When Jelani Alladin (pictured left) read the description of his character in the Showtime/Paramount + series “Fellow Travelers,” the romantic leading man of the stage musicals “Frozen�…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 08:37AMJustin Scott of Newtown is a writer of more than 30 historic adventure thrillers, including the “The Shipkiller," the Ben Abbott mystery series, and 10 best sellers co-authored with Clive …
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 09:22AMThe show: “Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch” played Broadway’s Music Box Theatre this fall and early winter and will now be seen on PBS’s American…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 01:57PMEver feel like running away from home to join a musical? Then “Water for Elephants” would be the show of choice that offers escapism, enchantment and heart — and thrills, too. Based o…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 10:17PMThe show: “Ilinoise” through March 26 at the Park Avenue Armory. The show will have a limited Broadway run at the St. James Theatre, beginning performances on its official opening date …
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 04:59PMMusical theater can be a sucker for a romantic tale, whether it’s about obsessive devotion, idealized passion, or lost loves. “The Notebook,” based on Nicholas Sparks‘ bestselling, 1…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 08:20AMAll photos by Emilio Madrid The show: ‘On Set With Theda Bara’ by Joey Merlo at the Brick Theatre in the Williamsburg se…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 04:20PMThe show: “The Connector” at off-Broadway’s MCC Theatre in New York City What makes it special?: The latest musical by composer Jason Robert Brown, one of the leading musical lights in…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 03:03PMThe show: “Here We Are” at The Shed at Hudson Yards in New York City When it was announced nearly 10 years ago that Stephen Sondheim would be collaborating with playwright David Ives on …
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 05:53PMThe show: “Walk on Through: Confessions of a Museum Novice” at Manhattan Class Company. What makes it special?: Tony Award-winner Gavin Creel (“Hello, Dolly!” “Thoroughly Modern M…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 03:22PMRGoing (or not going) to the big dance has been an irresistible storyline for musicals from “Oklahoma!” to “The Prom.” The set-up inherently inspires social stress, romantic anxiety,…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 10:42PMIt’s been a busy month or so with much of my attention in New York doing interviews there and catching shows such as “Purlie Victorious” (one of the best productions I’ve seen on st…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 06:53PMSad news about the death of the great Norman Lear at 101, a New Haven native who never forgot his roots. I first interviewed him in the mid-'70s and here's a piece I wrote the last time we t…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 10:01AMLong before the utopian rom-com "Fire Island," there was a movie that told a far darker and disturbing story, set principally on that LGBTQ+ sunny enclave at a perilous time: the 1989 landma…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 03:52PMMark Lamos and husband Jerry Jones sit on the stone wall in the backyard of their colonial home on a rolling green lawn off a winding countryside road in Litchfield County. Bella, their En…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 03:34PMHoliday shows have traditionally provided a major financial boost to Connecticut theaters, but this year — with audiences still not returning to pre-pandemic levels — industry executives…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 03:13PMBy FRANK RIZZO “There is intense interest in art, architecture and their colonial histories in India right now,” says Tim Barringer, the Paul Mellon Professor in the History of Art Depar…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 06:54PMYogi Berra said the future ain’t what it used to be. We know how he feels. The Broadway arrival of the West End hit “Back to the Future” continues the march of Hollywood brand extensio…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 04:02PMAs backers’ auditions go, “Gutenberg! The Musical!” — a wildly delusional conceit so full of itself that it boasts two exclamation points — doesn’t stand a chance of making it to…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 03:44PMAll photos by Billy Bustamante, Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman The show: “Here Lies Love” at the Broadway Theatre in N…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 05:39PMThe show: “The Cottage” at the Hayes Theatre (formerly the Helen Hayes Theatre) on Broadway What makes it special?: It’s a new comedy and that’s been a too-rare occurance on Broadwa…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 01:46PMPost-pandemic audiences are returning in various degrees to Connecticut’s largest presenting houses — The Bushnell in Hartford, Palace Theater in Waterbury and Shubert Theatre in New Hav…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 07:14PMThe show: “Here You Come Again” at the Goodspeed Musicals’ Norma Terris Theatre in Chester, CT. What makes it special?: It’s a presentation of a show that’s played a few times arou…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 06:01PMYogi Berra said the future ain’t what it used to be. We know how he feels. The Broadway arrival of the West End hit “Back to the Future” continues the march of Hollywood brand extensio…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 10:13PMThe show: “Summer Stock” at Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Ct. …
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 02:40PMAmid the chaos of our great political and cultural divides, there is still one event that manages to unite people with the Ambien of sweet nostalgia, the calming embrace of family heritage a…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 02:25PMThe show: “Days of Wine and Roses” at the Atlantic Theater Company …
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 03:38PMGodrey Simmons, Artistic Director of Hartbeat Ensemble. and Bowdie. Simmons introduced Michael Price who then introduced animal; trrainer Bill Berloni who received the Tom Killen Award. All …
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 02:08PMHere is my first interview with performance artist Taylor Mac. We talked in 2015 at The Study hotel in New Haven just prior to his show at the International Festival of Arts & Ideas that…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 08:33AMPhoto by Frank Rizzo In 2015, I again interviewed Taylor Mac when he performed just one part of his legendary 24-hour maratho…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 07:39AMSheldon Harnick, the great Broadway lyricist died earlier this month at the age of 99. Here is an interview I did with him from his Manhattan home in 2014 to advance a production off “Fidd…
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