Friday, June 29, 2012
No one keeps track of the record number of decibels that the walls of the Minskoff Theatre have endured – especially since The Lion King roared into the place six years ago. But the record…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 12:13PMIt was the month when we had umpteen ceremonies for theatrical awards. Given that we're living in an age of consolidation -- fewer airlines, fewer companies at which to shop -- will the day …
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 07:26AMMonday, June 25, 2012
By Peter Filichia –
Che misinformed you about Eva Peron. Your queen is indeed coming back to you, thanks to the 2012 revival cast album of Evita, now available on Masterworks Broadway.
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SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:57PMI was sorry to learn that Richard Adler died on June 21. Ninety is a ripe old age, of course, but seeing another stalwart of The Golden Age of Musical Theatre leave us is never easy. What Ad…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 05:07PMSaturday, June 23, 2012
And the 1945 Pulitzer Prize in Drama goes to ...
The Glass Menagerie wasn’t the first non-musical that I saw, but it was the first one to pack a genuine wallop. I can’t say for certai…
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 03:47AMThursday, June 21, 2012
If this article’s title — “The Sorry/Grateful Musical” – grabbed you, you are well within your rights to assume that it refers to COMPANY. After all, that’s the show in which…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 03:56PMTuesday, June 19, 2012
'American Stare' presents a drama about people who have few choices
SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:53AMSummertime, and the livin’ is supposed to be fun. None of the other three seasons is as associated with good times.
In honor of the impending summer, I thought I’d a…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 12:21AMSaturday, June 16, 2012
Usually I work the press room at the Tonys. This year, however, I decided to spend it with friends old and new at the home of Ken (Broadway Musicals: The 101 Greatest Shows of All Time) Bloo…
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 07:37AMFriday, June 15, 2012
John Davidson makes quick transition from "The Fantasticks" to "La Mancha"
SOURCE: NJ.com at 07:26AMThursday, June 14, 2012
Just because they didn’t applaud PARADE doesn’t mean that they didn’t like it. At the opening night performance of the 1998 musical at 4th Wall Theatre in Bloomfield, New Jersey, silen…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:07AMWednesday, June 13, 2012
News from New Jersey theater.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 07:18AMTuesday, June 12, 2012
Peter Filichia reviews 'Daybreak,' playing now at the Hunziker Black Box Theatre.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 05:02PMMonday, June 11, 2012
By Peter Filichia --
With the Tony Awards and Oncefresh in our minds, let’s at least once talk about a Tony-winner that isn’t always fresh in our minds: Hallelujah, Baby!
It opened on A…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:48PMSunday, June 10, 2012
Our critic hands out the awards for shows on this side on the Hudson
SOURCE: NJ.com at 03:05PMFriday, June 8, 2012
Precisely 506 months to the day after I saw the very first performance of the pre-Broadway tryout of COMPANY at the Shubert Theatre in Boston, I saw it again — at the GeVa Theatre Cent…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:44AMThis may have been my favorite Theatre World Awards ceremony since I began emceeing it in 1996.
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 08:44AMPeter Filichia lets us know all about the new production.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 07:50AMWednesday, June 6, 2012
Mercado, who placed third in the 2008 round of "American Idol," wins audiences over in a production that plays like a folk tale set on a Caribbean island.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:30AMPeter Filichia gives us the scoop on the New Jersey theater scene
SOURCE: NJ.com at 07:03AMTuesday, June 5, 2012
Cast shines in a lively and spirited production of "Henry IV, Part One."
SOURCE: NJ.com at 07:00AMBy Peter Filichia --
And now, the end is near, as we approach the final curtain on our five-part series on people involved with Broadway musicals who got skunked by the Tony nominators.
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SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 12:57AMFriday, June 1, 2012
It was the month in which I returned to Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark. My feelings haven't changed much in the 11 months. It's still sit-through-able in Act One and an ordeal in Act Two.
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 09:54PMAlumna of leading TV talent show lands big role at Paper Mill Playhouse.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:47AMThursday, May 31, 2012
Good thing that assistant stage manager Lindsay Weiner led the audience in breathing lessons before the show officially began. Our breath might have otherwise been taken away for good by all…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 01:51PMMonday, May 28, 2012
By Peter Filichia --
“Bring on the men,” Lucy sang in Jekyll & Hyde – at least until the song was cut out of town. Here we’ll instead bring in the men in Broadway musicals – the …
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:48PMFriday, May 25, 2012
Congratulations to Susan Berlin and Steve Rosenthal, the couple that was the first to answer The 2012 Broadway University Final Exam. Marc Castle was next, followed by Jack Lechner, Donald T…
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 11:47AMLike Mrs. Lovett, “Sometimes ideas just pop into me head.” Only mine are more benign than hers, thank the Lord. With Encores! announcing its 2012-2013 season this week – FIORELLO follo…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 09:39AMThursday, May 24, 2012
Would you go see a play its producers say is 'graphic in its smell and smearing use of excrement'?
SOURCE: NJ.com at 05:20PMYou can say two good things about quitting your job to search the streets for a serial killer: You're your own boss, and you make your own hours.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 04:45PMWednesday, May 23, 2012
At Passage Theatre, "A mystery play unlike any other."
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:00AM 
