This Week on Broadway for May 9, 2010: Enronic

If you would like to listen to the podcast, click on the arrow in the player below. Notes and links for the podcast. Panel: Matthew Murray Peter Filichia James Marino News: Tony nominations Are we taking Nathan Lane for granted? 6 Broadway shows since The Producers and he has not been nominated. Are the nominations where the "art" happens and the voting where the "commerce" happens? tommy tune's mantle of fireplace Enron Does America Hate Satire? Examples of satire in US popular culture: The Office (UK import), Jon Stewart's The Daily Show, The Colbert Report... The New York Times effect on Box Office. Car bomb on Broadway Fences -- no, we can't get you tickets... Fantasticks 50th Kelsey Grammer Revises La Cage Plans (not switching roles) Jo Loesser was on NPR talking about H2$ and Daniel Radcliffe auditioned for her! http://weblogs.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=101533569 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126416716 Lynn Redgrave Bret Michaels is doing much better and is expected to make a full recovery. Music: The opening and closing music is the overture to Funny Girl, from the original cast recording. Direct Link to MP3 File