8,555 stories from Theater Pizzazz
by Carole Di Tosti Will and Peter Anderson, virtuoso jazz musicians have been presenting their glorious American Songbook Summit at Symphony Space for the entire month o…
by Alix Cohen  Maria Alejandra Rodriguez emigrated to The United States in 2010 and has been in New York just a year. A successful entertainer in her native Venezuela, she'…
By Brian Scott Lipton For five decades, British pop icon David Bowie was one of the most prolific "and chameleonic " singers on the planet, changing his musical s…
By Marilyn Lester It was difficult to know who was having the most fun " performer Maurice Hines or the audience who came out to see his show. Hines, who by his o…
by Alix Cohen  Last May, pianist Mike Renzi came across the recording I've Got My Standards in his collection. Delighted how well it held up, suffused with memories, he tel…
 By Sandi Durell  It's almost Labor Day and everyone will be back in the City. I can already hear the roar of the crowd – – the busy clubs and cabarets. Take a peek at wh…
By Sandi Durell After eight months of in depth research, Lillian Hellman's play about factory workers vs. owners was conceived in a fictional setting of Callum, Ohio, no…
by Magda Katz Daniel Reichard, originated the role of Bob Gaudio in Broadway's Jersey Boys. He was featured on the show's 'Grammy" Award-Winning multi-platinum cas…
On  August 15, 2018 at the Pearson Lakes Arts Center in Lake Okoboji, Iowa  legendary singer Marilyn Maye was inducted into the Iowa Rock n' Roll Music Asso…
The dynamic duo of Rebecca Luker and Sally Wilfert previewed an original new show All the Girls, at a recent press preview at Feinstein’s/54 Below set for September 7 and…
by JK Clarke The three plays that make up Henry VI are among William Shakespeare's earliest works. Presumably written in the early 1590s and said by some s…
By Marilyn Lester For jazz and reed virtuosos Peter and Will Anderson, Hoagy Carmichael is a songwriter who's pretty much at the center of their wheelhouse. Carmichael (born Ho…
By Sandi Durell I would like to continue saying, you'll love this contemporary, somewhat updated stage version currently at the Nederlander Theatre. But, alas, al…
by Samuel L. Leiter R.R.R.E.D., one of the most annoying show titles for anyone who has to type it out, refers to the Redheaded Revolutionary Evolutionary …
The Determined Quartet that turned their Third Try at an All-Sondheim Songfest into an Exhilarating Masterpiece #SONDHEIMMONTAGE By Myra Chanin As 2014 was drawing to…
by Martha Wade Steketee The first show empties out, and a rapt audience of cabaret enthusiasts files into 54 Below for a late-night show featuring Eric Yve…
by Grace Treston Whitney Houston is a tricky star to emulate. The late performer is often paid tribute by professional and aspiring singers alike"perhaps so often…
Appearing together at Feinstein’s/54 Below are Jana Robbins (The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, Gypsy, I Love My Wife) and Haley Swindal (Jekyll & Hyde, White Ch…
by Hazen Cuyler Pushkin is a new play housed within the eclectic interior of The Sheen Center. It's written by John Leaf and Directed by Christopher McElroen, run…
By Marilyn Lester The irony of Peter and Will Anderson, accomplished jazz virtuosos of reeds, devoting an entire concert of swing to Jerome Kern, is that this venerable …
Theater Pizzazz attended opening night red carpet at the Belasco Theatre on August 13, with Maryann Lopinto on camera. Some of the guests on the carpet included: Stephen Schwar…
by Grace Treston Rachel Tucker proudly returned to Broadway last weekend, and the Belfast-born star provided her New York audience with an intimate performance at Feinst…
by Brian Scott Lipton It says something about Broadway star Jill Paice's talent as an actress that I wasn't completely sure if she was truly as nervous as she claimed making he…
By Brian Scott Lipton Studs Terkel's landmark book, "Working," in which he interviewed dozens of people about the trials, tribulations and triumphs of their every…
By Sandi Durell You might be wondering what the music of the 1980s girl group the Go-Go's has to do with Shakespearean iambic pentameter styling from Sir Philip Sidney's 1580 E…
