Theater review by Marilyn Lester… Take a wacky 1992 black comedy fantasy film destined to become a modern cult favorite, zhuzh it up to an over-the-top Las Vegas showroom extravaganza and …
Theater Review by Carole Di Tosti… Characterizing Swept Away as a jukebox musical may identify its genre, but it says little about the show's incredible impact as a metaphoric, overarching…
Theater review by Stuart Miller… Dominic Weintraub was struggling to take off his underwear… without removing the bathing suit he had just donned… while walking backwards on a treadmil…
Video by Magda Katz… Here's a sneak peek of the cast and performance of the "The Merchant of Venice", currently playing at the Arlekin Players Theater, NYC. https://www.merchantofvenicepla…
Theater review by Marilyn Lester… Inarguably, the New York Pops is simply the best"and it would be difficult, if not impossible, to find a Pops concert that didn't excel in every departmen…
Theater review by Stuart Miller… In the Playbill "Who's Who" for "Another Shot," co-writer Harry Teinowitz's entry ends, "'Another Shot' tells of his addiction rehab journey; he hopes it i…
Theater review by Brian Scott Lipton…. Ever since its publication in 1975, I have been fascinated by E.L. Doctorow's seminal novel "Ragtime," which brilliantly intertwines the lives of a W…
A compiliation of Sandi Durell's life in photos by Beth Naji. The post Sandi Durell " Life Moments appeared first on Theater Pizzazz.
Cabaret review by Linda Amiel Burns… The closing night of the Mabel Mercer foundation's cabaret convention 'everything old is new again" was hosted by songstress, KT Sullivan, it's artisti…
Theater Review by Carole Di Tosti… Using a dramatic approach to present a play about the consequences of ignoring climate change, In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot opens with a group of …
Broadway choreographer Lorin Latarro joins Theater Pizzazz for a new interview. She recently finished choreographing her third Broadway show this year, the revival of Once Upon a Mattress wi…
The Theater Pizzazz family is heartbroken by the passing of Sandi Durell, TP's founder, and longtime publisher & editor. Her death followed a long and valiant fight with cancer.Sandi was…
Theater mainstay and the very busy Richard Topal is starring in Our Class at Classic Stage Company. In this interview by Theater Pizzazz's Meredith Heyman, he discusses his connection to the…
Theater Pizzazz's Meredith Heyman in conversation with "That Parenting Musical" ]Producers Graham & Kristina Fuller. The post Video " Behind the Scenes of "That Parenting Musical" with P…
Strings McCrane, a music-and-movie star with more acolytes than actual friends or family, loves to hear himself talk, so talk he does.  "Hold On to Me Darling" is written by Kenne…
Before I tell you about "Whore's Eye View," Kaytlin Bailey's insightful and funny one-woman show about the way society has treated sex workers throughout history, let me tell you about Baile…
Theater review by Carole Di Tosti… If you had a chance to go back in time to change things, would you risk the potential danger and "bring weapons?"Â Adapting Derek Connelly's endearing…
Theater review by Adam Cohen… "What are you going to see?" asks my daughter as I make my way towards Paper Mill Playhouse " a theater in Millburn, New Jersey she happens to love. "Jersey B…
Review by Marilyn Lester… Each year at the beginning of October, The New York Pops has a special cabaret at 54 Below to support the organization's significant educational program, PopsEd. …
Theater Review by Stuart Miller… In the middle of "Yellow Face," David Henry Hwang's funny but pointed look at ethnic identity and bias in America, the character of David Henry Hwang empha…
Producers Wessex Grove, Gavin Kalin Productions, and Kater Gordon announced today that the Olivier Award®-winning actor Andrew Scott will reprise his wildly acclaimed pe…
By Barbara & Scott Siegel… A Summer Sampling: Once Upon a Mattress, Job, Forbidden Broadway, and More! Before all hell breaks loose with a flood of new shows opening between October an…
Theater review by Carol Rocamora… Come down to La Mama in the East Village and you'll see an amazing sight: a David facing a (metaphorical) Goliath, on a basketball court, in a theatre. Th…
Music Review by Marilyn Lester… When the Wynton Marsalis-led Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JALCO) is in Rose Hall, the venue is known as the House of Swing. That appellation was never …
Theater review by Carole Di Tosti… In Nancy Harris' The Beacon, directed by Marc Atkinson Borrull, we witness a family drama that grows more complex in its unraveling. Son Colm (Zach Appel…