484 stories from Masterworks Broadway
By Peter Filichia --
Although we still have a few weeks before the holidays, no time is too early to begin listening to Benj Pasek and Justin Paul's A Christmas Story.
Today, any young s…
By Peter Filichia --
October 16th marks the birthday of the star who's achieved what no other person in the history of Broadway has.
Four consecutive Tony wins as Best Actress in a Music…
By Peter Filichia "
Allegro has now reached senior citizen status.
Sixty-five years ago this week, Rodgers and Hammerstein's debuted their third stage collaboration. After their monument…
By Peter Filichia--
October already. Believe it or not, the year is three-quarters over.
So wouldn't this be a good time to celebrate songs written in three-quarter time?
Or, as Nanett…
By Peter Filichia --
It's not for you. It's not for me.
But it's going to make a whale of a present for a lot of people -" especially young ones.
It's Broadway in a Box, and it offers t…
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 DuBois (N…
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…
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 years…
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 music…
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, not …
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, not …
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, not …
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, not …
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 it cle…
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 history,…
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 To…
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…
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 110 …
By Peter Filichia "
So what's your favorite Stephen Schwartz song?
Of course, we've got plenty from which to choose. After all, Schwartz has been one of musical theater's most valuable so…
By Peter Filichia --
Ostriches do not hide their heads in the sand. Bulls are not enraged by the color red.
And George M. Cohan (1878-1942), despite what he wrote in "Yankee Doodle Dandy…
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.
W…
Summertime, 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…
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 April…
By 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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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 ones who d…
