Victorious Regina
By Peter Filichia It’s turning out to be a good year for Lillian Hellman’s Hubbard family. This fall, The Little Foxes – the 1939 play that made them famous – is getting a production at the New York Theatre Workshop. Another Part of the Forest, Hellman’s 1946 prequel about the greedy Alabama brood, just had […]
Glad It’s Still Here
by Peter Filichia “Having wonderful time. Wish you were here.” That’s always been the ultimate cliché that vacationers write on their postcards to the folks back home. In 1937, Arthur Kober (once Lillian Hellman’s husband) wrote a comedy about young men and woman seeking love at Camp Karefree, a Catskills resort. He called it “Having […]
Opening the Vault of Cast Recordings
By David Foil At long last, the celebrated 1958 recording of Marc Blitzstein’s Regina will enter the digital era when Masterworks Broadway releases it on July 20, for digital download and disc-on-demand through Arkivmusic.com. The release of Regina will be the first in a long-range plan to issue a “new” classic Masterworks Broadway title each […]
1776: Not Just for the 4th of July
By Peter Filichia If you’re like me and my friends, you watch the film version of 1776 each 4th of July – and then follow it up by listening to the 1969 original cast album for the next week. For a while there, the recording was unavailable. Now it’s back in a CD set in […]
Gypsy Makes History
By Peter Filichia Extra! Extra! Hey, look at the headline! Historical news is being made! The original cast recording of Gypsy was among 25 recordings selected this year for the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry. Those who follow Broadway musicals aren’t surprised. After all, The National Recording Preservation Act of 2000 annually has the […]
