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Matt reviews the original Broadway production of “Other Desert Cities.”

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On Thursday, Oct. 15, BroadwayRadio’s Matt Tamanini attended the Broadway performance of “Other Desert Cities” at the Hudson Theatre.

The show is currently set to run through Sunday, Jan. 17, 2027. To purchase tickets to see the show, click here:
https://otherdesertcitiesbroadway.com/

Reviews for ‘A Few Good Men’ on Broadway, Patrick Stewart dies at 86, ‘Rocky Horror’ extends through May

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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1) Reviews for ‘A Few Good Men’ on Broadway
https://didtheylikeit.com/shows/a-few-good-men/

2) Stage and screen icon Sir Patrick Stewart dies at 86
https://apnews.com/article/patrick-stewart-shakespeare-theater-appreciation-9fe4ffe6024a270aad3a456ae26a11b7

Stream Patrick Stewart’s greatest screen work
https://thestreamable.com/patrick-stewart-stream-movie-tv-show-performances

3) Daniel Sullivan announces retirement, Jonathan Kent to take over ‘Montauk’ on Broadway
https://deadline.com/2026/10/daniel-sullivan-broadway-retirement-jonathan-kent-1237209510/

4) ‘Rocky Horror Show’ extends on Broadway through May
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/THE-ROCKY-HORROR-SHOW-Extends-on-Broadway-Through-May-2027-20261102

5) ‘The Heart’ extends Off-Broadway from Roundabout
https://www.broadway.com/buzz/207906/the-heart-extends-off-broadway-run-through-december-13/

6) This week’s theatrical schedule

Monday, Nov. 2
Previews: ‘Here There Are Blueberries’ on Broadway
https://herethereareblueberries.com/

Tuesday, Nov. 3
Opening: ‘We’ll See’ Off-Broadway from the Public Theater
https://publictheater.org/productions/season/2627/well-see/

Previews: ‘The King’s Critique’ Off-Broadway at Signature Center
https://kingscritiquemusical.com/

Previews: ‘Rope’ Off-Broadway from The New Group
https://thenewgroup.org/events/rope-2026-11-03-700-pm/

Wednesday, Nov. 4
Previews: ‘It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play’ on Broadway
https://itsawonderfullifebway.com/

Thursday, Nov. 5
Opening: ‘2:22 – A Ghost Story’ Off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre
https://lortel.org/222-ghost-story/

Opening: ‘The Unbelievers’ Off-Broadway from Manhattan Theatre Club
https://www.manhattantheatreclub.com/shows/2026-27-season/the-unbelievers/

Opening: ‘The Verge’ Off-Broadway from The Public Theater
https://publictheater.org/productions/season/2627/the-verge/

Preview: ‘Seven Guitars’ Off-Broadway from Lincoln Center Theatre
https://www.lct.org/shows/seven-guitars/

Saturday, Nov. 7
Previews: ‘The Good Thief’ Off-Broadway from Irish Repertory Theatre

https://irishrep.org/whats-on/the-good-thief

Sunday, Nov. 8
Opening: ‘Wanted’ on Broadway
https://wantedmusical.com/

Closing: ‘Aftermath’ Off-Broadway at A.R.T./New York Theatres
https://art-newyork.org/events/aftermath-2/

Closing: ‘Degenerates’ Off-Broadway from Playwrights Horizons
https://www.playwrightshorizons.org/shows/production-history/2020s/2627/degenerates

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about 860 (Billy Crystal), In The Heights @ City Center, The Heart @ Laura Pels Theatre, The Imaginary Invalid, and David Zax’s Aftermath @ A.R.T./NY

[Note: this week’s show is unedited so that you can hear the things we don’t normally include in our show. It was a suggestion from one of our listeners that some may want to hear “the show behind the show”.]

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Peter Filichia | peter@broadwayradio.com | Facebook
PETER FILICHIA is a playwright, journalist, and historian with a number of books. Peter’s day-by-day desk calendar – A SHOW TUNE FOR TODAY – 366 Songs to Brighten Your Year – is available at finer retailers!

Peter ran the NYC Marathon this morning before we recorded. Sub 3 (hours).

Showtune for Today: Napoleon from Jamaica

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Michael Portantiere | michael@broadwayradio.com | Facebook
MICHAEL PORTANTIERE has been a theater journalist for more than 50 years. The founder and editor of http://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 the Laurie Beechman Theatre and other venues.

On The Town @ Carnegie Hall, Monday, January 11, 2027
For two nights at Carnegie Hall, enjoy Leonard Bernstein’s timeless love letter to “New York, New York”—his Broadway musical debut!—performed in concert by an all-star cast. Corbin Bleu, Jin Ha, Colton Ryan, Emma Crow, Megan Hilty, Isabel Leonard, Paulo Szot, and more join Emmy- and Grammy-winning music director Rob Berman and the 45-piece Orchestra of St. Luke’s for these back-to-back performances. Written with the legendary duo of Betty Comden and Adolph Green, On the Town tells the tale of three American sailors on a 24-hour leave before they depart for battle in World War II, and features one musical theater staple after another, including “Come Up to My Place,” “I Can Cook, Too,” and “Some Other Time.”

