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Friday, July 22, 2022

Broadway Update by Barry Gordin

Broadway Update: What’s Up with Into the Woods and Piano Lesson? By: David Sheward July 22, 2022: The Encores! revival of Into the Woods is such a big hit that there are rumors it will…

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Monday, July 18, 2022

BroadwayHD by Barry Gordin

Beat the Heat with a variety of Summer blockbuster titles from BroadwayHD including Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Hair, and more. July 18, 2022: BroadwayHD, the premiere …

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Thursday, July 14, 2022

Into The Woods ***** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward July 14, 2022: When a show is absolutely perfect, reviewing it becomes more of a challenge than if it were flawed. It’s not difficult to list a production’s shortcom…

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Broadway Babe’s Picks by Barry Gordin

By: Randie Levine Miller July 17, 2022: Since the release of the Elvis movie, we are all obsessed (again) with the legend. Our Broadway Babe, Randie Levine Miller, has unearthed a fabulo…

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Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Into the Woods ***** by Barry Gordin

By: Paulanne Simmons July 15, 2022: First, let me confess; I am not a Sondheim fan. His music leaves me unimpressed. His lyrics leave me confused. His characters often make me want to for…

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Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Broadway Update by Barry Gordin

Broadway Update: Lea Michele Joins Funny Girl; Ain’t No Mo Transfers; Paradise Square Closing By: David Sheward July 12, 2022: It was one of the worst kept secrets in recent Broadway h…

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Monday, July 11, 2022

Broadway at Birdland by Barry Gordin

Jamie deRoy & friends acclaimed Cabaret Show To Benefit The Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors Fund) Special Guests include: Judy. Gold, Ben Jones, Daisy Jopling,  Rober…

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Richard 111, *** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward July 11, 2022: There have been female Hamlets (most notably Sarah Bernhardt, Diane Venora, and Ruth Negga), female King Lears (Glenda Jackson on Broadway and the West En…

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Marilyn Maye @ Bay Street by Barry Gordin

Cabaret legend, Marilyn Maye, brings her acclaimed show, “94, OF COURSE THERE IS MORE,” to Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor on July 18 @8pm. July 11, 2022:  If you have never experien…

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Sunday, July 10, 2022

Broadway Barks by Barry Gordin

Broadway Barks Returns to Shubert Alley July 11, 2022: BROADWAY BARKS returned to Shubert Alley on Saturday, July 9th, 2022 for the 24th annual star-studded dog and cat adoption event, …

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Saturday, July 9, 2022

Notre Dame de Paris by Barry Gordin

French Music and Dance Spectacular Notre Dame de Paris Makes New York Debut By: Ellis Nassour July 9, 2022: After more than two decades playing in over 23 countries (selling more than 15…

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Broadway Babe’s Showbiz Picks by Barry Gordin

By: Randie Levine-Miller July 8, 2022: Our Broadway Babe, Randie Levine-Miller has some great entertainment finds for us, perfect for a long weekend. In honor of Mel Brooks 96th birthday,…

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Harvey Fierstein by Barry Gordin

By: Alix Cohen July 9, 2022: First, multi-hyphenate talent Harvey Fierstein is not just a good writer, but a talented storyteller. You may be familiar with his plays, screenplays, and boo…

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Friday, July 8, 2022

Broadway Update by Barry Gordin

Broadway Update: Collaboration, & Juliet, Almost Famous By: David Sheward July 8, 2022: Summertime and the livin' is easy. Fewer shows are opening so my life isn't quite so hectic. B…

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Thursday, July 7, 2022

Anna in the Tropics by Barry Gordin

Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, Anna in the Tropics, opens at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor. By: Patrick Christiano July 6, 2022:  Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor is on-a-roll. Their…

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Candace Bushnell @ WHBPAC by Barry Gordin

“Sex and the City” creator Candace Bushnell brings her one woman show to Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center this Saturday, July 9 at 8pm. July 7, 2022: Ladies, just three more day…

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Wednesday, July 6, 2022

East Village All Stars by Barry Gordin

East Village All Stars Make Hot Jazz for the Summer By: Paulanne Simmons July 8, 2022: If you’d happened to be walking past Greeley Square any late afternoon on a Thursday in June, you…

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Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Anna in the Tropics @ Bay Street by Barry Gordin

July 5, 2002: The Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Anna in the Tropics, opened at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor. The moving drama directed by Marcos Santana won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize. Set …

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Monday, July 4, 2022

Hamlet **** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward July 4, 2022: Shakespeare’s Hamlet is usually conceded to be the greatest play in world literature, because its essential conflict of the individual with him or herse…

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Epiphany *** by Barry Gordin

By: Isa Goldberg July 4, 2022: It verges on being a little too “Arsenic and Old Lace,” but in the agile hands of Marylouise Burke, “Epiphany” is a deliciously acidic satire about …

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Sunday, July 3, 2022

FESTIVAL DE LA POSIBILIDAD by Barry Gordin

Arts Education Nonprofit Hosts Festival De La Posibilidad, a Festival of Possbilites, celebrating cultural diversity July 16 & 17 at The Clemente Cultural and Educational Center on the …

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Friday, July 1, 2022

Hamlet *** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter July 1, 2022: Another Hamlet. Another chance for a rising conceptual director, in this case Britain’s Robert Ickes, to show what he’s got with a major classic wit…

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Broadway Update by Barry Gordin

Broadway Update: Leopoldstadt Announces Cast; Camelot Shifts Dates, etc. By: David Sheward July 1, 2022: We are now officially in the 2022-23 Broadway/Off-Broadway season. The first two s…

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Off- Broadway Update by Barry Gordin

Off-Broadway Update: Ralph Fiennes and Jim Parsons Return to NY Stages This Fall By: David Sheward July 1 , 2022: Oscar nominee and Tony winner Ralph Fiennes (Schindler's List, Hamlet) a…

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Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Corsicana ****, Epiphany **** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward June 29, 2022: At a recent Off-Broadway production, the gentleman behind me was complaining vociferously during intermission and occasionally during the show itself that…

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Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Epiphany *** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter June 28, 2022: Dinner party plays, like Kaufman and Ferber’s Dinner at Eight and Margulies’s Dinner with Friends,are nearly as common a theatrical trope as barroo…

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Epiphany **1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Paulanne Simmons June 28,2022: I must admit I read James Joyce’s “The Dead” so many years ago that I had no idea what the short story was about when I saw Brian Watkins’ Epip…

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Monday, June 27, 2022

Pride Celebration @ LongHouse by Barry Gordin

Hamptons Pride celebrated with a Fundraiser at LongHouse on Sunday. June 26, 2022:  Hamptons Pride, the East End's new LGBTQ+ nonprofit that brought you the first Pride parade in the hist…

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Saturday, June 25, 2022

East Hampton First Pride Parade 2022 by Barry Gordin

June 4, 2022: East Hampton First Ever PRIDE Parade 2022: with Patrick Christiano, Publisher of TheaterLife.com and Jerry Larsen, the Mayor of East Hampton,, community leaders and over 500 p…

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The Orchard **** by Barry Gordin

By: Bernard Carragher June 24, 2022: "The Orchard," based on Anton Chekov's 1903 play "The Cherry Orchard" is at the Baryshnikov Arts Center on 37th Street and acted by the Arlekin Playe…

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Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Corsicana *** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter June 22, 2022: There was no escaping the buzz of anticipation at Playwrights Horizons as I and the rest of the full house waited for a preview performance of Will Arb…

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