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businesscredit welcome to Last Week on Broadway for Monday, June 1, 2026. I'm Broadway Radio's Matt Taneni. Folks, we made it. This is Tony Awards Week. I will talk more about the Tonys at the end of the episode in this week's theatrical schedule, but we will have a ton of extra content coming up in the feed. This week we'll have multiple episodes about predictions for the Tonys, both me and my group chats predictions as well as our annual episode with Tony Award winning producer Oliver Henry Roth where his model and algorithm try to predict the Tonys of data and historical information that he has called together into something that honestly breaks my mind trying to figure it all out. But we will have that as well as a handful of other review episodes coming from my trip to New York. And then I did an interview with Mark Hobie who is the Artistic Director of Paper Mail Playhouse and we talked about a bunch of stuff including the new production of west side Story that just began performances last week and will open up here in the coming weeks. So stay tuned. Tons of stuff here on Broadway radio, but let's dive into what little news we have. There is not a ton. Obviously most things are focused on the Tonys, but last week we found out that one of the stars of the hit NBC series this Is Us, Chrissy Metz, will make her Broadway debut playing Angelique in and Juliet this summer. She will begin performances on June 18th and is currently slated to play the part of the nurse through September 13th. Now this is not going to be the first time for Chrissy to sing. She not only sang on on this Is Us, she's also released Music of Her Own. So this feels like a very good opportunity for her to make her Broadway debut in a really, really fun show and doing something that she is very, very comfortable doing and kind of melding all of her different artistic passions and talents together. New York theater fans might have seen her almost a decade ago in 2017 when MCC did a benefit reading of Neil LaBute's Fat Pig. She also sang the Oscar nominated song I'm Standing with youh, which is written by Diane for the movie Breakthrough. And then she also has released a country album called Prayed for this Day. And then she's written a best selling memoir and a children's book that was a number one New York Times bestseller. So very, very talented, multifaceted artist is Chrissy Metz and she'll be bringing that talent to Broadway in just a few weeks. Moving over to more business news, back in January we talked about the fact that New York Governor Kathy Hochul had proposed proposed a $150 million expansion of the state's New York City musical and theatrical production tax credit that has now been signed into law for the fiscal year of 2027. That means a couple of different things. First, for shows with a first public performance on or after December 1st of last year through June 30th of 2026, they can apply. Normally you have to submit an application before your first public appearance, but because of all of the confusion with the they are now allowing productions that have began performances in the past few weeks to retroactively apply as long as they get their applications in by June 30th. Then for shows that have a first public performance from July 1st of this year or later, they have to make sure that their initial application is in advance of their first public performance, which is how it has always worked in the past. So as we've talked about many, many times over the years with this tax credit, this is a massive infusion investment from the state into not just Broadway but Off Broadway theater as well. And it's just one of the things that a lot of productions have come to rely on in trying to make their balance sheets work and eventually reach some sort of profitability and being able to return money to their investors. Without it. A lot of shows that do eventually recoup wouldn't have had that opportunity. A lot of shows that get fairly close on Broadway and then are able to kind of recoup through tours and other things would probably never be able to see a single dime return to investors. So this is something that the theatrical community has become very reliant on. And it is very important that the state has made this move to enact it moving forward. And hopefully they find a way to ensure that this tax credit becomes not something that becomes a political football and gets battled back and forth between every fiscal year and they are able to enshrine it in some sort of more long reaching form so that productions and producers and investors can know they are able to rely on that moving forward. One of the shows that is working towards profitability and I hope will have an opportunity to get there is Cats, the