8,611 stories from Theater Pizzazz
By Stuart Miller... Despite a strong cast and some powerful scenes, the play won't stick in your memory.
By Alix Cohen Playwright Brian Dykstra has a habit of sneaking up on one with narratives so topically incisive they startle. His work is a prime example of the aphorism "language holds power…
By Eyal Solomon, Publisher, Theater Pizzazz... This revival emerges as a tender and hilarious portrait of childhood, capturing its insecurities, longings, and hard-won small triumphs.
by Melissa Griegel… Photos by Melissa Griegel Photography Linda Eder (Jekyll & Hyde) and her son, musician Jake Wildhorn, took to the 54 Below on Monday, February 9th in a new show ent…
By Alix Cohen There's little rhyme or reason to Ann Kittredge's choice of songs this evening except nostalgia with starting her career at Don't Tell Mama's and gratitude to the venue's heart…
Okieriete Onaodowan and Aigner Mizzelle are mesmerizing in this deceptively simple play about lost connections and an arduous path towards reconciliation.
A vibrant tale of terror and woe.
by Melissa Griegel… Photos by Melissa Griegel Photography The Who's Who of cabaret turned up at Don't Tell Mama on Thursday, February 5th for Jeff Harnar's show Blame it on My Youth, revis…
Piano player, composer, arranger, musical director, orchestrator, conductor, and uber-fan Marc Shaiman By Alix Cohen At age seven, Marc Shaiman parroted his sister's piano lesson by ear. At …
By Ron Fassler . . . Constance Hauman's artistic journey as an international opera soprano, composer, and recording artist has been one of unorthodoxy and consistent change. This weeke…
By Andrew Poretz, with photos and videos by Melissa Griegel Photography The 2026 Kleban Prize winners were presented at February 2nd at ASCAP's Manhattan headquarters, with a tasty spread. T…
By Alix Cohen "CO＿LAB Theater Group is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing Creative Opportunities without Limits And Boundaries. The organization offers individuals with de…
By Melissa Griegel… Photos by Melissa Griegel Photography    Avenue Q alum Erin Quill hosted a celebration of AANHPI (Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander) ar…
The pot is kept boiling throughout its tension-filled 85 minutes.
"A soothing balm in these troubled times."
A production that feels half-baked.
By Alix Cohen When Frenchwoman Margot Sergent appeared at the doors of Berklee School of Music 12 years ago, she had a classical harp background. When she left, the vocalist was a jazz baby.…
By Alix Cohen "No one could have predicted this is an ironic moment for traditional patriotism…I worry about the direction of the country," Leon Botstein notes beginning his brief pre-conc…
By Alix Cohen "First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you." F. Scott Fitzgerald They meet in a church basement outside an AA Meeting. "She" is clearly an …
By Alix Cohen Peter Calo has worked with such diverse artists as Dionne Warwick, Queen Latifah, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Leonard Bernstein, Lesley Gore, and The Platters. He spent …
By Eyal Solomon, Publisher & Editor, Theater Pizzazz... Ms. Dean discusses her career and her involvement with the hit musical, from its early Broadway success to its current revival
The Phantoms of Masquerade
By Alix Cohen While fearful about AI's ability to create fake information, its replacing humans at the workplace, or its thinking for itself, most people don't consider insidious impact on h…
By Alix Cohen Christopher Domig was an increasingly self-produced actor when asked to become artistic director of The Firebone Theater Company in Manhattan. He'd fostered no such ambitions. …
By Alix Cohen Protest songs proliferated in the 1960s. Writer/adapters like Pete Seeger made way for original songwriters. Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Buffy St. Marie and Nina Simone were some of …
