Tuesday, September 2, 2025
By Barbara & Scott Siegel... Plays About Celebrities: Ava: The Secret Conversations and Gene & Gilda.
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By Samuel L. Leiter... Casual Notes on show biz books, memoirs, and studies, dust gatherers and hot off the presses.
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By Sam Leiter... Casual notes on show biz books, memoirs, and studies, dust gatherers and hot off the presses
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:16PM[SHARE]Saturday, July 26, 2025
By Adam Cohen... Creator Carl Holder captivates the audience with bold charm and embrace of story and life's randomness
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:17PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 22, 2025
By Abbe Sparks... Barbara Bleier & Austin Pendelton with Richard Maltby, Jr. and Gretchen Cryer are as fresh and hilariously funny as the best of 'em!
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:58PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Book reviews by Samuel L. Leiter... Casual notes on show biz books, memoirs, and studies, dust gatherers and hot off the presses.
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:31PM[SHARE]Saturday, July 12, 2025
Playwright Rishi Varma has officially announced the cast for his highly anticipated eco-gothic drama, Sulfur Bottom, which is set to grace the stage at The Jerry Orbach Theater.
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:22PM[SHARE]By Alix Cohen...
A splashy satire that bakes bullying, teenage suicide, and sexual assault in dark, subversive humor.
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:42PM[SHARE]Friday, July 4, 2025
By Alix Cohen... A middle American nice guy shows his true colors seduced by lure of righteousness and male dominance.
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:27AM[SHARE]Friday, June 27, 2025
By Eyal Solomon... The new rock adaptation captures Mozart's spirit and wit, without missing a beat on vocal performance.
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:34PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 26, 2025
Playwright Rishi Varma announces the debut of his new play Sulfur Bottom, set to take the stage at The Jerry Orbach Theater.
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:38PM[SHARE]By Stuart Miller... Two damaged souls seek solace together while also pushing and prodding at each other's wounds.Â
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:43PM[SHARE]Monday, June 16, 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 02:26PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 12, 2025
Ben Welch's "House of Life" combines elements of a sermon, a rebirth, and a party, all aimed at engaging with the audience to create a unique and euphoric experience.
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:36AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Review by Carol Rocamora… There are many ways to tell a life story on stage. In this season alone, we have several bio-musicals devoted to show business superstars: A Wonderful Life, w…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:47PM[SHARE]Monday, May 26, 2025
Review by Adam Cohen... New Musical by Michael Thurber and Saheem Ali throbs with musical vibrancy thanks to Amber Iman
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:36AM[SHARE]Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter Casual notes on show biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Maureen Dowd, Notorious: Portraits of Stars from Hollywood, Fash…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:28AM[SHARE]By Samuel L. Leiter... This jumbled fever dream undermines Nat King Cole's legacy with tonal confusion, miscast mimicry, and emotional detachment.
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:21AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 20, 2025
By Samuel L. Leiter... Cracked Open examines the emotional, social, and psychological fractures within a Brooklyn family when their high-achieving daughter suddenly exhibits signs of m…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:01PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 30, 2025
By Marilyn Lester... Elder's story sharply reflects the calamitous American legacy of racism, seen through the lens of the struggling Parker family.
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:16PM[SHARE]By Yani Perez... La MaMa's premiere of Class Dismissed is a wild ride through the surreal world of academia and philosophy, serving up a mix of lecture, party, and fever dreams.
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:30PM[SHARE]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 04:56PM[SHARE]Friday, April 11, 2025
Interview by Meredith Heyman... Ben Stanton discussess how lighting helped to tell the high-tech musical's story
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:05PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Review by Stuart Miller.... Sarah Snook is phenomenal and the use of screens in this one-woman show works brilliantly--until it doesn't.
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:43PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Book Reviews by Samuel L. Leiter . . . Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses.
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:17PM[SHARE]Monday, April 7, 2025
By Barbara & Scott Siegel... can you always count on off-Broadway for high quality? The reviews are in, but the jury's still out.
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:18PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 1, 2025
By Barbara & Scott Siegel... looks like something very right is happening on Broadway!
The post The Siegel Column: Finally, A Great Theater Season is Unfolding! appeared first on Theate…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:24AM[SHARE]Monday, March 31, 2025
Review by Carol Rocamora... The sins of the fathers are visited upon the sons in this hilarious, harrowing new American family play.
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:56PM[SHARE]Saturday, March 29, 2025
Review by Marilyn Lester... "Operation Mincemeat," a screwball comedy that's dead brilliant, follows London's West End's tradition of wacky fun.
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:21PM[SHARE]Friday, March 28, 2025
Review by Brian Scott Lipton... Brian Stokes Mitchell and Kate Baldwin shine in this obscure 1948 musical.
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:38PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 26, 2025
LEITER LOOKS AT BOOKS: "Nancy Olson Livingston. A Front Row Seat: An Intimate Look at Broadway, Hollywood, and the Age of Glamour"
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