Sunday, August 16, 2026
By Alix Cohen... Second Chances are complicated in this tale of jealousy, vengeance, retribution, guilt and- surprise! a happy ending
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:05AM[SHARE]Friday, August 14, 2026
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
By A;ix Cohen... Wendy Wasserstein’s excellent play skewers politics, media frenzy, and the double standards women face in public life. It asks why accomplished women are so often held to …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:13AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 11, 2026
By Alix Cohen... A reframing of the story of Lilith to reflect burgeoning awareness
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:08PM[SHARE]Sunday, August 2, 2026
By Alix Cohen Michael (Ivan Howe) and Paul (Julius Rinzel), both in their early teens, chase one another competing in such chores as the speed of candle snuffing. Were they not wearing albs,…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:25PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 30, 2026
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
By Alix Cohen... Nicolas King Part I- Lift Off - A boy destined for the stage
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:53AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 23, 2026
By Alix Cohen... A fractured family comes together through Jewish customs
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:10AM[SHARE]Friday, July 17, 2026
By Alix Cohen... An extraordinary blend of Taiwanese and Western influenced dance
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:52AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 16, 2026
Monday, July 13, 2026
By Alix Cohen Were committee creations not so likely to manifest a camel instead of a horse, Ogden Nash, Samuel Beckett, Eugène Ionesco, Tom Stoppard, and Tom Lehrer might’ve been the pla…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:19AM[SHARE]Sunday, July 12, 2026
By Alix Cohen An amuse bouche of Irving Berlin’s “There’s No Business Like Show Business” is punctuated by observations from Sophie Tucker, Carol Channing and, in the audience, Maril…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:32AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 9, 2026
Monday, July 6, 2026
By Alix Cohen... Two downtown legends revive a not-to-be-missed collaborative fantasy
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:34PM[SHARE]By Alix Cohen... John Anastasi’s well crafted, original play snookers us into wondering about, but believing narrative while something else entirely is a foot.
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:24PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 30, 2026
By Alix Cohen Who were you in 1969? Richard Nixon was inaugurated, The Vietnam “conflict” continued at full throttle, Women’s Lib expanded its footing, Woodstock cemented the power of …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:13AM[SHARE]Saturday, June 27, 2026
By Alix Cohen Since 1971, Pilobolus has offered some of the most original thematic and choreographically creative work in dance. I’ve been a fan for decades. This year’s offering, at lea…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:09PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 25, 2026
By Alix Cohen... Peter Tate\'s electrifying Picasso captivates while exposing the devastating personal cost of artistic brilliance.
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:39PM[SHARE]Monday, June 22, 2026
By Alix Cohen Mary Foster Conklin is a veteran jazz/cabaret vocalist. That she’s also a radio DJ (“A Broad Spectrum – The Ladies of Jazz” WFDU 89.1 FM, streaming live on their HD2 Ch…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:41AM[SHARE]Friday, June 19, 2026
By Alix Cohen Johnny Mathis (1935- ), known for his smooth voice and romantic ballads, helped define the easy-listening and adult contemporary genres with a career spanning more than six dec…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:21PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 18, 2026
By Alix Cohen Laurie Krauz may be one of the best jazz artists of our generation. Her well honed vocal instrument evinces elastic versatility and control. Tantalizing power eschews the easy …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:49AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 17, 2026
By Alix Cohen Sidney Myer is the beating heart of New York’s cabaret community, as much a part of its health and well being as the sun in the mornin’ and the moon at night. Iconoclastic …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:56AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 14, 2026
By Alix Cohen Once more unto the breach!* This is the 14th Blue Wave concert raising money for Democratic candidates since 2018. Stephen Hanks, at various times editor, writer, publisher, re…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:34AM[SHARE]Friday, June 12, 2026
By Alix Cohen Two slight plays- the first more than the second- show Frank Cossa has an ear for naturalistic dialogue. The first features Tom (Riyadh Rollins) waiting impatiently at a café …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:30PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 11, 2026
By Alix Cohen Irish Repertory Theatre founders, Charlotte Moore & Ciarán O’Reilly, throw a grand party. At 37, the theater is not only as vibrant and energetic as ever, it still has a…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:44AM[SHARE]By Alix Cohen There’s much to recommend The Public Theater’s first production of this Shakespeare classic in 40 years. Firstly, its cast contains stand-outs: Star-crossed lovers, Romeo (…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:37AM[SHARE]Monday, June 8, 2026
By Alix Cohen In October 1989, Donald Smith’s four year-old Mabel Mercer Foundation held its first annual New York Cabaret Convention. The New York Times headline read: Cabaret Convention …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:01PM[SHARE]By Alix Cohen Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman left one of the most enduring legacies in American songwriting, crafting elegant, emotionally rich lyrics that became part of the cultural fabr…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:54AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 7, 2026
By Alix Cohen This is hands down the most thrilling dance production to which I’ve ever been treated. In words I’ve rarely written, there’s nothing I would change. Be prepared for hype…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:40AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 4, 2026
By Alix Cohen People become jockeys not because it’s easy, but because they can’t imagine life without horses, competition, and the thrill of the ride. Robert Montano was the short kid p…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:23PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 3, 2026
By Alix Cohen Imagine, dear reader, a young boy set adrift upon the bustling and often unkind tide of the world, furnished with little more than a hopeful heart and a talent for observing it…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:40AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 2, 2026
By Alix Cohen Josh (Harrison Bryan) is successively suspended from NYU and kicked out of rehab. He goes on a bender, apparently flies to Miami, then finds himself literally on the ground in …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:24PM[SHARE]Saturday, May 30, 2026
By Alix Cohen Lucille Carr-Kaffashan is a psychologist. This is a smart show with excellent, often little known song choices that relate to one another. Wise points are well made. The vocali…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:32AM[SHARE]Friday, May 29, 2026
By Alix Cohen It takes artistic audacity for a female artist to offer a show of Barbra Streisand material.Though Melissa Errico tells us the evening is an homage– trying to chart the ways …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:21PM[SHARE]Thursday, May 28, 2026
By Alix Cohen This is a terrific presentation, terrific. Rarely do components come together with such finesse, feeling and craftsmanship. History and tradition provide whole cloth through wh…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:40AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 21, 2026
By Alix Cohen The night before her wedding, Maggie (Quincy Tyler Berstine) almost opted out.Twenty-five years later when her husband dies, she wonders not only whether she loved him, but als…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:14AM[SHARE]Monday, May 18, 2026
By Alix Cohen Outside Mullingar is the tale of two lonely souls livin’ side by side on neighboring farms. Anthony Reilly’s a soft, odd sort of man, tangled up in thinkin’ somerthin’s…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:32PM[SHARE]By Alix Cohen “If Con Ed could wire KT Sullivan, Manhattan would light up like Christmas. Vibrating even when perched, she might be a humming bird with wing speed too fast to observe. Her …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:50PM[SHARE]Saturday, May 16, 2026
By Alix Cohen In the last five years the U.S. has seen a record rise in censorship laws and enforcement mechanisms—particularly targeting education. The number of bills, the proportion ena…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:59AM[SHARE] 
