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Friday, July 26, 2024

Unentitled To Play at 59E59 Theaters by Sandi Durell

Negro Ensemble Company presents Unentitled By Charles White, Directed by Terrence I Mosley Set in the heady days of late 2008, with the Obama campaign as a backdrop, an upper-middle class Af…

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Thursday, July 25, 2024

New Cast Members Join Encores Ragtime by Sandi Durell

NEW YORK CITY CENTER today announced additional casting for the Annual Gala Presentation Ragtime, directed by Tony nominated Encores! Artistic Director Lear deBessonet. Joining the cast a…

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Vineyard Theatre Adds Additional Productions by Sandi Durell

Vineyard Theatre Artistic Directors Sarah Stern and Douglas Aibel are pleased to announce two additional productions for the company’s upcoming 42nd season. Vineyard’s 2024-2025 sea…

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Saturday, July 20, 2024

Mainstay Cabaret and Restaurant Closing by Sandi Durell

by Sandi Durell . . . After 46 years, the West Bank Cafe & The Laurie Beechman Theatre will be closing their doors on Theatre Row in August! The space on West 42nd Street, in the midst o…

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Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Patti LuPone New Studio Album by Sandi Durell

Center Stage Records announced the release of Patti LuPone: A Life in Notes. Her first new studio album since 2006, the Grammy Award winner’s new double album is available digitally on Jul…

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Monday, July 15, 2024

Jonathan Poretz Returns to 54 Below in Totally Tony by Sandi Durell

54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club, presents Jonathan Poretz in Totally Tony: Keepin’ The Music Playin’ on Sunday, August 18, 2024 at 7pm. Following sold-out shows in both 2018 and 2…

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Sunday, July 14, 2024

Noah Marlowe to Make 54 Below Debut by Sandi Durell

54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club, presents the solo cabaret debut of Noah Marlowe on July 29th, 2024, at 9:30pm. Noah Marlowe, star of Broadway’s The Book of Mormon, also known for D…

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Saturday, July 13, 2024

Public Theater Block Party by Sandi Durell

The Public Theater Hosts Block Party on Astor Place Sunday, July 28, 12:00 – 4:00 p.m. inside and outside The Public Theater (425 Lafayette St. NYC) FEATURING PERFORMANCES BY: From 12:00 …

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Friday, July 12, 2024

TABLE17 by Sandi Durell

From the author and director of CHICKEN & BISCUITS (DOUGLAS LYONS & ZHAILON LEVINGSTON), TABLE17, a world premiere play, is a hilarious and sweet open letter to love found, lost, a…

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Wednesday, July 10, 2024

The Meeting: The Interpreter by Sandi Durell

The Meeting: The Interpreter, a new play by Catherine Gropper, directed by Brian Mertes, will begin previews July 29 and open August 4th at Theatre at St. Clements (423 W. 46 St. NYC). It st…

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Frigid’s Little Shakespeare Festival by Sandi Durell

FRIGID New York has announced the full schedule of performances for their 4th annual Little Shakespeare Festival (winner of the 2024 Young-Howze Theatre Award for Festival of The Year) at…

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Tuesday, July 9, 2024

“IT’S ‘WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF’ FOR THE 21ST CENTURY” by Sandi Durell

BRINGER OF DOOM, OFF-BROADWAY PREMIERE (WARNING: Profanity, Mature Themes, Drug & Alcohol Use …)After a powerhouse workshop last year, Joe Thristino’s caustic comedy comes to Off-Bro…

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Upcoming Cabaret by Sandi Durell

Lea DeLaria: Brunch is Gay will be playing monthly through the end of the year bringing you a fat, fast, and funny Sunday filled with her trademark comedy and musical chops. Be prepared to …

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Monday, July 8, 2024

cunnicularri by Sandi Durell

Theater Review by Michael Dale . . . Roughly twenty years ago, it seemed all the theatre district cocktail chatter was centered around the meaning of Edward Albee’s Tony-winning/Pulitzer f…

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Friday, July 5, 2024

Broadway’s Upcoming 2024-2025 Season: Plentiful and Full of Suprises by Sandi Durell

Something for everyone here! Oh, Mary! Theatre: Lyceum TheatreFirst Preview: June 26, 2024Opening: July 11, 2024Starring: Cole Escola, Conrad Ricamora, James Scully, Bianca Leigh, Tony Macht…

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Thursday, July 4, 2024

HAPPY FOURTH TO ALL by Sandi Durell

PEACE ENLIGHTENMENT AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL The post HAPPY FOURTH TO ALL appeared first on Theater Pizzazz.

