8,624 stories from Theater Pizzazz
By Adam Cohen . . . Mile Square Theatre is a jewel tucked into a corner of Hoboken, NJ"just a short ferry or bus ride from midtown. They present compelling, thoughtful, well-executed pro…
By Carol Rocamora . . . "If you don't think this play is funny, you are missing a lot of my play." So writes playwright Dominique Morisseau in the program notes of Confederates, her high…
By Ron Fassler . . . Welcome to my highly prejudicial review of Liz Callaway's Sondheim show that ended a four-night engagement last evening at Feinstein's/54 Below. I caught the last perfor…
FUNNY GIRL begins previews on Broadway tonight, Saturday March 26, 2022, on the 58th Anniversary of the Opening Night of the original production, at the August Wilson Theatre …
Coming Up: Mr. Saturday Night " H*tlers' Tasters " Anthony Rapp " POTUS " Acedia " Lucille Lortel Awards " Kenny Ortega " MCC Youth Company " Vaccine Mandates Theater Martin McDonagh's Hangm…
NYC Center Cast 'Into The Woods' " Debbie Gravitte Birdland Residency " Celia Berk Returns to Beechman Theatre " Candace Bushnell at Cafe Carlyle BIRDLAND JAZZ CLUBÂ will present Tony Awar…
By Marilyn Lester . . . The ongoing musical series, Broadway by the Year, has been written, hosted and directed by its creator, Scott Siegel, for over 20 years"quite an achievement! Back for…
Interview by Andrew Poretz . . . Theater Pizzazz spoke at length with Lorna Luft, the daughter of icon Judy Garland and producer Sid Luft, in advance of her upcoming "Joy of Spring" show at …
Upcoming: Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival " Fat Ham at Public Theater " The Bedwetter " Atlantic Theater Co " Our Brother's Son " Signature Center The Public Theater and Nat…
The first ever Japan Parade in New York City will be held on Saturday, May 14, beginning at 1pm.The purpose of the parade is to celebrate, express and bring awareness to the frie…
By Bart Greenberg . . . A Touch of the Poet is one of Eugene O'Neill's problematic plays. Written in the 1940s, but not produced until 1958, after his death. It was planned to be the first o…
By Ron Fassler . . . If a play is plotless and devoid of characters, is it a play? It's a question you might ponder while watching Claudia Rankine's Help, now in a limited engagement at The …
Another Class Act at the Wick Theater By Myra Chanin . . . There's only one way to say it: Boca's Wick Theater is a class act, a conclusion amply demonstrated by its recent superb production…
Mrs. Doubtfire returns to Broadway on April 14 at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. We loved it when it opened! Tickets: www.mrsdoubtfirebroadway.com The producers of KPOP, the new musical se…
Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are open in April bringing audiences a full slate of nightly performances! A plethora of jazz awaits you! At Birdland Jazz Club, ca…
By Marilyn Lester . . . In 1991, musical theater composer-lyricist, Maury Yeston was commissioned to write a piece for the centennial celebration of Carnegie Hall. The result was a song cycl…
Lainie Kazan will be honored with the LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR ACTING at the New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival on Wednesday, April 6 for her recent movie TANGO …
Jimmy Webb, three time Grammy Award Winner, iconic songwriter/performer will be honored at the 37th Annual Bistro Awards on Monday, May 16 @ 7pm where he'll receive the ASCAP-Bob Harrington …
A trans-Atlantic theatrical project between USA, Kosovo and Serbia. Balkan Bordello: The Saga of a Balkan Family is based on Aeschylus' trilogy The Oresteia.  It's written by …
*Honoring Chita Rivera and Danny Burstein* By Marilyn Lester . . . By their nature, galas are festive, celebratory affairs, but on this occasion, the Encompass New Opera Theatre event at the…
Award-winning Songwriter Joey Contreras will bring "In the Works, with Special Guests," to Feinstein's/54 Below on April 18 @ 9:30 pm. Having amassed millions of streams and acclaim from his…
By Ron Fassler . . . This past Sunday afternoon was the closing performance of the brief, limited run of Huang Ruo and Basil Twist's Book of Mountains & Seas. Both puppet theater and cho…
By Barton Greenberg . . . Celebrating their 60th season, the historic La Mama Experimental Theater Club, in association with Spiderwoman Theater, in partnership with Aanmitaagzi and Loose Ch…
The death last week of Broadway singing coach Barbara Maier Gustern has been classified by New York police as a homicide. Her attacker, who shoved the elderly Manhattan resident …
Producer Daryl Roth announces a special series of "Meet The Author Nights" at BETWEEN THE LINES, which will feature talkbacks with NY Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult, wh…
