209 stories by "Andrew Poretz"
The Theater Hall of Fame Inc. has announced its 2023 inductees: actors Bebe Neuwirth (Chicago, Sweet Charity), Judd Hirsch (Conversations With My Father, I'm Not Rappaport), and Laurie Metca…
Catherine Waller's The Creeps, after award-winning runs at Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Hollywood Fringe Festival, and United Solo Festival, makes its New York premiere Off-Broadway at Playhou…
Roundabout Theatre Company has announced the complete cast for Covenant by York Walker, directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene. Covenant explores the power of belief and the thin line between ru…
The final play of the acclaimed "Meet Miss Baker" Series Mint Theater Company will return to Theatre Row with the American premiere of Elizabeth Baker's Partnership, directed by Jackson Grac…
A Broadway musical adaptation of Imitation of Life, based on the 1933 Fannie Hurst novel and the two screen adaptations by Universal Pictures in 1934 and 1959, is being developed for the Bro…
That's the million-dollar question. Now playing for a limited run at Chicago's Studebaker Theater, Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical celebrates the life, career, and unforgettable songs o…
Jerry Orbach's Broadway will be presented at 54 Below on July 24. The evening of music honors the beloved performer, who started out Off-Broadway in The Threepenny Opera and The Fantasticks,…
By Andrew Poretz . . . Popular New York entertainer Steven Maglio, with his "big band orchestra," opened at the Cutting Room last week for the first of a monthly residency, in an impressive,…
The New York Theater Workshop and co-producer American Repertory Theater will present The Half-God of Rainfall, a new play by award-winning poet and playwright Inua Ellams (Barber Shop Chron…
By Cynthia Reitman … THE GREAT GATSBY, The Immersive Show, made its official American debut in New York City. This immersive theatrical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic tale was…
Tony Winner and Broadway legend Faith Prince will teach a two-day, immersive master class in the art form of Cabaret in September at The 92nd Street Y, New York School of Music. The workshop…
Backstage Babble Live! returns to 54 Below on July 17th. Based on the popular podcast hosted by 15-year-old expert Charles Kirsch, the concert will feature performances and stories from his …
Broadway Barks returns to Shubert Alley on Saturday, July 8, 2023, for the 25th annual star-studded dog and cat adoption event. Co-founded by Bernadette Peters and the late Mary Tyler Moore,…
It's been 50 years since the TKTS booth in Times Square, where so many of us have waited on line to get half-price tickets for that day's Broadway shows, first appeared. A grand celebrati…
Drew & Dane Productions presents Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen in a limited 18-week engagement, September 4 " January 7, at New World Stages (340 West …
The New Jersey Repertory Company will present the world premiere of Michael Tucker's (LA Law, Radio Days) comedy A Tailor Near Me. Directed by James Glossman, the show stars Tony nominee …
Second Stage Theater has announced complete casting for TOROS by Danny Tejera anddirected by Gaye Taylor Upchurch. Abubakr Ali (Anything's Possible), b (American (Tele)Visions) and Tony Awar…
Bistro and MAC Hanson Award winning vocalist, Lucille Carr-Kaffashan, returns to Don't Tell Mama with the summer installment of her 2023 series, Three Seasons of Singer-Songwriters. Unwritte…
By Andrew Poretz … Victoria Guthrie, a former model, currently a working actress with many credits, made her cabaret debut this month at Don't Tell Mama. Theater Pizzazz was on hand for th…
By Andrew Poretz … The American Popular Song Society ("APSS") held its second annual Gala Celebration at the off-Broadway venue Theater555, honoring cabaret legend Marilyn Maye with a Life…
By Andrew Poretz … Australian-born pianist Matt Baker brought his latest show, A Rhapsody of Gershwin, to Chelsea Table + Stage on June 7. A fellow of considerable talent as a pianist and …
By Andrew Poretz … MAC Award-winning vocalist Goldie Dver opened her new show, Bridges, at Don't Tell Mama this week. The show is partly in support of her debut album, the newly released S…
By Andrew Poretz . . . The "Boy from Oz," the late, great entertainer Peter Allen, was many things: a song-and-dance man, sure; a composer of pop hits, absolutely. Allen was also the sensiti…
By Andrew Poretz … Las Vegas-based singer Amanda King made a fine debut at 54 Below on May 19. Though she has appeared in New York before, this was her first solo show. Ms. King made a spl…
By Andrew Poretz … Margo Brown returned to her cabaret home base at Don't Tell Mama recently for two nights with her newest show, Forever Me with Love, which celebrated the release of her …
