By Myra Chanin. . . The first time I watched Jeremy Jordan perform, he was a mesmerizing 27-year-old Broadway star-in-waiting, playing Clyde Barrow in Broadway Musical, Bonnie and Clyde. Audiences, including the one that surrounded me, loved it. They stood up, cheered and applauded, but...

By Sandi Durell . . . She can’t reach out and touch you literally but Marvelous Marilyn Maye, coming straight from 54 Below to your living room beginning May 8 (and live for VIP meet/greet on opening night) thru May 29 on demand, touches every emotion imaginable. Broadway tunes – her way –...

Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director and Barry Grove, Executive Producer) is pleased to announce the premiere of a special new adaptation of The Niceties written directly for the virtual stage by Eleanor Burgess and directed...

Recorded live at an apartment in Brooklyn, Bedlam presents Schiller’s Mary Stuart in a virtually fully staged production as a fundraiser. The dates are May 7, 8, 9 at 7:30 pm. The cast features: Shirine Babb, Violetta Picayo, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Simon Shaitkin and directed by Zachary...

Tiny Box Theater (NYC) and Ya Chin Chang (Hong Kong) in collaboration with David Lamoureux (NYC) and Post Theatrical (Pittsburgh) present THE MAILBOX, an experience that unfolds through theatrical text, original illustrations, audio and video (with closed captioning), text-based puzzles, and...

A FILM FAN’S FAVORITES by David L. Meister 1939 is widely considered the greatest year for movies, and it’s hard to argue against that.  Nine films were nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award: DARK VICTORY, LOVE AFFAIR, MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON, NINOTCHKA, OF MICE AND MEN,...

Award-winning singer, recording and cabaret artist Marissa Mulder – who Time Out New York called “One of the cabaret world’s biggest breakout successes of the past five years”—is appearing live on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 9 at Ribbon 72. On the piano is acclaimed music director, Jon...

by Adam Cohen . . . Making Theater During the Pandemic was a featured session at the 2021 BroadwayCon. Hosted graciously by Melissa Errico (Meet Me in St. Louis) the panel included Drew Gehling (Waitress, Amour), Ann Harada (Avenue Q), Jason Michael Webb (The Last Five years), Christine Toy...

The Broadway Cast Reunion Series, virtual visits with Broadway casts “backstage” and unrehearsed, is announcing its May lineup. See your favorite stars, interact with the cast via chat, and hear personal, hilarious, unscripted stories and gossip – as the casts really let their hair down....

by Matt Smith . . . It’s Night II of the theatre world’s favorite new who-sung-it guessing game, and performers, votes, and guesses are all comin’ in hot! Dynamic hosts Michael Hull and Dylan Bustamante present four brand-new contenders vying for that winning title, and an equally dynamic...

MARILYN MAYE by Sandi Durell . . . Always a pleasure speaking with the Marvelous one. . . and finding out new information. Ms. Marilyn always has surprises and this 93 year old super star jazz chanteuse is full of them! So without further ado I invite you to check out highlights of the...

On May 20, 2021 at 7 pm, actor Tony Danza, Police Athletic League Board member and former PAL kid, will host a special event, NYPD COPS VERSUS NEW YORK CITY PAL KIDS in a Virtual Talent Show to be judged by the rest of the “Taxi” cast including Danny DeVito. With appearances by NYPD Officers...

NY PopsUp, the statewide initiative designed to celebrate and reinvigorate the arts in New York, will present an array of performances this weekend from Brooklyn to Staten Island. Performances include the second in a series of Jazz Clubs curated by Cécile...

Vocalists are often wary of making their debut CD a tribute album, especially covering artists as iconic as Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. There is a lot of history associated with those titans of the jazz world, and their songs have been covered by hundreds of singers. But ANAÏS...

