1,448 stories by "Peter Filichia"
All week long, I've been reminded of when I was a kid and my mother would come into my room. She'd immediately shriek in horror before exclaiming, "It looks like a cyclone's been in here!"
You can have Dolly Parton in your next musical. Well, in a manner of speaking. Dolly won't show up to do eight a week, but she will appear in 9 to 5 " at least in a video that comes with the…
By Peter Filichia "
So what's your favorite Stephen Schwartz song?
Of course, we've got plenty from which to choose. After all, Schwartz has been one of musical theater's most valuable so…
I never got his last name, but I did learn that his first name was Earl. His wife's name I didn't catch. What I did discover, however, was that they'd celebrated their 50th anniversary on Ma…
By Peter Filichia --
Ostriches do not hide their heads in the sand. Bulls are not enraged by the color red.
And George M. Cohan (1878-1942), despite what he wrote in "Yankee Doodle Dandy…
No one keeps track of the record number of decibels that the walls of the Minskoff Theatre have endured " especially since The Lion King roared into the place six years ago. But the record m…
It was the month when we had umpteen ceremonies for theatrical awards. Given that we're living in an age of consolidation -- fewer airlines, fewer companies at which to shop -- will the day …
By Peter Filichia "
Che misinformed you about Eva Peron. Your queen is indeed coming back to you, thanks to the 2012 revival cast album of Evita, now available on Masterworks Broadway.
W…
I was sorry to learn that Richard Adler died on June 21. Ninety is a ripe old age, of course, but seeing another stalwart of The Golden Age of Musical Theatre leave us is never easy. What Ad…
And the 1945 Pulitzer Prize in Drama goes to ...
The Glass Menagerie wasn't the first non-musical that I saw, but it was the first one to pack a genuine wallop. I can't say for certain wh…
If this article's title — "The Sorry/Grateful Musical" " grabbed you, you are well within your rights to assume that it refers to COMPANY. After all, that's the show in which Stephen S…
'American Stare' presents a drama about people who have few choices
Summertime, and the livin' is supposed to be fun. None of the other three seasons is as associated with good times.
In honor of the impending summer, I thought I'd a…
Usually I work the press room at the Tonys. This year, however, I decided to spend it with friends old and new at the home of Ken (Broadway Musicals: The 101 Greatest Shows of All Time) Bloo…
John Davidson makes quick transition from "The Fantasticks" to "La Mancha"
Just because they didn't applaud PARADE doesn't mean that they didn't like it. At the opening night performance of the 1998 musical at 4th Wall Theatre in Bloomfield, New Jersey, silence oft…
News from New Jersey theater.
Peter Filichia reviews 'Daybreak,' playing now at the Hunziker Black Box Theatre.
By Peter Filichia --
With the Tony Awards and Oncefresh in our minds, let's at least once talk about a Tony-winner that isn't always fresh in our minds: Hallelujah, Baby!
It opened on April…
Our critic hands out the awards for shows on this side on the Hudson
Precisely 506 months to the day after I saw the very first performance of the pre-Broadway tryout of COMPANY at the Shubert Theatre in Boston, I saw it again — at the GeVa Theatre Cent…
This may have been my favorite Theatre World Awards ceremony since I began emceeing it in 1996.
Peter Filichia lets us know all about the new production.
Mercado, who placed third in the 2008 round of "American Idol," wins audiences over in a production that plays like a folk tale set on a Caribbean island.
Peter Filichia gives us the scoop on the New Jersey theater scene
