'Love and Information' " Too Much of It! by Sandi Durell

  By: Sandi Durell     It's amazing what can take place in a large white graph-like 5 sided box (design by Miriam Buether)! For the first hour you're caught...The post ‘…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 1:51pm on February 24, 2014☆⚑

March is Cabaret Month " See Listings! by Sandi Durell

    By: Sandi Durell     "See Live Shows! Keep the Music Playing!"   March is Cabaret Month in New York City " The Bistro Awards (www.bistroawards.com) take place...The post M…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:35pm on February 24, 2014☆⚑

Gideon's Knot by Sandi Durell

    by: Alix Cohen   The Gordian Knot is a legend of Phrygian Gordium associated with Alexander the Great.  It is often used as a metaphor for an intractable proble…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:55am on February 24, 2014☆⚑

Seasonal Disorder: The Winter's Tale by Sandi Durell

By: JK Clarke   The Winter's Tale is one of a small number of Shakespeare's difficult-to-categorize plays that has fallen in and out of favor over the centuries. It has the...The pos…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 8:29am on February 24, 2014☆⚑

Bob Diamond: …As Time Goes By My Memories of the Movies by Sandi Durell

  Review by Joe Regan Jr.     Bob Diamond's 2012 show This Funny World" was one of that season's best, and was a MAC nominee.  Teaming with his Award-winning...The post Bob…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 8:13am on February 24, 2014☆⚑

The Algonquin Kid " Musicals "R" Us " Part 10 by Sandi Durell

By Michael Elihu Colby   Part 10: Musicals "R" Us     1966 was a very good year to have a grandmother who liked taking her grandkids to Broadway musicals. ...The post The Alg…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 8:10am on February 23, 2014☆⚑

Cabaret Guru Erv Raible Passes Away by Sandi Durell

      Erv Raible could easily be called ‘the father of the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs’ – he was a co-founder and was President of that organ…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 9:08pm on February 21, 2014☆⚑

'My Mother Has Four Noses' Jonatha Brooke by Sandi Durell

    By: Susan Hasho     Jonatha Brooke is a singer/songwriter. I first heard of her when I fell in love with her album The Story: Angel in the...The post ‘My Mother H…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 4:57pm on February 21, 2014☆⚑

Award Winners Beth Leavel, Stew, Fyvush Finkel Set for 54 Below Debuts (video) by Sandi Durell

By Brian Scott Lipton   Among the myriad of fabulous acts coming up shortly at the swanky 54 Below are the club debuts of three very different and very talented...The post Award Winners…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 4:35pm on February 21, 2014☆⚑

Cutting Edge Composers " Musicals Are Not Dying! by Sandi Durell

This show proves that any predictions of the death of musical theater are quite premature.      By Joel Benjamin     Cutting Edge Composers at 54 Below (February 17th),...…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 3:23pm on February 21, 2014☆⚑

All My Friends Are Demons: A Profile of Filmmaker Michael Stever (see videos) by Sandi Durell

    by: Eric J. Grimm   Few people understand the community of the horror film genre the way New York City based filmmaker Michael Stever does. Stever, a jack...The post All M…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 2:28pm on February 21, 2014☆⚑

'Yank' Cast to Celebrate Official Recording Release by Sandi Durell

    The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director; Andrew Levine, Executive Director) will welcome cast members of the original Off-Broadway production of …

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:20pm on February 21, 2014☆⚑

Jason Brock is In a New York State of Mind by Sandi Durell

    By: Susan Hasho     Jason Brock stepped onto the stage of 54 Below on February 18th ready to sing"no intro, no patter. He let his voice speak...The post Jason Brock is …

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:52pm on February 20, 2014☆⚑

Candide in . . . wouldjabelieve Brooklyn! by Sandi Durell

(click photo to enlarge)   Candide in wouldjabelieve Brooklyn blends musical genius and comic brilliance into a magnificent magnum opus.   By Myra Chanin   One might well a…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:39pm on February 20, 2014☆⚑

Look Who's in Love by Sandi Durell

By: John Weatherford     What a delight it was to be part of Look Who's in Love Wednesday night February 19th at the Laurie Beechman Theatre.  Newlywed duo Christine...The post …

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:14pm on February 20, 2014☆⚑

Eddie Bruce at 54 Below by Sandi Durell

    By Joel Benjamin       Eddie Bruce, who seemed to have brought half of Philadelphia with him to 54 Below on February 18th, is a classic crooner...The post Eddie Br…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:11pm on February 19, 2014☆⚑

Playing On Air " New Plays for Radio " Live Audiences " Bway Stars by Sandi Durell

    Playing on Air, which produces short plays by prominent, contemporary American playwrights for a national audience via public radio and the Internet, inaugurates a new programm…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 5:02pm on February 19, 2014☆⚑

Forbidden Broadway is Back! by Sandi Durell

      After a 10-month hiatus, Gerard Alessandrini's FORBIDDEN BROADWAY, one of NYC's best-loved and highly anticipated productions, happily returns to New York, beginni…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 4:47pm on February 19, 2014☆⚑

A Taste All its Own " Nellie McKay with a Z by Sandi Durell

        By: John Weatherford     I hate liver.  There, I've said it.  I've hated liver since I was a child and my mother would try to...The post A Taste A…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 9:46am on February 19, 2014☆⚑

Aladdin Ready to Ride onto Broadway (meet the cast) by Sandi Durell

  By Brian Scott Lipton     Get ready to jump on that magic carpet and experience a whole new world of romance and adventure when Disney's latest musical, "Aladdin,"...The pos…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 9:20am on February 19, 2014☆⚑

Hurlyburly " a first rate relic from the 80s by Sandi Durell

  First rate ensemble playing make this relic from the eighties worth a visit.   By Joel Benjamin   Time has not been kind to David Rabe's Hurlyburly, a three-hour...The post …

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 9:07am on February 19, 2014☆⚑

Bikeman: A 9/11 Play with Robert Cuccioli " Opening Night Photos/Video by Sandi Durell

 By: Magda Katz         THEATER PIZZAZZ was at the opening night of Bikeman: A 9/11 Play presented by Marc Agger and William Brown. The play is written by Tho…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 8:44am on February 19, 2014☆⚑

'Til Divorce Do Us Part' Puts Cheaters in the Hot Seat! by Sandi Durell

  by: Michael Lee     Brace yourselves folks. The male of the species is about to undergo a ‘musical roasting’ the likes of which you’ve never experienced be…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 8:12am on February 19, 2014☆⚑

Please LOL: If You Can Get to Buffalo by Sandi Durell

  By: Eric J. Grimm         Virtual sexual assaults propel the moral quandaries at the heart of If You Can Get to Buffalo, a satire based on...The post Please LOL: I…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 8:25pm on February 18, 2014☆⚑

Dame Angela Lansbury " American Theatre Wing Honoree by Sandi Durell

    What could be more fitting than The American Theatre Wing honoring Dame Angela Lansbury at its annual Gala, to be held on Monday, September 15 at The Plaza Hotel (Fif…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 5:23pm on February 18, 2014☆⚑