By Andrew Poretz . . . There probably isn't a reader of Theater Pizzazz who has never seen some version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol in film, television, or even animation (Mister M…
By Walter Murphy Every year the Christmas Spectacular Featuring the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall wows audiences. This year's show, and its opening night, was even more spectacula…
By Alix Cohen Actor, singer, dancer, choreographer, director, and risqué Scheherazade, Lee Roy Reams is the Zelig of musical theater. He seems to have befriended everyone, laughed with most…
By Abbe Sparks... Supporters of The Sanctuary at St. Paul & St. Andrew United Methodist Church gathered Monday night for a star-studded, staged LIVE reading of "All About Eve". The…
Review by Carol Rocamora... Wilder gets wilder in this update of his classic at the Public Theater The post From "The Skin of Our Teeth" to "The Seat of Our Pants" appeared first on Theater …
By Andrew Poretz . . . . "A playwright confuses her opening night and is faced with an audience expecting to be entertained. As she pulls ideas out of her ass, an array of compelling charact…
Book review by Samuel L. Leiter Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. David Armstrong. Broadway Nation: How Immigrants, Jewish, Que…
By Carol Rocamora… Icke's modern-day version of Oedipus is even more horrific than the original, written millennia ago How can we bear to sit through another production of Oedipus, since w…
By Alix Cohen Taylor Mac is a groundbreaking playwright, songwriter, and performer whose work radically reimagines queer celebration, political critique, and communal transformation. "Really…
Icke, Strong, and Manville update Sophocles for a modern political tragedy. In 1959, Elmer Rice wrote Cue for Passion, a Broadway play that adapted Shakespeare's Hamlet into contemp…
Review by Ron Fassler . . . Sometimes a play begins and within minutes you can tell that you're in the hands of a playwright, director and cast that are not only on the same page but have do…
By Melissa Griegel… Photos by Melissa Griegel Photography David Sabella, best-known for originating the role of Mary Sunshine in the 1996 revival of Kander and Ebb's Chicago the Musical…
By Walter Murphy … Celtic Christmas " A Taste of Ireland, which ran earlier this month at the Sheen Center for Thought & Culture, offers a smorgasbord of Irish artistry, step dancing, …
By Alix Cohen Unequivocally star of the production, Kristin Chenoweth was the moving force behind this glossy, twelve million dollar disappointment. Having originated Glinda in Stephen Schwa…
By Melissa Griegel… Photos by Melissa Giegel Photography The new musical revue The Beat of a Wandering Heart " The Songs of Marty Silvestri and Joel Higgins celebrated its world premiere p…
By Alix Cohen Part I: Downton Abby era London. Harry Sims (Bryan Fenkart) is about to achieve the culmination of years of single minded social and business climbing with a knighthood. He obs…
By Alix Cohen Sixty five years in, the Paul Taylor Company continues to reflect and innovate. Speaking in Tongues 1988Choreography- Paul TaylorMusic- Matthew Patton"The title refers to certa…
By Alix Cohen Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated on June 28, 1914, in Sarajevo, Bosnia by Gavrilo Princip, a 19-year-old member of the nationalist group Black Hand, which sought indep…
By Melissa Griegel… Photos by Melissa Griegel Photography In her 54 Below debut, Laurie Roldan shared her life-long love for the music of Karen Carpenter with her show "A Song for You: The…
By Stuart Miller... As Sarah she sneers and snarks her commentary on life but her actions reveal a hidden heart. The post Laurie Metcalf Gives "Little Bear Ridge Road" its Heart, Soul and La…
By Alix Cohen Between Acts I and II of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice the production is shut down by protesters. Saul Rubinek, as a version of himself playing Shylock, refuses to go ge…
Review by Ron Fassler . . . Now in its 55th year, the 92NY Lyrics & Lyricists Series is as essential to New York City as such other venerable institutions as Shakespeare in the Park and …
By Alix Cohen This is, or will be, the third revue in a trilogy of Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire's songs. Starting Here, Starting Now (1976) focused on young adulthood, romantic beginn…
By Andrew Poretz Performer Kay Kostopolous is a highly accomplished Bay Area jazz singer for whom New York is her second home. She regularly appears at Pangea with her Black Olive Jazz quart…
By Abbe Sparks... The Consummate Musician Continues to Push the Boundaries to New Heights The post The Many Faces of Hot Jazz Guitarist Stéphane Wrembel " Live at Dizzy's appeared first on …