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Sunday, April 12, 2026

Titanique ***** by Barry Gordin

By Samuel L. Leiter April 12, 2026: Four years ago, when I saw Titanique in an intimate, subterranean, club-like theatre in Chelsea, it reminded me of an earlier show, 2013’s magnificentl…

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Donna McKechnie – A Musical Memoir by Barry Gordin

By Alix Cohen April 12, 2026: Donna McKechnie explodes onto the stage, arms shooting out like fireworks. “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” (Jule Styne/Stephen Sondheim), usually a finale…

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TRU ** 1/2 by Barry Gordin

JESSE TYLER FERGUSON STARS IN A MISGUIDED REVIVAL OF TRU, JAY PRESSON ALLEN’S CHARACTER STUDY OF TRUMAN CAPOTE AT A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN HIS LIFE. By Patrick Christiano      April 5,…

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Friday, April 10, 2026

Cats: The Jellicle Ball – A Quasi Revival in Spectacular “Ballroom Vogue” Style  by Barry Gordin

By: Ellis Nassour  April 9, 2021: Cats: The Jellicle Ball, the rip-roaring reimagination of Andrew Lloyd Webber and T.S. Eliot’s classic score, inspired by the latter’s Old Possum's B…

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Death of a Salesman **** by Barry Gordin

By David Sheward April 10, 2026: The most fascinating element of Joe Mantello’s innovative and powerful production of Death of a Salesman, is the deceptively simple set by Chloe Lamford. …

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Thursday, April 9, 2026

Sketches: Lauren Lovette, Charles Yang & Peter Dugan ***** by Barry Gordin

By Paulanne Simmons April 8, 2026: The latest offering in Kaufman Music Center’s Artist as Curator series put together choreographer and former New York City Ballet principal ballerina La…

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Wednesday, April 8, 2026

White Room Gallery – Shake It Up by Barry Gordin

Shake It Up featuring David Bender, Suzanne Metz, Paul D. Fuentes, Kat O'Neill, and Kasia G on view at The White Room Gallery April 10 – May 10, 2026. April 8, 2026: The White Room Galler…

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Sunday, April 5, 2026

Dog Day Afternoon – Why? ** by Barry Gordin

By Alix Cohen April 5, 2026: Based on a botched 1972 Brooklyn robbery and its subsequent film depiction, this iteration of Dog Day Afternoon has lost its axis. That the playwright was event…

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Saturday, April 4, 2026

Three Plays Address the Spirit of Our Time…Or the Lack Thereof by Barry Gordin

By Isa Goldberg April 4, 2026: Like a quintessential Broadway magician, a Houdini in fact, Daniel Radcliffe breaks the shackles of constraint in Every Brilliant Thing. In this interact…

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Thursday, April 2, 2026

Gotta Dance! ****1/2 by Barry Gordin

By Samuel L. Leiter April 2, 2026: Stage 42, a 499-seat Off-Broadway theatre, would classify as Broadway if it had one more seat. Gotta Dance!, its engaging new tenant, is a bit shy of Broa…

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Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Dog Day Afternoon ****, Giant **** by Barry Gordin

By David Sheward April 1, 2026: Two new Broadway plays are set in the last decades of the 20th century and based on real events. Both are startlingly relevant, foretelling fissures and frac…

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Giant **** by Barry Gordin

By Paulanne Simmons April 1, 2026: We all know (or should know) that children’s author Roald Dahl was an antisemite. But before seeing Mark Rosenblatt’s Giant, recently transferred to B…

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Saturday, March 28, 2026

Public Charge *** by Barry Gordin

By David Sheward March 27, 2026: Though Julissa Reynoso and Michael J. Chepiga’s Public Charge (fittingly at the Public Theater) takes place only a few years ago, this fast-paced docu-pla…

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Tuesday, March 24, 2026

What We Did Before Our Moth Days **** by Barry Gordin

By David Sheward March 24, 2026: Wallace Shawn continues to explore themes of morality and familial influence with his latest work What We Did Before Our Moth Days, a series of interrelated…

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Five Reasons Why The Full Monty is a Full Treat by Barry Gordin

By Iris Wiener March 24, 2026: The lights dim, the music kicks in, and suddenly you’re not just watching a show—you’re rooting for a group of ordinary people finding courage in the mo…

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Saturday, March 21, 2026

Cold War Choir Practice ****, Bigfoot! ***, Chinese Republicans *** by Barry Gordin

