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Can You Say “Sempre Molto Rubato”? By Peter Filichia
…with passion); FOLLIES’ “Losing My Mind” (“sempre molto rubato”: always very much with some feeling of time); A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC’s “Send in the Clowns” (“lento”: slowly); PACIFIC OVERTURES’ “Pretty…
THE BEST LAID PLANS By Peter Filichia
…Evans could have written wouldn’t have been as magnificent as the one Stephen Sondheim wrote for FOLLIES. FULL CIRCLE: an original musical about three generations of wealthy liberals whose lives…
THE EARLY DAYS OF GAY By Peter Filichia
…1971, FOLLIES’ “Ah, Paree!” was supposed to be a song sung by Solange LaFitte when she was a Weismann Girl. And when was that? Note that the sash on her…
THE SOUND OF MUSIC QUESTIONS By Peter Filichia
…if he noticed that he’d later used titles that his mentor had – not after what had happened when I asked him this question: “In FOLLIES,” I began, “when you…
THERE’S MUCH MORE TO MARRY ME A LITTLE By Peter Filichia
…together, mostly choosing songs that had been cut from ANYONE CAN WHISTLE, COMPANY, FOLLIES and A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC. It makes for a marvelous cast album, with Lucas playing “Man”…