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Sunday, February 2, 2025

Eureka Day**** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward January 29, 2025: When Jonathan Spector’s Eureka Day opened Off-Broadway in 2019, the dark comedy about the vaccination debate at a high-toned private school in Berkel…

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English***1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter January 31, 2025: Anyone who’s ever struggled to master a foreign language in private classes will find something to appreciate in English, Sanaz Toossi’s fitfull…

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All In: Comedy About Love**** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward January 24, 2025: If you’re looking for the perfect date night show—or just want a massive injection of laughs—then head over to the Hudson Theater for All In: Come…

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Friday, January 31, 2025

A Guide for the Homesick** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward January, 31, 2025: Ken Urban’s A Guide for the Homesick, now at the intimate Daryl Roth 2 stage following a run at Huntington Theater Company in 2017, has its heart in…

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Cult of Love***, Hard Truths**** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward January 31, 2025: Here we go again. It’s time for yet another dysfunctional family reunion. Cult of Love, presented by Second Stage at the Hayes Theater after a produ…

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Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Gypsy ***** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward January, 28 2025: The sixth Broadway production of Gypsy, the classic musical based on the memoirs of legendary stripper Gypsy Rose Lee, is a theatrical miracle. Not onl…

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Kowalski ** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter January 28, 2025: There have been many iconic performances of important dramatic roles in the modern American theatre, but only a very few that arouse the kind of elec…

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Pen Pals ***** by Barry Gordin

By: Paulanne Simmons January 28, 2025: There’s nothing particularly new about a play based on correspondence between two friends (one can’t help thinking of A. R. Gurney’s Love Let…

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Sunday, January 26, 2025

Show/Boat: A River *** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward January 24, 2025: In recent decades, the theatergoing public has had a love/hate relationship with Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II’s Show Boat. When Florenz Ziegfe…

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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

We Live in Cairo ***** by Barry Gordin

By: Isa Goldberg November 5, 2024: In 1996, as we know, the landmark musical Rent at New York Theatre Workshop rocked the world of musical theater. Through its diverse cast of actors and …

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Monday, November 4, 2024

Romeo & Juliet **1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter November 5, 2024: There was a time, not that long ago, when productions of Romeo and Juliet,Shakespeare’s tale of two passionate, star-crossed, young lovers, was con…

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SUNSET BLVD *** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter November 3, 2024: Regardless of how familiar you’ve previously been with Nicole Scherzinger, the lead singer of the unusually successful, early 2000s’ girl band T…

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Sunday, November 3, 2024

Left on Tenth **1/2, Romeo & Juliet **** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward November 3, 2024: Delia Ephron’s memoir Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life is a moving, heartbreaking account of the author’s reclaiming love and life after losi…

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Thursday, October 31, 2024

Romeo & Juliet ***1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Carol Rocamora October 31, 2024: Teddy bears?  Really?!!!What are all those warm and fuzzy teddy bears doing in the lobby of the Circle in the Square theatre? Not a few, but dozens of…

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Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Another Shot *** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter October 29, 2024: My name is Sam and I am not an alcoholic, recovering or otherwise. However, in Another Shot: A New Play by Spike Manton and Harry Teinowitz, at Of…

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Sunset Boulevard **** by Barry Gordin

By: Isa Goldberg October 29, 2024: If you can’t imagine Nicole Scherzinger as Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd., head over to the St. James Theatre. This uncanny production—a reimagining…

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Monday, October 28, 2024

Broadway Babe by Barry Gordin

Great picks from Broadway Babe include Hugh Jackman, Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald, and Carol Burnett & Julie Andrews together in concert. October 28, 2024:  Broadway Babe, Randie Levi…

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Sunday, October 27, 2024

Broadway Update: Smash and Sondheim. by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward October 27, 2024: Two upcoming Broadway shows, Smash and Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends, have announced specific details on dates, theaters and cast members. Smash, the …

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Friday, October 25, 2024

Our Town **1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Paulanne Simmons October 27, 2024: At the very beginning of Thornton Wilder’s 1938 play, Our Town, the Stage Manager, who narrates, tells us, “The name of the town is Grover’s …

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Our Town *** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter October 25, 2024: The minute I walked in the door at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre to see director Kenny Leon’s much-lauded revival of Thornton Wilder’s beloved 1938…

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Sunset Boulevard ** by Barry Gordin

By: Carol Rocamora October 24, 2024: If there’s one reason why you should go to see Sunset Boulevard, the radical revival now playing on Broadway it’s this: to see how far the contemp…

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Monday, October 21, 2024

The Beacon ***1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Paulanne Simmons October 21, 2024: Nancy Harris’s The Beacon, now at the Irish Repertory Theatre, is certainly an ambitious play. In fact, the playwright juggles so many plots and s…

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Saturday, October 19, 2024

Broadway Update: John Proctor. Real Women, Just in Time by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward October 19, 2024: The spring Broadway season is getting more crowded. Sadie Sink (Stranger Things, The Whale) will star in Kimberly Belflower's John Proctor Is the Villa…

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Sump’n Like Wings **1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter October 19, 2024: The Mint Theatre has built a well-regarded reputation for finding long-forgotten plays and giving them polished Off-Broadway productions. Of course,…

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Friday, October 18, 2024

Our Town ***** by Barry Gordin

By: Isa Goldberg October 18, 2024: In Thoreau and Emerson lie the roots of theater in America. So, it is blissfully discovered in Kenny Leon’s contemporary staging of Thornton Wilder�…

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Our Town ***** by Barry Gordin

By: Carol Rocamora October 17, 2024: Kenny Leon’s extraordinary Our Town is more than just a revival – it’s a momentous event, one that unites us all in these contentious times. …

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Wednesday, October 16, 2024

McNeal **, Hold On To Me Darling, ****, Vladimir **** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward October 16, 2024: Two new productions on and Off-Broadway feature a major male star best known for his work in media other than theater playing a world-renowned celebrit…

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Hold On To Me Darling ***1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter October 16, 2024: Kenneth Lonergan’s Hold on to Me Darling, seen at Off Broadway’s Atlantic Theatre in 2016, has returned, eight years later, to another Off-Broad…

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Monday, October 14, 2024

Medea Re-Versed ***** by Barry Gordin

By: Carol Rocamora October 14, 2024: The Greek gods on Mt. Olympus must be trembling from the sound coming out of the Sheen Center. The ancient story of Medea is being retold with a power …

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Saturday, October 12, 2024

Liev Schreiber @ HIFF by Barry Gordin

Liev Schreiber, the 2024 HIFF Dick Cavett Artistic Champion Award winner, chats with Alec Baldwin. By: Patrick Christiano  October 12, 2024:  HIFF awarded actor/director Liev Schreiber …

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The Hills of California **** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter October 12, 2024: The Hills of California, now at the Broadhurst Theatre, is British playwright and screenwriter Jez Butterworth’s sixth play to transfer from Londo…

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All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime