THE PIRATES OF BROADWAY By Peter Filichia
So did you remember to talk like a pirate on “International Talk like a Pirate Day”? No? Did you even know there was such a thing? Well, there is, and has been for more than a quarter-century. Back in 1995, two Oregonians deemed September 19th as the day when people should greet each other with […]
HAZEL FLAGG’S RAINBOW TOUR By Peter Filichia
Turning a motion picture into a Broadway musical is a pretty ordinary occurrence now, but it wasn’t in 1953 when HAZEL FLAGG opened. This was the song-and-dance adaptation of NOTHING SACRED, the 1937 film in which Hazel, a young woman living in Vermont, is diagnosed with a fatal illness. Wally Cook, a reporter for a […]
TOM KITT REFLECTS By Peter Filichia
Some, of course, have suffered more than others have during the pandemic. In addition, while millions have certainly endured substantially greater tragedies than Tom Kitt, these past many months haven’t been easy for him. You’ve heard people under difficult circumstances use the expression “I was hit with a one-two punch”? Kitt has experienced many more […]
Some More Schmigadoon! By Peter Filichia
Luckily, we don’t have to wait 100 years for the next episodes of SCHMIGADOON! What’s more, the soundtrack from Episodes Two through Six are now readily available. Cinco Paul’s tribute/spoof of Golden Age musicals will have you hear a song that will drive you bananas as you try to place the song that inspired it. […]
Beyond the Golden Age, Yes, But Still Golden By Peter Filichia
Of course it starts with “There’s No Business Like Show Business.” What other song would you use to celebrate a look-back at Broadway? But when you think of it, Irving Berlin’s classic anthem really isn’t the right song for Rick McKay’s BROADWAY: BEYOND THE GOLDEN AGE. Berlin wrote the song in the forties, and this […]
