Spring has sprung and so have the multi talents that fill the cabarets and clubs in New York City. The venues are overflowing with talent. Someone for everyone!       By Sandi Durell   *Always check the club calendars for complete listings and for schedule changes.   Feinstein’s/54...

  by Brian Scott Lipton   Four decades after bursting onto the music scene, the British band Queen is definitely having an American renaissance. A number of their biggest hits, including “You’re My Best Friend,” can be heard on various TV commercials, the band (with vocalist Adam...

    by Matt Smith   Alice Ripley is not your typical Broadway performer. Where most stars hastily scribble their names on a Playbill at stage door, she meticulously signs her John Hancock in bubble letters. Where most stars would typically attend parties at the Plaza, you’ll...

    Review by Elizabeth Ahlfors      Broadway’s knockout sister act, Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner, are back at Feinstein’s/54 Below, still Unattached!, and ready to raise the roof. Opening and closing with “I Will Never Leave You,” their show-stopper from Henry...

    After many sold out engagements at Feinstein’s/54 Below, the ever popular Alice Ripley & Emily Skinner return with new songs and old chestnuts on November 28, December 1, 2 & 6 at 7 pm. These two leading ladies will reunite with powerhouse performances, reminiscing...

by Hazen Cuyler   A love letter was sung to Rufus Wainwright at 54 Below on Sunday, October 1. 54 Sings Rufus Wainwright was a gift from respectful colleagues designed especially for his adoring fans. Performed by powerful Broadway talent, the indie icon’s lightly cryptic melodies...

    by Maya Werner On Sunday, September 24, 2017 the broadway community celebrated the 31st Annual Broadway Flea Market and Grand Auction in Manhattan’s Theatre District. Broadway fans got to meet their favorite stars and bid on one-of-a-kind items. Fans bid hundreds of dollars on...

      by Steve Nardoni   The celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Broadhurst Theater at 54 Below couldn’t have been more delightful in its presentation and performances, highlighted by the historical tidbits shared about this landmark theater. The theater opened in...

    By Sandi Durell     I had a terrific phone conversation with cast member, the lovely Kelli Rabke (Children of Eden, Les Miserables, Joseph. . .), appearing in Small Town Confessions, to find out more about Phil Geoffrey Bond‘s comedy (directed by Stephen...

    It was a smashing night of entertainment and star power as Feinstein’s/54 Below’ celebrated its 5th Anniversary with an all-star celebration featuring treasured resident artists and audience favorites from “Broadway’s Living Room.”  Participants included Charles Busch, Liz...

    Can it already be five years that Feinsein’s/54 Below opened?  Since June 2012 New York’s Nightclub has created a wide array of programming and musical styles and can claim over 4000 shows with countless artists.  The cabaret club venue has grown exponentially,...

    by: Monica Charline Brown   Encore dates are always a good sign. At a club such as Feinstein’s/54 Below, where the schedule of events overflows with talent, Jennifer Damiano clearly had another successful solo show. Following three performances back in the end of July,...

      By Eric J. Grimm   The morbidity of Bret Easton Ellis’s novel American Psycho and Mary Harron’s film adaptation might be matched by an awkward post-mortem of Duncan Sheik’s ill-fated musical adaptation. Many of the performers from one of the season’s flops,...

        by MR Anderson   Soaring midway into the definitive rendition of “I Will Never Leave You” (Bill Russell & Henry Krieger), Alice Ripley & Emily Skinner take the stage. With the flawless synchronicity reminiscent of their first New York City...

  Barrett Foa and Marissa Mulder will join Annie Golden, Lillias White, Alice Ripley, Nathan Lee Graham, Vivian Reed, Lady Rizo,Gay Marshall, Carol Lipnik, Rob Maitner, Gabrielle Stravelli, T. Oliver Reid and Nadia Quinn & Ahna O’Reilly with the Playbillies to headline the sixth...

    Thursday, April 21 saw the opening night festivities for American Psycho, The Musical at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre where Theater Pizzazz’ JK Clarke was on the scene for Red Carpet, Curtain Calls and after party. The Red Carpet saw the who’s who of theater...

    By Sandi Durell   If you’re seeing American Psycho expecting a visually specific turn on the bloody bloody movie starring Christian Bale (based on Bret Easton Ellis’ 1991 novel), I must tell you, your expectations are high. The only real bloody bloody here is the star...

by Sandi Durell Media days will never be the same after Theater Pizzazz had the chance to meet, film and interview the cast of American Psycho, a thoroughly thrilling/chilling experience for Sandi Durell and photographer/videographer Evan Zimmerman. You may think you know American Psycho from...

      by Kathryn Kitt   Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner returned to the stage together for the first time in nine years with a brand new show called Unattached!  The singer/actresses have kept busy with their own projects, including Ms. Ripley’s forthcoming Broadway opening...

      Theater Pizzazz’ Miriam Spritzer was at the recent press event doing interviews at Feinstein’s/54 Below. Although Emily Skinner couldn’t be at the meet and greet, Alice Ripley did a fine job filling us in on what’s about to happen as Ripley and...

  By Jordan Cohen   Last Sunday night, I caught The Skivvies at Joe’s Pub, the delightful “undie-rock” duo of Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley, who, with guests, perform eccentric mash-ups of songs across a variety of genres. As if their big, dexterous voices, sharp storytelling, and...

    by: Sandi Durell   Alice Ripley will be back at Feinstein’s/54 Below on September 23 at 9:30 pm in her all new “All Sondheim” show. The “Next to Normal” Tony Winner, star of Sunset Boulevard, The Who’s Tommy, Side Show and The Rocky...

  NY Theater Review by Peter Haas   It’s humorous and heartwarming, sweet and sophisticated, propelled in part by some dozen songs that are merry and moving. It has just made its New York debut – and it’s bound to become a Christmastime theater classic. It’s “A Christmas Memory,” a...

            Off-Broadway’s award-winning Irish Repertory Theatre (Charlotte Moore, Artistic Director and Ciarán O’Reilly, Producing Director) announces the cast for this season’s annual holiday offering. Tony Award winner Alice Ripley will lead the...

  Broadway’s Nightclub 54 Below is hot, hot, hot. . . and not because it’s August!  For only one-night, see Tony Award Winner ALICE RIPLEY (August 3rd), followed by the smokey, sexy sounds of another Tony Winner, PAULO SZOT (appearing Aug. 5 – 11). The star of The...