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Saturday, November 27, 2021

Thoughts and Memories of Stephen Sondheim, 1930-2021 by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward November 27, 2021: On the Friday after Thanksgiving, my husband and I were driving back from Philadelphia  after a visit to my mother. For some unknown reason, I got …

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ACA Galleries by Barry Gordin

GRACE HARITGAN & LARRY RIVERS: The Poetry of Painting on view through January 29, 2022. November 27, 2021: ACA Galleries, 529 West 20th Street, in the Gallery District announced …

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Friday, November 26, 2021

The Alchemist ***1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Alix Cohen November 25, 2021: Ben Jonson wrote The Alchemist in 1610 when London theaters were closed for two years during the plague. Sound familiar? Samuel Coleridge called it…

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Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Trouble In Mind *** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter November 24, 2021: When Alice Childress's Trouble in Mind was produced at Off Broadway's Greenwich Mews Theatre in November 1955, it received a brief but positi…

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Monday, November 22, 2021

Man Of La Mancha ***** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter November 22, 2021: Before I say another word, let me spill out my gut reaction to the revival of Man of La Mancha that just opened at Plaza Broadway Long Island's the…

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Sunday, November 21, 2021

Morning's At Seven ***1/2 by Barry Gordin

By:  Isa Goldberg  November 21, 2021: Reviving "Morning's at Seven", Paul Osborn's old chestnut of a comedy, is the stuff we reserve for Olympians, such as this impressive cast from …

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Saturday, November 20, 2021

BroadwayHD by Barry Gordin

Black Matter, Giles Terea's powerful song cycle, now available on BroadwayHD. November 20, 2021:  Inspired by the unrest of 2020, Olivier Award winning star of the West End production…

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Friday, November 19, 2021

Trouble in Mind ***, Assassins ****, The Visitor *,Morning's at Seven **** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward November 19, 2021: Revivals and adaptations are proving startlingly relevant on and Off-Broadway. Alice Childress's Trouble in Mind premiered Off-Broadway in 1955. The p…

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Thursday, November 18, 2021

Morning Sun ***** by Barry Gordin

By: Isa Goldberg November 18, 2021: Stealthy, indeed, is a quality that distinguishes playwright Simon Stephens, whose latest work, "Morning Sun", is as unusual in its exploration of form…

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Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Broadway Update: 'for colored girls' Sets Dates and Theater by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward November 16, 2021: The previously announced revival of Ntozake Shange's for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf has set definite dates and…

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Monday, November 15, 2021

The Visitor **1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter November 15, 2021: The Visitor, a new musical at the Public based on the Thomas McCarthy film of 2007, was on the verge of opening last year when, like so many other…

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Friday, November 12, 2021

Judy Kaye by Barry Gordin

Diana's Judy Kaye: Celebrating Six Decades in Show Business By: Ellis Nassour  November 12, 2021: Judy Kaye has had a storied career over six decades in opera, operetta, symphony conc…

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Thursday, November 11, 2021

Trevor *** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward November 11, 2021: The new musical Trevor could easily have been an extended Afterschool Special, an overly preachy message tuner with more PSA vibes than entertainment …

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Broadway Update: Billy Crystal and Audra McDonald Return to the Stage by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward November 11, 2021: Billy Crystal and Audra McDonald will return to Broadway after long absences. Crystal will star in and co-author Mr. Saturday Night, a new musical bas…

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Sidney Myer Back at Pangea by Barry Gordin

By: Alix Cohen November 11, 2021: Arguably one of New York cabaret's treasures on and off the stage, Sidney Myer once again elicits both buoyant laughter and empathetic pathos from a not…

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Sunday, November 7, 2021

The Pass Musical by Barry Gordin

Denise Marsa's heartfelt musical, The Pass, selected for United Solo Festival, NY 2021 on November 18 @ 9pm at Theatre Row, 410 West 42nd Street. November 7, 2021: The Pass, initi…