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Reviews:

PF + MP: 860 (Billy Crystal) @ Imperial Theatre, through February 14, 2027

Comedy is tragedy + time.

MP: In The Heights @ City Center, through November 15, 2026

PF + MP: The Heart @ Roundabout Theatre Company’s Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre, through December 13, 2026
A young surfer’s life is cut short. A stranger suddenly has a second chance. And the life-force of one beating heart drives two families and a medical team through 24 hours that couldn’t matter more.

Playwright Kait Kerrigan (The Great Gatsby) and musical mavericks Anne Eisendrath and Ian Eisendrath (of KPop Demon Hunters) join forces with Tony Award®-winning director Christopher Ashley (Roundabout’s new artistic director) and choreographer Mandy Moore (Taylor Swift’s Eras tour) to bring undeniable theatrical life to Maylis de Kerangal’s 2014 novel Réparer les vivants, in our first new Off-Broadway musical in years.

MP: The Imaginary Invalid @ Todd Haimes Theatre, through November 22, 2026

PF + MP: David Zax’s Aftermath @ A.R.T./NY’s Mezzanine Theatre, through November 8, 2026
28-year-old freelance journalist Josh Goldman has just survived a Taliban kidnapping in Afghanistan and is recovering in his childhood home with his parents. As Josh struggles to reconnect with his family and make sense of what he’s endured, we learn how the young journalist found the courage to take on his most dangerous assignment, and at what cost.

This timely drama examines questions of moral responsibility, privilege, and sacrifice in the context of global political conflict and family ties.

PF: Ovation Gram
Send a vintage-style telegram, hand-delivered to their theatre on opening night.

Discussion:

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Emerson Collins on Facebook
I hate Gay Halloween, what do you mean you’re the matches Adam Pascal forgot offstage during “Light My Candle” at the BCEFA 30th Anniversary performance of RENT?! #rent30thanniversary

Future Episodes:

Peter’s Brainteaser:

He’s a character from a Stephen Sondheim musical who fears what his life will be like when he reaches a certain age.

On the other hand, a character from a Richard Rodgers musical is pleased to be that age.

Who are the characters? What are the musicals? What is the age?

Michael’s Musical Moments

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW

Music Opener: “Dammit Janet”

Music Closer: “Science Fiction Double Feature”

“Once in a While,” deleted song from THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, sung by Barry Bostwick

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Matt reviews the original Broadway production of “Paranormal Activity.”

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On Wednesday, Oct. 14, BroadwayRadio’s Matt Tamanini attended the Broadway performance of “Paranormal Activity” at the August Wilson Theatre.

The show is currently set to run through Sunday, Feb. 28, 2027. To purchase tickets to see the show, click here:
https://paranormalbroadway.com/

reaking 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) Noblezada, Song to lead ‘Heart Sellers’ Off-Broadway
https://playbill.com/article/eva-noblezada-to-make-off-broadway-debut-in-the-heart-sellers

3) ‘Real Housewives’ stars to lead Off-Broadway revival of ‘Rumors’
https://deadline.com/2026/10/real-housewives-rumors-off-broadway-1237206158/

4) Billy Crystal extends ‘860’ into February
https://deadline.com/2026/10/billy-crystal-860-broadway-closing-date-1237206061/

Matt reviews the original Broadway production of “School Girls; Or the African Mean Girls Play.”

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On Wednesday, Oct. 14, BroadwayRadio’s Matt Tamanini attended the Broadway performance of “School Girls; Or the African Mean Girls Play” at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.

The show is currently set to run through Sunday, Nov. 15, 2026. To purchase tickets to see the show, click here:
https://www.manhattantheatreclub.com/shows/2026-27-season/school-girls-or-the-african-mean-girls-play/

The final week of performances will also stream live and on-demand. Purchase tickets here:
https://lolst.org/shows/school-girls

Reviews for ‘860’ and ‘Imaginary Invalid’; Groff and Tom Hanks coming to Broadway in 2027; more

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

For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@broadwayradio.com and include the episode name.

1) Reviews for ‘860’ on Broadway
https://didtheylikeit.com/shows/860-2/

2) Reviews for ‘The Imaginary Invalid’ on Broadway
https://didtheylikeit.com/shows/the-imaginary-invalid/

3) Jonathan Groff to bring ‘The Amish Project’ to Broadway in the spring
https://deadline.com/2026/10/jonathan-groff-broadway-amish-project-1237171598/

4) Tom Hanks, Kelli O’Hara to bring ‘This World of Tomorrow’ to Broadway next fall
https://deadline.com/2026/10/tom-hanks-kelli-ohara-broadway-this-world-of-tomorrow-1237170846/

5) Show and casting news

‘Small Mouth Sounds’ moves up Broadway dates
https://www.broadwaynews.com/small-mouth-sounds-on-broadway-moves-up-first-preview/

‘School Girls’ to stream final week of performances
https://www.broadwaynews.com/broadways-school-girls-will-be-available-for-streaming-during-final-week-of-performances/

Jennifer Simard extends run in ‘Schmigadoon’
https://playbill.com/article/jennifer-simard-extends-run-in-schmigadoon-on-broadway