Vineyard Theatre Artistic Directors Douglas Aibel and Sarah Stern announce the company’s second original cast benefit reading, reuniting renowned actors Joe Morton (“Scandal”) and Sally Murphy (August: Osage County) for Oppenheimer Award-winning...

by JK Clarke . . . . Edward Medina, a beloved member of the New York theater critics community and a cherished colleague here at Theater Pizzazz, died Wednesday evening following complications from heart transplant surgery last fall.  The very definition of a Renaissance Man, Medina was...

by Matt Smith . . . Recap of Night 1  It’s the smash hit guessing game that always keeps you guessing… and it’s finally been Broadway-fied!! The  first episode in three-part Broadway’s Masked Singer — a highly-anticipated, fresh and funky, pandemic-friendly fundraising extravaganza...

The Jersey City Theater Center (JCTC) presents the fourth installment of the new talk series, “Black Space,” an ongoing series of intimate and candid conversations exploring the experiences of black artists in the world today, on Wednesday May 5 at 7:30pm.  Series host Ashley Nicole Baptiste,...

The Triad Theater at 158 West 72nd Street, opens tonight with Jonny Rosch and Friends, at 1/3rd capacity. See below for additional shows and for tickets and more info. visit: INFO/TEXT: 212.362.2590www.triadnyc.com

International Dance Day is April 29 – Broadway On Demand will have a FREE Dance and Social Movement Series “Share the Floor” created by Christopher Gattelli with Vasthy Mompoint and Phil LaDuca. Guests include Ariana DeBose, Sergio Trujillo, Francesca Harper, Savion Glover, Sasha...

Sheldon Harnick Festival TRADITION continues at the York Theatre Company thru MAY 3, celebrating Sheldon Harnick’s 97th Birthday! An archival video from 2020 features Sheldon Harnick with Liz Callaway, Rebecca Luker, Karen Ziemba and Margery Grey Harnick in conversation with Jim Morgan. April...

A hilarious new 7- part miniseries with Paul Pecorino, Rob Eco, cameos with Mario Cantone and Randy Rainbow! Edgar Rice Burroughs will be spinning in his grave in this new seven-part miniseries, titled THE DESTRUCTION OF JANE, is making its long-awaited premiere, inspired by the infamous...

By Matt Smith . . . . . Donna Vivino . . . And now, we’ve reached the end (Maybe? Perhaps? For now? We’ll see…). In wrapping up the second edition of our Quarantine Questionnaire series, we’re once again peeling back the curtain on our participants, looking at how this lengthy pause has...

The always creative New York Theatre Barn, headed up by Joe Barros, Artistic Director, can now count award-winning choreographers Lorin Latarro, Denis Jones and JoAnn M. Hunter as mentors for the upcoming Choreography Lab on May 19. The lab, curated by Avital Asuleen,  is the only platform...

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Join RTC Alumna Jane Krakowski (Tony Award Nominee She Loves Me; Tony Award winner, Nine) and Roundabout Theatre Company who will star in the 2021 Gala celebrating the long-awaited return to live theatre. This year’s special hybrid event “Curtain Up, Light the Lights!” will happen live at...

The Bearded Ladies Cabaret Company along with a slew of incredible partners and artists, announce show details for the Beardmobile — a roving, multi-use cabaret truck that makes live performance accessible in the age of the pandemic. The 15-foot box truck will be the main stage for a...

By Marcina Zaccaria . . . Are we homesick because we are no longer in theater spaces?  That was the question that I asked myself after watching Mine by Shayna Strype. I spent many hours covering plays in Black Box Theater.  Dixon Place, known for their spirit of...

Interview by Carole Di Tosti. . . Dorothy Lyman . . . The pandemic has impacted everyone on the planet. Some individuals have used the situation to strike forge new pathways. Others have been in a static state of dysfunction. However, many are thrilled that with vaccinations, the situation...

Frances McDormand – Chloe Zhao . . . by Sandi Durell . . . From Union Hall in L.A. to London, and around the world, the 93rd Oscars, socially distanced, presented a lot of glitches. Producers Steven Soderbergh, Stacey Sher and Jesse Collins seemed to have missed a few beats as the...

