Tag: Derek Dean

A compassionate look at being institutionalized by Alix Cohen

An exuberant evening of familial Irish-ness By Alix Cohen

By Alix CohenThere’s much to recommend The Public Theater’s first production of this Shakespeare...

By Carol Rocamora… History feels alarmingly current in this riveting portrait of political persecution.

By Alix CohenIn October 1989, Donald Smith’s four year-old Mabel Mercer Foundation held its first...

By Carol Rocamora… Kip Williams transforms Genet’s dark tale of obsession and revenge into a visually astonishing theatrical experience that blurs the line between stage and screen.

By Walter Murphy… Murder, mistaken motives, and absurd twists fuel this fast-moving improvised homage to Alfred Hitchcock.

By Alix CohenAlan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman left one of the most enduring legacies in American...

By Alix CohenThis is hands down the most thrilling dance production to which I’ve ever been...

By Eyal Solomon, Publisher/Editor, Theater Pizzazz…TheaterPizzazz has named author and theater historian Ron Fassler its first Chief Theatre Critic. 

By Alix CohenPeople become jockeys not because it’s easy, but because they can’t...

Review by Ron Fassler . . .  There’s a relatively new theater off-Broadway (well, maybe...

Basketball’s loss was musical theatre’s gain when Adrienne Warren switched her professional interest.

By Alix CohenImagine, dear reader, a young boy set adrift upon the bustling and often unkind tide...

By Alix CohenJosh (Harrison Bryan) is successively suspended from NYU and kicked out of rehab. He...

By Alix CohenLucille Carr-Kaffashan is a psychologist. This is a smart show with excellent, often...

By Alix CohenIt takes artistic audacity for a female artist to offer a show of Barbra Streisand...

By Alix CohenThis is a terrific presentation, terrific. Rarely do components come together with...

By Alix CohenThe night before her wedding, Maggie (Quincy Tyler Berstine) almost opted...

by Melissa Griegel Photos by Melissa Griegel Photography The 2026 Chita Rivera Awards took place...

by Melissa Griegel Photos by Melissa Griegel Photography Prior to the 70th Annual 2026 Drama Desk...

By Barbara & Scott Siegel… Some thoughts, this award season, on Masquerade, Schmigadoon!, Cats: The Jellicle Ball, The Lost Boys, Becky Shaw and Titanique.

By Alix CohenOutside Mullingar is the tale of two lonely souls livin’ side by side on neighboring...

By Alix Cohen“If Con Ed could wire KT Sullivan, Manhattan would light up like Christmas. Vibrating...

Review by Ron Fassler . . .  In the mid-70s, pop composer Rupert Holmes was doing well...

By Alix Cohen In the last five years the U.S. has seen a record rise in censorship laws and...

1936. The Spanish Civil War began. American Jesse Owens won four gold medals at the Berlin...

On the stairs of a 1911 Pittsburgh boarding house, a young tenant plays the song “Joe...

By Alix CohenI think I’ve seen all thirteen of Stephen Hanks -produced Blue Wave/Blue Tsunami...

By Alix CohenEstablished 1974 in New York City, Talking Band was founded by Paul Zimet, Ellen...

By Alix CohenFormer musical-theater actress Donna Rubin and former artistic director of Guild Hall...

A peculiar show, it should still leave one grateful to see it after so many years and happy to support J2 Spotlight’s commitment to producing seldom-seen musicals

By Barbara & Scott Siegel… The Revivals of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesmanand August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.