Filichia Features: My Most Memorable Music Man

By Peter Filichia on September 21, 2012
in Making Theater, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: 9/11, All MTI's Sites, Bergen County Players, Broadway, john sloman, kiss me kate, marquee, musical, Musical Theater, musical theatre, neil simon theatre, Playbill, Rebecca Luker, River City, september 11, ShowSpace, Susan Stroman, theater, theatre, Filichia Features
Seeing The Music Man at the Bergen County Players last week reminded me of the previous time that I’d seen The Music Man.That happened in September as well. And although I’ve since witnessed about 3,500 stage productions, that Music Man of 11 ...

Filichia Features: 76 Trombones and 80 Years

By Peter Filichia on September 14, 2012
in Making Theater, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: 76 trombones, All MTI's Sites, Bergen County Players, Filichia Features, Harold Hill, majestic theatre, MTIshows, musical, Musical Theater, musical theatre, musicals, peter filichia, River City, Robert Preston
What’s the most famous story concerning The Music Man? That it beat West Side Story for the Best Musical Tony? That it made an A-grade star of B-level movie performer Robert Preston? Or is it the one that tells what happened midway through Act ...