1,448 stories by "Peter Filichia"
At first it was only a few, but then more and more of you wrote in. "Aren't you going to say anything about FISH IN THE DARK?" I answered "Well, you know what they say. If you haven't anythi…
By Peter Filichia
She was one of the most esteemed film critics of all time, but her enviable reputation didn't stop her from getting fired.
Pauline Kael started writing for Mc…
Victor Hugo is very much in place, but Victor, Hugo and Laverne are gone. We're talking about one of the fundamental changes between the 1996 animated THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME and the new…
Faithful readers will recall that a few weeks ago, I wrote about the sadness that actors endure when they say a line or sing a lyric that refers to a closing when the show is actually closin…
By Peter Filichia
So I celebrated Stephen Sondheim's eighty-fifth birthday on March 22 in a way in which he wouldn't have approved.
I played the original cast album of Do I Hea…
Stephen Sondheim has always loved New York, and, for the most part, Gotham has returned the love. Broadway's greatest composer-lyricist who turns 85 this week has been a New York presence si…
Let's give a warm twenty-first century welcome to ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.
By Peter Filichia
Let me spell it out for you so you won't be as disappointed as Homer and Bart Simpson were on January 4, 1998.
Simpsons pere and fils went to a video rental s…
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: Love…
When an event announces that it's "the first annual," we have to wonder if that's truth-in-advertising. Yes, every happening has to start somewhere; there was a time when there were the firs…
We've had theatrical pieces about show business, commerce, science, religion, prison and everything else you can think of from A(RT) to Z(ULU AND THE ZAYDA).
By Peter Filichia
Can fifty-three years have really passed since I saw my first pre-Broadway tryout?
It happened on March 10, 1962 at the Colonial Theatre in Boston where I saw I Can …
The invitation for a party being held next Thursday by the Princess Cruises states "Please join us as we announce an industry-first entertainment partnership with the Oscar-winning composer …
Nice to see that Peter Gallagher has returned to ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY after missing a peck of performances. I was getting a little worried there that he was going to take his leave. More…
By Peter Filichia
Long before we turned our attentions to Elphaba and away from Dorothy Gale, bookwriter Sidney Michaels, composer Larry Grossman and lyricist Hal Hackady had the same…
Here's what I've observed about brothers and sisters. They fight like mad when they're young, but as time goes by, they start to see the other's virtues. That leads to their truly loving eac…
Well, with one of the most frigid February on records, we certainly answered Joanne's question in COMPANY in no uncertain terms. On Broadway, everybody this month indeed wore a hat.
By Peter Filichia
Now that we've celebrated February and Black History Month, let's move to March, which is Women's History Month.
Readers are encouraged to spend each day of t…
So, after seeing a stunning performance of A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE at New York University, I was suddenly in the company of three men of great importance. Bookwriter Terrence McNally, compose…
The only thing is that what I couldn't have imagined is that there wouldn't be a single Broadway opening during the entire month of February.
By Peter Filichia
Did you know that February 18 is National Advice Day?
Probably not. But someone decided it is.
Perhaps a musical theater lyricist invented the "holiday…
Audiologists tell us that we lose a little bit of our hearing, however slight, each and every time we hear a loud noise. Those who annually attend Junior Theater Festival hope this isn't tru…
My hat is off to Peter Alfano, Mel Atkey, AnyaToes, Susan Berlin, Tristan Blakely, Brigadude, Annie Breslin, Jon Allen Conrad, Ilene Nancy Cooper, Lorraine Ford DeMan, Andrew Duxbury, Christ…
By Peter Filichia
Faithful readers will recall that two weeks ago I mentioned that I preferred "Together Wherever We Go" on the 1973 London Cast Album of Gypsy. Because it offers all …
It’s an honor to bring Peter Filichia’s column every week on Kritzerland called ‘Filichia on Friday’ to our readers on DCMetroTheaterArts. Time to catch up: …
