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It’s Liza with a Z. Not Lisa with an S. Liza Minnelli is among those rare, true living legends who seem irreplaceable. Irreplaceable both in that their talent is immense and that it literally appears nobody from a younger generation has the capacity to do as many things as well as she did them. In Liza we have an iconic singer, dancer, and actor. And let’s not forget a pioneer of fashion! One thinks of peers like Barbra Streisand and Cher as apt comparisons and very few others.

Bruce David Klein’s new documentary Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story is an unabashed celebration of the woman as told by all of her best friends. Celebrity talking heads like Mia Farrow, Ben Vereen, Chita Rivera, and Joel Grey speak effervescently about Minnelli. Singer and good friend Michael Feinstein emerges as the central storyteller of the film, alongside Minnelli herself.

Today, April 16and continuing every Tuesday and Thursday, BroadwayWorld's own Broken Records podcast co-hosts, Ben Rimalower and Daniel Nolen, will be broadcasting 'Tuesday, Thursday, April, August'- a twice-weekly half hour livestream show. Tune in right here as they offer their trademark takes on the music and video content they've been enjoying to get through the days of the pandemic. For fans of the their podcast and newbies alike, this will be a welcome opportunity to see Ben and Daniel's faces as they keep in touch between weekly audio episodes...

Today, April 28and continuing every Tuesday and Thursday, BroadwayWorld's own Broken Records podcast co-hosts, Ben Rimalower and Daniel Nolen, will be broadcasting 'Tuesday, Thursday, April, August'- a twice-weekly half hour livestream show. Tune in right here as they offer their trademark takes on the music and video content they've been enjoying to get through the days of the pandemic. For fans of the their podcast and newbies alike, this will be a welcome opportunity to see Ben and Daniel's faces as they keep in touch between weekly audio episodes...

Today, April 28and continuing every Tuesday and Thursday, BroadwayWorld's own Broken Records podcast co-hosts, Ben Rimalower and Daniel Nolen, will be broadcasting 'Tuesday, Thursday, April, August'- a twice-weekly half hour livestream show. Tune in right here as they offer their trademark takes on the music and video content they've been enjoying to get through the days of the pandemic. For fans of the their podcast and newbies alike, this will be a welcome opportunity to see Ben and Daniel's faces as they keep in touch between weekly audio episodes...

Today, April 16and continuing every Tuesday and Thursday, BroadwayWorld's own Broken Records podcast co-hosts, Ben Rimalower and Daniel Nolen, will be broadcasting 'Tuesday, Thursday, April, August'- a twice-weekly half hour livestream show. Tune in right here as they offer their trademark takes on the music and video content they've been enjoying to get through the days of the pandemic. For fans of the their podcast and newbies alike, this will be a welcome opportunity to see Ben and Daniel's faces as they keep in touch between weekly audio episodes...

Today, April 16and continuing every Tuesday and Thursday, BroadwayWorld's own Broken Records podcast co-hosts, Ben Rimalower and Daniel Nolen, will be broadcasting 'Tuesday, Thursday, April, August'- a twice-weekly half hour livestream show. Tune in right here as they offer their trademark takes on the music and video content they've been enjoying to get through the days of the pandemic. For fans of the their podcast and newbies alike, this will be a welcome opportunity to see Ben and Daniel's faces as they keep in touch between weekly audio episodes...

Today, April 16and continuing every Tuesday and Thursday, BroadwayWorld's own Broken Records podcast co-hosts, Ben Rimalower and Daniel Nolen, will be broadcasting 'Tuesday, Thursday, April, August'- a twice-weekly half hour livestream show. Tune in right here as they offer their trademark takes on the music and video content they've been enjoying to get through the days of the pandemic. For fans of the their podcast and newbies alike, this will be a welcome opportunity to see Ben and Daniel's faces as they keep in touch between weekly audio episodes...

Beginning today, April 14and continuing every Tuesday and Thursday, BroadwayWorld's own Broken Recordspodcast co-hosts, Ben Rimalower and Daniel Nolen, will be broadcasting aoeTuesday, Thursday, April, Augusta- a twice-weekly half hour livestreamshow. Tune in right here as they offer their trademark takes on the music and video content they've been enjoying to get through the days of the pandemic. For fans of the their podcast and newbies alike, this will be a welcome opportunity to see Ben and Daniel's faces as they keep in touch between weekly audio episodes...

Beginning Tuesday, April 14and continuing every Tuesday and Thursday, BroadwayWorld's own Broken Recordspodcast co-hosts, Ben Rimalower and Daniel Nolen, will be broadcasting aoeTuesday, Thursday, April, Augusta- a twice-weekly half hour livestreamshow. Tune in right here as they offer their trademark takes on the music and video content they've been enjoying to get through the days of the pandemic. For fans of the their podcast and newbies alike, this will be a welcome opportunity to see Ben and Daniel's faces as they keep in touch between weekly audio episodes...

BroadwayWorld is excited to announce the official launch of the site's first self-produced podcast - Ben Rimalower's Broken Records, The Albums You Wouldn't Shut Up About. On each weekly episode Rimalower and co-host Daniel Nolen chat with guests about one album that they were obsessed with, how they discovered it, what it led them to, where they were in life when it impacted them and how it's stayed with them since.

The York Theatre Company, dedicated to the development of new musicals and preserving musical gems from the past, has added Samantha Bruce The Fantasticks, Ava Della Pietra School of Rock, Julian Fleisher February House, Randy Harrison Cabaret, Samantha Massell Fiddler on the Roof, Randy Rainbow Viral Video Sensation, Lee Roy Reams 42nd Street, Ben Rimalower Bad with Money, the Hot singing string quartet Well-Strung, and The Manhattan School of Music Musical Theatre Ensemble Judith Clurman, Director to the line-up of Broadway performers who will honor legendary musical theatre writing team Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt The Fantasticks, I Do I Do, 110 in the Shade, Celebration with the 2017 Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theatre at the 26th Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala on Monday evening, December 4, 2017 at The Asia Society 725 Park Avenue.

This Week Hide the children because this episode gets a bit naughty with acclaimed writer and director Ben Rimalower Patti Issues, Bad With Money. The gents discuss Patti LuPone as a gateway drug, Ben's Top 5 Divas, the joy of ranking cast albums, the best auditions ever seen, what was Ben's most controversial Playbill article, what it's like to have Patti in the audience, Into The Light returns, a lengthy discussion about length, what shows need to come back, a case for why The Wiz movie is better than The Wiz stage play, and Rob does Robert Goulet in Fiddler.

This week's episode is full of wild ideas that are all Patti-pending that we came up with while getting Broadwaysted with writer, director, producer, and performer Ben Rimalower. Kimberly's still on her honeymoon, so the Boys of Broadwaysted are joined by guest co-host Patti Murin as we pour out a few rounds and a few candy flights and discuss Ben's solo playsPATTI ISSUESandBAD With Money.

After another successful return engagement earlier this year, Ben Rimalower will return with his acclaimed long-running solo plays, Patti Issues about his obsession with Broadway diva Patti LuPone and his relationship with his troubled gay father and Bad With Money about how an addiction to spending beyond his means has driven him to extreme lengths all his life at The Duplex 61 Christopher Street at Seventh Avenue for three Monday nights this season April 24, May 15 and June 12.

We all know that Broadway can be a fickle lady from time to time, tossing shows to and fro. Last season's Shuffle Along was critically lauded and ten timesnominated for Tonys and then it was gone. Poof. I'm sure many of us have read articles about the whys and wherefores, but the fact is the show was great and filled with amazing talent. We wrangled some Shuffle alums together for an unforgettable night of music, laughs and Tap Dancing Check out performances and our signature Schloppy Plot Shynopsis by Zurin Villanueva, Leo Ash Evens, Ck Edwards and Joseph Wiggan here. Also enjoy performances by our gorgeous Rising Stars Kathryn Francisco, Staci Jo Johnston and a very special peck at Ben Rimalower's Patti Issues.

Kyle Richards, the person who invented white parties and runs the world’s most famous one out of her backyard in Beverly Hills, tried to get away with wearing pale pink to a white party in the Hamptons. First of all, as the summer enclave of New York City’s one percent, every party in the Hamptons is essentially a whites party, so to have a white party for Lisa Vanderpump’s cover of Bella magazine — a periodical than can only be found in dermatologist’s offices and abandoned in the back of Ubers like last night’s panties — is a bit redundant. Eventually, Kyle Richards, who gets $1,000 and three Fatburgers every time someone throws a white party around the globe, came to her senses and wore white to the Hamptons. Boy, do we love it when these girls travel.Speaking of traveling, I would like to thank Ben Rimalower,...

I think that the Real Housewives, as actual biological creatures, are starting to mutate. Before their capacity for drama was huge, much larger than the average human being's, but as exposure to stress, fame, pinot grigio fumes, and other things that cause cellular degradation, the woman have started to morph and exhibit superhuman capacities. I’m talking mainly about the way that they now handle confrontation with each other. The Housewives' metabolism for drama is increasing exponentially. They go from one skirmish to the next, finding resolution and forgiveness along the way, at a lightning pace. It’s sort of like a hummingbird with a thyroid condition and access to three kindergartens’ worth of Adhd medication. The speed is staggering, and it would break your neck if any of the things they were fighting about were actually worth looking at.Before we go any further, I have to thank Ben Rimalower,...

