Photos by Maya Werner     Monday, March 12 Broadway Belts for PFF celebrated the “Sweet Sixteen” reunion of the Tony Award winning musical Hairspray at the Edison Ballroom while also raising money for pulmonary fibrosis. Julie Halston emceed the evening and was joined by...

    By Martha Wade Steketee     Julie Halston is a librarian of memories, a seeker of wisdom in unexpected places, a literary comedian. She’s been reading to audiences from newspapers, memoirs, advice columns, and self-help tomes for years as part of her stand-up act,...

    Julie Halston (The Babylon Line) hosted a benefit night for PFF (Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation) entitled Broadway Belts at the Edison Ballroom on Monday evening February 27 that included performances by Stephanie J. Block (Falsettos) Robert Creighton (Cagney), Mandy Gonzalez...

    by Brian Scott Lipton   There are stories within stories with stories in Richard Greenberg’s complex and somewhat unconventional The Babylon Line—which is perhaps only apropos for a work set in a Levittown, Long Island adult education writing class in 1967. A master...

    By Brian Scott Lipton     What do you need for a good party? An entertaining, affable host, dynamite guests, and a welcoming environment. And no one knows that better than cabaret legend Jamie deRoy, who provided all of the following at the latest edition of “Jamie...

    By Martha Wade Steketee       “Sit back, relax, Mama’s gonna read.” The lanky instantly recognizable and inviting presence of Julie Halston, described as “a cross between Joan Rivers and Hayley Mills” (and I’d add with a vocal delivery that has blended...

      By Sandi Durell       The Edison Ballroom was filled to capacity on March 14th as two theater greats were honored for their untiring and unique contributions to the Vineyard Theatre as well as to the entire world of theater.   Sam Rudy, everyone’s...

  Theater Pizzazz’ Evan Zimmerman was on the red carpet to capture photos of the many celebrities in attendance at the 6th annual BROADWAY BELTS FOR PFF! – a concert that raises much-needed funds for Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation – was the recipient of a Mayor Proclamation earlier...

            Honoring Barbara Siegel: Accolades and honors for a busy showbiz personality.   by Joel Benjamin   Scott Siegel is a modern musical theater Diaghilev. He hasn’t achieved this alone. No, at his side, at his back and “the wind beneath his...

        The Drama League (Gabriel Shanks, Executive Director; Roger T. Danforth, Artistic Director)  celebrated a major milestone tonight that few organizations have achieved…its 100th year of service to the American theatre community. The 100th Birthday Party was...

              by: Maryann Lopinto     EVER AFTER opened at the Papermill in Millburn, New Jersey on Sunday, May 31st. Based on the motion picture of the same name, it’s another version of “Cinderella.” The motion picture starred...

                  NY Theater Review Sandi Durell   What would you do with a typewriter mistakenly delivered on your doorstep? Well, of course. Take it as an omen to start writing plays just as Penelope (Penny) Sycamore (Kristine Nielsen) has...

      (click photo to enlarge) It’s an all-star cast shaping up for George S. Kaufman’s Pulitzer Prize winning play “You Can’t Take it With You!” It will feature Emmy/Golden Globe nominee Rose Byrne, Tony nominee Annaleigh Ashford, Tony, OCC winner...