8,618 stories from Theater Pizzazz
By Andrew Poretz … While the New York theater world discusses who is the best Fanny Brice on Broadway, Naomi Miller might be as close to the real thing as you'll find in 2022, though more …
Marble Collegiate Church will host "Making Space on the Great White Way: An Homage to Black Trailblazers of Theater & Performance," the latest installment of its Racial Justice Series, o…
By Carole Di Tosti . . . Sarah Polley's spare, darkly spun, cinematic treatise Women Talking, is an imaginative adaptation of Miriam Toews' titular bestseller. Toews' novel is based …
IT: A Musical Parody " Chelsea Table+Stage; Salaam Medina: Tales of a Halfghan-54 Below; Shana Farr- Laurie Beechman Theatre; Let's Hear It for the Boys " The Ellington A musical journey thr…
By Ron Fassler . . . Even if there haven't been a million Broadway shows over the last hundred years, permit me the hyperbole to state that Guys and Dolls is one in a million. A rarity in th…
Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman starring Wendell Pierce, Sharon D Clarke, and André De Shields opened last night at the Hudson Theatre and Theater Pizzazz' Cynthia …
By Carol Rocamora . . . Rarely does a play come along with the majesty and magnitude of Leopoldstadt, the monumental new work by the celebrated British playwright Tom Stoppard now playing on…
The stunning new cast of Rob McClure, Lena Hall, Bryce Pinkham and Brad Oscar is chillingly delicious! By Sandi Durell . . . It's a bloody, bloody world out there especially evidenced at the…
Review by Carol Rocamora . . . "Attention, attention must finally be paid to such a man!" That cry from Linda Loman, wife of Willy, has rung out on our stages ever since Arthur Miller wrote …
By Carole Di Tosti . . . In TÇ»r Todd Field has written and directed a masterpiece starring Cate Blanchett in the complicated portrait of a world renown symphony orchestra conducto…
By Barbara & Scott Siegel " The Siegel Column . . . Back in the day, or should we say, way back in the decades, the musical revue was a staple of New York musical theater. Musical re…
By Ron Fassler . . . I consider myself fortunate to have seen the original Broadway production of 42nd Street in its opening week, back in 1980. The biggest hit of that season, it won the To…
A Man of No Importance, featuring a book by Terrence McNally, music by Stephen Flaherty and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. A Man of No Importance will be the final CSC production d…
The critically-lauded new musical, Kimberly Akimbo, will offer a limited number of tickets via digital lottery starting Tuesday, October 11 and in-person rush starting on first preview…
Irish Arts Center (IAC), based in New York City and renowned for presenting dynamic, inspiring, collaborative experiences of the evolving arts and culture of Ireland and Irish America in …
Joe's Pub will present the new one-hour comedy special, Justin Elizabeth Sayre is a 40-Year-Old Woman from playwright and performer Justin Elizabeth Sayre on Sunday, Octobe…
By Carole di Tosti . . . A whimsical, picaresque adventure told through the viewpoint of a donkey, Jerzy Skolimowski's EO is a stunning film, visually haunting and poetic. The legendary Poli…
By Carol Rocamora . . . The year is 1965. The place is Cambridge University. The event is the hottest debate of the era. And You Are There. That's the premise of the Elevator Rep…
Bob O'Hare is back at Don't Tell Mama on October 16 @ 4 pm and November 11 @ 7 pm. Therese Lee returns to Don't Tell Mama Riding the Bus to the Red Carpet! On October 22 @ 2pm. www.dontt…
Theater Pizzazz' Melissa Griegel was on the scene at opening night for Manhattan Theatre Club's (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director and Barry Grove, Executive Producer) Broadway premiere …
By Ron Fassler . . . Upon entering the Linda Gross Theater for the Atlantic Theater's production of Grace Garner's new play, I'm Revolting, you are met by a strikingly realistic set that…
By Marilyn Lester . . . Over many years in show business as a performer, producer and host with the most, Jamie deRoy has made a lot of friends, many of whom have joined her for her long-run…
Naomi Miller's newest show, "Aging/Shmaging," is a tribute to performers who don't let aging slow them down. It opens with "When the Parade Passes By" (Hello, Dolly.) Dolly is going to do ev…
Parity Productions to Announce 2022 Parity Commission Winners at Sixth Annual Awards Ceremony & Celebration this Thursday, October 6, 2022. Parity Productions, the New York based theatre…
This year's honoree is the one and only Leslie Uggams ( Hallelujah Baby!, Anything Goes, Thoroughly Modern Millie) and the York Theatre Company Founder's Award to Ted Chapin (Pres. of the Ro…