Jellicle Ball and they have announced that they are going to be extending at the Broadhurst Theater with obviously an eye on recouping. The show is now on sale through January 17th. This is one of those things where like I feel weird saying it's extreme extending because it was never a limited run. It was just an open ended run that had a relatively short on sale date. This works for a number of reasons we've talked about in the past. One, they like to be able to say we're extending. That communicates success and something that people want to see, even though I don't think it's really technically an extension. But it also, by limiting when people can purchase tickets, it limits the supply. So it hopefully encourages demand not only in terms of more people wanting to come and see it, but also how much they could charge. So this is more of a strategic move than a traditional extension of a limited run show, but still positive, very much nonetheless. And then wrapping up the news in sweet, sweet karma, something that at this point I have kind of given up on our judicial system doing anything right. But last week a federal judge blocked President Trump from adding his name to the Kennedy center, saying that the Washington, D.C. arts Complex was named for the late President John Kennedy. And the ruling also temporary blocked the administration from closing the Kennedy center for two years of renovations beginning in July. So they have already taken down Trump's name from the wall and the administration has to turn control of the Kennedy center back over to Congress, which is where it legally is supposed to be managed and overseen, U.S. district Court Judge Christopher Cooper wrote in his ruling. The Kennedy Center's organic statute makes crystal clear that the center is to be named for President Kennedy and it cannot bear any other formal name or public memorial based on the board's unilateral say. So Congress gave the Kennedy center its name and only Congress can change it again. Considering everything that's going on in the world, this is probably a small victory for us in the long run because the Kennedy center, which is now controlled by a board created by Trump, says that they will appeal the decision. So I'm not holding out hope that this is going to end up going the way of goodness long term, but it is good here, at least temporarily. 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We've talked about this one before. It is written by John J. Caswell Jr. Directed by Dustin Wiles. It is currently scheduled to run through June 21st. Jerome, a ghost town in the secluded Arizona backcountry, is home to Khan and Doan, an aging gay couple who built a quiet life far from the chaos of cities and other people until a stranger arrives, fleeing his damaged past and falls into their arms. The show stars Ken Barnett, George Bennett Watson and Steven Spinella. Also on Tuesday over at New York City center will be the first performance of the docudrama Are youe Now or have youe Ever Been? It features a rotating cast of wonderful performers and is directed by Anna D. Shapiro. The play, written by Eric Bentley, explores the tense world of the 1940s House Committee on UN American Activities hearings. Using only original transcripts. The show features such theatrical icons as Arthur Miller, Jerome Robbins, Ilya Kazan, Lillian Hellman, Abe Burrows and others. The rotating cast will feature Brooks Ashmanskas, Stephen Boyer, Adam Kanter, Michael McKeon, Santino Fontana, Bill Eugene Jones, T.R. knight, David Krumholzer, Harry Lennox, Andrew McCarthy, Sally Murphy, Bob Odenkirk, Stephen Pasquale, Molly Ringwald, Thomas Sadoski, J. O Sanders and more. It is currently scheduled to play through September 11th. So a long run for this one. Excited to see about this and we're kind of in our rotating cast era between this and Celebrity Autobiography. So two very different shows, but incredible casts as well. Also on Tuesday, I will be at the Dr. Phillips center for the Performing Arts for the final show of the 20252026 touring season here in Orlando. And of course it is one of my favorites. You all know it is six. The show is playing through Tony Sunday, June June 7th. This is the second time that six will be in Orlando. I am incredibly excited to see this cast who I have not yet seen. It features Emma Elizabeth Smith as Catherine of Aragon, Nella Cole as Anne Boleyn Kelly Denise Taylor as Jane Seymour Haley, Alexis Lewis as Anna of Cleves, Caroline Segrest is Kate Howard and Tasia Youngbauer as Catherine Parr. Of course, I never think that it's a bad time to see Six. You all know that. But I feel like this is such a perfect show to start the summer with. It's fun, it's breezy, it's only 80, 85 minutes. If you are in Central Florida, in Orlando, anywhere within driving