Tuesday, November 29, 2011

9 to 5 with Fewer Than 9 to Go by Peter Filichia

If you can’t see a musical on closing night, make sure you at least see it during closing week. Many of the show’s fans come out to say goodbye, to revisit the producti…

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Remember Lada Edmund, Jr.? by Peter Filichia

On the eve of Bye Bye Birdie’s return to Broadway, let’s check in with one of the original young residents of Sweet Apple, Ohio during the show’s original 607-performance r…

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Look over There, Look over There by Peter Filichia

Conal Creedon’s one-act plays at the Irish Repertory Theatre are excellent. How I wish that the staging were as accomplished. Not the direction, but the staging. There is a difference.…

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Friday, November 25, 2011

Oh, What a Dream! by Peter Filichia

So here’s the fourth official Broadway revival of the show that didn’t even finish second in the Best Musical Tony voting when it was originally produced. The Sound of Music and …

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... but "Juno," the musical by Peter Filichia

Has any Broadway composer-lyricist had as varied a resume as Juno’s Marc Blitzstein? In 1930, Blitzstein made his Great White Way debut with The Garrick Gaities, that mainstream show…

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March Leftovers by Peter Filichia

It was a month where rumors ran rife that Roundabout would mount a revival of High Spirits. If so, wonderful! This is a much underrated show, which I remember fondly, even though I saw it 44…

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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

The Hittite by Peter Filichia

Last month, I was asked to judge a competition that the Speech & Theatre Association of New Jersey annually sponsors for high-schoolers. My, I can’t tell you how many teens chose t…

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Casting Your Thoughts Upon the Internet by Peter Filichia

Good Lord, what a great number of would-be casting agents there are out there! I heard from so many of you when I asked on Feb. 6 whom you’d like to see in certain roles. I can see you…

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

October Leftover by Peter Filichia

Last month’s brainteaser: What do these musicals have in common? Baby, Bajour, Good Vibrations, The Most Happy Fella, My One and Only, 1776, Stop the World – I Want to Get Off an…

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Around the World with Langan and Spivak by Peter Filichia

Got a nice e-mail from Dan Langan, who’d read my recent piece on the history of telephones in the theater. He was intrigued by my question, “Who was the first playwright to make …

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Wikipedia -- the Musical! by Peter Filichia

Did you see that article about Wikipedia in the New York Times last Friday? The fifth-largest website on the ‘net planned to hold “an editing marathon” at the New York Publ…

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards