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Monday, April 8, 2024

The Who's Tommy **** by Barry Gordin

By: Isa Goldberg April 8, 2024: After a youth spent listening obsessively to The Who's Tommy, this staged revival on Broadway feels like a burst of validation, just the kind of validation…

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Sunday, April 7, 2024

Eddie Izzard Performing Hamlet **** by Barry Gordin

By: Alix Cohen April 7, 2024: Having presented his solo Great Expectations, Eddie Izzard returns with her one person rendition of William Shakespeare's Hamlet " all 23 charac…

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Saturday, April 6, 2024

Philadelphia, Here I Come **** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter April 6, 2024: The third and last in the Irish Repertory Theatre's current season of Brian Friel (1929-2015) revivals (following Translations and Aristocrats) is Phil…

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Friday, April 5, 2024

Broadway Update by Barry Gordin

Our Town; OCC Noms By: David Sheward April 5, 2024: Cast members, dates and a theater have been announced for the upcoming Broadway revival of Thornton Wilder's beloved Our Town, to be d…

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"Wet Brain" Dominates Lortel Nominations by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward April 5, 2024: Wet Brain, John J. Caswell's Jr.'s play about a Hispanic family dealing with the father's alcoholism and delusions of being kidnapped by aliens, co-produc…

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The Who's Tommy **** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward April 5, 2024: Technology and the political zeitgeist have caught up with The Who's Tommy, rendering the rock opera even more timely than during its initial release. The…

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The Who's Tommy ****1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter April 5, 2024: As theatregoing experiences go, waiting in line for the Nederlander Theatre to open for The Who's Tommy at the April 2 matinee definitely ranks at the …

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024

An Enemy of the People *****, Fish **** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward April 2, 2024: In Sam Gold's electrifying revival of Henrik Ibsen's classic social drama An Enemy of the People, Jeremy Strong of Succession fame as the idealistic Dr. Pe…

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Water For Elephants *** by Barry Gordin

By: Isa Goldberg April 4, 2024: Known for their crafty storytelling, and several albums, Pigpen Theatre Co.'s new musical, Water for Elephants, is an adaptation of Sarah Gruen's titular n…

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Monday, April 1, 2024

Stalker ***1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Paulanne Simmons April 1, 2024: Although it's called Stalker, street magicians and illusionists Peter Brynolf and Jonas Ljung's New York theatrical debut has nothing to do with …

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Sunday, March 31, 2024

Water For Elephants **** by Barry Gordin

By: Paulanne Simmons March 31, 2024: In a theater season that has been rather sedate, the new musical, Water for Elephants comes as a welcome shot in the arm. Like so many other rec…

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Water For Elephants ***** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter March 30, 2024: Pop quiz: two recently opened Broadway musicals include the following: 1) a heartwarming story in which an elderly man, living in a facility, has good…

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Saturday, March 30, 2024

Ibsen's Ghost **** by Barry Gordin

Charles Busch's campy fantasy, Ibsen's Ghost, delights. By: Patrick Christiano March 29, 2024: The incomparable Charles Busch is at it again stirring up a hornet's nest of fun with his …

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Thursday, March 28, 2024

by Barry Gordin

Five Reasons Why The Notebook is Not Noteworthy By: Iris Wiener March 31, 2024: Based on Nicholas Sparks' best-selling novel (which also inspired the 2004 film adaptation starring …

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Corruption ****, Eddie Izzard Performing Hamlet **** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward March 28, 2024: Though J.T. Rogers is an American playwright, his new work Corruption at Lincoln Center's Off-Broadway Mitzi Newhouse Theater, has a distinct British fee…

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The Notebook **** by Barry Gordin

By: Isa Goldberg Much 28 , 2024: Daring it is, that Bekah Brunstetter and Ingrid Michaelson's new musical, The Notebook, arrives in such a crowded musical season.  It's subject, nearly…

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Broadway Update by Barry Gordin

Tammy Faye, Sunset Boulevard and Delia Ephron. By: David Sheward March 26, 2024: As the 2023-24 Broadway season begins the final mad rush to its conclusion just before the Tony deadline,…

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Saturday, March 23, 2024

Broadway Babe by Barry Gordin

Delightful Picks by Broadway Babe include Ethel Merman, Bebe Neuwirth, Katrina Lenk and More. March 23, 2024: Broadway Babe, Randie Levine-Miller, has found some delightful onlineÂ�…

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Friday, March 22, 2024

The Notebook: The Musical *** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter March 22, 2024: If a Broadway show's success could be measured by how many buckets of tears it produced, The Notebook: The Musical, at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, …

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The Notebook ** by Barry Gordin

By: Pailanne Simmons March 22, 2024: If there were an award for putting the most clichés into one work, surely the new musical, The Notebook, would win it. In about two hours and t…

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Brooklyn Laundry ****, Pericles **** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward April 22, 2024: Comedy, tragedy and romance collide in Brooklyn Laundry, John Patrick Shanley's latest depiction of damaged souls stumbling towards connection, at Manhat…

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Harley Newman, Professional Lunatic by Barry Gordin

By: Alix Cohen April 21, 2024, on Coney Island, performing artist Harley Newman will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from Sideshow Hootenannyduring a weekend long celebration.

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Thursday, March 21, 2024

by Barry Gordin

Why Like They Do in the Movies Doesn't Live Up to Its Name. By: Iris Wiener March 23, 2024: Laurence Fishburne's career is a formidable resume filled with as many powerful projects …

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Broadway Update by Barry Gordin

Illinoise, Ben Platt, Stranger Things By: David Sheward March 21, 2024: As if this Broadway season couldn't get any more crowded or crazy, we have a last-minute entry in time for the Ton…

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Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Dead Outlaw ****, A Sign of the Times **1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward March 20, 2024: In this crowded Broadway season of movie adaptations, revivals and Off-Broadway transfers, the most original and captivating tuner so far in 2023-24 can …

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Monday, March 18, 2024

Corruption ***1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter March 18, 2024: American playwright J.T. Rogers's Corruption is a sprawling, two hour and 40-minute, political docudrama based on a major British scandal involving th…

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Saturday, March 16, 2024

Melba Moore @ 54 Below ****1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Patrick Christiano Melba Moore's Dynamite new show, From Broadway With Love, @ 54 Below. March 16, 2024: The marvelous Tony winner Melba Moore is trying out a new show, MELBA MOOR…

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Melba Moore @ 54 Below by Barry Gordin

Melba Moore's Dynamite new show, From Broadway With Love, @ 54 Below. March 16, 2024: The marvelous Tony winner Melba Moore is trying out a new show, MELBA MOORE: FROM BROADWAY WITH LOVE…

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Friday, March 15, 2024

Peggy Lee by Barry Gordin

https://theaterlife.com/melba-moore-54-below-1-2/ By: Joel Vig March 16, 2024: For the rest of the world, March 8, 2024, was International Women's Day.  But Palm Springs, California w…

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Doubt: A Parable ***** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter March 15, 2024: The Roundabout's revival of John Patrick Shanley's taut-as-a-tripwire 2004 drama Doubt: A Parable has been racked by health setbacks to its acting com…

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The Notebook ***, Illinoise *** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward March 14, 2024: If sentimentality is your thing, The Notebook is definitely for you. Based on Nicholas Sparks' 1996 best-selling novel, which became Nick Cassavetes' 200…

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2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off