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Tuesday, July 2, 2024

Empire: The Musical Releases Production Photos by Sandi Durell

EMPIRE: The Musical has released production photos which began previews on July 1, will open on July 11 and will run for a limited engagement for 12 weeks at New World Stages.  The product…

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Sunday, June 30, 2024

Neonatology and Martin A. Couney by Sandi Durell

Coney Island Nursery Rhyme, a fascinating new historical drama about the unofficial father of Neonatology, Martin A. Couney, is set for a strictly limited engagement run Off Broadway. Wr…

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Thursday, June 27, 2024

In Development 54 Below the Musical by Sandi Durell

Producers Robert Greenblatt and Neil Meron announced that they are developing Studio 54 The Musical, a new work with a book by Chad Hodge and music by the greatest disco artists of al…

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Boop-oop-a-doop here she comes by Sandi Durell

BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical will open on Broadway in April 2025 at a Shubert theatre to be announced following a critically acclaimed engagement in Chicago last year. Tony Award®-winning…

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Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Broadway Barks Back in Shubert Alley August 3 by Sandi Durell

BROADWAY BARKS will host their 26th Annual animal adoption event on Saturday, August 3, 2024 in Broadway’s iconic Shubert Alley. The program begins at 3pm and celebrity presentations …

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More Theater Coming Your Way by Sandi Durell

Hell’s Kitchen, The Outsiders, & More Set For Broadway In Bryant Park. The 2024 program will bring the best of Broadway back together for free performances beginning July 11. New Yorke…

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Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Second Stage Theater Anniversary Season by Sandi Durell

After winning the 2024 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play for Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Appropriate, Second Stage Theater (Bennett Leak, Interim Artistic Director; Lisa Lawer Post, Exe…

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Upcoming Music and Cabaret by Sandi Durell

Jane Scheckter will reprise her well received Tribute show to Bobby Short, this time to celebrate 100 years of the great musical genius. Arrangements by Mike Renzi, Jeff Harris and Tedd Firt…

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Saturday, June 22, 2024

Sunset Blvd. Coming to Broadway this Fall by Sandi Durell

Olivier Award-winning actor, Tom Francis, will reprise his West End portrayal of Joe Gillis in Jamie Lloyd’s West End production of Sunset Boulevard when the revival moves to Broadway  t…

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Friday, June 21, 2024

HAMPTONS SUMMER SONGBOOK BY THE SEA AT LTV STUDIOS by Sandi Durell

LTV Studios proudly launches a dynamic new musical concert series this summer: Hamptons Summer Songbook by the Sea, produced by Donna Rubin and LTV’s Creative Director Josh Gladstone. The …

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Thursday, June 20, 2024

92Y New Lyrics & Lyricists Season by Sandi Durell

The 92nd Street Y, New York announces the new Lyrics & Lyricists™ season and a slate of American Songbook concerts with some of today’s most celebrated artists. The concerts are p…

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Life And Trust Site Specific Theatrical Experience by Sandi Durell

Emursive presents the world premiere of Life And Trust: a tale of money, sex, and power in the heart of New York’s Financial District. Life And Trust is now in previews at Conwell Towe…

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Wednesday, June 19, 2024

MTC Casts Eureka Day by Sandi Durell

Manhattan Theatre Club announces full casting for the Broadway premiere of Eureka Day, written by Jonathan Spector and directed by Anna D. Shapiro. The cast of Eureka Day will feature…

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Monday, June 17, 2024

In the Press Room with Tony Winners and More by Sandi Durell

By Meredith Heyman . . . The 77th Annual Tony Awards was Broadway’s biggest night. Academy Award-winner Ariana DeBose hosted for the third year in a row at the David H. Koch Theater at Lin…

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And the Tony Winners Are . . . by Sandi Durell

Theater Pizzazz’ Meredith Heyman was in the Press Room to interview the 77th Annual Tony Winners coming soon. Here are Getty Photos of the Pre-show winners, hosts and more. Best Musical Be…

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