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Friday, March 11, 2016

Growing up Gershwin by Peter Filichia

"I like a Gershwin tune " how about you?" That's the first question I asked Nadia Natali last week in a sit-down in the Drama Book Shop's Arthur Seelen Theater. And indeed Natali said tha…

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Filichia on Friday: 'Growing up Gershwin' by Peter Filichia by Peter Filichia

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: Grow…

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Friday, March 4, 2016

We Love You, CONRACK by Peter Filichia

His composer died, his lyricist died, and yet Granville Wyche Burgess will never say die. The bookwriter of CONRACK knows the famous show business spin on General Douglas MacArthur's most…

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Filichia on Friday: 'We Love You CONRACK' by Peter Filichia by Peter Filichia

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: We L…

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Friday, February 26, 2016

February's Leftovers and March's Brainteaser by Peter Filichia

If you'd been at the Sunday, Feb. 21 matinee of PRODIGAL SON, would you have been outraged or tremendously impressed with what Timothée Chalamet did?

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Filichia on Friday: 'February's Leftovers and March's Brainteaser' by Peter Filichia by Peter Filichia

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: Febr…

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Filichia on Friday: 'Let's COPE Again, Like We Did Last Century' by Peter Filichia by Peter Filichia

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: Let'…

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Friday, February 19, 2016

Let's COPE Again, Like We Did Last Century by Peter Filichia

All right, we all know that GREASE was the longest-running musical of the 1971-72 season and -- at least until A CHORUS LINE came along -- the longest-running Broadway show of all time.

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Friday, February 12, 2016

Filichia on Friday: 'There's a Little CABIN at Encores!' by Peter Filichia

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: Ther…

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There's a Little CABIN at Encores! by Peter Filichia

How nice that Encores! reminds us of its original mission with its current reading-slash-production of CABIN IN THE SKY.

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Friday, February 5, 2016

Filichia on Friday: 'Reaching the Other Ninety Percent' by Peter Filichia

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: Reac…

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Reaching the Other Ninety Percent by Peter Filichia

Well, the event was called BroadwayCon, so I took the "Con" to mean "Controversial." This happened on Saturday, Jan. 23, when I sat on a panel called "Why Didn't It Run?" Frank DiLella of…

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Sunday, January 31, 2016

Catching Up: Filichia on Friday: 'The 2016 Broadway University Mid-Term Examination Answers' by Peter Filichia

It’s an honor to bring Peter Filichia’s column every week on Kritzerland called ‘Filichia on Friday’ to our readers on DCMetroTheaterArts. We’re catchi…

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Saturday, January 30, 2016

Catching Up: Filichia on Friday: 'More on Season In, Season Out' by Peter Filichia

It’s an honor to bring Peter Filichia’s column every week on Kritzerland called ‘Filichia on Friday’ to our readers on DCMetroTheaterArts. We’re catchi…

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Catching Up: Filichia on Friday: 'The 2016 Broadway University Mid-Term Examination' by Peter Filichia

It’s an honor to bring Peter Filichia’s column every week on Kritzerland called ‘Filichia on Friday’ to our readers on DCMetroTheaterArts. We’re catchi…

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Friday, January 29, 2016

January's Leftovers and February's Brainteaser by Peter Filichia

It was the month we lost Brian Bedford, David Bowie and Alan Rickman, all of whom might well have lights dimmed for them on Broadway marquees. Whether or not you're in favor of one, some or …

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Friday, January 22, 2016

The 2016 Broadway University Mid-Term Examination Answers by Peter Filichia

My hat's off to Peter Alfano, Fred Abramowitz, AnyaToes, Susan Berlin, Brigadude, Tay and Saul Caplan, Charlene DeLucia, Jason Flum, Laura Frankos, Ingrid Gammerman, Don Horn, Alynne Amkraut…

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Friday, January 15, 2016

More on SEASON IN, SEASON OUT by Peter Filichia

As I mentioned in my column of Sept. 19, every now and then throughout this 2015-2016 season I'll take a 50th anniversary look at Jack Gaver's book SEASON IN SEASON OUT, which detailed the 5…

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Friday, January 8, 2016

The 2016 Broadway University Mid-Term Examination by Peter Filichia

Remember from our days in school when our English teachers tried to drum into our heads what a simile was?

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December's Leftovers and January's Brainteaser by Peter Filichia

December's Leftovers and January's Brainteaser

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Thursday, January 7, 2016

Filichia on Friday: 'December's Leftovers and January's Brainteaser' by Peter Filichia

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: Dece…

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Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Filichia on Friday: 'Broadway's People of the Year' by Peter Filichia

It’s an honor to bring Peter Filichia’s column every week on Kritzerland called ‘Filichia on Friday’ to our readers on DCMetroTheaterArts. Broadway's People …

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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Filichia on Friday: 'Two Vintage Plays; Two New Hits' by Peter Filichia

It’s an honor to bring Peter Filichia’s column every week on Kritzerland called ‘Filichia on Friday’ to our readers on DCMetroTheaterArts. Two Vintage Plays;…

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Monday, January 4, 2016

Filichia on Friday: 'It's the Most Ticket Scarce Time of the Year' by Peter Filichia

It’s an honor to bring Peter Filichia’s column every week on Kritzerland called ‘Filichia on Friday’ to our readers on DCMetroTheaterArts. ‘It’s …

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Saturday, December 26, 2015

Broadway's People of the Year by Peter Filichia

So did you hear that Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, was named Time's Person of the Year? The way she handled economic strife in the Eurozone and the continent's ongoing migrant crisis…

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Friday, December 18, 2015

Two Vintage Plays; Two New Hits by Peter Filichia

One opened in 1922 and ran precisely two months; the other debuted in 1955 and managed to run twice as long. Both left many Broadway critics and theatergoers unimpressed.

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Sunday, December 13, 2015

Filichia on Friday: 'It's the Most Ticket Scarce Time of the Year' by Peter Filichia

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: R…

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Friday, December 11, 2015

IT'S THE MOST TICKET-SCARCE TIME OF THE YEAR by Peter Filichia

I'm ashamed to admit it, but an inordinate number of years had to pass before I realized one salient fact about Broadway. The week between Christmas and New Year's Eve is the time when ge…

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Thursday, December 10, 2015

Filichia on Friday: 'Steven Gross Has 7,655 Songs For You' by Peter Filichia

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: Stev…

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Friday, December 4, 2015

STEVEN GROSS HAS 7,655 SONGS FOR YOU by Peter Filichia

Have you heard "I Dreamed a Dream," "Defying Gravity" and "The Impossible Dream" one time too many " or one hundred times too many? Steven Gross knows the feeling. As a music director, co…

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Monday, November 30, 2015

Filichia Features: George Chakiris Remembers West Side Story by Peter Filichia

I looked out at the audience, pointed to the gentleman sitting next to me and said "May I introduce to you the actor who played Riff in West Side Story? Mr. George Chakiris!" I could see a f…

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