April Is National Quiz Month! By Peter Filichia
As we established last week, April is National Quiz Month. As a result, we’re spending each Tuesday of the month seeing if you can recognize lines and lyrics from various Broadway and off-Broadway musicals. Before we get to this week’s quiz, here are the answers from last week’s quiz, which asked you to identify lines […]
April Is National Quiz Month! By Peter Filichia
Did you know that April is National Quiz Month? And in that spirit, we’re going to make what T.S. (Cats) Eliot called “the cruelest month” happier with some happy-go-lucky quizzes. For this Tuesday and the other three during this rainy month, you’ll be given a plethora of quotations that are lyrics or lines found on […]
THE MOST HAPPY FELLA MEETS THE RICARDOS AND MERTZES By Peter Filichia
Sixty years ago this week, most of TV Nation heard these words: Lucy to Little Ricky: Mommy and Daddy are going to see a show with Uncle Fred and Aunt Ethel. Little Ricky: What show? Ricky: It’s called The Most Happy Fella. Little Ricky: Can I see it sometime? Lucy: You can see it when you […]
Happy Forty-Seventh, Purlie! By Peter Filichia
Musicals that take place in earlier eras tend to be specific about their time frames. Barnum said in its program “1835 to 1880.” Annie stated “Dec. 11–25, 1933” and even 1776 didn’t feel its title gave enough information, so it declared “May 8 through” – of course – “July 4th.” The program for Purlie, however, […]
SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE ON OUR MINDS By Peter Filichia
Which of the hundreds of songs that Stephen Sondheim has written took him the least amount of time to complete? We’ll never know, but my supposition would be “No Life” from Sunday in the Park with George. You may assume I think this because it’s one of Sondheim’s shortest songs, clocking in at a mere […]
