Theater Talk: 2016 Fall Season Preview

Journalists Jesse Green (New York Magazine's Theater Critic), Michael Musto (Out, The Advocate, Paper & LogoTV) and Patrick Pacheco (ArtInfo.com and the Los Angeles Times) are back once again for a preview of the Fall 2016 theater season which, due to a heavy number of revivals, Riedel introduces as "Broadway 1991."
Amid spirited opinion about newspapers, theater critics, criticism, and the makeup of the current Broadway audience - the panel discusses upcoming Broadway shows including Falsettos; The Front Page; Heisenberg; The Encounter; Oh, Hello; and new musicals A Bronx Tale; Come From Away; Dear Evan Hansen; Groundhog Day; and Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812. The theater panel also note which of the many new Off and Off-Off Broadway shows they are looking forward to.
Taped: 09-16-16
Theater Talk is a series devoted to the world of the stage. It began on New York television in 1993 and is co-hosted by Michael Riedel (Broadway columnist for the New York Post) and series producer Susan Haskins.
The program is one of the few independent productions on PBS and now airs weekly on Thirteen/WNET in New York and WGBH in Boston. Now, CUNY TV offers New York City viewers additional opportunities to catch each week's show. (Of course, Theater Talk is no stranger to CUNY TV, since the show is taped here each week before its first airing on Thirteen/WNET.)
The series is produced by Theater Talk Productions, a not-for-profit corporation and is funded by contributions from private foundations and individuals, as well as The New York State Council on the Arts.
Watch more Theater Talk at www.tv.cuny.edu/show/theatertalk

[@olioradio]

I never thought there would come a time when critics were unnecessary. You don't follow them blindly, but appreciate their opinions to know what has value.

[@alexmeyer5260]

Of course, now Jesse Green is a reviewer for the New York Times and he served on the Pulitzer Prize committee earlier this year.

[@mykelcohen]

It’s amazing to listen to these folks sit around talking about how their opinion matters more than someone else. Get over yourselves. We are talking about art. I bet if they said their three favorite shows I would probably disagree which means our tastes don’t match so why does your opinion matter?

[@michaelgiuseffi7434]

Back in the day I found Michael Riedel annoying, but now re-watching Theater Talk episodes, I find him negative and insufferable especially watching with the benefit of hindsight.