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A LIST OF LIST SONGS by Peter Filichia

…to Playtex.” Yes, part of the fun is hearing early Streisand before she lost — nay, threw away – her sense of humor. “I’m Still Here” (Follies). Many list songs…

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MUSICAL THEATER’S MOST UNDERRATED LYRICS

By Peter Filichia Sure, listen to Sondheim’s “Uptown/Downtown” (cut from Follies) and you’ll be astonished by the rhymes and wordplay. Pull out E.Y. Harburg’s “When I’m Not Near the Girl…

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ALL THAT LIVE MUST BECOME OBSOLETE

…this era where younger generations won’t even consider watching black-and-white movies, let alone silents. Brenda Frazier, the society lass famous for her 1938 $75,000 debutante ball, was immortalized in Follies

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