8,555 stories from Theater Pizzazz
by Myra Chanin Champions of the New York Pops, gathered at Feinstein's/54Below this week to eat, drink, be merry and allow the orchestra's good works to continue to t…
By Sandi Durell This is Alexa Ray's fifth residency at the Café Carlyle, where the baby voiced now newly engaged 32 year old makes every effort to please her man…
by Carole Di Tosti Intractable Woman by Stefano Massini is a powerful memoriam to Anna Politkovskaya, a Russian journalist who wrote "just the facts" in eye-witness acco…
by JK Clarke Bedlam Theater Company, for reasons that do not become apparent during the play (or after, in contemplation), has combined Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya with …
By Marcina Zaccaria A storm tests everyone. It tests relationships, personal boundaries, and most of all, endurance. In Hurricane Party by David Thigpen, the stor…
Last night, Monday, September 24, The American Theater Wing celebrated newly minted EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar Tony) winner, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber at Cipriani on 42nd Street. …
by Michael Bracken There are worse places to find source material than the Bible. Just ask Craig Lucas, whose compelling but crowded I Was Most Alive with You, at Playwr…
 By Steve Nardoni Gunnar Montana, a Philly-based choreographer and performance artist last night transformed the basement at La Mama in the East Village into an insane and rollick…
By Ron Fassler Amanda Green is a force to be reckoned with. Not only is she a Tony nominated composer-lyricist; an actress; a writer and a song stylist, but she a…
By Samuel L. Leiter Revivals of anything by Tennessee Williams from the generally undistinguished days that followed Eccentricities of a Nightingale (1962's rewritten version o…
By Ron Fassler As a seasoned theatregoer, I freely admit that I am new to immersive theatre; which to those similarly uninitiated, features no theatre, no stage, and instead ta…
The press was invited to the York Theatre Company to meet with the cast and creatives of the off-Broadway premiere of the new musical Midnight at the Never Get. With book, …
by Hazen Cuyler James & Jamesy In The Dark, now running at Soho Playhouse thru October 14 and directed by David MacMurray Smith, is an outer space romp exploring our…
By Sandi Durell Commitment, passion and loyalty to a cause, or a person, can be admirable. Taken to extreme, it's downright ugly, crazy and inhuman. Welcome to The New G…
By Sandi Durell Ann Hampton Callaway is an entertainer's entertainer! She's unafraid when it comes to tackling new sounds and songs so long as they express what she feel…
by Susan Hasho The play Agnes produced by the group Lesser America involves four roommates sharing an apartment in New York City"brother Charlie (John Edgar Barker), Charlie's …
The American Songbook Association (ASA) presented its first Annual Gala, The Joint Is Jumpin'!, a joyous celebration of contributions to the American Songbook b…
By Myra Chanin There is nothing I enjoy more than my own enjoyment, so describing a performance I absolutely loved, like Michele Brourman's at Pangea, is as go…
by Maya Werner Oscar Winning-Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. met the press to celebrate his return to Broadway, playing the role of Billy Flynn in the Tony Award-Winning musical Chicago …
By Martha Wade Steketee The show starts on the stairs at 54 Below. Twice in the past few weeks, these aural pre-shows have been somber celebrations of great diva lives. …
by Alix Cohen Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) was a Mexican painter who employed folk art style in surreal, nationalist, Catholic, and distinctly autobiographical images. She came thro…
By Brian Scott Lipton A family sits around a table, discussing philosophy, sharing family grievances, eating and drinking. If it sounds like a Richard Nelson play…
By Myra Chanin I arrived a bit early at Don't Tell Mama a few days ago, notebook in handbag, led by my brain to believe that I would be hearing a comparatively unknow…
The hit musical comedy Desperate Measures, currently ensconced at New World Stages, celebrated its 100th Performance on Thursday September 13. Maryann Lopinto was there to c…
An exciting reprise of a beloved musical.  By Joel Benjamin Ain't Misbehavin' was the little engine that could in the 1977-78 New York theatrical season.  How…
