Thursday, 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 08:00AMTuesday, May 22, 2012
"My Wonderful Day" is the 73rd play written by Sir Alan Ayckbourn, and not his best.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:30AMMonday, May 21, 2012
Peter Filichia --
Hats off! Here they come, those beautiful girls who did very well by their musicals.
But they nevertheless didn’t receive Best Actress in a Musical Tony nominations. …
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:51PMFriday, May 18, 2012
Sometimes you can tell you’re going to have a good time at a show just from the set. In front of us on the second floor of the 14th Street Y is a sunny-looking playground. Center stage is …
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:23AMAs a teen, Feinstein hid records he bought under his shirt. Now, the singer is proud to let people know what music he's always loved.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 09:00AMWednesday, May 16, 2012
Peter Filichia lets us know what's happening on the New Jersey stage
SOURCE: NJ.com at 07:36AMTuesday, May 15, 2012
At the McCarter Theatre Center’s Berlind Theatre is the ca-raziest play that Princeton may have seen since the borough was incorporated in 1813.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:51AMBy Peter Filichia --
Here’s the second of five columns dealing with notable omissions in Tony categories.
Last week, I took a look at the women who weren’t nominated for the Best Feat…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 12:52AMFriday, May 11, 2012
No last row of the second balcony for these kids. The students in the Shubert Foundation/MTI Broadway Junior/New York City Department of Education program get first-class seats. At a Wednesd…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 12:42PMMemo to Eileen Rand and Derek Wills: cast Ivy Lynn as Marilyn Monroe.
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 09:45AMThe former actor directs Alan Ayckbourn's play in Red Bank.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 09:00AMWednesday, May 9, 2012
Peter Filichia gives us the scoop on what's going on in the New Jersey stage
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:33AMTuesday, May 8, 2012
Many senior citizens insist that there’s one consolation in growing older: They’ve learned that they miss nothing by staying home instead of going out in the evening
SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:30AMMonday, May 7, 2012
By Peter Filichia --
Been busy the last week? Of course you have, with all the e-mailing, texting and – last and now least – phoning you’ve done to many friends and relatives.
The s…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:51PMFriday, May 4, 2012
It was the biggest hit of the 1942-1943 season - for all of 83 days. Cole Porter's Something for the Boys opened on Jan. 7, 1943 to solid reviews and brisk business from the proverbial ti…
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 10:58AMSports fans mark May 3 as the day Joltin’ Joe Di Maggio (and future Mr. Marilyn Monroe) made his major league debut with the New York Yankees in 1936. Historians will tell you that May 3 w…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:44AMMany strange twists lead to 'Are You There, McPhee?' -- a new play from the Tony-winning John Guare.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 09:30AMThursday, May 3, 2012
The national tour of the Broadway revival is at NJPAC through May 6.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:02AMWednesday, May 2, 2012
George Street Playhouse hosts an evening with Marlo Thomas. Also: An 'Idol' alum takes center stage at Paper Mill.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:20AMTuesday, May 1, 2012
Last week, we talked about I Do! I Do! – a sweet musical about a marriage that lasted 50 years. But Michael and Agnes were married circa 1900 – more than 100 years ago. I Do! I Do! opene…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 12:57PMBy Peter Filichia --
Tra-la! It’s May! The lusty month, as Queen Guenevere once taught us in Camelot. When the last day of April concludes, many of us find this marvelous musical theater…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 12:19AMFriday, April 27, 2012
So what's the first musical in which the male and female leads play guitars? You're going through your list of rock musicals, aren't you? My guess is The Sound of Music, in which both Maria …
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 10:08AMJames Glossman directs the Tony-winning Michael Frayn play, which explores the relationship between two atomic scientists.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 09:05AMThursday, April 26, 2012
As I head to the Bickford Theatre in Morris Township, New Jersey, I must confess that I’m apprehensive. Will I Do! I Do! do in 2012? After all, the Tom-Jones-Harvey Schmidt musical chronic…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 03:50PMWednesday, April 25, 2012
Could the average theatergoer possibly be interested in the life of Avi Hoffman? Yes.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:30AM 
