8,556 stories from Theater Pizzazz
by Brian Scott Lipton "I am what I am, I am my own special creation," six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald sang just seconds into her spectacular gala concer…
By Myra Chanin Bob O'Hare grew up in New Jersey, attended a Catholic High School and College and then, thought he'd always been interested in musical theater a…
Monday Night, April 30, the nominees for the first Annual Chita Rivera Awards gathered at Bond 45 in Times Square to celebrate their accomplishment. The Chita Rivera Awa…
By Marilyn Lester On the three days before Duke Ellington's April 29 birthday, Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JALCO) bestowed upon its patrons…
Nominations in 26 competitive categories for the American Theatre Wing's 72nd Annual Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards® were announced today by Tony and Grammy Award-…
by Magda Katz The IV Cherry Orchard Festival of the Arts returns to New York City and with it Russia's State Theatre of Nations production of Chekhov's Ivanov, starri…
By Barbara & Scott Siegel Part 1: The Musicals… This is the first of a series of columns devoted to the 2017-2018 NYC theater season. It isn't about what wa…
by Myra Chanin On April 22, 2018 60 lucky cabaret lovers squeezed into the 60 seats in the normally 50-seat Pangea, an East Village oasis for food, drink and cutting-…
by Carol Rocamora It's been a season of strong women against great odds" from Albee's aging matriarch in Three Tall Women to Medoff's deaf protagonist in Child…
By Sandi Durell Talk about living in the moment  . . . it was a déjà vu evening as The Triad sizzled with the memories and in the spirit of the best cabaret and jazz NYC…
by Carole Di Tosti For centuries scholars have raised questions about Shakespeare's real identity because so little verified information is known about him. Shakespeare's lowly…
By Marilyn Lester Irish playwright, Conor McPherson, who favors the mystical and the supernatural, has written a gem of a play in The Seafarer, and The Irish Repertory T…
by Carol Rocamora A magnificent specter is stalking the stage of the Public Theatre. It's the ghost of a king called Mlima, whose domain was once the Kenyan wilds.…
by Magda Katz John Lloyd Young returned to 54 Below in New York City with a brand new show celebrating his album My Turn, Live! to screaming fans who flew in from…
by Cathy Hammer Inspired by her grandmother's life, Joyce Van Dyke's Daybreak centers on Victoria, an Armenian refugee. In 1915, the Turks had invaded her hometown in wh…
Wednesday evening, April 25, saw the opening night festivities of the Broadway revival of Saint Joan, the George Bernard Shaw telling of the life of Joan of Arc at the S…
Carousel and SpongeBob Square Pants Lead with Mean Girls, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child not far behind The 63rd Annual Drama Desk Award nominees were announce…
by Magda Katz Daniel K. Isaac (Showtime's 'Billions') and Juan Francisco Villa (Oedipus El Rey), who play William Inge and Tennessee Williams in the upcom…
by JK Clarke James Joyce, Vladimir Lenin and Tristan Tzara (one of the founders of Dadaism) are hanging out in Zurich . . . sounds like the setup to one of those …
As part of Deborah Grace Winer’s Classic American Songbook Series, Matt Doyle (Book of Mormon, A Clockwork Orange) will appear in A Jerome Robbins Centennial Concert, directed b…
The annual spring benefit performance by Rosie's Theater Kids students and their professional mentors. 2018's PASSING IT ON included a tribute to The Jerome Robbins Centennial …
The Off Broadway Alliance, an organization of Off-Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents, and marketing professionals, has announced the nominees for the 8th Ann…
Spring has sprung and so have the multi talents that fill the cabarets and clubs in New York City. The venues are overflowing with talent. Someone for everyone! Â Â By Sandi Dur…
by Matt Smith "Melody is the very air we breathe." Such is the compelling assertion Broadway songstress Jenn Gambatese offers midway through her solo show, Once Upon …
 By Marilyn Lester The great Duke Ellington, a jazz pioneer and arguably one of America's most gifted composers, has magic in his music. This was especially evident in The …
