Theater Review by Walter Murphy with Catherine Kemm . . . Every time I see a show I learn something. After seeing A Fairly Odd Musical! at the Jerry Orbach Theater I learned that there are…
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 08:00PMCasual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . Martin Short. I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legen…
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 11:54PMTheater Review by Brian Scott Lipton . . . Do good things come to those who wait? In the case of Empire Records: The Musical, the extremely entertaining adaptation of the flop 1995 film (a…
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 06:58PMCasual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . Julian Schlossberg. My First Book—Part 2: A Producer’s…
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 03:40PMTheater Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . The oversized names and faces of Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone command a large space over the Booth Theatre for Jen Silverman’s comedy, The Roommat…
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 06:12AMCasual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . Julian Schlossberg. Try Not to Hold it Against Me: A Produ…
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 06:47PMTheater Review by Carol Rocamora . . . What? You’ve never heard of Solderville, Colorado? That tiny mining village “on the highest mountain of the highest mountain range in North Ameri…
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 04:15AMCasual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . John Mayer. Steppenwolf Theatre Company of Chicago: In Th…
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 03:48AMCasual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . Richard Christiansen. A Theater of Our Own: A History and …
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 12:00PMTheater Review by JK Clarke . . . Just about everyone loves to sneer at lawyers despite their importance and frequent value to us as individuals and society as a whole. I won’t even both…
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 11:45PMCasual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . . Barbra Streisand. My Name Is Barbra (New York: Viking, 2…
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 03:53PMTheater Analysis by Carol Rocamora . . . When multiple revivals of the same classic dominate our stages in successive seasons, one can’t help but ask, as we’re now tempted to do: “Why …
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 04:43PMCasual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . . Judi Dench (with John Miller). And Furthermore (New York…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:44PMTheater Review by JK Clarke . . . There are jobs in this world that many of us, well actually most of us, could never dream of doing. They’re dirty, dangerous, or horrifying—but the tr…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:22PMCabaret Review by Cooper Lawrence and Sheila Watko . . . Another great Joe Iconis & Family show is in the books at 54 Below. It was—once again—the coolest party in town with the co…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:42AMCasual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . Mel Brooks. All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Bus…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:17AMTheater Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . Are you a sucker for sentiment? Do you not care that much if a play you’re seeing is contrived, clichéd, and conventional, as long as you enjoy …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:31PMCasual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . . Chris Jones. Rise Up! Broadway and American Society from…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:01PMTheater Review by Michael Dale . . . With Manhattan temperatures regularly hitting the mid-90s this July, even the most serious-minded theatergoer is apt to be searching for frothier fare …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:06PMTheater Review by Yani Perez . . . María Irene Fornés’ La Viuda returns to the stage in a new production by Dogteam Theatre Project at Atlantic Stage 2. Translated and directed by Olga…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:35PMCasual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . . Peter Hay. Theatrical Anecdotes. (New York: Oxford Unive…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:28PMCabaret Review by JK Clarke . . . Lea DeLaria’s cleverly double- or triple-entendre titled monthly show at 54 Below, Brunch is Gay may also just be unintentionally exhibiting the simples…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:00AMTheater Review by Carol Rocamora . . . I know that’s an unconventional way to begin a review of a new work, but that’s the feeling that swept over me, watching Kathleen McGhee-Anderson…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:29AMCasual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot-off-the-presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . . Pete Blatchford. Wicked, Immoral, Utterly Bad! An Illust…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:03AMTheater Review by Adam Cohen . . . Cole Escola’s Oh, Mary! is unadulterated hysteria. Stop reading now and book your tickets. Escola brilliantly subverts history and creates an indelible v…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:30AMTheater Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . Summertime, and the pickings are measly. At least that’s the case with two new Off-Broadway musicals I had the displeasure of seeing over the pas…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:30PMCasual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot-off-the-presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . . Chris Jones. Bigger, Brighter, Louder: 150 Years of Ch…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:44PMTheater Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . . From Here, a disposable musical brought to New York’s Signature Center by the Renaissance Theatre Company of Orlando, Florida, is the kind of pro…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:57AMCasual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot-off-the-presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . . Ben Hecht. A Child of the Century. (New Haven and Lond…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:37PMCasual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . . Norman Mathews – The Wrong Side of the Room: A Life in…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:40AMTheater Review by Carol Rocamora . . . . A ferocious flock of Furies is unleashed in Lucy Kirkwood’s wild new play The Welkin. They seek vengeance upon the world—and each other—for the…
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