Monday, June 27, 2022
By Melissa Griegel . . . There are clearly lots of Barbie musical movies fans out there, based on the full house for “54 Sings Barbie” produced by Jillian Michelle Smith. The supper cl…
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Bob Gunton, a two-time Tony nominee, Drama Desk and Obie winner (Sweeney Todd, Evita, How I Got That Story) returns to the New York area stage after a thirty-year hiatus to star in the accla…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:35AMA Celebration of Cultural Diversity is presented by Phoebe Legere and The Foundation for New American Art July 16 & 17. The Foundation for New American Art, an art education nonprofit d…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:17AMTuesday June 28th, 2022, marks the 120th Anniversary of the birth of legendary Broadway composer Richard Rodgers and Rob Morrison’s Musical Theatre Melodies will commemorate the occas…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:30AMFriday, June 24, 2022
THE RIDE’S Author/Director/Co-CEO/CCO, Richard Humphrey, has assembled a 14-piece orchestra to record the original score for THE RIDE 2.0, a gloriously reimagined and updated show on whe…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:23PMCelebrate 30 years of sass, class and a—umm, bare bottoms at this year’s Broadway Bares. More than 150 of New York City’s sultriest dancers will take you on a journey inspired by 30 …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:16AMThursday, June 23, 2022
The producing team for The Last Match: A Pro- Wrestling Rock Musical announced its show will get a World Premiere Concept Album on Think Big Picture Records. The album will feature Iranian…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:10AMWednesday, June 22, 2022
The revival of Stephen Sondheim’s and George Furth’s Company, which is the most honored musical of the Broadway season receiving every major award for Best Musical Revival including t…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:04PMSee Red Carpet Photos In Slider Below// By Sandi Durell . . . On June 20 at NYU Skirball Center, the 2022 Chita Rivera Awards were back with a vigor that can only be described as bold and dy…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:40AMBy Harry Haun . . . Chita Rivera and Joel Grey are unique among theater legends. Each earned a Tony without a single line of dialogue. Their characters existed only in the songs of John Kand…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:05AMTuesday, June 21, 2022
DISNEY’S WINNIE THE POOH: THE NEW MUSICAL STAGE ADAPTATION opened its special summer engagement at the Hundred Acres Theatre on Theater Row last night with several Broadway friends, famil…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:48PMBy Brian Scott Lipton . . . Few shows of any sort have ever lived up to their billing as accurately – or as thrillingly – as Isn’t It Bliss? Sondheim on Love – which proved to be a s…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:51AMMonday, June 20, 2022
In a rare public appearance, Neil Diamond joined Will Swenson and the cast of the A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical at last night’s Red Sox game at Fenway Park in a rousing…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:20AMSunday, June 19, 2022
BROADWAY BARKS returns July 9th, 2022 for its first in-person event in three years for its 24th annual dog and cat adoption event that benefits New York City animal rescue groups. The even…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:24AMFriday, June 17, 2022
Circle Jerk, the critically acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize® Finalist piece has announced special guest hosts for its late-night performances in honor of Pride live at The Connelly Theater (220 …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:02PMBy Sandi Durell . . . Back at one of his favorite haunts, Tony Danza has Standards and Stories that knock your socks off. He’s a man of multi-talents and regales his sold out crowd at Caf�…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:28AMBy Andrew Poretz . . . Carol Lipnik is a true artist, a term perhaps used too loosely to describe some performers. She is also a dichotomy of onstage and offstage personas – when you spe…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:57AMThursday, June 16, 2022
NOW MORE THAN EVER: THE SONGS OF BILLY RECCE. Billboard-charting and two-time MAC Award-winning songwriter Billy Recce returns to Feinstein’s/54 Below on July 21 @ 9:30 pm for the first…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:35PMDue to unforeseen scheduling conflicts, The New York Pops, led by Music Director and Conductor Steven Reineke, will now open its 2022-23 season—its 40th anniversary—with The Music of …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:03AMWednesday, June 15, 2022
By Sandi Durell . . . On June 14, the Drama Desk Awards were hosted by Renee Elise Goldsberry at Sardi’s and a who’s who of presenters (Charles Busch, Kerry Butler, Liz Callaway, Lileana…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:53PMPangea’s 2022 Pride Week opens with GHOSTS OF WEIMAR PAST on Friday, June 17th at 7pm. From the gritty 20s, tumultuous 30s, and uncertain 40s, cabaret existed as a way to criticize and de…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:34PMTuesday, June 14, 2022
Now in its 19th season, the annual Fall for Dance Festival scheduled Sept. 21 – Oct. 2, captures the beating heart of today’s dance scene. Presenting international artists for the first …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:56PMKara Young, a 2022 Tony nominee for her performance in Clyde’s, will play Viola in the Classical Theatre of Harlem’s free production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night July 5-29 at …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:51AMMonday, June 13, 2022
By Andrew Poretz . . . The music and life of the legendary singer-songwriter Miss Peggy Lee, as the star liked to be called, was celebrated in grand style in Stacy Sullivan’s I Like Men �…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:15AMSaturday, June 11, 2022
In honor of National Immigrant Heritage Month, The Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs presents “¡Americano! the Musical in the Park,” on Friday, June 10 in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:06PMTony Award Nominee Jennifer Simard, for her current role as Sarah in Broadway’s revival of Company, is the latest actress to join the coveted Sardi’s Wall of Fame. The unveiling of the c…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:40AMDonald Pippin, a celebrated and prolific musical director for Broadway and New York’s Radio City Music Hall and the last living recipient of the long-discontinued Tony Award for Best Con…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:05AMFriday, June 10, 2022
Hadestownproducers Mara Isaacs, Dale Franzen, Hunter Arnold, and Tom Kirdahy announced today that original Broadway cast member and one of the show’s celebrated understudies T. Olive…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:08AMIn a historic first, the Nederlander Organization will rename one of its Broadway theaters to honor the great performer and civil rights activist Lena Horne, the company announced today.…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:21AMby Adam Cohen . . . Sister Act is musical theater comfort food. It makes no intellectual demands. The songs are eminently hummable. The performances are often perfection. And the plot is…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:08AMJoining the previously announced cast is Idina Menzel, Beth Malone, Jose Llana, Mykal Kilgore, Brandon Contreras plus, Carmen Castillo, Arhm Choi, Denice Frohman,Jiayi He,Heidi Latsky Dance,…
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