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You’re aware of one great book about a 1971 Broadway musical production, but do you know another? For years, we’ve all celebrated Ted Chapin’s magnificent Everything Was Possible, about the gestation of FOLLIES. But don’t overlook Don Dunn’s The Making of NO, NO, NANETTE. The paperback’s back cover sports expected enthusiastic quotations from reviewers as […]

By Peter Filichia A picture is not only worth a thousand words, but it can also be worth quite a few songs. That occurred to me as I was humming many a show tune while attending Photo Call: The Theater Photos of Joan Marcus and Carol Rosegg. Glad I caught it before it concludes on September 28. You should, too. Best of […]

The rumor going around Broadway said that it was really about Rumours. STEREOPHONIC, David Adjmi’s comedy-drama, the most recent winner of a Best Play Tony, does bring to mind Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 album Rumours. That’s the one that 1978 Grammy voters named Album of the Year, as it was on its way to selling 40 […]

Many people remember the birthdays and anniversaries of friends and relatives. I do, too – but I also remember when people laugh at lyrics in musicals. Sounds crazy, no? But this occurred to me when my beloved Linda and I were at ONCE UPON A MATTRESS and her first laugh came after Marshall Barer’s slyest […]

Nice press conference at Sardi’s for julian schlossberg. No, I did not make two typos when putting his name in lowercase letters. That’s the way they’re printed on the cover of his new memoir My First Book – Part Two – a follow-up to his first autobiography. In using “little letters” for his name, was […]