Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Peter Filichia discusses Thespian Playworks, an annual playwrighting opportunity for teenagers across the nation.
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SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 11:11AM[SHARE]Friday, January 23, 2015
Most people like to sleep late on a Saturday morning, but on Jan. 17, more than 4,000 people, ranging from tweens to seniors, are wide awake not long after the crack of Saturday's dawn. That…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:53AM[SHARE]It’s an honor to bring Peter Filichia’s column every week on Kritzerland called ‘Filichia on Friday’ to our readers on DCMetroTheaterArts. Time to catch up: …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:35AM[SHARE]It’s an honor to bring Peter Filichia’s column every week on Kritzerland called ‘Filichia on Friday’ to our readers on DCMetroTheaterArts. ______ Take The 20…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:13AM[SHARE]Do you know Herb Gardner's 1974 play THIEVES? Although it wasn't a moneymaking hit, it did run a respectable nine months and spawned a 1977 film. It concerned one Sally Cramer, now suddenly …
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 01:15AM[SHARE]Monday, January 19, 2015
By Peter Filichia
Forty-four years ago this week, Broadway was hit by a hit that changed the course of musical theater.
In the twenty years before the 1971 revival of No, No, N…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 10:29PM[SHARE]Friday, January 16, 2015
One created “Mission: Impossible." The other composed the themes to “General Hospital” and "The Marvel Super-Heroes" (meaning Captain America, The Incredible Hulk, The Invi…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 06:00AM[SHARE]While the musical is an inherently American art form, it hasn't neglected other nationalities " as is proved by the 50 examples that make up this year's Broadway University Mid-Term Exam.
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 12:10AM[SHARE]Monday, January 12, 2015
By Peter Filichia
Had life been kinder to all of us, Gwen Verdon would still be here to celebrate her 90th birthday on January 13. Alas, we lost her 14 years ago, but at least we stil…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:46PM[SHARE]Friday, January 9, 2015
May this be your favorite year. It could be if you and your theater company stage MY FAVORITE YEAR. Granted, when the musical by bookwriter Joseph Dougherty, composer Stephen Flaherty and ly…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 07:00AM[SHARE]Were you at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre on Monday night January 5? If you were, you saw my one-on-one discussion with Dame Diana Rigg. A good time was had by us, and, I daresay, those i…
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 12:23AM[SHARE]Monday, January 5, 2015
Elvis Can Still Be in the Building
By Peter Filichia
Eighty.
Yes, eighty.
That's how old Elvis Pres…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:58PM[SHARE]It's a new year, which we're all hoping will be the best we've ever had. One way to make that happen is to make good New Year's Resolutions. And keep them. This year, don't merely make vows …
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:22AM[SHARE]Friday, January 2, 2015
I didn't get what I really wanted for Christmas.
An original cast album of THE UNDERCLASSMAN.
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 01:04AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 30, 2014
By Peter Filichia
We can't let 2014 got by without acknowledging that the year marks the eightieth anniversary of Anything Goes.
I'm a little late to the party, for the Cole Po…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 09:51AM[SHARE]Friday, December 26, 2014
Many friends have complained to me at the lack of lighting in the film version of Into the Woods.
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 09:28AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 23, 2014
“You saw some of it on TV. Now see all of it on stage.” That’s one way you could advertise your production of ELF during the 2015 holiday season. After all, the recent anim…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:43AM[SHARE]By Peter Filichia
It's one of the most musical musical movies of all time, with many more songs than spoken lines.
And yet, even with all that music and those reams of lyrics, …
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 12:01AM[SHARE]Sunday, December 21, 2014
In some ways, the new ANNIE movie is best of the three film adaptations.
But that's not saying much, is it? We'll still have to wait for a faithful and wonderful film musical of the 1977 …
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 02:13PM[SHARE]Friday, December 19, 2014
When parents come to the school where their child is enrolled, they're usually prepared to hear bad news. What's she done now? How badly has he behaved? Am I about to meet teachers who'll li…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:16AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 16, 2014
By Peter Filichia
There was a time when Hollywood played fast and loose with Broadway musicals. Many, if not most of the songs that charmed New York were discarded in the California s…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 01:45AM[SHARE]Saturday, December 13, 2014
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: The …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:00AM[SHARE]Friday, December 12, 2014
Whether you loved or loathed PETER PAN LIVE! on Dec. 4, you may well have been reminded of all the pleasures that the 1954 musical has to offer. As a result, you've decided to give the vinta…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 11:30AM[SHARE]My work station at THE STAR-LEDGER was across from the sports section. Its writers knew that I'd written a book on baseball and had seen a game at every major league park save Cincinnati, so…
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 10:30AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 11, 2014
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: Nove…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:11AM[SHARE]Monday, December 8, 2014
By Peter Filichia
Because the current revival of Chicago recently passed Cats to become the second-longest running musical in Broadway history, I decided to go back forty-one years an…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 10:22PM[SHARE]Friday, December 5, 2014
So did you miss dressing up as your favorite Broadway character for Halloween? No matter " for a nominal charge, Broadway Fantasy Camp will put you in the costume of your choice any day of t…
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 09:26PM[SHARE]Of course we all wish that Adolph Green were here to celebrate his 100th birthday on Dec. 2, 2014, but we'll have to do it for him. Green did live to be 87, until Oct. 23, 2002 — a sad…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 08:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 2, 2014
By Peter Filichia
Although the 1996 revival of Chicago opened to splendid reviews, did anyone at the time believe that it would become the second-longest running production in Broadwa…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 07:08AM[SHARE]Sunday, November 30, 2014
It’s an honor to bring Peter Filichia’s column every week on Kritzerland called ‘Filichia on Friday’ to our readers on DCMetroTheaterArts. And Mazel Tov to P…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:34AM[SHARE]Friday, November 28, 2014
Here's a story about "The Three B's" that has nothing to do with Bach, Beethoven and Brahms. Instead, this trio of young men can be called The Three Little Pigs who deserve three "F's" for t…
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