8,502 stories from Theater Pizzazz
Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Reviews by Samuel L. Leiter . . . Michael Coveney. Maggie Smith: A Biography. London: Weide…
Theater Review by Ron Fassler . . . It's hard to believe it's been nearly twenty years since The 25th Annual Putnam Country Spelling Bee opened on Broadway. It arrived during one of th…
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 Carol Rocamora . . . "It's better in this country sometimes to mind your own business. It's safer." What an understatement! Judging from the title of the play wherein t…
Theater Review by Elise Nussbaum . . . The endless elasticity of Shakespeare can be stretched to fit any variety of settings: a pre-gentrification West Side, an animated African savannah…
Music Review By Ron Fassler . . . It's hard to believe that Kelli O'Hara, an ingenue's ingenue if there ever was one, first made her Broadway debut close to twenty-five years ago. Since then…
Cabaret Review by Ron Fassler . . . All is right with the world when Marilyn Maye is in town and performing in a small room packed with her fans. And at ninety-six, she still has the c…
Theater Review by Walter Murphy . . . Shakespeare's Twelfth Night has been around for a bit, since 1604, so there is little more to be said about the text that hasn't been picked over by…
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…
Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . Katie Gee Salisbury. Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shi…
Theatre Review by Ron Fassler . . . Picture the surprise gasp from the audience as the curtain rose on Our Town at its premiere in 1938. The sight of there being no scenery must have sho…
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 Ron Fassler . . . David Cromer is one of the most in-demand directors in the theatre. With his choice of projects his for the asking, when a play arrives with his name atta…
Cabaret Review by Ron Fassler . . . When I was a boy interested in musicals, the scores Anthony Newley wrote (with Leslie Bricusse) for Stop the World I Want to Get Off and The Roar…
Broadway's brightest stars are gathering for an unforgettable night to celebrate and raise funds to save The West Bank Cafe. On Tuesday, October 8th, the iconic restaurant and its famed down…
October 6, 2024 Theater Review by Ron Fassler . . . It's big (well, not that big). It's gay (it's very gay). And if a log line like "Stacey woke up in some b*tch ass Music Man…
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…
October 5, 2024 Theatre Review by Ron Fassler . . . If you like a play that starts slowly and takes its time setting up characters and the world in which they live, then builds inexorably to…
Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Reviews by Samuel L. Leiter . . . Richard E. Grant. A Pocketful of Happiness: A Memoir. (Ne…
Theater Review by Carol Rocamora . . . Ghosts can be scary. Ghosts can be troublemakers. Ghosts can be destructive. Witness the ones in Shakespeare's Hamlet, or Ibsen's Ghosts, or Brendo…
Theater Review by Carol Rocamora . . . Jacob McNeal, celebrated American novelist and playwright, has a problem. He's trying to kill himself. Wait a minute, you say to yourself at the on…
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…
