Thursday, October 17, 2019
By Samuel L. Leiter I admit it. I’m guilty. I sat through Linda Vista, by actor-playwright Tracy Letts (August: Osage County), at Second Stage’s Helen Hayes Theatre, and e…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 03:44AMWednesday, October 16, 2019
The Mabel Mercer Foundation celebrates The 30th Annual New York Cabaret Convention Monday October 28 thru Thursday October 31 at The Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center. It’s the place…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 07:53PMBEST IN SHOWS 2019 – ANOTHER BIG SUCCESS HONORING ORFEH AND ANDY KARL Watch the video for performances by all the Legends who helped make the evening a huge success. By Sandi Dur…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 07:24PM By Tania Fisher Powerful live and unscripted storytelling returned to Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center on October 12, bringing with it a slew of devoted fans of the Moth Mainstage Sh…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 05:25PM What a treat to see theater in such an elaborate and history-laden setting as the Park Avenue Armory. And so, here’s information about what’s up and coming at the Wade Thompson Dril…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 11:43AM By Sandi Durell It doesn’t take but a moment to feel the electricity in The Café Carlyle when Wynonna Judd enters and takes the stage, accompanied by her husband (guitarist, drum…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 10:12AMMonday, October 14, 2019
By Sandi Durell Is there a specific gene that’s the predisposition to alcoholism? Otherwise it’s difficult to find a good Mormon Boy (or was he a bad one?) who, at a young tende…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 10:58PM by Alix Cohen “When you’re practicing, don’t go for the sound. Go for the feeling. You know what the feeling is like.” Rosamond Hirschorn We’ve seen the cap, caps really, …
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 03:06PM By Myra Chanin After a considerable absence, Eric Michael Gillett hopped up on the stage of the Laurie Beechman Theater and once again astounded 100+ sophisticated arts aficionados…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 02:29PM By JK Clarke Fans of both Andrus Nichols and Kate Hamill were recently thrilled by the news that the two had formed a new theater company, The Coop. Nichols’ conspicuous …
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 04:59AMSunday, October 13, 2019
by Adam Cohen Lynda Carter regaled the audience within Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Appel Room Saturday night with songs that mattered to her. Born in Arizona, Lynda Carter is best …
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 03:27PMSaturday, October 12, 2019
By Ron Fassler If Chita Rivera isn’t a living legend, then who is? At eighty-six, she has been working primarily in the musical theatre for sixty-two years. The recipient of two Best…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 05:12PM By Marilyn Lester As if a CD release isn’t enough to celebrate on its own, the féte for singer-songwriter Sara Zahn’s newly released Both Sides of Bernstein came with a happy-m…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 07:18AMFriday, October 11, 2019
An Amusement Column by Harry Haun HEWES-FUSED NEWS: When he reached his 20th year as theater critic for Saturday Review, Henry Hewes II was only 55 but opted for premature retiremen…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 09:35PM By JK Clarke Tennessee Williams’ very accomodating production notes in The Glass Menagerie—a play for which he coined the term “memory play”—encourages a freedom …
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 05:37PMThe Lightning Thief – The Percy Jackson Musical The Creatives Joe Tracz (book – Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, Be More Chill), Rob Rokicki (score – Broadway debut)…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 01:23PMTuesday, September 24, 2019
A 17-Gun Salute for their State-of-the-Art Contemporary Interpretation of the Classic Good Old-Fashioned Barber Shop Quartet By Myra Chanin Yuh wanna know how I determine the q…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 10:12PM By Brian Scott Lipton The challenges of female adolescence is rather familiar fodder these days in books, television and film, but they’re being explored with a remarkably fresh, …
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 10:00PM An Amusement Column by Harry Haun BYE BYE BETTY: A modern-day theatrical heroine has just passed—Betty Corwin at the gloriously overripe age of 98. Her claim to fame is t…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 03:53PM By Brian Scott Lipton She’s been called a singer of pop, soul, R&B and the blues, but she prefers to be called a “song stylist.” Those cabaret fans who have previously see…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 06:20AMMonday, September 23, 2019
by Michael Bracken There’s plenty of energy, of a decidedly athletic bent, in Lee Sunday Evans’s production of Jack Thorne’s Sunday, at the Atlantic Theater Company’s Linda Gro…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 10:07PM Broadway stars and student thespians came together in support of the Educational Theatre Foundation at the Edison Ballroom on Sept. 22 Broadway legends Chita Rivera and Patti LuPone…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 09:42PM By Ron Fassler Novenas for a Lost Hospital, currently at Off-Broadway’s Rattlestick Playwrights Theater on Waverly Place in Greenwich Village, beautifully plays itself out at thre…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 09:17AM Taking on Tennessee Williams’ memory play can be exciting, daunting and challenging. But Ruth Stage’s Matt de Rogatis (producer, actor) makes it sound like a cinch when you have peopl…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 08:35AMSaturday, September 21, 2019
by Carol Rocamora What does it mean to be black in America? What does it mean to be an actor? What does it mean to play Shakespeare? Huge questions, each worthy of a play itself – nu…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 01:49PMFriday, September 20, 2019
by Adam Cohen Exuberance, celebration and joy were the key takeaways from The American Songbook Association’s Monday, September 16 honor of the Pulitzer, Tony, and Grammy wi…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 02:26PM By JK Clarke I’ve always contended—as have many others who care about such things—that while editing or abridging Shakespeare’s plays for the purpose of a production i…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 05:37AMThursday, September 19, 2019
by Carol Rocamora If you dread the idea of assisted living, don’t worry – you’re not alone. Join the hip over-sixty crowd hanging out on 59e59 Theater’s A stage these days. The…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 09:27PMFriday, September 6, 2019
An Amusement Column By Harry Haun THE JOYS OF JERRY: Working with director-choreographer Jerome Robbins wasn’t the easiest job in the world. It may, in fact, have been the wo…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 08:30AMThursday, September 5, 2019
Forget about Woodstock . . . it’s WILLSTOCK! Celebrate with the illustrious jazz expert Will Friedwald at The Triad Theater on Monday, September 16 starting at 9 pm. It’s …
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 05:04PM By Samuel L. Leiter The riveting East Coast premiere of Eureka Day, Jonathan Spector’s bitingly topical dramedy, at Walkerspace, Soho Rep’s usual haunt, reminds me of the immort…
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