1,448 stories by "Peter Filichia"
As I mentioned in my column of Sept. 19, every now and then throughout this 2015-2016 season I'll take a 50th anniversary look at Jack Gaver's book SEASON IN SEASON OUT, which detailed the 5…
It’s an honor to bring Peter Filichia’s column every week on Kritzerland called ‘Filichia on Friday’ to our readers on DCMetroTheaterArts. This Week: Octo…
So was it true? So many people who'd been in Boston to see the Huntington Theatre Company's production of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC had warned me. "You won't believe it!" they cried. "Madame Armf…
The biggest news this month may very well have come from the world of magazines. PLAYBOY announced that come January, it would no longer feature nudes in its monthly issues. So maybe it's ti…
That production I mentioned last week of A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM made me return to its roots " meaning the demo. Do you know the term "demo"? It's short for "demonstra…
It’s an honor to bring Peter Filichia’s column every week on Kritzerland called ‘Filichia on Friday’ to our readers on DCMetroTheaterArts. This Week: Revi…
You have watched, haven't you, the 1970 film of THE BOYS IN THE BAND with its original off-Broadway cast? Perhaps you've even listened to the far more complete version of Mart Crowley's land…
It’s an honor to bring Peter Filichia’s column every week on Kritzerland called ‘Filichia on Friday’ to our readers on DCMetroTheaterArts. This Week: Seating…
Recently I have not been The Most Happy Fella, although I have been singing the first lines of the 1956 hit musical " with one change of word.
Faithful readers will recall that last week I spoke to THE ROTHSCHILDS' bookwriter Sherman Yellen and lyricist Sheldon Harnick about their revised version called ROTHSCHILD & SONS. (It's now…
It’s an honor to bring Peter Filichia’s column every week on Kritzerland called ‘Filichia on Friday’ to our readers on DCMetroTheaterArts. This Week: Reme…
It’s an honor to bring Peter Filichia’s column every week on Kritzerland called ‘Filichia on Friday’ to our readers on DCMetroTheaterArts. This Week: The …
In his marvelous book BROADWAY BABIES SAY GOODNIGHT, Mark Steyn quotes Sheldon Harnick's opinion that "It is not specifically a love affair that a musical needs " just strong emotion."
Yes, a new version of THE ROTHSCHILDS is about to be produced at the York Theatre Company in Manhattan. Its title has been expanded to ROTHSCHILDS AND SONS while its length has been shortene…
It’s an honor to bring Peter Filichia’s column every week on Kritzerland called ‘Filichia on Friday’ to our readers on DCMetroTheaterArts. This Week: Sept…
Although few students look forward to the end of summer vacation, three young men and five young women from The Beacon School had to be assuaged by one fact. Kenneth An, Leslie Gaines, Attic…
So on September 12th right here, did we all celebrate the 48th anniversary of the off-Broadway opening of KLENOKSY AGAINST THE SLINGS AND ARROWS OF OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE?
It’s an honor to bring Peter Filichia’s column every week on Kritzerland called ‘Filichia on Friday’ to our readers on DCMetroTheaterArts. This Week: The …
So did my column last Friday convince you that you should do DISNEY’S MY SON PINOCCHIO? If you read what I wrote, you saw that I certainly admire this tender and moving story from Davi…
Many of us know of William Goldman's landmark work THE SEASON, which detailed every Broadway production of the 1967-68 semester. It's easily the book I've read the most times.
It’s an honor to bring Peter Filichia’s column every week on Kritzerland called ‘Filichia on Friday’ to our readers on DCMetroTheaterArts. This Week: My Favo…
Tens of thousands of young actresses are waiting to play Glinda in WICKED. But WICKED is, to cite one of Stephen Schwartz’s best songs from the show, “Popular.” So to all y…
The meteorologists say that summer doesn't end until the final moments of September 22nd, but most of us disagree. Labor Day's the day when we say, as the Goldmans and John Kander wrote in A…
Every actor loves when a call comes in out of the blue offering him a job. When the invitation is the leading role in a world-famous musical, that’s all the sweeter. “Not necessa…
It’s an honor to bring Peter Filichia’s column every week on Kritzerland called ‘Filichia on Friday’ to our readers on DCMetroTheaterArts. This Week: The …
