Tag: New York at Christmas

By Ron Fassler . . . In 1980, Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera The Pirates of Penzance was...

Review by Ron Fassler . . . I wasn’t sure what to expect when the location of Ken Urban’s new...

Review by Ron Fassler . . . The first time that audiences heard the precise and profane language...

By Barbara & Scott Siegel… looks like something very right is happening on Broadway!

Review by Carol Rocamora… The sins of the fathers are visited upon the sons in this hilarious, harrowing new American family play

Review by Marilyn Lester… “Operation Mincemeat,” a screwball comedy that’s dead brilliant, follows London’s West End’s tradition of wacky fun.

Review by Brian Scott Lipton… Brian Stokes Mitchell and Kate Baldwin shine in this obscure 1948 musical.

By Andrew Poretz . . . . Gabrielle Stravelli has long been a favorite of this reviewer. She...

By Ron Fassler . . .   The York Theatre, founded in 1969 by Janet Hayes Walker, has...

LEITER LOOKS AT BOOKS: “Nancy Olson Livingston. A Front Row Seat: An Intimate Look at Broadway, Hollywood, and the Age of Glamour”

Review by Andrew Poretz… The New York Pops, closing an excellent diverse season, had its season finale with 100 Years of Film Scores.

Review by Stuart Miller… The actor dazzles in playing eight roles although the show ultimately falls short of the hype.

Review by Ron Fassler . . . Upon entering A.R.T.’s Mezzanine Theatre on Manhattan’s West Side for...

By Stuart Miller… Josh Harmon relies too much on actual experience instead of diving deep in his new play.

By Carole Di Tosti… The stage adaptation of the Grammy Award-winning album highlights the stories of the its legendary cuban musicians.

Leiter Looks at Books: “Sonny Boy”… Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses.

Review by Samuel L. Leiter… Leonard Bernstein and Herbert von Karajan duke it out at Vienna’s Hotel Sacher

By Andrew Poretz . . . Canadian singer/songwriter and pianist Laila Biali first came to this...

By Ron Fassler . . . Two-time Tony nominee Jessica Hecht, an actress who seems to always be...

By Andrew Poretz . . . . Ella Mae Dixon is a 21-year-old jazz vocalist and cabaret singer based in...

By Melissa Griegel… The Jonathan Larson Project opened Off-Broadway at The Orpheum Theater on March 10th, 2025.

Cabaret Review by Ron Fassler . . . For those of you who only know Norbert Leo Butz from...

Review by Carol Rocamora… Jack O’Brien directs a superb cast, featuring the charismatic debut of Levon Hawke

By Barbara & Scott Siegel… Two Subscription Theatre Companies: Roundabout & MTC – Recent Shows That Lead The Way in Hard Times

Review by Ron Fassler . . . I was an adolescent-teenager in the 1960s and 70s when Judy Collins...

Although Exiles has been seldom produced, this production gives it a respectable turn.

Theatre review by Carol Rocamora… Three timely London productions shed historic light on the perils of leadership in times of crisis

Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses.

Review by Samual L. Leiter… Lisa Sanaye Dring wrestles Japan’s national sport (aside from baseball) into theatrical shape.

By Ron Fassler . . . “Sparking greater human connections through musical storytelling, providing...

Video by Meredith Heyman… Marjan Neshat, star of “English,” shares with Theater Pizzazz how she continues to relate to her character and why the play is particularly relevant today.

Theater Review by Walter Murphy . . .  Parodies require broad knowledge of their source...

Review by Samuel L. Leiter… Arthur Miller’s 1968 drama of clashing brothers selling their family furniture could use some elbow grease.