SALLY, IRENE AND MARY By Peter Filichia
Shall we spend our September 4th celebrating the ninety-sixth anniversary of SALLY, IRENE AND MARY? The 1922 musical by Eddie Dowling – who’d have his biggest success twenty-two years later with THE GLASS MENAGERIE – was inspired by three recent smash-hits: SALLY (1920; 561 performances) IRENE (1919; 675 performances) and MARY (1920; 220 performances). IRENE, […]
THEY WERE MAID FOR MUSICALS By Peter Filichia
“Hell, I’d even play the maid to be in a show.” So sings Hattie Walker in FOLLIES on the last night of the Weissman Theatre’s existence, reprising the number that she had sung many years before. Playing a maid does seem to be the lowest of all theatrical assignments. ALLEGRO, BELLS ARE RINGING, CALL ME […]
Here Are the Answers! By Peter Filichia
Last week I gave you some trivia questions and brainteasers from the podcast I do most every Sunday on www.broadwayradio.com . Every question I detailed involved a musical whose cast album, be it an original and/or a revival, can be found here at Masterworks Broadway. Just in case you were flummoxed by the questions or […]
Broadway Radio Trivia By Peter Filichia
Most every Sunday, I record a podcast on broadwayradio.com , usually with my colleague Michael Portantiere and always with our host James Marino. Some years after we started doing it, James had the idea of me asking either a trivia question or a brainteaser at the end of each show. It’s turned out to be […]
DESPERATE MEASURES Measures Up By Peter Filichia
“These are desperate times, Mrs. Lovett, and desperate measures are called for.” So says Sweeney Todd to his soon-to-be-partner-in-culinary-crime. The times we’re now living in may or may not be desperate depending on your point-of-view, but there’s no question that in these days of musical theater, DESPERATE MEASURES is called for. Not “are” called for, but “is” called for, […]