The Civilians, the award-winning New York-based theater company under the leadership of Artistic Director Steve Cosson and Managing Director Margaret Moll is proud to present a concert reading of Kate Douglas and Grace McLean’s new musical Against Women...

PITCHBLACK Immersive Experiences presents ODD MAN OUT, (www.PitchBlackExperience.com/Odd-Man-Out/) a new at-home immersive theatrical sensory box experience. Written by Martín Bondone and directed by Bondone, Carlos Armesto, and Facundo...

Screen of Consciousness: An Amusement Column by Harry Haun . . . Nomadland . . . You know you’re in a pandemic when the movies up for Oscars come to you rather than you going to them in a movie theater. Remember movie theaters? They all faded to dark around mid-March of...

by Marcina Zaccaria . . . I took my place at Number 31.  With positions notated on the ledge overlooking the Rotunda, spectators remained socially distanced while watching a performance from the Martha Graham Dance Company.  The first indoor event in over a year can fill one with...

NEW EPISODE OF PBS’ “FINDING YOUR ROOTS” SEASON 7 WITH AUDRA MCDONALD, MANDY PATINKIN On April 27 On Broadway presents Audra McDonald and Mandy Patinkin with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. as they investigate family histories discovering ancestors who may have laid the groundwork for their...

Atlantic Records & Warner Bros. Pictures have announced IN THE HEIGHTS (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK), the musical companion to this summer’s highly anticipated event film “IN THE HEIGHTS,” written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes and...

The National Theatre Network, the first of its kind digital platform for major regional theatres that allows audiences to watch, support and connect with these iconic and beloved institutions. The National Theatre Network is created by and for regional theatres, in collaboration with Broadway...

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“Dr. Drama” Discusses Musicals and Mental Health at BroadwayCon 2021 by Melissa Griegel The subject of mental health and theater has never been more relevant than this year. With the closing of Broadway during the pandemic, actors and theater professional suddenly found themselves out of...

Review by Carol Rocamora – – Have you ever witnessed a theatrical performance so electrifying and energizing that you spring to your feet with excitement? Join (virtually) the hundreds of audience members, who stood for the entire two hours of Nicholas Hytner’s sensational 2018...

Clint Holmes – Lynn DiMenna Review by Lynn DiMenna. . . Full of heart and a whole lot more! Wick Cabaret, after proudly presenting a challenging yet wildly successful season of top notch performers in their theater’s dazzling, spacious, safe and sanitary lobby, ended with an uplifting...

A Historic Moment! The first live theater PERFECT CRIME resumed performances April 18 off-Broadway, at the Anne Bernstein Theater, celebrating 34 years as the longest running off Broadway production with Mayor DeBlasio on hand to commemorate the return to live theater. Seating is socially...

Join AMAS MUSICAL THEATER on May 10th at 7pm for a spectacular Virtual Gala Celebration. . . TICKETS: https://www.amasmusical.org/2021-benefit-concert

The Jersey City Theater Center’s 2021 New Play Festival, part of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s 2021 Stages Festival, will present ten new plays about healing from the US, Canada and New Zealand on four consecutive Thursdays, from May 6 to May 27.  All shows are at...

                               Merely Marvelous: The Dancing Genius of Gwen Verdon . . . by Carole Di Tosti. . . Can-Can 1953 Unless younger...

 Beginning Thursday, May 13 at 7pm TALES FROM THE WINGS: A Lincoln Center Theater Celebration!, virtual gala, will take a look back at the theater’s iconic productions featuring performance footage and insider anecdotes from those productions’ artists about their experiences on...

Upstate New York Has Broadway Blooming – following Covid-19 & CDC guidelines, here’s some of what you can see: Buffalo: M&T Bank Broadway Series at Shea’s Performing Arts Center: Disney’s Frozen, Tootsie, Pretty Woman: the Musical, Hamilton, Oklahoma!, My Fair Lady, Harper Lee’s To...

