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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?

SOURCE: Kritzerland at 07:58PM

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: February’s…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:45AM

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’s COPE…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:39AM
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.

SOURCE: Kritzerland at 10:05AM
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: There’s a …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:06PM

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.

SOURCE: Kritzerland at 10:04AM
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: Reaching the…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:47AM

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?” Fr…

SOURCE: Kritzerland at 10:04AM
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 catching up …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:00AM
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 catching up …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:24PM

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 catching up …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:19AM
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 o…

SOURCE: Kritzerland at 06:43AM
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 Amkra…

SOURCE: Kritzerland at 12:29PM
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 t…

SOURCE: Kritzerland at 05:49AM
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?

SOURCE: Kritzerland at 07:57AM

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

December's Leftovers and January's Brainteaser

SOURCE: Kritzerland at 07:57AM
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: December’s…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:01AM
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 of t…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:15AM
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; Two N…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:00PM
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 the Mo…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:08PM
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 cr…

SOURCE: Kritzerland at 10:11AM
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.

SOURCE: Kritzerland at 01:45AM
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: ‘It…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:36PM
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 whe…

SOURCE: Kritzerland at 03:57AM
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: Steven Gross…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:16AM
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 musi…

SOURCE: Kritzerland at 02:38AM
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…

SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 01:31PM
Saturday, November 28, 2015

Filichia on Friday: ‘November’s Leftovers and December’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: November’s …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:14AM
Friday, November 27, 2015

November’s Leftovers and December’s Brainteaser by Peter Filichia

Oh, how I wanted at least one of the characters in SHEAR MADNESS to mention Queen Latifah, XANADU and Zoosk. Because after hearing a few up-to-now contemporary references that either didn’…

SOURCE: Kritzerland at 02:59AM
Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Filichia on Friday: ‘Duddy Kravitz: The Other Best Musical of 2015’ 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: DUDDY KRAVIT…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:46AM
Friday, November 20, 2015

DUDDY KRAVITZ: The OTHER Best Musical of 2015. by Peter Filichia

Yes, HAMILTON, the show that everyone’s raving about, is the unquestioned musical champ of the nation.

SOURCE: Kritzerland at 03:04AM

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