Filichia Features: How HOW TO SUCCEED Came to Be by Peter Filichia

How does a manual become a musical? I posed that question last Friday when I discussed a recent production of HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING. The 1961 smash hit remains the…

June's Leftovers and July's Brainteaser by Peter Filichia

It was the month of the Tony Awards, of course. The flag behind ON THE TOWN's sailors sported 48 stars, but we had plenty more in attendance at Radio City Music Hall on June 7.

Filichia on Friday: 'A Classic(s) Saturday' 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: A Cl…

Filichia Features: HOW TO SUCCEED Still Does by Peter Filichia

"The Mad Men Musical." That's a good way to advertise your upcoming production of HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING. No, the 1961-62 Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical i…

A Classic(s) Saturday by Peter Filichia

DOCTOR FAUSTUS and THE TEMPEST will never be confused with summer movies. Still, how nice that two plays that were written more than 400 years ago are back in New York as spring gives way to…

Filichia Features: This Kim Doesn't Miss in MISS SAIGON by Peter Filichia

As much as I consider MISS SAIGON a near-masterpiece, I've always felt it has one problem that the authors should rethink. Needless to say, MISS SAIGON has done extraordinary well without my…

Filichia on Friday: "Hail to Thee, North Shore Music Theatre!' 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: Hail…

Hail to Thee, North Shore Music Theatre! by Peter Filichia

It opened in Beverly, Massachusetts in 1954, long before I became aware of musical theater and prior to my learning to drive. Even after I got a license, I didn't discover The North Shore Mu…

Filichia on Friday: 'Welcome 2015-2016!' ('Merman's Apprentice' coming to Birdland on June 17th at 7 PM!) 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: Welcome…

Welcome, 2015-2016! by Peter Filichia

Another season has come and gone. Bless the hits from 2014-2015 and adieu to the shows that closed faster than Seth Rudetsky talks.

Filichia Features: Shubert / MTI Broadway Junior Gets a 10 by Peter Filichia

If the audience at the Imperial Theater on May 19 seems younger than usual, there's good reason. It's 10:30 in the morn and students from 13 lucky New York City schools and academies will ea…

Filichia Features: EVER AFTER Has Arrived! by Peter Filichia

"The first thing I had to do," says Marcy Heisler, "was to find a way to get rid of all the horses." Yes, that is the problem for a bookwriter-lyricist when adapting a film in which equine b…

Filichia on Friday: 'May's Leftovers and June'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: May's L…

May's Leftovers and June's Brainteaser by Peter Filichia

On my recent Virgin Atlantic flight to London, I perused the in-flight entertainment, and what did I find? A film version of J.B. Priestley's 1945 play AN INSPECTOR CALLS, revived to great a…

The Last Smash Hit Operetta by Peter Filichia

It was recorded in June of 1959, but stayed in print for only three years. And yet, most musical theater enthusiasts covet the recording of Song of Norway by the Jones Beach Marine Theatre's…

Remembering Gower Champion by Peter Filichia

Bilingual 'Romeo y Julieta' is a street-smart sensation by Peter Filichia

Broadway dancers will present show at Algonquin Arts Theatre by Peter Filichia

Cape May Stage presents a different, more serious Happy Days by Peter Filichia

A silly story doesn't prevent 'The Bikinis' from offering nostalgic funride by Peter Filichia

'No Man's Land' stage review: Pinter puzzler scores at Shakespeare Theatre by Peter Filichia

Edmond Genest plays a drunk - again - at Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey by Peter Filichia

Fictional pop group reunites in new rock musical by Peter Filichia

Alison J. Murphy reprises the part that kick-started her career by Peter Filichia

Kim Zimmer takes the lead in 'Lost Boy Found in Whole Foods' by Peter Filichia

Labor Day Listens by Peter Filichia

So how will you spend your Labor Day? As summer is a-going out, you may have one last chance to enjoy it.

Follies Is Still Here by Peter Filichia

Twenty-five years ago this week, a few thousand people had one of the greatest Broadway experiences of their lives - and they weren't even in a Broadway theater.

'Aurelia's Oratorio' has no words but plenty of action by Peter Filichia

'Lost Boy Found in Whole Foods' review: Audiences will relate to heroine's pain by Peter Filichia

Your (Make a) Wish Is Granted by Peter Filichia

Does the musical based on The Good Fairy have a “Good Fairy” on its side?

Songs without staging in show about life of Yves Montand by Peter Filichia