Book by Ellie Pyle and Ryan McCurdy; Music and Lyrics by Ryan McCurdy Review by Susan Hasho . . . Ryan  McCurdy makes a fine entrance bumbling through music stands, guitars, set of drums. No place to hang the jacket, though there is a camera capturing it all. The opening of Whiterock...

They’re calling this the filthy, hilarious and lewd 7-part miniseries! Edgar Rice Burroughs will be spinning in his grave this spring as the THE DESTRUCTION OF JANE, is set to debut this month inspired by the infamous film Tarzan the Ape Man, starring Bo Derek and Miles...

NewYorkRep (Gayle Waxenberg, Founding Artistic Director), presents the multi-award winning production of Don’t Stay Safe. With a book and lyrics by Cheryl L. Davis, and music by Douglas J. Cohen, Don’t Stay Safe streams live, Sunday, April 25,...

Sexy Adventurous Outdoor Theatrical Experience . . . PRIDE GREED WRATH ENVY GLUTTONY SLOTH LUST . . . Tectonic Theater Project (Moisés Kaufman, Founder & Artistic Director) and Madison Wells Live, in association with Miami New Drama, are pleased to announce that...

The Off-Broadway League and the Lucille Lortel Theatre will present the 2021 Lucille Lortel Awards as a celebration of all the people who create Off-Broadway excellence. The pre-taped special will honor the writers, actors, directors, choreographers, designers, musicians, stagehands,...

 Adam Rapp’s The Sound Inside is featured at TheaterWorks Hartford. The play garnered six 2020 Tony nominations including Best Play. The TheaterWorks Hartford production is a filmed [live] to stream production born out of a unique collaboration between Producing Artistic Director Rob...

The Metropolitan Playhouse has a new free “screened” reading on April 17 at 8 pm (thru April 22 at 10 pm, so enormous it must be presented over two weekends,  live-streamed at no charge, with its groundbreaking, signature visual wizardry, and a talkback to follow:...

by Matt Smith . . . Another week, another set of responses! Having last week been unwaveringly open and honest about both their current state of being and their feelings for the future, our panel now returns to the lighter side, declaring the dream Broadway partner they’d like to have in...

By Lynn DiMenna . . . (Photo: Magda Katz) . . . The Maye Magic continues! You didn’t think a little ‘ole thing like a worldwide pandemic or reaching the ripe, young age of ninety-three would put a crimp in this ubiquitous, national treasure’s style, did you? Not a chance! The marvelous...

An all male cast of 11 actors will perform in the off Broadway premiere of Lilies, or The Revival of a Romantic Drama beginning May 5 in previews, with an official opening night of May 17. Lilies is presented by The Drama Company NYC (Andrew Benvenuti, Artistic Director, Sara Laursen,...

Here’s an eye-opening music series with Broadway and TV Stars that also includes outdoor dinner in Bloomfield, NJ . . . NiCori Studios & Productions in association with Oakeside Bloomfield Cultural Center and Frungillo Catering will be producing: MUSIC AT THE MANSION: “PORCH...

NY PopsUp, the statewide initiative designed to celebrate and reinvigorate the arts in New York, presented the second performance inside a Broadway theater since New York’s venues were shuttered by the pandemic more than a year ago.  A socially-distanced audience made up of ​Broadway...

LITTLE BLACK BOOK, a concept album for the new rock musical about the life and times of Heidi Fleiss, has been released on Broadway Records. It stars Alice Ripley, Orfeh, Mandy Gonzalez, Jessica Vosk, Brittney Johnson, Diana DeGarmo, Vonzell Solomon, Kuhoo Verma, Samantha Pauly, Natalie Weiss...

Ars Nova, under the leadership of Founding Artistic Director Jason Eagan and Managing Director Renee Blinkwolt, is proud to announce additional events in April and May for Ars Nova Supra. This premier streaming platform showcases some of New York City’s most promising emerging artists and...

Extended thru May 6 Quoted” Vineyard Theatre “Unfortgettable, Wonderful! His enthusiasm is infectious. What a joy…” (Ron Fassler, Theater Pizzazz) . . . By Ron Fassler . . . The first thing we hear at the start of John Cullum: An Accidental Star are the opening notes...

