Monday, October 22, 2018
Sunday, October 21 was the opening night of The Ferryman on Broadway. Maya Werner from Theater Pizzazz was on the scene to capture the attendees and cast members at the opening nigh…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 06:26AMSunday, October 21, 2018
By Steve Nardoni I told someone I had seen this. He accurately surmised that is was some kind of spoof on “The Book of Mormon” but had no idea who Ethel Merman was. He h…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 07:42PM by Magda Katz Friday night October 19, marked the 10th Anniversary of Maestro extraordinaire Steven Reineke conducting the New York Pops. He is know for his charisma, enthusias…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 06:16PM by Michael Bracken Its clever title is a sign of the times, for sure. And the comedy it describes follows suit without getting mired in statecraft or freedom of the beleaguered…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 05:09PM by Alix Cohen This is a play about the power of words, about a prominent person’s words granting permission for (abhorrent) behavior, and about culpability. Sound rele…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 07:40AMThursday, October 18, 2018
by Ron Fassler Song stylist and piano player extraordinaire Billy Stritch flew into the Birdland Theater last night with the precision of a hawk, the dexterity of a humm…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 08:49PMDorothy and Bill Berloni and Broadway Legends Honor The Humane Society of New York and Seth Rudetsky at Feinstein’s/54 Below Seth Rudetsky, Ana Gasteyer by Sandi Durell …
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 09:06AMWednesday, October 17, 2018
By Sandi Durell In the hustle and bustle of the Big Apple, the chaotic daily life of rushing from place to place, person to person – – is it possible to meet anyone…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 09:30PM By Myra Chanin The first cabaret show that knocked my sox off — when I began hanging out in New York City around the turn of this century – was the award-winning Off-Br…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 01:22PM By Sandi Durell Rita Wilson is back at the Café Carlyle, but in a surprisingly different musical offering bringing along some of her best buddy songwriters from Nashvil…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 12:28PMTuesday, October 16, 2018
A special press event was held for a preview of Maltby and Shire’s Closer Than Ever which will be presented at the upcoming Abingdon Theatre gala on October 22 hon…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 04:12PM A TANTALIZING REJUVENITION OF ‘60’S GAY RAPTURE … OR NOT By Myra Chanin Mark Sonnenblick, the young triple threat who created the absorbing book, music and lyrics …
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 03:18PM By Iris Wiener To say that The Jonathan Larson Project is one of passion is an understatement; the heart, creativity and talent that went into creating such a stunning experien…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 06:52AMMonday, October 15, 2018
Melissa Errico ‘Sings Sondheim’ ; by Sandi Durell A most fabulous morning of interviews recently for incoming talent at Feinstein’s/54 Below and particularly …
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 04:02PM by Adam Cohen There were only four instruments in glorious full bodied usage Saturday evening at Scott Siegel’s 17th Annual Broadway Unplugged concert at Merkin Hall. I…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 09:18AM By Martha Wade Steketee What happens when private business interests align with public interests, and public servants determine to destroy existing communities fo…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 08:53AM By Iris Wiener “We have fun here,” sings the ever-jovial Michael Scott at the opening of The Office! A Musical Parody, now playing at The Theater Center. No lyrics c…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 08:20AMSunday, October 14, 2018
Alan Jay Lerner’s 100th Birthday Celebration Rocks the 2018 Cabaret Convention Finale by Myra Chanin Alan Jay Lerner supplied rhymes for one unfinished …
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 07:03PM by Sandi Durell Tony Award winning star of this season’s Broadway’s Carousel is returning to Feinstein’s/54 Below with the songs she loves and you will…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 12:05PMSaturday, October 13, 2018
The Best of Jerry Herman by Alix Cohen I have always been a person who arranges things…begins host Klea Blackhurst in her 7th year as host. “Tonight we celebrate Jerr…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 11:19AMFriday, October 12, 2018
By Marilyn Lester What a great title for a cabaret: I Can’t Trace Time. It’s intriguing. There’s a fascination there that sparks curious interest. It also happens …
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 02:34PM By Sandi Durell Legend of the jazz age – Ada ‘Bricktop’ Smith, a singer-dancer born in Alderson, WV, rose to fame as a nightclub owner and opened Chez Bricktop in Paris i…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 12:39PMThursday, October 11, 2018
by: Sandi Durell The second evening at the 29th NY Cabaret Convention celebrated Rosemary Clooney, Barbara Cook and Julie Wilson. Written and hosted by Deborah Grace Win…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 10:48AMWednesday, October 10, 2018
by Alix Cohen “How was your summer?” “How was the trip/flight in?” “Where are you performing?” “I hear you have a new CD.” “You look great.”Buzz, Buzz, Buzz…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 09:59PM By Steve Nardoni The last surviving member of Hitler’s food-tasting team, Margot Woelk, who died in 2014, was reported to have said. “….Hitler was a really repugna…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 08:13PM by Ron Fassler My teenage years as a kid on Long Island, revolved around summers by the pool or at the ocean listening to songs on the radio. Yes, radio. This was when transist…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 09:42AMTuesday, October 9, 2018
By Sandi Durell Axis Theatre in Greenwich Village is the tiny theater where Randy Sharp is directing a far reaching adaptation of the very familiar 1952 western that sta…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 09:52AM Sometimes people you know for many years in a specific business are more, much more, than suspected! Here’s something I learned about a man I know for over 30 years, one Bruce R…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 08:40AM by Lisa-Joy Reitman Dobi One year ago, our beloved Metropolitan Room closed its doors for the last time. For countless members of New York’s cabaret community, this wa…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 07:21AMMonday, October 8, 2018
by Samuel L. Leiter James Wallert’s The Winning Side is a biographical drama about Wernher von Braun (1912-1977), the German rocket scientist. Von Braun (played b…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 10:02PM By Sandi Durell Meet the 21 townspeople who live in Popcorn Falls, where the waterfall has dried up, the town is teetering on bankruptcy and the new Mayor is having mic …
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