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Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Me & Mr. Jones: My Intimate Relationship with David Bowie **** by Barry Gordin

By: Paulanne Simmons October 24, 2018:  David Bowie was born David Robert Jones in Brixton, South London, in 1947, and never legally changed his name. According to Raquel Cion, that may ha…

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Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Black Light *** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter October 23, 2018:  Daniel Alexander Jones is unquestionably a multidimensional talent of powerhouse proportions.  Head of the playwriting program at Fordham Universit…

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Friday, October 19, 2018
Thursday, October 18, 2018

Tiffany Mills Company by Barry Gordin

By: Paulanne Simmons  October 22, 2018:  With her MFA in choreography fresh in her pocket, in 1995, Tiffany Mills left Ohio State University for New York City. Five years later she found…

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Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Emma and Max *** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter October 16, 2018:  Emma and Max is the playwriting debut of controversial, independent filmmaker Todd Solondz (Welcome to the Dollhouse, Happiness), who also directed.…

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Monday, October 15, 2018

Jamie deRoy & friends by Barry Gordin

Show at Birdland Theater benefits The Actor’s Fund October 14, 2018:  Show business ace, Jamie deRoy, an award-winning producer, cabaret, stage, film and TV performer, brought some of B…

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Saturday, October 13, 2018

The Nap **** by Barry Gordin

By Isa Goldberg October 14, 2018:  Watching a bunch of grifters, in The Nap, is a guilty pleasure because it’s silly, and delightfully inconsequential. It’s a comedy well timed for t…

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Friday, October 12, 2018

A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur *** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward October 12, 2018:  Even in his minor works, Tennessee Williams tenderly exposed the desperate longings of life’s dreamers and poets. In the age of Trump, they might be…

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Thursday, October 11, 2018
Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Hitler’s Tasters ** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter October 9, 2018:  For anyone in Nazi Germany during World War II, when food supplies were short and rationing in place, getting a job where you were guaranteed three de…

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Bernhardt/Hamlet **** by Barry Gordin

By: Isa Goldberg  October 13, 2018:  One should not be fooled by the title of the Roundabout Theatre’s current production, Bernhardt/Hamlet, by Theresa Rebeck. Regardless of the titl…

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Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Hel’s Kitchen by Barry Gordin

An Equity Stage Reading of Hel’s Kitchen, a new play by Sam Affoumado will be presented at Playroom Theater, 151 West 46th Street (8th Floor) NY, NY 10036  on  October 17th @7pm, Octobe…

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Monday, October 8, 2018

2018 Hamptons International Film Festival Winners by Barry Gordin

Congratulations to the  2018 Hamptons International Film Festival. And The Winners Are:

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The 26th Hamptons International Film Festival by Barry Gordin

The 26th Hamptons International Film Festival  announces their award winners at a ceremony in East Hampton. October 8, 2018:  ALL GOOD “ALLES IST GUT”, directed by Eva Trobisch, won t…

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A Star Is Born ****1/2 by Barry Gordin

Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga Light the Sky in A Star Is Born By: Ellis Nassour October 8, 2018:  Bradley Cooper and Lady Gage are no strangers to having their names in lights, but in A S…

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Saturday, October 6, 2018

Bernhardt/Hamlet *** The Nap **** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward October 6, 2018:  The fall Broadway season opens with two new plays centered on an incomparable artist pitted against the forces of compromise. One has loftier ambitions …

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Thursday, October 4, 2018

The Evolution of Mann *** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter October 4, 2018:  Musicals about New York singles looking for love in all the right places are not quite as common as plays about aging folks with Alzheimer’s but th…

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Bernhardt/Hamlet *** by Barry Gordin

By: Paulanne Simmons  The great French actress Sarah Bernhardt enjoyed a life that was as dramatic onstage as it was off. The daughter of a high-class Jewish prostitute and (probably) the …

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Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga by Barry Gordin

Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga Approached Working Together As Equal Partners By: Ellis Nassour October 8, 2018:  Lady Gaga is as mega as you can get as a rock star and Bradley Cooper knows…

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Tuesday, October 2, 2018
Thursday, September 27, 2018

BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP: AN ENCOUNTER WITH EMILY DICKINSON ** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter September 27, 2018:  As indicated by the title of this dully undramatic but musically interesting play—well, not really a “play”—Emily Dickinson is the latest …

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Cinderella at Guild Hall by Barry Gordin

Springs Community Theater will present Cinderella: The Tale of the Glass Slipper, a musical by Janet Yates Vogt and Mark Friedman. October 1, 2018:  The Springs Community Theater will pres…

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Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Monday, September 24, 2018

INTRACTABLE WOMAN: A THEATRICAL MEMO ON ANNA POLITKOVSKAYA *** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter September 25, 2018:  Regardless of the title, some audience members attending the Play Company’s production of Intractable Woman: A Theatrical Memo on Anna Politko…

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Sunday, September 23, 2018

Jane Fonda in Five Acts by Barry Gordin

The Hamptons International Film Festival presented a new film by Susan Lacy at Guild Hall in East Hampton. October 22, 2018:  HIFF presented an East coast screening of an HBO Documentary F…

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Saturday, September 22, 2018

The True **1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward September 22, 2018:  The opening moments of Sharr White’s new play The True, presented by The New Group at the Signature Center, are not particularly riveting and while…

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Thursday, September 20, 2018

The True *** by Barry Gordin

By: Isa Goldberg September 20, 2018:  The first time I saw Edie Falco on the screen, in the 1999 black and white indie, Judy Berlin, it was an arresting experience.  Beyond the eerily d…

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Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Monday, September 17, 2018

Fiddler on the Roof ****1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Isa Goldberg September 20, 2018:  Translated into numerous languages for performances the world over, Fiddler is a popular tale, about tradition. That is why this Yiddish language pr…

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Saturday, September 15, 2018

Agnes Opens @ 59E59 by Barry Gordin

NYC premiere of Catya McMullen witty and touching drama impressively staged by Jenna Worsham September 13, 2018:  The actors shine in Catya McMullen’s witty drama that opened at 59E59 Th…

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Stephen WIlkes @ Tulla Booth by Barry Gordin

Tulla Booth Gallery Presents  photographer Stephen Wilkes Extended thru October 15th 2018 September 20, 2018:  Stephen Wilkes’s wildly popular "Day to Night” Series are exciting im…

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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
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime