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Monday, May 25, 2015

Songs for February 2 by Peter Filichia

By Peter Filichia -- So this is the week we celebrate Groundhog Day, which has taken on a new and different meaning ever since that Bill Murray movie debuted in 1993. In case you've missed i…

SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 05:58PM

'The Subject Was Roses' preview: Dark 1960s drama is revived at George Street by Peter Filichia

Stephanie Zimbalist, 54, had never seen or read “The Subject Was Roses” when old friend Michael Mastro, who is directing, sent her the script.

SOURCE: NJ.com at 05:58PM

Charting the Original Cast Albums by Peter Filichia

By Peter Filichia -Fifty years ago, Camelot was in the middle of its six-week reign as The #1 Record Album in the land. Not The #1 Musical Theater Record Album in the land. The #1 Record Alb…

SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 05:58PM

The New Walter Mitty by Peter Filichia

By Peter Filichia -- Most long-time football fans don't realize it, but they know a song from The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. How can this be? The musical version of James Thurber's short s…

SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 05:58PM

Presidential Musicals by Peter Filichia

By Peter Filichia --Spent Presidents Day thinking about presidents who've shown up in musicals. Recall that Lola sang, “You've seen the sign that says, ‘George Washington once sl…

SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 05:58PM

'Yesterday's' review: a moving portrait of jazz legend late in her life by Peter Filichia

What a sly way to start a musical about Lady Day’s final days.

SOURCE: NJ.com at 05:58PM

You Must Meet My Wife and Life by Peter Filichia

By Peter FilichiaIt's been 38 years now since A Little Night Music opened and Fredrik told Desiree, “You must meet my wife.” Indeed we did, in one of Stephen Sondheim's most fetc…

SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 05:58PM

Hello Again to Hello Again by Peter Filichia

By Peter Filichia --If you can get to the always excellent Transport Group's current production of Hello, Again, so much the better. But if you cannot, there's always the excellent orig…

SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 05:58PM

The Most Underrated Musical of the New Millennium by Peter Filichia

By Peter FilichiaHow well I remember the early morning of Friday, March 15, 2002.I had to go out-of-town, and my friend Ken Bloom had volunteered to drive me to the airport, even though I wa…

SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 05:58PM

BELLS AND WHISTLES by Peter Filichia

Ghost is nearly see-through as a musical, but the special effect shine bright.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 05:58PM

PLASTIC CROSS by Peter Filichia

A con man turns up in Sweetwater, Kansas, pretending to be a man of God and selling it in song.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 05:58PM

BLOWING SMOKE by Peter Filichia

This show could be hazardous to your theatergoing health.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 05:58PM
Friday, May 22, 2015

Filichia Features: Creating the Magic with Michael Presser by Peter Filichia

When Michael Presser was a wee student in junior high (which is what we used to call middle school), he opened up the newspaper and saw a full-page ad for the then-new musical HOW TO SUCCEED…

SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 09:45AM

‘Filichia on Friday': The 2015 Broadway University Final Exam 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. This Week:  Here are th…

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The 2015 Broadway University Final Exam Answers by Peter Filichia

All hail Fred Abramowitz, Jason Flum, Susan Berlin, Bill Bickel, Byrd Bonner, Brigadude, Gary Cherpakov, Seth Christenfeld, Dennis Dorner, Adrian Durlester, Paul Ford, Laura Frankos, Ingrid …

SOURCE: Kritzerland at 01:42AM

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