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by Susan Hasho Born in Illinois, and later starring as Magnolia in a famous revival of Showboat with Cleo Laine in London, Lorna Dallas embarked on a great journey of career success a…
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By Sandi Durell  Playwright Jordan Harrison (Marjorie Prime) has quite an imagination in this quirky, humorous play with music The Amateurs, directed by Oliver Butler, (origina…
By Marilyn Lester There aren't many performers who can put a large smile on your face and make it stick. Nicolas King is one of them. This delightful entertainer …
by Beatrice Williams-Rude Marlene is a portrait of Marlene Dietrich that is compelling, informative, enlightening and altogether entertaining. Marlene is embodied by Cin…
Manhattan Concert Productions' Star-Studded Concert Proves There's Nothing Like the Broadway Classics! by Matt Smith The stars came out in droves Tuesday night for the annual salute t…
The York Theatre's winter Mufti Series Tribute to Jule Styne ends with the delightful Subways Are For Sleeping, not seen since the 1961-62 Broadway season. by Linda Amiel Burns …
By Sandi Durell Woman power and its changes through the years define who and what is relevant . . . depending on where we stand individually and where our own truths and…
by Hazen Cuyler This is certainly not his finest play. It's not even a completed play. In its original form, this untitled work is about five hours long. Several loose adaptati…
  By Sandi Durell   Now's the time to check out some of the tried and true cabaret rooms brimming with talent, and some new spaces that are making a name for themselves. Talent…
by Carol Rocamora The noble revival of A Soldier's Play now running at the Gene Frankel Theatre resonates powerfully on several levels. It brings back to pulsating life the cel…
Thursday night, February 22, Hello, Dolly! re-opened on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre with Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters at the helm as Dolly Gallagher Levi, taking over from …
Photos by Maya Werner Friday, February 23 The Band's Visit celebrated the release of their original broadway cast recording. Taking place at Barnes and Noble, fans had t…
On February 22, Disney Theatrical's new Broadway musical Frozen celebrated its first performance at the historic St. James Theatre. Caissie Levy as Elsa and Patti Murin as A…
By Brian Scott Lipton The big questions on most people's minds upon hearing that the celebrated New Group is finally offering the first New York commercial mounting to t…
by Sandi Durell The cast and creative team for the upcoming Broadway revival of Children of a Lesser God met with members of the press on February 22 at the production&#…
by Alix Cohen This is a perfect match of performer and writer. Stearns Matthews has just the kind of float and soar necessary to best showcase Bricusse. His light, t…
by Samuel L. Leiter If you grew up during the mid-twentieth century you didn't have to be a classical music fan (or even Jewish) to recognize, and probably recite…
by Bernie Furshpan What is the common denominator with crying, laughing and applauding? Well, it’s simpler than you think. Scientists, biologists, psychologists and sociologist…
By Brian Scott Lipton Every theater critic (and fan) wishes they owned a time capsule to go view legendary moments in theatrical history, from Ethel Merman in "An…
Theater Pizzazz is proud to announce that “Bernie” – Dr. Bernard Furshpan will be publishing an on-going series of articles entitled: Short, Sweet and Relevan…
Photos: Maya Werner The creative team of MCC Theater's World Premiere production of Relevance was celebrated last night at the Lucille Lortel…
By Sandi Durell  The Story Goes On " it runs in the family as these two glorious voiced, stunning looking sopranos hold their audience at 54 Below (on February 20) in the p…
By Marcina Zaccaria Through the bluster of winter, a distraught bride bursts into a snowy cabin in Alaska. Having nowhere else to run, she struggles to find a place for herself…
by Peter Haas The Boys From Syracuse, a merry romp with songs by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, and book by George Abbott, premiered on Broadway in 1938, more than 80 …
