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Thursday, June 3, 2021

Broadway Update: Pass Over and Tonys Announce Dates by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward June 3, 2021: The new post-quarantine Broadway season keeps getting earlier and earlier. Pass Over, Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu's play focusing on two African-American men …

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Wednesday, June 2, 2021

We Have To Hurry by Barry Gordin

 Love Gets A Second Chance During Life’s Third Act June 2, 2021: Playwright and Emmy-winning actress Dorothy Lymon takes on the illuminating words from her own pen for the next monthly …

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Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Lilies Off Broadway by Barry Gordin

Final two weeks of Lilies, or The Revival of a Romantic Drama will play final performance Sunday, June 6th. June 1, 2021:   Lilies, or The Revival of a Romantic Drama, one of first new sho…

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Saturday, May 29, 2021

ARF Ground Breaking by Barry Gordin

Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons breaks ground on FOREVER HOME: An expansive history making state-of-the-art building project and renovation. May 28, 2021:  Animal Rescue Fund of the Ham…

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Friday, May 28, 2021

Jamie deRoy & friends by Barry Gordin

Songs from Tony Award winning musicals Part Three. May 29, 2021: Set your DVRs to catch Jamie deRoy & friends’ Songs from Tony Award winning musicals Part Three.  Jamie deRoy & …

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Home Project (excerpts-in-process) ***** by Barry Gordin

By: Paulanne Simmons May 28, 2021: For the past year, most of us have been taking refuge in our homes. Now that we’re at last venturing out, it seems like a perfect time to explore the m…

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Thursday, May 27, 2021

The Tony Awards Return by Barry Gordin

The Tony Awards Return with Special Four Hour Telecast on CBS Sunday, September 26 By: Ellis Nassour May 26, 2021 -- You knew Broadway was coming back. You just weren’t sure when. Now, …

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Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Broadway Update by Barry Gordin

B’way Update: Hadestown Opens Early; Girl, Lackawanna, Thoughts Announce Dates By: David Sheward Since my last Broadway update, several more shows have announced firm opening dates and o…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:51PM
Saturday, May 22, 2021

On This Day In New York Theater: May 23, 1922 by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter (No. 27 in the series) May 23 was a rather lonely date in the annals of New York theater during the 1920s. Apart from the second of two revivals of Gilbert and Sulliva…

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Friday, May 21, 2021

Broadway Barks by Barry Gordin

The 23rd annual Broadway Barks and 2nd Broadway Barks Across America is set to stream on Sunday, May 23rd at 7:00 pm EDT on Broadway.com and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ Facebook and…

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Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Monday, May 17, 2021

Celebration Of Life by Barry Gordin

The Longhouse Trustees and Peter OIsen hosted Celebration of Life, a garden party in memory of Jack Lenor Larsen (1927-2020) May 16, 2021:  Peter Olsen and the Longhouse Trustees hosted�…

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We Have To Hurry by Barry Gordin

Stage and Screen Favorite Alfred Molina in We Have To Hurry June 5th & 6th, 2021. All Profits Benefit The Actors Fund Home East & West  May 18, 2021: Tony, Emmy, and Golden Globe …

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Sunday, May 16, 2021

Broadway’s Post-Quarantine 2021-22 Season by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward May 16, 2021: With COVID infections dropping and vaccinations reaching higher levels, the New York theater is poised to reopen after a year and a half of lockdown. Both G…

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Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Bay Street Theater by Barry Gordin

Tickets go on sale TODAY at 11am for their 30th Anniversary Season, COME TOGETHER, for the thrill of Live Theater. May 11, 2021: Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts anno…

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Monday, May 10, 2021

Storytime Online by Barry Gordin

Julie Andrews and her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton will read their children’s book, Simeon’s Gift, on Saturday @10:30 am via Zoom. This is the final segment in the Bay Street Theater …

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Saturday, May 8, 2021

A Dozen Dreams by Barry Gordin

Waking Up New York with Immersive A Dozen Dreams  By: Ellis Nassour May 7, 2021 -- En Garde Arts and Arts Brookfield are presenting the immersive theatrical installation A Dozen Dreams,…

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Thursday, May 6, 2021

Broadway To Open September 14 by Barry Gordin

Tickets go on sale today! May 6, 2021:  Broadway shows can open on September 14th at 100% capacity.  Yesterday at a press conference, Governor Cuomo announced that Broadway will be back i…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:19AM
Sunday, May 2, 2021

Jamie deRoy by Barry Gordin

Tony Award Winning Musicals Part One May 1, 2021: Jamie deRoy & friends: Songs from TONY AWARD WINNING MUSICALS PART ONE airs Monday, May 3 on the new HD Channel 1993 at 8 PM. Hugh…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:33AM
Monday, April 26, 2021

BroadwayHD by Barry Gordin

May’s Lineup of Exciting New Shows include musical classics and innovative new favorites.  April 26, 2021: Electrifying performances are coming to BroadwayHD, the premiere streaming ser…

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We Have To Hurry by Barry Gordin

Actors Fund Benefit We Have to Hurry, new work by acclaimed playwright, actor, and director Dorothy Lyman starring Kathleen Chalfant and Elliott Gould will host a Virtual Stage Door, with …

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Sunday, April 25, 2021

Voyeur by Barry Gordin

A LIVE Theatrical Experience, VOYEUR The Windows of Toulouse -Lautrec. April 24, 2021: VOYEUR, a live, open air, immersive Theatrical Experience, returns to the streets of Greenwich Vill…

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Friday, April 23, 2021

Pandemic Oscar Predictions by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward April 23, 2020: There has never been a weirder, more unpredictable slate of Oscar nominees, nor has there been a stranger movie awards season in recent memory than this o…

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The 93rd Oscars by Barry Gordin

The 93rd Oscars Telecast Live Sunday. WATCH!  It’s Going to Be Unique By: Ellis Nassour April 22, 2021: Doesn’t everyone love the movies? Even at those long ago cinemas where y…

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Thursday, April 22, 2021

pen/man/ship **1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Paulanne Simmons April 22, 2021: Based in Prospect Park, Molière in the Park boasts a mission statement reinforcing the belief that “provocative and high caliber theater performed …

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Sunday, April 18, 2021

On This Day In New York Theater: April 18, 1946 by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter (No. 26 in the series) April 18, 2021: April 18 in the 1940s was not a particularly memorable date in the annals of Broadway history, but it did yield one fascinatin…

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Saturday, April 17, 2021

John Cullum: An Accidental Star **** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward April 17, 2021: Still spry and charismatic at 91, John Cullum offers an enchanting and charming solo turn  in John Cullum: An Accidental Star, a 80-minute career retro…

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Jamie deRoy & friends by Barry Gordin

2021  Academy Award  Winning Songs #1  April 17, 2021: Jamie deRoy & friends presents Academy Award Winning Songs: Part 1 with Special Guest: Three- Time Oscar Winner Stephen Sc…

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Friday, April 16, 2021

Welcome Back to Theater by Barry Gordin

A Door Opens to Off Broadway: Blindness By: Ellis Nassour April 16, 2021: The acclaimed Donmar Warehouse production of Blindness, adapted from Nobel Prize-winning José Saramago’s dysto…

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
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