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Friday, February 11, 2022

94 – Of Course There’s More! when you’re Marilyn Maye by Sandi Durell

The Queen of Cabaret, the Marvelous Marilyn Maye will be back to celebrate her birthday at Broadway’s living room, Feinstein’s/54 Below, April 7 thru 16 at 7 pm. She’ll only be 94 and …

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The Music Man Opens On Broadway – CAST PHOTOS (Updated) by Sandi Durell

by JK Clarke . . . The cast was giddy with joy on opening night February 10, 2022 at the Winter Garden Theatre post performance of The Music Man.Theater Pizzazz’ JK Clarke was on the scene…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:19AM
Thursday, February 10, 2022

Theater Updates by Sandi Durell

J2 Spotlight Musical Theater Company (Jim Jimirro, Executive Producer/Co-Founder; Robert W. Schneider, Artistic Director/Co-Founder) today announced the complete company, along with photos f…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:15AM

The Music Man Subsidizes 10,000 Tickets for NYC Schools by Sandi Durell

Producers Barry Diller, David Geffen, and Kate Horton announced today that the smash hit Broadway musical The Music Man is making available 10,000 tickets at just $20 each to New York C…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:49AM

Keep the Music Playing!—A Celebration of the Songs of Marilyn and Alan Bergman by Sandi Durell

By Marilyn Lester . . . Lyricists Marilyn and Alan Bergman are a pair of creatives that more than deserve the term “legendary.” For sixty or more years, they wrote for movies, television…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:07AM
Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Tambo and Bones at Playwrights Horizons by Sandi Durell

By Ron Fassler. . . I confess to having had a difficult time at Tambo and Bones, Dave Harris’s new play which opened Monday night at Playwrights Horizons in a co-production with the Center…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:57PM

All Star Cast Broadway on the Bowery by Sandi Durell

Abingdon Theatre Company (Chad Austin, Artistic Director) announces casting for their next Broadway on the Bowery event, a concert version of It Happened in Key West. Based on a true story, …

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:10AM
Tuesday, February 8, 2022

10 YEARS OF BLACK EXCELLENCE AT FEINSTEIN’S 54 BELOW by Sandi Durell

By Ron Fassler . . . It only took 10 superb singers in 63 minutes to provide an evening of unqualified entertainment at Feinstein’s/54 Below concert, celebrating ten years of Black excelle…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:30AM

THEATER NEWS by Sandi Durell

BOOK OF MOUNTAINS & SEAS – FUNNY GIRL – MISDEMEANOR DREAM – ON SUGARLAND . . . On Sugarland, written by Obie Award winner Aleshea Harris (Is God Is, What to Send Up When It Goes…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:05AM
Monday, February 7, 2022

Plaza Suite Begins Rehearsals with Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker by Sandi Durell

Ambassador Theatre Group Productions, Gavin Kalin Productions, and Hal Luftig announced today the complete cast for the first-ever New York revival of Neil Simon’s classic comedy about…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:45PM

Gabrielle Lee: A Tin Pan Alley Celebration of Black History Month Plays at Feinstein’s/54 Below by Sandi Durell

Featuring  Band Leader Vince Giordano & Special Guests Phillip Attmore and Jennie Harney-Fleming Award-winning actress and vocalist Gabrielle Lee and her swinging four-piece jazz band…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:31AM

Encompass to Honor Chita Rivera and Danny Burstein by Sandi Durell

On Sunday, March 20, 2022, Encompass New Opera Theatre (Nancy Rhodes, Artistic Director), The Board of Trustees and The Encompass Honorary Gala Chairs, Sheldon Harnick and Maury Yest…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:20AM

Anyone Can Whistle by Sandi Durell

On March 10 at 7 pm, MasterVoices performs Anyone Can Whistle, starring Vanessa Williams, who performed in the 2002 Broadway revival of Sondheim’s Into the Woods and the 2010 revue Son…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:15AM

Music-Cabaret-Dance by Sandi Durell

SEE MORE LISTINGS BELOW Mostly Marlene features Kim David Smith (described as the “David Bowie of Cabaret”) in this “slyly subversive” show coming up at Joe’s Pub, on Sunday Febru…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:40AM
Saturday, February 5, 2022

Don’t Miss The Wicks Perfect GYPSY! by Sandi Durell

By Myra Chanin . . . Run, do not walk, and get tickets to The Wick Theater’s Gypsy!  Listen to me!  You won’t be sorry!  The Wick Theater’s Gypsy in Boca Raton is as close to perfec…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:09PM