Bengson’s ‘Ohio’ musical to premiere Off-Broadway in January
https://playbill.com/article/ohio-new-musical-from-the-bengsons-sets-off-broadway-run

T.R. Knight withdraws from ‘Little Shop,’ Ethan Slater extends
https://playbill.com/article/ethan-slater-extends-little-shop-of-horrors-run-as-t-r-knight-departs-off-broadway-revival

‘We’ll See’ extends Off-Broadway at the Public Theater
https://playbill.com/article/richard-nelsons-well-see-extends-world-premiere-at-the-public-theater

6) This week’s theatrical schedule

Monday, Oct. 26
Performance: ‘RENT’ 30th anniversary concert
https://broadwaycares.org/pre-event/rent30/

Tuesday, Oct. 27
Opening: ‘I Became We’ Off-Broadway from Atlantic Theater Company
https://atlantictheater.org/production/i-became-we/

Previews: ‘The Verge’ Off-Broadway from the Public Theater
https://publictheater.org/productions/season/2627/the-verge/

Wednesday, Oct. 28
Performances: ‘In the Heights’ from New York City Center Encores
https://www.nycitycenter.org/events/2026-2027-in-the-heights-esp

Thursday, Oct. 29
Opening: ‘A Few Good Men’ on Broadway from Lincoln Center Theatre
https://www.lct.org/shows/a-few-good-men/

Opening: ‘The Heart’ Off-Broadway from Roundabout Theatre Company
https://www.roundabouttheatre.org/production/2026-2027-season/the-heart/

Friday, Oct. 30
Closing: ‘Human Things’ Off-Broadway at The West End Theatre
https://www.humanthingsplay.com/

Closing: ‘Sea Wall’ Off-Broadway at Studio Seaview
https://studioseaview.com/show/sea-wall/

Saturday, Oct. 31
Previews: ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ on Broadway
https://muchadobroadway.com/

Sunday, Nov. 1
Opening: ‘Ms. Blakk for President’ Off-Broadway from Vineyard Theatre
https://vineyardtheatre.org/shows/msblakkforpresident/

Closing: ‘ANON’ Off-Broadway from MCC
https://mcctheater.org/tix/anon/

Closing: ‘creation stories and all the important importants’ Off-Broadway from LCT3
https://www.lct.org/shows/creation-stories-and-all-the-important-importants/

Closing: ‘Fish’ Off-Broadway from WP Theater
https://wptheater.org/show/fish/ https://www.patreon.com/broadwayradio

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about The Imaginary Invalid, Other Desert Cities, Mint Theater Company’s production of Phyl, Ruth Stage’s production of Night of January 16th, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button @ The Public Theater, Midnight @ Daryl Roth Theatre, Memoirs Of Amorous Gentlemen @ The Night Egg at The Culture Club, Atlantic Theater Company’s production of I Became We @ the Linda Gross Theater, Copperfield! The New Musical at The Duke on 42nd Street, Book Review: Love and Second Acts – A Novel by Lewis J. Stadlen, and Anon @ MCC

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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 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)
November 19 presentation in NYC?

Showtune for Today: We Might Play All Night from Passing Strange

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Michael Portantiere | michael@broadwayradio.com | Facebook
MICHAEL PORTANTIERE has been a theater journalist for more than 50 years. The founder and editor of http://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 the Laurie Beechman Theatre and other venues.

James Marino | james@broadwayradio.com | FacebookBroadwayStars

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Reviews:

PF: The Imaginary Invalid @ Todd Haimes Theatre, through November 22, 2026

MP + PF: Other Desert Cities @ Hudson Theatre, through January 17, 2027

MP: Mint Theater Company’s production of Phyl @ Theatre Row, through November 7, 2026
Directed by Britt Berke
PHYL follows Phyllis Chester, a governess trapped in a solitary existence and walled off from the life she craves—until a moment of lost temper leads her to risk everything.

The play launches Mint Theater Company’s new season, featuring two frank, provocative, and deeply human works exploring sex, love, marriage, and the complexities of relationships. Originally scheduled to premiere in Oxford, PHYL was banned by the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, although it had passed the scrutiny of the Lord Chamberlain without requiring the alteration of a single line. The play instead premiered in Manchester, where one disapproving critic described Phyl as “slaking thirsty lips in the voluptuous pleasure of life.” When Hamilton was asked how she described the play, she replied, “Well, I call it a comedy because it has a happy ending, and I hope somebody is funny in it.”

PF: Ruth Stage’s production of Night of January 16th @ Theater Row

Ayn Rand’s Night of January 16th, directed by Theo Devaney. De Rogatis will play Bjorn Faulkner and “Guts” Regan in the company’s radical reimagining of Rand’s courtroom drama.

MP: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button @ The Public Theater Newman Theater, through December 20, 2026
A Musical
Book and Lyrics by Jethro Compton
Music and Lyrics by Darren Clark
Based on the Short Story by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Choreographed by Chi-San Howard
Directed by Jethro Compton

Following a highly acclaimed production in London’s West End, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON makes its North American premiere at The Public this fall. Olivier Award-winning writing team Jethro Compton and Darren Clark reimagine F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic story of an old man who is not at the end of his life, but at the beginning. Set in a Cornish fishing village on the coast of Great Britain, and brought to life by a company of 15 actor-musicians, this is the magical tale of a love that defies all odds.

