Tuesday, October 27, 2015
With Special Appearances by Lucie Arnaz, Walter Bobbie, Hunter Ryan Herdlicka, Linda Lavin, Roberta Maxwell, Marilyn Maye, Billy Stritch, and Holland Taylor the Abingdon Thea…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:24AMThursday, October 22, 2015
by JK Clarke One of the great things about a play with a universally robust theme or storyline is its malleability, its ability to...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:51PMWednesday, October 21, 2015
by JK Clarke Anyone who has spent time in a NYC dive bar, particularly in Greenwich Village, recognizes Terri Girvin. She’s a brassy, no-nonsense young..…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:09AMTuesday, October 13, 2015
A touching and uplifting story of survival under the worst conditions. by Joel Benjamin Dramatizing Holocaust events is notoriously difficult…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:16AMSunday, October 11, 2015
by JK Clarke Have you had enough of the campaigning and politics of the 2016 Presidential election? It seems like every time you turn around there’s...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:44PMFriday, October 9, 2015
by JK Clarke Prior to opening night of Barbecue (now playing at The Public Theater through November 1) the play’s publicity team sent out a note asking...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:57AMTuesday, October 6, 2015
by JK Clarke The upside to Elevator Repair Service’s (ERS) latest production, Fondly, Collette Richland (written by Sibyl Kempson and playing at the New York Theatre W…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:24AMThursday, October 1, 2015
by JK Clarke Somewhere in the middle of his opening night set at the Café Carlyle on Tuesday night, Buster Poindexter made a crack about...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:33PMWednesday, September 30, 2015
Composer, lyricist and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda, the man responsible for both In the Heights and current Broadway sensation Hamilton has been chosen as one of 24 recipie…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:08AMTuesday, September 29, 2015
Photos by JK Clarke The Plaza Hotel Ballroom was filled to capacity on Monday evening September 28th with theater and film royalty at The American Theatre…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:37AMThursday, September 24, 2015
by JK Clarke Watching an Eric Tucker-directed Shakespeare play, one tends to realize two things: first, that the players have such a comprehensive command of the.…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:59AMWednesday, September 23, 2015
Interview by Cooper Lawrence Depending on when you caught him, David Johansen is either a proto-punk god of the 70s, thrusting the New York Dolls into legendary status,...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:08AMTuesday, September 22, 2015
by JK Clarke If Devo’s Booji Boy character decided to cross-dress he might look something like Dina Martina. But it’s doubtful he’d be as riotously funny...…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:00AM by JK Clarke Your average theatergoer rarely has the occasion for an in-depth study of a single scene in a particular play the way an actor, director...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:04AMMonday, September 21, 2015
In late August Theater PIzzazz’s JK Clarke traveled west for a brief visit to Ashland, Oregon, home of the world-renowned Oregon Shakespeare Festival, one of the longe…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:13AMFriday, September 11, 2015
by JK Clarke Deconstructing an art form can often lead to interesting and beautiful new styles, movements or individual works of art. Picasso’s foray into cubism pro…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:08AMWednesday, August 19, 2015
Tuesday, August 18, 2015, following the opening night production, the cast of Primary Stages and Ensemble Studio Theater /Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Project production t…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:05AMTuesday, August 18, 2015
by Marcina Zaccaria Is the New York International Fringe Festival more than an actor’s gym? In O’ Save Us, St. Sophia a group of students from the BFA program...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:38AM by JK Clarke The ongoing revival and embrace of Shakespeare’s later plays, those generally referred to as the “Romances,” has led to the inevita…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:22AMSaturday, August 15, 2015
by JK Clarke Nevermind the outstanding acting. Nevermind the extraordinary singing. Nevermind the flawless movement, writing, rapping, set, story, direction, costumes and chore…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:25PMThursday, August 13, 2015
Tony award winner Donna McKechnie appeared at the East 86th Street Barnes & Noble on Monday, August 10 to sign copies of her new CD Same Place:...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:45PMWednesday, August 12, 2015
by Myra Chanin Pimm’s Mission, a new American thriller by Christopher Stetson Boal, opens in a bar with a bang. The bang is an explosion that has destroyed the...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:26PM by Myra Chanin On July 10 an extraordinary event—Ricky Ritzel’s Broadway—took place at Don’t Tell Mama (DTM), the Nightlife Mall-cum-Cabaret Cineplex currently celebrat…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:13AMMonday, August 10, 2015
An auspicious inaugural season for a brilliantly re-purposed Queens venue. by Joel Benjamin August 7, 2015. Steven Reineke and his New York Pops ventured out of Carnegie Hall…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:42PMSaturday, August 8, 2015
Interview by Marilyn Lester That popular axiom of real estate, “location, location, location,” may well translate to theater as “timing, timing, timing.” …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:08AM by Magda Katz Thursday August 6, 2015, The New York Pops performed an inaugural concert at its new summer home, Forest Hills Stadium, with two-time Tony Award winner...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:28AMFriday, August 7, 2015
by Myra Chanin Nu? How was it? What can I say? It was a mishmash. Like many other audience members, I was confused. How can you celebrate a...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:42AMThursday, August 6, 2015
by Bre Northrup For its final performance as part of the Midtown International Theater Festival, solo performer and playwright PJ Landers performed his piece, Universal …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:13AM by Bre Northrup Murder, mystery, and music, The Mysterious A Cappella Murder Cabaret delighted a full house for its final performance as part of the 16th Annual...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:34AMTuesday, August 4, 2015
AUGUST 3, 2015. This past weekend, actor-turned-filmmaker Michael Lee Stever, (Super Force, Broadway; The Golden Age) and revered stage actress and Academy Award nominee…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:58AMMonday, August 3, 2015
by Joe Regan Jr. Melissa Ritz has written and is performing a one woman performance entitled Bombshell of Rhythm: The Life and Secrets of Ina Ray Hutton the forgotten...
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