8,611 stories from Theater Pizzazz
By Alix Cohen In 1935, New York Times reviewer Brooks Atkinson found Awake and Sing! a story of "noisy, lunging humanity" he felt was weighted by character development, but promising. Sea Do…
By Alix Cohen "We're not selling objects"we're selling ideas, emotions, and the aura of cultural relevance." Larry Gagosian (Gagosian Gallery) Serge (Neil Patrick Harris), a successful derma…
By Melissa Griegel… Photos by Melissa Griegel Photography www.melissagriegel.zenfolio.com Ava Nicole Frances is taking the cabaret world by storm. She began showcasing her vocal talents pr…
Review by Ron Fassler . . . Eleven months ago, the City Center Annual Gala Presentation of Ragtime, minimally staged by director Lear DeBessonet, received excellent reviews (mine am…
By Alix Cohen Chaconne (1942- José Limón) is inspired by a dance originating in Mexico during the Spanish occupation. On stage are dancers from the current company, older alumni, La Guar…
By Samuel L. Leiter... Casual notes on show biz books, memoirs, and studies, dust gatherers and hot-off-the presses.
The post LEITER LOOKS AT BOOKS: "CAREFULLY TAUGHT: AMERICAN HISTORY THROU…
By Alix Cohen With Let's Love! Ethan Coen gives us a contemporary La Ronde, the French anthology film directed by Max Ophüls. Seemingly disparate chapters on sex/love/attachment unexpectedl…
By Alex Eichholz . . . ​For a show that opens with the line "Prepare to be GOOPED!", I was neither gooped nor gagged by Gwyneth Goes Skiing, which opened tonight at SoH…
By Alix Cohen American Sunset is a concept album written between Election Day November 5, 2024, and Inauguration Day, January 20, 2025. Liquor and drug consumption increased, sleep became el…
By Alix Cohen Inspired by the illustrations of Edward Gorey, Victorian reverie, ill-fated romance, calamitous croquet, and the dangers of windy cliffs. "The world is full of people who are n…
The American Songbook Gala Celebrating Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty By Alix Cohen Lynn Ahrens was working as a copywriter when invited to write a song for children's television. A burg…
A Contemporary Feminist Look at Pride and Prejudice By Alix Cohen "Oh my God, everyone here sucks!" exclaims Kitty Bennet, bored at a Ball. (Violeta Picayo) 'Decidedly not the familiar class…
Review by Carol Rocamora... Director Jamie Lloyd gives us a daring version of Beckett's classic
The post A long-Awaited "Waiting For Godot" Arrives on Broadway appeared first on Theate…
Review by Ron Fassler . . . It is with only a fleeting awareness of her media persona that I attended The Least Problematic Woman in the World, Dylan Mulvaney's solo autobiographical p…
In January 2018, people across Hawaii received an alert that a ballistic missile was headed for them . . . The musical, This Is Not a Drill examines how that moment affected the lives of sev…
A Panacea for the Floundering By Alix Cohen The near? future. Population growth is bleeding earth's resources. With AI rampant, employment is an issue. People haven't been coping well for ye…
A Study of Self Realization By Alix Cohen Bullfighting in Mexico, corrida de toros, was introduced during the colonial era by Spanish settlers and evolved into a national tradition. For cent…
By Alix Cohen Belfast today: American oral historian Emily (Molly Ranson) is interviewing middle-aged Dave (Michael Hayden) about the assassination of a friend and fellow soldier that occurr…
By Alix Cohen Every play does not have to be life changing. A One-Act with limited production budget can offer as much value as theater with publicity and stars. Lost and Found is a small, t…
By Alix Cohen Reasoning and logic are the backbone of clear thinking and decision-making. Drawing conclusions from evidence and deductive reasoning have all but been jettisoned in the curren…
By Melissa Griegel… Photos by Melissa Griegel Photography www.griegelphoto.zenfolio.com The Thorne Mansion in Morristown, NJ was alive with music on Sunday, September 28th, 2025 with the s…
Review by Ron Fassler . . . When the lights go up on Preston Max Allen's new play Caroline, which opened tonight at off-Broadway's MCC Theater, we see a 28-year-old mother (Chloë Grace…
By Alix Cohen Jacob (Will Harrison) is growing up in what Americans would call the projects- a British estate of low income housing. His attentive, single mother (an excellent Lucy Taylor) s…
By Stuart Miller... Tim Blake Nelson's play is a glimpse at where AI may be taking us.
The post "And Then We Were No More" " Raging Against the Machine… And Getting Nowhere appeared fi…
Review by Carol Rocamora... A riveting revival of this devastating melodrama shakes the rafters of TFANA
The post Ibsen's "The Wild Duck" Flies Again appeared first on Theater Pizzazz.
