2,405 stories by "Barry Gordin"
By: Paulanne Simmons
August 30, 2020: One of the promising developments in the entertainment industry during the pandemic is the many creative ways companies have met the challenge of n…
By: Ellis Nassour
The 74th Tony Awards Will Be Televised
August 23, 2020: Such great news, as excellently reported here by our David Sheward, that Fall will bring a televised 74th an…
Theater Update: 2020 Digital Tonys; NBC Special; New Apples
By: David Sheward
August 22, 2020: Like a child late to a birthday party, the Tony Awards are finally arriving at the acco…
The Theater Community mourns a beloved colleague, Howell Binkley, the Tony Award winning lighting designer of Hamilton and Jersey Boys.
August 16, 2020: One of Broadway's most p…
By: Samuel L. Leiter
(No. 12 in the series)
August 14, 2020: Round and round she goes, and where she stops for this installment of "On This Day in New York Theater" is August 14, the…
By: David Sheward
August 13, 2020: The intimate environs of cabaret will probably be the last aspect of the entertainment industry to return to normal in this COVID world. Patrons squee…
By: David Sheward
August 13, 2020: Another COVID-postponed Broadway musical has announced plans for reopening, but with a twist. Diana, the bio-musical about Great Britain's beloved lat…
By: Paulanne Simmons
August 14, 2020: For over four decades New York City summers have been blessed with Theater for the New City's annual Street Theater tour, which visits all five bor…
"Diana" A New Musical will premiere on Netflix ahead of its 2021 Broadway Opening Night which is set for May 25, 2021.
August 13, 2020: In a joint statement, the Diana producers sa…
August 4, 2020: Jamie deRoy & friends presents CREATING MUSICAL THEATER OFF-BROADWAY from the Archives of Primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral History Project. Â
Utilizing…
BROADWAYHD debuts a slate of Popular Titles in August with, Sam Shepard's "True West," Ibsen's "A Doll's House" and "Summer Stock" starring Judy Garland and Gene Kelly.
August 2, 2020: …
Saturday, August 15 at 6:30 PM
July 31, 2020: Celebrate ARF and honor their staff with the Champion of Animals award for their selflessness and dedication to the animals and ARF's missio…
By: Samuel L. Leiter
(No. 11 in the series)
July 27, 2020: Again, few midsummer days in the three decades comprised by this column offered more than a handful of openings. For late J…
Queens Theater presents SUMMER VIBEZ, a 60-minute dance experience, July 25 at 1pm LIVE @ https://queenstheatre.org/
By: Paulanne Simmons
The local dance companies include Cole Co…
Broadway Update: Second Stage and 'Funny Girl'
By: David Sheward
July 24, 2020: The future of Broadway is still in doubt. In an interview with Billboard, a respected music producer wh…
By: David Sheward
July 24, 2020: Five lonely people swap ghost stories in a secluded Irish country pub in Connor McPherson's touching play The Weir. This woes of this disheartened quint…
By: Samuel L. Leiter
(No. 10 in the series)
July 15, 2020: Before we move to July 15, the next day in our rambles through the sluggish summertime offerings of the twenties, thirties,…
Wednesday, July 22nd, 8pm  7:30 Red Carpet Pre-Show
July 14, 2020: Bay Street Theater is paying comedic homage to celebrity telethon specials of the 1970s... a groovy celebration o…
By: David Sheward
July 14, 2020: The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the closures of theaters and reinforced the feeling of being in suspended animation. With no live dramatic reaction to t…
Kerry Kennedy, Blythe Danner, Joy Behar, Catherine Curtin, Roberta Kaplan, and more will join NPC's Annual Fundraiser on two evenings.
July 12, 2020:Â Andromeda's Sisters: An Arts and …
By: Paulanne Simmons
July 7, 2020: During this extended shutdown, many of us are discovering unexplored talents or learning new skills. If you've always wanted to learn another language…
And So We Come Forth: The Apple Family: A Dinner on Zoom, Les Blancs
By: David Sheward
July 7, 2020: As the hiatus from live theater continues with no respite in sight until at least…
By: Samuel L. Leiter
(No. 9 in the series)
July 6, 2020: A survey of the most active days for New York theater openings in the steamy days of early July during the torrid twenties, t…
