2,405 stories by "Barry Gordin"
By: Paulanne Simmons
March 12, 2022: Despite the fact that I was born and raised Jewish and have heard more stories of the Holocaust than I can remember, I knew nothing about the Comedian…
5 Reasons Why Birthday Candles is Worth Celebrating
By: Iris Wiener
May 9, 2022: In the swiftly-moving, 90-minute Birthday Candles, we see a woman celebrating her birthdays from …
By Samuel L. Leiter
May 12, 2022: Finally, after yet another cancellation setback caused by a backstage Covid outbreak, I was able to see Paradise Square, the final iteration (one assumes)…
By: David Sheward
May 10, 2022: Varying takes on toxic masculinity and dysfunctional families are on view in two Broadway reviews of powerful, late 20th century works. Paula Vogel's How …
By: Paulanne Simmons
May 10, 2022: If you've ever wanted to know what it means to be an American, just ask someone who longs to be a citizen. Or go see the new musical ¡Americano!,…
By: Paulanne Simmons
Perhaps David Mamet and his plays are an acquired taste. If this is true, I am one reviewer who has never acquired that taste.Â
May 13, 2022: American Buffalo, wh…
Strange Loop tops list with 11 nominations, followed by MJ and Paradise Square with 10 each. The Tony Awards will be broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June …
By: Paulanne Simmons
May 7, 2022: The Minutes, Tracy Letts's new play about an unwelcome revelation at a small-town City Council meeting, might have been a comic masterpiece or a tragic c…
Based on true events, Hitler's Tasters, a dark comedy about the young girls, who were chosen to be Hitler's food tasters, feels chillingly relevant.
By: Patrick Christiano
May 4, 2022: …
By: David Sheward
May 3, 2022: Two over-the-top comedies illuminate the differing styles of their respective decades of origin. They also offer pointed observations on serious subjects su…
Broadway Update: London Death of a Salesman Transfers
By: David Sheward
May 3, 2022: Willy Loman will soon be returning to Broadway for the sixth time. A 2019 London production of Arthur …
By: Isa Goldberg
May 3, 2022: While the ladies of "POTUS:", the new Broadway comedy portray savvy politicians, it's clear they wouldn't make very good doctors. It's their hysteria at the …
Tiffany Mills Company Puts the Final Touches on Homing
By: Paulanne Simmons
May 3, 2022: Tiffany Mills Company's Homing, which celebrates the home through video, dance, music and sp…
LongHouse hosted a conversation with Steven & William Ladd and opened their Gardens on April 30th
May 1, 2022:Â Â Spring is here and the LongHouse Gardens in East Hampton are open a…
Broadway Update: Cost of Living; Tony and DD Noms Delayed; DD-OCC Mash Up
By: David Sheward
May 1, 2022: Manhattan Theater Club will produce Martyna Majok's Pulitzer Prize-winning Cost o…
NBC's The Wiz Live with Queen Latifah from 2015 comes to BroadwayHD on May 5.Â
May 1, 2022: BroadwayHD is excited to announce the latest addition to their streaming platform for May. St…
By: Samuel L. Leiter
May 1, 2022: Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day to the last syllable of recorded time and still I await a production of Shake…
COMING UP: Happy Birthday Judy! " Bufford and Blythe Celebrate Judy Garland's 100th Birthday
By: Alix Cohen
On June 10, 2022, preeminent vocalists Carle J. Bufford and Stephanie Blythe wi…
By: Paulanne Simmons
It's taken more than half a century for Funny Girl to come back to Broadway. So one really wants to love the revival. There's even a revised script by Harvey Fi…
By: David Sheward
April 28, 2022: As the roller-coaster New York theater season of 2021-22 races to its finish, shows are opening on and Off-Broadway with alarming frequency. Some have d…
By: Bernard Carragher
April 28, 2022: Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, who are real life spouses, have recently recovered from Covid and are back on  Broadway in a revi…
By: Samuel L. Leiter
April 28, 2022: A remarkable development during the 1970s was the dynamic, sudden, and historically significant breakout of activity among black dramatists, mostly in…
By: Samuel L. Leiter
April 27, 2022: First there was Tootsie. Now there's Mrs. Doubtfire. Each became a Broadway musical after first being a hit movie. The leading man in each is a charis…
THE NOMINEES FOR THE 71ST ANNUAL OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS COMMEMORATING THE 2021-22 BROADWAY & OFF-BROADWAY SEASON
April 26, 2022: The Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the official…
The 88th Annual Drama League Awards will be presented in personat The Ziegfeld Ballroom on Friday, May 20, 2022 at 12:00PM
The Honorees and Nominations Are ...
