For New Year’s Eve Stay-at-Homes
By Peter Filichia — As that famous Frank Loesser song asked, “Here is the jackpot question in advance: what are you doing New Year’s Eve?” Most will party, but many know that it’s a good night to stay in and do comparatively nothing. Sometimes Dec. 31 can mean panic in the streets – which might […]
Not Your Average Christmas Show
Peter Filichia – So what would be the most logical Broadway musical to open on Christmas Day? Why, Here’s Love, right? After all, it’s the musical of Miracle on 34th Street. But Here’s Love opened on Oct. 3. Annie would be another candidate, because it concludes on Christmas. But it debuted on April 21. Would […]
Broadway’s First Jukebox Musical
By Peter Filichia — You’re in the middle of holiday shopping. You want to get something nice for that couple next door and their toddler. But you don’t have much do-re-mi. For the adults, get the original cast album of Do Re Mi. The musical that opened nearly 51 years ago at the St. James […]
The All-Star Musical
By Peter Filichia – In my recent book Broadway Musical MVPs, 1960-2010, I gave awards that baseball annually bestows but theater doesn’t: Most Valuable Player, Comeback Player of the Year and Reliever of the Year, among others. I also thought about what the ultimate “All-Star Game” would be. True, every year there’s at least one […]
I Hear Bells
By Peter Filichia — What musical gave its leading character the best opening song as well as the best closing song? For men, the answer is probably My Fair Lady, as Rex Harrison got to sing “Why Can’t the English?” and “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face.” For women? I’d say Bells Are Ringing, which […]
