Wednesday, June 28, 2023
Photo by Frank Rizzo
In 2015, I again interviewed Taylor Mac when he performed just one part of his legendary 24-hour maratho…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 07:39AMSheldon Harnick, the great Broadway lyricist died earlier this month at the age of 99. Here is an interview I did with him from his Manhattan home in 2014 to advance a production off “Fidd…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 12:02AMTuesday, June 27, 2023
“To Kill a Mockingbird”
For 65 years Richard Thomas has been a working actor, first making his Broadway debut when he was …
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 11:53PMEnter Connecticut’s waterfall wonderland and let your dreams take over. Take in the blurring cascades, the glistening moss, the summer leaves dotting the waters, the hypnotic swirls of an …
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 11:25PMTuesday, June 13, 2023
The show: “Gypsy” at Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam
What makes it special?: It’s the first time the classic musical from Broadway’s Golden Age is being presented at the theate…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 10:15AMSaturday, June 3, 2023
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 03:22AMSaturday, May 13, 2023
The 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 06:23PMMonday, May 8, 2023
Drag 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 09:36AMThursday, May 4, 2023
After 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 09:56AMSaturday, April 29, 2023
The 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 09:53PMTuesday, April 25, 2023
Friends 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 10:02PMSaturday, April 22, 2023
All photos by Chelcie Parry
The show: “Regretfully, So the Bird Are” at Playwrights Horizons by Julia Izumi, directed by Jenn…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 12:12PMSunday, April 16, 2023
Photos 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 11:51AMFriday, April 14, 2023
In 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 12:00AMTuesday, April 11, 2023
For 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 05:51PMMonday, April 10, 2023
Earlier 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 12:41PMThursday, April 6, 2023
The 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 12:26PMWednesday, April 5, 2023
Some 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 12:41PMSunday, March 26, 2023
All photos by Julieta Cervantes
The show: “Wolf Play” at Manhattan Class Company by Hansol Jung,previously presented at at S…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 07:08AMFriday, March 17, 2023
All photos by Joan Marcus.
Traveling from the relative calm of the Clinton era to more perilous, contemporary times of mobs, mend…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 04:36AMMonday, March 13, 2023
Anthony 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 12:00PMMonday, March 6, 2023
For 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 08:14AMTuesday, February 28, 2023
The 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 02:32PMThursday, December 15, 2022
The 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.
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SOURCE: ShowRiz at 11:09AMMonday, December 12, 2022
Sunday 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 09:25AMSunday, December 11, 2022
Taking 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 09:08PMSaturday, December 10, 2022
Need 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…
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