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Monday, April 24, 2023

Camelot ***1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Isa Goldberg April 24, 2023: In the news: mass murder, BLM, the price of gas, and food, not to mention the war in Ukraine. And Lerner & Loewe's "Camelot" is at Lincoln Center. Sp…

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Saturday, April 22, 2023

The Thanksgiving Play ****, Peter Pan Goes Wrong **** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward Larissa Fasthorse satirizes current confusing attitudes in modern theater in her riotous comedy,The Thanksgiving Play, now presented by Second Stage at the Hayes Theater …

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Camelot **1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward April 22, 2023: Camelot, the musical adaptation of the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, has always been a "problem" show. Alan Jay Lerner and …

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Barry Humphries, aka Dame Edna, Dies at 89 by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward April 22, 2023: The brilliant Barry Humphries, aka Dame Edna Everage, has passed away at 89. I've seen all three of her Broadway shows (Dame Edna: The Royal Tour, Dame E…

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Friday, April 21, 2023

Camelot *** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter April 22, 2023: Few New York legitimate theatres have the vast spatial resources of the Vivian Beaumont at Lincoln Center to create the kind of visually stunning imp…

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The Dreamer by Barry Gordin

The Neo-Political Cowgirls presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream through the eyes of a young girl @ Here Arts Center for a limited run April 22 through May 7, 2023. April 21, 2023: The Neo…

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The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart by Barry Gordin

Smart, Original, Fun By: Alix Cohen April 23, 2023: It’s rare that a theatrical production manages to be both smart and rollicking at the same time, but the Scottish folk tale Pruden…

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Christine Andreas: Two For The Road by Barry Gordin

By: Alix Cohen April 21, 2023: Broadway Baby Christine Andreas adapted to cabaret and concert stages as if doing it all along. Elegance, authority, enunciation, vocal control and story aw…

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Thursday, April 20, 2023

Ken Fallin – A Voyeur of the Soul, Part 1 by Barry Gordin

By: Alix Cohen April 22, 2023: Ken Fallin is a soft spoken, modest man who smiles easily but prefers his subjects to look serious. His world revolves around the visual, yet unlike husband…

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Ken Fallin, A Voyeur of the Soul, Part 2 by Barry Gordin

By: Alix Cohen April 22, 2023: Ken and Stanley decided to go back to Boston, keeping the New York apartment. "You could do that then. I knew somebody that knew somebody at The Boston Hera…

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Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Broadway Update by Barry Gordin

Broadway Update: Drama Desk Rules Change; Mario Fratti Dies By: David Sheward April 19, 2023: The Drama Desk Awards are joining the Outer Critics Circle, the Lortels and the Independent …

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38 Bistro Awards by Barry Gordin

By: Paulanne Simmons April 19, 2023: At the beginning of the 38th%C2%A0Bistro Awards on April 17, Sherry Eaker, who has been producing the event for 30 years, remembered that her first ye…

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Tuesday, April 18, 2023

ACA Galleries by Barry Gordin

Phase 2 Myth Conception: A Survey 1972-2019 at ACA Galleries through June 30,2023, with special presentations on April 27 & May 11. April 18, 2023:  ACA Galleries, 529 West 20th Street…

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Monday, April 17, 2023

Broadway Babe by Barry Gordin

Nostalgic finds from Broadway Babe feature Elaine Stritch, Bing Crosby, George Burns & Sid Caesar, and Phantom of the Opera. April 17, 2023: Broadway Babe, Randie Levine-Miller is somew…

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Friday, April 14, 2023

Andrew Lloyd Webber by Barry Gordin

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Behind the Mask: “It Wasn’t the Best Time of My Life". By: Ellis Nassour April 14, 2023 --“Though London advance sales and audience reaction during previews sug…

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Thursday, April 13, 2023

Shucked ****1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter April 13, 2023: Shucked, the new musical at the Nederlander Theatre, may be as corny as Kansas in August, but it's for that very reason it's also one of the surprise …

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Shucked ***  by Barry Gordin

By: Paulanne Simmons April 13, 2023: Whether or not you enjoy Shucked, Broadway's new musical based on corn, both the kind you grow and the kind you write, depends mostly on your sense o…

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Phantom of the Opera Closing by Barry Gordin

The Phantom of the Opera, Breaking Records for 35 + Years Closes on Broadway with Friday Benefit and Sunday Star-Studded Gala. By Ellis Nassour April 13, 2023 - Instead of Cats being lab…

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Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Sin Twisters by Barry Gordin

Get Them Straight, Please! Monday for One Night Only: Tony Nominees Anita Gillette and Penny Fuller Sin Again.  By: Ellis Nassour April 11, 2023: Broadway and 86th Street: Tony nominee A…

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Sheryl Lee Ralph by Barry Gordin

Tony Nominee/Emmy Winner Sheryl Lee Ralph Will Sign Memoir DIVA 2.0: 12 Life Lessons from Me for You Tuesday at Barnes & Noble By: Ellis Nassour April 10, 2023: Indefatigable Tony no…

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Sunday, April 9, 2023

Keyes Art / Sag Harbor by Barry Gordin

Paul Davis: INKLINGS, Works on Paper, on view through May 5, 2023, at Keyes Art, 45 Main Street Sag Harbor April 9, 2023:  Julie Keyes hosted an opening reception for Paul Davis’s Inklin…

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BroadwayHD by Barry Gordin

Relive the magic of T he Phantom of the Opera on BroadwayHD. April 8, 2023:  After 35 years, The Phantom of the Opera is leaving Broadway on April 16 after over 12 thousand performances an…

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Friday, April 7, 2023

Life of Pi ****, The Coast Starlight **** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward April 7, 2023: Theater is the ultimate medium of the imagination, more so than film or TV. With the latter two, there is the potential to travel literally anywhere in t…

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Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ ****1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Isa Goldberg April 5, 2023: What is joie de vivre, if not “Dancin’”! With direction and staging by Wayne Cilento, Bob Fosse’s explosive choreography gets a rousing revival on …

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Broadway Update by Barry Gordin

B’way Update: Window Replaces Sign By: David Sheward April 5, 2023: Donald Trump's 34-count indictment isn't the only big news coming out of Manhattan this week. The revival of Lorrain…

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Tuesday, April 4, 2023

Broadway Babe by Barry Gordin

Nostalgic finds from Broadway Babe include Barbra Streisand, Sammy Davis Jr. Janet Leigh & Jamie Lee Curtis on the Phil Donahue Show, plus a documentary on Elaine Stritch. April 3, 202…

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Monday, April 3, 2023

Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ***** Bad Cinderella ** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward At the 1988 Tony Awards, the big battle was between the shows composed by the two respective behemoths of the American and British musical theater: Stephen Sondheim’s t…

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Vanities – the Musical *** by Barry Gordin

By: Paulanne Simmons April 4, 2023: Vanities, Jack Heifner’s comedy-drama, opened at Playwrights Horizons on January 15, 1976, ran for 13 performances, and then transferred to the Che…

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Sunday, April 2, 2023

Life oF Pi ****1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter April 2, 2023: One of the most popular forms of theatre in the 19th century was the spectacular melodrama, a play whose most potent impact depended on special effects…

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Friday, March 31, 2023

Vanities @ The York by Barry Gordin

Jade Jones, Amy Keum, and Hayley Podschun star as three friends pushing the boundaries of their lives in a revised Vanities – The Musical directed by Will Pomerantz at The York. March 31,…

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