Ben Rimalower's new play about spending beyond his means - and Patti Issues, which ran for a year in New York and subsequently toured the country and abroad - will tour California this spring. Ben will appear in Los Angeles March 29-30, Rockwell Table amp Stage, San Diego April 2, Martini's Above Fourth and San Francisco April 6 and 7, Oasis Sf.

Ben Rimalower's new play about spending beyond his means -- will be performed in rep with his first piece Patti Issues at The Duplex 61 Christopher Street at Seventh Avenue through April 29. Patti Issues, which ran for a year at the same venue and subsequently toured the country and abroad, explores his obsession with Broadway diva Patti LuPone and his relationship with his troubled gay father. The pieces will be performed on alternating Wednesday nights at 700 Pm. Both shows are written and performed by Ben Rimalower and directed by Aaron Mark.

Brandi did something stupid. Okay, Brandi did a whole lot of stupid things. That could be the summation of just about every episode of Real Bartles and James of Promises Malibu, but last night, hoo-boy. What a doozy. But before we can get into that, my thanks go out to the delightful Ben Rimalower, who covered for me last week when I was Morocco doing field research for the Real Housewives Institute’s upcoming exhibition on Countess Crackerjack’s Camel Incident of 2010.First of all, Brandi and Lisa had the most sanctified of Real Housewives ceremonies: an attrition lunch. (Why does the attrition always happen at lunch? Why can’t it happen at breakfast or lessert, which is a meal I created where you eat dessert for lunch?) I thought Lisa handled herself brilliantly at lunch, and she actually said something that really struck a chord with me. She said...

Brian Moylan, your regular Rhobh recapper, is on hiatus for a week. Please welcome the Moylan-approved Ben Rimalower. The previews for this week’s episode of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills showed Brandi offering Lisa oral sex and much discussion of, namely, “cunnilingus.” Reality-television fans are wise to the ways networks lure us back each week, but this seemed like an awful lot of talk for something that wasn’t really going to happen. Would the franchise finally deliver the girl-on-girl action its name promised long ago when something pornographic might be inferred, before Real Housewives became a brand?Of course not. And while there was a great deal of pseudo sexually charged grandstanding (beyond dirty talk, there was boob-squeezing, ass-pinching, some light S&M, and even a wet T-shirt contest), actual sex seemed to be the furthest thing from any of the women’s minds. This was all about power — Lisa Vanderpump’s power,...

Bad With Money - Ben Rimalower's new play about spending beyond his means - has announced a two month extension through February 27, 2015. In a recent four star review from Time Out New York, the show was hailed as 'light, funny' and 'vividly personal,' as well as 'courageously honest, keenly specific and emotionally naked' by The Advocate. The show continues this month on Monday nights at 700 Pm through December 29, and Thursday nights at 930 Pm through December 18. In 2015, it will be performed Wednesdays at 700 Pm, January 7 to 28 and Thursdays at 930 Pm, February 5 to 26. Ben's addiction has driven him to extreme lengths all his life. In Bad With Money he charts his sometimes hilarious, sometimes harrowing struggle to overcome his problem - or get rich trying. Written and performed by Ben Rimalower and directed by Aaron Mark, Bad With Money is being performed at The Duplex 61 Christopher Street at Seventh Avenue.

Bad With Money - Ben Rimalower's new play about spending beyond his means - has announced another extension with five extra shows through the end of the year. The show was named a Critic's Pick from Time Out New York and called courageously honest, keenly specific and emotionally naked by The Advocate. There will extra performances on Monday nights at 700 Pm from December 1 to 29,and continuing on Thursday nights at 930 Pm through December 18. Ben's addiction has driven him to extreme lengths all his life. In Bad With Money he charts his sometimes hilarious, sometimes harrowing struggle to overcome his problem - or get rich trying. Written and performed by Ben Rimalower and directed by Aaron Mark, Bad With Money is being performed at The Duplex 61 Christopher Street at Seventh Avenue.

Bad With Money - Ben Rimalower's new play about spending beyond his means - will be performed through December 18. Ben's addiction has driven him to extreme lengths all his life. In Bad With Money he charts his sometimes hilarious, sometimes harrowing struggle to overcome his problem - or get rich trying. Written and performed by Ben Rimalower and directed by Aaron Mark, Bad With Money is being performed at The Duplex 61 Christopher Street at Seventh Avenue on Thursday nights at 930 Pm.

Bad With Money - Ben Rimalower's new play about spending beyond his means - has extended through December 2014 due to strong ticket sales. Previously scheduled to close on November 6, the show will be performed through December 18. Ben's addiction has driven him to extreme lengths all his life. In Bad With Money he charts his sometimes hilarious, sometimes harrowing struggle to overcome his problem - or get rich trying. Written and performed by Ben Rimalower and directed by Aaron Mark, Bad With Money is being performed at The Duplex 61 Christopher Street at Seventh Avenue on Thursday nights at 930 Pm.

