(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...

        By Sandi Durell     It was a grand night for the League of Professional Theatre Women on May 7, when multi-award winning Chita Rivera (2 Tony Awards, 10 Tony Nominations) sat on the stage of the Bruno Walter Auditorium in conversation with Richard Ridge!...

Favorite Liz Callaway returns to Feinstein’s/54 Below with a brand new show entitled ‘A Hymn to Her‘ about the women who have been inspirational in her life. Still in the process of putting the songs together, Liz is excited about this process and will unveil it on May 22,...

  Photos: Magda Katz   Unexpected Joy opened at the York Theatre on May 3. The new pop musical has a book and lyrics by Bill Russell with music by Janet Hood and features Courtney Balan, Allyson Kaye Daniel, Luba Mason and Celeste Rose. Amy Anders Corcoran directs with Beth Falcone...

  The Legend of Libby Holman           By Sandi Durell   Lee Horwin>Libby Holman – a world premiere of a one act musical play has emerged at The Triad Theatre written and directed by Walter Willison.  It’s a remarkable undertaking by a team of pros about a lady of stage...

  by Magda Katz     The VI Cherry Orchard Festival of the Arts returns to New York City and with it Russia’s State Theatre of Nations production of Chekhov’s Ivanov, starring Evgeny Mironov, Chulpan Khamatova and Elizaveta Boyarskaya. The production is directed by Timofey...

      by Magda Katz   John Lloyd Young returned to 54 Below in New York City with a brand new show celebrating his album My Turn, Live! to screaming fans who flew in from foreign and domestic locations. The room went wild with excitement when Young walked into the audience...

    by Magda Katz   Daniel K. Isaac (Showtime’s ‘Billions’) and Juan Francisco Villa (Oedipus El Rey), who play William Inge and Tennessee Williams in the upcoming Abingdon Theatre Company production The Gentleman Caller, met with Theater Pizzazz’ Magda Katz to talk about their...

  As part of Deborah Grace Winer’s Classic American Songbook Series, Matt Doyle (Book of Mormon, A Clockwork Orange) will appear in A Jerome Robbins Centennial Concert, directed by Kathleen Marshall with David Chase on piano. The concert also features Laura Osnes, Beth Malone and...

Theater Pizzazz’ Magda Katz was on the scene of Stephen Schwartz’ big birthday celebration at the Hudson Theatre on April 23 when The Dramatists Guild Foundation (DGF), Andrew Lippa – President, toasted the life and work of one of American theatre’s greatest living...

  Described by The New York Times as “electrically thrilling,” by Variety as “a performer who can reveal the sorrows, pains and joys of the composer’s richly layered repertoire with an intensity and honesty that easily envelops and mesmerizes the listener,” and by the Jazz Times as...

  54 Below held Press Previews on April 23 with the talent readying to come into New York’s favorite nightclub in April/May including:John Lloyd Young, Darius de Haas, Matt Doyle, Liz Callaway.   John Lloyd Young returns to Feinstein’s/54 Below April 25 thru May 5 to celebrate...

    By Ron Fassler     Having seen my first Broadway musical as a child in 1967, I have always been sorry that I missed the 1968 musical The Happy Time. With a score by John Kander and Fred Ebb, its original cast album is one that makes you wonder why the show didn’t last...

  By Sandi Durell     The love fest was in full bloom at the big party on April 10 at Feinstein’s/54 Below as the celebrated Marilyn Maye took the stage on opening night, her birthday, truly thrilled to be present, front and center on her 90th.  Like she says “I’m happy to be anywhere. ....

    The press was invited to meet the cast of Goldstein on March 9 and Theater Pizzazz’ Magda Katz was front and center for photos and video. GOLDSTEIN, the highly anticipated new musical about family with music and lyrics by Michael Roberts and a book by Charlie Schulman...

by Magda Katz   Jimmy Buffett (composer/lyrics) and the creative team of Escape to Margaritaville including Mike O’Malley (book), Greg Garcia (book), Christopher Ashley(direction), and Kelly Devine (choreography); and the full cast, including Paul Alexander Nolan, Alison Luff, Lisa...

The York’s Winter Mufti Series celebrates composer Jule Styne opening with  1968 Tony Winner Hallelujah, Baby!     Review by Linda Amiel Burns Opening Nite Photos: Magda Katz   The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director; Evans Haile, Executive...

The Pierre Hotel celebrates Best of Broadway, a monthly cabaret series in the Two E Bar & Lounge.   by Linda Amiel Burns Photos: Magda Katz   The Pierre Hotel teamed up with award-winning Broadway Sings For Pride creative director Neal Bennington last fall to launch a monthly...

  by Magda Katz   At rehearsals with NJPAC and Crossroads Theatre Company who teamed together for an encore presentation of Crossroads’ hit 2011 production of Ain’t Misbehavin’. Two-time Tony nominee and original cast member André De Shields (The Wiz) returns to direct and...

The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s Winter Gala Concert “Broadway – “A Jewish American Legacy” honored Award winning director, Jerry Zaks, and Founder of Center for Jewish Living, Bruce E. Slovin.       by Linda Amiel Burns   On December 18, 2017, the National...

  Lauren Molina and Nick Clearley, otherwise known as The Skivvies, will return to 54 Below on January 14 and 20 at 9:30 pm to present their mashup medleys taking different genres of music and rearranging in very different ways.  And they do it all in their undies! Meanwhile, you can...

    Direct from starring as Elsa in the Broadway-bound production of Disney’s Frozen in Denver, Caissie Levy returns to Feinstein’s/54 Below for a magical New Year’s Eve celebration December 31 at 11 pm! All tickets include two spectacularly delicious courses by Executive Chef Lynn...

  A New York City Twisted Holiday Tradition celebrates its Tenth Splendiferous Year! Joe Iconis and his merry band of musical theater punks are proud to bring their insane celebration of all things red and green back to Feinstein’s/54 Below on December 15, 16 & 17 at 7 and 11 pm....

  Triple threat Robert Creighton is back at Feinstein’s/54 Below with his show Holiday Happy! on December 14 at 7 pm. The award winning Creighton as Cagney is now readying for his role as Duke of Weselton in Disney’s upcoming Frozen at the St.James Theater on Broadway....

  By Marilyn Lester   The ninth season of The Ziegfeld Society got off to a boffo start with a celebration of Meredith Willson and his best-known work, The Music Man. To celebrate the man (Google him to learn about one heck of a fascinating career) and the musical (it won the 1957...