Review: The Old Man and the Pool Is a Hysterical Look at Mortality From Mike Birbiglia

The writer of Sleepwalk With Me and The New One creates his best show to date.

Review: The Old Man & the Pool at the Vivian Beaumont Theater by Juliet Hindell

Mike Birbiglia makes comedy out of healthcare woes. Juliet Hindell reviews. The post Review: The Old Man & the Pool at the Vivian Beaumont Theater appeared first on Exeunt Magazine NYC.

Jump In the Pool with Mike Birbiglia by Philip

My first Mike Birbiglia show was “Sleepwalk with Me” in 2008 at the Bleecker Street Theater, where some of the 199 seats were behind poles. The 80-minute self-written monologue recounted…

Theatre Openings: from w/c November 14 by Mark Shenton

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Tonight's audience understood the assignment. 🦁 #LionKing25 by Disney On Broadway

This is how we welcomed our Pride to our 25th Anniversary performance of The Lion King. by Disney On Broadway

It's A Wonderful Life: A Radio Play at Riverbend Players - PLAYBILLder

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The Holy Poly Plays - November 29 - December 04, 2022 - PLAYBILLder

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Reviews: What Did Critics Think of Mike Birbiglia's The Old Man & the Pool? by Margaret Hall

The comedian's latest solo show plays a limited engagement at the Vivian Beaumont Theater.

You Pick the Music on This Week's Elaine Paige on Sunday by Broadway.com

Olivier-winning actress Elaine Paige is giving Broadway.com listeners a chance to hear her BBC Radio 2 show Elaine Paige on Sunday. This week, Paige is passing off the mic to her loyal list…

Talkin' Broadway on Broadway Review: "Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man & The Pool" 11/13/22 by Howard Miller

How to describe what it's like to be in the company of the irrepressible storyteller Mike Birbiglia, whose latest Broadway offering, The Old Man & the Pool, has landed with a resoundingly en…

‘The Old Man & the Pool’ Review: Wading Into Mike Birbiglia’s Comfort Zone by Elisabeth Vincentelli

The comedian once again proves his virtuosity as a narrator, weaving a new harrowing tale in his latest Broadway show.

Mike Birbiglia Dives Back In To Broadway with THE OLD MAN AND THE POOL — Review

Theatrely's Broadway review of Mike Birbiglia’s The Old Man and the Pool which is now in performance at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater on Broadway in New York City.

Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man & The Pool ***** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter November 13, 2022: Comedian—or better, humorist—Mike Birbiglia’s life may be more a bowl of cherry pits than cherries, but he still manages to live and laugh at…

‘The Old Man and the Pool’ Review: Mike Birbiglia’s Solo Show Makes a Splash on Broadway by Gordon Cox

Mike Birbiglia’s solo play “The Old Man and the Pool” opened at the Vivian Beaumont Theater on Broadway on Nov. 13, 2022. The following is Peter Debruge’s review of the same producti…

‘The Old Man & The Pool’ Review: Mike Birbiglia Makes Another Broadway Splash by Greg Evans

With his latest solo show The Old Man & the Pool, Mike Birbiglia cements his reigning position as Broadway’s greatest comic storyteller – stand-up comic just doesn’t quite fit him …

Broadway Review: Mike Birbiglia The Old Man & The Pool by New York Theater

Mike Birbiglia is so popular he can joke about cancer and diabetes and still fill up a Broadway theater.  “The Old Man and the Pool,” opening tonight at the Vivian Beaumont, recalls the…

In ‘The Old Man & the Pool,’ Mike Birbiglia uses backstrokes as a method of moving forward by Brittani Samuel

A wise man once said, “Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.” The identity of this savant has been debated, but the quote is most often attributed to the legenda…

The Old Man & the Pool: Mike Birbiglia Laps Up Laughs, and How! by Steven Suskin

★★★★☆ Life, death, and the pursuit of pizza in Brooklyn The post The Old Man & the Pool: Mike Birbiglia Laps Up Laughs, and How! appeared first on New York Stage Review.

The Old Man & the Pool: Mike Birbiglia Dives Into Middle Age by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ The popular comic brings his own brand of gregarious, low-level neuroticism back to Broadway The post The Old Man & the Pool: Mike Birbiglia Dives Into Middle Age appear…

Theater Review: 2:22: A GHOST STORY (Ahmanson Theatre) by Marc Wheeler

CHEAP THRILLS WON’T LIFT YOUR SPIRIT You never forget your first. Mine happened in the West End of London in the year 2000. The Woman in Black* (Stephen Mallatratt’s adaptation of Susan …

RIP, Bear! by Dusty Wright

RIP, Bear! Dusty Wright November 13, 2022 - 18:57 Topics Theater Review Tags celebrity obit …

The Elusive Oeuvre of H.C. Potter by Trav S.D.

