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Broadway Review: “Mike Birbiglia” The Old Man & The Pool” at Lincoln Center Theater’s Vivian Beaumont Theater (Closed Sunday, January 15, 2023)

There is an abundance of medical and anatomical references in “Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man & The Pool” currently running at Lincoln Center Theater’s Vivian Beaumont Theater. Mr. Birbiglia’s affinity for medicine is often part of or the central theme in his stand-up comedy gigs around the nation. His particular interest in his own health is also pivotal to his…

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Off-Broadway Review: “A Raisin in the Sun” at the Public Theater’s Newman Theater (Closed on Sunday, November 20, 2022)

November 14, 2022 | a man of, back the future, black no, Off-Broadway, on that day, public theater, the old man > | "A Raisin in the Sun", Almeria Campbell, Andie Burns, Bjorn Dupaty, Calvin Dutton, Camden McKinnon, Christopher Marquis Lindsay, Clarissa Marie Ligon, costume design by Karen Perry, David Roberts, fight and intimacy direction by Teniece Divya Johnson, Francois Battiste, hair and wig design by Nikiya Mathis, Jesse Pennington, Joan Marcus, John Clay III, lighting design by Alex Jainchill, Lorraine Hansberry, Mandi Masden, Mister Fitzgerald, movement direction by Rickey Tripp, N’yomi Stewart, Paige Gilbert, Perri Gaffney, Prop management by Claire M. Kavanah, Public Theater, Robert O'Hara, scenic design by Clint Ramos, Skyler Gallun, sound design by Elisheba Ittoop, sound system design by Will Pickens, The Newman Theater, Theatre Reviews Limited, Tonya Pinkins, Toussaint Battiste, Vann Dukes, video design by Brittany Bland

Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun” debuted on Broadway in 1959 and appeared in London’s West End five months later. The musical adaptation “Raisin” won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 1973 and the play had two Broadway revivals in 2004 and 2014. This powerful and ground-breaking story of a financially strapped Chicago South Side Black extended family’s…

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Broadway Review: “Topdog/Underdog” at the Golden Theatre (Through Sunday, January 15, 2023)

In the current 20th anniversary production of “Topdog/Underdog,” Suzan Lori-Parks reminds the audience that when one does not receive unconditional and nonjudgmental love and chooses to disconnect from one’s cultural and family histories, things can and will go terribly wrong. From the first scene of the play currently running at the John Golden Theatre, it is evident that there is…

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Broadway Review: “Cost of Living” at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (Closed Sunday, November 6, 2022)

“Cost of living indexes are meant to compare the expenses an average person can expect to incur to acquire food, shelter, transportation, energy, clothing, education, healthcare, childcare, and entertainment in different regions.” – Investopedia The folks in Martyna Majok’s “Cost of Living,” currently running at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, are not “average people” and they experience the…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Exception to the Rule” at the Black Box Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center (Closed Sunday, June 26, 2022)

In “Exception to the Rule,” currently playing at the Black Box Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center, is playwright Dave Harris more concerned about what might be the exception to the rule in his play’s inner-city high school classroom or what is the rule that looms over classroom one eleven’s detainees on the last day of the week…

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Broadway Review: “Hangmen” at the Golden Theatre” (Closed on Saturday, June 18, 2022)

“The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men / Gang aft a-gley.” – “To A Mouse” by Robert Burns Despite his claim to be “quite content to keep [his] own counsel, as [he] sees fit, and leave the jibber-jabber to the riff-raff, the riff-raff,” former hangman Harry Wade (played with a menacing panache by David Threlfall) seems quite content to…

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Off-Broadway Review: “The Visitor” at the Public’s Newman Theater (Closed Sunday, December 5, 2021)

November 22, 2021 | a man of, Off-Broadway, public, public theater, the old man, the visitor, visitor > | "The Visitor", Ahmad Maksoud, Albert Guerzon, Alysha Deslorieux, Anthony Chan, Brandon Espinoza, Brian Yorkey, C.K. Edwards, Claire M. Kavanah, Crystal Joy, Daniel Sullivan, David Bengali, David Hyde Pierce, David Zinn, Delius Doherty, Dimitri Joseph Moïse, Groundswell Productions and Participant Media Motion Picture Written by Thomas McCarthy, Hana S. Kim, Jacqueline Antaramian, James Latus, Jamshied Sharifi, Japhy Weideman, Jessica Paz, Joan Marcus, Katie Terza, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Lorin Latarro, Marla Louissaint, Matthew Armentrout, Meg Zervoulis, Paul Pontrelli, Rick Edinger, Robert Ariza, Sahar Milani, Sean Ewing, Sun Hee Kil, Takafumi Nikaido, The Newman Theater, The Public Theater, Thomas Schall, Tom Kitt, Tomoko Akaboshi, Toni-Leslie James, Will Erat

The new musical “The Visitor,” now playing at the Public’s Newman Theater, is based on the 2007 film sharing the same title, with a book by Kwame Kwei-Armah and Brian Yorkey, music by Tom Kitt and lyrics also by Mr. Yorkey. The story is the same but somehow confining it to the stage provides a better focus on the characters…

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Video on Demand: GFour Productions “Middletown” (Streaming through Sunday April 4, 2021)

March 17, 2021 | a man of, dan clancy middletown, the old man, Uncategorized > | "Middletown", Adrian Zmed, Didi Conn, Don Clancy, Donny Most, GFour Productions, OVERTURE+, Sandy Duncan, Seth Greenleaf

Dan Clancy’s play “Middletown” reflects on the lives of two couples who establish a close friendship, supporting each other through the trials and tribulations that life brings their way. The couples that guide you through this journey spanning several decades are Peg (Sandy Duncan) and Tom (Adrian Zmed), and Dotty (Didi Conn) and Don (Donny Most). During the preface of…

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Video on Demand Preview: Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a Virtual “Irish Poetry Slam” (Wednesday March 17, 2021)

March 11, 2021 | a man of, News, Previews, the old man > | Andrea Marcovicci, Daniel Jenkins, David Staller, Gingold Theatrical Group, GTG, Irish Poetry Sam, Jessica Hecht, Karen Ziemba, Melissa Errico, Renee Taylor, Robert Cuccioli, Sally Wilfert, St. Patrick's Day, Thom Sesma, Tonya Pinkins, Tyne Daly

David Staller, Artistic Director of Gingold Theatrical Group today announced that in lieu of the 2021 Golden Shamrock Gala, GTG would celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with an IRISH POETRY SLAM, online on Wednesday March 17th, 6:00-7:30pm EDT. The event is FREE! but you must register by March 15th. In the hours leading up to the shindig, you’ll receive a confirmation and…

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Theatre News: Manhattan Theatre Club Announces Final Two Productions for Return to the Stage 2021 – 2022

January 11, 2021 | a man of, awards, Broadway, detroit 67, News, Off-Broadway, skeleton crew, the old man > | "Prayer for the French Republic", "Skeleton Crew", David Cromer, Dominique Morisseau, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City Center Stage I, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) are pleased to announce plans to produce two additional shows for Manhattan Theatre Club‘s 2021-2022 season. In the winter of 2022, MTC plans to present the Broadway premiere of Skeleton Crew, written by Tony Award® nominee Dominique Morisseau (Ain’t Too Proud, Pipeline) and directed by Tony Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson (Lackawanna Blues, August Wilson’s Jitney) at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Also, in Winter 2022,…

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