This Week on Broadway for July 7, 2025: Mozart’s Don Giovanni – A Rock Opera

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Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Mozart’s Don Giovanni – A Rock Opera, Father Anonymous @ AMT Theater, Angry Alan @ Studio Seaview, and Out of Order @ East Village Basement.

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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 – has been released! Peter also has columns at Masterworks Broadway, Broadway Select, and many other places.

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Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | 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.

Celebration: The Songs of Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt @ Laurie Beechman, September 9, 2025

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James Marino | [email protected] | Facebook
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Reviews:

MP: Mozart’s Don Giovanni – A Rock Opera @ The Cutting Room, through August 26, 2025 (varied schedule)

PF: Father Anonymous @ AMT Theater (June 12 – July 2, 2025)

MP + JM: Angry Alan @ Studio Seaview, through August 3, 2025

Inaugural production at Studio Seaview – Penelope Skinner’s ANGRY ALAN, starring John Krasinski and directed by Sam Gold.

Roger is divorced, demoted, and drifting—lost in an era that no longer makes sense. But when an online personality promises clarity, Roger dives in without looking back. Timely, provocative, and darkly comedic, Angry Alan explores one man’s journey down the digital rabbit hole—examining how far he is willing to go, and how much he is prepared to lose, for validation in a world where “everybody’s changing the rules.”

ANGRY ALAN features scenic design by Tony Award nominee dots, costume design by Qween Jean, lighting design by Tony Award nominee Isabella Byrd, sound design by Tony Award nominee Mikaal Sulaiman, video design by Tony Award nominee Lucy MacKinnon, properties by Addison Heeren, with Niamh Jones as associate director, Kate Wilson as vocal coach, and dramaturgy by Sarah Lunnie. Production stage manager is John C. Moore, with production supervision by Hudson Theatrical Associates / Sean Gorski and Seaview / Jonathan Whitton serving as general manager. Casting by Taylor Williams, CSA.

Angry Alan Electronic playbill

PF: Out of Order @ East Village Basement, through July 22, 2025
Written & Performed by Carl Holder
Developed With & Directed by Skylar Fox
Presented by Most Unwanted Productions
Out of Order is a high-stakes game of emotional Russian Roulette, performed in an intimate space for only 30 people at a time. Carl’s fate rests inside the hands of the audience, and a giant bowl of index cards. Each card, pulled at random, holds a task designed to test his grit, his ingenuity, his emotional resilience, and his willingness to be humiliated. No two performances are ever the same.

News:

Broadway by the Boardwalk Calendar (and map)

Jennifer Holliday, Monday Jul 07 @ 6:30 PM
Grammy® and Tony® Award-winning Broadway legend Jennifer Holliday kicks off our 2025 Broadway by the Boardwalk series.

Max von Essen with Billy Stritch, Monday Jul 14 @ 6:30 PM
Broadway star Max von Essen and composer Billy Stritch come together for the second performance of the 2025 series.

John Lloyd Young, Monday Jul 21 @ 6:30 PM
John Lloyd Young, Tony winner, Grammy winner and multi-platinum recording artist, headlines the next performance.

Jasmine Amy Rogers, Monday Jul 28 @ 6:30 PM
Rounding out July’s lineup, multi-talented Broadway actress and singer Jasmine Amy Rogers brings a memorable performance to the Clinton Cove.

Zachary Noah Piser, Monday Aug 04 @ 6:30 PM
Zachary Noah Piser, who earned raves starring in the 2025 Broadway musical Redwood, headlines the fifth show of the series.

Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal, Monday Aug 11 @ 6:30 PM
Closing out the 2025 Broadway by the Boardwalk series are two multi-talented stars, Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal.

Jennifer Holliday, Jasmine Amy Rogers, Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, More Set for Broadway by the Boardwalk Concerts By Andrew Gans
The free Monday night concert series will play Hudson River Park’s Clinton Cove.

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Paul Libin, an Enduring Force on and Off Broadway, Dies at 94
He staged a noted revival of “The Crucible” in a Manhattan hotel ballroom in 1958, ran Circle in the Square and oversaw the operations of Jujamcyn Theaters.

Ronald Ribman, 92, Dies; His Plays Mined the Absurdity of Existence
He set his frequently neurotic characters in bleak, morally ambiguous situations where laughter, as he put it, “is a measure of the sickness of society.”

Richard Greenberg, Tony-Winning ‘Take Me Out’ Playwright, Dies at 67
Richard Greenberg, the Tony Award-winning writer of “Take Me Out,” has died. He was 67 years old. Greenberg’s death was announced on social media by collaborators and colleagues such as Denis O’Hare and Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who won Tonys for their work in the original 2003 production of “Take Me Out” and its 2022 revival, as well as director Robert Falls.

Mark Brokaw, Theater Director Who Gave Rising Talent a Stage, Dies at 66
On and off Broadway, he worked with playwrights like Kenneth Lonergan and Paula Vogel, combining complex storytelling with the simplest possible productions.

Next Week:

Peter’s Brainteaser:

One 21st century musical dealt with a superstar.

One 21st century play dealt with crossdressers.

The entire title of one can be found within the title of the other.

What are the two shows?

Michael’s Musical Moments

MUSIC: DON GIOVANNI: A ROCK OPERA

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