Peter Filichia is the creator of his one-man show A Personal History of the American Theater which he’s performed around the country. His play God Shows Up opened off-Broadway in 2019; He’s written eight books on theater, including three editions of Let’s Put on a Musical.

He has written about theater for The Star-Ledger, TheaterWeek; Playbill, Theatermania, Broadway Select, Encore and MasterworksBroadway. This four-term president of the Drama Desk Awards serves on its current nominating committee as well as those for the Chita Rivera Awards and Theatre World Awards, whose ceremony he writes and emcees. He’s been a National Endowment for the Arts assessor, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music critic-in-residence, musical theater judge for ASCAP’s awards and is currently a Broadway Radio commentator.