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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

The Sorcerer & Trial By Jury ****1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Paulanne Simmons April 8, 2024: This season the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players are presenting a double header, The Sorcerer & Trial By Jury. This means twice the enjoyme…

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Monday, April 8, 2024

Water for Elephants is a Creative Feat by Barry Gordin

By: Iris Wiener April 10, 2024: Novel adaptations are hit (Wicked) or miss (The Notebook anyone?), but Water for Elephants falls somewhere in between. This show begs the question, “C…

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The Who’s Tommy **** by Barry Gordin

By: Isa Goldberg April 8, 2024: After a youth spent listening obsessively to The Who’s Tommy, this staged revival on Broadway feels like a burst of validation, just the kind of validati…

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Sunday, April 7, 2024

Eddie Izzard Performing Hamlet **** by Barry Gordin

By: Alix Cohen April 7, 2024: Having presented his solo Great Expectations, Eddie Izzard returns with her one person rendition of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet – all 23 characters…

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Saturday, April 6, 2024

Philadelphia, Here I Come **** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter April 6, 2024: The third and last in the Irish Repertory Theatre’s current season of Brian Friel (1929-2015) revivals (following Translations and Aristocrats) is Ph…

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Friday, April 5, 2024

Broadway Update by Barry Gordin

Our Town; OCC Noms By: David Sheward April 5, 2024: Cast members, dates and a theater have been announced for the upcoming Broadway revival of Thornton Wilder's beloved Our Town, to be d…

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“Wet Brain” Dominates Lortel Nominations by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward April 5, 2024: Wet Brain, John J. Caswell's Jr.'s play about a Hispanic family dealing with the father's alcoholism and delusions of being kidnapped by aliens, co-produc…

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The Who’s Tommy **** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward April 5, 2024: Technology and the political zeitgeist have caught up with The Who’s Tommy, rendering the rock opera even more timely than during its initial release. T…

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The Who’s Tommy ****1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter April 5, 2024: As theatregoing experiences go, waiting in line for the Nederlander Theatre to open for The Who’s Tommy at the April 2 matinee definitely ranks at th…

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024

An Enemy of the People *****, Fish **** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward April 2, 2024: In Sam Gold’s electrifying revival of Henrik Ibsen’s classic social drama An Enemy of the People, Jeremy Strong of Succession fame as the idealistic Dr…

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Water For Elephants *** by Barry Gordin

By: Isa Goldberg April 4, 2024: Known for their crafty storytelling, and several albums, Pigpen Theatre Co.’s new musical, Water for Elephants, is an adaptation of Sarah Gruen’s titul…

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Monday, April 1, 2024

Stalker ***1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Paulanne Simmons April 1, 2024: Although it’s called Stalker, street magicians and illusionists Peter Brynolf and Jonas Ljung’s New York theatrical debut has nothing to do with …

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Sunday, March 31, 2024

Water For Elephants **** by Barry Gordin

By: Paulanne Simmons March 31, 2024: In a theater season that has been rather sedate, the new musical, Water for Elephants comes as a welcome shot in the arm. Like so many other recent …

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Water For Elephants ***** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter March 30, 2024: Pop quiz: two recently opened Broadway musicals include the following: 1) a heartwarming story in which an elderly man, living in a facility, has good…

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Saturday, March 30, 2024

Ibsen’s Ghost **** by Barry Gordin

Charles Busch’s campy fantasy, Ibsen’s Ghost, delights. By: Patrick Christiano March 29, 2024: The incomparable Charles Busch is at it again stirring up a hornet’s nest of fun wit…

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Thursday, March 28, 2024

by Barry Gordin

Five Reasons Why The Notebook is Not Noteworthy By: Iris Wiener March 31, 2024: Based on Nicholas Sparks’ best-selling novel (which also inspired the 2004 film adaptation starring Ra…

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Corruption ****, Eddie Izzard Performing Hamlet **** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward March 28, 2024: Though J.T. Rogers is an American playwright, his new work Corruption at Lincoln Center’s Off-Broadway Mitzi Newhouse Theater, has a distinct British f…

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The Notebook **** by Barry Gordin

By: Isa Goldberg Much 28 , 2024: Daring it is, that Bekah Brunstetter and Ingrid Michaelson’s new musical, The Notebook, arrives in such a crowded musical season.  It’s subject, near…

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Broadway Update by Barry Gordin

Tammy Faye, Sunset Boulevard and Delia Ephron. By: David Sheward March 26, 2024: As the 2023-24 Broadway season begins the final mad rush to its conclusion just before the Tony deadline,…

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Saturday, March 23, 2024

Broadway Babe by Barry Gordin

Delightful Picks by Broadway Babe include Ethel Merman, Bebe Neuwirth, Katrina Lenk and More. March 23, 2024: Broadway Babe, Randie Levine-Miller, has found some delightful online enter…

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Friday, March 22, 2024

The Notebook: The Musical *** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter March 22, 2024: If a Broadway show’s success could be measured by how many buckets of tears it produced, The Notebook: The Musical, at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre…

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The Notebook ** by Barry Gordin

By: Pailanne Simmons March 22, 2024: If there were an award for putting the most clichés into one work, surely the new musical, The Notebook, would win it. In about two hours and twent…

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Brooklyn Laundry ****, Pericles **** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward April 22, 2024: Comedy, tragedy and romance collide in Brooklyn Laundry, John Patrick Shanley’s latest depiction of damaged souls stumbling towards connection, at Manh…

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Harley Newman, Professional Lunatic by Barry Gordin

By: Alix Cohen April 21, 2024, on Coney Island, performing artist Harley Newman will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from Sideshow Hootenannyduring a weekend long celebration.

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Thursday, March 21, 2024

by Barry Gordin

Why Like They Do in the Movies Doesn’t Live Up to Its Name. By: Iris Wiener March 23, 2024: Laurence Fishburne’s career is a formidable resume filled with as many powerful projects …

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Broadway Update by Barry Gordin

Illinoise, Ben Platt, Stranger Things By: David Sheward March 21, 2024: As if this Broadway season couldn't get any more crowded or crazy, we have a last-minute entry in time for the Ton…

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Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Dead Outlaw ****, A Sign of the Times **1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward March 20, 2024: In this crowded Broadway season of movie adaptations, revivals and Off-Broadway transfers, the most original and captivating tuner so far in 2023-24 can …

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Monday, March 18, 2024

Corruption ***1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter March 18, 2024: American playwright J.T. Rogers’s Corruption is a sprawling, two hour and 40-minute, political docudrama based on a major British scandal involving …

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Saturday, March 16, 2024

Melba Moore @ 54 Below ****1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Patrick Christiano Melba Moore’s Dynamite new show, From Broadway With Love, @ 54 Below. March 16, 2024: The marvelous Tony winner Melba Moore is trying out a new show, MELBA MOOR…

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Melba Moore @ 54 Below by Barry Gordin

Melba Moore’s Dynamite new show, From Broadway With Love, @ 54 Below. March 16, 2024: The marvelous Tony winner Melba Moore is trying out a new show, MELBA MOORE: FROM BROADWAY WITH LOVE…

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Friday, March 15, 2024

Peggy Lee by Barry Gordin

https://theaterlife.com/melba-moore-54-below-1-2/ By: Joel Vig March 16, 2024: For the rest of the world, March 8, 2024, was International Women's Day.  But Palm Springs, California was…

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards