Tuesday, November 29, 2011

9 to 5 with Fewer Than 9 to Go by Peter Filichia

If you can’t see a musical on closing night, make sure you at least see it during closing week. Many of the show’s fans come out to say goodbye, to revisit the producti…

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Remember Lada Edmund, Jr.? by Peter Filichia

On the eve of Bye Bye Birdie’s return to Broadway, let’s check in with one of the original young residents of Sweet Apple, Ohio during the show’s original 607-performance r…

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Look over There, Look over There by Peter Filichia

Conal Creedon’s one-act plays at the Irish Repertory Theatre are excellent. How I wish that the staging were as accomplished. Not the direction, but the staging. There is a difference.…

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Friday, November 25, 2011

Oh, What a Dream! by Peter Filichia

So here’s the fourth official Broadway revival of the show that didn’t even finish second in the Best Musical Tony voting when it was originally produced. The Sound of Music and …

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... but "Juno," the musical by Peter Filichia

Has any Broadway composer-lyricist had as varied a resume as Juno’s Marc Blitzstein? In 1930, Blitzstein made his Great White Way debut with The Garrick Gaities, that mainstream show…

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March Leftovers by Peter Filichia

It was a month where rumors ran rife that Roundabout would mount a revival of High Spirits. If so, wonderful! This is a much underrated show, which I remember fondly, even though I saw it 44…

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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

The Hittite by Peter Filichia

Last month, I was asked to judge a competition that the Speech & Theatre Association of New Jersey annually sponsors for high-schoolers. My, I can’t tell you how many teens chose t…

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Casting Your Thoughts Upon the Internet by Peter Filichia

Good Lord, what a great number of would-be casting agents there are out there! I heard from so many of you when I asked on Feb. 6 whom you’d like to see in certain roles. I can see you…

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

October Leftover by Peter Filichia

Last month’s brainteaser: What do these musicals have in common? Baby, Bajour, Good Vibrations, The Most Happy Fella, My One and Only, 1776, Stop the World – I Want to Get Off an…

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Around the World with Langan and Spivak by Peter Filichia

Got a nice e-mail from Dan Langan, who’d read my recent piece on the history of telephones in the theater. He was intrigued by my question, “Who was the first playwright to make …

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Wikipedia -- the Musical! by Peter Filichia

Did you see that article about Wikipedia in the New York Times last Friday? The fifth-largest website on the ‘net planned to hold “an editing marathon” at the New York Publ…

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2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off