We’ve had theatrical pieces about show business, commerce, science, religion, prison and everything else you can think of from A(RT) to Z(ULU AND THE ZAYDA).
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 04:24AMBy Peter Filichia Can fifty-three years have really passed since I saw my first pre-Broadway tryout? It happened on March 10, 1962 at the Colonial Theatre in Boston where I saw I Can …
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 12:06AMThe invitation for a party being held next Thursday by the Princess Cruises states “Please join us as we announce an industry-first entertainment partnership with the Oscar-winning compose…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:37AMNice to see that Peter Gallagher has returned to ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY after missing a peck of performances. I was getting a little worried there that he was going to take his leave. More…
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 02:44AMBy Peter Filichia Long before we turned our attentions to Elphaba and away from Dorothy Gale, bookwriter Sidney Michaels, composer Larry Grossman and lyricist Hal Hackady had the same…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:17PMHere’s what I’ve observed about brothers and sisters. They fight like mad when they’re young, but as time goes by, they start to see the other’s virtues. That leads to their truly lo…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 09:04AMWell, with one of the most frigid February on records, we certainly answered Joanne’s question in COMPANY in no uncertain terms. On Broadway, everybody this month indeed wore a hat.
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 01:47AMBy Peter Filichia Now that we’ve celebrated February and Black History Month, let’s move to March, which is Women’s History Month. Readers are encouraged to spend each da…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:38PMSo, after seeing a stunning performance of A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE at New York University, I was suddenly in the company of three men of great importance. Bookwriter Terrence McNally, compose…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 03:54PMThe only thing is that what I couldn’t have imagined is that there wouldn’t be a single Broadway opening during the entire month of February.
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 12:08AMBy Peter Filichia Did you know that February 18 is National Advice Day? Probably not. But someone decided it is. Perhaps a musical theater lyricist invented the “holid…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:13PMAudiologists tell us that we lose a little bit of our hearing, however slight, each and every time we hear a loud noise. Those who annually attend Junior Theater Festival hope this isn’t t…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:23AMMy hat is off to Peter Alfano, Mel Atkey, AnyaToes, Susan Berlin, Tristan Blakely, Brigadude, Annie Breslin, Jon Allen Conrad, Ilene Nancy Cooper, Lorraine Ford DeMan, Andrew Duxbury, Christ…
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 08:41AMBy Peter Filichia Faithful readers will recall that two weeks ago I mentioned that I preferred “Together Wherever We Go” on the 1973 London Cast Album of Gypsy. Because it offers …
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 12:54AMIt’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: Januar…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:57PMWhile there’s been plenty of singing and dancing at Junior Theater Festival in Atlanta, now it’s time for a ton of talk. For after Saturday morning’s presentations of kids performing v…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 09:02AMEvery New Year’s Day, I wish that the 1980 musical HAPPY NEW YEAR had received an original cast album. What would be a happier way to start the New Year than to hear 14 Cole Porter songs?
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 03:15AMBy Peter Filichia Time does fly, does it not? Already more than one twelfth of the “new” year in gone, and now we’re already in Black History Month. I trust that on Sunda…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:54PMThe selfies have been taken, the gift shop has been perused, the impromptu dancing to “Under the Sea” has finished, and many a “Break a leg!” has been advised. Now that 8:45 a.m. is …
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 11:15AMCall it the first important sibling musical. For the 1924 hit LADY, BE GOOD! had brothers George and Ira Gershwin collaborate on their first full score. Although the two had written a son…
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 11:21PMPeter Filichia discusses Thespian Playworks, an annual playwrighting opportunity for teenagers across the nation. The post Right for the Stage appeared first on Breaking Character.
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 11:11AMMost 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. Th…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:53AMIt’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: Decemb…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:35AMIt’s an honor to bring Peter Filichia’s column every week on Kritzerland called ‘Filichia on Friday’ to our readers on DCMetroTheaterArts. ______ Take The 2015 Bro…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:13AMDo 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 sudde…
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 01:15AMBy 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 10:29PMOne created “Mission: Impossible.” The other composed the themes to “General Hospital” and “The Marvel Super-Heroes” (meaning Captain America, The Incredible Hulk, Th…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 06:00AMWhile 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 Ex…
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 12:10AMBy 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 11:46PMMay 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 07:00AMWere 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…
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