Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Theater Review by Ron Fassler . . . . The brave folks at J2 Spotlight, which produces musicals that usually haven’t seen the light of day in some time, are offering two shows this spring (…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:58AMSaturday, April 20, 2024
Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . . Stephen J. Bottoms. Playing Underground: A Critical Hist…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:32PMTheater Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . . A brief (but incomplete) timeline: 1900: L. Frank Baum publishes his fantasy novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; 1903: a hit musical version of the …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:24PMTheater Review by Walter Murphy . . . . The Worst Cafe in the World should not be confused with the venue where it takes place, Ryan’s Daughter. This Irish pub has been an Upper East Side …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:51AMFriday, April 19, 2024
Theater Review by Myra Chanin . . . . In case you mistakenly thought The Buddy Holly Story was a seasonal legend about a friendly sprig of mistletoe, the life of Buddy Holly currently resurr…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:24AMTheater Review By Ron Fassler . . . . Once the new Broadway musical Lempicka begins, two things become instantly apparent: 1) a musical history lesson is in store, and 2) it is going to pres…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:57AMThursday, April 18, 2024
Theater Review by Carole Di Tosti . . . . Marching from its premiere at the Public Theater in 2022 to its Broadway premiere, SUFFS, with book, music, and lyrics by Shaina Taub is now runni…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:30PMTheater Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . . Once upon a time when romances began, the big question was: what’s the other person’s religion? Then it became a question of race. Now it’s p…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:49AMWednesday, April 17, 2024
Theater Review by Carol Rocamora . . . . The immersive Macbeth at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington D.C. this month is more than just another classical revival. Momentous in timi…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:27AMTheater Review by Michael Dale . . . . “I’d rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man,” sang John Lennon on The Beatles’ Rubber Soul album, released in 1965 durin…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:51AMTuesday, April 16, 2024
Theater Review by Walter Murphy . . . . An hour-long monologue about the most vital yet least appreciated instrument of an orchestra, the double bass, could easily have left an audience ques…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:44AMTheater Review by Marcina Zaccaria . . . . With statistics tracked on a large screen overhead, aerobic kicks are measured and calculated when Kevin becomes a beta tester for a new workout sy…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:05AMMonday, April 15, 2024
By Barbara & Scott Siegel . . . Let’s Hear It For Broadway’s Senior Stars! Just before the run-up to the bumper car finale of the 2023-24 theater season, we wanted to pause to ma…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:07PMSaturday, April 13, 2024
Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . Eila Mell. The Tony Awards: A Celebration of Excellence in…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:18PMThursday, April 11, 2024
Theater Review by Carole Di Tosti . . . . Making a Broadway musical adaptation from S.E. Hinton’s popular classic novel, The Outsiders, and Francis Ford Coppola’s titular film, seems no …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:51PMWednesday, April 10, 2024
Cabaret Review by Ron Fassler . . . . It was with a gleam in her eye and a kick in her step that song stylist Margaret Curry bounded onto the stage of the Laurie Beechman Theatre last Saturd…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:01PMTuesday, April 9, 2024
Theater Review by Jeffrey Bruce . . . . Luckily, I was able to catch the final performance of Clyde’s presented by one of Atlanta’s premier theater groups, Theatrical Outfit. The scene i…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:41PMTheater Review by Marcina Zaccaria . . . . One clown guides the beginning and end of our journey. Another beautifully designed figure expresses contentment through its mask. In Admiral Grey�…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:29PMCabaret Review by Brian Scott Lipton . . . . At almost age 75, Patti LuPone has absolutely nothing to prove to anyone—not her (adoring) audiences or even, I suspect, herself. Still, her ne…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:10PMTheater Review by Walter Murphy . . . . I’ve always felt that Monty Python owes a debt of gratitude to Gilbert and Sullivan (G&S). Their sketches gleefully offer a skewed view of Bri…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:22AMMonday, April 8, 2024
Theater/Dance Review by Ron Fassler . . . . Even with the very un-springlike weather we’ve been experiencing this week, you can always tell it’s spring when international dance companies…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:25AMSunday, April 7, 2024
Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . . 4th edition This edition of Leiter Looks at Books looks a…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:16AMFriday, April 5, 2024
Theater Review by JK Clarke . . . . Fans of the rock opera Tommy, whether it’s the album, the 1975 film, or the original Broadway production are no longer just Boomers. Classic rock radi…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:45PMCabaret Review by Ron Fassler . . . . Dancers Over 40, the thirty-year-old charitable organization founded as “a community of support for all dancers entering—or continuing their creativ…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:04PMWednesday, April 3, 2024
Theater Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . . It’s too bad that James Wilson wasn’t able to include a discussion of Kia Corthron’s Fish—an initially appetizing but ultimately overstuffe…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:14AMTuesday, April 2, 2024
Theater Review by Walter Murphy . . . . The O’Leary Pub has stood facing the Galway harbor for decades. It and the family that owns it need intervention. The ancient pub’s pipes—damage…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:01AMMonday, April 1, 2024
Theater Review by Ron Fassler . . . . As a fan of Anton Chekhov, I can’t tell you the number of times my heart is broken when I attend a production of one of his plays. Delicate masterwork…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:40PMTheater Review by Ron Fassler . . . . The internationally renowned magician duo of Brynolf & Ljung claim the following on the website for their new show, Stalker: “In today’s society…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:00PMFlorida Cabaret Review by Myra Chanin . . . . For the last month, I’ve been thinking about British playwright/ composer/ lyricist Leslie Bricusse, who reminds me of Oscar Hammerstein III. …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:47AMSunday, March 31, 2024
Friends Talking About Friends with New Friends A Conversation Series Review by Walter Murphy . . . . Friends talking about friends who have stayed friends for decades could easily become off…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:31AMCasual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . . 3rd edition: Carole King, A Natural Woman: A Memoir (New …
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