This Is the Man of Milk and Honey
Nice tribute to Jerry Herman at the Kennedy Center Awards last week. While the composer-lyricist sat in a box above the action, an all-star cast performed three songs from La Cage aux Folles…
Nice tribute to Jerry Herman at the Kennedy Center Awards last week. While the composer-lyricist sat in a box above the action, an all-star cast performed three songs from La Cage aux Folles…
By Peter Filichia -- Many a musical theater writer has found that following a smash hit with another is difficult if not impossible. So after Cole Porter had the biggest success of his ca…
By Peter Filichia -- Fifty years ago this week, Wildcat opened with one of the most beloved stars of the era: Lucille Ball. Composer Cy Coleman and lyricist Carolyn Leigh certainly gave h…
By Peter Filichia " Might you indulge me in a personal story? It's Tuesday, Nov. 9, 1965 around 5 p.m., and I'm returning home from school -- but not before I stop at Harvard University's "C…
By Peter Filichia -- It may be the song that many people most dread during the holiday season: "The Twelve Days of Christmas." For one thing, the song is certainly is longer than "Rumson C…
By Peter Filichia -- Thanksgiving is upon us, so let's get in a thankful mood. Here's hoping that you indeed have a great deal for which to be thankful: health, relatives, friends, a job y…
Jim Wann, the principal author and composer of Pump Boys and Dinettes, writes about the creation of the popular show. PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES began with nary a thought of Broadway. I was…
By Peter Filichia -- Long before one play by George Bernard Shaw (Pygmalion) became a musical (My Fair Lady in 1956), there was another: GBS's 1894 play Arms and the Man became the Oscar S…
By Peter Filichia -- Everyone I know who got the recently released Arkiv CD of What Makes Sammy Run? has said the same thing to me: "What an overture!" Yes, it is, and for three good re…