1,448 stories by "Peter Filichia"
By Peter Filichia --
So Ivy Lynn didn't take those pills and got to play Marilyn Monroe after all.
Well, in a manner of speaking. In one of the smartest casting decisions in recent years…
Whatever anyone thinks of the current production of Into the Woods, isn't "Delacorte" one of the most beautiful words in the English language?
Broadway will soon have a new Cyrano de Bergerac. But perhaps you can give the world a new CYRANO " meaning the excellent 1973 musical version. Granted, its 49-performance run on Broadway wa…
By Peter Filichia "
Congratulations to all who did so well on last week's Ancient History Exam.
WRix was the first to get the commonality of the 35 songs I listed from 35 different music…
Fun. Fluff. Those were the words I kept hearing about Bring It On - the new musical that started at the Alliance in Atlanta and arrived at the St. James for a limited engagement - which rece…
Twenty-five years ago, when INTO THE WOODS played its first preview in New York, many audience members walked out after the first act. They weren't necessarily dissatisfied; they'd simply as…
By Peter Filichia "
During the dog days of summer, there's little to do, and people tend to get a little lazy.
Let's shake things up with a quiz on ancient Broadway history.
Well, not …
By Peter Filichia "
During the dog days of summer, there's little to do, and people tend to get a little lazy.
Let's shake things up with a quiz on ancient Broadway history.
Well, not …
By Peter Filichia "
During the dog days of summer, there's little to do, and people tend to get a little lazy.
Let's shake things up with a quiz on ancient Broadway history.
Well, not …
By Peter Filichia "
During the dog days of summer, there's little to do, and people tend to get a little lazy.
Let's shake things up with a quiz on ancient Broadway history.
Well, not …
One doesn't get that many opportunities to see TEDDY&ALICE, the 1987 Broadway musical. So when Shadow Lawn Stage in West Long Branch, New Jersey announced it was doing the little-known s…
Broadway is indebted to E.L. Doctorow, Gregory Maguire and Voltaire. They and plenty of other writers have penned books that have become musicals. For that matter, many of us are glad for th…
By Peter Filichia --
Now that the Olympic games have ended, let's listen to the Broadway musical that starts at the end of the Olympic games.
It's true! It's true! The cover makes it cle…
Many schools and after-school programs that have been "going green" environmentally are about to go green theatrically, too. For that lovable green ogre known as Shrek, the subject of a 2008…
Well, I know who I'm nominating for a MacArthur "Genius" Grant. The pre-teen narrator of Into the Woods in Central Park.
By Peter Filichia "
Are you one of those musical theater enthusiasts who can't stand Ethel Merman?
You don't need analyzing. It is not so surprising. Every entertainer throughout history,…
The baseball team you root for is probably not doing as well as you'd hoped this season. That may seem to be a rash statement to make - especially for those who cheer for Washington…
There's a lot of life in the New Girl yet. New Girl in Town, that is, the 1957 musical of Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie. It was a hit in its day and ran over a year, and yet…
By Peter Filichia --
Can you get to The Irish Repertory Theatre by September 9? Any musical theater aficionado should, for there's a rare revival of a very good 1957 musical: New Girl in To…
Attend the tale of Benjamin Barker. Well, that's Sweeney Todd's real name, isn't it? Or so Mrs. Lovett tells us three songs into the 1978-1979 Tony-winning musical. But if you're considering…
It was the month that the signs for Annie went up at the Palace: "The sun'll come up Oct. 3," they insist. Shouldn't management have consulted with Harold Camping before making that presumpt…
By Peter Filichia --
Faithful readers may recall last week that I dealt with the marvelous original cast album of 110 in the Shade. I mentioned that after it was recorded in late 1963, th…
If someone said to me, "What color were the chair-stools you had at your kitchen counter in 1980?" the answer would have to be "Who remembers?"
Nobody's dressed in a tux or a gown, but it's a world premiere nevertheless. We're not quite on Broadway, either, but on Tenth Avenue at The 52nd Street Project Theater. But you can feel fro…
By Peter Filichia --
We're having a heat wave in most of the country. Temperatures are hitting 110 in the shade.
Well, many of you have already inferred where this column is going: to 110 …
