Monday, October 23, 2023
By Andrew Poretz … Following two nights of sometimes heavy material – the first honoring the music of Kurt Weill, followed by a tribute to the music and somewhat tragic life of Doris Day…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:33AMFriday, October 20, 2023
By Andrew Poretz … Ava Nicole Francis made her New York cabaret solo debut at 54 Below on October 10. The young singer, not quite out of her teens, is a San Francisco transplant, and has a…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:05AMSunday, October 15, 2023
By Andrew Poretz . . . We last wrote about the tremendously entertaining Bryce Edwards in January, when he had his impressive solo debut with a sold-out show at Don’t Tell Mama (read HERE)…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:49AMSunday, October 8, 2023
By Andrew Poretz … Writer, dramatist and concert/revue creator Deborah Grace Winer continued her popular Songbook Sundays series at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club with more than…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:30AMMonday, September 25, 2023
By Andrew Poretz … Singer Kieran Brown, a very young, “up and coming” jazz and R&B singer with a strong proclivity for material from the Great American Songbook, took the stage at …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:24PMFriday, September 22, 2023
By Andrew Poretz … Amanda McBroom, a singer-songwriter as well as a fine actress, sold out Birdland Jazz with an audience filled with bold-face names from the cabaret scene, including Mari…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:54AMWednesday, September 6, 2023
By Andrew Poretz . . . There are few singers of jazz and cabaret today more compelling than the wonderfully talented Nicolas King. The star performed a rare set of pure jazz at The Green Ro…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:27AMTuesday, September 5, 2023
Rene Pfister is a Boston-based singer/songwriter. A newcomer to the New York cabaret scene, Pfister will make his New York debut with What I Learned from All My Ex-Boyfriends … If Anythi…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:15AMMonday, September 4, 2023
The York Theatre Company continues its fall 2023 “Musicals in Mufti” series with The Lieutenant, with book, music and lyrics by Chuck Strand, Eugene Curty and Nitra Mcauliffe. Performanc…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:52AMFriday, September 1, 2023
A new theatrical, Dreams of Dracula: An Immersive Masquerade Experience,will feature two floors and six rooms across 25,000 square feet, a choose-your-own adventure journey through history�…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:15AMThursday, August 31, 2023
Tony Award nominee Peter Friedman (Ragtime, “Succession,” Single White Female) and Sydney Lemmon (TÁR, “Succession,” “Helstrom”) are currently in rehearsal for the world premier…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:02PMRed Bull Theater will present the fourth installment of Red Bull’s acclaimed Hispanic Golden Age Classics, this year examining Don Quixote in English and Spanish versions, which will k…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:53PMSharon Katz & the Peace Train are celebrating the release of their new album, “For You,” at Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater, on September 5, at 7:00 PM. Take everything you love ab…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:46PMWednesday, August 30, 2023
The nonprofit Help Is On The Way, (http://www.helpisonthewaytoday.org) was founded 20 years ago, after cabaret producer Joseph Macchia founded it after meeting a little boy named David who w…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:25AMMonday, August 28, 2023
By Andrew Poretz … Pop met Pops at Forest Hills Stadium on August 17 when pop singer/songwriter and guitarist Jason Mraz closed out his Mystical Magical Rhythmical Radical Ride (the name…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:01AMFriday, August 25, 2023
Experience the spellbinding stories and colorful characters of the late children’s book author and illustrator Eric Carle in a whole new way, with The Eric Carle Story Show, currently play…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:12PMTuesday, August 15, 2023
By Andrew Poretz … It’s impossible not to notice the performer Marnie Klar the moment she walks into any room. Ms. Klar looks like a high-fashion model (her bio unsurprisingly bears this…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:46AMFriday, August 4, 2023
By Andrew Poretz … Quintin Harris is more than just a pretty face. As the “Dean Martin” to Bryce Edwards’ “Jerry Lewis” in their popular “Mr. Harris and Mr. Edwards” musica…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:17PMWednesday, August 2, 2023
By Andrew Poretz . . . Marieann Meringolo’s performances consistently make one wonder why on earth she isn’t a much bigger name in cabaret and beyond. This terrific, award-winning perfor…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:39AMSaturday, July 22, 2023
By Andrew Poretz . . . Move over Michael Bublé, there’s a new Canadian heartthrob, eh, and that is one David Marino. The Montreal native made his rather auspicious New York cabaret debut …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:31AMSunday, July 16, 2023
By Andrew Poretz … Broadway great Norm Lewis wowed ‘em when he kicked off the Midsummer MusicFest at The 92nd Street Y. Working with the top trio – music director Billy Stritch, bassis…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:32AMMonday, July 10, 2023
The Stars of Tomorrow Project is the teen acting program founded by Tony Danza – the beloved star of Taxi and Who’s the Boss, as well as a fine song-and-dance man. The organization provi…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:10AMThe Theater Hall of Fame Inc. has announced its 2023 inductees: actors Bebe Neuwirth (Chicago, Sweet Charity), Judd Hirsch (Conversations With My Father, I’m Not Rappaport), and Laurie Met…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:50AMSunday, July 9, 2023
Catherine Waller’s The Creeps, after award-winning runs at Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Hollywood Fringe Festival, and United Solo Festival, makes its New York premiere Off-Broadway at Playh…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:50AMTuesday, July 4, 2023
Roundabout Theatre Company has announced the complete cast for Covenant by York Walker, directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene. Covenant explores the power of belief and the thin line between ru…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:47PMSunday, July 2, 2023
The final play of the acclaimed “Meet Miss Baker” Series Mint Theater Company will return to Theatre Row with the American premiere of Elizabeth Baker’s Partnership, directed by Jackso…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:32AMSaturday, July 1, 2023
A Broadway musical adaptation of Imitation of Life, based on the 1933 Fannie Hurst novel and the two screen adaptations by Universal Pictures in 1934 and 1959, is being developed for the Bro…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:32PMFriday, June 30, 2023
That’s the million-dollar question. Now playing for a limited run at Chicago’s Studebaker Theater, Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical celebrates the life, career, and unforgettable son…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:03PMThursday, June 29, 2023
Jerry Orbach’s Broadway will be presented at 54 Below on July 24. The evening of music honors the beloved performer, who started out Off-Broadway in The Threepenny Opera and The Fantastick…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:58PMWednesday, June 28, 2023
By Andrew Poretz . . . Popular New York entertainer Steven Maglio, with his “big band orchestra,” opened at the Cutting Room last week for the first of a monthly residency, in an impress…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:06PMThe New York Theater Workshop and co-producer American Repertory Theater will present The Half-God of Rainfall, a new play by award-winning poet and playwright Inua Ellams (Barber Shop Chron…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:25PM 
