By Barbara & Scott Siegel     This column is devoted to performances. Frankly, the Fall season has sputtered so far, with only a relative handful of truly fine shows, but as everyone always says (and they say it correctly), there is no shortage of great...

          By Barbara & Scott Siegel       Hot and Cold Running Critics   There are essentially two kinds of critics operating in our theater world these days, and they literally run hot and cold. The hot critics look for the emotional impact of...

      By Barbara & Scott Siegel   So far, Amazing Grace has withstood the slings and arrows of the critics. Shows with rave reviews, even from the NY Times – Side Show & Honeymoon in Vegas, to name just two – bit the dust not long after opening. But so far, no...

    By Barbara & Scott Siegel     During the weeks leading up to the Tony Awards and in their recent aftermath – and despite all the attention being paid to the shows on The Great White Way, something rather wonderful has been happening in that seemingly far-away world...

                The Perennial Question: Was This a Good Season?   by: Barbara and Scott Siegel   Almost every season has its peaks and valleys; the question is, were the peaks on the scale of Bear Mountain or The Rockies? And were the valleys...

  The Siegel Column By Barbara & Scott Siegel                           No one wants to spend their hard-earned money on a bad show, or even worse, spend two hours of your life you’ll never get back sitting through...

              By Barbara & Scott Siegel   Where Wolf Hall Meets Hamilton: Two of the most high profile shows of this season, one a drama from the Royal Shakespeare Company that has come to Broadway, Wolf Hall – Parts 1 & 2, and one a musical,...

      by: Barbara and Scott Siegel       It’s well-known that musicals are the big tourist draw on Broadway. The statistic often used to describe the breakdown of ticket sales between musicals and straight plays is that nine dollars out of every ten spent on...

    By Barbara & Scott Siegel   Summer Theater…   The Summer is always a funky time of year for shows to open. Festivals like NYMF and The Fringe tend to get a lot of attention while Off and Off-Off Broadway productions seem to open (and close) with little fanfare....

      By Barbara & Scott Siegel       Revolution in the Elbow of Ragnar Agnarsson Furniture Painter and Poor Behavior   Theater, as a vehicle for political discourse and/or the examination of morality, goes back to the ancients. Through the centuries,...

    By Barbara & Scott Siegel     Theater for People Who Don’t Go to the Theater   It started in 1988 with Tony & Tina’s Wedding: a little bit of script, a little bit of acting, and a little bit of pasta – and voila – welcome to theater for people who don’t go...

  TheaterPizzazz is happy to announce that theater and cabaret’s lovable duo, Barbara and Scott Siegel will be writing ‘The Siegel Column’ right here. Expect to read about shows and performances in a more unconventional sense with an eye focused on the context of larger...