                                             by Carole Di Tosti . . . Currently on BroadwayHD streaming service as part of its April lineup, The Container powerfully captures the emotion of live performance digitally. Written by Clare Bayley the hour-long production presents a harrowing look...

By Sandi Durell . . . The much talked about Blindness by Jose Saramago (adapted for stage by award winning Simon Stephens- The Curious Incident of the Dog . . .) whisked to New York City via the Donmar Warehouse, is currently housed at the Daryl Roth Theatre. It’s a chilling production of...

Six of Broadway and Hollywood’s most charitable stars want you to join them in their head-to-head competition to see whose fans will help those across the country struggling right now. And they’ve only got a week left to do it for Broadway Cares. Stepping up to lead the Red Bucket...

Featuring: Art Series at the Guggenheim (Daytime PopUP Performances) – Found in Translation (Amas Musical Theatre) – A Dozen Dreams (Winter Garden at Brookfield Place) – Spotlight on Plays (The Baltimore Waltz) – Sutton Foster Concert (NYC Centre) – Broadway...

Williamstown Theatre Festival’s 67th, 2021 season will return to live performances this summer – outdoors, socially distanced, and with safety prioritized. It will begin with the world premiere of Outside on Main: Nine Solo Plays by Black Playwrights (Wednesday, July 6 – Sunday, July...

Laugh Out Loud productions, under the artistic direction of producer Nancy Levine, today announced it will soon present in-person performances of HOUSEWIVES OF SECAUCUS: WHAT A DRAG, a new interactive musical comedy conceived by Ms. Levine, written and directed by...

By Brian Scott Lipton The first teaming of legends Judy Garland and Fred Astaire. The timeless tunes of the great Irving Berlin. There was simply no way MGM could possibly have laid an egg with their 1948 movie musical Easter Parade—and, no surprise, this fresher-than-springtime delight, now...

Producers Ken Davenport and Bob Gaudio have announced that the previously untitled Broadway-bound new musical that will tell the incredible life story of legendary singer-songwriter Neil Diamond, now has its name – A Beautiful Noise – and will have its world premiere at Boston’s Emerson...

By Samuel L. Leiter No, No, Nanette As I picked my way through the 1925-1926 season, searching for shows to look back on for this column, I wound up with five, only to realize afterward that the first four appeared seriatim. While only a few new musicals of historical significance appeared...

Taking place at Broadway’s legendary St. James Theatre, a socially-distanced audience made up of ​primarily front line workers affiliated with The Actors Fund and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS watched back-to-back performances, directed by four-time Tony Award winner Jerry Zaks, two of...

by Carol Rocamora. . . What would we do, these dreary days, without Christopher Durang?  In a time of darkened theatres, he’s lighting up our computer screens with his wacky and wonderful Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, the 2012 production now streaming on the Lincoln Center Theater...

Colorful eggs, little bunnies that hop hop and people filled with good cheer and holiday spirit. Just what the Doctor ordered! Enjoy a socially distanced delicious family and friends gathering with all the yummy foods! Wishing all who celebrate, a Happy Easter from all of us here at Theater...

(L-R) Kevin Massey, Kara Lindsay, Thom Sesma, Adam Pascal, Jennifer Sanchez By Marcina Zaccaria . . . Streaming media soars through Montmartre in the Broadway revival of Amour.  The week that Pop-Up performances were announced on the Great White Way, I chose to take a step in a different...

 Berkshire Theatre Festival in Stockbridge, Ma. continues to keep live theatre viable set outside under a tent on a three quarter thrust stage. Their June production of The Importance of Being Earnest (by Oscar Wilde), directed by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner David Auburn (Proof;...

Sister Rosetta Tharpe . . . SHOUT SISTER SHOUT! –  the story of music pioneer Sister Rosetta Tharpe, announces its creative team. Playwright Cheryl L. West (FANNIE: The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer; Jar the Floor), will be joined by Kenneth L. Roberson (Avenue...

