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.

My Guide to Family Shows on Broadway

Image: Broadway.com “Welcome to Katz Reviews. This is Ed Katz of Katnip Marketing- marketing consultant by day; theater critic by night- bringing my weekly review segment, Katz Reviews, here for you on WICC 600. I am frequently asked what are the best shows to take the kids or grandkids to …

Small Mouth Sounds at Long Wharf in New Haven

Ed Katz September 12, 2017 Connecticut / Live Theater / Performing Arts / Plays / Theater Reviews

“Welcome to Katz Reviews. This is Ed Katz of Katnip Marketing- marketing consultant by day; theater critic by night- bringing my weekly review segment, Katz Reviews, here for you on WICC 600. I was at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven as they celebrated opening night for their new season. …

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on Broadway

Ed Katz September 5, 2017 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 critic by night- bringing my weekly review segment, Katz Reviews, here for you on WICC 600. Sometimes you can bake with good ingredients and still come out with a dessert that falls flat. Who …

Miss Saigon on Broadway

Ed Katz August 29, 2017 Broadway / Live Theater / Musicals / New York / Performing Arts / Plays / Theater Reviews2 Comments

“Welcome to Katz Reviews. This is Ed Katz of Katnip Marketing- marketing consultant by day; theater critic by night- bringing my weekly review segment, Katz Reviews, here for you on WICC 600. This week in Katz Reviews is the Broadway revival of ‘Miss Saigon.’ Telling a melodrama that is …

Appropriate at Westport Country Playhouse

Ed Katz August 22, 2017 Connecticut / Live Theater / Performing Arts / Plays / Theater Reviews

“Welcome to Katz Reviews. This is Ed Katz of Katnip Marketing- marketing consultant by day; theater critic by night- bringing my weekly review segment, Katz Reviews, here for you on WICC 600. ‘Appropriate’ is the play at Westport Country Playhouse. But what is ‘Appropriate?’ That is a question writer Branden …

Bandstand on Broadway

Ed Katz August 15, 2017 Broadway / New York / Theater Reviews / Uncategorized2 Comments

“Welcome to Katz Reviews. This is Ed Katz of Katnip Marketing- marketing consultant by day; theater critic by night- bringing my weekly review segment, Katz Reviews, here for you on WICC 600. Dear listeners- I try to walk into theaters with no expectations- I try to keep my slate blank …

Oklahoma! at Goodspeed Opera House

Ed Katz August 8, 2017 Connecticut / Theater Reviews / Uncategorized

“Welcome to Katz Reviews. This is Ed Katz of Katnip Marketing- marketing consultant by day; theater critic by night- bringing my weekly review segment, Katz Reviews, here for you on WICC 600. Today I review Goodspeed Opera House’s revival of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, ‘Oklahoma!’ If you are …

The Play That Goes Wrong on Broadway

Ed Katz August 1, 2017 Broadway / New York / Theater Reviews

“Welcome to Katz Reviews. This is Ed Katz of Katnip Marketing- marketing consultant by day; theater critic by night- bringing my weekly review segment, Katz Reviews, here for you on WICC 600. Crazy, funny, silly, slapstick- and dangerous. ‘The Play that Goes Wrong’ is all of these and more. Imagine a …

Singin’ in the Rain at Summer Theatre of New Canaan

Ed Katz July 25, 2017 Connecticut / Theater Reviews

“Welcome to Katz Reviews. This is Ed Katz of Katnip Marketing- marketing consultant by day; theater critic by night- bringing my weekly review segment, Katz Reviews, here for you on WICC 600. Sometimes you have to listen to “the buzz.” The buzz is the insider industry chatter. And my …

Grounded at Westport Country Playhouse

Ed Katz July 18, 2017 Connecticut / Theater Reviews

“Welcome to Katz Reviews. This is Ed Katz of Katnip Marketing- marketing consultant by day; theater critic by night- with my weekly review segment, Katz Reviews, here for you on WICC 600. This past weekend I attended Westport Country Playhouse’s production of writer George Brant’s 2012 play, ‘Grounded,’ starring Elizabeth …