Friday, November 7, 2025

“Queens”- Outstanding Theater by Alix Cohen

By Alix Cohen Though Queens takes place from 2001 to 2017, the phenomenon of immigrant women sharing overcrowded apartments as part of survival strategy more than likely exists today. Econom…

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Thursday, November 6, 2025

Elizabeth I – In Her Own Words by Jk Clarke

Elizabeth I - In Her Own Words is a solo performance of the "Virgin Queen" remembering significant events of her long reign, brilliantly played by Tammy Meneghini The post Elizabeth I – In…

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“The Jackie Mason Musical” Plays The New York Comedy Festival at The Triad Theatre by Andrew Poretz

Jackie Mason lives again in this riotously funny comedy based on a true story.  The show features Jackie’s real life daughter comedian Sheba Mason, his striking look-alike Ian Wehrle, and…

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“Let’s Get Away From It All” : Standard Time with Michael Feinstein by Alix Cohen

By Alix Cohen Over twenty-five years in, Michael Feinstein’s Standard Time continues to be the occasion to hear American Songbook as it was intended. The artist’s respect for material, h…

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Four Courses. Four Plays. One Unforgettable Night by Melissa Griegel

By Melissa Griegel… Photos by Melissa Griegel Photography Additional photos by Delia Dumont Suite 524 is running a special one-month, eight-show immersive dinner theater experience at Barl…

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In “Queens,” Immigrants Shoved Into a Basement Take Center Stage by Eyal Solomon

By Stuart Miller... Martyna Marjok’s play examines the struggles and heartbreak endured by women who emigrate here for work or a new life. The post In “Queens,” Immigrants Shoved Into …

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Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Reunions Celebrates Opening Night at New York City Center Stage II by Melissa Griegel

By Melissa Griegel… Photos by Melissa Griegel Photography The new musical Reunions celebrated their opening night this week on November 2, 2025 with a party at Tanner Smiths. See below for…

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“KYOTO” IS POLITICAL THEATRE OF THE FIRST RANK by Ron Fassler

Review by Ron Fassler . . . While sitting through Kyoto, which opened this week at the Mitzi Newhouse Theatre, I couldn’t help being reminded of several other recent plays best described …

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Macon: (Prickett) His Own Way…The Finale! by Alix Cohen

By Alix Cohen “Blow the bugle/Sound the cymbal/All my troubles fill a thimble/I’m as happy as it’s legal to be/Come on, kids, let’s hear it for me!” Mason Prickett sings from the b…

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“Vape! The Grease Parody” Is the One That You Want by Eyal Solomon

By Eyal Solomon… You’ll never watch Grease the same way again. The post “Vape! The Grease Parody” Is the One That You Want appeared first on Theater Pizzazz.

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Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Jessica Sherr a Sure Hit In “Bette Davis Ain’t For Sissies” by Andrew Poretz

By Andrew Poretz . . . Back in 1968, an advertising poster for Blackglama furs featured a Richard Avedon photo of iconicc star Bette Davis with the tagline, “What Becomes a Legend Most?”…

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The Power of Women’s Voices Shines Bright at Triad Theater Showcase by Andrew Poretz

The Power of Women’s Voices is a soul-stirring celebration of prose, poetry, art, and music that honored the unapologetic brilliance of women over 40. The Triad had a packed house, and the…

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“The Yellow Wallpaper”- A Tour de Force! by Alix Cohen

A Woman Silenced and Maddened By Alix Cohen Written in 1892, The Yellow Wallpaper was published as a series of diary entries by an unnamed woman suffering from postpartum depression. Her phy…

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Sunday, November 2, 2025

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW’S “PYGMALION” MAKES A WELCOME RETURN TO THE NEW YORK STAGE by Ron Fassler

Review by Ron Fassler . . . When George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion first premiered in London in 1914, it boasted two of the greatest stars of the British Theatre as its leads: Herbert Beer…

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“Weer” Goes All In By Going Halfsies by Eyal Solomon

By Stuart Miller... Natalie Palamides plays both sides of a couple in this laugh-a-minute clowning play The post “Weer” Goes All In By Going Halfsies appeared first on Theater Pizzazz.

