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Friday, March 10, 2023

Broadway Babe by Barry Gordin

Golden Oldies from Broadway Babe feature Stephen Spielberg’s 1995 AFI Tribute, Nat King Cole, Dinah Shore, Ginger Rogers, George Burns and Ethel Merman plus 1985’s Night of a 100 Stars. …

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The 95th Oscars by Barry Gordin

Jimmy Kimmel Hosts Oscars 95, the 95th Academy Awards, Live Sunday on ABC. Ten 2022 Films In the Running for Best Picture By: Ellis Nassour March 10, 2023: The 2023 Academy Awards will te…

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Sheboyhood by Barry Gordin

Sheboyhood: a solo show by Craig Zehms  is A funny, poignant account of a childhood and adolescence in Sheboygan, WI, and discovering how to chart one's own path. March 10, 2023: Growing …

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Thursday, March 9, 2023

Crumbs From The Table Of Joy *** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter March 9, 2023: In recent years, Lynn Nottage, with a Tony nomination (MJ)and two Pulitzer Prizes (Sweat, Ruined) , has soared into the stratosphere of American playwr…

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Becomes A Woman **** by Barry Gordin

By: Isa Goldberg March 9, 2023: Consummate craftmanship distinguishes The Mint Theatre’s world premiere of Betty Smith’s 1931 drama, “Becomes a Woman”.  Set in that period, arou…

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BroadwayHD by Barry Gordin

Experience the magic of Carousel on BoadwayHD beginning April 1, 2023. This captivating production from the New York Philharmonic stars Kelli O’Hara & Nathan Gunn. March 8, 2023: Bro…

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Tuesday, March 7, 2023

ACA Galleries by Barry Gordin

Francis Luis Mora (1874-1940) on view March 1 through March 18, 2023 at ACA Galleries, 529 West 20th Street in the Chelsea Gallery District. March 7, 2023: ACA Galleries, 529 West 20th Str…

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Monday, March 6, 2023

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof *** by Barry Gordin

By Paulanne Simmons March 6, 2023: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, reputedly Tennessee Williams’ favorite among his oeuvre, touches on all the playwright’s preferred themes: the inevitability o…

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Cat On A Hot Tin Roof by Barry Gordin

Ruth Stage returns with their updated version of Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize winning classic Cat on a Hot Tin Roof @ Theatre at St. Clement’s  March 6, 2023:  Maverick theater …

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Sunday, March 5, 2023

The Wanderers by Barry Gordin

Five Reasons Why The Wanderers Experiments with Tradition By: Iris Wiener March 5, 2023: The two couples in Anna Zeigler’s The Wanderers, now playing at Roundabout Theatre Company, …

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Saturday, March 4, 2023

& Juliet ****, The Seagull/Woodstock,NY **** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward March 4, 2023: Most updated adaptations of classic theater works deliver few fresh ideas or interpretations and usually elicit the response, “If it ain’t broke, don…

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Love *** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter March 3, 2023: As I left the Park Avenue Armory after seeing British playwright-director Alexander Zeldin’s acclaimed, civically responsible drama, LOVE, I couldn�…

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Friday, March 3, 2023

Hercules **** by Barry Gordin

Powerhouse Musical Hercules Opens at NJ’s Paper Mill Playhouse, Running through March 19, 2023 By: Ellis Nassour March 2, 2023 – Paper Mill Playhouse (22 Brookside Drive, Millburn,…

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Monday, February 27, 2023

Jennifer Holliday @ 54 Below by Barry Gordin

By: Patrick Christiano Broadway legend, Jennifer Holliday, brought us into her world with an emotionally blazing display of her artistry through song and stories. February 25, 2023: J…

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Sunday, February 26, 2023

Pictures From Home *** by Barry Gordin

By: Paulanne Simmons February 26, 2023: In 1992, photographer Larry Sultan published “Pictures from Home,” a photographic memoir that chronicled 30 years of his parents’ life. It qu…

