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Filichia Features: Tick, Tick … Boom! – Jonathan Larson’s Other Musical

By Peter Filichia on June 07, 2013

in Making Theater, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Filichia Features, jonathan larson, Rent, Tick Tick BOOM

Thirty is usually the first birthday that any of us dreads. Twenty-nine year-old Jonathan Larson did as well in 1990 – especially because he’d been trying to get a foothold on Broadway for years and he seemed to be getting nowhere. “I’m older ...

Brisa's Pieces: A conversation with THE BURNT PART BOYS

By Brisa Trinchero on June 06, 2013

in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Brisa's Pieces, Burnt Part Boys, West Virginia

I had the great pleasure of running into two talented songwriters the other day, Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen. I’ve long been a fan of their moving and timely musical, THE BURNT PART BOYS, written with Mariana Elder, ever since it made a splash in ...

Filichia Features: Lucky Stiff – It’s Good to Be Alive

By Peter Filichia on May 31, 2013

in Making Theater, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: lucky stiff, Lynn Ahrens, stephen flaherty, Filichia Features

We’ve seen plenty of teenagers in productions of The Boy Friend, Children of Eden and Godspell. But Lucky Stiff?Isabel Carrington, who runs the Warner Theatre Performance Lab for young performers in Torrington, Connecticut, had seen an adult ...

Brisa's Pieces: Tony Trivia Time

By Brisa Trinchero on May 30, 2013

in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Annie, Bring It On, Brisa's Pieces, Pippin, Tony Awards

The Tony Awards are coming up next week and I hope you all will join me in watching Broadway's biggest night of the year! adobe cs6 direct download Here's some tricky Tony trivia to get you in the mood: 1. Which MTI show is nominated for Tony's this ...

Filichia Features: Anne of Green Gables: The Other Annie

By Peter Filichia on May 28, 2013

in Making Theater, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Anne of Green Gables, Annie, Filichia Features

When Annie was enjoying its original 1977-1983 run, lyricist-director Martin Charnin had to replace many a girl who’d suddenly grown too tall. To soften the news, he’d take each to Rumplemeyer’s, a posh New York ice cream palace, before telling ...

Brisa’s Pieces: Awards Ceremonies Are A Win For Your Theater

By Brisa Trinchero on May 28, 2013

in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Award Ceremonies, Brisa's Pieces, Tony Awards

It’s the time of year on Broadway fondly known as “Award Season.” Culminating June 9th with the Tony Awards, a slew of other Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off Broadway awards ceremonies are occurring weekly! adobe acrobat software download But ...

Filichia Features: Into the Woods: It Takes Ten

By Peter Filichia on May 17, 2013

in Making Theater, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Filichia Features, Into the Woods, james lapine, Stephen Sondheim

Can you find 19 talented performers to play all the roles in Into the Woods?compare internet security software. That seems to be an order as tall as the second-act Giant. But if you take some tips from the most inaccurately named Fiasco Theater, you ...

Brisa’s Pieces: The Value of Well Placed Swag

By Brisa Trinchero on May 16, 2013

in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Brisa's Pieces, Godspell, Swag, The Wedding Singer

I was in Milwaukee, Wisconsin earlier this week for an opening night performance of a brand new musical about Janis Joplin at the beautiful Milwaukee Rep. As I walked into the theater, the ushers were handing out programs and... glow sticks! As the ...

Brisa’s Pieces: Small Show Feature: JOHN & JEN

By Brisa Trinchero on May 10, 2013

in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Andrew Lippa's Wild Party, Brisa's Pieces, John and Jen, John & Jen

If you say the words, JOHN & JEN, to theater people you’ll inevitably hear something along the lines of, “I love that show!” antivirus software download Before Andrew Lippa made a name for himself with THE WILD PARTY, THE ADDAMS FAMILY and ...

Filichia Features: Avenue Q Goes to College

By Peter Filichia on May 10, 2013

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

When Jeff Whitty, Jeff Marx and Robert Lopez created the “School Edition” of their Tony-winning Avenue Q, they had high schools in mind. And yet, this abridged and expurgated edition was what Thomas Stretton, a professor at Cabrini College in ...