By Andrew Poretz… Ken Peplowski has been on the New York jazz scene since 1981. Arguably one of the best tenor sax and clarinet players in the world, he is nearly as funny as he is brill…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:26PMWISHING YOU AND YOURS A FABULOUS THANKSGIVING! LET THE GOBBLE BEGIN. . . HERE’S SOME FUN FOR THE TURKEY SEASON. FROM ALL OF US HERE AT THEATER PIZZAZZ The post It’s Turkey Time! appeared…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:44PMNational and International Theater, Dance, Music performances return to NYU Skirball’s first post-Covid season opening on Wednesday, February 2, 2022, with a world premiere from the awar…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:30AMJoel Grey along with restauranteur Shelly Fireman and Bianca Marroquin (star of Broadway’s Chicago) will celebrate the renaming of the restaurant’s famous Matzo Ball soup honoring Grey. …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:30AMBy Marilyn Lester . . . For anyone wanting a shot of “feel-good,” the place to go is anywhere Jackie Draper is performing. Her show Spreadin’ Rhythm Around, at the newly reopened Lauri…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:30AMThe 92Y School of Music announces new guests for their popular interview series, Cabaret Conversations, now in its second year. Previous speakers in the BroadwayWorld Cabaret Award-nom…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:04AMCD Release Show at Birdland Theater . . . by Andrew Poretz. . . Watching and knowing the teenage Anais Reno for the past few years has been like observing a blue morpho butterfly form in slo…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:28AMThe Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) announces new dates for Jamie Lloyd’s bold, Olivier-winning revival of Cyrano de Bergerac—written by Edmond Rostand and freely adapted by Martin Crim…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:55PMThe Congress for Jewish Culture has been commissioned to present director Moshe Yassur’s critically acclaimed 2013 Off-Broadway Yiddish language staging of WAITING FOR GODOT at the prest…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:54AMBy Marilyn Lester . . . Opening The 32nd New York Cabaret Convention of the Mabel Mercer Foundation (MMF), the incomparable vocalist, Sandy Stewart, reminded the sold-out audience that it wa…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:18AMCULLUD WATTAH gives a snapshot of the lives of three generations of Black women in November 2016 where they haven’t had clean water for 936 days. Written by Erika Dickerson-Despenza a…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:13AMLegendary lyricist Sammy Cahn, singer-songwriter Melissa Manchester and composer-arranger Billy Strayhorn will be honored in an upcoming online event as the 2021 inductees to the Great Ameri…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:55AMTriple threat Mr. Show Biz, Mark Nadler, brings back his ever popular Hootenanny (the one you remember from Sardi’s) with guests galore at The Friar’s Club on East 55th Street in a two-h…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:19PMBy Brian Scott Lipton . . . While I had never gotten to see Seth Sikes before, his reputation of loving standards, especially those belonging to the late, great Judy Garland, gave me some hi…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:16PMA Turtle on a Fence Post is a new musical comedy, coming to the newly renamed Theater 555 (555 W. 42nd Street) with performances beginning October 26, and opening on November 14. Limite…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:05PMLadies of 90’s Soul TONIGHT WITH EMILIE SURTEES, Dozen Divas, Liberace & Peggy Lee Return, Halloween Burlesque, Pam Ann at Midnight The post Happening at The Triad appeared first on Th…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:36AMReview By Ron Fassler . . . Call me old fashioned, but let’s make it another old fashioned, please. I couldn’t get that phrase out of my head (along with its allusion to Ethel Merman sin…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:14AMPhoto: TheaterPizzazz Feb. 20, 2020 Meet & Greet (Jenn Gambatese, Jake Ryan Flynn, Jerry Zaks, Avery Sell, Analise Scarpaci, Rob McClure) . . . Mrs. Doubtfire, the new musical produced b…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:22AMReview by Sandi Durell . . . Technically this is a solo show and it’s Ruben Santiago-Hudson (writer, star, director) accompanied on guitar by Junior Mack (playing great blues of Bill Sims …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:31AMTrouble in Mind will offer 300 discounted tickets for each of its preview performances, in partnership with R&B radio station 107.5 WBLS-FM. The Roundabout Theatre production will offer …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:20AMRob Richardson (Broadway: Jekyll & Hyde, Tale of Two Cities) and Haley Swindal (Broadway: Chicago, Jekyll & Hyde) to head the industry presentations of Roy O’Neil’s Save The Pala…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:13AMReview by Andrew Poretz . . . A great send-off! Remember those old Contadina Tomato Paste commercials? “Eight great tomatoes in every jar!” How can such enormous talent be crammed in…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:06PMReview by Andrew Poretz . . . French-Canadian chanteuse Myriam Phiro returned to Birdland Theater on October 17 for a post-pandemic iteration of her show honoring the legendary French singer…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:20AMFREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME returned to the Booth Theatre last night on Broadway for a limited run to January 2, 2022. It was created by Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Anthony Veneziale and…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:11AMBy Brian Scott Lipton . . . For over three decades, Carolee Carmello has proven to be the consummate musical theater actress, tackling everything from 1776 to Mamma, Mia! to Hello, Dolly! an…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:45AMBy Ron Fassler . . . Playwright Joshua Allen is bringing a bit of his native Chicago to Westchester this weekend, when his new play The October Storm opens at the Hudson Stage Company. Known…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:50PMby Carol Rocamora . . . “Divorced, beheaded, died (ba-dum-dum) Divorced, beheaded, survived (bah-dum-dum)” You recognize that couplet – of course you do. You learned it long ago in y…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:19AMRamin Karimloo and Jane Lynch will star in the Broadway revival of “Funny Girl” alongside Beanie Feldstein. Karimloo, who has previously appeared in “Les Misérables” and “Anasta…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:45AMBy Brian Scott Lipton and Sandi Durell . . . Is there some kind of state-of-the-art device hidden somewhere on Laura Benanti’s body? Or maybe she’s fooled us for the past 25 years by sim…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:51PMspit&vigor is thrilled to announce the world premiere of HIT YOUR MARK, DIE BEAUTIFUL, written by Peter Oliver and directed by Sara Fellini (2018 Planet Award Outstanding Direction nomin…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:12PMAtlantic Theater Company’s world premiere musical Kimberly Akimbo features book and lyrics by Pulitzer Prize-winner David Lindsay-Abaire, music by Tony Award-winner Jeanine Tesori, b…
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