Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Photo by Maryann Lopinto The Drama League (Gabriel Stelian-Shanks, Executive Artistic Director) today announced the 2019 Drama League Awards Nominees for Outstanding Production of a Play,…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 10:59PM Review By Ron Fassler Steve Tyrell, that laid back and amiable Texan, returned last night to the Café Carlyle for an eleven-day engagement, performing his favorites from the Great Ame…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 12:37PMTuesday, April 16, 2019
By Brian Scott Lipton Stephen Sondheim isn’t always right: You don’t always need a gimmick to prove you’re more than just a mimic. At least not if you’re Jarrod Spector. Whi…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 05:32PM By Marcina Zaccaria Finding the right tone for the hectic, puzzling, madcap world of New York City would be the challenge. The City inspires. It triumphs. It demands. Yet, in the end, …
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 03:28PMby Adam Cohen Based on the 1993 movie, Paper Mill Playhouse presents the east coast premiere of a sparkling new musical “Benny & Joon.” This is a lovable, witty, spry musical w…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 12:33PM By Ron Fassler The musical Foxy opened on Broadway fifty-five years ago at the now demolished Ziegfeld Theatre. It was based on Ben Johnson’s Volpone, first performed in 1606, and ad…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 06:52AMSunday, April 14, 2019
By Tania Fisher Although this play is set against the backdrop of one of the most horrific periods of our history, as well as the heavy subject matter that the play specifically foc…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 08:22PMSaturday, April 13, 2019
By Sandi Durell Although Theater Pizzazz has a review posted written by JK Clarke on the initial run at Brooklyn’s St. Ann’s Warehouse (which I did not see) prior to this Broadw…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 07:09PM by Linda Amiel Burns The Broadway Beacon Awards are presented yearly to individuals in the theater community who have been advocates for increasing audiences for live theatre and und…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 05:07PMBy Sandi Durell The lady was on fire kickin’ it up once again. That should sum it up for April 10, Ms. Maye’s real birthday and everyone was there a second, third time because they co…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 10:17AMSunday, April 7, 2019
The Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers covering New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadwa…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 05:28PMFriday, April 5, 2019
PhotosVideo by: Shoshana Medney With Shoshana Bean currently starring in Waitress as Jenna, she was all smiles welcoming her new co-star Jeremy Jordan as Dr. Pomatter. The media e…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 07:35PM by Sandi Durell From a brilliantly devised title – “I Wish I Were 90 Again!” – to a well-constructed show, this remarkable chanteuse never ceases to amaze, thrill and bring her…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 03:49PMWednesday, April 3, 2019
by Alix Cohen Buster Poindexter and his band are FUN! A vocalist/songwriter (later, actor) who burst on the East Village scene in the early 1970s (with birth name David Johansen) as le…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 04:05PMTuesday, April 2, 2019
By Myra Chanin Well, whaddaya know? The becoming-more-illustrious-with-every-passing-year, larger-than-life Ricky Ritzel, who produces, creates, performs and music directs a differe…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 11:19PM by Adam Cohen Someone keeps mugging Eva (Megan Hill) in the kitchen at her debt collection agency office. Co-workers Howie (Justin Long) and Jordan (Ugo Chukwu) fuel the clueless sexua…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 09:12PM Encompass New Opera honors theater luminaries Laura Benanti and Bartlett Sher with “A Musicial Salute!” at the National Arts Club on March 31, 2019 featuring stars of Broadway, opera,…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 09:06AMSunday, March 31, 2019
by Sandi Durell This smart, snazzy, stylish and savvy crooner, once again, regaled a full house of fans at The Green Room 42 reprising ‘Come Croon With Me’ on March 29. Dressed in …
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 10:34AMSaturday, March 30, 2019
By Tania Fisher We love Lainie. We just do. Can anyone define exactly why? I don’t think so; it’s like putting a label on a piece of artwork, and Lainie Kazan, is a true, livin…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 11:59AM By Sandi Durell Back to Detroit where R & B and Motown all began . . . it’s, as they say, the soundtrack of many lives, surely mine. Yes, I was among the thousands who moved a…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 09:17AMFriday, March 29, 2019
By Shoshana Medney St. Peter’s Foot will make you laugh, question some of your life choices and make you grateful for the people in your life: Written by Anna Theresa Cascio and …
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 10:02PMThursday, March 28, 2019
By Brian Scott Lipton Forty years ago, Tony Danza worked his way into America’s hearts as hunk with surprisingly strong comic chops on the hit sitcom “Taxi.” Well, four decade…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 09:27AMWednesday, March 27, 2019
by Linda Amiel Burns The New York Cabaret community filled their new glitzy venue Sony Hall for a festive evening on March 26, celebrating the best of cabaret and song in over 26…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 09:09PM By Shoshana Medney I went in-depth with three of the stars from The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical. You’ll find unique stories from my 10 minute conversations with Chris …
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 12:33PMTuesday, March 26, 2019
By Sandi Durell When you think of the iconic Judy Holliday, the immediate visual is of that dumb blonde Billie Dawn in Born Yesterday for which she received both an Academy Award and G…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 09:15PMMonday, March 25, 2019
By Ron Fassler It was with some trepidation that I took my seat at actress Maddie Corman’s one-person play Accidentally Brave, which she wrote and appears in. I knew going i…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 08:42PM By Ron Fassler Lyle Kessler has been writing plays for more than fifty years now. When his first Broadway show, The Watering Place, premiered in March of 1969, it had the misfortune of…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 07:02PM By Marilyn Lester In the second of Sean O’Casey’s Dublin Trilogy, Juno and the Paycock, the Irish Repertory Theatre has tackled the playwright’s fierce realism head on and come u…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 11:57AMFriday, March 22, 2019
by Sandi Durell Without a doubt, in my book, Kiss Me, Kate is genius Cole Porter’s best of the best – you know, love and can sing just about every song in this gorgeously staged…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 09:50AMThursday, March 21, 2019
By Marcina Zaccaria Stepping into St. John the Divine is nothing short of magical. The Episcopal Cathedral, located on Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan, is known for its uncommon Rose Win…
Linked From theaterpizzazz.com at 04:05PMBy Brian Scott Lipton The lone feather temporarily left on the stage of New York City Center feels like the perfect metaphor for the Encores! production of “I Married an Angel,” the 1…
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