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Corruption – Ousting the Fox From the Henhouse

Corruption – Ousting the Fox From the Henhouse

Theater Review by JK Clarke . . . . It seems oddly disconcerting this year that there are two significant Off-Broadway productions that confront eroding global standards of journalism. But the fact that both MCC’s excellent musical The Connector (which ended a...

Lempicka Meets with Press

Lempicka Meets with Press

Lempicka, the highly anticipated sweeping new musical portrait celebrating the gripping true story of renowned artist Tamara de Lempicka, released a new portrait of the principal company, ahead of the first preview on Tuesday evening Mar. 19th. The cast...

THEATER – MUSIC COMING UP

THEATER – MUSIC COMING UP

SoHo Playhouse’s U.S. premiere of Epidermis Circus, The Weirdest Puppet Show You’ve Ever Seen!, co-created and performed by Ingrid Hansen (Puppeteer for Jim Henson Company’s Fraggle Rock and Sesame Workshop’s Helpsters), co-created and directed by Britt Small...

Ibsen’s Ghost – An Irresponsible Biographical Fantasy

Ibsen’s Ghost – An Irresponsible Biographical Fantasy

Theater Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . .  It’s always a pleasure to anticipate whatever popular playwright-drag artist-actor Charles Busch is cooking up for his next comedic endeavor. Only rarely is one disappointed; to a limited degree that’s true as well of...

The Effect

The Effect

Theater Review by Brian Scott Lipton . . . . We’ve all heard that love is a drug. But can a drug cause love? That’s the big practical question being posed—alongside a host of philosophical one—by Lucy Prebble in her emotionally devastating and incredibly...

Theater, Music and More

Theater, Music and More

Todd Haimes, President/CEO, in memoriam; Scott Ellis, Interim Artistic Director) announces Emmy & Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth in KRISTIN: AN EVENING WITH FRIENDS FOR TODD, a special benefit concert directed by Warren...

CABARET and MUSIC UPDATES and MORE

CABARET and MUSIC UPDATES and MORE

Scott Siegel's BROADWAY BY THE SEASON returns for its second year at Merkin Hall with an All-Star line-up for three Spring concerts: March 25, April 29, and June 17. For the first show, Broadway stars Lisa Howard, Jenny Lee Stern, and song & dance man Danny...

The Script In the Closet

The Script In the Closet

Theater Review by Michael Dale . . . .  There are two main reasons I accepted the invitation to review Joyce Griffen’s The Script In The Closet: A) My desire to spend my latter years as a theater reviewer spotlighting affordable Off-Off Broadway and indie theater...

Video Interview with Andrew Samonsky ‘Lempicka’

Video Interview with Andrew Samonsky ‘Lempicka’

by Meredith Heyman . . . . Broadway leading man, Andrew Samonsky, is returning to the boards in the new musical, Lempicka, playing Tamara de Lempicka's husband, Tadeusz Lempicka. In a video interview with Theater Pizzazz, Samonsky revealed his cosmic connection with...

A Little Night Music in New Jersey

A Little Night Music in New Jersey

Theater Review by Ron Fassler . . . . It’s hard to believe that it’s been fifty-three years since A Little Night Music first opened on Broadway. Though a teenager at the time and with a few of its more adult themes going over my head, I was still wowed by what was the...

Video Interview with Carson Kreitzer – Lempicka

Video Interview with Carson Kreitzer – Lempicka

by Meredith Heyman . . . . Writer Carson Kreitzer is preparing to make her Broadway debut in the new musical, Lempicka. Kreitzer wrote the show’s book and lyrics and also came up with the original concept for the work. In a video interview with Theater Pizzazz, she...

Saxy Susie Clausen Oh What a Gal!

Saxy Susie Clausen Oh What a Gal!

By Sandi Durell . . . . She’s got that thing That sexy thing Long blonde hair and . . . A saxophone? A lady with a sax, that’s a real fact! And, by the way, not only can she toot This jazz baby can warble With personality to boot Oh, Don’t Tell Mama . . . but she sure...

John Lloyd Young Returns to Café Carlyle

John Lloyd Young Returns to Café Carlyle

Tony Award winner John Lloyd Young returns to the Café Carlyle, May 14-18, with one of his most-popular sets. Original Jersey Boys screen and stage star, John Lloyd Young, is one of the current longest-running recurring performers at the storied, iconic venue. For...

A Triumphant David Marino Soars At Birdland

A Triumphant David Marino Soars At Birdland

Cabaret review by Andrew Poretz . . . . When last we saw young French Canadian crooner David Marino, in July 2023, he was making his New York cabaret debut downtown (read HERE). He was quite good then, and has already grown in leaps and bounds, as evidenced by his...

Irish Rep Presents Philadelphia, Here I Come!

Irish Rep Presents Philadelphia, Here I Come!

