Thursday, October 16, 2025
Whether “Ragtime” is presented in productions mammoth (as in its 1998 premiere) or modest (the 2009 revival), the musical, adapted from E.L. Doctorow’s kaleidoscopic 1975 novel, reverb…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 11:17PMSunday, October 12, 2025
The show: ‘A Chorus Line at Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam.
What makes it special?: For Goodspeed at least, this feels like a modern revival — even if it is 50 years old and set i…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 05:55PMSunday, September 28, 2025
Forget the tree.
That iconic lone tree from the stage directions in Samuel Beckett’s tragicomic masterwork “Waiting for Godot” is offstage in Jamie Lloyd’s re-envisioned revival. The…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 10:49PMSaturday, September 27, 2025
Jacques Pépin sits on a stool in the kitchen of his Madison home with a pegboard wall of cooper pots as a golden backdrop and his black miniature poodle, Gaston, at the alert by his side.
P…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 06:38PMTuesday, September 23, 2025
As summer winds down with the beach chairs stored away, the last of the ripe tomatoes devoured, and the tans finally faded, we now turn to the fall and those extra special shows to get us ex…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 03:41PMThursday, September 18, 2025
As the second part of the film version of ‘Wicked” — “Wicked: For Good” — is about to be released Nov. 21, we test fans’ knowledge of all things “Wicked.” So you think yo…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 09:07AMSunday, August 24, 2025
Very sad news about the death of Jerry Adler, 96, reported by The Hollywood Reporter.
I wrote about Jerry many times as an actor, an author, and as a leading figure in theater history. (H…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 12:47AMWednesday, August 20, 2025
PITTSFIELD, MASS. — On the night of Tuesday, Aug, 17, Barrington Stage in Pittsfield, Mass. held a memorial celebration for theater composer William Finn. Finn died April 7 following an …
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 03:16PMFriday, August 8, 2025
“Spirit of the People.” All photos on this blog entry by Maria Baranova.
The show: Well, actually quite a few shows on my…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 05:39PMThursday, August 7, 2025
All photos by Marc J. Franklin
The show: “Prince Faggot by Jordan Tannahill which recently ended its extended engagement at…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 07:48PMSunday, August 3, 2025
For Charles “Andy” Morgan III, it’s all in the cards.
Tarot cards to be be exact, and his mastering over the decades of the symbols of what began as an ancient playing game has inspir…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 10:25AMThursday, July 31, 2025
Sad news about the death of great theater artist Robert Wilson. I met him when he spoke at the University of Hartford’s Lincoln Theatre, I believe it was 2016. Insightful and charming.
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 03:16PMSunday, July 20, 2025
All photos by John Cournoyer
The show: ”Angry Alan” by Penelope Skinner at off-Broadway’s new Studio Seaview (formerly …
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 03:39PMWednesday, July 2, 2025
All photos by Travis Emory Hackett
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SOURCE: ShowRiz at 01:43PMSunday, June 29, 2025
The show: “Beau,” a new musical playing at off-Broadway’s Theatre 154 on Christopher Street in Greenwich Village (the former New Ohio Theatre).
What makes it special?: Douglas Lyon …
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 11:00AMThursday, June 12, 2025
Sometimes the only refuge from the brutalities of a life pre-destined for loneliness, poverty and violence is a poetic voice.
In playwright Jamie Wax’s one-hander “Call Me Izzy,” Jean …
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 11:14PMThursday, June 5, 2025
Now for the second half of my predictions for Sunday’s Tony Awards honoring the best of the 2024-25 Broadway season — which ended at the end of April . It was indeed one of the richest…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 10:17AMWednesday, June 4, 2025
The 2024-25 Broadway season — which ended April 30 — was one of the richest and most competitive seasons in years. While there hasn't been been a megahit of the likes of “Hamilton” o…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 11:53AMMonday, June 2, 2025
Jean Carlo Salazar believes that self-belief is essential, even in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. At 26, Salazar, a resident of East Haven, emphasizes the importance of faith in …
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 09:22AMSunday, June 1, 2025
By FRANK RIZZO
How can a gay man find true intimacy in an easy-access world of online sex?
The answer may be an honest reckoning with oneself — and perhaps even a trip to Venice.
At least …
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 11:58AMThursday, May 29, 2025
You know this is not the first time I’ve played the mother of an unhappy gay person,” said Mink Stole on a recent Zoom call from her home in Los Angeles.
A regular in the idiosyncratic f…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 08:43AMPhoto by Joan Marcus
Charles Strouse — the great composer of such hits as “Annie” (which began at Goodspeed Opera House …
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 12:21AMMonday, May 26, 2025
Carla R. Stewart and Keenan Barrett. All production photos are by Greg Mooney
The show: “Millions,” a new musical receiv…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 04:36PMWednesday, May 14, 2025
Photo by Frank Rizzo
An old farmer is alone in the middle of an open field late at night and he is weeping.
New Haven playwrig…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 02:34PMThe show: The musical “Ragtime” at Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam.
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SOURCE: ShowRiz at 01:14PMMonday, April 28, 2025
Julie Averbach remembers looking at a box of Caesar Salad at Trader Joe’s and on the label was a picture of Augustus of Prima Porta, a famous sculpture carved of the Roman emperor, which s…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 04:25PMCongratulation to Michael Price, 86, longtime executive director of Goodspeed Musicals who will be receiving a special Tony Award ion June.
The Tony Awards Administration Committee announce…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 02:23PMJeremy Jordan in “Floyd Collins”
First, a big thanks to Adam Feldman for setting me straight (so to speak) on a few eligib…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 12:06PMSunday, April 27, 2025
The Latina seamstresses at a dressmaking workshop in East L.A. express their credo at the top of the new musical “Real Women Have Curves.” With the pulsating song “Make It Work” thes…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 09:45PMAll photos by Matthew Murphy
Unlike the mobile British corpse in “Operation Mincemeat,” the traveling American cadaver in …
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 05:35PM 
