by Adam Cohen Lynda Carter regaled the audience within Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Appel Room Saturday night with songs that mattered to her. Born in Arizona, Lynda Carter is best …
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 03:27PMBy Ron Fassler If Chita Rivera isn’t a living legend, then who is? At eighty-six, she has been working primarily in the musical theatre for sixty-two years. The recipient of two Best…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 05:12PMBy Marilyn Lester As if a CD release isn’t enough to celebrate on its own, the féte for singer-songwriter Sara Zahn’s newly released Both Sides of Bernstein came with a happy-m…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 07:18AMAn Amusement Column by Harry Haun HEWES-FUSED NEWS: When he reached his 20th year as theater critic for Saturday Review, Henry Hewes II was only 55 but opted for premature retiremen…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 09:35PMThe Lightning Thief – The Percy Jackson Musical The Creatives Joe Tracz (book – Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, Be More Chill), Rob Rokicki (score – Broadway debut)…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 01:23PMA 17-Gun Salute for their State-of-the-Art Contemporary Interpretation of the Classic Good Old-Fashioned Barber Shop Quartet By Myra Chanin Yuh wanna know how I determine the q…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 10:12PMBy Brian Scott Lipton The challenges of female adolescence is rather familiar fodder these days in books, television and film, but they’re being explored with a remarkably fresh, …
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 10:00PMAn Amusement Column by Harry Haun BYE BYE BETTY: A modern-day theatrical heroine has just passed—Betty Corwin at the gloriously overripe age of 98. Her claim to fame is t…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 03:53PMBy Brian Scott Lipton She’s been called a singer of pop, soul, R&B and the blues, but she prefers to be called a “song stylist.” Those cabaret fans who have previously see…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 06:20AMby Michael Bracken There’s plenty of energy, of a decidedly athletic bent, in Lee Sunday Evans’s production of Jack Thorne’s Sunday, at the Atlantic Theater Company’s Linda Gro…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 10:07PMBroadway stars and student thespians came together in support of the Educational Theatre Foundation at the Edison Ballroom on Sept. 22 Broadway legends Chita Rivera and Patti LuPone…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 09:42PMBy Ron Fassler Novenas for a Lost Hospital, currently at Off-Broadway’s Rattlestick Playwrights Theater on Waverly Place in Greenwich Village, beautifully plays itself out at thre…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 09:17AMTaking on Tennessee Williams’ memory play can be exciting, daunting and challenging. But Ruth Stage’s Matt de Rogatis (producer, actor) makes it sound like a cinch when you have peopl…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 08:35AMby Carol Rocamora What does it mean to be black in America? What does it mean to be an actor? What does it mean to play Shakespeare? Huge questions, each worthy of a play itself – nu…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 01:49PMby Adam Cohen Exuberance, celebration and joy were the key takeaways from The American Songbook Association’s Monday, September 16 honor of the Pulitzer, Tony, and Grammy wi…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 02:26PMby Carol Rocamora If you dread the idea of assisted living, don’t worry – you’re not alone. Join the hip over-sixty crowd hanging out on 59e59 Theater’s A stage these days. The…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 09:27PMAn Amusement Column By Harry Haun THE JOYS OF JERRY: Working with director-choreographer Jerome Robbins wasn’t the easiest job in the world. It may, in fact, have been the wo…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 08:30AMForget about Woodstock . . . it’s WILLSTOCK! Celebrate with the illustrious jazz expert Will Friedwald at The Triad Theater on Monday, September 16 starting at 9 pm. It’s …
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 05:04PMBy Samuel L. Leiter The riveting East Coast premiere of Eureka Day, Jonathan Spector’s bitingly topical dramedy, at Walkerspace, Soho Rep’s usual haunt, reminds me of the immort…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 03:28PMThe Bret Adams and Paul Reisch Foundation announced the recipients of their 2019 Idea Awards for Theatre; three grants awarded to adventurous new voices in playwriting and musical theatre…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 02:18PMStarring Three-time Olivier Award Winner Eileen Atkins and Olivier and Tony Award Winner Jonathan Pryce The cast and director met the press at Manhatta…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 07:16PMby Sandi Durell Cat lover and owner of Minna – ‘The Miracle Cat’ – I was delighted to come upon a Private Sanctuary for cats in Falls Village, Ct. while on a recent mini-vac…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 12:18PMNYU Skirball will present Elements of Oz, a live performance/augmented reality mash-up of theater, technology and pop culture that celebrates and deconstructs The Wizard of Oz, from …
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 10:13AMby Linda Amiel Burns NYC impresario Scott Siegel decided to revive his legendary Broadway Ballyhoo, and on September 1, the first of the series was performed at Feinstein’s 54 Be…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 07:34PMRicky Ritzel’s August Surpasses Dorian’s 195 mph. winds with Category 5 Gales of Entertainment By Myra Chanin Ricky Ritzel’s Broadway, like Brigadoon, pops up on the fourt…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 03:15PMby Susan Hasho If you are a fly on the wall for a family dilemma – be prepared! Batten down the hatches. The Exes is full of family of several different stripes and dilemmas galore. …
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 07:34PMAn Amusement Column by Harry Haun THE SHORT-CUT LANE: Apparently, Nathan Lane is shopping around for shorter shows. His most recent Broadway opus—Taylor Mac’s Gary:…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 09:16AMBy Brian Scott Lipton As host/producer Scott Coulter informed the rapt audience at 54 Below before “Music of the Knights” on August 28, the evening’s three titular subjects – A…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 04:03PMKrysta Rodriguez makes her long-awaited Feinstein’s/54 Below solo debut! Krysta presents a brand new concert exploring career highlights from her time in Broadway shows including …
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 09:54AMShoshana Bean (star of Wicked, City Center’s Songs for a New World and as Jenna in Broadway’s Waitress), has made her Feinstein’s/54 Below debut beginning on August 24. She now h…
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