Tuesday, September 18, 2012
By Peter Filichia –
Remember the 1965 film The Great Race?
In it, the famous ‘20s daredevil known as The Great Leslie (Tony Curtis) is intent on getting lovely journalist Maggie DuBoi…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 12:19AMFriday, September 14, 2012
What Rob McClure really deserves is Chaplin, the 1983 musical which Anthony Newley co-wrote and headlined.
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 11:25AMWhat’s the most famous story concerning THE MUSIC MAN? That it beat WEST SIDE STORY for the Best Musical Tony? That it made an A-grade star of B-level movie performer Robert Preston? Or is…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:49AMMonday, September 10, 2012
By Peter Filichia --
Two points before we get to the meat of the matter:
Point One: Legendary Columbia cast album producer Goddard Lieberson hated spoken introductions to songs. He belie…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:31PMFriday, September 7, 2012
Congratulations to Fred Abramowitz, Peter Alfano, Anya Toes, Susan Berlin, Jonathan Billig, Brigadude, Seth Christenfeld, Ellen Dweck, Wilbur Fineberg, Laura Frankos, Ingrid Gammerman, John …
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 02:20PMSeveral years ago, you had a little redheaded girl in your theater company who had the spunk and talent to play Annie. Now she’s all grown up – with even more spunk and talent. You&#…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 09:24AMSunday, September 2, 2012
By Peter Filichia --
So Ivy Lynn didn’t take those pills and got to play Marilyn Monroe after all.
Well, in a manner of speaking. In one of the smartest casting decisions in recent yea…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 01:13PMFriday, August 31, 2012
Whatever anyone thinks of the current production of Into the Woods, isn't "Delacorte" one of the most beautiful words in the English language?
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 09:54AMBroadway will soon have a new Cyrano de Bergerac. But perhaps you can give the world a new CYRANO – meaning the excellent 1973 musical version. Granted, its 49-performance run on Broadway …
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 09:11AMMonday, August 27, 2012
By Peter Filichia –
Congratulations to all who did so well on last week’s Ancient History Exam.
WRix was the first to get the commonality of the 35 songs I listed from 35 different m…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:51PMFriday, August 24, 2012
Fun. Fluff. Those were the words I kept hearing about Bring It On - the new musical that started at the Alliance in Atlanta and arrived at the St. James for a limited engagement - which rece…
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 08:53AMThursday, August 23, 2012
Twenty-five years ago, when INTO THE WOODS played its first preview in New York, many audience members walked out after the first act. They weren’t necessarily dissatisfied; they’d simpl…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 03:47PMTuesday, August 21, 2012
By Peter Filichia –
During the dog days of summer, there’s little to do, and people tend to get a little lazy.
Let’s shake things up with a quiz on ancient Broadway history.
Well…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 12:05AMMonday, August 20, 2012
By Peter Filichia –
During the dog days of summer, there’s little to do, and people tend to get a little lazy.
Let’s shake things up with a quiz on ancient Broadway history.
Well…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:59PMBy Peter Filichia –
During the dog days of summer, there’s little to do, and people tend to get a little lazy.
Let’s shake things up with a quiz on ancient Broadway history.
Well…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:53PMBy Peter Filichia –
During the dog days of summer, there’s little to do, and people tend to get a little lazy.
Let’s shake things up with a quiz on ancient Broadway history.
Well…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:50PMFriday, August 17, 2012
One doesn’t get that many opportunities to see TEDDY&ALICE, the 1987 Broadway musical. So when Shadow Lawn Stage in West Long Branch, New Jersey announced it was doing the little-known…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:19AMBroadway is indebted to E.L. Doctorow, Gregory Maguire and Voltaire. They and plenty of other writers have penned books that have become musicals. For that matter, many of us are glad for th…
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 07:53AMTuesday, August 14, 2012
By Peter Filichia --
Now that the Olympic games have ended, let’s listen to the Broadway musical that starts at the end of the Olympic games.
It’s true! It’s true! The cover makes …
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 12:40AMFriday, August 10, 2012
Many schools and after-school programs that have been “going green” environmentally are about to go green theatrically, too. For that lovable green ogre known as Shrek, the subject of a …
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:59AMWell, I know who I'm nominating for a MacArthur "Genius" Grant. The pre-teen narrator of Into the Woods in Central Park.
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 08:51AMTuesday, August 7, 2012
By Peter Filichia –
Are you one of those musical theater enthusiasts who can’t stand Ethel Merman?
You don’t need analyzing. It is not so surprising. Every entertainer throughout hi…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 12:38AMFriday, August 3, 2012
The baseball team you root for is probably not doing as well as you'd hoped this season. That may seem to be a rash statement to make - especially for those who cheer for Washington…
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 09:48AMThere’s a lot of life in the New Girl yet. New Girl in Town, that is, the 1957 musical of Eugene O’Neill’s Anna Christie. It was a hit in its day and ran over a year, and yet…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 09:11AMTuesday, July 31, 2012
By Peter Filichia --
Can you get to The Irish Repertory Theatre by September 9? Any musical theater aficionado should, for there’s a rare revival of a very good 1957 musical: New Girl in …
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 12:01AMFriday, July 27, 2012
Attend the tale of Benjamin Barker. Well, that’s Sweeney Todd’s real name, isn’t it? Or so Mrs. Lovett tells us three songs into the 1978-1979 Tony-winning musical. But if you’re con…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:04AMIt was the month that the signs for Annie went up at the Palace: "The sun'll come up Oct. 3," they insist. Shouldn't management have consulted with Harold Camping before making that presumpt…
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 07:56AMTuesday, July 24, 2012
By Peter Filichia --
Faithful readers may recall last week that I dealt with the marvelous original cast album of 110 in the Shade. I mentioned that after it was recorded in late 1963, th…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 12:34AMFriday, July 20, 2012
If someone said to me, "What color were the chair-stools you had at your kitchen counter in 1980?" the answer would have to be "Who remembers?"
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 09:03AMThursday, July 19, 2012
Nobody’s dressed in a tux or a gown, but it’s a world premiere nevertheless. We’re not quite on Broadway, either, but on Tenth Avenue at The 52nd Street Project Theater. But you can fe…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 11:44AMTuesday, July 17, 2012
By Peter Filichia --
We’re having a heat wave in most of the country. Temperatures are hitting 110 in the shade.
Well, many of you have already inferred where this column is going: to 11…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 12:06AM 