Ben Rimalower's addiction to spending beyond his means has driven him to extreme lengths all his life. In Bad With Money he charts his sometimes hilarious, sometimes harrowing struggle to overcome his problem-or get rich trying. Written and performed by Ben Rimalower and directed by Aaron Mark, Bad With Money premieres at The Duplex 61 Christopher Street at Seventh Avenue through November 6.

Ben Rimalower's addiction to spending beyond his means has driven him to extreme lengths all his life. In Bad With Money he charts his sometimes hilarious, sometimes harrowing struggle to overcome his problem-or get rich trying. Written and performed by Ben Rimalower and directed by Aaron Mark, Bad With Money premiered at The Duplex on September 4, and will play through November 6. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you a first look at Rimalower's latest one-man show...

Ben Rimalower, famous for his renowned solo piece Patti Issues, has written a new solo piece, which he will begin to star in tonight at the Duplex. Bad With Money deals with Rimalower's struggles with money and excessive shopping, an addiction that has plagued him throughout his adult life. Directed by Aaron Mark, the play will run for two months, closing on November 6th and beginning tonight September 4th. Rimalower took some time out of his busy schedule to discuss this exciting new production, as well as his past experiences in theatre, 'Patti Issues,' and much more. Read the whole interview below...

Ben Rimalower's addiction to spending beyond his means has driven him to extreme lengths all his life. In Bad With Money he charts his sometimes hilarious, sometimes harrowing struggle to overcome his problem-or get rich trying. Written and performed by Ben Rimalower and directed by Aaron Mark, Bad With Money premieres at The Duplex 61 Christopher Street at Seventh Avenue from tonight, September 4 through November 6.

Ben Rimalower's addiction to spending beyond his means has driven him to extreme lengths all his life. In Bad With Money he charts his sometimes hilarious, sometimes harrowing struggle to overcome his problem-or get rich trying. Written and performed by Ben Rimalower and directed by Aaron Mark, Bad With Money premieres at The Duplex 61 Christopher Street at Seventh Avenue from September 4 through November 6.

Ben Rimalower Patti Issues - the hit solo play hailed as ecstatically vivid by The New York Times and praised for its wit, feeling and conviction by Time Out New York - will be presented in Baltimore, Maryland and aboard the RSVP Vacations' 'Divina Cruise' this winter, plus an upcoming 'mini-tour' of South Florida this spring, on the heels of its triumphant 14-month run in New York and following recent performances in Boston, Berlin, Glasgow, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Berkeley, Provincetown and the Fire Island Pines, as well as its inclusion as an official selection in the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's Summer Conference. The show can be seen at the Patterson in Baltimore, MD on January 25 and aboard the RSVP Cruises' 'Divina Cruise' February 15-22. See below for full listings information. Tickets for all shows can be purchased at PattiIssues.com.

'Patti Issues' - the hit solo play written by Ben Rimalower - continues its hit New York run with Sunday night performances now through October 27, starring Broadway's Robin De Jesus, star of the film Camp and two-time Tony Award nominee for In the Heights and La Cage Aux Folles also soon to be starring opposite Laurie Metcalf and Jeff Goldblum in Lincoln Center Theater's Domesticated, opening November 4. Click below for a first look at Robin onstage in the show...

Patti Issues the hit solo play written by Ben Rimalower will continue its hit New York run with Sunday night performances from September 8 to October 27, starring Broadway's Robin De Jess, star of the film Camp and two-time Tony Award nominee for In the Heights and La Cage Aux Folles also soon to be starring opposite Laurie Metcalf and Jeff Goldblum in Lincoln Center Theater's Domesticated, opening November 4. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you an exclusive first look at Rimalower's final performance - plus a preview of de Jesus in the show...

Xl Nightclub amp Cabaret presents Broadway Call with host Marti Gould Cummings every Monday night. DJ Tony Build plays musical theatre music videos beginning at 8pm during happy hour followed by a 9pm free show featuring a new Broadway guest each week. For Labor Day, Monday, September 3rd, the club welcomes Ben Rimalower and Mamma Mia star Donell James Foreman.

It may come as a surprise to learn that while Patti LuPone was notching her humongous success as Eva Peron in Broadway's Evita, she was lonely. "It was a difficult role to sing," she says from her Gypsy dressing room, "so I would sing and then shut up. There was no social life at all." And that, in a nutshell, is why she agreed to do her now-legendary 27-week, Saturdays-only nightclub stint at Manhattan's Les Mouches, a recording of which Ghostlight Records has just released on CD as, appropriately enough, Patti LuPone at Les Mouches. It's already getting the kind of chart attention the acclaimed singer-actor has never received theretofore.Racing around her space backstage at the St. James Theatre, LuPone reports that in 1980, when she was booked for four weeks but kept getting extended, neither she nor anyone else thought about a live recording. Nonetheless, most — if not all — of the evenings were recorded.