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Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk with Dick Scanlan about his new show Cockeyed Optimist: Where Hammerstein Found His Hope @ 92y Lyrics. Reviews include The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee @ The Kennedy Center, Primary Trust @ Signature Theatre (Arlington, VA), Hold On To Me Darling @ the Lucille Lortel Theatre, Our Town @ Ethel Barrymore Theatre, and Enter Stage Left Theater’s production of A Hatful of Rain @ Hopkinton Center for the Arts (Hopkinton, MA)
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Peter Filichia | [email protected] | Facebook
PETER FILICHIA is a playwright, journalist, and historian with a number of books. Peter’s new day-by-day wall calendar – A SHOW TUNE FOR TODAY – 366 Songs to Brighten Your Year – will be released soon, but is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Peter also has columns at Masterworks Broadway, Broadway Select, and many other places.
Peter saw Britney Spears in Ruthless! (1992)
Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | Facebook
MICHAEL PORTANTIERE is a theater reviewer and essayist. He is the founder and editor of CastAlbumReviews.com. He is also a theatrical photographer whose photos have appeared in The New York Times and other major publications. You can see his photography work at FollowSpotPhoto.com.
Chandos new recording of Carousel!
James Marino | [email protected] | Facebook
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Guest: Dick Scanlan
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Cockeyed Optimist: Where Hammerstein Found His Hope @ 92y Lyrics & Lyricists Series
October 26 – 28, 2024
Oscar Hammerstein II, in collaboration with Richard Rodgers and others before him, created some of musical theater’s most iconic shows and enduring songs.
Beloved for their simplicity, sentiment, and heart, Hammerstein’s lyrics have also at times been under-appreciated for those very qualities. In this all-new Lyrics & Lyricists show, Tony nominees Dick Scanlan and Malcolm Gets take a fresh look at the soul and spirit of the man behind the seemingly simple lyrics – one with a keen understanding of human nature, and ahead of his time in his commitment to social justice and multiculturalism. Through a deep dive into the wide-ranging source material that captivated and inspired Hammerstein (a Cherokee-authored play, a German film, a feminist novel) – resulting in masterworks from Oklahoma! to The Sound of Music to Carousel to Show Boat and more – we celebrate the complexity of the American Songbook optimist who explored the dark but always saw the light.
Co-writers: Dick Scanlan and Malcolm Gets
Director: Dick Scanlan
Music director: Joey Chancey
Choreographer: Richard Stafford
Featuring: Kerstin Anderson, Mikaela Bennett, Patrick Breen, Eddie Cooper, Omar Lopez-Cepero & Katie Mariko Murray
Reviews:
MP: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee @ The Kennedy Center, October 11 – 20, 2024
MP: Primary Trust @ Signature Theatre (Arlington, VA), September 10 – October 20, 2024
PF: Hold On To Me Darling @ the Lucille Lortel Theatre, through December 22, 2024
MP: Our Town @ Ethel Barrymore Theatre, through January 19, 2025
PF: Enter Stage Left Theater‘s production of A Hatful of Rain @ Hopkinton Center for the Arts (Hopkinton, MA)
Discussion:
Next Week:
JM: Manhattan Theatre Club’s Vladimir @ New York City Center Stage 1
MP + PF: Big Gay Jamboree
Peter’s Brainteaser:
For a few months in Studio 54’s theatrical history, ushers might have greeted theatergoers by saying aloud a song title from a 1970s musical.
That show lost the Best Musical Tony, but still won two Tonys for people who would win many more.
What’s the song title that the ushers might have said?
Michael’s Musical Moments
MUSIC: MITZI GAYNOR AND GIORGIO TOZZI IN SOUTH PACIFIC
Music Opener:
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