This Week on Broadway for September 28, 2025: The Hills of California @ Huntington Theatre Company
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Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about The Hills of California @ Huntington Theatre Company, Art @ Music Box Theatre, Slanted Floors @ 1006 Manhattan Ave in Brooklyn, The Sound of Music Movie 60th Anniversary (Fathom Events), Color Theories By Julio Torres @ Performance Space New York, Phoenix Productions Fiddler on the Roof @ Count Basie Center for the Arts, and Turandot @ Metropolitan Opera.
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Meghan Carey, Kate Fitzgerald, Alison Jean White, Chloé Kolbenhyer, Nicole Mulready (on floor); photo by Liza Voll (The Hills of California @ Huntington Theatre 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! Peter also has columns at Masterworks Broadway, Broadway Select, and many other places.
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Michael Portantiere | michael@broadwayradio.com | Facebook
MICHAEL PORTANTIERE is a theater reviewer and essayist. He is the founder and editor of CastAlbumReviews.com. He is also a theatrical photographer whose photos have appeared in The New York Times and other major publications. You can see his photography work at FollowSpotPhoto.com.
James Marino | james@broadwayradio.com | Facebook
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Kate Fitzgerald, Alison Jean White; photo by Liza Voll
PF: The Hills of California @ Huntington Theatre Company (Boston), through October 12, 2025
Directed by Huntington Artistic Director Loretta Greco
In association with Berkeley Repertory Theatre
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MP + JM: Art @ Music Box Theatre, through December 21, 2025
ART, starring Bobby Cannavale, James Corden and Neil Patrick Harris, is written by Yasmina Reza and translated by Christopher Hampton. Directed by Scott Ellis, the design team includes David Rockwell (Set Design), Linda Cho (Costume Design), Jen Schriever (Lighting Design), Mikaal Sulaiman (Sound Design) and Kid Harpoon (Original Music).
PF: Slanted Floors @ 1006 Manhattan Ave in Brooklyn (Peter took the G Train!)
Beltran, Chaler-Berat to star in uber-intimate ‘Slanted Floors’ in Brooklyn
MP: The Sound of Music Movie 60th Anniversary Fathom Events (also touring in North America through August 2026)
PF: Color Theories By Julio Torres @ Performance Space New York (old PS 122), through October 5, 2025
MP: Phoenix Productions Fiddler on the Roof @ Count Basie Center for the Arts (Red Bank, NJ)
MP: Arena Stage Damn Yankees moving?
Is Groff returning to Hamilton
MP: Coming — Chez Joey (Pal Joey rewrite) @ Arena Stage January 30 – March 15, 2026
The year is 1940-something, and Chicago’s night scene is sizzling. Enter Joey Evans. A slick-talking, velvet-voiced songster with dreams bigger than the bandstand. But in a city where the right connections mean everything, he is caught between a bright-eyed chorus girl and a wealthy widow who can bankroll his big break—for a price. As the lights dim and the music swells, Joey’s got a choice to make: play