Saturday, August 18, 2018
by Grace Treston Whitney Houston is a tricky star to emulate. The late performer is often paid tribute by professional and aspiring singers alike—perhaps so oft…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:00AMWednesday, August 1, 2018
by JK Clarke To call the second Shakespeare in the Park production of this summer “Twelfth Night,” referring to the William Shakespeare play of the sam…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:23PMSaturday, July 28, 2018
by JK Clarke If there’s an upside to eras of social and political strife, it’s that they tend to produce groundbreaking and significant works of art. R…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:33AMWednesday, July 25, 2018
by Samuel L. Leiter Sometimes theatregoers need a break from a diet of high protein shows like Angels in America and want something that goes down easily, theatrical com…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:00PMSaturday, July 21, 2018
by Samuel L. Leiter Tickets are reportedly scarce but here are three reasons why you should nonetheless try your damnedest to see The Damned, Dutch …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:48AMWednesday, July 18, 2018
by Steve Nardoni The Bronx has been the birthplace of unbelievable musical talent, and none is worthier of acclaim than Melissa Manchester, who continues t…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:51AMMonday, July 16, 2018
by Samuel L. Leiter Playwright Rinne Groff (The Ruby Sunrise) rubs her dramatic sticks together vigorously in Fire in Dreamland, now at the Public after it…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:00PMSaturday, July 14, 2018
by Myra Chanin Tuches oifn tisch? That means “Shall we lay our cards on the table?” in the most vernacular Yiddish. OK? OK. Then, immediately select your pref…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:33AMThursday, July 12, 2018
by Carole di Tosti The New York Musical Festival and White Elk Productions are presenting Pedro Pan, book by Rebecca Aparicio and Music/Lyrics by Stephen A…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:33PM by Brian Scott Lipton Do we direct the course our own life or does life merely happen to us? That’s the major existential question faced by the title cha…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:15PM by Samuel L. Leiter Although hardly a household name in New York theatrical circles, John Wulp, now 90, has had a rather abundant career as a playwright, d…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:00PMMonday, July 9, 2018
The Lad From Upper Hutt Wows Uptown Manhattan with the Coward who Changed His Life by Myra Chanin Jason Henderson began his third performance of “Getting to Noe…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:00AMSunday, June 24, 2018
by JK Clarke The first thing you notice, within minutes of Alan Cumming grabbing the microphone on the cozy stage of Joe’s Pub for his new show Legal Immigrant …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:41PMSaturday, June 23, 2018
by JK Clarke There are a handful of phrases that are likely to get the attention of the FBI’s algorithms and probably should be avoided in your emails or…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:44PMWednesday, June 20, 2018
by JK Clarke Despite remarkable progress in the acknowledgement of LGBTQ+ civil rights over the past twenty to thirty years, there is a growing misconception in t…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:27PMMonday, June 18, 2018
by JK Clarke On the heels of last year’s controversial (and totally misunderstood) social-commentary-tinged Shakespeare in the Park production of Julius …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:03PMThursday, June 14, 2018
Wednesday, June 13 saw the opening night of the madcap musical comedy, Desperate Measures for an open at New World Stages after an Outer Critics and Drama Desk Awards winning run at …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:00PMMonday, June 11, 2018
The Band Visited, the Band Saw, the Band Conquered. The 2018 Tony Awards took place Sunday, June 10 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The big winner of the nigh…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:05AMTuesday, June 5, 2018
Sunday evening, June 3, all the stars were out to walk the red carpet for the 2018 Drama Desk Awards, just off Times Square, along Anita’s Way. Prior to streaming into Th…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:28AMSaturday, May 26, 2018
by JK Clarke Comedy is hard. Especially theatrical comedy. Even if the humor exists in the script, it doesn’t necessarily make it to the stage. Ordinaril…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:24PMThursday, May 24, 2018
by JK Clarke To bring a production of Long Day’s Journey Into Night to New York City only two years after the powerful, arresting and Tony award-winning Roundab…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:31PMTuesday, May 22, 2018
Monday evening, May 21, The American Theatre Wing (Heather Hitchens, President and CEO) and The Village Voice (Peter Barbey, President and CEO) held the 63rd Annual Obie Awards at Te…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:37PMMonday, May 21, 2018
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:46PMTuesday, May 15, 2018
Monday evening, May 14, at the Marriott Marquis in New York City’s Times Square, The Actors Fund celebrated four gigantic stars of stage and screen and awarded the…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:30PMFriday, May 11, 2018
by JK Clarke The women of Tennessee Williams plays are easily identifiable. The older ones, usually mothers, are bitter and neurotic. The younger, neurotic…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:10PMThursday, May 10, 2018
Wednesday, May 9 the Nominees Reception for the 63rd Annual Drama Desk Awards took place at Friedman’s in the Hotel Edison. Celebrating the nominees for the 2017-2018 the…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:37PMMonday, May 7, 2018
The 2018 theater awards season kicked off with a pop—a KPOP—last night at the 33rd Annual Lucille Lortel Awards, honoring the best in off-Broadway, at NYU’s Sk…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:57PMFriday, May 4, 2018
by JK Clarke As any health or behavior expert can tell you, the root cause of substance abuse is rarely, if ever, the substance itself. Rather, it’s the …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:35AMThursday, May 3, 2018
by JK Clarke There are very few theater programs I am more fond of than The Public Theater’s Mobile Unit. I look forward to their twice annual, sparse but power…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:44AMTuesday, May 1, 2018
Monday Night, April 30, the nominees for the first Annual Chita Rivera Awards gathered at Bond 45 in Times Square to celebrate their accomplishment. The Chita Rivera Awa…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:06PMThursday, April 26, 2018
Wednesday evening, April 25, saw the opening night festivities of the Broadway revival of Saint Joan, the George Bernard Shaw telling of the life of Joan of Arc at the S…
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