200 stories by "Andrew Poretz"
By Andrew Poretz . . . There are few singers of jazz and cabaret today more compelling than the wonderfully talented Nicolas King. The star performed a rare set of pure jazz at The Green …
Rene Pfister is a Boston-based singer/songwriter. A newcomer to the New York cabaret scene, Pfister will make his New York debut with What I Learned from All My Ex-Boyfriends … If Anyt…
The York Theatre Company continues its fall 2023 "Musicals in Mufti" series with The Lieutenant, with book, music and lyrics by Chuck Strand, Eugene Curty and Nitra Mcauliffe. Performances b…
A new theatrical, Dreams of Dracula: An Immersive Masquerade Experience,will feature two floors and six rooms across 25,000 square feet, a choose-your-own adventure journey through history's…
Tony Award nominee Peter Friedman (Ragtime, "Succession," Single White Female) and Sydney Lemmon (TÃR, "Succession," "Helstrom") are currently in rehearsal for the world premiere of JOB b…
Red Bull Theater will present the fourth installment of Red Bull's acclaimed Hispanic Golden Age Classics, this year examining Don Quixote in English and Spanish versions, which …
Sharon Katz & the Peace Train are celebrating the release of their new album, "For You," at Joe's Pub at the Public Theater, on September 5, at 7:00 PM. Take everything you love about So…
The nonprofit Help Is On The Way, (http://www.helpisonthewaytoday.org) was founded 20 years ago, after cabaret producer Joseph Macchia founded it after meeting a little boy named David who w…
By Andrew Poretz … Pop met Pops at Forest Hills Stadium on August 17 when pop singer/songwriter and guitarist Jason Mraz closed out his Mystical Magical Rhythmical Radical Ride (the …
Experience the spellbinding stories and colorful characters of the late children's book author and illustrator Eric Carle in a whole new way, with The Eric Carle Story Show, currently playin…
By Andrew Poretz … It's impossible not to notice the performer Marnie Klar the moment she walks into any room. Ms. Klar looks like a high-fashion model (her bio unsurprisingly bears this o…
By Andrew Poretz … Quintin Harris is more than just a pretty face. As the "Dean Martin" to Bryce Edwards' "Jerry Lewis" in their popular "Mr. Harris and Mr. Edwards" musical comedy act…
By Andrew Poretz . . . Marieann Meringolo's performances consistently make one wonder why on earth she isn't a much bigger name in cabaret and beyond. This terrific, award-winning performer …
By Andrew Poretz . . . Move over Michael Bublé, there's a new Canadian heartthrob, eh, and that is one David Marino. The Montreal native made his rather auspicious New York cabaret debut at…
By Andrew Poretz … Broadway great Norm Lewis wowed 'em when he kicked off the Midsummer MusicFest at The 92nd Street Y. Working with the top trio " music director Billy Stritch, bassist Ge…
The Stars of Tomorrow Project is the teen acting program founded by Tony Danza " the beloved star of Taxi and Who's the Boss, as well as a fine song-and-dance man. The organization provides …
The Theater Hall of Fame Inc. has announced its 2023 inductees: actors Bebe Neuwirth (Chicago, Sweet Charity), Judd Hirsch (Conversations With My Father, I'm Not Rappaport), and Laurie Metca…
Catherine Waller's The Creeps, after award-winning runs at Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Hollywood Fringe Festival, and United Solo Festival, makes its New York premiere Off-Broadway at Playhou…
Roundabout Theatre Company has announced the complete cast for Covenant by York Walker, directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene. Covenant explores the power of belief and the thin line between ru…
The final play of the acclaimed "Meet Miss Baker" Series Mint Theater Company will return to Theatre Row with the American premiere of Elizabeth Baker's Partnership, directed by Jackson Grac…
A Broadway musical adaptation of Imitation of Life, based on the 1933 Fannie Hurst novel and the two screen adaptations by Universal Pictures in 1934 and 1959, is being developed for the Bro…
That's the million-dollar question. Now playing for a limited run at Chicago's Studebaker Theater, Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical celebrates the life, career, and unforgettable songs o…
Jerry Orbach's Broadway will be presented at 54 Below on July 24. The evening of music honors the beloved performer, who started out Off-Broadway in The Threepenny Opera and The Fantasticks,…
By Andrew Poretz . . . Popular New York entertainer Steven Maglio, with his "big band orchestra," opened at the Cutting Room last week for the first of a monthly residency, in an impressive,…
The New York Theater Workshop and co-producer American Repertory Theater will present The Half-God of Rainfall, a new play by award-winning poet and playwright Inua Ellams (Barber Shop Chron…
