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Monday, April 30, 2012

Tony Award Announcement by Barry

Hugh JackmanBernadette PetersThe Tony Award Administration Committee has announced that Bernadette Peters will receive the Isabelle Stevenson Award and Special Tony Awards to Actors’ Equit…

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Sunday, April 29, 2012

Showstopper Divos by Barry

Nicolas King, Myles Savage, Randie Levine-Miller, Kevin SpirtasRandie Levine-Miller’s “SHOWSTOPPER DIVOS – A SWELL PARTY”  was held  at Feinstein's at Lowes Regency on April 29, 20…

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Friday, April 27, 2012

Drama Desk Nominations 2012 by Barry

Donna Murphy, Brian D'Arcy JamesDrama Desk winners, BRIAN D'ARCY JAMES and DONNA MURPHY announced this season’s 2011/2012 Drama Desk Nominees at Feinstein's at Loews Regency on Park Avenue…

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Thursday, April 26, 2012

The City Club Opens by Barry

Andrew Pandaleon, Kristen MartinAna Hoffman, Peter BradburyThe City Club, a tour de force original Blues & Jazz musical about the indisputable intoxication of music opened Off-Broadway a…

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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

The Bistro Awards by Barry

Mellissa Manchester                     By: Sandi DurellOn Monday, April 23rd at Gotham Comedy Club in New York, 208 West 23rd Street, Columnist & Grande Dame of Dish…

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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Streetcar Named Desire Opens by Barry

Blair UnderwoodTennessee Williams’ sultry drama, A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by Emily Mann opened at The Broadhurst Theater on April 22, 2012. A Streetcar Named Desire is set agains…

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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Evita *** by Barry

Elena RogerBy Isa Goldberg/Chief Theater CriticIn front of the Casa Rosada, a swirl of tango surrounds the new regime. In director Michael Grandage’s revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s and…

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Friday, April 13, 2012

Jesus Christ Superstar ** by Barry

Jesus Christ Superstar’ on SteroidsBy: Isa Goldberg/Chief Theater CriticOne has to credit the creators of  “Jesus Christ Superstar” for their audacious approach to a sacred subject. A…

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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Newsies by Barry

Jeremy Jordan           Newsies’ Disney’s Cheeky Kids      By Isa Goldberg/Chief Theater Critic Child labor might be a delicate issue for a Broadway musical. It was the co…

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Ferderer Versus Murray Opens by Barry

Dave Anderson, Gerda Stevenson, Ben BrydenApril 11, 2011:  59 East 59 Theaters welcomed Glasgow-based Communicado Theatre Company to the Scotland week celebrations with the US premiere of F…

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Monday, April 9, 2012

Maria Pessino in Chelsea by Barry

Maria Pessino“Karma Kit Kaboodle,” a solo exhibition of new work by artist Maria Pessino opened at the Keyes Gallery in the Chelsea Art District of New York.  The show is a narrative co…

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Sunday, April 1, 2012

Drama Desk Panel by Barry

Blair Underwood, Cynthia Nixon                 By Patrick Christiano “It’s a Hard Act To Follow” was the topic of a special Drama Desk Panel Discussion and luncheon hel…

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Cabaret with Sandi Durell by Barry

Grace CosgroveMarch came in like a lamb and went out like a lion!  Not only weather-wise, but with the culmination of the 26th Annual MAC Awards.  Everyone was gussied up on March 29th a…

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Gregory Charles by Barry

         Vintage at the Café Carlyle        By: Sandi Durell The name may or may not be vaguely familiar, but say Gregory Charles in Canada, Paris or around the world, and ey…

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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Once ****1/2 by Barry

                ‘Once” She Done Him Right            By: Isa Goldberg/Chief Theater Critic“Old Martin” meets broken down Hoover.  That in a nutshell, is the…

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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

HIM *1/2 by Barry

Jon Fleming, Todd Crain         By Sam AffoumadoAfter originally premiering at the Cherry Lane Studio Theater HIM, a gay romantic comedy with a familiar “Hollywood is homophobic” t…

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Broadway Beauty Pageant by Barry

And The Winner Is: Andrew Chapelle (Mama Mia), Carl Siciliano (Executive Director, Ali Forney Center)Four-time Tony nominated and Drama Desk Award-winning actress Tovah Feldshuh once again h…

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Pan Asian Rep's 35th by Barry

Daniel Dae KimPan Asian Repertory Theatre celebrated its 35th anniversary on Monday, March 19th at the Edison Ballroom. The celebrated theater troupe honored those whose contributions have e…

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Monday, March 19, 2012

Jamie deRoy & Friends by Barry

Lisa Lampanelli, Mo RoccaJamie deRoy, Daisy JoplingMarch 18, 2012: Jamie deRoy & Friends hit the jackpot with a great lineup of talent at the Metropolitan Room on what felt like a spring…

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Death Of A Salesman ***** by Barry

           By Isa Goldberg/Chief Theater CriticIn his Academy Award-winning role as Truman Capote, Philip Seymour Hoffman created one of America’s most flamboyant and contradicto…

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Thursday, March 15, 2012

Teresa's Ecstasy Opens by Barry

Will Pomerantz, Bengonya PlazaThe world premiere of Teresa’s Ecstasy by Begonya Plaza opened Off Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theater in the West Village on Wednesday March 12, 2012. Direct…

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Friday, March 9, 2012

Different Voices, Unique Visions by Barry

Meg Hitchock, Dorian Bergen, Beth Ames SwartzMarch 17, 2012: ACA Galleries in Chelsea hosted the opening reception of DIFFERENT VOICES, UNIQUE VISIONS, featuring the artwork of Beth Ames Swa…

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Thursday, March 8, 2012

Renegade Princess ** by Barry

                 By Sam AffoumadoRenegade Princess, originally directed by Tanya Taylor Rubinstein, is a solo theater piece written and performed by Ann Marie Houghtailing. Th…

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Eternal Equinox Opens @ 59E59 by Barry

Christian Pedersen, Hollis McCarthy, Michael Gabriel GoodfriendThe New York premiere of Eternal Equinox a play set in 1923 by Joyce Hokin Sachs based on two of Britain’s important artists …

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Guild Hall Gala by Barry

Laurie Anderson, Ruth AppelhofMarch 5, 2012: Guild Hall of East Hampton presented their 27th Annual Academy of the Arts Lifetime Achievement Awards at the St. Regis Hotel Roof Top Ballroom i…

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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Broadway Belts by Barry

Darlene LoveAdam Pascal, Julie Halston, Carl AndressAward-winning Broadway actress Julie Halston hosted the second annual Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) benefit "BROADWAY BELTS for…

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Monday, February 27, 2012

Actors Fund Benefit by Barry

Scott Siegel presents: The Best of Jim Caruso’s Cast Party 2012 By Sandi Durell ... Photography: Barry GordinJim CarusoMy dilemma is – does Scott Siegel ever sleep?  After all, he produ…

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Friday, February 24, 2012

ACA Celebrates The Heart by Barry

Dorian Bergen, Agapi Stassinopoulos: Photo: Barry GordinSaturday, February 25, 2012 ACA Galleries in association with The NY Open Center hosted an inspiring talk with author Agapi Stassinopo…

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LongHouse Winter Benefit by Barry

Edward AlbeeOn Wednesday February 15, 2012 LongHouse Reserve celebrated the revival of Edward Albee’s “The Lady from Dubuque” in New York, where the play is part of the launch of The P…

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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Cabaret with Sandi Durell by Barry

                                                  MARCH IS CABARET MONTH!              Nellie MckayThe celebration of cabaret in New York City was …

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Sunday, February 19, 2012

Cindy Sherman @ Moma by Barry

                         Janet Lehr's TheaterArts ArtMkt     Cindy Sherman's 35 Year Retrospective at Moma Thru June 11thThat tantalizing sense of mystery and unea…

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