Philadelphia, Here I Come!, presented by Irish Repertory Theatre. Philadelphia, Here I Come! is the third production in The Friel Project, a retrospective of the work of renowned Irish playwright Brian Friel, celebrating Irish Rep’s 35th Anniversary. Directed...

Growing A Theater Complex in Great Barrington

Growing A Theater Complex in Great Barrington

Great Barrington’s Historic Firehouse at 20 Castle Street is nearing completion of its restoration by Warrior Trading. Following a multi-million-dollar refurbishment, including a new roof and windows, brick repointing, steel girder stabilization,...

Fiasco Theater’s Pericles

Fiasco Theater’s Pericles

Theater Review by Ron Fassler . . . . Amongst his thirty-eight plays, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, is something of a redheaded stepchild in Shakespeare’s canon. Its authorship is not entirely the Bard’s and it was omitted from the First Folio in 1623, the collection of...

All of Me Completes Casting

All of Me Completes Casting

The New Group has announced complete casting for All of Me, by Laura Winters, with Lily Mae Harrington, Florencia Lozano, Brian Morabito and Kyra Sedgwick joining, as previously announced, Madison...

The Lonely Few – MCC Theater

The Lonely Few – MCC Theater

MCC Theater presents THE LONELY FEW April 27 thru June 2, a New York premiere rock musical about the forces that launch us from home and the gravitational pull that can bring us back. By award-winning composer Zoe Sarnak (A CROSSING, GALILEO) and Rachel Bonds (JONAH;...

Make Me Gorgeous Celebrates 100th Performance

Make Me Gorgeous Celebrates 100th Performance

Marc Acito Darius Rose Jinkx Monsoon MAKE ME GORGEOUS!' 100th performance was celebrated on March 7th.  Darius Rose aka Jackie Cox ("RuPaul's Drag Race"), who stars as Kenneth "Mr. Madam" Marlowe, was joined by special guests including Wade McCollum (Make Me...

UPCOMING THEATER AND MORE

UPCOMING THEATER AND MORE

The Wooster Group/Symphony of Rats - Out Of the Box Theatrics/Krysta Rodriguez - Othello/Denzel Washington & Jake Glyllenhaal - Jamie Lozano & La Familia - SoHo Playhouse/Messy White Gays - Labrynith/Lolita Lolita begins March 12th thru March 24th at Labrynith...

“Old Friends” Warmed the Heart at Pangea

“Old Friends” Warmed the Heart at Pangea

Cabaret Review by Andrew Poretz . . . At Pangea last month, Barbara Bleier, Austin Pendleton, Gretchen Cryer and Richard Malby, Jr. converged on this intimate venue to reprise their popular Old Friends cabaret show. This writer last saw Bleier and Pendleton back in...

The Return of Doubt

The Return of Doubt

Theater Review by Ron Fassler . . . . In 2005, I sat in the sixth row of the orchestra at the Walter Kerr Theatre and luxuriated in the tall talents of Cherry Jones, Brían F. O’Byrne, Heather Goldenhersh, and Adriane Lenox in John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt: A Parable....

First Look at the New Musical Suffs

First Look at the New Musical Suffs

By Melissa Griegel . . . . The cast and creative of the upcoming Broadway show Suffs presented a special sneak peek of the show on Wednesday, February 28th, 2024 at the Great Hall at Cooper Union. Suffs previewsbegin on March 26th, 2024 at the Music Box Theatre, with...

Video Interview with Director Gordon Greenberg

Video Interview with Director Gordon Greenberg

by Meredith Heyman . . . This spring it’s “hip” to be Huey Lewis on Broadway. The music of the iconic rock star will debut on the Great White Way in the new musical, Theater Pizzazz spoke to the director, Gordon Greenberg about connecting with Lewis's music and why...

Brooklyn Laundry – Cleansing the Soul with Truth

Brooklyn Laundry – Cleansing the Soul with Truth

Theater Review by Carole Di Tosti . . . . In Brooklyn Laundry, John Patrick Shanley elucidates profound themes about family, love, loss, responsibility, and the healing power of truth. The 80-minute play, also directed by Shanley, is currently running Off-Broadway at...

Soul Picnic at 92NY

Soul Picnic at 92NY

Cabaret Review by Ron Fassler . . . .  I’m of an age when radio was the means by which people became familiar with popular songs. In my teenage years, a portable transistor was responsible for how I fell in love with Laura Nyro’s music, not only when sung by the...

Margot Sergent Delights in her Newest CD, Douce France

Margot Sergent Delights in her Newest CD, Douce France

CD Review by Andrew Poretz . . . . Margot Sergent is a marvelous French performer I’ve caught a couple of times, including her Edith Piaf show at Birdland (reviewed HERE). As a jazz harpist, singer and songwriter, Ms. Sergent is a solid triple threat. She is...

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