8,610 stories from Theater Pizzazz
By Eyal Solomon, Publisher and Editor, Theater Pizzazz... “Slam Frank” is a clever, frequently hilarious satire of identity politics that ultimately falls victim to the very prejudices i…
Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers and hot off the presses. Book Reviews by Samuel L. Leiter . . . Diana Forbes-Robertson. My Aunt Maxine: The Story of Ma…
By Alix Cohen... Unadulterated fun! Magic is the only honest profession. A magician promises to deceive you—and then does.
By Stuart Miller... Blending teenage angst, dark humor, and political intrigue, Fish is a moving portrait of a mother and daughter struggling to reconnect in the shadow of a devastating fami…
By Stuart Miller . . . Karya is a typical seventeen-year-old girl: mortified by her mother, simultaneously jealous and disgusted by her best friend’s sex life and trying to figure out thin…
By Alix Cohen... Leslee Warren's re-entrance into the cabaret community is terrific. Book the Urban Stages repeat! show!
By Alix Cohen... The production is captivating, moving, visually arresting. It respectfully and unflinchingly tells its story.
By Samuel L. Leiter . . . Oskar Eustis, renowned artistic director of the Public Theater, has a gift for writing strongly supportive program notes for the shows he presents; he could have be…
By Alix Cohen Tonight impresario Michael Lavine treats us to a comprehensive look back at the musical Bells Are Ringing replete with synopsis and selected memories of previous cast members. …
By Alix Cohen... The American Songbook Association 2026 Gala honoring Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire- a lovefest to legacy
By Alix Cohen... Beautiful and Dynamic- Even when abstract, these dances tend to feel psychologically or emotionally charged. Performers surge through space, turning weight and momentum into…
By Alix Cohen... The show is smart, funny, well written, and moving, a thorny subject attacked with heart and flair.
By Alix Cohen... As AI takes over, we’re increasingly aware of dehumanization from a new, potentially devastating source. Irish Rep's innovative production approaches on a visceral level.
Review by Ron Fassler . . . In a career that began on Broadway in 1973, Patti LuPone continues to reveal layers that define her as a once-in-a-generation talent. In Patti LuPone: A Life in …
Review by Stuart Miller C-Span is not known for its dynamic dialogue. Even the most compelling and insightful hour of discussion and debate will feature circular talk and boring repetition o…
Review by Ron Fassler. The internationally famed author and teacher Phillipe Gaulier, who died earlier this year, was described in his obituary in the Guardian as a “French clown who …
Review by Stuart Miller. In Mfoniso Udofia’s new play creation stories and all the important importants, which opened tonight at the Claire Tow Theatre at Lincoln Center, an unnamed “G…
By Alix Cohen... Jane Scheckter has been singing her entire life and she’s learned a few things. A well crafted, engaging and seemingly unstudied show.
By Alix Cohen... A skillful balance of humor with issues. The piece has a big heart and effervescent buoyancy, but its message is clear.
By Eyal Solomon, Publisher & Editor, Theater Pizzazz... Bram Stoker meets happy hour as drunk Dracula and four fearless actors turn the vampire classic into 90 minutes of theatrical chao…
By Alix Cohen... a fisheye glimpse into behavior of pathological identification, the fantasy of love
By Alix Cohen... The play is riveting- smart, imaginative and provocative- decisions that need to be made by homo sapiens
By Andrew Poretz... Gunhild Carling turns a night of traditional jazz at City Winery into a wild vaudeville romp, with dazzling musicianship and surprises at every turn.
Review by Ron Fassler. The headline above referencing Thomas Ellenson’s new three-character play Thomas & Me, in which he also stars, works on two levels. Yes, this actor/playwright h…
By Walter Murphy... Shelter Inn Place mixes hurricane havoc, family dysfunction, and serious themes of loneliness and suicide in a relentlessly broad comedy.
