2,405 stories by "Barry Gordin"
The Broadway hit, First Date: The Musical, comes to BroadwayHD with a star-studded cast of Broadway and West End performers, exclusively, on February 12.
February 9, 2021:Â Â A …
Deadline February 10 to join Bay Street, from anywhere in the world, for a Wine Tasting/ 30th Anniversary Celebration on February 24 from 6-7pm.
February 8, 2021: Bay Street Theater and S…
By: David Sheward
February 6, 2021: When I was a kid back in the 1970s, PBS used to run a series called Meeting of the Minds. Created, written and hosted by the comedian-writer Steve Al…
By: Isa Goldberg
February 3, 2020: Liz Duffy Adams' "Dog Act," published in 2009, currently in revival by The Seeing Place Theater on Zoom, is an absurdist farce couched in classical ve…
By: Paulanne Simmons
January 28, 2020: When a playwright decides to write about a group of literary luminaries, he'd better be able to turn a phrase or two himself. Fortunately, Steven …
By: Paulanne Simmons
January 27, 2020: The opening scene of Falling Stars, a musical revue from the UK that will stream on Broadway On Demand beginning February, features the tale…
The iconic works of The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC)Â will now stream on BroadwayHD beginning today.
January 25, 2021:Â BroadwayHD, the premier streaming service for live theater,…
View Les Miserables parody, "One More Day of Trump," created to raise funds for Broadway Cares.
January 20, 2021: The theater community has been hit hard by the global pandemic. If you wo…
By: Samuel L. Leiter
January 21, 2021: (This is the second of a two-part essay on the presence of ex-President Trump in New York theatre during his tenure. It picks up where the other le…
By: Samuel L. Leiter
Part 1
January 20, 2021: Ever since the presidential election of 2016, the media have been unable to resist the temptation to satirically eviscerate the winner, …
By: Paulanne Simmons
January 20, 2020: We are living in tragic times. But singer/songwriter Audrey Appleby is adding an optimistic note, or rather many notes, to this troubled moment wi…
By: Samuel L. Leiter
January 16, 2021: Today is the 57th birthday of my daughter, Bambi, which I'd like to celebrate by choosing January 16 for this installment of "On This Day in New Y…
Virtual tribute from The Museum of Jewish Heritage commemorates International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 76th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
January 15, 2020: The Mus…
By: David Sheward
January 9, 2020: In the 20th century, the number of African-American playwrights who have had financially successful, non-musical productions on Broadway can be counte…
Dazzling and diverse new titles debuting in January include the comedy hit,  Peter Pan Goes Wrong from Mischief Theater, Sam Harris' Ham and Rogers & Hammerstein's Cindere…
Jamie deRoy & friends "Backstage at The Sound of Music," is an insightful Telly Award winning segment from 1999.
BROADWAY REMEMBERS, an in memoriam video, honors the memories of those the Broadway community has lost since June 2019.
January 1, 2020: "Broadway Remembers,"Â a just released in memor…
By: Samuel L. Leiter
(No. 20 in the series)
December 31, 2020: For this column's last entry in the horrific year of the pandemic, I thought it might be interesting to see what opened…
From Associated Press and other sources. Compiled and notated by Ellis Nassour
December 24, 2020: This is a year which could not have been sadder: more than 335,000 deaths from COVID-19.…
Broadway HD celebrates the 50th anniversary or Godspell with the return of a special award winning concert that will debut on their platform December 22.
December 21, 2020: Foll…
By: David Sheward
December 21, 2020: With Broadway shut down at least until June of 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, one must rely on streaming services and the occasional broadcas…
BroadwayHD continues the Holiday Celebration with debut of the incredibly popular British hit A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong, as well as exciting , exclusive events including Forever Plaid 20t…
By: Paulanne Simmons
December 13, 2020: With the pandemic surging, many theater companies are celebrating the holiday season by steaming shows from previous years. So, if you missed The …
By: Samuel L. Leiter
(No. 19 in the series)
December 13, 2020: December 13, 2020: December 13 may have provided only four openings in the 1940s, but all of them are worth revisiting…
Ryan Murphy's Adaptation of The Prom Premieres with Starry Cast on Netflix
By: Ellis Nassour
December 10, 2020: Ryan Murphy brings Chad Beguelin, Matthew Sklar and Bob Martin's big-h…
