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Wednesday, February 1, 2023

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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Legendary Producer Julian Schlossberg by Barry Gordin

Stage & Screen Producer Julian Schlossberg celebrated the release of his memoir Try Not To Hold It Against Me: A Producer’s Life at the equally legendary Sardi’s. February 1, 2023:�…

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Monday, January 30, 2023

The Collaboration **1/2 by Barry Gordin

A play about Andy Warhol & Jean-Michel Basquiat's collaboration starring Paul Bettany & Jeremy Pope. By: Patrick Christiano January 30, 2023:  Set in 1984 New York City and based…

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The Immortal Jellyfish Girl **** by Barry Gordin

By: Isa Goldberg January 30, 2023: Creating ridiculous, and wonderous stories, gathering the elements from all corners of the world, and delivering climactic scenes with exceptional puppe…

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Saturday, January 28, 2023

A Beautiful Noise *** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter January 28, 2023: Before I discuss A Beautiful Noise, the middling new jukebox musical at the Broadhurst Theatre featuring the songs of Neil Diamond, here’s a pers…

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Friday, January 27, 2023

BroadwayHD by Barry Gordin

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Memorable stories of Love & Romance on BroadwayHD  January 27, 2023: Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, and BroadwayHD has a perfect lineu…

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Anthony Rapp’s Without You by Barry Gordin

January 26, 2023: Anthony Rapp opened his solo show, Without You, at New World Stages on January 25th, 2023, to a house filled with his Rent family and friends. Based on his New York Ti…

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Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Broadway Update by Barry Gordin

Broadway Update: Making ‘Room’ and Changes to the OCC Awards By: David Sheward January 25, 2023: The 2023 Broadway spring season is getting more crowded. The latest entry is Room, Em…

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Sunday, January 22, 2023

The Appointment ***1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Isa Goldberg January 23, 2023: The theatrical revue, once a mainstay of the Off Broadway theater, hasn’t soared in these parts since Gerard Alessandrini’s “Forbidden Broadway” …

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Off-Broadway Update by Barry Gordin

Off-Broadway Update: Days of Wine and Roses Musical By: David Sheward January 22, 2023: A musical version of the 1962 film Days of Wine and Roses will open Off-Broadway at the Atlantic T…

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Bryce Edwards Frivolity Hour by Barry Gordin

Bryce Edwards Frivolity Hour - A Good Time Was Had By All By: Alix Cohen January 23, 2023: Embodying performance style of another era risks becoming an acquired (audience) taste. My …

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Saturday, January 21, 2023

BroadwayHD by Barry Gordin

Celebrate Black History Month with Award -Winning productions on BroadwayHD. January 20, 2023: BroadwayHD is honoring Black History Month with the voices of indelible stars like Audra McDon…

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Friday, January 20, 2023

Broadway Babe by Barry Gordin

Nostalgic finds from Broadway Babe Randie Levine-Miller feature Barbra Streisand, Johnny Carson, and Fred Astaire with Ethel Merman. The Friars Roast of Johnny Carson January 22, 2023: T…

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Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Martin Luther King Tribute @BAM by Barry Gordin

By: Isa Goldberg January 17, 2023: The 37th Annual Tribute to Martin Luther King, on the morning of January 16th, 2023, at The Brooklyn Academy of Music delivered a wham bang wake up call…

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Sunday, January 15, 2023

Ohio State Murders **** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward January 15, 2023: The celebrated African-American playwright Adrienne Kennedy makes her belated Broadway debut with a mystifying, powerful production of her 1991 work Oh…

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Friday, January 13, 2023

Broadway/Off-Broadway Update by Barry Gordin

Here Lies Love and Hamlet By: David Sheward January 13, 2022: The new year has barely begun, but there are already theatrical plans for summer 2023. Here Lies Love, the immersive disco m…

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Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Broadway Update by Barry Gordin

Broadway Update: ‘Parade’ Revival with Ben Platt  By: David Sheward January 10, 2023: Tony winner Ben Platt will return to Broadway in a revival of Parade, reprising his role from t…

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Monday, January 9, 2023

The Collaboration *** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter January 9, 2023: Plays about the creative process of artists, regardless of their field—from the visual to the performing arts to literature—are nothing new; many…

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Sunday, January 8, 2023

Leopoldstadt ***** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward January 8, 2023: The cast list to Tom Stoppard’s latest work, Leopoldstadt, is certainly intimidating. Multiple generations of a Jewish Viennese family, played by a sm…

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Friday, January 6, 2023

Jesus Christ Superstar by Barry Gordin

Ted Neeley, Cast Members, Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Film Adaptation of Rice and Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar ~ January 14 By: Ellis Nassour January 7, 2023 – Co-star Ted…

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BroadwayHD by Barry Gordin

Kiss Me Kate to stream Exclusively on BroadwayHD beginning January 15, 2023. January 6, 2023:  BroadwayHD, the premier streaming service for live theatre, announced that they will be brin…

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Thursday, January 5, 2023

H.M.S. Pinafore ***** by Barry Gordin

By: Paulanne Simmons January 9, 2023: Tired of the busy, complicated life of the 21st century? Step into the colorful, Victorian world of Gilbert and Sullivan, where men are true, women …

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Broadway Babe by Barry Gordin

Broadway Babe’s Viewing finds include a BBC Stephen Sondheim concert from 2022 featuring a dazzling cast of stars from both sides of the pond. January 8, 2023: Broadway Babe Randie Levine…

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Wednesday, January 4, 2023

Between Riverside and Crazy **** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter January 4, 2023: Sometimes there is an unplanned, serendipitous confluence between real-life events and a play, usually having nothing to do with a playwright’s in…

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Sunday, January 1, 2023

Patti LuPone @ 54 Below by Barry Gordin

Streaming tonight! Patti LuPone: Songs From a Hat LIVE from 54 Below January 1, 2023: 54 Below will LIVE stream Patti LuPone’s New Year’s Day show at 8pm from the supper club on 54th St…

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Merrily We Roll Along ***1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter January 1, 2023: No song has ever captured the feeling of sheer, outrageous, ebullient joy at having created a successful Broadway show as vividly as the late Stephen…

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Saturday, December 31, 2022

Downstate ***** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward December 31, 2022: Bruce Norris has already won a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award for Clybourne Park, his clever contemporary twist on race derived from Lorraine Hansbe…

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Friday, December 30, 2022

Death Of A Salesman ***** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward December 30, 2022: In its last Broadway incarnation in 2012, Death of a Salesman was so close to the 1949 original that director Mike Nichols employed the same skeletal …

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