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Friday, April 21, 2023

Christine Andreas: Two For The Road by Barry Gordin

By: Alix Cohen April 21, 2023: Broadway Baby Christine Andreas adapted to cabaret and concert stages as if doing it all along. Elegance, authority, enunciation, vocal control and story aw…

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Thursday, April 20, 2023

Ken Fallin – A Voyeur of the Soul, Part 1 by Barry Gordin

By: Alix Cohen April 22, 2023: Ken Fallin is a soft spoken, modest man who smiles easily but prefers his subjects to look serious. His world revolves around the visual, yet unlike husband…

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Ken Fallin, A Voyeur of the Soul, Part 2 by Barry Gordin

By: Alix Cohen April 22, 2023: Ken and Stanley decided to go back to Boston, keeping the New York apartment. "You could do that then. I knew somebody that knew somebody at The Boston Hera…

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Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Broadway Update by Barry Gordin

Broadway Update: Drama Desk Rules Change; Mario Fratti Dies By: David Sheward April 19, 2023: The Drama Desk Awards are joining the Outer Critics Circle, the Lortels and the Independent …

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38 Bistro Awards by Barry Gordin

By: Paulanne Simmons April 19, 2023: At the beginning of the 38th%C2%A0Bistro Awards on April 17, Sherry Eaker, who has been producing the event for 30 years, remembered that her first ye…

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Tuesday, April 18, 2023

ACA Galleries by Barry Gordin

Phase 2 Myth Conception: A Survey 1972-2019 at ACA Galleries through June 30,2023, with special presentations on April 27 & May 11. April 18, 2023:  ACA Galleries, 529 West 20th Street…

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Monday, April 17, 2023

Broadway Babe by Barry Gordin

Nostalgic finds from Broadway Babe feature Elaine Stritch, Bing Crosby, George Burns & Sid Caesar, and Phantom of the Opera. April 17, 2023: Broadway Babe, Randie Levine-Miller is somew…

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Friday, April 14, 2023

Andrew Lloyd Webber by Barry Gordin

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Behind the Mask: “It Wasn’t the Best Time of My Life". By: Ellis Nassour April 14, 2023 --“Though London advance sales and audience reaction during previews sug…

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Thursday, April 13, 2023

Shucked ****1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter April 13, 2023: Shucked, the new musical at the Nederlander Theatre, may be as corny as Kansas in August, but it's for that very reason it's also one of the surprise …

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Shucked ***  by Barry Gordin

By: Paulanne Simmons April 13, 2023: Whether or not you enjoy Shucked, Broadway's new musical based on corn, both the kind you grow and the kind you write, depends mostly on your sense o…

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Phantom of the Opera Closing by Barry Gordin

The Phantom of the Opera, Breaking Records for 35 + Years Closes on Broadway with Friday Benefit and Sunday Star-Studded Gala. By Ellis Nassour April 13, 2023 - Instead of Cats being lab…

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Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Sin Twisters by Barry Gordin

Get Them Straight, Please! Monday for One Night Only: Tony Nominees Anita Gillette and Penny Fuller Sin Again.  By: Ellis Nassour April 11, 2023: Broadway and 86th Street: Tony nominee A…

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Sheryl Lee Ralph by Barry Gordin

Tony Nominee/Emmy Winner Sheryl Lee Ralph Will Sign Memoir DIVA 2.0: 12 Life Lessons from Me for You Tuesday at Barnes & Noble By: Ellis Nassour April 10, 2023: Indefatigable Tony no…

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Sunday, April 9, 2023

Keyes Art / Sag Harbor by Barry Gordin

Paul Davis: INKLINGS, Works on Paper, on view through May 5, 2023, at Keyes Art, 45 Main Street Sag Harbor April 9, 2023:  Julie Keyes hosted an opening reception for Paul Davis’s Inklin…

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BroadwayHD by Barry Gordin

Relive the magic of T he Phantom of the Opera on BroadwayHD. April 8, 2023:  After 35 years, The Phantom of the Opera is leaving Broadway on April 16 after over 12 thousand performances an…

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Friday, April 7, 2023

Life of Pi ****, The Coast Starlight **** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward April 7, 2023: Theater is the ultimate medium of the imagination, more so than film or TV. With the latter two, there is the potential to travel literally anywhere in t…

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Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ ****1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Isa Goldberg April 5, 2023: What is joie de vivre, if not “Dancin’”! With direction and staging by Wayne Cilento, Bob Fosse’s explosive choreography gets a rousing revival on …

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Broadway Update by Barry Gordin

B’way Update: Window Replaces Sign By: David Sheward April 5, 2023: Donald Trump's 34-count indictment isn't the only big news coming out of Manhattan this week. The revival of Lorrain…

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Tuesday, April 4, 2023

Broadway Babe by Barry Gordin

Nostalgic finds from Broadway Babe include Barbra Streisand, Sammy Davis Jr. Janet Leigh & Jamie Lee Curtis on the Phil Donahue Show, plus a documentary on Elaine Stritch. April 3, 202…

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Monday, April 3, 2023

Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ***** Bad Cinderella ** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward At the 1988 Tony Awards, the big battle was between the shows composed by the two respective behemoths of the American and British musical theater: Stephen Sondheim’s t…

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Vanities – the Musical *** by Barry Gordin

By: Paulanne Simmons April 4, 2023: Vanities, Jack Heifner’s comedy-drama, opened at Playwrights Horizons on January 15, 1976, ran for 13 performances, and then transferred to the Che…

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Sunday, April 2, 2023

Life oF Pi ****1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter April 2, 2023: One of the most popular forms of theatre in the 19th century was the spectacular melodrama, a play whose most potent impact depended on special effects…

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Friday, March 31, 2023

Vanities @ The York by Barry Gordin

Jade Jones, Amy Keum, and Hayley Podschun star as three friends pushing the boundaries of their lives in a revised Vanities – The Musical directed by Will Pomerantz at The York. March 31,…

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Broadway Update by Barry Gordin

B'way Update: Smash to the Stage, Roundabout and CSC Seasons By: David Sheward March 30, 2023: It hardly seems possible, but there are already plans being hatched for the 2023-24 and 202…

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Thursday, March 30, 2023

Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ ***1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter March 31, 2023: Don't be deceived by the essentially bare stage facing you at the start Bob Fosse;s Dancin', a revival at the Music Box of Fosse's 1978 multi-Tony-winn…

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The Coast Starlight *** by Barry Gordin

By: Isa Goldberg March 31, 2023: A twist of dramatic form, as we know it, creates the matrix to Keith Bunin's new play, "The Coast Starlight" at Lincoln Center Theater at The Mitzi E. Newh…

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Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Café Carlyle by Barry Gordin

John Lloyd Young, the original Tony winning star of Jersey Boys, returns to Café Carlyle March 28 through April 1.  March 28, 2023:  John Lloyd Young, the Tony and Grammy Award-winning o…

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Marilyn Maye by Barry Gordin

Marilyn Maye Highlights The New York Pops By: Alix Cohen Much 28, 2023: To a multitude of friends, fans, and fellow artists, Marilyn Maye is a lighthouse, a lodestar, The Little Prince�…

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Paulanne Simmons Unscripted by Barry Gordin

Devices and Gimmicks March 27, 2023: A device is a plan or a method with a particular aim. A gimmick is a trick intended to attract attention, business or publicity. Sometimes it’s hard …

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