Biografia
Peter Filichia (born 1946) is the former New York-based theater critic for The Star-Ledger newspaper in Newark, New Jersey and New Jersey's television station News 12, as well as for The Asbury Park Press . In addition, Filichia has two weekly columns at Masterworks Broadway and Kritzerland, and also writes regular entries for the Music Theatre International Marquee blog. He wrote a regular column, "Peter Filichia's Diary," for the website TheaterMania.com from November 2001 until October 2011, and previously for the website BroadwayOnLine. He is the author of the books Let's Put on a Musical!: How to Choose the Right Show for Your School, Community or Professional Theater, Broadway Musicals: the Biggest Hit and the Biggest Flop of the Season, 1959 to 2009, Broadway MVPs 1960-2010: The Most Valuable Players of the Past 50 Seasons, Strippers, Showgirls and Sharks: A Very Opinionated History of the Broadway Musicals that Did Not Win the Tony Award e The Great Parade: la stagione 1963-1964 sorprendente e mai dimenticata di Broadway. All'inizio della sua carriera, Filichia era editorialista per Seventeen e scriveva libri per adolescenti. He served four terms as president and chairman of the nominating committee of the Drama Desk, and has also been a member of the nominating committee for the Lucille Lortel Awards. Attualmente è a capo del comitato di selezione dei Theatre World Awards e ospita la cerimonia di premiazione annuale da diversi anni. Filichia è diventata una drammaturga con l'opera Adam's Gifts, un libero adattamento contemporaneo di A Christmas Carol di Dickens. Le produzioni includono il Theatre at St. John's a Manhattan, Spotlight Vermont e il Clinton Area Showboat Theatre a Clinton, Iowa. Ha anche scritto "God Shows Up", una satira del teleevangelismo, attualmente in tiratura limitata al Playroom Theatre di New York. L'adattamento di Filichia de Il borghese gentiluomo di Molière fu presentato nel 1972 al New Jersey Shakespeare Festival. He has also written the liner notes for many Broadway cast albums, especially reissues of such recordings as Jesus Christ Superstar, Fade Out - Fade In, Subways are for Sleeping, Ankles Aweigh, Redhead, Parade (Jerry Herman), Sweet Charity (Film Soundtrack), Prettybelle, Wish You Were Here and the Roundabout Theatre revival cast recording of 110 In The Shade. Filichia è anche critico residente presso il Conservatorio di musica dell'Università di Cincinnati. Ha fatto parte di una commissione di valutazione per la NEA ed è giudice di teatro musicale per il programma ASCAP Awards. È apparso in televisione con Sally Jessy Raphaël, Phil Donahue e al Saturday Night Live. Nel 2004 e nel 2005, ha ospitato con Matthew Murray lo spettacolo di discussione teatrale dal vivo Bitch or Brag About Broadway al 45th Street Theatre di New York. Since March 2009, he has been on the panel of reviewers heard on the podcast "This Week on Broadway" produced and hosted by James Marino from BroadwayRadio.com. Un fan del baseball e delle statistiche sul baseball, Filic