MP: Midnight @ Daryl Roth Theatre, through January 3, 2027
Set in the American South, MIDNIGHT follows twelve interconnected lives—six Black and six white characters—whose stories unfold through an exhilarating score that blends gospel, pop, R&B, rock, folk, opera, and contemporary musical theatre. As love, loss, prejudice, and hope collide, the boundaries that separate them begin to disappear, revealing a timeless truth: while we don’t choose the roles we’re born into, we do choose who we become.

MP: Memoirs Of Amorous Gentlemen @ The Night Egg at The Culture Club, through January 3, 2027
Based on the manga graphic novel “Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen” by Moyoco Anno
music and lyrics by Duncan Sheik
book by Leah Nanako Winkler
directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford

PF: Atlantic Theater Company’s production of I Became We @ the Linda Gross Theater, through November 15, 2026
by Mona Pirnot
music by Jack D. Coen
lyrics by Mona Pirnot and Jack D. Coen
directed by Sarah Benson

MP: Copperfield! The New Musical at The Duke on 42nd Street, December 6, 2026
Book, music, and lyrics by Jeffrey Scharf
Directed and choreographed by Gabriel Barre

PF: Book Review: Love and Second Acts – A Novel by Lewis J. Stadlen

PF: Anon @ MCC Theater’s Newman Mills Theater, through November 1, 2026
by Anne Washburn
directed by Anne Kauffman
When a gay pride flag is unfurled across the street from Jeanie, an increasingly online TikToker in a suburb in Texas, two seemingly different households…freak out. How well do you know the people you live among, and with, in an America where the line between fantasy and reality has become increasingly optional?

The cast of ANON will include Jeff Biehl (The Burning Cauldron of Fiery Fire), Crystal Finn (Cold War Choir Practice), Andrew Garman (The Holdovers), Izabel Mar (Family), and Obie Award winner and Tony Award nominee Jeremy Shamos (Clybourne Park).

Discussion:

Future Episodes:

Peter’s Brainteaser:

He only did one Broadway play, but when the hit was sold to the movies, he reprised his role in the film version.

He later left a play that was a disaster in tryouts, but became a long-running hit that won a Tony for someone else in the cast.

Right now, you can hear his name mentioned in a Broadway production.

Who is he? What was the play and film? Of what property did he bail out? Who won a Tony for it? And what property is keeping his name before the public right now.

Michael’s Musical Moments

Music Opener: OPENER: Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen: “Hoops” (Cory Jeacoma and ensemble)

Music Closer: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: “Where E’re She Looked at Me” (Company)

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Matt reviews the original Off-Broadway production of “Midnight.”

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On Tuesday, Oct. 13, BroadwayRadio’s Matt Tamanini attended the Off-Broadway performance of “Midnight” at the Daryl Roth Theatre.

The show is currently set to run through Sunday, Jan. 3, 2027. To purchase tickets to see the show, click here:
https://www.midnightoffbway.com/

Matt reviews the national tour of “Buena Vista Social Club” currently playing Orlando, Florida.

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On Tuesday, Oct. 20, BroadwayRadio’s Matt Tamanini attended the opening night of the national tour of “Buena Vista Social Club” at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando, Florida. The musical will play Central Florida through Sunday, Oct. 25.

To purchase tickets to see the show, click here:
https://www.drphillipscenter.org/show/buena-vista-social-club-c231

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) Broadway League releases 2024-25 economic impact report
https://www.broadwayleague.com/press/press-releases/broadway-contributed-21-billion-economic-revenue-for-new-york-city/

3) Stars announced for upcoming Broadway premiere of ‘Warriors’
https://deadline.com/2026/10/warriors-broadway-casey-likes-amber-gray-jasmine-cephas-jones-1237168241/

4) Daniel Kaluuya to lead Branden Jacobs-Jenkins ‘Grass’ Off-Broadway
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/daniel-kaluuya-grass-branden-jacobs-jenkins-play-1236916683/

5) Ariana Madix extends run in ‘Just in Time’
https://www.broadwaynews.com/ariana-madix-extends-broadway-run-in-just-in-time-as-connie-francis/

6) ‘Midnight’ extends into January Off-Broadway
https://playbill.com/article/todrick-hall-musical-midnight-extends-into-2027-off-broadway

7) ‘Ms. Blakk for President’ extends Off-Broadway from the Vineyard
https://playbill.com/article/ms-blakk-for-president-extends-off-broadway

8) Margaret Cho to make Broadway debut in ‘Rocky Horror Show’
https://people.com/margaret-cho-to-make-broadway-debut-in-the-rocky-horror-show-12182297

Matt reviews the original Off-Broadway production of “Soon.”

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On Sunday, Oct. 11, BroadwayRadio’s Matt Tamanini attended the Off-Broadway performance of “Soon” from Out of the Box Theatrics at the Loft at St. Luke’s Theatre.

