Monday, 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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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:43AMFriday, July 31, 2015
by JK Clarke This one goes to eleven . . . and stays there. To suggest that John Patrick Shanley is one of the...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:44AM by Fred Cohen The Emmy-award winning Liz Callaway, for the record, performed at the Metropolitan Room on July 28 for the first time in five years. She...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:12AMFriday, July 24, 2015
Boldface names of comedy and film came out to celebrate opening night comedian Colin Quinn’s riotous new one-man show, The New York Story, (directed by Jerry Seinfeld) now playi…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:48AMTuesday, July 21, 2015
by Susan Hasho Forget the fact that Jan Maxwell has announced her retirement from the stage, because that just puts more emphasis on the fact that this...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:46AMSaturday, July 18, 2015
by Joel Benjamin Scott Siegel once again proves that musical theater has a vibrant future. Scott Siegel, that indefatigable godfather of Broadway ta…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:15AMThursday, July 16, 2015
by Joe Regan Jr. On July 15 Gregory Nalbone returned to the Metropolitan Room after a two year absence with an entirely new show, The Sounds of...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:01AM by Joe Regan Jr. Ari M. J. Silverstein, who presents jazz artists on Saturday in the back room of Pangea Restaurant on Second Avenue in the...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:33AM by Joe Regan Jr. Daryl Glenn’s latest show, Daryl Sings Steve: Sings by Sondheim was originally presented at Feinstein’s at the Regency, and then was part...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:52AMWednesday, July 15, 2015
by Joe Regan Jr. Charles Busch, with his talented musical director/vocalist partner, Tom Judson, returned to 54 Below with an all new program called That Girl/That Boy, on...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:33AM by Joe Regan Jr. Despite a threatening storm and a crane that was blocking traffic at the Metropolitan Room entrance, on Saturday, July 11, Stacy Sullivan’s new...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:23AMTuesday, July 14, 2015
by Joe Regan Jr. Richard Malavet—whose last cabaret, a great Billy Eckstine-themed show some years ago—has returned to the cabaret scene with Very Good Years: The In…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:40AMSunday, July 12, 2015
by JK Clarke Shakespeare’s comedies are meant to be merry. Too often analysis of these plays get bogged down in breakdowns of meaning, symbolism and social acceptability. But one...…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:53AMSaturday, July 11, 2015
by Joe Regan Jr. About a year ago KT Sullivan and Jeff Harnar performed an acclaimed Steven Sondheim show. Now Sullivan and...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:37AMTuesday, July 7, 2015
Fans and super fans alike turned out Monday night, July 6 for the red carpet and opening night performance of Lincoln Center Festival’s celebr…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:09AMFriday, July 3, 2015
by Marcina Zaccaria When it comes to movie-making, how do we take elements, pull them apart, and put them back together? An inventive way to see...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:15AMThursday, July 2, 2015
by Brian Scott Lipton That peculiar brand of theatrical magic that occurs when a perfect actor finds the perfect role, slipping it into like a custom-made dress,...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:09AMWednesday, July 1, 2015
RUTHLESS! The Musical entertained the crowd on Fran Drescher’s New York Harbor cruise to kick off Gay Pride Week last Sunday, June 21st. A benefit for...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:11PM Jason Graae and Alex Rybeck entertain patrons and supporters of The Encompass New Opera Theatre for its Annual Jazz Cabaret Gala at Chip Seelig’s Tribeca penthouse. by Linda…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:55PMTuesday, June 30, 2015
by Brian Scott Lipton From Anton Chekhov to Beth Henley to Wendy Wasserstein, the particular dynamic of three female siblings has proven to be catnip. Now, we...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:01PM by Joe Regan Jr. Every two years Jillian Laurain, the Bistro Award-winning, classically trained singer, actress and vocal coach, does a new cabaret act and it’s…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:16AMSunday, June 28, 2015
by Joe Regan Jr. The award-winning Flea Theater off Broadway sponsors The Bats, a young artists program. In 2013, I saw one of The Bats’ company productions, a great...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:44AMFriday, June 26, 2015
by Myra Chanin The three funny folks—Ted McElroy, Danny McWilliams and Sidney Myer—who made WOR’s Gay Hour hilarious and endearing, were reunited at Don’t Tell M…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:46PMThursday, June 25, 2015
by Joe Regan Jr. June 23, 2015 – Bobbie Horowitz has a recurring series at the Metropolitan Room entitled “It’s Just a Number” honoring people over the age of 50...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:56PM by Brian Scott Lipton To some, A New Brain, William Finn’s autobiographically-based musical about his brief battle with a brain injury, will always seem like an odd, slightly self-i…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:06AMTuesday, June 23, 2015
by Joe Regan Jr. For fifteen years Town Hall has presente…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:58PMMonday, June 22, 2015
by Beatrice Williams-Rude The run of a charming theater piece, Traveling Papers, is coming to a close and one wishes it would be extended, or booked for a...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:43PMby Joe Regan Jr. June 20, 2015 – Metropolitan Room Some years ago Veronika Rodriguez and her musical director saxophone player husband Jean-Philippe Vidal made a New York appear…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:07PMFriday, June 19, 2015
Top entertainers, NYC sports icons, top models and the Rockettes were on hand Thursday Night at Radio city Musical Hall to support and cheer...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:47AMTuesday, June 9, 2015
“I think you can leave the arts, superior or inferior, the the conscience of mankind.” —William Butler Yeats Last night Town Hall was the site of The...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:10AMTuesday, June 2, 2015
Broadway’s top tappers, hottest hoofers and grandest gambol’ers were on hand Monday night for the 33rd Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards, which recognizes outstanding…
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