Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Review by Ron Fassler . . . Robert W. Schneider is a director, writer, producer, educator, podcaster, and historian. His desire for learning and communicating much of what he’s gleaned …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:41PMMonday, February 16, 2026
Louise Troy, Edward Woodward, and Tammy Grimes in “High Spirits” (1964). Photo by Friedman-Ables.February 16, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
High Spirits, the musica…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 04:15PMThursday, February 12, 2026
Okieriete Onaodowan and Aigner Mizzelle are mesmerizing in this deceptively simple play about lost connections and an arduous path towards reconciliation.
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:10PMWednesday, February 11, 2026
Monday, February 9, 2026
By Ron Fassler . . . Constance Hauman’s artistic journey as an international opera soprano, composer, and recording artist has been one of unorthodoxy and consistent change. This weekend…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:58AMTuesday, February 3, 2026
The pot is kept boiling throughout its tension-filled 85 minutes.
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:15PM"A soothing balm in these troubled times."
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:22AMMonday, February 2, 2026
Monday, January 12, 2026
John Cunningham (1932–2026) in “Rose” (1981). Photo by Martha Swope.January 12, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
It took me a few days to talk to some people, look …
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 02:51PMThursday, January 8, 2026
By Ron Fassler . . . A cabaret show that's the perfect way to start the New Year off with optimism and heart.
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:08PMMonday, December 29, 2025
Colleen Dewhurst and Jason Robards in Eugene O’Neill’s “A Moon for the Misbegotten” (1973).December 29, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
Eugene O’Neill (1888–19…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 01:41PMWednesday, December 24, 2025
Review by Ron Fassler . . . It’s that time of year and Broadway stalwart Norm Lewis is back at 54 Below with “Christmas Lives Here.”
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:44AMSunday, December 21, 2025
Julie Benko as Sarah Brown and Jacob Dickey as Sky Masterson in “Guys and Dolls.”December 21, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
As musicals go, Guys and Dolls is a sho…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 11:48AMSaturday, December 20, 2025
Review by Ron Fassler . . . As musicals go, Guys and Dolls is a show I’ve seen productions of in more venues than any other. Over the years, I’ve sat through versions by elementary, mi…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:01PMTuesday, December 16, 2025
Review by Ron Fassler . . . Here in New York City, the non-profit Urban Stages has been championing the work of playwrights, composers, and lyricists for decades. Its modest home on West 30t…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:02PMWednesday, December 10, 2025
A FIRST-HAND REPORT ON NEW YORK THEATRE . . . FROM A HALF-CENTURY AGO
Alan Bates in the title role of Simon Gray’s “Butley,” which played the old and venerable Morosco Theatre (197…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 11:00AMSaturday, December 6, 2025
Book review by Samuel L. Leiter Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Barbara Wallace Grossman, A Spectacle of Suffering: Clara Morris…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:00PMThe marquee of the now demolished George Abbott Theatre proudly displaying Cassius Clay in “Buck White” (1969).December 6, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
Fifty-six …
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 09:14AMMonday, December 1, 2025
Matt Kurzyniec outside the Palace Theatre where he recently made his Broadway debut in “Beetlejuice.”December 1, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
It doesn’t get much …
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 09:19AMSunday, November 30, 2025
Review by Ron Fassler . . . Friends who have been performing together in tandem for almost twenty-two years, Christine Ebersole, a two-time Tony Award winning actress and Billy Stritch, a …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:29PMTuesday, November 25, 2025
Raul Esparza as J.J. Hunsecker in MasterVoices’ “Sweet Smell of Success.”November 25, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
Most people have never heard of the musical Sw…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 08:20AMFriday, November 21, 2025
“TWO STRANGERS (CARRY A CAKE ACROSS NEW YORK)”: AN UNWIELDY TITLE FOR AN UNUSUALLY WONDERFUL NEW MUSICAL
Sam Tutty and Christiani Pitts in “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 11:27AMWednesday, November 19, 2025
Book review by Samuel L. Leiter Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. David Armstrong. Broadway Nation: How Immigrants, Jewish, Queer…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:56PMMonday, November 17, 2025
Icke, Strong, and Manville update Sophocles for a modern political tragedy. In 1959, Elmer Rice wrote Cue for Passion, a Broadway play that adapted Shakespeare’s Hamlet into contemporar…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:45PMReview by Ron Fassler . . . Sometimes a play begins and within minutes you can tell that you’re in the hands of a playwright, director and cast that are not only on the same page but have …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:24PMThursday, November 13, 2025
Laurie Metcalf as Sarah and Micah Stock as Ethan in “Little Bear Ridge Road” (photo by Julia Cervantes).November 13, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
In 1984, I attend…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 03:02PMMonday, November 10, 2025
Review by Ron Fassler . . . Now in its 55th year, the 92NY Lyrics & Lyricists Series is as essential to New York City as such other venerable institutions as Shakespeare in the Park and …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:34PMFriday, November 7, 2025
Mike Nichols and Neil Simon in an empty theatre in the 1960s, eyes forward towards the stage.November 7, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
Mike Nichols, born ninety-four y…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 10:43AMWednesday, November 5, 2025
Review by Ron Fassler . . . While sitting through Kyoto, which opened this week at the Mitzi Newhouse Theatre, I couldn’t help being reminded of several other recent plays best described …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:14PMSunday, November 2, 2025
Review by Ron Fassler . . . When George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion first premiered in London in 1914, it boasted two of the greatest stars of the British Theatre as its leads: Herbert Beer…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:49PMFriday, October 31, 2025
By Ron Fassler . . . I recently had the pleasure of chatting with Linda Purl, an actress and singer with decades in the business. Her resume includes starring in over 45 made-for-TV movies …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:54PM 
