Tuesday, July 8, 2025

People You Should Know . . . Ian Goldstein by Zack Calhoon

Ian Goldstein is a comedian, writer, and Webby award winner living in Brooklyn, NY. Ian was recently featured in the NYTimes for throwing a party that celebrated meeting his healthcare deduc…

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People You Should Know . . . Zach Lennon-Simon by Zack Calhoon

Zach Lennon-Simon - is a storyteller, filmmaker, and union organizer born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. Zach has performed at the Magnet Theater, Improv Boston, The Pit, The Kraine Theater and…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 09:36PM

“Backstage Babble” Onstage at 54 Below by Ron Fassler

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 05:12PM

IMPRESSIONS: Pam Tanowitz's transportive "Pastoral" at Bard's Fisher Center by The Dance Enthusiast

Pam Tanowitz’s latest dance, the idyllic Pastoral (set to Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 in F major, the Pastoral Symphony), a 60-minute work for seven dancers, portrays a bucolic day in the…

SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM
Sunday, July 6, 2025

Esteemed Theater-Film Critic Hap Erstein Died Saturday by Bill Hirschman

The theater community, our community as a whole has lost a force who helped forge all of them for decades. Hap Erstein, 74, died Saturday at an Aventura hospital where he had been since Mond…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 03:24PM
Saturday, July 5, 2025

IMPRESSIONS: Eiko Otake and DonChristian Jones in "SOAK" at Harlem Stage by The Dance Enthusiast

"This force of elemental nature is none other than Eiko Otake, the seventy-three-year-old interdisciplinary artist and dancer. The evening length work, SOAK, created with collaborator DonChr…

SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM
Friday, July 4, 2025

“Angry Alan” – The Toxic Male Next Door by Eyal Solomon

By Alix Cohen... A middle American nice guy shows his true colors seduced by lure of righteousness and  male dominance. The post “Angry Alan” – The Toxic Male Next Door appeared first…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:27AM
Thursday, July 3, 2025

Memories of a Working Actor: An Interview with Laurence Luckinbill by Ron Fassler

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 05:41PM

THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST ASKS: Dominique Mercy - We don't want to be labeled. Art is about freedom... by The Dance Enthusiast

On Pina Bausch: "For her, her brain was in the stomach somehow, nothing intellectual. She had to respond to what she was looking for, and it had to touch her.  She  always considered herse…

SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM

IMPRESSIONS: NEW YORK CITY BALLET 2025- Ravel & Reflection on Spring Season Highlights by The Dance Enthusiast

"New York City Ballet’s recent spring season successfully introduced some young dancers in major roles. In an earlier review I mentioned David Gabriel’s ability to take an audience on …

SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM

IMPRESSIONS: Felice Lesser's "I AM A DANCER 2020" at New York Live Arts by The Dance Enthusiast

"Lesser celebrates her anniversary with a bare-bones ode to persistence, as though spent by her decades of experimenting with contemporary issues, creating elaborate multimedia worlds, and c…

SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM
Wednesday, July 2, 2025

IMPRESSIONS: American Ballet Theatre's "Swan Lake" at Lincoln Center by The Dance Enthusiast

"Susan Jaffe, who was appointed to head the company in December of 2022, was a most formidable swan queen herself. No wonder she has this staple of the classical ballet canon in her foc…

SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM
Tuesday, July 1, 2025

THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST ASKS: Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance Celebrates its 25th Anniversary Season by The Dance Enthusiast

In celebration of Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance’s 25th anniversary season, choreographer Cherylyn Lavagnino reflects on her artistic journey, longstanding collaborations, and a new ocean-inspir…

SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM

IMPRESSIONS: A Personal Reflection on Jerron Herman's "Temporary Body" at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum by The Dance Enthusiast

"Jerron Herman has cerebral palsy, specifically hemiplegia, which affects only his left side. He identifies as a disabled artist, but since his late twenties, nothing has stopped him from pu…

SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM

POSTCARDS: THE PARIS OPERA BALLET SCHOOL- VISIONS FROM ABROAD by The Dance Enthusiast

"This past April, I was fortunate to travel to Paris for a brief stay. Fortunately, I arrived on the last day of the Paris Opera Ballet School's season at the newly restored Palais Garnier…

SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM

IMPRESSIONS: American Ballet Theatre's "Giselle" at the Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center by The Dance Enthusiast

"In American Ballet Theatre’s production of Giselle, Count Albrecht wants to spend a day as a commoner, and sheds his aristocratic cloak and sword to appear as if he were a vill…

SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM
Monday, June 30, 2025

Upcoming Kutumba Theatre Project Blends LGBTQ+ Advocacy With Artistry by Bill Hirschman

After a long hiatus, Kutumba Theatre Project is back a with the East Coast premiere of Spy for Spy. Artistic Director Kim Ehly discovered this “playful, sophisticated, funny and heartfe…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:36PM
Saturday, June 28, 2025

Theater Books for Summer Reading 2025 by Jan Simpson

We’ve already had our first heat waves of the season—the temperature hit 101° in Central Park this past week!—which is a sure sign that summer is here. But for almost 20 years now, th…

SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 10:54AM

Starting to look back on the first quarter century on our YouTube parody timeline (from our theater-oriented viewpoint) by Fred Landau

 Starting to look back on the first quarter century on our YouTube parody timeline, gearing up for my upcoming parody lyric book  21st Century Oldies, The First Quarter Century: What a One…

SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 06:59AM
Friday, June 27, 2025

“Mozart’s Don Giovanni: A Rock Opera” – Wolfgang Would’ve Grinned From Ear to Ear by Eyal Solomon

By Eyal Solomon... The new rock adaptation captures Mozart’s spirit and wit, without missing a beat on vocal performance. The post “Mozart’s Don Giovanni: A Rock Opera” – Wolfgang …

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:34PM
Thursday, June 26, 2025

Playwright Rishi Varma Unveils New Play: Sulfur Bottom by Eyal Solomon

Playwright Rishi Varma announces the debut of his new play Sulfur Bottom, set to take the stage at The Jerry Orbach Theater.

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:38PM

Near Rock Bottom in “Lowcountry” by Eyal Solomon

By Stuart Miller... Two damaged souls seek solace together while also pushing and prodding at each other's wounds. 

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:43PM

“Trophy Boys”: Anything but a Participation Prize by Ron Fassler

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 11:18AM

IMPRESSIONS: Cornfield Dance in "Scrambled Stages" at Arts on Site by The Dance Enthusiast

Ellen Cornfield, who founded her company in 1989, is a choreographer’s choreographer. She constructs dance phrases in surprising and endlessly inventive ways, prompting fellow dance makers…

SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM

IMPRESSIONS: Cara Hagan "Mama Piranha" at JACK! by The Dance Enthusiast

 "A recorded voice begins describing an idyllic scene: a flowing river next to a house with a large magnolia tree swaying above it. However, when performer/choreographer Cara Hagan closes t…

SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM

IMPRESSIONS: Audrey MacLean Performance Projects' "The Dance Show" at Arts on Site by The Dance Enthusiast

The Dance Show wholeheartedly and entertainingly captures snippets of the human experience, from the simple to the spectacular. The hour-long series of vignettes also spotlights questions th…

SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM
Tuesday, June 24, 2025

POSTCARDS: AVID Dance Presents "BOUNDLESS: Where Ballet's Future Takes Flight" by The Dance Enthusiast

"It wasn’t some grand business plan or strategic launch. It was a bench in the park. A conversation between friends. A spark lit by frustration and fanned into something hopeful. That’s …

SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 09:24PM

IMPRESSIONS: "In Conversation with Merce: New Arrangements" at Baryshnikov Arts Center by The Dance Enthusiast

Combination and recombination are the DNA of Merce Cunningham’s art. Cunningham’s dances can be set and reset, folded into each other, danced to new music, capped with new choreography,…

SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM
Monday, June 23, 2025

People You Should Know . . . Pamela L. Paek by Zack Calhoon

  Pamela L Paek (Playwright and Performer) relishes self-expression and creativity in as many forms as she can juggle, including solo shows, stand-up comedy, sketch comedy, physical co…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 07:54PM

CASTING NOTICE–SHAKESPEARE-INSPIRED PLAY by Robert Shuman

STAGE VOICES PRODUCTIONS BOB SHUMAN, PLAYWRIGHT-PROD.; FRANK FARRELL, PROD. MGR.-DIR. Key Details Auditions: Manhattan, NY Open Casting Call Jun 29, 2025 Visit for more info: https://www.bac…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:08PM

IMPRESSIONS: New York Theatre Company’s Dance-Enhanced "Machinal" at New York City Center Stage II by The Dance Enthusiast

  The inaugural presentation of the newly-formed New York Theatre Company (led by Chilina Kennedy, Katherine Winter, and Michael Scott), Machinal is a tap dance and rhythmic movement-enhan…

SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM