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Thursday, January 30, 2020

BroadwayHD’s February Slate by Barry Gordin

New releases plus “Love is in the Air” with a select playlist for Valentine’s Day. January 29, 2020:   BroadwayHD, the premiere streaming service for theater fans, spreads a littl…

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Monday, January 27, 2020

LTV’s What’s Your Story by Barry Gordin

Angela La Greca hosted an evening of personal stories told in word, song and video at LTV.  January 25, 2019:  Everybody has a story and LTV, East Hampton’s Media Center and Public Ac…

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East End Underground @ LTV by Barry Gordin

Funk Night featuring Funkin’ A and The Kenny Harris Project rocked LTV on Friday night. January 24, 2019:  The East End Underground, LTV’s show for local bands presented Funk Night f…

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Sunday, January 26, 2020

Romeo and Bernadette **** by Barry Gordin

By: Paulanne Simmons January 26, 2019: It may seem a little difficult to imagine Romeo and Juliet as a comedy. But Michael Saltzman’s Romeo and Bernadette: A Musical Tale of Verona an…

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Grand Horizons *** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward January 25, 2019: Few performers can endow the simple culinary acts of making a sandwich or ladling gravy with as much meaning as Jane Alexander. The reserved, precise…

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Saturday, January 25, 2020

Forbidden Broadway ***1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Paulanne Simmons January 28, 2019: Now in its 31st year, Forbidden Broadway is again making gentle (and not so gentle) fun of our favorite (and not so favorite) Broadway shows, past…

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Friday, January 24, 2020

The Emperor’s Nightingale **** by Barry Gordin

By: Paulanne Simmons January 27, 2020: Pan Asian Repertory’s The Emperor’s Nightingale has everything a small child wants in theater – music, puppets, colorful costumes and audien…

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Broadway at Birdland by Barry Gordin

January 24, 2109: Show business tour de force and seven-time Tony® Award-winning producer Jamie deRoy brings her acclaimed Jamie deRoy &friends Cabaret show to New York’s famed Bird…

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Thursday, January 23, 2020

Grand Horizons Opening by Barry Gordin

Bess Wohl's play Grand Horizons opened at Second Stage Theater at the Helen Hayes Theater and was Directed by Leigh Silverman. January 23, 2020: Bill and Nancy have spent 50 full years …

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The Woman in Black **** by Barry Gordin

By: Paulanne Simmons January 23, 2019: The horror story, The Woman in Black, has a long and distinguished history. It began as a 1983 novel by Susan Hill and spawned two films. The firs…

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My Name Is Lucy Barton ****, The Woman In Black **1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward January 23, 2019: Adapting a novel to the stage is a tricky business. A play needs to have a central action  executed within a playing time of a few hours while a nov…

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My Name is Lucy Barton ***** by Barry Gordin

By: Isa Goldberg January 23, 2019: Laura Linney, truly an elixir of stage chemistry, commands a full 90-minutes of storytelling in the Manhattan Theatre Club’s production, My Name is…

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Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Tina ***** by Barry Gordin

By: Isa Goldberg  January 23, 2019: “That voice that come tumbling out that mouth of yourn is like fire and heaven all at once,” a rotund, mystical, native American-looking woman (…

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Monday, January 20, 2020

Forbidden Broadway at York **** by Barry Gordin

Tony Award winning parodist Gerard Alessandrini is back with a hilarious all new Forbidden Broadway: The Next Generation! By: Patrick Christiano January 20, 2020: After a five-year …

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Forbidden Broadway Opens at York by Barry Gordin

Tony Award winning parodist Gerard Alessandrini is back with a hilarious all new Forbidden Brodway: The Next Generation! January 20, 2020: Forbidden Broadway: The Next Generation opened …

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Friday, January 17, 2020
Thursday, January 16, 2020

How To Load A Musket *** by Barry Gordin

“Visions of History” By: Samuel L. Leiter January 16, 2020: It’s been six years since Row after Row, Jessica Dickey’s fictionalized play about historical battle re-enactors, …

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LTV by Barry Gordin

LTV is having a 2 Day - Double Event Funk Night Featuring Funkin' A The Kenny Harris Project on Friday January 24 at 7pm and "What's Your Story?" on Saturday January 25 at 4pm. LTV is loc…

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Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Boom Opens @ 59E59 by Barry Gordin

Rick Miller’s Boom makes NYC premiere at 59E59 Theaters January 15, 2020:   Boom, written, directed and performed by Rick Miller, opened at 59E59 Theaters for a limited run through Sun…

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Sunday, January 12, 2020

Broadway Update by Barry Gordin

Broadway Update: Sing Street Transfer, The Nanny in Development By: David Sheward January 12, 2019: Will the Once lightning strike twice? Sing Street, the musical based on the 2016 m…

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Saturday, January 11, 2020
Thursday, January 9, 2020

BroadwayHD Rings in 2020 by Barry Gordin

Outstanding slate of shows features the Tony nominated Red, the Donmar Warehouse’s all-female Henry IV, the beloved Gene Kelly film Brigadoon, and the National Ballet of Norway’s Hedda G…

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Harry Townsend’s Last Stand **** by Barry Gordin

By: Isa Goldberg January 9, 2019: The darkness inhabiting the season Off Broadway is ominous with forebodings of cataclysmic events such as we are informed of daily. Actually, it’s m…

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Monday, January 6, 2020

The Inheritance **1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Paulanne Simmons January 6, 2019: Somewhere in Matthew Lopez’s 7-hour epic, The Inheritance, there’s a fairly good two or two-and-a-half-hour play. Not a great play, or a terrib…

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Thursday, January 2, 2020

Gurney’s Montauk New Year’s Eve 2020 by Barry Gordin

“The Roaring 20’s” was the theme for New Year’s Eve at Gurney’s in Montauk. January 1, 2020: Guests at Gurney’s, on the brink of the Atlantic Ocean in Montauk, stepped back in…

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Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Denise Marsa’s The Pass by Barry Gordin

A personal musical journey, through the decades, of a talented singer/songwriter.  December 31, 2019: A few weeks ago, on November 26, I saw Denise Marsa perform her solo new musical, Th…

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Monday, December 30, 2019

The Thin Place **** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward December 30, 2019: Hot new playwright Lucas Hnath takes a great risk by naming his latest play The Thin Place. Its plot and premise could be taken as gossamer light an…

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Friday, December 27, 2019

Jagged Little Pill *** by Barry Gordin

By: Isa Goldberg December 27, 2019: Take the incomprehensibility of everyday life and swallow it whole. That is the confection behind Jagged Little Pill, the new musical based on Alanis…

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Wednesday, December 25, 2019

Greater Clements ****, Sing Street **1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward December 25, 2019: Crushing economic forces devastate two communities in a pair of Off-Broadway productions. How the characters deal with these financial blows vary as…

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Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Judgment Day *** 1/2 by Barry Gordin

Everything is Connected By: Samuel L. Leiter December 24, 2019: If you saw the recent movie, Marriage Story, you probably heard Adam Driver’s character, an Off-Broadway director, s…

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Monday, December 23, 2019

Cole Porter with Harry Connick Jr. by Barry Gordin

5 Reasons Why You Should Celebrate Cole Porter with Harry Connick Jr. By: Iris Wiener 1.      Harry Connick Jr. has an appreciation for Cole Porter that is unmatched by other art…

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Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
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Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
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