Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Marjorie Prime, Guys and Dolls @ Shakespeare Theatre Company, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas @ The Goodspeed, West Side Story @ LaGuardia High School, Oedipus @ Studio 54, Cheyenne Jackson @ Carnegie Hall, and La Bohème @ the Met

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June Squibb in MARJORIE PRIME – Photo by Joan Marcus

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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! Peter also has columns at Masterworks Broadway, Broadway Select, and many other places.

Showtune for Today: Put on Your Sunday Clothes from Hello, Dolly! (Soundtrack!)

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Michael Portantiere | michael@broadwayradio.com | Facebook
MICHAEL PORTANTIERE is a theater reviewer and interviewer. 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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James Marino | james@broadwayradio.com | Facebook
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An Evening with Len Cariou @ The Laurie Beechman Theatre
Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Len Cariou is well known and beloved for his indelible performances in musicals and plays on and off Broadway, in classical theater, and in other media.

His major credits include Sweeney Todd, A Little Night Music, and Applause on Broadway, Blue Bloods on television, etc.

Join us at the Laurie Beechman Theatre as he shares reminiscences of his storied career and the many legends he has worked with in an on-stage interview conducted by theater journalist Michael Portantiere.

The evening will include clips of Mr. Cariou’s greatest roles, plus live performances of a song or two, followed by a Q&A session with the audience.

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Reviews:

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Danny Burstein, Cynthia Nixon in MARJORIE PRIME – Photo by Joan Marcus

PF + MP: Marjorie Prime @ the Helen Hayes Theater, through February 15, 2026

Jordan Harrison’s MARJORIE PRIME, directed by Anne Kauffman, at the Helen Hayes Theater

The Broadway production of Jordan Harrison’s MARJORIE PRIME stars Danny Burstein, Christopher Lowell, Cynthia Nixon, and June Squibb (original production of Gypsy!) in the title role of Marjorie Prime. This production marks Mr. Harrison’s Broadway debut.

What would you say to someone you lost, if you could see them again? What if they’re a better listener now than when they were alive? Pulitzer Prize finalist Jordan Harrison reinvents the family drama in his richly spare, wryly funny, and powerful MARJORIE PRIME, directed by Anne Kauffman. A heart-achingly beautiful rumination on aging and artificial intelligence, memory and mortality, love and legacy, MARJORIE PRIME examines the blurred line between a life lived and a life remembered.

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Danny Burstein, Cynthia Nixon, June Squibb in MARJORIE PRIME – Photo by Joan Marcus

Flashback to 2015 — MP + PF: Playwrights Horizons production of Marjorie Prime

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