Saturday, September 13, 2025
Review by Stuart Miller . . . The Brothers Size is a transportive meditation on siblings, the way they can (and can’t) protect or hurt each other and on how if you live with your head in t…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:26PMFriday, September 12, 2025
By Ron Fassler . . . Although Avery Sommers is coming to town doesn’t quite scan the same as Santa Claus is coming to town, the talented singer/actress will undoubtedly be spreading he…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:28PMThursday, September 11, 2025
LONDON REPORT: “THE PRODUCERS” IS BACK — JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT!
Andy Nyman and Marc Antolin as Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom in “The Producers” (2025).September 11, 2025: Thea…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 03:14PMFriday, September 5, 2025
By Ron Fassler . . . “Hirschfeld drew from life. He was drawing from personal experience. He was going to the theatre and making sketches there and then coming back to his studio and putti…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:56AMMonday, August 25, 2025
Jerry Adler (1929–2025).August 25, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
A dozen years ago, I had the pleasure of sitting across the table from the recently departed Jerry Ad…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 12:36PMTuesday, August 19, 2025
Review by Ron Fassler . . . Ben Jones has already proven that he’s a singer who is unafraid to charter new waters. Capable of singing in many different styles, he uses his extensive range…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:04PMMonday, August 18, 2025
Review by Ron Fassler . . . Comedian Jeff Ross is often referred to as “The Roastmaster General” for his X-rated celebrity roasts which have been a fixture on cable TV for thirty years…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:01PMThursday, August 14, 2025
Review by Ron Fassler . . . Headlining a review containing the word grief might not be the best way to get someone to go to Bubba Weiler’s excellent new play Well, I’ll Let You Go. But …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:49PMWednesday, August 13, 2025
John Wood, Marian Seldes and Victor Garber in “Deathtrap” (1978).August 13, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
On this date forty-four years ago, Ira Levin’s Deathtrap…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 11:57AMThursday, August 7, 2025
Review by Ron Fassler . . . Whenever Isacc Mizrahi comes up with a new edition of his cabaret shows, no matter how he might advertise them with clever titles like “Movie Stars & Supe…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:20PMThursday, July 24, 2025
By Ron Fassler . . . Last October, 2nd Avenue’s Orpheum Theatre hosted The Big Gay Jamboree, a crazy spoof of Broadway musicals which I thought was a hoot and a half. Now, to challenge t…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:27PMFriday, July 11, 2025
Review by Ron Fassler . . . When the film Heathers opened nationwide in March of 1989, George H. W. Bush had recently begun what would be his single term as President, Madonna’s “Like …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:03PMThursday, July 10, 2025
By Ron Fassler . . . Having worked in the theatre for the past 50 years, Frank Verlizzo is one of the highest-ranking members of an elite circle. As the designer of more than 300 posters, hi…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:22PMTuesday, July 8, 2025
By Ron Fassler . . . For those in the know, eighteen-year-old Charles Kirsch has been producing podcasts devoted to Broadway since the age of twelve. His “Backstage Babble,” named for …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:12PMFriday, July 4, 2025
The 1969 marquee for “1776” in its original production at the 46th Street Theatre (now the Richard Rodgers).July 4, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
This is a re-worki…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 02:33PMThursday, July 3, 2025
By Ron Fassler . . . When Laurence Luckinbill made his Broadway debut in 1963 as a replacement in Robert Bolt’s A Man for All Seasons he was twenty-nine years old and had already endur…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:41PMSunday, June 29, 2025
Frank Loesser (1910–1969).June 29, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
One hundred fifteen years ago today, composer-lyricist Frank Loesser was born on the Upper West Side o…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 01:00PMThursday, June 26, 2025
Review by Alex Eichholz . . . With Emmanuelle Mattana’s new play Trophy Boys, Danya Taymor once again cements herself as a whisperer for the Gen Z voice in theatre. Fresh off the directi…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:18AMTuesday, June 24, 2025
Advertisement for the one-night only “Hello, Dolly” in Concert at Carnegie Hall.June 24, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
Last night at Carnegie Hall, those in attend…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 06:47PMFriday, June 20, 2025
By Ron Fassler . . . Actor-Director Brandon J. Dirden has made something of a home for himself at Red Bank’s Two River Theatre over the past decade or so. A New Jersey resident himself, he…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:03PMThursday, June 19, 2025
Review by Ron Fassler . . . The first glimpse that this was going to be a special night at 54 Below honoring the 50th anniversary of the original production of Chicago was that everyone wa…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:05PMWednesday, June 18, 2025
Review by Ron Fassler . . . “I’m booked and blessed,” shouted Stephanie Pope in a joyous moment during her autobiographical show at 54 Below Tuesday night. Having taken a self-impo…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:39PMTuesday, June 17, 2025
Review by Alex Eichholz . . . With no background reading on its subject matter or any expectations, Jordan Tannahill’s new play Prince Faggot, which opened tonight at Playwrights Horizons…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:06PMFriday, June 13, 2025
Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . No, Jean Smart, the star of Call Me Izzy, now at Broadway’s Studio 54, does not portray a Borough Park yeshivah boy in this one-woman play. The Izzy she p…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:15AMThursday, June 12, 2025
Paul Deo Jr as Bertram and Anique Clements as Helena in “All’s Well That Ends Well.”June 12, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
This piece ran yesterday on the Theater…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 10:52AMWednesday, June 11, 2025
Review by Ron Fassler . . . The recently closed Broadway production of Othello, which starred Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, had been charging the record-breaking top ticket price o…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:52PMTuesday, June 10, 2025
Review by Ron Fassler . . . If someone was in the mood this week on June 9th to celebrate Cole Porter’s birthdate, then if they headed to West 44th Street in Manhattan, their wish would ha…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:06PMMonday, June 9, 2025
Photo taken from my seat in the Front Mezzanine at Radio City Music Hall last night.June 9, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
The Tony Awards have been broadcast on nation…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 03:49PMTuesday, June 3, 2025
Review by Ron Fassler . . . For more than forty years, playwright Donald Margulies has been delighting audiences with thought-provoking plays on a range of subjects and issues. The recipient…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:01PMMonday, June 2, 2025
By Ron Fassler . . . Satirical comedy has been around a long time (Plautus, anybody?) which often means contemporizing Golden Oldies is essential so we can be in on the jokes. Of late, playw…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:01PMThursday, May 22, 2025
Performing in a cabaret setting can be accomplished successfully in a variety of ways. With someone like Marilyn Maye, who’s put in the hours and is still going strong at ninety-seven, you…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:07PM 
