Friday, August 17, 2018
Appearing together at Feinstein’s/54 Below are Jana Robbins (The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, Gypsy, I Love My Wife) and Haley Swindal (Jekyll & Hyde, White Ch…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 06:28AMThursday, August 16, 2018
by Hazen Cuyler Pushkin is a new play housed within the eclectic interior of The Sheen Center. It’s written by John Leaf and Directed by Christopher McElroen, r…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 03:47PM By Marilyn Lester The irony of Peter and Will Anderson, accomplished jazz virtuosos of reeds, devoting an entire concert of swing to Jerome Kern, is that this venerable …
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 12:28PMTuesday, August 14, 2018
Theater Pizzazz attended opening night red carpet at the Belasco Theatre on August 13, with Maryann Lopinto on camera. Some of the guests on the carpet included: Stephen Schwar…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 09:01PM by Grace Treston Rachel Tucker proudly returned to Broadway last weekend, and the Belfast-born star provided her New York audience with an intimate performance at Feinst…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 05:29PM by Brian Scott Lipton It says something about Broadway star Jill Paice’s talent as an actress that I wasn’t completely sure if she was truly as nervous as she claimed makin…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 07:28AM By Brian Scott Lipton Studs Terkel’s landmark book, “Working,” in which he interviewed dozens of people about the trials, tribulations and triumphs of their…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 07:03AMSunday, August 12, 2018
By Sandi Durell You might be wondering what the music of the 1980s girl group the Go-Go’s has to do with Shakespearean iambic pentameter styling from Sir Philip Sidney’s 15…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 02:43PM By Sandi Durell The Farmhouse – – a gathering womb where three couples congregate to celebrate their good friendships, warm feelings and special occas…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 08:23AMFriday, August 10, 2018
By Martha Wade Steketee You will hear, see, and feel the future of musical theater in the Joe Iconis and Joe Tracz creation Be More Chill, now at The Pershing Square Sig…
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By Marilyn Lester Jazz’s love affair with the standards of the American songbook reaches back to the beginnings of both idioms. Proving the Duke Ellington dictum that …
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 11:26PM By Sandi Durell To commit….or not to commit – that is the question! In Gianmarco Soresi’s “unromantic comedy,” that presents as a play within a play, st…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 09:56PM By Beatrice Williams-Rude The great Russia, poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko in commenting on translations observed that when they are beautiful they are rarely faithful and when they are fait…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 09:25PMTuesday, August 7, 2018
By Ron Fassler I first saw Melissa Errico and Ryan Silverman on stage together in 2014, when they paired opposite one another as Clara and Giorgio in the Classic Stage C…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 05:20PM by Ron Fassler I recently had the chance to chat with Manu Narayan, currently playing the role of Robbie in Getting the Band Back Together, the new musical which has its…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 04:39PM by Carol Rocamora Watch out, theatre world! A dangerous new play is on the loose. It will sneak up behind you, grab you by the throat, and won’t let go. This is a thea…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 04:11PMBy Sandi Durell The St. Cloud Rooftop Bar at the Knickerbocker Hotel in Times Square was a most fitting venue to introduce the contemporary production of the classic tale of King Kong…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 08:36AMSunday, August 5, 2018
By Marcina Zaccaria Austin Pendleton successfully combines two Shakespearean plays in Wars of the Roses: Henry VI & Richard III, bringing the best of actor’s theater to t…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 01:28PMSaturday, August 4, 2018
Being dazzling and dismaying at the very same time! By Myra Chanin Let’s do dazzling first. Mike Birbiglia’s latest, The New One, is one of the two best one-man sho…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 06:40AMFriday, August 3, 2018
By Sandi Durell In the continuing saga to promote the Blue Wave, the producers and creative team of Me The People are currently ensconced at The Laurie Beechman Theatre …
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 05:03PMThursday, August 2, 2018
By Sandi Durell Reunited and it feels so good…. after nine years, the mishpocheh (says Michael Feinstein) are now happy to be back on the stage of his namesake Feinste…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 10:42PM By Sandi Durell Richard Bean, playwright (One Man, Two Guvnors) wasn’t sure he wanted to actually write this one but, with enough nudging, he came up with a roadmap that is m…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 03:10PMWednesday, August 1, 2018
by Adam Cohen Legions of children have grown up with Sesame Street and it’s human and puppet resident’s teaching letters and numbers. 15 years ago composers Robert Lopez, Jeff …
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 10:32AM Ana Gasteyer, Andy Karl and Orfeh will join Sierra Boggess, Adam Kantor, Lindsay Mendez, Brad Oscar, Hugh Panaro, Christine Pedi, Kate Rockwell, Douglas Sills, Betsy Wol…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 09:36AMTuesday, July 31, 2018
by Cathy Hammer Like its heroine Nadia, Eliza Bent’s new play The Beyoncé is on the road to self discovery. Described as nodding to Queen Bey, the piece is based larg…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 09:23PM By Sandi Durell What more appropriate title for a show than Only From the Heart Can You Touch the Sky from the beautiful soul of Renee Katz? How can one explain the feeling of …
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 07:41AMMonday, July 30, 2018
by Michael Bracken “A free woman of color.” It would have been an oxymoron in Mississippi in the early 1800’s, but not so in neighboring Louisiana, at least according to …
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 09:00PMSunday, July 29, 2018
By Myra Chanin The current revival of Comfort Women, A New Musical, is difficult to watch, think about and certainly sing about which doesn’t mean that the historical…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 04:49PM by Carole Di Tosti In ’68: A New American Musical part of the 15th annual New York Musical Festival, Jamie Leo (Book and Lyrics) and Paul Leschen (Music) focus on one …
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 03:06PM By Sandi Durell While the keeper of the flame for Ricky Ritzel’s Broadway, Myra Chanin, is traveling in Hawaii, I couldn’t let this auspicious evening of song pass m…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 02:45PMSaturday, July 28, 2018
“Lynn and Stephen… thank you for this music. Truly. Thank you for all of your music.” by Matt Smith Peasants and grand-hommes came together in harmony last Wed…
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