Thursday, June 12, 2025
Sometimes the only refuge from the brutalities of a life pre-destined for loneliness, poverty and violence is a poetic voice.
In playwright Jamie Wax’s one-hander “Call Me Izzy,…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 11:14PMThursday, June 5, 2025
Now for the second half of my predictions for Sunday’s Tony Awards honoring the best of the 2024-25 Broadway season — which ended at the end of April . It was indeed one of t…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 10:17AMWednesday, June 4, 2025
The 2024-25 Broadway season — which ended April 30 — was one of the richest and most competitive seasons in years. While there hasn't been been a megahit of the likes of â€�…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 11:53AMMonday, June 2, 2025
Jean Carlo Salazar believes that self-belief is essential, even in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. At 26, Salazar, a resident of East Haven, emphasizes the importance of faith in …
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 09:22AMSunday, June 1, 2025
By FRANK RIZZO
How can a gay man find true intimacy in an easy-access world of online sex?
The answer may be an honest reckoning with oneself — and perhaps even a trip to Venice.
At l…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 11:58AMThursday, May 29, 2025
You know this is not the first time I’ve played the mother of an unhappy gay person,†said Mink Stole on a recent Zoom call from her home in Los Angeles.
A regular in the idiosy…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 08:43AMPhoto by Joan Marcus
Charles Strouse — the great composer of such hits as “Annie†(which began at Goodspeed…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 12:21AMMonday, May 26, 2025
Carla R. Stewart and Keenan Barrett. All production photos are by Greg Mooney
The show: “Millions,†a new musica…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 04:36PMWednesday, May 14, 2025
Photo by Frank Rizzo
An old farmer is alone in the middle of an open field late at night and he is weeping.
New Haven playwrig…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 02:34PMThe show: The musical “Ragtime†at Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam.
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SOURCE: ShowRiz at 01:14PMMonday, April 28, 2025
Julie Averbach remembers looking at a box of Caesar Salad at Trader Joe’s and on the label was a picture of Augustus of Prima Porta, a famous sculpture carved of the Roman emperor, wh…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 04:25PMCongratulation to Michael Price, 86, longtime executive director of Goodspeed Musicals who will be receiving a special Tony Award ion June.
The Tony Awards Administration Committee announce…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 02:23PMJeremy Jordan in “Floyd Collinsâ€
First, a big thanks to Adam Feldman for setting me straight (so to speak) on a fe…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 12:06PMSunday, April 27, 2025
The Latina seamstresses at a dressmaking workshop in East L.A. express their credo at the top of the new musical “Real Women Have Curves.†With the pulsating song “Make It …
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 09:45PMAll photos by Matthew Murphy
Unlike the mobile British corpse in “Operation Mincemeat,†the traveling American cad…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 05:35PMSaturday, April 26, 2025
The show: “I’m Assuming You Know David Greenspan†by Mona Pirnot at the Atlantic Theater Company.
What makes it special?: David Greenspan.
Who is he and why is he in a ti…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 12:28PMWednesday, April 23, 2025
With the Broadway arrival of “Stranger Things: The First Shadow,†the origin story from the popular Netflix series, comes the question: Will this stand-alone tale appeal —…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 09:06AMSaturday, April 19, 2025
When filmmakers reached out to Bill Berloni about finding and training a dog to co-star with Naomi Watts and Bill Murray in the film “The Friend,†his answer was direct.
 
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 01:24PMSunday, April 13, 2025
Photos by Jeremy Daniels.
The show: The Manhattan Theatre Club production of “We Had a World†by Joshua Harmon an…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 01:37PMTuesday, April 8, 2025
After three Broadway revues of Stephen Sondheim’s music you would think a fourth wouldn’t offer anything fresh, have any surprises, or be anything special.
Think again.
“…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 09:22PMThis is a tough one and news of infinite sadness. I just learned that composer William Finn has died at the age of 73. “March of the Falsettos†in 1981 was a revelation to me and…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 03:46PMMonday, April 7, 2025
Following on the high heels of the 2023 hit film “Barbie,†“Boop! The Musical†likewise aims to remake and rebrand another dated pop character for contemporary times …
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 10:58PMFriday, April 4, 2025
Like television journalist Edward R. Murrow’s historic broadcasts, the stage adaptation of the 2005 film “Good Night, and Good Luck†has a seriousness of purpo…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 12:23AMThursday, March 27, 2025
Photos by Monique Carboni
The show: “Curse of the Starving Class†by Sam Shepard, revived by off-Broadway’…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 03:17PMMonday, March 24, 2025
Today, the Windham-Campbell Prizes have awarded eight extraordinary writers $175,000 each to support their work and allow them to focus on their creative practice independent of financial co…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 03:42PMThursday, March 20, 2025
An astonishing, loopy and very true World War II story about Great Britain tricking Germany into believing false invasion plans has been the source material for non-fiction books and movies …
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 11:05PMWednesday, March 19, 2025
Entering “Buena Vista Social Club†is like stepping into a heady world of the senses, of heightened emotions, and of passionate music and dance.
The Social Club was a real place …
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 10:11PMThursday, March 13, 2025
Sometimes gay history is all around you and you don’t even know it.
John D. Allen, Ed.D, is seeking to change that by bringing decades — even centuries — of the joys and…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 01:46PMWednesday, March 12, 2025
Yes, it’s a stereotype, but do mothers and their gay sons really do have a special relationship like no other?
Matt Doyle believes so. The Tony Award-winning actor from the gender-swi…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 11:12PMMonday, March 10, 2025
Athol Fugard, the great South African playwright died on Saturday night at his home in Stellenbosch, a town near Cape Town. He was 92. His wife, Paula Fourie, confirmed his death after a car…
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