Tag: Doug Besterman

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.

By Alix CohenThe United States government has censored – in part- the following from official...

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...