Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical @ Signature Theatre, The Garland Show @ The Hopkinton Center for the Arts (Hopkinton, MA), Call Me Izzy, About Time @ Goodspeed’s Terris Theatre (Chester, CT), and Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes @ Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre

Eric William Morris as Hunter S. Thompson and Giovanny Diaz De Leon as The Kid with the cast of The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical at Signature Theatre

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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 – has been released! Peter also has columns at Masterworks Broadway, Broadway Select, and many other places.

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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.

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All the Drama: “The Diary of Anne Frank”, 1956 Winner, Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Reviews:

George Abud Nixon and Eric William Morris Hunter S. Thompson in The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical at Signature Theatre

MP: The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical @ Signature Theatre (Arlington, VA), through July 13, 2025
A collision of politics, counterculture and rock and roll in human form, Hunter S. Thompson is impossible to pin down. Careening from the 1940s to 2005, Thompson invents Gonzo journalism, attempts to take down a corrupt president, and quests for equality for his fellow weirdos, outsiders and freaks. However, this anti-hero’s drug-fueled tornado leaves a trail of destruction as he grapples with his legacy in a world that has left him behind.

Music and Lyrics by Joe Iconis
Book by Joe Iconis and Gregory S. Moss
Music Supervised by Rick Edinger
Choreography and Musical Staging by Jon Rua
Directed by Christopher Ashley

George Salazar Oscar and Eric William Morris Hunter S. Thompson in The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical at Signature Theatre

PF: The Garland Show @ The Hopkinton Center for the Arts (Hopkinton, MA)
This new, dynamic musical drama by Paul Champlin chronicles the 1963–1964 Judy Garland Show, a production rife with promise but plagued by political and artistic struggles, interpersonal strife, and wavering CBS investment in its success.

MP: Coming up — Ghostlight Players production of You Can’t Take it with You @ Staten Island’s Hemsley Hall

MP + JM: Call Me Izzy @ Studio 54, through August 17, 2025

PF: About Time @ Goodspeed‘s Terris Theatre (Chester, CT), through June 15, 2025

At first, they were Starting Here, Starting Now. After a few years, they were Closer Than Ever. Now, decades later, the legendary award-winning writing team of Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire complete the trilogy they didn’t know they were creating…About Time. From long-ago love affairs and ambitions of the past to tech-savvy grandkids and lost keys, this funny and touching revue features all new songs about people navigating the joys and challenges of growing older while staying young in spirit.

Music by David Shire
Lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr.
Music Direction by Deniz Cordell
Choreography & Musical Staging by Marcia Milgrom Dodge
Directed by Richard Maltby, Jr.

PF: Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes @ Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre,

Jon is an acclaimed novelist, a charismatic university professor, and a middle-aged man staring down the end of his third marriage. Enter Annie – nineteen years old, a star student and a huge fan of Jon’s work. An undeniable attraction draws them into dangerous territory. With Ella Beatty and Hugh Jackman, the US premiere of award-winning playwright Hannah Moscovitch’s Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes takes us down the most slippery of slopes and will have you questioning your perspective throughout.

Playwright Hannah Moscovitch
Directed By Ian Rickson

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PURPOSE

DEAD OUTLAW

REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES: THE MUSICAL

Next Week:

Peter’s Brainteaser:

A neo-classic British musical that gets plenty of American productions every autumn mentions in its opening number a property that became a 21st century Broadway musical.

What’s the British musical and what’s the Broadway musical?

Michael’s Musical Moments

MUSIC: THE UNTITLED, UNAUTHORIZRED HUNTER S. THOMPSON MUSICAL

Music and Lyrics by Joe Iconis Book by Joe Iconis and Gregory Moss, Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA

Music Opener:

“The Opening Number is Indulgent and Perverse,” Eric William Morris and Company

Music Closer:

“The Song of the Brown Buffalo,” George Salazar

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