YOU LIE LIKE A MUSICAL By Peter Filichia
Are you busy on Wednesday night, March 6? If not, saunter into Perfect Liars Club for a unique theatrical experience. Four people get on stage and tell stories that are seemingly unbelievable. However, three are actually telling the truth –and only one is lying. At the end of the evening, you see if you can […]
THE RETURN OF KISS ME, KATE By Peter Filichia
When I sauntered by Studio 54 where KISS ME, KATE has just started previews, I saw what the posters were proclaiming: “Featuring Cole Porter Hits Like ‘Another Op’nin’, Another Show,’ ‘Too Darn Hot,’ ‘So in Love,’ ‘Why Can’t You Behave?’ and ‘Wunderbar.’ First off, let’s take issue with the word “like.” The songs aren’t “like” […]
MANY CHOICES FOR KAREN NASH By Peter Filichia
One of Neil Simon’s biggest hits celebrates an anniversary this week. Fifty-one years ago – on February 14, 1968, to be exact – PLAZA SUITE debuted. It was an evening of three one-act plays, the second and third of which were quite funny. Audiences had come to expect as much from Simon’s previous five hits. […]
DAVID WINTERS EXPLAINS IT ALL FOR YOU By Peter Filichia
At BroadwayCon some weeks ago, I had the privilege of doing a live interview with David Winters. The name won’t mean much to you unless you’re a true WEST SIDE STORY buff. Nevertheless, you’ll find that that septuagenarian Winters has been A Man for All Seasons. His astonishing life is well-detailed in his new book […]
REMEMBERING SONDHEIM’S EARLY CHAMPION By Peter Filichia
Oscar Hammerstein II isn’t the only one we must thank for starting Stephen Sondheim on the musical theater path. Let’s remember Lemuel Ayers who was born on Jan. 22nd 104 years ago. Alas, little more than forty years later, he died on Aug. 14, 1955. And yet, how much he’d accomplished in his short lifetime! […]
