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Peter Filichia

Filichia's Features: Fiddler On The Roof is Still Flying High

By Peter Filichia on February 23, 2012

in Making Theater, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Filichia Features

Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles! Last Saturday, I was at the State Theater in New Brunswick, New Jersey to see the National Touring production of Fiddler On The Roof – and saw that the 1,800-seat showplace was jam-packed.Not bad for a show ...

Filichia's Features: Pippin Still Has Some Magic to Do

By Peter Filichia on February 17, 2012

in Making Theater, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Filichia Features, Godspell

Here at the Menier Chocolate Factory in London, a word has been changed in the opening number of Pippin.Originally in 1972, when the show’s emcee – called The Leading Player – sang “Magic to Do,” he proclaimed that he and his troupe had ...

Filichia's Features - John Kander: From "Family" to "Scottsboro"

By Peter Filichia on February 10, 2012

in Making Theater, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Filichia Features

When I met with John Kander on January 29, I didn’t expect him to know the answer to the question I was about to ask. But I put it to him anyway. “Do you know what you were doing 50 years ago yesterday?” The genial Kander – in fact, few are ...

Filichia's Features: Welcome to the Junior Theater Festival, Part 4

By Peter Filichia on February 03, 2012

in Education and Arts Advocacy, Making Theater | Tags: Filichia Features, Junior Theater Festival 2012

Saturday night, January 14, 2012. Every participant at the Junior Theater Festival has seen at least eight segments compete with MTI’s Jr. musicals. But eight is not enough.The ballroom at the Atlanta Renaissance Waverly is packed with ...

Filichia's Features: Welcome to the Junior Theater Festival, Part 3

By Peter Filichia on February 01, 2012

in Education and Arts Advocacy, Making Theater | Tags: Filichia Features, Junior Theater Festival 2012

Saturday, Jan. 14 at 1:30 p.m. at the Junior Theater Festival. The students from all 63 schools and after-school musical theater programs have completed their presentations. If the kids were sky-high before their performances, they’re even more ...

Filichia Features: Welcome to the Junior Theater Festival, Part 2

By Peter Filichia on January 27, 2012

in Education and Arts Advocacy, Making Theater | Tags: Filichia Features, Junior Theater Festival 2012

When we last left the 63 casts of students participating in this year’s Junior Theater Festival, they were off to one of seven rooms. In each, they’d perform what could be called junior versions of Broadway Jr. musicals: up to 15 minutes worth of ...

Filichia Features: Welcome to the Junior Theater Festival Part 1

By Peter Filichia on January 23, 2012

in Education and Arts Advocacy, Making Theater | Tags: Freddie Gershon, Filichia Features, Junior Theater Festival 2012

Nothing’s officially happened yet. It’s 7:40 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 14, and the stage of the vast MTIShowSpace Theater at Atlanta’s Hotel Renaissance Waverly is empty. But the house itself is filling up, en route to accommodating nearly 3,000 ...

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peter filichia

Peter Filichia

Filichia's Features: Fiddler On The Roof is Still Flying High

Filichia's Features: Pippin Still Has Some Magic to Do

Filichia's Features - John Kander: From "Family" to "Scottsboro"

Filichia's Features: Welcome to the Junior Theater Festival, Part 4

Filichia's Features: Welcome to the Junior Theater Festival, Part 3

Filichia Features: Welcome to the Junior Theater Festival, Part 2

Filichia Features: Welcome to the Junior Theater Festival Part 1

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