The show is currently set to run through Sunday, Nov. 15. To purchase tickets to see the show, click here:
https://www.ootbtheatrics.com/soon

Reviews for ‘Other Desert Cities,’ ‘Rhinoceros’ replaces ‘Full Monty’ on Broadway, ‘The Baby-Sitter’s Club’ musical sets world premiere

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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1) Critics weigh in on ‘Other Desert Cities’ Broadway revival
https://didtheylikeit.com/shows/other-desert-cities-2/

2) Maslany, Shalhoub, Turturro to bring ‘Rhinoceros’ to Broadway, replacing ‘Full Monty’
https://deadline.com/2026/10/rhinoceros-broadway-tatiana-maslany-tony-shalhoub-john-turturro-1237158434/

3) Show and casting news

Ghee will not return to ‘Oh, Mary!’ tour to focus on illness
https://deadline.com/2026/10/j-harrison-ghee-oh-mary-john-andrew-morrison-1237165698/

Buettel, Dickerson to join ‘Just in Time’ this fall
https://playbill.com/article/tristen-buettel-and-sadie-dickerson-will-join-just-in-time-on-broadway

Bakula to lead L.A. Opera’s ‘Candide’
https://deadline.com/2026/10/scott-bakula-la-opera-candide-1237157559/

‘The Baby-Sitter’s Club’ musical sets world-premiere dates, venue
https://deadline.com/2026/10/the-baby-sitters-club-stage-musical-los-angeles-1237156844/

Vivino to lead world premiere Off-Broadway musical ‘Kilgallen’
https://playbill.com/article/donna-vivino-will-be-dorothy-kilgallen-in-world-premiere-of-kilgallen-musical-off-broadway

Barrett Doss joins ‘Wild Rose’ Off-Broadway
https://playbill.com/article/barrett-doss-joins-wild-rose-at-new-york-theatre-workshop

4) This week’s theatrical schedule

Monday, Oct. 19
Opening: ‘Copperfield! The New Musical’ Off-Broadway at The Duke on 42nd Street
https://www.copperfieldthemusical.com/

Opening: ‘King of the Yees’ Off-Broadway at Signature Center
https://signaturetheatre.org/show/king-of-the-yees/

Previews: ‘Aftermath’ Off-Broadway at A.R.T./New York Theatres

https://aftermaththeplay.com

Tuesday, Oct. 20
Previews: ‘Downstate’ on Broadway
https://downstateonbroadway.com/

‘Downstate’ pushes back first preview again
https://deadline.com/2026/10/downstate-broadway-opening-date-1237155592/

Previews: ‘2:22 – A Ghost Story’ Off-Broadway at Lucille Lortel Theatre
https://lortel.org/222-ghost-story/

Previews: ’Slanted Floors’ Off-Broadway at Astor Place Theatre
https://astorplacetheatre.com/production/slanted-floors/

Performances: ‘Buena Vista Social Club’ Tour at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando
https://www.drphillipscenter.org/show/buena-vista-social-club-c231

Wednesday, Oct. 21
Opening: ‘860’ on Broadway
https://billycrystal860.com/

Opening: ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ Off-Broadway at the Public Theater
https://publictheater.org/productions/season/2627/the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button/

Previews: ‘the ripple, the wave that carried me home’ Off-Broadway from Playwrights Horizons
https://www.playwrightshorizons.org/shows/production-history/2020s/2627/the-ripple-the-wave-that-carried-me-home

Previews: ‘The Visitors’ Off-Broadway at Signature Center
https://2st.com/shows/the-visitors

Post-show Q&A hosted by Grace Aki: ‘The Rocky Horror Show’ on Broadwayhttps://www.instagram.com/p/DehuRmsF8y0/?mdxt=c3pkNnNlN2loczlx

Thursday, Oct. 22
Opening: ‘The Imaginary Invalid’ on Broadway
https://roundabouttheatre.org/production/2026-2027-season/the-imaginary-invalid/

Previews: ‘The Fantasticks’ on Broadway
https://2st.com/shows/the-fantasticks

Saturday, Oct. 24
Closing: ‘Kramer/Fauci’ Off-Broadway at St. Ann’s Warehouse
https://stannswarehouse.org/show/kramer-fauci/

Sunday, Oct. 25
Previews: ‘We’ll See’ Off-Broadway at the Public Theater
https://publictheater.org/productions/season/2627/well-see/

Closing: ‘Good Time Charlie’ Off-Broadway at the Public Theater
https://publictheater.org/productions/season/2627/good-time-charlie/

James Marino, Michael Portantiere, and Jan Simpson talk about Other Desert Cities, Anon @ MCC, Slam Frank @ Orpheum Theatre, A Ghost in Your Ear @ Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre, Good Time Charlie @ The Public, Memoirs Of Amorous Gentlemen @ The Night Egg at The Culture Club, and The Hairy Ape @ the Irish Rep.

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October 9 – 18, 2026

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MICHAEL PORTANTIERE has been a theater journalist for more than 50 years. The founder and editor of http://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 the Laurie Beechman Theatre and other venues.

