8,554 stories from Theater Pizzazz
 By Marcina Zaccaria  Stepping into St. John the Divine is nothing short of magical. The Episcopal Cathedral, located on Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan, is known for its uncommon Rose…
By Brian Scott Lipton  The lone feather temporarily left on the stage of New York City Center feels like the perfect metaphor for the Encores! production of "I Married an Angel," the 193…
  By Marcina Zaccaria  Birds of Paradise is a gem of a musical with Book by Winnie Holzman and David Evans and Lyrics by Wicked's Librettist Winnie Holzman. A Chekhov aficionado …
     by Sheila Watko  With the talent of a seasoned Broadway composer and the optimistic charm of an artist making it in New York City, Toronto-based composer and lyr…
 THE CAST OF BE MORE CHILL had the time of their lives recording the original cast album on Ghostlight Records at Reservoir Studios on March 19 and Theater Pizzazz' Shoshana Medney wa…
  By Brian Scott Lipton  In some cases, familiarity breeds contempt, but for eight-time Grammy Award nominee Tierney Sutton, her familiarity with award-winning lyricists Alan and…
 by Matt Smith  The New York Pops were alive and kickin' on March 15 when the feted and fabulous orchestra closed out their landmark 36th season with a wide-ranging salute to cinema'…
 By Brian Scott Lipton  Will you feel taken for a ride if you head to Lincoln Center's Mitzi Newhouse Theater to take in John Guare's "Nantucket Sleigh Ride"? Without question, this …
 By Sandi Durell  When you solo at the age of 5 as a performer, live in a household where Mom is a professional pianist (young Mark spending a fair amount of time in an orchestra pit…
 By Sandi Durell  The topic of bullying and violence is on our minds and in our daily lives. Open a television, newspaper, internet or online publication and there it is, growling in…
 Riveting Theater (with Puppets) " Allow me to share an experience   By Alix Cohen  Ashes Dag (about 16" tall) is walking through a haze. He looks-haunted. Kinetic, animal…
 By Alix Cohen  Zero Mostel put an indelible stamp on Tevye (Fiddler on The Roof), Yul Brynner on the King of Siam (The King and I); Jason Robards was perhaps our best interpreter of…
  By Ron Fassler  There is a program note in Chisa Hutchinson's new play from the author herself that says: "This play is my answer to the White Savior Narrative, a simple assert…
   by Cathy Hammer  Despite there now being three Muslims serving in the US Congress, sadly still we see very few represented in our local artistic culture. Though no one Mus…
     by Samuel L. Leiter  There are a lot of Jewish jokes in A Jewish Joke, Marni Freedman and Phil Johnson's not-up-to-expectations solo play, in which Johnson portr…
 The new play Smart Blonde starring Andrea Burns held a press meet and greet and Theater Pizzazz was on the scene with Maryann Lopinto on camera. 59E59 Theaters (Val Day, Artistic Direct…
 By Ron Fassler  For one-night only, it was actor and singer Jeremy Jordan's turn to sit in a well-upholstered chair (as if in a living room) beside the masterful host and musical ac…
 It was, undoubtedly, one of the most exciting opening nights when Be More Chill hit the Great White Way on March 10, 2019 " " screaming fans at a hi-octane level inside and outside …
 By Brian Scott Lipton   Isabelle Huppert sits silently on the world's longest white leather couch for seemingly countless minutes on the stage of the Atlantic Theater before Flo…
 by Michael Bracken  All too often, a musical starts with a rousing opening number, only to deflate by the second act or even the second song. Superhero, presented by 2ndStage at the…
   Sunday, March 10 saw the Opening Night of the Broadway Musical Be More Chill at The Lyceum Theatre, followed by a grand after party at Gotham Hall. The story of teens coping w…
 By Sandi Durell  By now I think most theatergoers know about the history of BMC that opened last night on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre. It has an interesting cult history when a n…
 by Michael Bracken  Tori Sampson, whose If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka just opened at Playwrights Horizons, knew as a black child that "very rarely" was her complexion cons…
    by Carol Rocamora  It's a wild ride, so fasten your seat belts. Marys Seacole, now playing at Lincoln Center's tiny Claire Tow Theater, will alternately shock you, be…
    In Space, everyone can hear Molly scream.   by JK Clarke  Society's fascination with outer space is well documented, and has been since long before the first …