Walk By Theater in the East Village . . . The big weekend has arrived – performing arts establishments are allowed to reopen at 33% capacity, with a limit of 100 people indoors and 200 people outdoors. However, it’s not quite as simple as it sounds. It’s a major financial problem thinking...

See Bob Dishy and Penny Fuller in Arthur Miller’s I Can’t Remember Anything. A Food for Thought Production of One-act play and theatre at its best with Award-winning actors, writers and directors, in a second production on April 19th, 2021. This follows the successful season kick-off of...

Montego Glover (Memphis, Les Miz, Hamilton)and Quentin Earl Darrington ( Ragtime, Cats) will appear live outdoors and simulcast in Beyond the Veil, an original Ghost Thriller by Steve Wargo – part of the month long residency at the theater drive in at Radial Park at Halletts Point. Joining...

Jeanna da Waal Diana: The Musical is coming back to Broadway this Fall. Pending Broadway’s anticipated return with government approval, and following health and safety guidelines, previews are scheduled to resume at the Longacre Theatre (220 West 48th Street) on Wednesday,...

Vanity Fair announced that Gal Gadot, HAIM, Glenn Close, Laura Dern, Jon Hamm, Shaka King, Ziwe, Paris Hilton, Jessica Alba, and Andy Samberg and The Lonely Island are joining as speakers for Vanity Fair Cocktail Hour, Live!, a virtual awards season charity event taking place April 13-15....

Not too late to take a Broadway challenge for the Guinness World Records and help The Actors Fund help #saveourstages and #bringbackbway. It’s similar to the formerly viral #ALSicebucketchallenge. If we want to see our theatre community come back from the brink of the COVID-19 pandemic, we...

Broadway Records has released the world premiere recording of GRUMPY OLD MEN, the new musical. GRUMPY OLD MEN is written by Dan Remmes (book), Neil Berg (music) and Nick Meglin (lyrics), adapted from the Warner Bros. motion picture written by Mark Steven Johnson.   The recording features...

Liesl Tommy . . . It’s a long list of nominees in many, many unique categories nationwide for the 87th Annual Drama League Awards streaming May 21 at 7 pm. (voting begins April 16 for Drama League members). But what we can be sure of are 2021 Special Recognition Awards to Iris Smith...

by Matt Smith . . . Kevin Chamberlin What’s in a word… or three? There’s no doubt the pandemic has us all navigating a cavalcade of emotions. From rage and anxiety, to excitement and hopefulness, there’s no telling what we could be feeling at any given moment. Of course, our Broadway...

Lively McCabe Entertainment Executive Producer Michael Barra, and Ogunquit Playhouse Executive Artistic Director Bradford T. Kenney have partnered to present the initial production of the new musical stage adaptation of the 1988 Metro Goldwyn...

Tony Yazbeck – Beth Leavel Broadway by the Year is back, virtually, at The Town Hall on April 26, May 10 and May 24 at 7 pm. Created, written and hosted by the one and only Scott Siegel, with direction and editing by JT Doran, the evenings will feature the songs of Cole Porter, Kander...

NJ REP presents a free Virtual Salon Reading Murder at the Apthorp by Ed Dixon  for 4 days only featuring Harriet Harris, Jesse Swimm, Matt Sullivan and Ed Dixon beginning March 30. www.njrep.org The Nice Man Cometh, a new play by Michael Tucker, begins on Mon. April 5 with Jill Eikenberry...

by Carole Di Tosti . . . When the musical Allegiance, starring Lea Salonga, George Takei and Telly Leung was performed at the Longacre Theatre, it ran for 111 performances and closed in 2016. With music and lyrics by Jay Kuo, who also wrote the book with Lorenzo Thione and Marc Acito, critics...

Looking for compelling performance? Join The York Theatre Company as they virtually reprise Ute Lemper: Rendezvous with Marlene . . . a magical fusion of theatre and cinema where the music takes you on an intense journey. You’re in for a treat as you take this journey filmed at Club Cumming...

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