Theater Pizzazz's Eyal Solomon in conversation with Casey Holloway and Catie Hogan, creators of "Vape! The Grease Parody" The post Behind the Scenes with the Creators of Vape! "The Grease Pa…
By Alix Cohen Though Queens takes place from 2001 to 2017, the phenomenon of immigrant women sharing overcrowded apartments as part of survival strategy more than likely exists today. Econom…
Elizabeth I - In Her Own Words is a solo performance of the "Virgin Queen" remembering significant events of her long reign, brilliantly played by Tammy Meneghini The post Elizabeth I " In H…
Jackie Mason lives again in this riotously funny comedy based on a true story. The show features Jackie's real life daughter comedian Sheba Mason, his striking look-alike Ian Wehrle, and…
By Alix Cohen Over twenty-five years in, Michael Feinstein's Standard Time continues to be the occasion to hear American Songbook as it was intended. The artist's respect for material, his s…
By Melissa Griegel… Photos by Melissa Griegel Photography Additional photos by Delia Dumont Suite 524 is running a special one-month, eight-show immersive dinner theater experience at Barl…
By Stuart Miller... Martyna Marjok's play examines the struggles and heartbreak endured by women who emigrate here for work or a new life. The post In "Queens," Immigrants Shoved Into a Base…
By Melissa Griegel… Photos by Melissa Griegel Photography The new musical Reunions celebrated their opening night this week on November 2, 2025 with a party at Tanner Smiths. See below for…
Review by Ron Fassler . . . While sitting through Kyoto, which opened this week at the Mitzi Newhouse Theatre, I couldn't help being reminded of several other recent plays best described …
By Alix Cohen "Blow the bugle/Sound the cymbal/All my troubles fill a thimble/I'm as happy as it's legal to be/Come on, kids, let's hear it for me!" Mason Prickett sings from the bar. Playfu…
By Eyal Solomon… You'll never watch Grease the same way again. The post "Vape! The Grease Parody" Is the One That You Want appeared first on Theater Pizzazz.
By Andrew Poretz . . . Back in 1968, an advertising poster for Blackglama furs featured a Richard Avedon photo of iconicc star Bette Davis with the tagline, "What Becomes a Legend Most?" Whe…
The Power of Women's Voices is a soul-stirring celebration of prose, poetry, art, and music that honored the unapologetic brilliance of women over 40. The Triad had a packed house, and the s…
A Woman Silenced and Maddened By Alix Cohen Written in 1892, The Yellow Wallpaper was published as a series of diary entries by an unnamed woman suffering from postpartum depression. Her phy…
Review by Ron Fassler . . . When George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion first premiered in London in 1914, it boasted two of the greatest stars of the British Theatre as its leads: Herbert Be…
By Stuart Miller... Natalie Palamides plays both sides of a couple in this laugh-a-minute clowning play The post "Weer" Goes All In By Going Halfsies appeared first on Theater Pizzazz.
By Alix Cohen Nothing comes close to the rollicking madness of a Joe Iconis & Family production. Holidays are an excuse to take these even further. The Laurie Beechman stage is gleefully…
By Ron Fassler . . . I recently had the pleasure of chatting with Linda Purl, an actress and singer with decades in the business. Her resume includes starring in over 45 made-for-TV movie…
Review by Ron Fassler . . . "This is a play about my mother. For my mother. Who recently . . . who's not here anymore. And so, it's about her, and her friends, her beautiful friends"and a th…
By Alix Cohen The Big Band Era spanned roughly from the early 1930s to the late 1940s. It was the golden age of large jazz orchestras lead by icons. Evolving from New Orleans style dance and…
By Alix Cohen Hannah Senesh " an anglicized Hannah Szenes, (1921-1944) is revered by Jewish people as a symbol of courage, resistance, and Zionist idealism"an enduring heroine of World War I…
Review by Ron Fassler . . . Oscar Hammerstein II's words to Jerome Kern's melody "The Song is You," could have been written to perfectly describe the songstress Marilyn Maye: Beautiful rhaps…
Pianist-entertainer Chris Autore is marking an extraordinary 75 years in show business with a special performance of Look at Me Now on Wednesday, November 5 at 7 PM at Don't Tell Mama. He'll…
The New York Cabaret Convention Third NightHost K.T. Sullivan, Artistic Director -The Mabel Mercer Foundation By Alix Cohen Opening tonight's show, Mardie Millit and Michael Garin ebullientl…
The New York Cabaret Convention " Second NightHosts Klea Blackhurst and Billy Stritch By Alix Cohen Jule Styne (Julius Kerwin Stein 1905-1994) was a British American songwriter who contribut…