Tag: Dave Malloy composer

By Eyal Solomon, Theater Pizzazz Publisher and Editor… A magical peformance honoring one of the greatest composers of our time

Thought provoking and unsettling, “Kenrex” is a drama with a central performance by Jack Holden that should not be missed.

By Samuel L. Leiter As I watched the revival of August Wilson’s emotionally explosive but...

By Adam Cohen… A journey into buried family secrets and legacy

Review by Ron Fassler . . . Famously, New York City’s Joe Allen restaurant on West 46th Street...

By Alix CohenLike the 1975 film, The Rocky Horror Show is a gleefully outrageous, high-energy...

Reporting by Ron Fassler and Melissa Griegel. Last night at a cocktail party at the Algonquin, on...

By Barbara & Scott Siegel… Let’s take a look at The Queen of Versailles, Proof, Beaches, Fallen Angels, The Fear of 13, and Giant

By Alix CohenLeni Riefenstahl (1902-2003) was a German actress, photographer and filmmaker best...

By Eyal Solomon, Theater Pizzazz publisher and editor… Schmigadoon! hilariously reminds you just how ridiculous and just how wonderful those golden-age musicals really were.

By Alix Cohen“He wants me to go on a date?!” Clara Schumann (1819-1896) anxiously and excitedly...

Wonderfully self-effacing in his well-structured cabaret act, Panaro is in love with performing and crafts an evening of pleasurable sincerity.

Review by Ron Fassler . . . As an avid theatregoer and critic, I consider myself fortunate that at...

By Alix CohenUnable to reach her mother, Susan, for days, Suzanna (Lauren Patten), who has a...

By Samuel L. Leiter The Broadway revival of David Auburn’s 1999 drama Proof at the Booth...

By Alix CohenThe good news is that Beaches remains tender hearted. As book and lyrics are written...

With two heaven-sent actresses, it is unfortunately left to the gifted Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara to grapple with a play that has always been a bit of a soufflé and is now downgraded to a trifle.

“The Ballusters” provides more gut-busting laughter than any show this season

By Alix Cohen“Because we don’t know when we will die, we get to think of life as a well…How many...

By Alix CohenFounded by Lee Pope in 1983, The Schoolhouse Theater is Westchester’s longest running...

By Carol Rocamora… Adrien Brody stars in this amazing, true life story of suffering and redemption

BY Alix CohenOver his past 16 years in the New York cabaret world, Stephen Hanks has been a show...

By Alix Cohen“Everybody loves a circus/Until they become the clown/Every weak cog has its purpose…...

By Alex Eichholz . . . If you haven’t heard by now, Cats, now dazzlingly rebranded as Cats: The...

Review by Ron Fassler . . . In a 2011 interview, the legendary composer Jerry Herman referred...

By Ron Fassler . . . The Annual fundraiser concert for Broadway Inspirational Voicers (BIV) was...

Review by Ron Fassler . . . The early 20th century playwright Elmer Rice, born Elmer Leopold...

By Alix CohenCharlotte Moore and Ciarán O’Reilly concocted Irish Repertory Theatre picturesquely...

By Alix CohenThe work of thirteen Broadway choreographers is here showcased in a series of numbers...

By Alix CohenDonna McKechnie explodes onto the stage, arms shooting out like fireworks....

By Alix CohenAdam Gopnik, master of the caffeinated essay (forty years at The New Yorker) and...

By Alix CohenThe thespian walks onto a stage empty but for a chair and ghost light. “It still...