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Friday, March 15, 2024

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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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

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

By: Paulanne Simmons March 13, 2024Ever since John Patrick Shanley's Doubt: A Parable opened on Broadway in 2005, it has been a centerpiece for ambiguity in theater. Whether people s…

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024

A Taste of Ireland ****1/2 by Barry Gordin

The Irish Music and Dance Sensation By: Paulanne Simmons March 12, 2024: Craic is the Gaelic word for fun. And at the very top of the evening, that's what the audience at A Taste of …

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Monday, March 11, 2024

Broadway Babe by Barry Gordin

Fun Gems from Babe include Sondheim, Michael Feinstein, Jerry Herman, and More. March 11, 2024: Broadway Babe, Randie Levine-Miller has some more gems to share with us including: a Sondhe…

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Saturday, March 9, 2024

Broadway Update by Barry Gordin

Washington and Gyllenhaal to Star in Othello. By: David Sheward March 9,, 2024: Get ready for the highest-profile star casting in several years, if not decades. Oscar and Tony winner Den…

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The White Room by Barry Gordin

METAMORPHIS @ The White Room Gallery April 4 " May 19 March 9, 2024: The White Room Gallery at 3 Railroad Avenue in East Hampton will present METAMORPHIS featuring artists, Sara Conca and P…

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Thursday, March 7, 2024

Doubt: A Parable ****, The Ally **** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward March 7, 2024: It's hard to believe it's been 20 years since Doubt: A Parable first appeared Off-Broadway at Manhattan Theater Club and then transferred to Broadway winn…

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Monday, March 4, 2024

Sunset Baby **** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter March 4, 2024: A little more than 10 years ago, in December 2013, to be precise, I saw the first New York staging of Dominique Morisseau's riveting Sunset Baby, a wor…

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Melba Moore @ 54 Below by Barry Gordin

Tony Winner, MELBA MOORE: FROM BROADWAY, WITH LOVE @ 54 Below March 15 & 16.  March 4, 2024:  Melba Moore returns to Broadway's Living Room, 54 Below, with From Broadway, With …

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The Adventures of Curious Ganz by Barry Gordin

By: Alix Cohen March 4, 2024: This imaginative puppet piece is based on "the true life of 16th-century copper smelter Joachim Ganz with a little leap to Ada Lovelace, Galileo, Al-Buzan…

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Sunday, March 3, 2024

Pescador (Fisherman) by Barry Gordin

By: Alix Cohen March 4, 2024: An old fisherman (puppet) grey, frayed, pulpy, has lived his life married to the sea. The relationship is powerful, symbiotic. Sometimes she gives, sometimes…

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Friday, March 1, 2024

Broadway Update by Barry Gordin

Forbidden Broadway, Louis Armstrong Musical to Open By: David Sheward March 1, 2024: Forbidden Broadway is finally making it to Broadway. The latest iteration of the long-running parody s…

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Thursday, February 29, 2024

Reeve Carney " Killer Queen **** by Barry Gordin

By: Paulanne Simmons February 29, 2024: The British rock band, Queen, was composed of Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, vocals), Roger Taylor (drums, vocals) and Jo…

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

The Ally **** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter February 27, 2024: The Ally, a new play at the Public Theater by Itamar Moses, a Tony winner for the book of the musical The Band's Visit (2018), is bitingly relevant…

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Monday, February 26, 2024

The Seven Year Disappear ***,The Connector *** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward February 26, 2024: Theatrical productions are like collaborative jigsaw puzzles. When the pieces"script, acting, direction, design, etc."fit perfectly together, you have…

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ChaShaMa by Barry Gordin

Opening Night "Nothing to Wear," an interactive art installation by Bonnie Comely, at ChaShaMa, 340 East 64th Street. February 25, 2024: Bonnie Comley & ChaShaMa celebrated the Opening …

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Saturday, February 24, 2024

Awards Update: Lortels, Bistros, Macs Set Dates. by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward February 24, 2024: The 39th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards"honoring excellence in the Off-Broadway theater"will be handed out in the annual ceremony on Sunday, May 5, 2024…

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Friday, February 23, 2024

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

By: Paulanne Simmons February 23, 2024: The 1960s was a period of great political and social upheaval. It was also a time when some pretty good music was made. A Sign of the Times, wit…

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Sally Mayes by Barry Gordin

Now and Then/Jazz Standard Time By: Alix Cohen February 23, 2024: Sally Mayes erupts on stage in full clarion voice, all cylinders firing. "Cloudburst" (Hendricks/Kirkand/Harris) is gla…

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Broadway Babe by Barry Gordin

Four Notable Nostalgic picks from Broadway Babe include Chita Rivera & Dick Van Dyke, together in 2006. February 21, 2024:  Broadway Babe, Randie Levine-Miller, has four notabl…

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Five Opens @ Theater 555 by Barry Gordin

FIVE: The Musical Parody, a WICKEDLY FUNNY tale, inspired by the former President opened at Theater 555 on 42nd Street. February 20, 2024:  FIVE: The Musical Parody, which open…

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Sunday, February 18, 2024

I Love You So Much I Could Die **1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter February 18, 2024: On Thursday, a day after seeing Corinne Jaber's Munich Medea: Happy Family at the WP Theatre, I wrote about my disappointment at its being entirely …

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Saturday, February 17, 2024

Southampton Arts Center by Barry Gordin

LIVE: LOOK AT THE BOOK Opening Reception @ SAC Saturday, February 24/5pm February 17, 2024:  Southampton Arts Center, 25 Jobs Lane, will host an opening reception for LOOK AT THE BOOK on…

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Friday, February 16, 2024

Munich Medea: Happy Family *** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter February 16, 2024: Like Corinne Jaber, whose first play this is, Alice, the heroine of Munich Medea: Happy Family (at the WP Theatre, coproduced with Playco),is a Syr…

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Thursday, February 15, 2024

Christine Jorgensen by Barry Gordin

By: Alix Cohen Background: Who Was Christine Jorgensen?"We didn't start the sexual revolution, but I think we gave it a good kick in the pants!" Christine Jorgensen February 15, 2024: …

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Appropriate ****1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Isa Goldberg February 14, 2024: Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins deals in the lexicon of racism that speaks to our American heritage. His earlier, Obie Award-winning Octaroon, is a …

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Broadway Update by Barry Gordin

Appropriate Moves; News of Kristin Chenoweth, Amy Ryan, etc. By: David Sheward February 13, 2024: The Second Stage revival of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Appropriate will be moving from the …

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Broadway Update by Barry Gordin

Drama Desks and Theater World Awards on the Same Day By: David Sheward February 13, 2024: Two major NY theater awards will be held on the same date. It was announced the 78th annual Theat…

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Sunday, February 11, 2024

Oh, Mary! **** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward February 11, 2024: Mary Todd Lincoln is an odd choice as the main character of a raucous, drag-centered satire. Most campy stage spoofs written by and starring either Ch…

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Saturday, February 10, 2024

White Room Gallery by Barry Gordin

Opening reception for LOVE IS THE DRUG now on view at The White Room Gallery, 3 Railroad Avenue East Hampton, through March 30. February 11, 2024: Andrea McCafferty & Kat O'Neill, co-ow…

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Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off