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Me and Filichia…

by bradsaville

Peter Filichia at the Theatre World Awards 2006 (courtesy broadwayworld.com)
Theatre Editor for Star-Ledger and 4-time Nominating President and Chairman of the Drama Desk, Peter Filichia recently exchanged e-mails and articles about the likelihood of profit-theatre company success in New York that went down thus: (1) I sent him a press release and called him, (2)  He wrote a column for Theatremania.com “Out Goes Company.” in which he damned and criticized our production prior to seeing it; (2) I wrote “Peter Filichia has a Problem with Eastwind,” in which I corrected him on several inaccuracies in his article and challenged him to be a stand-up guy and come see the play before he rushes to judgement; (3) Filichia responded, raising a few objections with my response; (4) I published and responded to these objections in my article, “Peter Filichia’s a Stand-Up Guy“, conceding his points; (5) Filichia came out to Monkey Trick, bought me breakfast at a mid-town diner later that week, interviewed me, and wrote another theatremania column entitled “Saville’s Row with Me.”  As for the play Filichia writes, “Not bad, not bad at all…”      

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March 4, 2008   No Comments

One man’s poison is another man’s meat: “ARTFUCKERS” & “MONKEY TRICK”

by bradsaville

 

This time last year David Marcus was starring in a gritty, downtown play written by Michael Domtrovich, directed by Eduardo Machado called Artfuckers at Theatre for The New City. I went to this show twice, entertained both times. I went to the show primarily because I had worked with Dave on Williamsburg and several plays, but also because I had seen a reading of the play during the Summer of the previous year at Intar Studios and was impressed by Domitrovich’s writing. I should mention that the production also included the very capable actors: Nicole LaLiberte, Jessica Kaye, and Tuomas Hiltunen. The only incapable actor in the cast was Asher Grodman.

The show at Theatre For The New City was a success and got funding… From none other than Asher Grodman’s parents.

It is currently running Off-Broadway at the DR2. It opened the same week as Monkey Trick.

The funny thing is in the casting. We began casting for Monkey Trick in early December: Anne Fidler and Penny Bittone already cast as the roles of Wendy and Wilson respectively. Garrett was the trick… We cast the part once, had an actor drop out; held a casting, cast it again, and felt better about our decision even though time was running out.

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