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Filichia Features: THE LAST FIVE YEARS Keeps Running

by Peter Filichia on April 5, 2013

in Filichia Features,Hairspray,Merrily We Roll Along,The Last Five Years,The Music Man

It only ran 63 days in 2002, but THE LAST FIVE YEARS has lasted far longer than the last 11 years. Jason Robert Brown’s musical, which has had countless productions around the country, is now enjoying a first-class revival at Second Stage in New York City. It must be the production that Brown has always [...]

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Filichia Features: You Just Might Like YOU’RE GONNA LOVE TOMORROW

by Peter Filichia on September 28, 2012

in A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum,Anyone Can Whistle,Company,Filichia Features,Follies,Merrily We Roll Along,Pacific Overtures,Putting It Together (1999 Broadway Version),Saturday Night,The Frogs,The Music Man,You're Gonna Love Tomorrow

You’ve produced every one of the musicals that Stephen Sondheim has written. As a result, you’ve educated your audiences to know what to expect from the 20th century’s greatest musical theater composer-lyricist: the unexpected. YOU’RE GONNA LOVE TOMORROW is a good piece for you to do if theaters in neighboring towns have recently done SIDE [...]

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Filichia Features: My Most Memorable Music Man

by Peter Filichia on September 21, 2012

in Filichia Features,The Music Man

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 years ago is one I haven’t forgotten – and will never forget. [...]

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Filichia Features: 76 Trombones and 80 Years

by Peter Filichia on September 14, 2012

in Filichia Features,The Music Man

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 One on opening night in 1957? Preston and company were doing [...]

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“But He Doesn’t Know The Territory” – Meredith Willson’s Classic Books Reprinted

by TylerP on September 21, 2010

in In the News,MTI Authors,The Music Man,The Unsinkable Molly Brown

Attention all Meredith Willson fans! The University of Minnesota Press has recently released brand-new reprints of Meredith Willson’s classic books, “But He Doesn’t Know The Territory”, and, “And There I Stood with My Piccolo.” Meredith Willson, an MTI Author of renowned fame, has written such great musicals as THE MUSIC MAN, THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN, [...]

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THE MUSIC MAN in St. Louis & MISS SAIGON in Wichita

by KatH on July 15, 2009

in In the News,Miss Saigon,The Music Man,The Music Man JR.

The St. Louis Muny’s production of THE MUSIC MAN starts its run July 20.  The largest outdoor theatre in the country showcases the talents of James Clow as Harold Hill and Kate Baldwin as Marian Paroo.  Performances end July 26, though, so get your tickets soon! For more information about the Muny’s THE MUSIC MAN, [...]

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MTI Meets MTV at French Woods Summer Camp

by admin on May 5, 2009

in Disney's Beauty and the Beast,Disney's Beauty and the Beast JR.,Disney's High School Musical,Disney's High School Musical - One Act Edition,Disney's High School Musical JR.,In the News,Into The Woods,Into The Woods JR.,Little Shop Of Horrors,Miss Saigon,Pippin,Sweeney Todd,Sweeney Todd School Edition,The Boy Friend,The Music Man,The Pajama Game

True Life: Camp’d Out- I’m Going to Performing Arts Camp   MTV takes its popular documentary series, True Life: Camp’d Out, to the Western Catskills of New York to visit the highly distinguished summer camp, French Woods. Shooting for nine weeks of the summer camp session in 2008, MTV’s True Life crew follows the lives [...]

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