Thursday, January 29, 2026
By Eyal Solomon, Publisher & Editor, Theater Pizzazz... Ms. Dean discusses her career and her involvement with the hit musical, from its early Broadway success to its current revival
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:38PM[SHARE]Saturday, January 10, 2026
By Samuel L. Leiter... This unusual reimagining deftly expresses the play's inherent drama even as its historic visual and aural attractions have been replaced or pared away.
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:53PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 6, 2026
Review by Carol Rocamora... This raucous revival reaffirms Moliere's immortality as a satirist of society and human foibles.
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:31PM[SHARE]Monday, December 29, 2025
Book review by Samuel L. Leiter... Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses.
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:05PM[SHARE]Friday, December 19, 2025
By Stewart Miller... Rachel Vail's adaptation of her YA novel brings a deft comic touch to high school relationships.
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:37PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 9, 2025
By Carol Rocamora... What is it about these intimate, small-cast plays that are stealing our hearts this season?
The post "Gruesome Playground Injuries" is a Moving Duet on the Playground of…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:08PM[SHARE]Monday, December 8, 2025
By Barbara & Scott Siegel... Best Performances of the Year - So Far
The post THE SIEGEL COLUMN " Looking Back at the Best of 2025 appeared first on Theater Pizzazz.
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:51AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 4, 2025
By Abbe Sparks... Gotta Dance! is more than a showcase"it's a living archive of Broadway's choreographic brilliance.
The post GOTTA DANCE! IS ONE SINGULAR OFF-BROADWAY SENSATION appeared …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:16PM[SHARE]By Martin Kilp... More than a century after its premiere, Anna Christie remains a sturdy and affecting story
The post "Anna Christie" " A Fresh Take On A Classic appeared first on Theater Pi…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:08PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 2, 2025
By Carol Rocamora... The current reincarnation of The Baker's Wife is a musical gem, the fruit of decades of collaborative labor.
The post "The Baker's Wife" Is a Melodic French Fable appear…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:59AM[SHARE]Saturday, November 22, 2025
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…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:46PM[SHARE]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 …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:34PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 18, 2025
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…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:16PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 11, 2025
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…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:19PM[SHARE]Friday, November 7, 2025
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 …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:25PM[SHARE]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…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:13PM[SHARE]Thursday, November 6, 2025
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…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:11PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 5, 2025
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.
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:27AM[SHARE]Sunday, November 2, 2025
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.
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:22PM[SHARE]Monday, October 20, 2025
By Adam Cohen... "Bull Durham The Musical" gets close but lacks the double romantic poetry necessary to drive both romances for the grand slam the creators want.
The post "Bull Durham The M…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:03PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 15, 2025
By Samuel L. Leiter... Casual notes on show biz books, memoirs, and studies, dust gatherers and hot-off-the presses.
The post LEITER LOOKS AT BOOKS: "CAREFULLY TAUGHT: AMERICAN HISTORY THROU…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:04PM[SHARE]Friday, October 10, 2025
Review by Carol Rocamora... Director Jamie Lloyd gives us a daring version of Beckett's classic
The post A long-Awaited "Waiting For Godot" Arrives on Broadway appeared first on Theate…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:15PM[SHARE]Monday, September 29, 2025
By Stuart Miller... Tim Blake Nelson's play is a glimpse at where AI may be taking us.
The post "And Then We Were No More" " Raging Against the Machine… And Getting Nowhere appeared fi…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:12PM[SHARE]Review by Carol Rocamora... A riveting revival of this devastating melodrama shakes the rafters of TFANA
The post Ibsen's "The Wild Duck" Flies Again appeared first on Theater Pizzazz.
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:27AM[SHARE]Saturday, September 27, 2025
By Stuart Miller... John Leguizamo's family drama tackles too many issues with too much exposition
The post "The Other Americans" Fails to Fulfill Its Potential appeared first on Theater …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:34PM[SHARE]Monday, September 22, 2025
By Staurt Miller... Mike Bartlett's play shows two colleague gleefully goring the office's weak link.
The post "Bull" Stomps Out Any Humanity Too Well appeared first on Theater Pizzazz.
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:05PM[SHARE]By Adam Cohen... The Underground Railroad, hip-hop, looped musical offers sick beats to history (recent and past)
The post Mexodus Brilliantly Combines Beats, Loops and History appeared firs…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:55PM[SHARE]By Stuart Miller... Julia McDermott generates heat in Brian Watkin's one-woman show about a woman falling apart… and a planet doing the same.
The post In "Weather Girl," the Forecast Calls…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:22PM[SHARE]Sunday, September 21, 2025
By Samuel L. Leiter... Casual notes on show biz books, memoirs, and studies, dust gatherers and hot off the presses.
The post Leiter Looks at Books: "A Man of Much Importance: The Art and Li…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:42PM[SHARE]Friday, September 19, 2025
By Samuel L. Leiter… New York has a number of institutions part of whose function is to introduce the artistic expressions of a particular national culture. I don't know of any that, over …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:42AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 2, 2025
By Barbara & Scott Siegel... Plays About Celebrities: Ava: The Secret Conversations and Gene & Gilda.
The post The Siegel Column: "Ava: The Secret Conversations" and "Gene & Gild…
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