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 11:47AMWell, 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 10:04AMIt’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 08:00AMIt’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 08:24PMIt’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 07:19AMIt 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 06:43AMMy 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 12:29PMAs 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 05:49AMRemember from our days in school when our English teachers tried to drum into our heads what a simile was?
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 07:57AMDecember's Leftovers and January's Brainteaser
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 07:57AMIt’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 07:01AMIt’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 08:15AMIt’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 12:00PMIt’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 11:08PMSo 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 10:11AMOne 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 01:45AMIt’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 08:36PMI’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 03:57AMIt’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 09:16AMHave 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 02:38AMI 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 01:31PMIt’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 10:14AMOh, 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 02:59AMIt’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 01:46AMYes, HAMILTON, the show that everyone’s raving about, is the unquestioned musical champ of the nation.
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 03:04AM“And how many of you are about to see your first Broadway show?” Of the 110 kids in the room, about 75% raise their hands. They’re rewarded with a lovely smile from questioner Rachel L…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 05:56PMIt’s an honor to bring Peter Filichia’s column every week on Kritzerland called ‘Filichia on Friday’ to our readers on DCMetroTheaterArts. This Week: From Reams w…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:24PMDo Broadway musicals suffer the baseball phenomenon of “The Sophomore Jinx?” Many major league rookies who’ve had sensational years follow them with dismal seasons. And although many o…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 11:07AMWell, my heart is about to burst. My head is about to pop. I’m on my way to The Wick Theatre in Boca Raton, Florida. There I’ll see Lee Roy Reams take his next adventure with HELLO, DOLL…
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 03:05AMWho was the original Petra in A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC before she left the show in Boston? In what atypical city did Love Match – a Maltby-Shire musical about Queen Victoria – have its world…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 11:16AMAs 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…
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