Jennifer Simard Will Be Schmigadoon!’s New Mildred Layton on Broadway

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Jan Simpson | jan@broadwayandme.com | Facebook | Twitter
Broadway & Me
Jan Simpson is a theater journalist who writes the theater blog Broadway & Me and hosts the BroadwayRadio podcasts “All the Drama” and “Stagecraft.” She has served three times as a juror for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and currently sits on the executive board of the Outer Critics Circle, is a nominator for the Lortel Awards and is a member of the Drama Desk and the American Theatre Critics Association.

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JS: Other Desert Cities @ Hudson Theatre, through January 17, 2027
11-time Emmy Award winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus will make her Broadway debut alongside Tony Award nominee and four-time Academy Award nominee Ed Harris, and two-time Tony Award nominee, Academy Award winner, and seven-time Emmy Award winner Allison Janney, Actor Award winner Joe Keery, and Tony Award nominee Lily Rabe in the first Broadway revival of Jon Robin Baitz’s Tony Award-winning play Other Desert Cities, directed by Tony Award winner John Benjamin Hickey.

MP + JS: Anon @ MCC Theater’s Newman Mills Theater, through November 1, 2026
by Anne Washburn
directed by Anne Kauffman
When a gay pride flag is unfurled across the street from Jeanie, an increasingly online TikToker in a suburb in Texas, two seemingly different households…freak out. How well do you know the people you live among, and with, in an America where the line between fantasy and reality has become increasingly optional?

The cast of ANON will include Jeff Biehl (The Burning Cauldron of Fiery Fire), Crystal Finn (Cold War Choir Practice), Andrew Garman (The Holdovers), Izabel Mar (Family), and Obie Award winner and Tony Award nominee Jeremy Shamos (Clybourne Park).

JS: Slam Frank @ Orpheum Theatre, through November 30, 2026
The Anne-Frank Afro-Latin Hip-Hop Musical
Music and Lyrics by ANDREW FOX
Book by ​ JOEL SINENSKY

MP: A Ghost in Your Ear @ Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre, through December 12, 2026 (extended!)
written and directed by Jamie Armitage
featuring sound design by the duo Ben & Max Ringham
starring Lucas Iverson and Owen Campbell

JS + MP: Good Time Charlie @ The Public’s Martinson Hall, through October 25, 2026
written by Ryan J. Haddad
directed by Danny Sharron
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. This comedic, theatrical love letter celebrates the people who teach us how to dream.

The complete ensemble-cast of GOOD TIME CHARLIE includes Sherz Aletaha (Understudy), Timothy Bagley (Lou), Nicholas Barrón (Understudy), Michael Cristofer (Sheldon), Ryan J. Haddad (Ryan), Beth Malone (Janice), Nael Nacer (Charlie Sr./Bob), Artemis Pebdani (Joan/Judy), Jonathan Raviv (Charlie), and Doug Shapiro (Understudy).

JS: Memoirs Of Amorous Gentlemen @ The Night Egg at The Culture Club, through January 3, 2027
Based on the manga graphic novel “Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen” by Moyoco Anno
music and lyrics by Duncan Sheik
book by Leah Nanako Winkler
directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford

JS: The Hairy Ape @ the Irish Rep, through November 15, 2026
Directed by Ciarán O’Reilly
Starring Jon Beavers, Jonathan Crimeni, Nayib Felix, Joanna Glushak, Ariyan Kassam, John Keating, Hassiem Muhammad, Adam Petherbridge, Elizabeth Teeter, Harrison Tipping, Audrey Cardwell, Richard Hollis

Discussion:

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Michael’s Musical Moments

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On today’s episode, Matt Tamanini is in conversation with the writers of the new Off-Broadway musical “The King’s Critique,” Nat Zegree and Eric Holmes. The pair began working on the show about a decade ago and are finally bringing it to the stage beginning on Nov. 3 at the Pershing Square Signature Center.

In the show, King Benjamin (Justin Collette) decrees that women are strictly forbidden from performing onstage. Josephine (Taylor Iman Jones) is determined to change that, and she hatches an elaborate plan with fckboy tenor Sebastian (Sky Lakota-Lynch)… but if you’ve ever seen theater people try to execute any sort of plan, you can guess what happens next. And there’s a fckboy tenor involved — so whatever chaos you’re imagining, double it.

The press materials compare it to if “Bridgerton” and “South Park” had a baby, call it “more infectious than the plague and more fun than a magnificent ship full of gay men and Patti LuPone,” and it draws on the traditions of “Spamalot,” “The Book of Mormon,” and “Something Rotten!”

Learn more about “The King’s Critique” and purchase tickets:
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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) Broadway revival of ‘Three Days of Rain’ announces house, dates
https://deadline.com/2026/10/three-days-of-rain-broadway-opening-date-1237153700/

3) Reece Weaver extends run in Chicago for final time
https://playbill.com/article/americas-sweethearts-reece-weaver-announces-final-extension-in-broadways-chicago

4) ‘Downstate’ postpones first preview due to illness in cast
https://deadline.com/2026/10/downstate-broadway-opening-date-1237155592/

5) Ovation Rights purchases rights to ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ Broadway run, paying investors immediately
https://deadline.com/2026/10/hells-kitchen-alicia-keys-ovation-rights-broadway-1237155626/

On today’s episode, Matt Tamanini is in conversation with two of the stars of the upcoming Off-Broadway play “Aftermath,” Steven Skybell and Jill Stern. Not only do the two play a married couple in the show, but they have been friends for nearly five decades, and it was Jill who got Steven on board the project, as she is not only an actor in the show but also a producer.