Ah, here’s a rarity — a figure in classic comedy to whom I have any kind of close cultural relation. Director Henry Codman “H.C.” Potter (1904-1977). Potter’s cinematic footprint i…

Review Roundup: MIKE BIRBIGLIA: THE OLD MAN AND THE POOL Opens on Broadway!

Critics are weighing in on Mike Birbiglia's acclaimed new solo play The Old Man and The Pool, directed by Seth Barish, which opened on Broadway Sunday, November 13, 2022, at the Vivian Beaum…

Radiotheatre presents The Haunting of 85 East 4th Street  by Edward A Kliszus

<strong>Radiotheatre presents The Haunting of 85 East 4th Street</strong>  OpeningNight.Online The rich baritone voice of raconteur Frank Zilinyi launched Radiotheatre’s delic…

The Vaudeville of Whoopi Goldberg by Trav S.D.

Long ago, Whoopi Goldberg (b. 1955) became an American institution. Her stage and screen credits wax close to a thousand in number. She acts in movies, plays and tv shows; does solo theatre …

Dido and Aeneas / The Emperor of Atlantis 

The post Dido and Aeneas / The Emperor of Atlantis  appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

Super High Resolution, Soho Theatre review - the NHS at breaking point by Aleks.sierz

New play about a junior doctor on the edge is powerful and moving Every day there is bad news about the NHS — junior doctors are exhausted, nurses need foodbanks and the stats are hitting…

FIRST LOOK: The Wizard of Oz in rehearsal at Curve Leicester by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Take a look at this great footage of rehearsals for Curve Theatre's The Wizard of Oz which runs from 19 November 2022. This post FIRST LOOK: The Wizard of Oz in rehearsal at …

This Week on Broadway for November 13, 2022: Almost Famous by James Marino

James Marino, Michael Portantiere, and Jan Simpson talk with Santino Fontana about his upcoming show at 54 Below this week. Reviews include Almost Famous, A Raisin in the Sun @ Public Theate…

“The Handke Project,” Kosovo Theatre Showcase by Verity Healey

The Handke Project, Kosovo Theatre Showcase, Teatri Oda, 26th October 2022 If The Handke Project – written by Kosovo and international playwright Jeton Neziraj and directed by his wife Ble…

‘Wakatt’ Review: A Dance for Our Times Travels to a Dark Place by Gia Kourlas

The choreographer Serge Aimé Coulibaly explores the fear that permeates society in the North American premiere of “Wakatt” at NYU Skirball.

Review: Shotgun’s ‘Great Comet’ is an astronomical phenomenon. While it’s here, you must see by Lily Janiak

Shotgun Players' "Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812" isn't just another transitory set on the same-old stage.

Leslie Uggams @ 54 Below ***** by Barry Gordin

By: Patrick Christiano Tony & Emmy award winner, Leslie Uggams, returns to 54 Below with a marvelous new show, Only In New York. November 12, 2022:  Leslie Uggams’ return to the …

Wicked the musical London announce 2023 cast by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Wicked the musical London have announced their 2023 cast which will see Alexia Khadime return as Elphaba and Lucy St. Louis star as Glinda. This post Wicked the musical Londo…

The Restorative Power of Water and Nature by Victoria L. Dammer

The Restorative Power of Water and Nature OpeningNight.Online Readers should know Roger Deakin and Robert MacFarlane have written essential pieces of literature that boil it down to this; th…

Interviews: Audra McDonald, Bernadette Peters & More Look Back on THE GOOD FIGHT

Throughout its six seasons, The Good Fight has featured an impressive lineup of Broadway talent, from regulars like Audra McDonald, Christine Baranski, and Sarah Steele, to guest stars like …

All the world’s a (miniature) stage

Collectors have set the scene for a toy theatre revival

Theatre Review: ‘U Thought I Was Him’ at Arena Players by Max Garner

“People try to label you. Put you in a box. Try to make you one way, even if you’re not.” It began thirteen months ago, with a conversation. Multi-hyphenate artist Nate Couser called d…

‘I want people to walk away with a sense we can triumph together’: the making of Mandela the musical by Sarah Crompton

Two South African brothers have spent seven years developing a musical about Nelson Mandela’s younger, radical years. His family are supportive, but political musicals are high risk… We …

‘It has added political resonance this year’: why Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol still strikes a chord by Vanessa Thorpe

Audiences can choose from a glut of Ebenezers this festive season, with the infamous miser a more pointed character than ever in these hard times This Christmas, whatever the weather, it wil…

Opera Review:  Verdi’s ‘Un Ballo in Maschera’ presented by Maryland Lyric Opera at The Music Center at Strathmore by Jeannette Mulherin

  Verdi’s ‘Un Ballo in Maschera” (“A Masked Ball”) is the Maryland Lyric Opera’s second production in an all-Verdi season featuring some of the composer’s best-loved works. In…

The Murder of Roy Radin: How Vaudeville Died its Second (Or Third or Fourth) Death by Trav S.D.