Skeleton Crew by Sandi Durell

By Carol Rocamora . . . Compassion is such a precious commodity these days, isn’t it?  That’s what makes the revival of Skeleton Crew, Dominique Morriseau’s heartwarming 2016 play, so…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:15AM

A Collective Cy: Jeff Harnar Sings Cy Coleman by Sandi Durell

By Andrew Poretz . . . Jeff Harnar is cabaret royalty, if not a household name, so it’s no wonder that the sold-out Birdland main room had plenty of cabaret and Broadway royalty in the hou…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:30AM

“SHHHH”— A PLAY WORTH LEANING IN FOR by Sandi Durell

By Ron Fassler . . . As you enter the Atlantic Theatre Company’s production of Clare Barron’s new play Shhhh, the stage space is broken into sections: a sofa (perhaps representing a livi…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:29AM
Friday, February 4, 2022

Ted Lange & BerNadette Stanis in Willie & Esther by Sandi Durell

The Pompano Beach Cultural Center is proud to present the humorous and insightful stage play Willie & Esther, starring 70s television legends Ted Lange and BerNadette Stanis.  Combin…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:43AM

Theater Upcoming by Sandi Durell

The Broadway premiere of the Olivier Award-winning and New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award-winning Royal Court Theatre/Atlantic Theater Company production of Martin McDonagh’s ne…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:56AM

CLUE by Sandi Durell

Clue, the mystery boardgame of my youth, has been wonderfully, intelligently and hysterically been brought to the stage of the Paper Mill Playhouse.  It’s no mystery why this deftly dire…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:10AM

MICHAEL FEINSTEIN IS SWEEPING THE COUNTRY by Sandi Durell

By Brian Scott Lipton . . . As his multitudes of devoted fans know, there’s nothing quite like seeing Michael Feinstein in person, as was evidenced by his recent tribute show to Judy Garla…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:40AM
Thursday, February 3, 2022

THE TAP DANCE KID by Sandi Durell

By Brian Scott Lipton . . . Once again, you must come and meet those dancing feet – except this time, they’re not on 42nd Street but on 55th Street, where City Center Encores! has launch…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:14PM

Public Theater Announces Free Shakespeare in Central Park by Sandi Durell

Summer of 2022 celebrates 60 years of more than 150 productions of Free Shakespeare in the Park at the Delacorte Theater.  The first production of intriguing political drama is RICHARD III,…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:18AM

THEATER NEWS by Sandi Durell

La MaMa presents the world premiere of Lemon Girls or Art for the Artless, the newest work from seminal theater company Talking Band. Written and composed by OBIE and Drama Desk Award winn…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:18AM

SALON – New York’s Most Award-Winning Open Mic by Sandi Durell

Hosted by Mark Janas & Produced by Tanya Moberly, Salon returns to DON’T TELL MAMA – 343 WEST 46TH ST, NYC 10036 – on Sunday, February 6th from 7-9:30PM. (Sign-Up Begins at 6:30pm…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:04AM
Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Cabaret – Music Upcoming Shows by Sandi Durell

Can two women of a certain age do a show together . . .without driving each other crazy? Find out when Margo Brown and Lisa Dellarossa bring You’re Nothing Without Me to Don’t Tell Mama …

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:07AM

REFLEX: Unravelling 4,000 Years of Juggling by Sandi Durell

by Marcina Zaccaria . . . In the family-friendly MITU580, young and old gather to view a performance experience about juggling, the ancient tradition that dates back over 4,000 years. Juggli…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:05AM

Broadway By The Year at The Town Hall by Sandi Durell

The Town Hall has announced new dates for Broadway By The Year, created, written, hosted and directed by Scott Siegel, due to the current Omicron surge. Instead of beginning in February,…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:53AM
Tuesday, February 1, 2022

PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC by Sandi Durell

By Brian Scott Lipton . . . “How do I tell him, at the end of his life, that his daughter is asking the same question he heard his parents ask when he was a little boy?” These words, whi…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:01PM

Coming to Chelsea Table+Stage by Sandi Durell

(Lead Photo: Boy Band Brunch) . . . The Boy Band Project’s “Boy Band Brunch” on alternate weekends starring Sunday, February 27 at 2:00 PM. The Boy Band Project transports you ba…

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