By Brian Scott Lipton   I imagine every Encores! subscriber –or musical theatre aficionado – had their own personal choice of show with which to open the beloved City Center series’ 25th anniversary season. Well, artistic director Jack Viertel had an entirely different solution in...

    by Adam Cohen   Mary Poppins flies high once again in Paper Mill Playhouse’s latest musical.  Replete with spectacular choreography (Denis Jones) meticulously and beautifully executed by a nimble cast, dexterous direction (Mark S. Hoebee) this is family fare that...

  The Marriott Marquis Ballroom was filled with celebrity guests as the New Dramatists honored Pulitzer Prize Winner Paula Vogel (Indecent) and Broadway producer Daryl Roth with the Outstanding Career Achievement Award.  Guests included: Josh Groban, Rita Moreno, David Hyde Pierce, Laura...

    The press room was jammed with nominees in all the categories, along with their publicists and the various media outlets.  TheaterPizzazz was front and center with Sandi Durell doing interviews and Magda Katz on camera to hear what many of the nominees had to say, including...

    by Michael Bracken   Everything old is new again. Or is it?   The Roundabout Theatre Company has exhumed the 1942 film, Holiday Inn, labeled it “The New Irving Berlin Musical,” and mounted it as a live production at Studio 54. Starring Bryce Pinkham and Corbin Bleu (in...