By Eyal Solomon, Publisher and Editor, Theater Pizzazz... For two unforgettable hours, Hejira transported the Iridium audience back to Joni Mitchell\'s groundbreaking jazz years with a perfo…
By Stuart Miller... A strong cast and an intimate setting give new life to monologues Whoopi Goldberg wrote and performed decades ago.
By Alix Cohen... A fractured family comes together through Jewish customs
By By Stuart Miller... Jonathan Spector deftly delivers fully human characters debating complex political issues.
By Alix Cohen... An extraordinary blend of Taiwanese and Western influenced dance
By Alix Cohen... A Buoyant Evening of Period Pop and Jazz in Dance
By Alix Cohen Were committee creations not so likely to manifest a camel instead of a horse, Ogden Nash, Samuel Beckett, Eugène Ionesco, Tom Stoppard, and Tom Lehrer might’ve been the pla…
Review by Ron Fassler . . . One of the first things you might be struck by while watching Jonathan Spector’s impressive three-hour and twenty-minute Birthright, currently playing at MCC, …
By Alix Cohen An amuse bouche of Irving Berlin’s “There’s No Business Like Show Business” is punctuated by observations from Sophie Tucker, Carol Channing and, in the audience, Maril…
By Alix Cohen... Meg Flather doesn\'t just sing, she communicates.
By Alix Cohen... Two downtown legends revive a not-to-be-missed collaborative fantasy
By Alix Cohen... John Anastasi’s well crafted, original play snookers us into wondering about, but believing narrative while something else entirely is a foot.
By Andrew Poretz... Jazz singer and songwriter Deanna Kirk and storyteller Lisa Faith Phillips teamed up at Pangea to bring the songs and lives of Jacques Brel and Michel Legrand to life.
By Alix Cohen Who were you in 1969? Richard Nixon was inaugurated, The Vietnam “conflict” continued at full throttle, Women’s Lib expanded its footing, Woodstock cemented the power of …
Review by Ron Fassler . . . Her mastery of cabaret should come as no surprise to fans of Megan Hilty’s Broadway work, already well aware how beautifully she knows her way around a song. …
By Alix Cohen Since 1971, Pilobolus has offered some of the most original thematic and choreographically creative work in dance. I’ve been a fan for decades. This year’s offering, at lea…
By Alix Cohen... Peter Tate\'s electrifying Picasso captivates while exposing the devastating personal cost of artistic brilliance.
By Stuart Miller... After a soapy start this poignant play is a nuanced and delicate examination of the lives of its four women.
Review by Ron Fassler ... With so many interesting plays these days dealing with young teenage women, Dad Don't Read This struggles to find its place among them.
By Alix Cohen Mary Foster Conklin is a veteran jazz/cabaret vocalist. That she’s also a radio DJ (“A Broad Spectrum – The Ladies of Jazz” WFDU 89.1 FM, streaming live on their HD2 Ch…
By Alix Cohen Johnny Mathis (1935- ), known for his smooth voice and romantic ballads, helped define the easy-listening and adult contemporary genres with a career spanning more than six dec…
By Alix Cohen Laurie Krauz may be one of the best jazz artists of our generation. Her well honed vocal instrument evinces elastic versatility and control. Tantalizing power eschews the easy …
By Alix Cohen Sidney Myer is the beating heart of New York’s cabaret community, as much a part of its health and well being as the sun in the mornin’ and the moon at night. Iconoclastic …
By Alix Cohen Once more unto the breach!* This is the 14th Blue Wave concert raising money for Democratic candidates since 2018. Stephen Hanks, at various times editor, writer, publisher, re…
A chat with Megan Hilty about her new Café Carlyle show and what inspires her about playing at the legendary supper club.