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By Ron Fassler . . .  The York Theatre, founded in 1969 by Janet Hayes Walker, has rightly earned its place as an integral part of the city landscape from which it draws its name. Wal…
LEITER LOOKS AT BOOKS: "Nancy Olson Livingston. A Front Row Seat: An Intimate Look at Broadway, Hollywood, and the Age of Glamour"
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The New York Pops, after a diverse season of excellent programming and concerts, had its season finale on March 14 at Carnegie Hall with 100 Years of Film Scores. Unlike most of its programs…
Review by Stuart Miller... The actor dazzles in playing eight roles although the show ultimately falls short of the hype.
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Review by Ron Fassler . . . Upon entering A.R.T.'s Mezzanine Theatre on Manhattan's West Side for the off-Broadway premiere of Max Mondi's Maybe Tomorrow, you are greeted by a ¾ wrap-a…
By Stuart Miller... Josh Harmon relies too much on actual experience instead of diving deep in his new play.
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By Carole Di Tosti... The stage adaptation of the Grammy Award-winning album highlights the stories of the its legendary cuban musicians.
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Leiter Looks at Books: "Sonny Boy"... Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses.
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Review by Samuel L. Leiter... Leonard Bernstein and Herbert von Karajan duke it out at Vienna's Hotel Sacher
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By Andrew Poretz . . . Canadian singer/songwriter and pianist Laila Biali first came to this reviewer's attention at the Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) conference seven …
By Ron Fassler . . . Two-time Tony nominee Jessica Hecht, an actress who seems to always be working on the New York stage (that is when she isn't shooting films or television shows), is t…
By Andrew Poretz . . . . Ella Mae Dixon is a 21-year-old jazz vocalist and cabaret singer based in New York City. She first came to this writer's attention at age 18, when she appeared in Th…
The Jonathan Larson Project opened Off-Broadway at The Orpheum Theater on March 10th, 2025. See interviews, red carpet photos, and read the review here.
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Cabaret Review by Ron Fassler . . . For those of you who only know Norbert Leo Butz from his numerous Broadway and off-Broadway credits in both musicals and straight plays (nineteen of…
Review by Carol Rocamora... Jack O'Brien directs a superb cast, featuring the charismatic debut of Levon Hawke
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By Barbara & Scott Siegel... Two Subscription Theatre Companies: Roundabout & MTC - Recent Shows That Lead The Way in Hard Times
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Review by Ron Fassler . . . I was an adolescent-teenager in the 1960s and 70s when Judy Collins was among the most prolific and influential singer-songwriters of her generation. I actively l…
Although Exiles has been seldom produced, this production gives it a respectable turn.
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Theatre review by Carol Rocamora... Three timely London productions shed historic light on the perils of leadership in times of crisis
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Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses.
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Review by Samual L. Leiter... Lisa Sanaye Dring wrestles Japan's national sport (aside from baseball) into theatrical shape.
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"Sparking greater human connections through musical storytelling, providing unforgettable performances that reflect the world around us and reimagining what the choral experience can be." Th…
Video by Meredith Heyman... Marjan Neshat, star of "English," shares with Theater Pizzazz how she continues to relate to her character and why the play is particularly relevant today.
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By Melissa Griegel… Fans of multi-hyphenate Lin-Manuel Miranda packed the entire sixth floor of the Marriott Marquis on February 8th, waiting over an hour to enter the BroadwayCon main sta…
Theater Review by Walter Murphy . . . Parodies require broad knowledge of their source materials. So, not all works are good sources. They need to be well-established and well-known. Wha…
