The Real Pleasures of Bajour
By Peter Filichia You know what expression I really hate? “Guilty pleasure.” I hope you don’t know what it means – because that would show me that you’ve never used it. However, I’m sure you do know the term, and I fear that you may have said it from time to […]
The Fair Lady Who Came to Supper
By Peter Filichia A speak-singing leading man and a lilting soprano leading lady play characters who meet in London in the early 20th century. He’s the one with pedigree while she’s the parvenu. Comic relief stems from some songs that were written to sound like English music hall ditties. There’s a scene where the […]
NEW YORK IS INDEED A WONDERFUL TOWN
By Peter Filichia See the current revival of On the Town on Broadway, and you’ll hear three sailors proclaim “New York, New York — a helluva town.” See the 1949 film version and you’ll instead hear the three sailors insist “New York, New York – a wonderful town.” “Helluva” was a bit […]
Words, Words, Words – Words Are the Key
By Peter Filichia “There are words to which I lift my hat,” says Emily Dickinson — well, at least the Emily Dickinson in William Luce’s one-woman play The Belle of Amherst. It’s now being wonderfully played by Joely Richardson at the Westside Upstairs Theatre. Richardson beautifully conveys Dickinson’s joy when citing such atypical […]
REX: HE’S HENRY VIII, HE WAS
By Peter Filichia David Foubert is an excellent king, Jessica Wortham an extraordinary queen and Katie Wieland is marvelous as the woman who succeeded her. They’re all currently performing in The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey’s excellent mounting of The Bard’s Henry VIII. But before Paul Mullins’ superb production took to the stage, […]
