For its premiere at the 2023 Hollywood Fringe Festival, Jiggs Burgess’ new play WOUNDED took home the prestigious 2023 International Fringe Encore Series Award, awarding it an Off-Bro…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:43PMby Sandi Durell . . . . So many in the cabaret community knew this special lady who passed away on December 9th in Springfield, Ma. She was that redhead who performed whenever she could at D…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:36AMThe Public Theater/The Ally – The Effect/The Shed – White Rose The Musical/Theatre Row – Thunderbird American Dancers Pow Wow – David Stone/Broadway Show Person of the Year – The R…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:30AMSomething for everyone: Plays – Musicals – Reimaginings – Solo Shows – Festivals – Puppets and More Our Class begins previews at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Fisher Fishman Spa…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:50AMHere are some suggestions that will take you over land and sea when you pop the cork on December 31st. Every year, New York City shoots of fireworks by the Statue of Liberty. What could be m…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:04PMIsaac Mizrahi returns to Café Carlyle with his show, “Mizrahi on Ice,” from February 6-17, 2024. Isaac Mizrahi has worked extensively in the entertainment industry as a performer, host,…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:30AMAlchemation and Mike & Carlee Productions are thrilled to announce the limited Off-Broadway engagement of Oh, Mary!, a new and ridiculous comedy written by and starring Cole Escola…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:49AMFrom January through May 2024, as the centerpiece of its 2023–2024 season, Carnegie Hall presents Fall of the Weimar Republic: Dancing on the Precipice, an expansive citywide festival exp…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:25PMThe cast of the Barry Manilow/Bruce Sussman musical Harmony celebrated the first night of Hanukkah on Thursday, December 7th with a special post-matinee menorah lighting outside the Bar…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:35PMBirdland Jazz Feb 14-18, features Mellissa Errico in “A Manhattan Valentine”; Feb 16 & 17. Shows are album release concerts; Shows are Sondheim alongside classics by Cole Porter, Ro…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:26PMMy favorite Chekhov play is coming to the Beaumont this Spring! UNCLE VANYA is the shortest of his plays, told in just four scenes, but never is he more insightful about the human condit…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:48PMNew plays alongside celeb driven revivals, new takes on movies and books . . . looks like an exciting new season ahead so far. Take a peek and check back on dates. Days of Wine and Roses –…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:40AMReview by Marilyn Lester . . . In 1892, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed the The Nutcracker Suite, a ballet of eight numbers, grouped in three movements. In 1960, the traditional suite, per…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:15AMReview By Brian Scott Lipton . . . . As the 92NY’s “Lyrics & Lyricists” series continues to expand its reach to include more contemporary and pop songwriters, one can imagine no be…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:10AMCherished Broadway veteran Stephen Flaherty, the Tony Award-winning Broadway composer, writing partner to book writer/lyricist Lynn Ahrens, will receive a multimedia, multi-ensemble, all-sta…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:30AMTheater Review By Ron Fassler . . . . One of the main tenets of drama is conflict. Hell, it’s the tenet. In choosing death as the overriding theme of her new play, Elizabeth Coplan uncerem…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:19PMJoin Rachel Bloom,, Emmy Award-winning co-creator and star of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, for a conversation with Laura Benanti on life’s little miracles — love, laughter, and the ever-present …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:43PMBy Adam Cohen . . . ADAM SZYMKOWICZ’s plays have been produced throughout the U.S., and in Canada, England, Wales, The Isle of Man, Ireland, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Australia, German…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:59PM54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club, presents the return of the illustrious Fred Barton and his Broadway Band, in “MIRACLE ON 54TH STREET,” a new evening of songs from the Golden Age of…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:39PMBy Ron Fassler . . . No Way to Treat a Lady is a dark comedy thriller novel by William Goldman who, when it was published almost sixty years ago, had not yet gotten his foot in the door in t…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:46AMAudible Inc., the leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling, announced three additional live performance dates for The Energy Curfew Music Hour, featuring the Grammy Award-…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:21PMOn Monday November 27, the 14th annual Lilly Awards, a ceremony dedicated to honoring the work of women in the American theater, were held at Playwrights Horizons. The inspirational evening…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:30PMThey say that good things come to those who wait, and Mr. Iconis is pleased to announce that after three bah humbug years of pandemic pause, Christmas is coming like never before. Joe and hi…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:59PMAt Birdland Jazz Club, catch Cyrille Aimee, Quintin Harris Quintet, Ben Jones, Joey Alexander Trio + Special Guest Theo Croker, Winter Wonderland Big Band Holiday Party with the George …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:38PMBIRDLAND JAZZ CLUB will present the return of Broadway leading man James Barbour in his annual Holiday Concert on Monday, December 18 at 7:00 PM. The audience will be entertained wit…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:23PMAcademy Award nominee Rachel McAdams stars in the Broadway premiere of Mary Jane, written by Pulitzer Prize finalist Amy Herzog (4000 Miles, the recent Tony-nominated adaptation of A D…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:00AM54 Celebrates Hanukkah – Mamie Parris, Paige Turner /The Green Room 42 – Doris Dear Christmas Special/Triad Theater By Sandi Durell . . . 54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club, will again p…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:05PMBy Sandi Durell . . . The American Popular Song Society (formerly NY Sheet Music Society) has been around for over 35 years. In fact, it’s now in its 40th Season! Holding monthly meeting…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:34AMNik Walker, now in the just opened revival of the Monty Python musical Spamalot, chatted with Theater Pizzazz contributor Ron Fassler on what it’s like cavorting onstage with a splendid gr…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:28AMThe holiday headliners are Zachary Clause (Dec 1 and 8); Dame Edna (Dec 15); David Cale (Dec 17); Rachelle Garniez (Dec 28 and Jan 4), and Mark Nadler, who hosts New Year’s Eve (D…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:09AMCabaret Review by Marilyn Lester. . . . Take a book—Fifty Key Stage Musicals—note that a contributor and editor of it, Robert W. Schneider, is an Original Programming Producer at 54 Belo…
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