Peter Filichia

The invitation for a party being held next Thursday by the Princess Cruises states “Please join us as we announce an industry-first entertainment partnership with the Oscar-winning composer of WICKED, PIPPIN and GODSPELL.”They mean, of ...

Conor Ryan and Kate Baldwin. Photo by Carol Rosegg.Here’s what I’ve observed about brothers and sisters.They fight like mad when they’re young, but as time goes by, they start to see the other’s virtues. That leads to their truly ...

So, after seeing a stunning performance of A Man of No Importance at New York University, I was suddenly in the company of three men of great importance. Bookwriter Terrence McNally, composer Stephen Flaherty and John Simpkins, the show’s ...

Audiologists tell us that we lose a little bit of our hearing, however slight, each and every time we hear a loud noise. Those who annually attend Junior Theater Festival hope this isn’t true. Just imagine 4,000-plus kids who scream in the main ...

While there’s been plenty of singing and dancing at Junior Theater Festival in Atlanta, now it’s time for a ton of talk.For after Saturday morning’s presentations of kids performing various Jr. musicals (and an all-too-quick lunch), learned ...

The selfies have been taken, the gift shop has been perused, the impromptu dancing to “Under the Sea” has finished, and many a “Break a leg!” has been advised.Now that 8:45 a.m. is near, everyone who’s come to perform this Saturday morn ...

Most people like to sleep late on a Saturday morning, but on Jan. 17, more than 4,000 people, ranging from tweens to seniors, are wide awake not long after the crack of Saturday’s dawn.That’s been the case in Atlanta for the last ten years ...

One created "Mission: Impossible.”The other composed the themes to "General Hospital" and “The Marvel Super-Heroes” (meaning Captain America, The Incredible Hulk, The Invincible Iron Man, The Mighty Thor and Prince Namor the ...

May this be your favorite year.It could be if you and your theater company stage My Favorite Year. Granted, when the musical by bookwriter Joseph Dougherty, composer Stephen Flaherty and lyricist Lynn Ahrens debuted in 1992, it wound up ...

It’s a new year, which we’re all hoping will be the best we’ve ever had.One way to make that happen is to make good New Year’s Resolutions.And keep them.This year, don’t merely make vows to lose weight, drink less and smoke not at ...