8,555 stories from Theater Pizzazz
by Elizabeth Ahlfors In his fourth Christmas show at Feinstein’s 54/Below, Broadway baritone Norm Lewis’ Nutcracker Cool promises a warm, friendly, &#…
by Sheila Watko The entire room is decked out in tinsel, stockings are hung on various walls and two adorable elves known as the Mistletoe Munchkins (Joseph Allen…
By Marcina Zaccaria The Apple Boys: A Barbershop Quartet Musical celebrates every aspect of turn of the century artistry. The race to win a singing competition begins hu…
by Carol Rocamora "When does a place become a home?" It's a profound question asked by one of the survivors of the refugee camp in Calais, founded in 2015. They fled from oppressi…
By Myra Chanin Madelaine Warren graduated from the Boston University School of Fine Arts, having majored in voice. A trained soprano and an aspiring opera sing…
 by Linda Amiel Burns From 12/12 to 12/22, 2018 Winter Rhythms at Urban Stages will present 20 different shows in 10 days. In 2009,  Frances Hill, the founder and Arti…
By Ron Fassler How many Christmas cabaret shows open with a spoof of "O Come All Ye Faithful" that features the parody lyric, "O come let us adore her?" And sung …
The York Theatre Company is where Christmas in Hell opened last night to an enthusiastic crowd. Featuring book, music and lyrics by Gary Apple (comedy writer The Simpsons, etc.…
By Samuel L. Leiter Tis the season to be silly, and the York Theatre Company, no stranger to quirky, musical silliness (see Marry Harry and A…
by JK Clarke One always imagines the Groundlings"the "common people" in the cheap seats, or standing in front of the stage during Shakespeare's first productions …
by Adam Cohen Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken were contestants on the second season "American Idol" " a television singing competition fifteen years ago.  Both are s…
By Brian Scott Lipton Few people in the world truly understand the powers and perils of language " to connect, to divide, to speak love, spew hate, make us laugh, produc…
by Carol Rocamora How do we tell stories from history that need to be told, so that we never forget them? William Kentridge, the amazing multi-disciplinary artist, has found a uni…
By Iris Wiener Did we need another musical adaptation of a beloved film? As if. No number of knee-high socks, candy-colored costumes and nods to the 90s can make the argument t…
We thought that AVENUE Q (winner of 3 – 2004 Tonys) would go on forever but it will be closing on April 28, 2019! Produced by Kevin McCollum, Robyn Goodman, Jeffrey Seller, …
by Carol Rocamora The Sound of Silence. Storytelling is an ancient art, as old as time, and Peter Brook is its undisputed master on the world stage today. This legendary…
by Michael Bracken It's Christmas, and Noura (Heather Raffo), the central character in Raffo's eponymous drama at Playwrights Horizons, is coming apart. There is, after all, mo…
By Ron Fassler When you enter the Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage Theatre at the Irish Rep this holiday season, the stage setting of a cozy and inviting living room (im…
By Myra Chanin Adrienne Haan is a powerful actress and powerhouse cabaret performer who specializes in the music of the 1920's and 1930's. Her material runs the gamut…
Andrea McArdle represented herself and Donna McKechnie at the recent meet and greet at Feinstein’s/54 Below. They are two of Broadway's most endearing leading ladies. They starr…
by Brian Scott Lipton It's hardly a secret that in the Antebellum south, white owners often took sexual advantage of their African-American slaves. But in …
By Marcina Zaccaria The Russian and the Jew begins in Brooklyn in 1992. Alexei (Moti Margolin), speaks from a microphone, setting a clear stage, saying, "Progress is a s…
Ring in the New Year with the legendary Charles Busch. Actor/playwright/award-winning cabaret artist, Charles Busch (Die Mommie Die, Psycho Beach Party, The Tale of the Allergist's…
By Myra Chanin Among the misused words which currently enrage me, the word diva ranks high. It was a title awarded to the greatest female opera stars after decades of…
by Alix Cohen There's nothing like a stage of middle-aged, yellow-suited musicians to give one pause. Erupting into 1935's "I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myse…
