By Andrew Poretz . . . Danny Bacher died on December 16, 2024, but I don’t have to believe it if I don’t want to. (With apologies to John O’Hara.) New Jersey-born jazz singer and sopra…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:07PMActress and singer Margaret Curry is a Bistro Award-winning cabaret performer. This reviewer saw her perform at the most recent Bistro Awards, and welcomed an opportunity to catch an encore …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:42PMCabaret Review by Andrew Poretz . . . The Brick Room at Don’t Tell Mama was entirely sold out for Juliet Ewing’s second encore performance of her George Gershwin show, Rise Up Singing �…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:02PMIt’s always exciting to find new talent. It’s especially rewarding to discover a young singer who is keeping jazz and the Great American Songbook alive. June Cavlan, in her early twentie…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:45PMConcert Review by Andrew Poretz . . . The latest installment in cabaret great Michael Feinstein’s Standard Time series took an eclectic turn from his themes celebrating specific musical ic…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:09AMCabaret Review by Andrew Poretz … The three-night 2024 Cabaret Convention had a spectacular opening night, with Put On a Happy Face: A Celebration of the Music of Charles Strouse.For the f…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:22PMBroadway’s brightest stars are gathering for an unforgettable night to celebrate and raise funds to save The West Bank Cafe. On Tuesday, October 8th, the iconic restaurant and its famed do…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:55PMHere’s exciting news about new music releases from Jane Monheit, Allyson Briggs and CelloVoci. Jane Monheit Jazz and adult contemporary vocalist Jane Monheit’s new eponymous album, Jane …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:15AMMrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library, written by Jenny Lyn Bader and directed by Ari Laura Kreith, will play at 59E59 from October 18 to November 10. The show stars Ella Dershowitz,…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:06AMMusical duo The Bengsons (Abigail and Shaun Bengson) will be performing songs live on stage from The Magnetic Fields (composer, Stephin Merritt), including selections from their album “69 …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:01PMThree leading ladies from Hairspraywill star in I’m A Big Girl Now! are back and better than ever! Tony nominees Laura Bell Bundy (Legally Blonde), Kerry Butler (Beetlejuice, Xanadu), and …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:21PMThe 2024 edition of the Chain Summer One-Act Festival features the New York premiere of Banshee by award-winning writer John Patrick Shanley, the world debut of the Jesse Eisenberg-produce…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:20PMThe Overlook Sessions is a new weekly event on Monday nights in September at The Overlook Bar, featuring live performances by Jesse Gelber, the renowned pianist from Speakeasy Magick, and hi…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:10PMWaldenBabeReal Women Have Curves: The Musical Motell Foster Joins Emmy Rossum and Zoë Winters in “Walden” Motell Foster will complete the cast of Amy Berryman’s play WALDEN, joining t…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:27PMMusic review By Andrew Poretz …. Quintin Harris returned to Birdland Jazz in September for several concerts in the new 5:30 slot. This reviewer last reviewed Harris with his quintet back i…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:16PMA Broadway production of the acclaimed new musical Buena Vista Social Club will hit Broadway in early 2025. With a book by Marco Ramirez (Drama Desk Award, The Royale), director Saheem Ali (…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:11PMCafe Carlyle Fall LineupCelebrity Autobiography at The TriadLinda Purl and Billy Stritch at 54 Below Café Carlyle Fall Lineup Celebrates Bobby Short This fall, the legendary Café Carlyle i…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:14AMPeek into the rehearsal room of Sump’n Like Wings by Lynn Riggs as the cast and company come together to read the play. (Click HERE). The show, directed by Raelle Myrick-Hodges, features J…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:25AMBroadway For All, will launch its Front Door Reading Series program with three new works by both new and established playwrights. The Front Door Readings Series begins on Monday, September 1…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:10AMRehearsals are underway for the Broadway premiere of Jez Butterworth’s new play The Hills of California, directed by Sam Mendes. The limited engagement begins preview performances Septembe…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:01AMFull casting has been set for the new Broadway musical Tammy Faye. The show, with music by Elton John, will feature Olivier Award-winner Katie Brayben as Tammy Faye Bakker, Tony Award-winner…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:20AMFull casting has been announced for the world premiere of Vladimir, written by Erika Sheffer (Russian Transport) and directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan (MTC: Proof, Lillian Hellma…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:26PMOur Class; Fatherland; and Franklinland Our Class The Off-Broadway production Our Class, by Polish playwright Tadeusz Slobodzianek, and helmed by Ukrainian-born, Jewish director Igor Golyak,…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:25AMIn addition to two previously announced works (Split, in September 2024, with tickets currently on sale; and William Inge’s Bus Stop in 2025), Transport Group’s 2024-2025 season also inc…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:35AMLeft on Tenth is set to begin performances at The James Earl Jones Theatre on September 26, with its official opening on October 23. Left on Tenth will be produced by Daryl Roth and directed…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:42AMLa MaMa Experimental Theatre Club’s 2024-25 season will feature dozens of new works from around the world, including the world premiere of Richard Foreman’s Suppose Beautiful Madeline Ha…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:37AMUrban Stages’ 2024-2025 season will begin with the New York premiere of Yussef El Guindi’s play People of the Book, directed by John Langs (October 4 – November 3, 2024), followed by t…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:32AMAge is a Feeling; The Beacon; Killing an Evening with Edgar Allan Poe; Green Day Age is a Feeling Vineyard Theatre will present Age is a Feeling,written by and starring Haley McGee (The Ex-B…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:30AMThe Christine Jorgensen Show, the acclaimed musical production that captivated sold-out audiences last spring at 59E59 Theatres, returns to New York for a limited engagement at HERE Arts Cen…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:24AMBroadway Bound: The Musicals That Never Came to Broadway/54 Below – Artemesia LeFay & The Harris Family Have 2 Shows/DTM – Seth Sikes & Nicholas King w/Billy Stritch/54 Below Set…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:15AMTed Sperling, Artistic Director of MasterVoices, announced details of the renowned chorus’s 83rd season. The season opens with a new version of George and Ira Gershwin, George S. Kaufman a…
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