“Aftermath” — which begins performances on Monday, Oct. 19, at the Mezzanine Theatre at A.R.T./New York Theatres — follows 28-year-old freelance journalist Josh Goldman (played by Danny Kornfeld), who has just survived a Taliban kidnapping in Afghanistan and is now recovering in his childhood home with his parents (Skybell and Stern).

As Josh struggles to reconnect with his family and make sense of what he’s endured, we learn how the young journalist found the courage to take on his most dangerous assignment, and at what cost. This timely drama examines questions of moral responsibility, privilege, and sacrifice in the context of global political conflict and family ties.

Get more information about “Aftermath” and purchase tickets:
https://aftermaththeplay.com/

‘Chicago’ stars join 30th anniversary, Gugino joins ‘A View From the Bridge,’ busy week in New York

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1) Neuwirth, Naughton, other alums join ‘Chicago’ 30th anniversary celebration
https://deadline.com/2026/10/chicago-broadway-anniversary-bebe-neuwirth-whitney-leavitt-1237149959/

2) Gugino, Pecinka, more join ‘A View From the Bridge’
https://deadline.com/2026/10/view-from-the-bridge-off-broadway-cast-1237150022/

3) ‘Paranormal Activity’ extends on Broadway
https://deadline.com/2026/10/paranormal-activity-broadway-closing-date-1237150533/

4) Lili Cooper, George Abud join Off-Broadway’s ‘Spring Awakening’
https://playbill.com/article/lilli-cooper-and-george-abud-join-spring-awakening-off-broadway-revival

5) Chilina Kennedy, Max Monnig to join ‘The Great Gatsby’
https://playbill.com/article/chilina-kennedy-sets-return-to-broadways-the-great-gatsby-max-monnig-will-join-cast

6) Intimate Off-Broadway show ‘Slanted Floors’ to return
https://playbill.com/article/slanted-floors-starring-kyle-beltran-and-adam-chanler-berat-sets-off-broadway-run

7) This week’s theatrical schedule

Tuesday, Oct. 13
Previews: ‘Rope’ Off-Broadway from The New Group
https://thenewgroup.org/events/rope-2026-10-13-700-pm/

Previews: ‘The Unbelievers’ Off-Broadway from Manhattan Theatre Club
https://www.manhattantheatreclub.com/shows/2026-27-season/the-unbelievers/

Wednesday, Oct. 14
Opening: ‘ANON: a tempest at our kitchen table’ Off-Broadway at MCC
https://mcctheater.org/tix/anon/

Thursday, Oct. 15
Previews: ‘Wanted’ on Broadway
https://wantedmusical.com/

Opening: ‘The Ask’ Off-Broadway at Theater 555
https://theaskplay.com/

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

Opening: ‘MIDNIGHT’ Off-Broadway at Daryl Roth Theatre
https://www.midnightoffbway.com/

Previews: ‘Ms. Blakk for President’ Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre
https://vineyardtheatre.org/shows/msblackforpresident/

Previews: ‘Waiting for Lefty’ Off-Broadway from Classic Stage Company
https://www.classicstage.org/lefty/

Friday, Oct. 16
Previews: ‘I Became We’ Off-Broadway at Atlantic Theater Company
https://atlantictheater.org/production/i-became-we/

Previews: ‘Sea Wall’ Off-Broadway at Studio Seaview’
https://studioseaview.com/show/sea-wall/

Sunday, Oct. 18
Opening: ‘Other Desert Cities’ on Broadway
https://otherdesertcitiesbroadway.com/

Opening: ‘Two Girls’ Off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre
https://cherrylanetheatre.org/shows/two-girls

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Slam Frank @ Orpheum Theatre, A Celebration of Rodgers and Hart @ Carnegie Hall, School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, @ Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Out of the Box Theatrics’ production of Soon @ St. Luke’s Theatre, and Apricot Sky Productions’ Kill Goofy @ The Grove Street Theatre.

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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: Give The Little Lady (A Great Big Hand) from Goldilocks

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Michael Portantiere | michael@broadwayradio.com | Facebook
MICHAEL PORTANTIERE has been a theater journalist for more than 50 years. The founder and editor of http://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 the Laurie Beechman Theatre and other venues.

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All the Drama: “Clybourne Park”, 2011 Winner, Pulitzer Prize for Drama

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54 LOVES CAST ALBUMS! THIRD EDITION
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PF: Slam Frank @ Orpheum Theatre, through November 30, 2026
The Anne-Frank Afro-Latin Hip-Hop Musical
Music and Lyrics by ANDREW FOX
Book by ​ JOEL SINENSKY

Slam Frank imagines what happens when a progressive theater company asks themselves that same question, applying the rules and tropes of progressive theater to The Diary of Anne Frank.
Transcending all taste and decency, they transform Anne Frank’s true story into an intersectional, multi-ethnic, genderqueer, decolonized, anti-capitalist, hyper-empowering Afro-Latin hip-hop musical.
This play-within-a-play is one of the most shocking and talked-about theatrical satires to hit off-Broadway in generations. And you, the audience, have the privilege of witnessing it.

