8,555 stories from Theater Pizzazz
By Sandi Durell The Farmhouse – – a gathering womb where three couples congregate to celebrate their good friendships, warm feelings and special occas…
By Martha Wade Steketee You will hear, see, and feel the future of musical theater in the Joe Iconis and Joe Tracz creation Be More Chill, now at The Pershing Square Sig…
By Marilyn Lester Jazz's love affair with the standards of the American songbook reaches back to the beginnings of both idioms. Proving the Duke Ellington dictum that th…
By Sandi Durell To commit….or not to commit " that is the question! In Gianmarco Soresi's "unromantic comedy," that presents as a play within a play, standup co…
 By Beatrice Williams-Rude  The great Russia, poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko in commenting on translations observed that when they are beautiful they are rarely faithful and when they are …
By Ron Fassler I first saw Melissa Errico and Ryan Silverman on stage together in 2014, when they paired opposite one another as Clara and Giorgio in the Classic Stage C…
by Ron Fassler I recently had the chance to chat with Manu Narayan, currently playing the role of Robbie in Getting the Band Back Together, the new musical which has its…
by Carol Rocamora Watch out, theatre world! A dangerous new play is on the loose. It will sneak up behind you, grab you by the throat, and won't let go. This is a theatr…
By Sandi Durell The St. Cloud Rooftop Bar at the Knickerbocker Hotel in Times Square was a most fitting venue to introduce the contemporary production of the classic tale of King Kong…
By Marcina Zaccaria Austin Pendleton successfully combines two Shakespearean plays in Wars of the Roses: Henry VI & Richard III, bringing the best of actor's theater to the…
Being dazzling and dismaying at the very same time! By Myra Chanin Let's do dazzling first. Mike Birbiglia's latest, The New One, is one of the two best one-man shows…
By Sandi Durell In the continuing saga to promote the Blue Wave, the producers and creative team of Me The People are currently ensconced at The Laurie Beechman Theatre …
By Sandi Durell Reunited and it feels so good…. after nine years, the mishpocheh (says Michael Feinstein) are now happy to be back on the stage of his namesake Feinste…
By Sandi Durell Richard Bean, playwright (One Man, Two Guvnors) wasn't sure he wanted to actually write this one but, with enough nudging, he came up with a roadmap that is mos…
by JK Clarke To call the second Shakespeare in the Park production of this summer "Twelfth Night," referring to the William Shakespeare play of the same na…
by Adam Cohen Legions of children have grown up with Sesame Street and it's human and puppet resident's teaching letters and numbers.  15 years ago composers Robert Lopez, Jeff …
Ana Gasteyer, Andy Karl and Orfeh will join Sierra Boggess, Adam Kantor, Lindsay Mendez, Brad Oscar, Hugh Panaro, Christine Pedi, Kate Rockwell, Douglas Si…
by Cathy Hammer Like its heroine Nadia, Eliza Bent's new play The Beyoncé is on the road to self discovery. Described as nodding to Queen Bey, the piece is based largel…
By Sandi Durell What more appropriate title for a show than Only From the Heart Can You Touch the Sky from the beautiful soul of Renee Katz? How can one explain the feeling of …
by Michael Bracken "A free woman of color." It would have been an oxymoron in Mississippi in the early 1800's, but not so in neighboring Louisiana, at least according to Marcus…
By Myra Chanin The current revival of Comfort Women, A New Musical, is difficult to watch, think about and certainly sing about which doesn't mean that the historical…
by Carole Di Tosti In '68: A New American Musical part of the 15th annual New York Musical Festival, Jamie Leo (Book and Lyrics) and Paul Leschen (Music) focus on one ex…
By Sandi Durell While the keeper of the flame for Ricky Ritzel's Broadway, Myra Chanin, is traveling in Hawaii, I couldn't let this auspicious evening of song pass me by…
"Lynn and Stephen… thank you for this music. Truly. Thank you for all of your music." by Matt Smith Peasants and grand-hommes came together in harmony last…
by JK Clarke If there's an upside to eras of social and political strife, it's that they tend to produce groundbreaking and significant works of art. Recen…
