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Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about The Wild Party (Michael John LaChiusa) @ New York City Center, Spare Parts @ Theatre Row, Tru @ The House of the Redeemer, Night Side Songs @ LCT3 Claire Tow Theater, Pied à Terre @ The Theater Center, The Full Monty @ The Gateway Playhouse, The York Theatre production of Monte Cristo @ Theatre at St. Jean’s, and Frog & Peach Theatre Co. production of Macbeth @ American Theatre of Actors.
Jasmine Amy Rogers and the ensemble of The Wild Party (Photo: Joan Marcus)
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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 desk calendar – A SHOW TUNE FOR TODAY – 366 Songs to Brighten Your Year – is available at finer retailers!
Showtune for Today: Rhymes Have I from Kismet
Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | Facebook
MICHAEL PORTANTIERE has been a theater journalist for more than 50 years. The founder and editor of CastAlbumReviews.com. He is also a theatrical photographer whose photos have appeared in The New York Times and other publications, and he writes reviews of cabaret shows for NiteLifeExchange.com. Additionally, Michael is known as a producer and director of shows at 54 Below, the Laurie Beechman Theatre, and other venues.
An Evening with Charles Busch, Tuesday, March 31, 2026 @ The Laurie Beechman Theatre + Live Stream!
James Marino | [email protected] | Facebook
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Reviews:
PF: The Wild Party (Michael John LaChiusa) @ New York City Center, through March 29, 2026
MP: Spare Parts @ Theatre Row, through April 16, 2026
Tru starring Jesse Tyler Ferguson photo by Marc J. Franklin
PF: Tru @ The House of the Redeemer, through May 3, 2026
Tony Award winner & five-time Emmy-nominee Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Take Me Out, “Modern Family”) will star as Truman Capote in the first New York revival of Tru by Jay Presson Allen. Tony, Emmy, and Olivier Award winner Rob Ashford (Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Frozen) directs this tour-de-force solo performance, set inside a historic Upper East Side mansion first owned by a great-granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt.
It’s December 1975 and Truman Capote is alone in his New York apartment, reeling from a crisis that cost him the elite social circle he adored. Drawn entirely from Capote’s own words, this funny and heartbreaking one-man play is an unflinching portrait of an artist at his breaking point, confronting the consequences of his most scandalous work. Performed in House of the Redeemer’s hyper-intimate Library, this strictly limited engagement offers a rare, immersive theatrical experience brought vividly to life by one of today’s most celebrated actors for an audience of only 99 patrons nightly.
Interview with Jesse Tyler Ferguson by Michael Portantiere
MP: Night Side Songs @ LCT3 Claire Tow Theater, through March 29, 2026
Words and Music by The Lazours
Developed with and Directed by Taibi Magar
PF: Pied à Terre @ The Theater Center (Anne L. Bernstein Theater), through April 29, 2026
MP: The Full Monty @ The Gateway Playhouse, through April 12, 2026
Sierra Boggess, Norm Lewis, Adam Jacobs Photo by Shawn Salley
PF: The York Theatre production of Monte Cristo @ Theatre at St. Jean’s, through April 5, 2026
Book & Lyrics By Peter Kellogg
Music By Stephen Weiner
Orchestrations By David Hancock Turner
Choreography By Marcos Santana
Direction By Peter Flynn
PF: Frog & Peach Theatre Co. production of Macbeth @ American Theatre of Actors, through March 29, 2026
MP: The Who’s Tommy (film) 50th Anniversary Screening
Porgy & Bess film screening by Quentin Tarantino in LA
Video My Fair Lady
Michael asks Ted Chapin about Just In Time lyric
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Peter’s Brainteaser:
CHICAGO, THE COLOR PURPLE, HAIR, INTO THE WOODS, ONCE IN THIS ISLAND, PARADE, and PIPPIN were all Tony-nominated Best Musical losers. But what else do they have in common?
Michael’s Musical Moments
HAPPY 99th BIRTHDAY, JOHN KANDER – 03/18/2025
Music Opener: “Cabaret,” Jill Haworth as Sally Bowles (introduced by Joel Grey as the Emcee)
Music Closer: “My Own Best Friend,” Ruthie Henshall and Ute Lemper, Chicago revival London
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