Ed Katz

Author: Ed Katz

Ed Katz is Managing Principal at Katnip Marketing, LLC, a marketing and media consultancy he founded in 2008 which works within the arts, B2B, B2C, entertainment, government, healthcare, media, non-profit, retail and professional services sectors. At Katnip, Ed’s award-winning work has boosted sales and enhanced the reputation and brand awareness for his clients, including many in the arts. Ed has boosted the online presence and obtained interviews and feature articles for his clients in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Vanity Fair as well as numerous television, radio and print plus digital and social media nationally, regionally and locally. In 2014, Katnip Marketing won the Best Marketing Consultants Award from Best of Westport. Prior to starting Katnip, Mr. Katz was a founding principal at one of the Hartford & New Haven, CT market's largest full-service advertising and public relations agencies. During his 15+ years there Ed and his creative, PR and media teams won over 100 industry awards. He has been interviewed on various media, business and advertising issues by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, MSNBC, Adweek, Mediaweek, PR News, The Hartford Courant, The New Haven Register, WFSB-TV 3 (CBS), WVIT-TV 30 (NBC), WTNH-TV 8 (ABC) and several newspapers and radio stations. On the arts side, Mr. Katz's reviews appear on WICC 600 AM radio, in Bridgeport, CT as well as the Applause Theatre and Ticket Service site, in New York City and the KatzReviews Facebook page. He has written a musical play that is in discussions with a popular rock group in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He is also on the producing team for “The King’s Speech”- the play- which is planning a run on Broadway. And he produced an award-winning sci-fi rock musical comedy, “Save the Robots.” Ed served four-and-a-half years on the Board of the Klein Memorial Auditorium in Bridgeport, a 1450-seat, Broadway-style theater which also operates a tuition-free, after school arts program for Bridgeport's inner-city students. Mr. Katz graduated from Syracuse University with a dual major in Marketing from the Whitman School of Management and Film from the Newhouse School of Communications. Ed resides with his wife, son, daughter and their dog, Max, in Westport, Connecticut.

The Understudy at Westport Playhouse

“Welcome to Katz Reviews. This is Ed Katz of Katnip Marketing- marketing consultant by day; theater and film critic by night- bringing my weekly review segment, Katz Reviews, here for you on WICC 600. I enjoy being able to give a show a really good review. Especially when it is …

A Chorus Line at Ivoryton Playhouse

Ed Katz August 14, 2018 Connecticut / Live Theater / Musicals / Off Broadway / Performing Arts / Theater Reviews

“Welcome to Katz Reviews. This is Ed Katz of Katnip Marketing- marketing consultant by day; theater and film critic by night- bringing my weekly review segment, Katz Reviews, here for you on WICC 600. I did not recall having been to the Ivoryton Playhouse in Eastern Connecticut. If I was …

FILM: Mission Impossible- Fallout

Ed Katz August 7, 2018 Film / Film Review / Movie Review / Movies / Uncategorized

photo: MissionImpossible.com “Welcome to Katz Reviews. This is Ed Katz of Katnip Marketing- marketing consultant by day; theater and film critic by night- bringing my weekly review segment, Katz Reviews, here for you on WICC 600. What was the last good movie that starred Tom Cruise- and was a …

Oliver! at Goodspeed

Ed Katz July 31, 2018 Connecticut / Live Theater / Musicals / Performing Arts / Theater Reviews

“Welcome to Katz Reviews. This is Ed Katz of Katnip Marketing- marketing consultant by day; theater and film critic by night- bringing my weekly review segment, Katz Reviews, here for you on WICC 600. I admit I hadn’t seen ‘Oliver!’ since I was a kid- and I can’t recall if …

Summer: The Donna Summer Musical on Broadway

Ed Katz July 24, 2018 Broadway / Live Theater / Musicals / New York / Performing Arts / Theater Reviews

“Welcome to Katz Reviews. This is Ed Katz of Katnip Marketing- marketing consultant by day; theater and film critic by night- bringing my weekly review segment, Katz Reviews, here for you on WICC 600. How could a good story he told so badly? That is what I wondered while watching …

A Flea in Her Ear at Westport Playhouse

Ed Katz July 17, 2018 Connecticut / Live Theater / Performing Arts / Plays / Theater Reviews / Uncategorized

“Welcome to Katz Reviews. This is Ed Katz of Katnip Marketing- marketing consultant by day; theater and film critic by night- bringing my weekly review segment, Katz Reviews, here for you on WICC 600. Being able to pull off a silly farce isn’t an easy task. First, well, it’s silly. …

FILM: Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Ed Katz July 10, 2018 Connecticut / Film / Film Review / Movie Review / Movies / New York

Image from KRCB “Welcome to Katz Reviews. This is Ed Katz of Katnip Marketing- marketing consultant by day; theater and film critic by night- bringing my weekly review segment, Katz Reviews, here for you on WICC 600. What if I told you I saw a movie that could change the …

FILM: Incredibles 2

Ed Katz July 3, 2018 Connecticut / Film / Film Review / Movie Review / Movies

“Welcome to Katz Reviews. This is Ed Katz of Katnip Marketing- marketing consultant by day; theater and film critic by night- bringing my weekly review segment, Katz Reviews, here for you on WICC 600. Today’s review is for the movie that broke all sorts of records for an animated release. …

‘David Bowie Is’ exhibit at Brooklyn Museum

Ed Katz June 26, 2018 Art / Museum / New York / Performing Arts / Uncategorized

Welcome to Katz Reviews. This is Ed Katz of Katnip Marketing- marketing consultant by day; theater and film critic by night- bringing my weekly review segment, Katz Reviews, here for you on WICC 600. Today’s review is not a play or a film. This one took me all the way …

Shakespeare in Hollywood at Westport Community Theatre

Ed Katz June 19, 2018 Connecticut / Live Theater / Off Broadway / Performing Arts / Plays / Theater Reviews / Uncategorized

“Welcome to Katz Reviews. This is Ed Katz of Katnip Marketing- marketing consultant by day; theater and film critic by night- bringing my weekly review segment, Katz Reviews, here for you on WICC 600. I’ve been fortunate to have seen several wonderful local productions- and great performances- this past year. …