8,556 stories from Theater Pizzazz
SpongeBob Square Pants leads with 11 Nominations!  Harry Potter and the Cursed Child follows with 10 and My Fair Lady with 9 Nominations! Photos/Video: Sandi Durel…
Theater Pizzazz’ Magda Katz was on the scene of Stephen Schwartz’ big birthday celebration at the Hudson Theatre on April 23 when The Dramatists Guild Foundation (DGF), Andrew…
By Sandi Durell The current production of Transfers by Lucy Thurber, from MCC Theater at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, follows a very real path of thought provoking hum…
Described by The New York Times as "electrically thrilling," by Variety as "a performer who can reveal the sorrows, pains and joys of the composer's richly layered reperto…
54 Below held Press Previews on April 23 with the talent readying to come into New York’s favorite nightclub in April/May including:John Lloyd Young, Darius de Haas, Matt Doyle,…
by Brian Scott Lipton Partway through "Summer," the new biomusical about the late disco queen Donna Summer at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, there's a scene where the singer is giv…
Harry Potter goes Broadway! Picking up where the seventh book in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series left off, with Harry and his magical friends as adults, the two-play H…
by Steve Nardoni On March 19that the Scandinavian House in Murry Hill, we were introduced to a new TV series,  After Forever, about relationships, families, aging,…
Sunday afternoon, April 22, the long awaited American debut of the Harry Potter play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2, opened at the Lyric Theatre on Broadway. Thea…
by Michael Bracken Harry Potter Lite. It's understandable. If you're going to spend $68 million, the highest capitalization ever for a non-musical on Broadway, y…
For Farciful Gallic Glee By Beatrice Williams-Rude A merengue, a confection; gives new meaning to the French connection. Metromaniacs is a 1738  farce by Alexis Piron, tr…
By Joel Benjamin I have covered so many of Scott Siegel's productions that I fear I have simply run out of superlatives to describe this Diaghilev-of-the-Cabaret world. His…
by Bernie Furshpan We’ve all used the saying “Live and Learn,” from the mistakes we make, tiny or large, failures or faux pas. However, sometimes I catch …
"Telling a story is an act of courage, listening is an act of compassion." by Alix Cohen If, like me, this organization has been in your peripheral vision, if you…
By Ron Fassler Having seen my first Broadway musical as a child in 1967, I have always been sorry that I missed the 1968 musical The Happy Time. With a score by J…
By Marilyn Lester For a rousing hour-plus, the midtown chic of Feinstein's/54 Below was magically transported to Little Italy for an ebullient Festa Italiana. That's how it see…
By Brian Scott Lipton If the great composer Leonard Bernstein was still alive today, he'd be just a few months shy of his 100thbirthday. And I have little doubt he'd still be t…
by JK Clarke One of the drawbacks of theater or literature that deals with contemporaneously specific issues is that they run the risk of losing their rele…
By Sandi Durell The star of television's Smash (as Ivy Lynn) is a delight to watch and listen to returning to the Café Carlyle for the fourth time " and this …
By Marilyn Lester Singer/songwriter/guitarist and playwright Benjamin Scheuer is saying hello to the new and farewell to the old with a particular joy and appreciation. …
By Myra Chanin On Monday night, March 27, 2018, Ricky Ritzel stepped up to the microphone at B. B. Kings and gratefully and gracefully accepted the 2018 Manhattan Ass…
By Sandi Durell In the banking center of the world where money is the highest court in the neutral nation of Switzerland, we take on the role of voyeur watching regular …
By Marcina Zaccaria André Holland has had an exciting journey since the success the 2016's Moonlight, (Academy Award for Best Picture). With a background in acting …
By Sandi Durell This new musical fantasia, produced by The Prospect Theater Company, with book and lyrics by Jason Grote and music by Marisa Michelson, conjures the old and new…
by JK Clarke While there's nothing wrong with the trend of altering classical theater with a modern or minimalist slant, the downside is the infrequency with whic…