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Thursday, February 23, 2023

Broadway Update by Barry Gordin

B'way Update: Laurie Metcalf to Star in Grey House February 23. 2023: Emmy and Tony winner Laurie Metcalf will reunite with Tony-winning director Joe Mantello for Grey House, a new play b…

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Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Kelli O’Hara by Barry Gordin

By: Alix Cohen February 23, 2023: Pure Imagination” (Leslie Bricusse/Anthony Newley) enters in watercolor and exists in airbrush. “When we share a theatrical space together it’s …

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Monday, February 20, 2023

The Wanderers **1/2, Cornelia Street *1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward February 20, 2023: Two new Off-Broadway productions on the smaller stages of two major theater companies have large ambitions, but only offer tired tropes we’ve seen t…

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Sunday, February 19, 2023

Broadway Babe by Barry Gordin

Burt Bacharach, Neil Diamond, Carol Burnett, Ethel Merman & Marvin Hamlisch featured on Great YouTube finds by Broadway Babe February 18, 2023: Broadway Babe, Randie Levine-Miller is…

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Friday, February 17, 2023

Broadway Update by Barry Gordin

B'way Update: The Cottage, Jerry Mitchell Is Busy, Betty Boop, La La, etc. By: David Sheward February 17, 2023: A new comedy entitled The Cottage will play the Hayes Theater on Broad…

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Thursday, February 16, 2023

The Wanderers *** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter Marion Williams’s set for Anna Ziegler’s intelligent, sometimes compelling, occasionally amusing, but nonetheless unsatisfying The Wanderers is a spare, neutral sp…

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Wednesday, February 15, 2023

BroadwayHD by Barry Gordin

Elaine Stritch’s deeply personal Tony winning one person show Elaine Stritch at Liberty will stream exclusively on BroadwayHD beginning on March 1. February 15, 2023: BroadwayHD, the pre…

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Monday, February 13, 2023

Pictures from Home ****, Endgame ** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward February 13, 2023: The drama of the everyday and the ordinary are given vivid, rich life in Pictures from Home, Sharr White’s stage adaptation of Larry Sultan’s 199…

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Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Classical Music For Kids by Barry Gordin

American Classical Orchestra's CMK - Classical Music For Kids By: Alix Cohen February 8, 2023: Two hundred fresh-faced, well behaved, grey-flanneled kindergarten to second graders file …

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Monday, February 6, 2023

Endgame *** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter February 6, 2023: Sixty years ago, when I was in grad school at the University of Hawaii, I played Clov in an MFA directing thesis production of Endgame,Samuel Becket…

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A Beautiful Noise **1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Isa Goldberg February 6, 2023: Getting to be a Neil Diamond fan happens, when you’re in need of a soul mate. An inspiring singer, he’s the one to take an elevator ride with, becau…

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Saturday, February 4, 2023

Joanne McNally: The Prosecco Express ***1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Paulanne Simmons February 4, 2023: Town Hall’s latest featured artist in its Crossing the Pond the Pond Comedy Fest, Joanne McNally, hails not from the U.K. but neighboring Ireland.…

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Friday, February 3, 2023

Broadway Update by Barry Gordin

Broadway Update: Leslie Odom, Jr. Stars in Purlie Victorious By: David Sheward February 3, 2023: Tony winner Leslie Odom, Jr. (Hamilton) will star in a revival of Ossie Davis' comedy Pur…

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Thursday, February 2, 2023

Some Like It Hot **** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward February 2, 2023: The new musical version of Some Like It Hot , based on Billy Wilder’s 1959 comic film classic about two musicians disguised in drag, is a delightfull…

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Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Broadway Babe by Barry Gordin

Nostalgic finds from Broadway Babe include a Vintage Garry Moore Show with a young Barbra Streisand, a rare, start studded, 2002 Actors Fund Benefit and more.  February 4, 2023: Broadway …

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A Place For Us by Barry Gordin

A Place For Us: A Celebration of Jewish Broadway “Theater is my temple and my religion and my act of faith.” Harvey Fierstein By: Alix Cohen February 3, 2023: “Something’s Comi…

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