There was Amethyst killing it on her first Lip Synch-For-Your-Life—and triumphing—after making the ultimate faux pas of wearing sneakers on the runway. Then there was Robin Fierce, tryin…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 03:42AMLook into their eyes, these tender young men of a century or two ago. In haunting vintage tintypes from the 1840s, secret snapshots taken in mirrors, clandestine shoots in bedrooms, narrow s…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 03:22AMThe show: “White Girl in Danger” at the Tony Kiser Theater (305 West 43rd St.) in New York What makes it special?: The follow-up musical by Michael R. Jackson who won a Tony Award and a…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 06:23PMDrag performances have been around the state for decades, but in the past few years the scene has flourished into a thriving business for performers, promoters and venues. For years the show…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 09:36AMAfter seeing nearly the full slate off Broadway shows this season, some thoughts on the Tony Award nominations that were announced on Tuesday: — She was robbed. I am shocked that Laura Lin…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 09:56AMThe show: The Broadway musical "New York, New York" What makes it special?: Very loosely inspired from the 1977 Martin Scorsese film that starred Liza Minnelli and Robert De Niro , this time…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 09:53PMFriends come and go. Some stay throughout our lives while others, however significant for a time, fade into the haze of memory yet always linger within us. In “Summer, 1976,” the new Bro…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 10:02PMAll photos by Chelcie Parry The show: “Regretfully, So the Bird Are” at Playwrights Horizons by Julia Izumi, directed by Jenn…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 12:12PMPhotos by T. Charles Ericxkson The show: “The Coast Starlight” What makes it special: A new play by Keith Bunin. It also sta…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 11:51AMIn Aaron Sorkin’s revised script for Lincoln Center Theater’s new Broadway production of “Camelot,” the magic is missing — in more ways than one. The declared aim of the stage, TV …
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 12:00AMFor more than two decades, New Haven’s International Festival of Arts & Ideas has brought theater, dance and music artists—as well as great thinkers and influencers—to the city fro…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 05:51PMEarlier this winter the Yale Center for British Art closed its doors for 2023 — and which will remain closed until next year. While the temporary closing for a building conservation projec…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 12:41PMThe show: ”The Wanderers” off Broadway What is it?: New pay by Anna Ziegler, directed by Barry Edelstein for Roundabout Theatre Company What makes it special?: It stars Katie Holmes. It�…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 12:26PMSome Broadway wags might have scoffed at the idea of a cornpone musical comedy and its punny promotions. But with its exuberance, heart and non-stop yucks, “Shucked” is the surprise deli…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 12:41PMAll photos by Julieta Cervantes The show: “Wolf Play” at Manhattan Class Company by Hansol Jung,previously presented at at S…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 07:08AMAll photos by Joan Marcus. Traveling from the relative calm of the Clinton era to more perilous, contemporary times of mobs, mend…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 04:36AMAnthony McDonald of the Shubert Theatre in New Haven Could the wave of new housing developments in downtown New Haven be a potent…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 12:00PMFor 14 seasons we’ve watched the Emmy Award-winning RuPaul‘s Drag Race showcase queens from such states as New York, Georgia, Florida, Illinois, North Carolina—even Arkansas. But after…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 08:32AMThere’s a show-stopping moment in the Broadway musical Some Like It Hot, based on the classic 1959 film comedy. In the new show, Jerry and Joe are two musicians in Depression-era Chicago w…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 08:14AMThe show: “Pictures from Home” by Sharr White (“The Other Place.,” “The Snow Geese” and the Netflix limited series “Halston.” What is it?: A new Broadway play inspired by La…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 02:32PMThe show: “Christmas in Connecticut” at Goodspeed Opera House What makes it special?: It’s a new musical based on the 1945 film starring Barbara Stanwyck. …
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 11:09AMSunday afternoon was the final performance of the Broadway run of the musical “KPOP” at the Circle in the Square Theater on 50th Street. Though it was a hit when it was an experiential p…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 02:22PMSunday afternoon was the final performance of the Broadway run of the musical “KPOP” at the Circle in the Square Theater on 50th Street. Though it was a hit when it was an experiential p…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 02:06PMSunday afternoon was the final performance of the Broadway run of the musical “KPOP” at the Circle in the Square Theater on 50th Street. Though it was a hit when it was an experiential p…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 09:25AMTaking a classic film comedy — especially one that plays fast and loose with gender and sexuality — and turning it into a big Broadway musical is far from a sure thing in these contempor…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 09:08PMNeed an escape from the realities of the world, a nostalgic visit to reconnect with childhood friends, or a quick rescue from a superhero or two? Then perhaps you need to step into another u…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 09:34AMSing hallelujah because gospel music is finally getting its due. Yale University is aiming to be the academic center of the gospel music world with its new interdisciplinary Program in Music…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 09:18AMEstelle Parsons sits in her sunny living room in her Upper West Side apartment, taking an afternoon break from preparations for her annual trip to New Hampshire’s Lake Winnipesaukee, where…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 01:31PMSix years ago Ricardo Gutiérrez was in Connecticut for a business meeting at a design firm for which is he was doing graphic work. But when the young Colombian visual artist stepped off the…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 12:12PMPicture this. You’re entering a world-famous museum say the Yale University Art Gallery or Hartford’s Wadsworth Atheneum—and you’re feeling overwhelmed, intimidated, and you just don…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 11:47AMWriter-director Cameron Crowe’s Oscar-winning screenplay about a teen rock journalist’s coming-of-age in the ’70s, “Almost Famous,” lands pretty much intact in Broadway’s latest …
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