A New Take on 'Live Cinema' " ADA/ AVA at 3LD by Sandi Durell

      By Marcina Zaccaria   Conceived by Manual Cinema, ADA/ AVA (winner of Best in Festival award at 2013's National Puppetry Festival), brings shadow puppetry and live …

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 7:02pm on June 21, 2015☆⚑

Devil May Care: Doctor Faustus by Sandi Durell

      by: JK Clarke           Early in Christopher Marlowe’s Elizabethan morality tale, Doctor Faustus, an ominous event takes place. As the nar…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 9:34am on June 20, 2015☆⚑

Singing the Algonquin's Praises by Sandi Durell

              by: Paulanne Simmons     Remember the fictional Eloise, who ran amok at the Plaza Hotel in a series of children's books by Kay..…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 3:22pm on June 19, 2015☆⚑

Ann Hampton Callaway: On My Way to You by Sandi Durell

      By Brian Scott Lipton   Ti amo. J'adore. Jag alskar dig. Just as there are dozens of ways to say "I love you," there are infinite ways... The post Ann Hampton Calla…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:02pm on June 18, 2015☆⚑

Significant Other by Sandi Durell

                By Brian Scott Lipton   In his brilliant, if divisive, first play "Bad Jews," Joshua Harmon created a neurotic, lonely, but ultim…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:30pm on June 18, 2015☆⚑

Tony Danza: A Four Star Performer by Sandi Durell

                by: Myra Chanin   About 17 seconds after Tony Danza sang the first bars of his opening number, As Long as I'm... The post Tony Da…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 1:35pm on June 18, 2015☆⚑

Sneak Preview: A New Brain (Encores!) by Sandi Durell

        by: Brian Scott Lipton Photos/Video: Magda Katz   After composer-lyricist William Finn had a near-death experience in the 1990s, he did what anyone else woul…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 7:51am on June 18, 2015☆⚑

Under the Shadow of the Tonys " The Siegel Column by Sandi Durell

    By Barbara & Scott Siegel     During the weeks leading up to the Tony Awards and in their recent aftermath " and despite all the attention being... The post Under…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 6:50am on June 18, 2015☆⚑

Women Are Crazy Because Men Are A**holes by Sandi Durell

  Ten beautiful thirty-somethings thrash out their romantic ups and downs.     By Joel Benjamin   Women Are Crazy Because Men Are A**holes is actually mis-titled.   All…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 3:55pm on June 17, 2015☆⚑

This is Mary Brown at La MaMa by Sandi Durell

      By Eric J. Grimm   Winsome Brown’s one-woman show, This is Mary Brown, is a candid view of the performer’s mother, bravely presented in the intimate …

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 3:46pm on June 17, 2015☆⚑

Brandy Norwood Mentors at MSG's Garden of Dreams by Sandi Durell

                  Pop star Brandy Norwood (Broadway star of Chicago) recently mentored children from MSG's Garden of Dreams Foundation (who will …

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 3:20pm on June 17, 2015☆⚑

See Worthy: The Tempest by Sandi Durell

      by: JK Clarke     It must have been extraordinary, in the early 1600s, to imagine the prospect of the New World: a place that had only... The post See Worthy: …

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 2:45pm on June 17, 2015☆⚑

Music and Art for City Greens " Season 8 " June 24th by Sandi Durell

    MUSIC AND ART FOR CITY GREENS continues Season 8 of Concerts to benefit Tudor City Greens. This free, outdoor concert series resumes on Wednesday, June 24th at 6:30... The post…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 9:37am on June 17, 2015☆⚑

Showstopper Tomatoes Got Talent! by Sandi Durell

                                by: Magda Katz On Tuesday night producer and host Randie Levine-Miller present…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 9:25am on June 17, 2015☆⚑

Ghost Stories " Two One-Acts by David Mamet by Sandi Durell

                  by: Michael Bracken   First produced as a radio play on NPR in 1979, Prairie du Chien is the first of... The post Ghost St…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:02pm on June 16, 2015☆⚑

Broadway at Birdland: Merman's Apprentice by Sandi Durell

      Review by Marilyn Lester Toward the end of "Merman's Apprentice," David Merrick appraises Ethel Merman and says he realizes a person can be hard and soft at... The post …

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 2:28pm on June 16, 2015☆⚑

Beacon Awards Presented to Renée Fleming and Tony Danza by Sandi Durell

    Photos: Magda Katz On Monday evening June 15, Inside Broadway honored renowned opera singer Renée Fleming (who starred on Broadway this season in Living on Love) and Broadw…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 8:30am on June 16, 2015☆⚑

Final Curtain for The Visit with Chita Rivera by Sandi Durell

                          Theater Pizzazz was on the scene for the final curtain call of Kander and Ebb’s Tony-nomin…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 6:26am on June 16, 2015☆⚑

Nobody Does It Like Michele Lee by Sandi Durell

      by: Paulanne Simmons   Last weekend would have marked Cy Coleman's 86th birthday. In celebration of his life and work Michele Lee made a New York appearance... The …

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 6:52pm on June 15, 2015☆⚑

The Sorrows of Young Werther at Symphony Space by Sandi Durell

                By Eric J. Grimm     Ensemble for the Romantic Century admirably marries literature to classical music and their recent stag…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 3:23pm on June 15, 2015☆⚑

Music Directors Glow at Met Room by Sandi Durell

                                                      &…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 2:12pm on June 15, 2015☆⚑

Rubble Kings " a documentary slice of gang life by Sandi Durell

    By Marcina Zaccaria     Opening June 19, Rubble Kings, a documentary presented by Saboteur Media, presents a slice of gang life in New York City. Narrated by... The pos…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:41pm on June 15, 2015☆⚑

Not to be Missed! JINTA-LA-MVTA at Joe's Pub Tonite! by Sandi Durell

  NOT TO BE MISSED! TONIGHT! JINTA-LA-MVTA AT JOE'S PUB AT 9 PM     BY: Myra Chanin   THE Japanese Klezmer Quartet that might be just as joyous as... The post Not to be M…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:39am on June 15, 2015☆⚑

Vive Piaf! by Sandi Durell

          by: Paulanne Simmons                     This December 19 will be one hundred years since the birth of...…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:40pm on June 14, 2015☆⚑

The Qualms by Sandi Durell

            by: Michael Bracken     The quintessential party pooper. That would be Chris, played with prickly precision by Jeremy Shamos, in Bruce Nor…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:01pm on June 14, 2015☆⚑