2,405 stories by "Barry Gordin"
By: Paulanne Simmons
November 8, 2019: The Enchanted April, British writer Elizabeth von Arnim's novel inspired by a month-long holiday to the Italian Riviera, was a best seller in 1923…
The Big Lesson from The Great Society
November 7, 2019: Robert Schenkkan's newest play, The Great Society, chronicles the presidency of Lyndon Johnson from 1964 until Richard Nixon took …
By: David Sheward
November 6, 2019: Soft Power, the gloriously messy but idea-packed new musical from two of our most vital and prolific theater artists, David Henry Hwang and Jeanine T…
By: Iris Wiener
November 6, 2019: Children's theater company Only Make Believe celebrated its 20th anniversary on November 4th with a gala featuring appearances by Sir Ian McKellen, Ala…
"When Harriet Met Sally"
By: Samuel L. Leiter
November 5, 2019: Ars Nova, one of New York's premiere homes for innovative works (Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, Undergrou…
Acclaimed Broadway Musical, A Night With Janis Joplin, Rocks Cinemas Nationwide November 5-11.
November 4, 2019: The dynamic Broadway musical, A Night With Janis Joplin, starring the Tony…
Inspired, curated by Kimberly Goff, for the Ezra Gallery, The Hamptons @ at Center for the Jewish Life in Sag Harbor featured numerous artists including some from the Elaine Benson Legacy co…
20TH Anniversary Celebration of Putting It Together starring Carol Burnett, plus Donmarwarehouse's all-female production of Julius Caesar, the hit musical, Nunsense and The Nunsense Sequels …
 By: David Sheward
November 2, 2019: "People suck. Only food is real," rails Harry, the temperamental genius chef, in Theresa Rebeck's riotous comedy Seared atMCC Theater. Harry is e…
November 2, 2019: The tricks and treats continued with ARF's Halloween Pawty on Saturday, November 2, from 12 to 3 PM. All were welcome, kids and pets, too, at the ARF Adoption Center in Ea…
November 1, 2019: How to Get Away with Murder! The Panic Defense, a new play by Sam Affoumado, will be presented as a stage reading at The Playroom Theater, 151 West 46th St. (8th floor), NY…
Kristin Chenoweth Talks About and Sings From New Album 'For the Girls'
By: Sandi Durell
November 1, 2019: Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth met with the press to talk about he…
By: Bernard Carragher
November 1, 2019: The Classic Stage Company's Artistic Director, John Doyle, is taking a different look at Shakespeare's "Macbeth." Using a minimal ensemble of ac…
By: Isa Goldberg
October 31, 2019: Do you remember the final scene of La Dolce Vita, after the monster fish appears, with the men gathering the fishnet, kids playing on the beach, and M…
By: Paulanne Simmons
October 31, 2019: Being an anchor partner at The Flea Theater has many advantages, says Tiffany Mills, choreographer and artistic director of the New York City-base…
By: Isa Goldberg
October 31, 2019: There is something ineffable about our favorite actors, something present and pervasive, yet untouchable. Such an actor is Mary Louise Parker, whose po…
Kathleen Chalfant stars as Mabel Loomis in the World Premiere of Rebecca Gilman's A Woman of the World"
October 30, 2019: Kathleen Chalfant stars as Mabel Loomis Todd, Emily Dickenson's …
Broadway Stars Celebrated Sutton Foster at the Drama League Annual Benefit Gala
October 28, 2019: The Drama League honored Sutton Foster, a two-time Tony Award, Drama Desk, Outer Critics…
By: David Sheward
Before Adam Rapp's The Sound Inside begins at Studio 54, the ushers are more than usually diligent about insisting all I-phones be turned completely off, since the play…
By: Paulanne Simmons
October 28, 2019: These days when musicals routinely explore questions of race, gender and politics, a highly entertaining but completely frivolous one like Cole Po…
By: Paulanne Simmons
October 27, 2019: Harvey Fierstein's Bella Bella is certainly a tribute to the trailblazing New York congresswoman. But even more it is a personal act of love.
By: David Sheward
October 23, 2019: A trio of quirky tuners have just opened Off-Broadway while a small family show transfers from Off to on. Both Scotland, PA at Roundabout's Laura Pels…
Little Shop of Burgers
By: Samuel L. Leiter
October 23, 2019: Pop quiz: what current Off-Broadway musical contains all the following?
A plot inspired by a cult movie.
A setting m…
By: Paulanne Simmons
October 23, 2019: Brian Friel's 1994 drama, Molly Sweeney, is so thoughtful, inspired and profound one wonders why it is not revived more often. Fortunately, Keen C…
American Premiere of Henry Naylor's potent and cautionary tale, based on the true story of two Jewish/female athletes in Hitler's Germany, is a mesmerizing account by two immensely skilled a…
