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By Peter Filichia — “Bring on the men,” Lucy sang in Jekyll & Hyde – at least until the song was cut out of town. Here we’ll instead bring in the men in Broadway musicals – the ones who didn’t make the cut as Best Actor in a Musical in the Tony nominators’ eyes and […]

Peter Filichia — Hats off! Here they come, those beautiful girls who did very well by their musicals. But they nevertheless didn’t receive Best Actress in a Musical Tony nominations. This list is the third of a five-part series. I’ve been acknowledging the stars or should-have-been-stars that might not have caught the eye of the […]

By Peter Filichia — Here’s the second of five columns dealing with notable omissions in Tony categories. Last week, I took a look at the women who weren’t nominated for the Best Featured Musical Actress Tony Award for certain performances – and arguably should have been. Now, submitted for your approval, are those men who […]

By Peter Filichia — Been busy the last week? Of course you have, with all the e-mailing, texting and – last and now least – phoning you’ve done to many friends and relatives. The subject: the 2011-2012 Tony nominations. As in the past (and as will be in the future), you and yours have agreed […]

By Peter Filichia — Tra-la! It’s May! The lusty month, as Queen Guenevere once taught us in Camelot. When the last day of April concludes, many of us find this marvelous musical theater song coursing through our brains. Perhaps bookwriter-lyricist Alan Jay Lerner was giving us a subtle hint here of what was to come […]