By Alix Cohen In October 1989, Donald Smith’s four year-old Mabel Mercer Foundation held its first annual New York Cabaret Convention. The New York Times headline read: Cabaret Convention …
By Carol Rocamora... Kip Williams transforms Genet's dark tale of obsession and revenge into a visually astonishing theatrical experience that blurs the line between stage and screen.
By Walter Murphy... Murder, mistaken motives, and absurd twists fuel this fast-moving improvised homage to Alfred Hitchcock.
By Alix Cohen Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman left one of the most enduring legacies in American songwriting, crafting elegant, emotionally rich lyrics that became part of the cultural fabr…
By Alix Cohen This is hands down the most thrilling dance production to which I’ve ever been treated. In words I’ve rarely written, there’s nothing I would change. Be prepared for hype…
TheaterPizzazz has named author and theater historian Ron Fassler its first Chief Theatre Critic, effective immediately.
By Alix Cohen People become jockeys not because it’s easy, but because they can’t imagine life without horses, competition, and the thrill of the ride. Robert Montano was the short kid p…
Review by Ron Fassler . . . There’s a relatively new theatre space off-Broadway (well, maybe off-off-Broadway, but who defines these things anyway?) and it goes by the moniker East Villa…
Basketball’s loss was musical theatre’s gain when Adrienne Warren switched her professional interest.
By Alix Cohen Imagine, dear reader, a young boy set adrift upon the bustling and often unkind tide of the world, furnished with little more than a hopeful heart and a talent for observing it…
By Alix Cohen Josh (Harrison Bryan) is successively suspended from NYU and kicked out of rehab. He goes on a bender, apparently flies to Miami, then finds himself literally on the ground in …
By Alix Cohen Lucille Carr-Kaffashan is a psychologist. This is a smart show with excellent, often little known song choices that relate to one another. Wise points are well made. The vocali…
By Alix Cohen It takes artistic audacity for a female artist to offer a show of Barbra Streisand material.Though Melissa Errico tells us the evening is an homage– trying to chart the ways …
By Alix Cohen This is a terrific presentation, terrific. Rarely do components come together with such finesse, feeling and craftsmanship. History and tradition provide whole cloth through wh…
Heather Christian's 'Animal Wisdom,' is her profound musical requiem of mourning and expiation in a rich ceremonial tribute to spiritual familial influences.
By Alix Cohen The night before her wedding, Maggie (Quincy Tyler Berstine) almost opted out.Twenty-five years later when her husband dies, she wonders not only whether she loved him, but als…
Brazilian guitarist and composer Yamandu Costa is a seven-string guitar virtuoso. He first studied guitar at age 7 with his father, Algacir Costa, band leader of “Os Fronteiriços,” his …
by Melissa Griegel Photos by Melissa Griegel Photography The 2026 Chita Rivera Awards took place on May18th at NYU Skirball (566 LaGuardia Place off Washington Square Park) recognizing dance…
by Melissa Griegel Photos by Melissa Griegel Photography Prior to the 70th Annual 2026 Drama Desk Awards ceremony at Town Hall on May 17th, 2026,, the nominees walked the red carpet at the A…
By Barbara & Scott Siegel... Some thoughts, this award season, on Masquerade, Schmigadoon!, Cats: The Jellicle Ball, The Lost Boys, Becky Shaw and Titanique.
By Alix Cohen Outside Mullingar is the tale of two lonely souls livin’ side by side on neighboring farms. Anthony Reilly’s a soft, odd sort of man, tangled up in thinkin’ somerthin’s…
By Alix Cohen “If Con Ed could wire KT Sullivan, Manhattan would light up like Christmas. Vibrating even when perched, she might be a humming bird with wing speed too fast to observe. Her …
Review by Ron Fassler . . . In the mid-70s, pop composer Rupert Holmes was doing well writing and performing hits like “Him” and “The Pina Colada Song”, though their success did ha…
By Alix Cohen In the last five years the U.S. has seen a record rise in censorship laws and enforcement mechanisms—particularly targeting education. The number of bills, the proportion ena…
1936. The Spanish Civil War began. American Jesse Owens won four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics, undermining Hitler’s claims of Aryan superiority. In England, King Edward VIII abdicate…