MP: A Celebration of Rodgers and Hart @ Carnegie Hall, Presented by singforyoursupper LLC, Monday, October 5, 2026

PF: School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, @ Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, through November 15, 2026
written by Tony Award nominee Jocelyn Bioh, and directed by two-time Tony Award nominee Whitney White

PF: Out of the Box Theatrics’ production of Soon @ St. Luke’s Theatre, through November 8, 2026
A New Musical by Nick Blaemire
Presented by Out of the Box Theatrics in association with Bella Vita Entertainment, Dru Margolis, and Red Horse LLC
Directed by Will Blum
Music Supervision by Wiley DeWeese
Music Direction by Andy Collopy

PF: Apricot Sky Productions’ Kill Goofy @ The Grove Street Theatre in Montclair, NJ, Through October 25, 2026

Kill Goofy is a full-length play by playwright Eric Alter and directed by David C. Neal, premiering at The Grove Street Theatre in Montclair, New Jersey

Freddy is forty-three, unemployed, and living in the same bedroom he grew up in, surrounded by the same Disney posters. His mother has met someone in Florida and is trying to work out whether she’s allowed to have a life. Barney, his best friend from childhood, is a psychologist in Ohio with a wife, a daughter, and a practice full of people who think he has the answers.

When they were thirteen, both boys were sexually abused by the same teacher. It became the biggest scandal the town had ever had. Barney’s family moved away. Freddy stayed.

Thirty years later Barney is back, and the two men finally have to face the strangest part of it: they were best friends the whole time, and they never told each other.

Discussion:

Future Episodes:

Peter’s Brainteaser:

What Frank Loesser song could apply to Audra McDonald and Heidi Blickenstaff?

Michael’s Musical Moments

54 LOVES CAST ALBUMS! THIRD EDITION – GUYS AND DOLLS, featuring Ben Jones and Josie de Guzman

Music Opener: “My Time of Day,” Ben Jones

Music Closer: “I’ve Never Been in Love Before,” Ben Jones and Josie de Guzman

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2011 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, “Clybourne Park” by Bruce Norris

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Clybourne Park Wikipedia page
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Clybourne_Park

Bruce Norris Wikipedia page:
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Norris_(playwright)

Clybourne Park script
https://www.concordtheatricals.com/p/13190/clybourne-park

“A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry
https://www.concordtheatricals.com/p/2794/a-raisin-in-the-sun

Beneatha’s Place by Kwame Kwei-Armah
https://a.co/d/0d7SzIRx

“In Chicago’s ‘Clybourne Park,’ everything and nothing seem to change,” original Chicago production review by Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2011/09/19/in-chicagos-clybourne-park-everything-and-nothing-seem-to-change-2/

“Good Defenses Make Good Neighbors” original off-Broadway review by Ben Brantley, The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/22/theater/reviews/22clybourne.html

“Slashing the Tires on the Welcome Wagon,” review by Ben Brantley, The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/20/theater/reviews/clybourne-park-by-bruce-norris-at-walter-kerr-theater.html

Bruce Norris wins Pulitzer for set-in-Chicago ‘Clybourne Park’, Chicago Tribune
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2011/04/18/bruce-norris-wins-pulitzer-for-set-in-chicago-clybourne-park/

“Everybody Loves Bruce Norris” by Tony Adler, Chicago Magazine
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2007/06/19/everybody-loves-bruce-norris/

“Bruce Norris in the Danger Zone” by Beatrice Basso and Dan Rubin, American Theatre
https://www.americantheatre.org/2011/10/01/bruce-norris-in-the-danger-zone/

“In the Form of an Argument: The Plays of Bruce Norris” by Chad Dexter Kinsman
https://www.studiotheatre.org/plays/play-detail/2024-2025/downstate/the-plays-of-bruce-norris

“Hansberry’s long shadow in ‘Raisin Cycle’” by Nelson Pressley, The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/hansberrys-long-shadow-in-raisin-cycle/2013/04/04/4ffaf0ae-9baa-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html

Guthrie Theater’s smug and offensive “Clybourne Park” perpetuates the illusion of a “post-Civil-Rights” society” by Peter Rachleff, Twin Cities Daily Planet
https://spokesman-recorder.com/2013/07/02/guthrie-theaters-smug-and-offensive-clybourne-park-perpetuates-the-illusion-of-a-post-civil-rights-society/

“The Wrath of Run” by Michael Riedel, The New York Post
https://nypost.com/2012/02/01/the-wrath-of-rudin/

Bruce Norris’ Clybourne Park, Kurt Andersen, Studio 360
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/studio/segments/213445-bruce-norris-clybourne-park

Conversation: Bruce Norris’ Pulitzer-winning Play ‘Clybourne Park’, PBS NewsHour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M43MBAwD34A

CLYBOURNE PARK, Mammoth Lakes Repertory Theatre production video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AIQWuul6gs

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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.