Catherine Waller’s The Creeps, after award-winning runs at Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Hollywood Fringe Festival, and United Solo Festival, makes its New York premiere Off-Broadway at Playh…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:50AMRoundabout Theatre Company has announced the complete cast for Covenant by York Walker, directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene. Covenant explores the power of belief and the thin line between ru…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:47PMThe final play of the acclaimed “Meet Miss Baker” Series Mint Theater Company will return to Theatre Row with the American premiere of Elizabeth Baker’s Partnership, directed by Jackso…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:32AMA Broadway musical adaptation of Imitation of Life, based on the 1933 Fannie Hurst novel and the two screen adaptations by Universal Pictures in 1934 and 1959, is being developed for the Bro…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:32PMThat’s the million-dollar question. Now playing for a limited run at Chicago’s Studebaker Theater, Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical celebrates the life, career, and unforgettable son…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:03PMJerry Orbach’s Broadway will be presented at 54 Below on July 24. The evening of music honors the beloved performer, who started out Off-Broadway in The Threepenny Opera and The Fantastick…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:58PMBy Andrew Poretz . . . Popular New York entertainer Steven Maglio, with his “big band orchestra,” opened at the Cutting Room last week for the first of a monthly residency, in an impress…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:06PMThe New York Theater Workshop and co-producer American Repertory Theater will present The Half-God of Rainfall, a new play by award-winning poet and playwright Inua Ellams (Barber Shop Chron…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:25PMBy Cynthia Reitman … THE GREAT GATSBY, The Immersive Show, made its official American debut in New York City. This immersive theatrical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic tale w…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:06AMTony Winner and Broadway legend Faith Prince will teach a two-day, immersive master class in the art form of Cabaret in September at The 92nd Street Y, New York School of Music. The workshop…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:42PMBackstage Babble Live! returns to 54 Below on July 17th. Based on the popular podcast hosted by 15-year-old expert Charles Kirsch, the concert will feature performances and stories from his …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:42PMBroadway Barks returns to Shubert Alley on Saturday, July 8, 2023, for the 25th annual star-studded dog and cat adoption event. Co-founded by Bernadette Peters and the late Mary Tyler Moore,…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:13PMIt’s been 50 years since the TKTS booth in Times Square, where so many of us have waited on line to get half-price tickets for that day’s Broadway shows, first appeared. A grand celebra…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:16PMDrew & Dane Productions presents Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen in a limited 18-week engagement, September 4 – January 7, at New World Stages (340 Wes…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:15PMThe New Jersey Repertory Company will present the world premiere of Michael Tucker’s (LA Law, Radio Days) comedy A Tailor Near Me. Directed by James Glossman, the show stars Tony nominee …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:00PMSecond Stage Theater has announced complete casting for TOROS by Danny Tejera anddirected by Gaye Taylor Upchurch. Abubakr Ali (Anything’s Possible), b (American (Tele)Visions) and Tony Aw…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:00PMBistro and MAC Hanson Award winning vocalist, Lucille Carr-Kaffashan, returns to Don’t Tell Mama with the summer installment of her 2023 series, Three Seasons of Singer-Songwriters. Unwrit…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:51PMBy Andrew Poretz … Victoria Guthrie, a former model, currently a working actress with many credits, made her cabaret debut this month at Don’t Tell Mama. Theater Pizzazz was on hand for …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:09PMBy Andrew Poretz … The American Popular Song Society (“APSS”) held its second annual Gala Celebration at the off-Broadway venue Theater555, honoring cabaret legend Marilyn Maye with a …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:46PMBy Andrew Poretz … Australian-born pianist Matt Baker brought his latest show, A Rhapsody of Gershwin, to Chelsea Table + Stage on June 7. A fellow of considerable talent as a pianist and …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:13AMBy Andrew Poretz … MAC Award-winning vocalist Goldie Dver opened her new show, Bridges, at Don’t Tell Mama this week. The show is partly in support of her debut album, the newly released…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:32AMBy Andrew Poretz . . . The “Boy from Oz,” the late, great entertainer Peter Allen, was many things: a song-and-dance man, sure; a composer of pop hits, absolutely. Allen was also the sen…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:11AMBy Andrew Poretz … Las Vegas-based singer Amanda King made a fine debut at 54 Below on May 19. Though she has appeared in New York before, this was her first solo show. Ms. King made a spl…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:30PMBy Andrew Poretz … Margo Brown returned to her cabaret home base at Don’t Tell Mama recently for two nights with her newest show, Forever Me with Love, which celebrated the release of he…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:05AMBy Andrew Poretz … Singer, guitarist and songwriter Allan Harris brought his golden baritone and his matching gold guitar to Chelsea Table + Stage for a grade-A set of jazz standards, Nat …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:08AMBy Andrew Poretz . . . This reviewer saw Seth Sikes and Nicolas King’s The New Belters when they first presented it last October at The Green Room 42. It showed promise, but, was certainly…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:30AMBy Andrew Poretz … Broadway, film and pop star John Lloyd Young returned to 54 Below for a four-night residency. The Jersey Boys star had a new backup band, led by that long-haired geniu…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:37PMBy Andrew Poretz … Prodigious Grammy-winning saxophonist and composer Joe Lovano celebrated his 70th birthday with an eight-set, four-night run at Birdland Jazz with his large jazz ensembl…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:59AMWith special guest Nicole Zuraitis By Andrew Poretz … This writer has reviewed or simply attended hundreds of shows by dozens of artists who have graced the Birdland stage over the years.�…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:32AMBy Andrew Poretz … Susan Mack is the living embodiment of the saying, “Hard work pays off.” Long successful personally and professionally, and beloved in her community, she did not p…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:10AMBy Andrew Poretz . . . Singer Madelaine Warren returned to the Laurie Beechman Theatre for an encore performance of Invitation. The classically trained soprano has been on the cabaret scene …
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