By David Sheward March 21, 2026: That distinctly weird, transitional decade, the 1980s, provides the time frame for two wildly funny Off-Broadway productions. This was a time when America w…

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Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Every Brilliant Thing **** 1/2 by Barry Gordin

By Samuel L. Leiter March 18, 2026: In December 2014, a little more than eleven years ago, I saw the Off-Broadway production of the solo play Every Brilliant Thing at the Barrow Street Thea…

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Monday, March 16, 2026

Every Brilliant Thing ****, Bughouse **, Burnout Paradise **** by Barry Gordin

By David Sheward March 16, 2026: The Daniel Radcliffe vehicle Every Brilliant Thing, currently at the Hudson after a transfer from London, is ostensibly a solo show. The former Harry Potter…

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About Time – The Third in A Trilogy ** 1/2 by Barry Gordin

By Alix Cohen  March 16,2026: The work of Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire is a masterclass in wit, melody, and storytelling. Maltby’s lyrics sparkle with intelligence and emotional p…

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Friday, March 13, 2026

Antigone (This Play I Read in High School) ****, Marcel on The Train **** by Barry Gordin

By David Sheward March 12, 2026: There have been numerous attempts at updating Greek tragedy. This season alone the tale of Oedipus has seen a new modern version from Robert Icke and a revi…

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Thursday, March 12, 2026

Bughouse ** 1/2 by Barry Gordin

By Samuel L. Leiter March 12, 2026: You  can’t say that Bughouse, a mostly solo play (there are offstage voices) about an “outsider” artist, with direction by Martha Clarke, script b…

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Monday, March 9, 2026

Five Reasons Why Bigfoot! is a Big Must-See by Barry Gordin

By Iris Wiener March 9, 2026: New York City Center’s Bigfoot! is a delightfully quirky theatrical experience that embraces its offbeat premise with humor, heart, and an infectious sense o…

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Sunday, March 8, 2026

Zack ** 1/2 by Barry Gordin

By Samuel L. Leiter March 8, 2026: The Mint Theatre has once again reached into the candy jar of forgotten or neglected plays, often from the UK. This time it’s plucked a British play wri…

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Thursday, March 5, 2026

The Reservoir *** 1/2 by Barry Gordin

By Isa Goldberg March 5, 2026: Brain health. It’s much more than a contemporary idea, and it triumphs here, in Jake Brasch’s The Reservoir at The Atlantic Theater.   One might think …

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Bigfoot **** by Barry Gordin

By Paulanne Simmons March 5, 2026: Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch, is a legendary apelike creature that has its origins in the Indigenous folklore of the Pacific Northwest. But he didn’…

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Monday, March 2, 2026

Bigfoot!- A New Musical* 1/2 by Barry Gordin

YOUR KIND OF CAMP? By Alix Cohen March 2, 2026. Camp (idiomatic/aesthetic sense) refers to a style or sensibility that embraces exaggeration, theatricality, artificiality, and deliberate …

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Friday, February 27, 2026

Chinese Republicans *** by Barry Gordin

UNITED AGAINST BIAS, DIVIDED BY POWER By Alix Cohen February 27, 2026: Prejudice against Chinese women in corporate America often operates at the intersection of race and gender, where st…

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Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Debby Boone Returns to New York After a Decade For Her 54 Below Debut and New Show “It’s Been a While” by Barry Gordin

By Ellis Nassour February 24, 2026: Grammy winner and a seven-time Grammy nominee Debby Boone, quite celebrated as a multiple cross-over artist with Top 10 successes in pop, contemporary, a…

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Monday, February 23, 2026

Mother Russia ** 1/2 by Barry Gordin

By Samuel L. Leiter February 23, 2026: Mother Russia, Lauren Yee’s satiric fantasia in the aftermath of the Soviet Union’s collapse, arrives at Signature Theatre with an ambition that i…

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Saturday, February 21, 2026

The Monsters ***** by Barry Gordin

By Samuel L. Leiter February 21, 2026: Ngozi Anyanwu’s The Monsters, a Manhattan Theatre Club production at NY City Center Stage II, is one of those rare evenings in the theater when you …

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Friday, February 20, 2026

White Room Gallery – Wild Things by Barry Gordin

Wild Things featuring Markus Klinko, Stephen Hall, and Mital Patel on view at The White Room Gallery March 6 - April 12, 2026. February 20, 2026: The White Room Gallery, 3 Railroad Avenue, …

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2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off