2019 TONY Talk with Ryan McPhee

02/04/2019

We're about halfway through the Broadway season, and several shows have closed and some still have yet to open. Ryan McPhee, Managing News Editor at PLAYBILL, joins the podcast again to talk about the notable shows of the 2018-19 Broadway Season. We focus especially on those that are likely to get some Tony Award recognition.

Here's the list of shows mentioned in the episode:

• Andrea McArdle & Donna McKechnie at 54 Below

• Getting the Band Back Together and its reviews

• Head Over Heels ended its run in in January

• The Cher Show gets a diva endorsement

• American Son getting a Netflix adaptation

• Family life in Waverly Gallery and The Ferryman

• Lifespan of a Fact with Daniel Radcliffe

• Network and electrifying performance reviews

• To Kill a Mockingbird legal battles to Broadway

• Are you going to The Prom?

• King Kong stirs up controversy and bad reviews

• Be More Chill from Off-Broadway to the big time

• Kiss Me Kate in the #MeToo era

• Oklahoma! sets a darker tone in this reboot

• Hadestown's road to Broadway

• Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus w/ Tony stars

• Tootsie gets a facelift

• Beetlejuice...Beetlejuice...Beetlejuice

• Ain't Too Proud to Beg, the latest Bway temptation

We also give special shoutouts to Bonnie Milligan and Stephanie J. Block.

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