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I was racking my brains in trying to find the perfect gift for Princeton and Kate Monster’s 20th wedding anniversary. Princeton, you may recall, proposed to Kate Monster on June 6, 2004, the night that AVENUE Q won Tonys for Best Musical, Best Book and Best Score. Oh, the two weren’t in attendance at Radio […]

The 1964-65 season gave birth to a dozen new musicals, but only one has ever enjoyed a Broadway revival. FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, of course. Make that, revivals, plural. Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles, there have been five remountings of the musical that celebrates a significant anniversary this week. After 60 full years, it’s […]

You’re aware of one great book about a 1971 Broadway musical production, but do you know another? For years, we’ve all celebrated Ted Chapin’s magnificent Everything Was Possible, about the gestation of FOLLIES. But don’t overlook Don Dunn’s The Making of NO, NO, NANETTE. The paperback’s back cover sports expected enthusiastic quotations from reviewers as […]

By Peter Filichia A picture is not only worth a thousand words, but it can also be worth quite a few songs. That occurred to me as I was humming many a show tune while attending Photo Call: The Theater Photos of Joan Marcus and Carol Rosegg. Glad I caught it before it concludes on September 28. You should, too. Best of […]

The rumor going around Broadway said that it was really about Rumours. STEREOPHONIC, David Adjmi’s comedy-drama, the most recent winner of a Best Play Tony, does bring to mind Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 album Rumours. That’s the one that 1978 Grammy voters named Album of the Year, as it was on its way to selling 40 […]