distance, could not recommend seeing this show more. Always a breath of fresh air and always something that I look forward to. Then on Thursday downtown at the Public Theater, there will be an opening for a new play with music that I feel like is pretty much trying to head to Broadway. Assuming that reviews go well for this, it is. The stage adaptation of the memoir turned film Girl Interrupted is currently on sale through July 12. Pulitzer Prize winner Martina Mayock has written the play based off of Susan Kazin's bestselling memoir that turned into the film of the same name. Two time Grammy winning icon Amy Mann wrote the music. It was directed by Joe Bonney and choreographed by Sonia Taya. The cast features Torea Campbell, Tori Campo, Juliana Canfield, Manuel Falciano King Princess Mia Pac, Catherine Reese, Sally Shaw, Emily Skinner and others. But also on Thursday we have another Off Broadway opening. This one's happening upstairs at Lincoln center in the Claire tower Theater. From LCT3, this is a new play written by Julia Mae Jonas, directed by Sarah Cameron Hughes, called A Woman Among Women. It is a summer day in Northampton, Massachusetts and Cleo, founder of the local Women's Wellness center, holds court in her backyard as friends, family and neighbors pass through the air hums with a tension that may destroy the community she's worked so hard to build. Then on Friday, don't forget that Broadway HD will be live streaming a performance of the Roundabout Theater Club's production of Fallen Angels that's going to close on Sunday. So they don't have that in the calendar for the closing on Sunday. But on Friday night, June 5, 7pm Fallen Angels, starring Tony nominees Rose Byrne and Kelly O', Hara, will stream live from the from the Todd Haimes Theater. You will need a subscription to Broadway HD to watch it. I have a Broadway HD subscription because of course I do and I'm going to have some friends over to watch as well. So it would be a fun Tony week opportunity to see one of the shows before for it is part of the celebration on Sunday night. Also on Friday over at the MCC Theater will be the first performance of playwright Jonathan Spector's new play. Birthright is directed by Teddy Bergman. It features Hale Appleman, Molly Bernard, Eli Gelb, Abby Jacobson, Liz Larson, Nate Mann and Zoe Winters. The show traces a generation through the lens of American Jewish life, providing a portrait of friendship across time in an era defined by social media. Their conversations evolve, capturing the complicated, funny and deeply real experience of staying close. This show is currently on sale through July 12th. Then on Sunday, before we get to the Tony Awards, we have a handful of closings. I mentioned fallen angels, then three off Broadway shows gotta dance over at stage 42, Indian Princess from the Atlantic Theatre Company and Thornton Wilder's the Emporium from Classic Stage Company. Now again, Tony Awards this Sunday there's going to be a couple different ways that you are going to be able to watch. Obviously first and foremost you need to download Pluto TV which is a free streaming service. If you want to watch the Tony awards colon act one that will start at 6:35pm random and it won't really go all the way up to eight so you won't have to like dramatically change over to parent Paramount plus is where you can watch the Tonys. If you're on Paramount Plus Premium which carries your local CBS affiliate, it'll end probably around 7:45, 7:50 if previous years are any indication. But Act 1 is being hosted by Titus Burgess and Laura Benanti. This season there will be a handful of awards handed out in years past it maybe some creative ones as well as the non competitive Tonys. So. So if you are like me and want to make sure that you see all of the winners, you will need to download Pluto. Then at 8pm over on CBS will be the Tonys proper hosted by Grammy winning icon Pink. Guarantee she's going to be flying overhead flipping upside down over the audience at Radio City Music Hall. It is scheduled to run through 11pm you can watch it on Paramount plus if you subscribe to Paramount Plus Premium which like I said earlier carries the CBS affiliate. So if you get Premium plus essential you will not have access to the Tony Awards until the next day. So if you want to watch them live you need Premium. Obviously you can also watch them on any live TV streaming service that carries cbs. Or if you want to go really old school, you can get an over the air antenna and watch it the old fashioned way. All right, that's all that I have for you today. Thank you so much for supporting Broadway radio. If you want more Broadway radio head over to patreon.com broadwayradio thanks for giving us of your time and listening. This has been Matt Tamaneni and I'll talk to you.