2,405 stories by "Barry Gordin"
November 3. 2018:Â Theater for the New City (Crystal Field, Executive Director) announced that due to popular demand they will be presenting Tony nominated theatre luminary Austin Pendlet…
By: David Sheward
November 2. 2018:Â Families reacting to crises are the fodder for three current productions, one on Broadway and two Off, two of them are originally from London and one…
By: Paulanne Simmons
November 1, 2018:Â According to Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning comedian Paul Mercurio, "Everybody has a story, and if you don't have anybody to talk to, you end up …
By: Samuel L. LeiterÂ
October 30, 2018:Â Â Grief over the death of a dearly loved one has inspired many great works of auto- and semiautobiographical literature. To name a few, the…
Bette Midler's New York Restoration Project Hosted the 22nd Annual Hulaween Celebration at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in Harlem
 October 29, 2018: Bette Midler, the Divin…
The 70s on view October 25 through December 22
October 25, 2018: ACA Galleries, 529 West 20th Street, in the gallery district hosted an opening reception for Faith Ringgold: The 70s, a so…
Five Reasons Not to Apologize for Enjoying Apologia
By: Iris Wiener
At first glance it might seem difficult to get behind Apologia. At times the show is a slow burn, but one that is argua…
By Isa Goldberg
October 27, 2018: Just the name of the actor, Stockard Channing, evokes images of a socialite, an elitist, in various forms. It's an image she has created in numer…
All For One Theater (AFO) is pleased to announce the return of Gideon Irving's  My Name Is Gideon: I'm Probably Going To Die, Eventually, which is being brought back due to popular demand…
By: Isa Goldberg
October 26, 2018:Â Viewing the macrocosm from the microcosm is the raison d'etre of Off Broadway, because seeing the big picture in a small space causes us to see things…
By: David Sheward
October 26, 2018:Â Mature women involved in the arts and coping with their life decisions are the common thread between three new productions. Kenneth Lonergan's The …
By: Paulanne Simmons
October 24, 2018:Â David Bowie was born David Robert Jones in Brixton, South London, in 1947, and never legally changed his name. According to Raquel Cion, that may …
By: Samuel L. Leiter
October 23, 2018: Daniel Alexander Jones is unquestionably a multidimensional talent of powerhouse proportions. Head of the playwriting program at Fordham Unive…
By: Paulanne Simmons
 October 22, 2018:  With her MFA in choreography fresh in her pocket, in 1995, Tiffany Mills left Ohio State University for New York City. Five years later she…
By: Samuel L. Leiter
October 16, 2018:Â Emma and Max is the playwriting debut of controversial, independent filmmaker Todd Solondz (Welcome to the Dollhouse, Happiness), who also directe…
Show at Birdland Theater benefits The Actor's Fund
October 14, 2018: Show business ace, Jamie deRoy, an award-winning producer, cabaret, stage, film and TV performer, brought some of…
By Isa Goldberg
October 14, 2018:Â Watching a bunch of grifters, in The Nap, is a guilty pleasure because it's silly, and delightfully inconsequential. It's a comedy well timed for the…
By: David Sheward
October 12, 2018:Â Â Even in his minor works, Tennessee Williams tenderly exposed the desperate longings of life's dreamers and poets. In the age of Trump, they might …
By: Samuel L. Leiter October 9, 2018:Â For anyone in Nazi Germany during World War II, when food supplies were short and rationing in place, getting a job where you were guaranteed three …
By: Isa GoldbergÂ
October 13, 2018:Â Â One should not be fooled by the title of the Roundabout Theatre's current production, Bernhardt/Hamlet, by Theresa Rebeck. Regardless of the …
An Equity Stage Reading of Hel's Kitchen, a new play by Sam Affoumado will be presented at Playroom Theater, 151 West 46th Street (8th Floor) NY, NY 10036 on  October 17th @7pm, Oc…
Congratulations to the 2018 Hamptons International Film Festival.
And The Winners Are:
