2,405 stories by "Barry Gordin"
71st Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards, Commemorating the 2021-2022 Broadway and Off-Broadway season. May 26, 2022: Photography: Joseph Marzullo
B'way Update: Into the Woods; OCC Ceremony
By: David Sheward
May 30, 2022: When I went to see Golden Shield at Manhattan Theater Club's City Center Off-Broadway space, I had to stand in…
ANNOUNCING THE WINNERS OF THE 71ST ANNUALÂ OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS COMMEMORATING THE 2021-22Â BROADWAY & OFF-BROADWAY SEASON
The Lehman Trilogy Leads with 6 Awards includin…
Five Reasons Why We Make A Case for the Existence of God
By: Iris Wiener
           May 29, 2022: If you can get past the complex title of this astut…
May 16, 2022: Nominations for the 66th AnnualDrama Desk Awards were announced today, and the full list of nominees is available below.
In keeping with the Drama Desk's missi…
5 Reasons Why American Buffalo Has Lost its Shine
By: Iris Wiener
           May 23, 2022: David Mamet's work is notably controversial and quite o…
5 Reasons Why We Can Forgive Mr. Saturday Night for Being a Musical
By: Iris Wiener
May 22, 2022: The musical adaptation of Billy Crystal's Mr. Saturday Night features a score…
Broadway Update: Beautiful Noise, Kimberly, Mask Mandates, Etc.
By: David Sheward
May 22, 2022: As the 2021-22 Broadway season comes to a close, 2022-23 is taking shape. A Beautiful Nois…
By: Samuel L. Leiter
May 24, 2022: Remember the postman's motto? "Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail shall keep the postmen from their appointed rounds." These words could be…
5 Reasons Why Paradise Square is Worth a Visit
By: Iris Wiener
            May 24, 2022: Paradise Square is the important piece that we don't…
By: David Sheward
May 22, 2022: When I saw the poster advertising the Signature Theater production of Samuel D. Hunter's latest work, I joked to a friend, "This will be about lonely peopl…
By: Samuel L. Leiter
May 22, 2022: In Golden Shield, now at the Manhattan Theatre Club's Stage 1,Thai-Australian playwright Anchuli Felicia King has written a semi-fictional docudrama abo…
Five Reasons Why We Have Questions About Macbeth
By: Iris Wiener
May 22, 2022: Sam Gold certainly takes a unique spin on Shakespeare, though sometimes his forays into originality demo…
POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
By: Paulanne Simmons
May 20. 2022: POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Hi…
5 Reasons Why How I Learned to Drive is Still an Important Lesson
By Iris Wiener
May 18, 2022: At its core it's a play about child abuse, despite a number of fantastic metaphors and well-…
By: Samuel L. Leiter
May 17, 2022: Among many things for which this addled season of Covid-based cancelations and postponements will be remembered is the abundance of those little slips o…
By: Paulanne Simmons
Mary 22, 2022: If you're a fan of classic Russian literature, there's a treat waiting for you at The Sheen Center, where Blueprint Productions in presenting in reper…
By: David Sheward
Mary 16, 2022: You know you're in trouble at a production of Macbeth when the three witches look like they're about to start a cooking class at a suburban shopping mall.…
ARF Designer Auction & Preview Cocktail Party Â
Join ARF Hamptons on Saturday, May 28, for the 2022 ARF Designer Auction & Preview Cocktail Party from 6 to 8 PM at the ARF Thr…
Company's Claybourne Elder Celebrates Young Trailblazers at Live Out Loud Gala
By: Iris Wiener
May 19, 2022: Claybourne Elder will provide good "company" for a number of generous spon…
5 Reasons Why We're Confused About Harmony's Afterlife
By: Iris Wiener
May. 15, 2022: With the upcoming closing of the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene's Harmony: A New Music…
By: Samuel L. Leiter
MAY 13, 2022: David Mamet's American Buffalo, often considered a modern, if minor, American classic, has been produced countless times worldwide since its late 1975 p…
Five Reasons Why ¡Americano! is an Off-Broadway Gem
By: Iris Wiener
March 16, 2022: Tony Valdovinos tried to enlist in the Marines at the age of 18, only to find that he was not an Am…