I wish I had known the amazing story of Roy Radin (1949-1983), beginning, middle, and end, when I was writing my book No Applause, as I definitely would have incorporated it into the last ch…

Frances Mayli McCann and Jordan Luke Gage reunite in Bonnie and Clyde by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Frances Mayli McCann and Jordan Luke Gage Reunite in Bonnie and Clyde the musical at The Garrick Theatre from 4 March 2023. This post Frances Mayli McCann and Jordan Luke Gag…

It's A Bird...It's A Plane...It's Superman: Broadway Kryptonite by Broadway By Ghostlight

Look up in the sky! It's a Bird. It's a Plane. It's...the latest Broadway Breakdown! Here we'll deep dive into the groovy, 60s Broadway musical flop, It's A Bird...It's A Plane...It's Superm…

NOT TO BE: SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL FUNDING PULLED OVER ‘CANON OF IMPERIALISM’ by Robert Shuman

Asia-Pacific (Eva Corlett’s article appeared in the Irish Times–from Wellington–10/14.) New Zealand’s arts council has pulled funding for a Shakespeare festival that has been running…

ALMOST FAMOUS: IT ISN’T MILLER TIME by Peter Filichia

And they say that Bobby in COMPANY is a cipher. Sondheim and Furth’s character is a six-point-six on the Richter...Continue Reading The post ALMOST FAMOUS: IT ISN’T MILLER TIME appeared …

Richard the Second review – an unfinished but promising production by Clare Brennan

Taunton Brewhouse, and touringTangle Theatre’s dynamic five-actor staging features a dazzling debut from Daniel Rock Founded in 2009, Tangle Theatre Company’s aim is to champion African …

Harriet Kemsley review – a smutty uprising against idealised femininity by Brian Logan

Palace theatre, SouthendThe manic 35-year-old riffs on pregnancy, childbirth and how she can make the world a less sexist place for her 10-month-old daughter The comedian reconsidering her l…

Theatre Review: ‘Nights on the Fringe’ presented by Charm City Fringe at The Peale by Pamela Steinik

What’s a fringe festival? As a newbie, I had absolutely no idea. What I saw at the newly renovated Peale, Baltimore’s Community Museum (and the oldest museum in the United States), was a…

Obituary: Jay Romano | Bedrock of Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre by Janice Crompton / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The week in theatre: Not One of These People; Not Now; Super High Resolution – review by Susannah Clapp

Royal Court; Finborough; Soho theatre, LondonQuestions of who can speak for whom animate both Martin Crimp’s new AI work and David Ireland’s brilliant Belfast dialogue. And a star is bor…

Zachary Quinto: ‘There’s a tremendous fear around openly gay men in our industry’ by Louis Chilton

The Star Trek actor talks to Louis Chilton about the ‘provocateur’ Ryan Murphy, how TV has damaged debate, and why he thinks democracy may not survive

Playbill leaves Twitter, saying the site 'expanded tolerance for hate' - ABC17NEWS

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN. Playbill, a news outlet and guide for the Broadway theater community and theatergoers, said Friday it left Twitter after ...

Broadway's 'Playbill' says it is leaving Twitter indefinitely - Yahoo News

In a statement, leaders of the magazine cited Twitter's recent surge of, 'hate, negativity, and misinformation.'

Broadway's 'Playbill' says it is leaving Twitter indefinitely - MSN

Broadway's Playbill says it is leaving the social media platform indefinitely. In a statement, leaders of the magazine cited Twitter's recent ...

Playbill Deactivates Twitter Account Because 'Expanded Tolerance' Of Hate Speech

Playbill deactivated its Twitter account Friday, citing the platform's support of "hateful virality."

Broadway's 'Playbill' says it is leaving Twitter indefinitely - ABC7 New York

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Broadway's Playbill says it is leaving the social media platform indefinitely. In a statement, leaders of the magazine cited ...

Playbill leaves Twitter, saying the site 'expanded tolerance for hate' - CBS News

BOSTON - Playbill, a news outlet and guide for the Broadway theater community and theatergoers, said Friday it left Twitter after Elon Musk took ...

Playbill leaves Twitter, saying site 'expanded tolerance for hate' | CNN Business

Playbill, a news outlet and guide for the Broadway theater community and theatergoers, said Friday it left Twitter after Elon Musk took over the ...

Off-Broadway Return of Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, Starring Steven Skybell, Begins November 13 by Andrew Gans

Tony winner Joel Grey again directs.

Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man & the Pool Opens on Broadway November 13 by Talaura Harms

The comedian's latest solo show plays a limited engagement at the Vivian Beaumont Theater.

Tony-Winning The Lion King Celebrates 25th Anniversary on Broadway November 13 by Andrew Gans

Proceeds from select tickets to the hit Broadway musical benefit the Entertainment Community Fund.