Before There Was Sweet Charity, There Was Sweet Irma
By Peter Filichia — Who’d expect that Irma La Douce could still be bought 50 years after she reached New York? True, Irma, who arrived here on Sept. 29, 1960, isn’t seen very often anymore. Says Mel Miller, who produced Irma La Douce at his Musicals Tonight! in 2008, “It took me 10 years to […]
The Show Almost Called You’re in Town
By Peter Filichia — This week, all of us wish that we wouldn’t have to mark the ninth anniversary of Urinetown’s Sept. 20th opening. How much better the world would be if we could have celebrated it nine days earlier. Alas, Urinetown had originally been set to open on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001 at the […]
Your (Make a) Wish Is Granted
By Peter Filichia — Does the musical based on The Good Fairy have a “Good Fairy” on its side? After all, almost 60 years after the premiere of Make a Wish at the Winter Garden, its original cast album is back in print. For a musical that had a three-month Broadway run, the theory that […]
Follies Is Still Here
By Peter Filichia Twenty-five years ago this week, a few thousand people had one of the greatest Broadway experiences of their lives – and they weren’t even in a Broadway theater. No, Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center proved to be the center of the Broadway universe on September 6 and 7, 1985, when Follies […]
Labor Day Listens
By Peter Filichia — So how will you spend your Labor Day? As summer is a-going out, you may have one last chance to enjoy it. Leave the work to the people in musicals. While you’re on a nice long drive, hear The Producers try to produce. Catch up with photographer Jacques in The Happy […]
