The cast of AMERICAN DANCE MACHINE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY met the press yesterday December 15 at the New 42nd Street Studios for a sneak peek of what audiences will expect at the Joyce Theater. Experience the legacy of Broadway in the most explosive dance spectacular in...

        by Joe Regan Jr.           There was yet another terrific show in the Winter Rhythms 2015 series Friday night December 4 when the honorees were the song writing team of Ron Abel and Chuck Steffan entitled “Until Now…” Abel’s first job...

    by Joe Regan Jr.   The second night, December 3 at Urban Stages of the wonderful Winter Rhythms 2015, was a thrilling and funny dramatic program entitled “Unconventional,” featuring the team of Marissa Mulder and Bill Zeffiro directed by producing director Peter Napolitano....

                  Ann Hampton Callaway performed selections from THE HOPE OF CHRISTMAS, a new CD, accompanied by Alex Rybeck, a collection of Christmas songs interpreted by the multiplatinum-selling singer, Tony nominated actress, pianist and...

      by: Linda Amiel Burns     Composer Cy Coleman celebrated at Feinstein’s/54 Below by three Tony winning singers who originated roles in his shows: Randy Graff, Cady Huffman and Judy Kaye.   A good time was had by all on Nov. 11, 2015 at Feinstein’s/54 Below...

                  Broadway fans celebrated the 29th Annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction.. They bid on and bought everything from tickets to opening night performances to custom-made music mixes, from autographed musical phrases to...

    by: Maryann Lopinto         Broadway performers were summoned to participate and ask their friends to donate in their name…. for a certain goal  – –  A Sleep Out outside of Covenant House on West 41st Street where they slept in sleeping bags...

    The cast of Broadway’s “Something Rotten!” was on hand at Barnes & Noble signing original cast recording CDs and singing some of the tunes from that Tony Award winning show featuring Brian d’Arcy James, James Cariani, Heidi Blickenstaff, Christian...

                      Broadway Barks is the annual animal charity event held in New York City to promote the adoption of shelter animals. Founded by Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore, the event has been held every July in Shubert...

                          Theater Pizzazz was on the scene for the final curtain call of Kander and Ebb’s Tony-nominated musical THE VISIT which closed on June 14, 2015. The Visit began performances at the Lyceum Theatre...

          Photos: Maryann Lopinto Tony Nominated The King and I cast were on hand at Barnes & Noble for their CD album signing as well as some performances and included this season’s Tony Award winner Kelli O’Hara, her award nominated King, Ken...

                    Photos: Maryann Lopinto The cast of the Award winning “An American in Paris” was on hand at Barnes & Noble to sign CDs and so was Theater Pizzazz. It was...

                                                                              by Linda Amiel Burns...

Photos/Article: Maryann Lopinto               A reception, celebrating the exhibit which is the first major retospective of Al Hirschfeld,was held on May 20th. The exhibit will run from May 22nd until October 12th at the New York Historical Society. It will...

                Urban Stages’ Board of Directors and founding artistic director Frances Hill held their annual benefit at the Boathouse in Central Park at 6:30PM on May 18th. The evening honored philanthropist Henry Buhl for his contributions to Urban...

                TheaterPizzazz was on the scene with photos by Maryann Lopinto at the 81st Drama League Awards luncheon at the Marriott Marquis.                              ...

      by Marilyn Lester   The “This Is Your Night” series, hosted by Metropolitan Room Managing Partner, Bernie Furshpan, profiles an honoree who has “contributed in some significant way to the NYC Entertainment Industry.”  With a packed house, and a cavalcade of some 30...

                                Interviews: Brian Scott Lipton  –  Video: Sandi Durell One of New York’s most prestigious theatrical honors, the Drama Desk Awards will be held on Sunday, May 31 at Town Hall,...

  The beloved Julie Wilson will be celebrated not just by the Mabel Mercer Foundation at Town Hall and by her loving son Holt McCallany at 54 Below, but in our hearts and memories forever. Dear Julie was a cabaret and theater icon unlike any other – one of a kind –...

  It Shoulda Been You opened on Broadway April 14th at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. TheaterPizzazz’ Maryann Lopinto was on hand to capture photos on the Red Carpet, the Curtain Call as well as the after party. Opening Night guests included Neil Patrick Harris, Judith Light,...

                            The National Corporate Theatre Fund’s Chairman’s Awards Gala took place on April 13th at the Pierre Hotel where MICHAEL C. HALL was honored with the Theatre Artist Award and Jolyon F. Stern and...

  A richly satisfying tribute to an icon of the American entertainment world.  (Photos below: Magda Katz)             The New York Pops, under the direction of the ebullient Steven Reineke, gathered all its impressive musical forces to honor “Ole Blue Eyes,”...

                  Impressario Scott Siegel and, his right hand, wife Barbara, rounded up the creme de la creme of Broadway and Cabaret in a benefit evening on January 19th at Don’t Tell Mama to raise funds and solidify the continuation of the...

                          Al Roker of the Today Show, a recipient of the 2015 June Briggs Award, was there in absentia as he had been called to LA for the Golden Globe Awards. He accepted via video as he was on a plane back to...

                  “Side Show” opened on the Great White Way for a second mounting in a revised version at the St. James Theatre, on Monday November 17. This new production is directed by Bill Condon, best known for the film version of “Dreamgirls.”...