1,448 stories by "Peter Filichia"
Have you noticed the big bus sitting between the Marquis and Lunt-Fontanne Theaters - the one that says The Ride on its side? It's a "motor coach" that offers a tour around Bryant Park, the …
We may not be living in a Renaissance, more's the pity, but we do have a Renaissance man in our midst.
Mama Morton and Velma Kelly have been wondering "Whatever happened to class?" for some time now. If they saw The Drunkard at the Metropolitan Playhouse, they'd really be scandalized by the g…
If you've seen the 1942 movie of Panama Hattie, you haven't really seen Panama Hattie. And if you've seen the 1954 TV adaptation of Panama Hattie, you haven't really seen Panama Hattie, eith…
Next week, The Philhallmonic will do Bewitched: The Songs of Rodgers and Hart and before you write to accuse me of typing a typo, let me assure you I got it right.
Had a good time reading Mark Griffin's very well-written and researched A Hundred or More Hidden Things: The Life and Films of Vincente Minnelli. How nice to know more about such films as Ca…
Twentieth Century Fox presents Timothy Hutton in SHINE! The Horatio Alger Musical. Also starring George Lee Andrews. Book by Richard Seff. Music by Roger Dean Anderson. Lyrics by Lee Goldsmi…
The third-most acclaimed musical of 1965-66 keeps popping up. When it opened on January 29, 1966, the much-anticipated Sweet Charity had already been upstaged by Man of La Mancha, which had …
So it’ll be Scott Davies, Sofia Escobar and Will Barratt by day and Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess and Joseph Millson by night. Yes, I’m at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London …
All right, so my plane left three hours and forty-five minutes late, but once I’m on the streets of London, all is forgiven. Well, almost all. I wish that so many West End marquees did…
While there’s a famous song that urges us to “Take the A Train,” that conveyance isn’t the best way to get to In Transit at Primary Stages at 59 East 59th Street.
A Monday matinee? On Labor Day, sure, and other Monday holidays, too. But during the summer months, visitors to the Winnipesaukee Playhouse in Laconia, New Hampshire can see a show at 2 p.m.…
Got up to Deertrees Theatre & Cultural Center in Harrison, Maine. There I caught a dress rehearsal of William Gibson’s Two for the Seesaw, which originally ran for 750 performances…
Combine the schedule that Eva Peron had to follow on her Rainbow Tour as well as all the plans that Billy Liar had in his head, and you’ll get an idea of what Elaine Paige’s life…
So I see that this December the Human Race Theatre Company in Dayton will be presenting 8-Track: The Sounds of the '70's. Wonder if there are any musical theater songs in the mix?
It's the right time for Bob Sloan's Just in Time: The Judy Holliday Story. The bio-semi-musical did so well in the FringeNYC festival that it's going to be part of the Encore series starting…
No sooner had FringeNYC come to its August 29th closing than people were already asking me "So what are you looking forward to at NYMF?" The first show I want to see is Alex Wyse's Nighttime…
Peter looks at some shows that are ending their runs soon.
Lots of people can't go more than 48 hours without seeing a Wizard of Oz reference.
For this year's Broadway University Entrance Exam, we're concentrating on lines and lyrics that mention body parts.
Tell the truth: If you were to glance at the inside of your Snapple bottle cap, wouldn't you be tickled to find any of these real facts?
Ever hear of Platinum? It was a 1978 musical with book by Will Holt and Bruce Vilanch, lyrics by Holt and music by Gary William Friedman. New Yorkers had 45 chances to see it, thanks to 12 p…
Peter's been busy seeing Fringe Festival shows. What has he seen? What has he liked?
When director Sarah Crawford approached George Harter and said that she wanted to do 1776 with an all-female cast in a concert staging, Harter was inclined to say yes.
