page
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Piano_Lesson

The Piano Lesson script
https://www.concordtheatricals.com/p/7625/august-wilsons-the-piano-lesson

August Wilson: A Life” by Patti Hartigan
https://a.co/d/0b2lXHyl

Stage: Wilson’s ‘Piano Lesson’” original review by Frank Rich, The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/10/theater/stage-wilson-s-piano-lesson.html

“Been Here and Gone” by John Lahr, The New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2001/04/16/been-here-and-gone

“The Ground Constanza Romero Stands On by Rob Weinert-Kendt, American Theatre
https://www.americantheatre.org/2016/06/20/the-ground-constanza-romero-stands-on/

August Wilson Century Cycle
https://a.co/d/0gAdB66O
The Cambridge Companion to August Wilson
https://a.co/d/01d5RbM8

“The Piece of Art That Inspired One of Theater’s Greatest Works” by Maya Phillips, The New York Times Magazine
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/theater/romare-bearden-august-wilson-joe-turners-come-gone.html

“The Ground On Which I Stand” documentary
https://www.pbs.org/video/american-masters-august-wilson-ground-which-i-stand/

The Theatre History Podcast Episode 86: Introducing the University of Pittsburgh’s August Wilson Archive With Dr. Sandra Shannon and Bill Daw
https://theatrehistorypodcast.libsyn.com/episode-86-introducing-the-university-of-pittsburghs-august-wilson-archive-with-dr-sandra-shannon-and-bill-daw

Conversations with August Wilson, edited by Jackson R. Bryer and Mary C. Hartig
https://bookshop.org/books/conversations-with-august-wilson/9781578068319

The Theatre of August Wilson by Alan Nadel
https://bookshop.org/books/the-theatre-of-august-wilson/9781472534439

1995 Hallmark movie version
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0C6XDD4QP?ref_=atv_dp_share_cu_r

Stage: Wilson’s ‘Piano Lesson’” original review by Frank Rich, The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/10/theater/stage-wilson-s-piano-lesson.html

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Broadway & Me
Jan Simpson is a theater journalist who writes the blog Broadway& Me and hosts the BroadwayRadio podcasts Stagecraft and All The Drama. She has twice served as a Pulitzer Prize juror.

Breaking down the Broadway grosses and major theatre news

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1) Last week’s Broadway grosses:
https://www.broadwayleague.com/research/grosses-broadway-nyc/

2) ‘& Juliet’ to close on Broadway in January
https://deadline.com/2026/09/and-juliet-broadway-closing-1237072868/

3) ‘Now You See Me Live’ to run on Broadway
https://deadline.com/2026/09/now-you-see-me-live-broadway-1237072975/

4) AI company to run one-night-only Broadway musical
https://playbill.com/article/broadway-will-get-a-1-night-only-industrial-ramp-bill-pay-musical

5) Adrienne Warren to lead ‘Imitation of Life’ premiere
https://deadline.com/2026/09/adrienne-warren-imitation-of-life-off-broadway-john-legend-1237072806/

6) Madeline Brewer to lead ‘Wild Rose’ Off-Broadway
https://people.com/madeline-brewer-to-lead-wild-rose-musical-exclusive-12110765

Julia Roberts and Paul Rudd to return to Broadway, Encores’ ‘In the Heights’ cast announced, Bailey exits ‘Sunday’ revival

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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Broadway to dim lights for Parton, Curry, more
https://deadline.com/2026/09/broadway-marquees-dim-dolly-parton-tim-curry-louise-lasser-1237065776/

1) Julia Roberts, Paul Rudd, Sarah Paulson to lead ‘Small Mouth Sounds’ on Broadway
https://deadline.com/2026/09/broadway-julia-roberts-paul-rudd-sarah-paulson-small-mouth-sounds-1237070881/

2) ‘Downstate’ confirms fall Broadway premiere
https://deadline.com/2026/09/downstate-broadway-scott-rudin-barry-diller-1237070817/

3) Show and casting news

Krysta Rodriguez, Nick Blaemire, more join ‘A Few Good Men’ on Broadway
https://deadline.com/2026/09/krysta-rodriguez-a-few-good-men-broadway-complete-cast-1237064707/

Cast announced for Encores Gala production of ‘In the Heights’
https://playbill.com/article/full-casting-found-for-new-york-city-center-gala-in-the-heights

Muñoz, Dean, Park join ‘Galileo’ on Broadway
https://deadline.com/2026/09/broadway-galileo-javier-munoz-michael-park-cast-1237065345/

Sherri Shepherd to join ‘Aladdin’ on Broadway as Genie
https://deadline.com/2026/09/sherri-shepherd-aladdin-genie-broadway-1237068348/

‘September L. Davis: The Apology Tour’ announces first special guests
https://playbill.com/article/ana-gasteyers-september-l-davis-the-apology-tour-unveils-1st-slate-of-special-guests

Jonathan Bailey departs West End ‘Sunday in the Park With George’
https://deadline.com/2026/09/jonathan-bailey-sunday-in-the-park-with-george-1237063249/

4) This week’s theatrical schedule

Tuesday, Sept. 8
Previews: ‘School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play’ on Broadway
https://www.manhattantheatreclub.com/shows/2026-27-season/school-girls-or-the-african-mean-girls-play/