1,448 stories by "Peter Filichia"
It was the month that Rebecca Luker and Michael Siberry had much more trouble with one child (Grazia in Death Takes a Holiday) than they did with seven Trapps 13 years ago. But they weren&rs…
March came in like a lion thanks to Shelly Burch's dynamic act at the Metropolitan Room. How nice to welcome back to town this lady whom we haven't seen since "Nine," a quarter-cen…
Nice responses from so many of you! You sent them after I wrote an article on how I like a lyricist’s using a word early in a song, and later employing it in a completely differen…
Nice enough line-up for Encores in 2009-2010, don’t you think? It’s much more in tune with the original mission of doing works that would have a hard time getting a legitimate Br…
Gerry GoodsteinPhilip Goodwin, who has won three Helen Hayes Awards for his work in the Washington, D.C., theater scene, will star in "Accidental Death of an Anarchist" at the Shak…
Faithful readers will recall that on Wednesday, I wrote that I’m driving up to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario to see the Shaw Festival’s production of My Fair Lady. The motivation …
The stars keep saying yes to director David Hyde Pierce, who's casting the season opener at the George Street Playhouse. "It Shoulda Been You" " a musical about the travails of putting on a …
I’m off to the Shaw Festival at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada to see My Fair Lady.
You’re saying, “That’s a long drive to see a show you’ve seem umpteen times.&…
By Peter Filichia --
Even before I started listening to Musical Comedy Favorites by Andre Kostelanetz, I was intrigued by the song listing.
You do know Kostelanetz, don't you? He was an …
In a way, The Mad Show is returning to its roots. This upcoming weekend, the 1966 hit revue will be a “Musical in Mufti” at the York Theatre, located on 54th Street between Lex a…
Jerry Dalia/Surflight TheatreJudd Hirsch directs and stars in "Art" at the Surflight Theatre in Beach Haven. The "Taxi" star plays Marc, the same character he played in t…
The young man driving the car is speeding and then goes even faster. His wealthy and privileged occupants sing with the confidence and invulnerability of youth, "It's been a lovely day.…
A play about a blind woman and the struggles she has before and after an operation may not seem to be the ideal summer entertainment. Perhaps that's why at Sunday night's performance of "Mol…
Tidbits from the world of the New Jersey stage
Re-read Plaza Suite, Neil Simon’s 1968 smash-hit. The evening consisted of three one-act plays, the first of which was the most serious play that Simon had yet attempted. It dealt with…
Cynthia Meryl brings her extraordinary New Jersey Youth Theatre to NJPAC in Newark
Roy GroethingMichelle Wilson, Nyahale Allie and Ley Smith in "Follow Me to Nellie's," the winner of the new play festival at Premiere Stages at Kean University in Union. The plot isn't so ho…
Roxie Hart, let alone Mrs. Lovett, wasn't the first musical theater woman to have blood on her hands. Annina was in The Saint of Bleecker Street.
Granted, there were two profound dif…
Couresty of The Theater Project The cast of Penny Penniworth featuring Rick Delaney (left), Jenelle Sosa (bottom center), Terri Sturtevant (top), and Harry Patrick Christian (down right) in …
So have you experienced what David Schmittou has?
It all started when the actor, who’s about to play Toddy in Victor/Victoria at Stages St. Louis, ran into Joel Warfield. The last tim…
Daniel HeddenCynthia Meryl, artistic director of the New Jersey Youth Theatre, directs the cast of "Kiss Me, Kate" at a rehearsal. It all started simply because parents didn't have…
It got skunked at the Tonys, which everyone expected, given that it got all of two nominations, excluding Best Musical. And yet, of the three musicals that lost to Memphis in 2010, American …
Peter Marshall finds himself in the center square this week on the Jersey Shore. The longtime host of "Hollywood Squares" will star in A.R. Gurney's "Love Letters." It's a two-character play…
Some weeks ago, I told of the theatrical crimes I committed – for missing such shows as Song of Norway, Coco, and Drat! The Cat! Turns out I’m not the only theatrical criminal. P…
This month, I did Cole Porter one better. While he cited Philly, Boston, and Baltimo’ as places for good theater, I'm going to those cities and one more for my on-stage entertainm…
