(Short Video Piece by Magda Katz) Photos: Magda Katz Video Interviews: Sandi Durell On Tuesday, May 15, the Marriott Marquis hosted the 69thAnnual Spring Luncheon to honor Tony and Academy Award Winner Denzel Washington (The Iceman Cometh), featuring...
The Iceman Cometh
by JK Clarke As any health or behavior expert can tell you, the root cause of substance abuse is rarely, if ever, the substance itself. Rather, it’s the underlying mental or emotional suffering of the user that leads to it, and those issues must be addressed...
#IdentityWeek Celebrated...
#IdentityWeek wrapped up on Friday evening, September 30 with a special panel discussion, “A Celebration of Pioneering Artists,” featuring Anne Bogart (Co-Artistic Director, SITI Company), Larry Kramer (playwright, The Normal Heart), Dr. Ntozake...
Drama Desk Winners – Film...
Theater Pizzazz spoke to many of the winners in the press room. Hear what Jessica Lange, George C. Wolfe, Danai Gurira, Saycon Sengbloh, Cynthia Erivo, Christopher Fitzgerald, Savion Glover, Khris Davis, Montego Glover, Justin Townsend, David Rockwell, Bartlett Sher and...
George C. Wolfe Honored with 16th...
Monday, May 9 esteemed director and playwright George C. Wolfe was honored with the 16th Annual Monte Cristo Award by the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. Festivities took place at the Edison Ballroom in Times Square. The Monte Cristo Award is presented to the artist “whose...
Shuffle Along – Moving and...
by Carol Rocamora According to its subtitle, opening night of the legendary Shuffle Along on May 23, 1921 at the 63rd Street Music Hall (Broadway & Central Park West) caused a sensation. But I can’t imagine it being as sensational as its re-imagined...
NY Drama Critics’ Circle...
The New York Drama Critics’ Circle today named The Humans, by Stephen Karam, best play of the 2015-16 season. Shuffle Along, or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed, book by George C. Wolfe, music by Eubie Blake, lyrics by Noble Sissle, was named best...
TCG Honors Jules Fisher, Lynn...
by: Sandi Durell On Monday, November 10, 2014, Theatre Communications Group (TCG) celebrated its annual gala. This year the organization honored Jules Fisher, Lynn Nottage, and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation at 583 Park Avenue in New York City. Cocktails, dinner and special...
