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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: https://kingscritiquemusical.com/

Breaking down the Broadway grosses and major theatre news Patreon: BroadwayRadio https://www.patreon.com/broadwayradio For a transcript of this episode, please email [email protected] and include the episode name. 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 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: [email protected] | @BroadwayRadio For a transcript of this episode, please email [email protected] and include the episode name. 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. “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. Subscribe to BroadwayRadio in Apple Podcasts by CLICKING HERE. Support BroadwayRadio on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/broadwayradio Patreon listeners get This Week on Broadway first, on Sunday afternoon before it is released to the general public on Sunday evening. 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: Give The Little Lady (A Great Big Hand) from Goldilocks 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 the Laurie Beechman Theatre and other venues. James Marino | [email protected] | Facebook BroadwayStars Note: This week we had listeners join us while recording. These listeners are Patreon members who support BroadwayRadio. If you would like to join us in the future, become a supporter at Patreon.com/BroadwayRadio. Sponsor: Pre: All the Drama: “Clybourne Park”, 2011 Winner, Pulitzer Prize for Drama The BroadwayRadio App is available on the Apple App Store and Google Play for Andorid! Please let us know if you run into any problems or have suggestions. Reviews: 54 LOVES CAST ALBUMS! THIRD EDITION Steven Brinberg Christine Pedi 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! 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