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Saturday, November 6, 2021

Morning Sun ***, Fairycakes *1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward November 6, 2021: The content of Simon Stephens' Morning Sun is not extraordinary, earth-shaking, or even that unusual. He seems to be aiming for a portrait of universal…

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Monday, November 1, 2021

BroadwayHD by Barry Gordin

Barbra Streisand's A Star is Born and Matthew Bourne's Red Shoes head November's line up of spectacular new titles on BroadwayHD. November 1, 2021- BroadwayHD, the prem…

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Thoughts of a Colored Man ***1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter November 1, 2021: If one of the purposes of theatre can be said to be communion, the sense of shared emotional and intellectual response to an event, then the experience…

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Saturday, October 30, 2021

Caroline, or Change *****, Fire Shut Up in My Bones ***** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward October 30, 2021: When it opened on Broadway at the tail end of the 2003-4 season after an Off-Broadway run at the Public Theater, Caroline, or Change was overshadowed …

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The Flogsta Scream by Barry Gordin

By Sam Affoumado December 6th 2021 ... International university students, Angelo and Valentina meet in Flogsta, Sweden where a strange, weekly screaming ritual takes place. The New York war…

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The Melody Lingers On: A Gala Tribute to Irving Berlin by Barry Gordin

By: Alix Cohen October 31, 2021: Produced by The Mabel Mercer Foundation, The 32nd Annual New York Cabaret Convention packed Rose Hall Wednesday night with savvy fans starved for live…

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Thursday, October 28, 2021

FairyCakes ** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter That whimsical playwright Douglas C. Beane Whose comical work you perhaps may have seenHas written a new one he calls FairycakesBut, take it from me, it ain't no gr…

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Six **** by Barry Gordin

By: Lauren Yarger By Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, Directed by Lucy Moss and Jamie Armitage, Choreography by Carrie-Anne Ingrouille October 28, 2021: Laugh-out-loud jokes and loud, poundin…

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Tuesday, October 26, 2021

25th Annual Hulaween Bash by Barry Gordin

Gloria Gaynor headlines Boogie Frights Hulaween Friday, October 29th at Cipriani South Street to benefit The New York Restoration Project (NYRP). October 26, 2021:  Disco legend…

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Monday, October 25, 2021

Tin Pan Alley Day by Barry Gordin

By: Maryann Lopinto On Saturday, October 23rd, 2021 was proclaimed Tin Pan Alley Day with a free outdoor four hour concert, on the Flatiron North Public Plaza, which is right in front of …

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Sunday, October 24, 2021

Lackawanna Blues ***1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Paulanne Simmons October 24, 2021: Ruben Santiago-Hudson is certainly a talented man. He's a great writer, a great actor and a great director. His solo show at Manhattan Theatre Club'…

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Saturday, October 23, 2021

Is This A Room ****, Dana H *****, Lackawanna Blues ****, The Lehman Trilogy *****, Letters of Suresh ** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward October 22, 2021: After a long absence due to COVID, Broadway is slowly starting to come back. But the majority of new productions are not the typical Main Stem fare of …

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Thursday, October 21, 2021

The Lehman Trilogy ***** by Barry Gordin

THIS is Great Theater By: Alix Cohen"We are merchants of money. We use money to make more money." October 21, 2021: The remarkable Lehman Trilogy comes to Broadway by way of Londo…

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Friday, October 15, 2021

Monday Night Magic by Barry Gordin

"When you start to wonder, you start to think, and there isn't enough thinking going on." (Performer/Historian Todd Robbins) By: Alix Cohen October 15, 2021: At 24, Monday Night Magi…

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Thursday, October 14, 2021

Chicken & Biscuits by Barry Gordin

Five Reasons Why Chicken & Biscuits is Broadway's Delightful Main Course By: Iris Wiener            October 14, 2021:  Chicken & Biscuits…

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