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Friday, October 31, 2025

Joe Iconis & Family Halloween Extravaganza by Alix Cohen

By Alix Cohen Nothing comes close to the rollicking madness of a Joe Iconis & Family production. Holidays are an excuse to take these even further. The Laurie Beechman stage is gleefully…

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LINDA PURL: BACK JAZZING IT IN NYC by Ron Fassler

By Ron Fassler . . . I recently had the pleasure of chatting with Linda Purl, an actress and singer with decades in the business. Her resume includes starring in over 45 made-for-TV movies …

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Thursday, October 30, 2025

BESS WOHL’S “LIBERATION”:  ON BROADWAY WHERE IT BELONGS by Ron Fassler

Review by Ron Fassler . . . “This is a play about my mother. For my mother. Who recently . . . who’s not here anymore. And so, it’s about her, and her friends, her beautiful friends—…

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Big Band Royalty: The Anderson Brothers Big Band by Alix Cohen

By Alix Cohen The Big Band Era spanned roughly from the early 1930s to the late 1940s. It was the golden age of large jazz orchestras lead by icons. Evolving from New Orleans style dance and…

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“Hannah Senesh”- “I come but stand as 10,000” (Maya Angelou) by Alix Cohen

By Alix Cohen Hannah Senesh – an anglicized Hannah Szenes, (1921-1944) is revered by Jewish people as a symbol of courage, resistance, and Zionist idealism—an enduring heroine of World W…

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Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Marilyn Maye—Better Than Ever by Ron Fassler

Review by Ron Fassler . . . Oscar Hammerstein II’s words to Jerome Kern’s melody “The Song is You,” could have been written to perfectly describe the songstress Marilyn Maye: Beautif…

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Monday, October 27, 2025

Chris Autore in “Look at Me Now” by Andrew Poretz

Pianist-entertainer Chris Autore is marking an extraordinary 75 years in show business with a special performance of Look at Me Now on Wednesday, November 5 at 7 PM at Don’t Tell Mama. He�…

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Saturday, October 25, 2025

“On the Sunny Side of the Street”: A Cavalcade of Variety by Alix Cohen

The New York Cabaret Convention Third NightHost K.T. Sullivan, Artistic Director -The Mabel Mercer Foundation By Alix Cohen Opening tonight’s show, Mardie Millit and Michael Garin ebullien…

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Friday, October 24, 2025

“I’ve Heard That Song Before”- The Music of Jule Styne by Alix Cohen

The New York Cabaret Convention – Second NightHosts Klea Blackhurst and Billy Stritch By Alix Cohen Jule Styne (Julius Kerwin Stein 1905-1994) was a British American songwriter who contrib…

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“The Best is Yet to Come: A Celebration of Cy Coleman” by Alix Cohen

OPENING NIGHT- The 36th New York Cabaret Convention By Alix Cohen Weeeeeeere back! Under the aegis of the venerable Mabel Mercer Foundation, the cabaret community gathered once again to supp…

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Thursday, October 23, 2025

The Best Is Yet to Come: A Celebration of Cy Coleman by Andrew Poretz

By Andrew Poretz . . . On October 21, the 36th annual Mabel Mercer Cabaret Convention opened at the Frederick P. Lowe Rose Room (Jazz at Lincoln Center) on with The Best Is Yet to Come: A Ce…

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Wednesday, October 22, 2025

“Art of Leaving”: Better Left Alone by Ron Fassler

Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . Art of Leaving is the unpropitious title of an amateurish new domestic comedy by Anne Marilyn Lucas, whose cardboard dialogue and plywood acting had me pond…

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Monday, October 20, 2025

“Bull Durham The Musical” Swings and Misses by Eyal Solomon

By Adam Cohen... "Bull Durham The Musical" gets close but lacks the double romantic poetry necessary to drive both romances for the grand slam the creators want. The post “Bull Durham The…

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Klea Blackhurst & Billy Stritch “Dreaming of A Song: The Music of Hoagy Carmichael” by Alix Cohen

By Alix Cohen Friends Klea Blackhurst and Billy Stritch go back a looong time. At the urging of uber-fan, the late Barry Day, they developed a Hoagy Carmichael show, repeatedly performing, t…

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The Immersive André De Shields is Tartuffe Offers a Delightful and Unique Evening by Melissa Griegel

By Melissa Griegel… Photos by Joan Marcus One of the most unique and entertaining theater offerings this season is André De Shields is Tartuffe. Running at the House of the Redeemer (7 Ea…

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“Triplicity”- Uniquely Captivating by Alix Cohen

By Alix Cohen If work by Talking Band has escaped your radar, Triplicity is an opportunity to rectify its notable absence. The genre-defying collaboration, “in the place where speech and m…

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