David Barbour
@davidbarbour.bsky.social
Editor and theatre critic, Lighting&Sound America. Film fanatic in my spare time. Also fond of cocktails and wisecracks.
Hey -- a demon swapped places with her daughter!
January 16, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Hey -- a demon swapped places with her daughter!
Off Broadway: The problems of filmmakers, novelists, and producers aren't worth a hill of beans in this frail comedy with Hamish Linklater, Miriam Silverman, and Madeline Brewer:
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Theatre in Review: The Disappear (Audible Theater at Minetta Lane Theatre) - Lighting&Sound America Online News
Erica Schmidt, writer and director of The Disappear, includes a Cassandra-like warning in the script's explanatory notes; too bad that nobody has heeded it. It's about her protagonist, Benjamin ...
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January 16, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Off Broadway: The problems of filmmakers, novelists, and producers aren't worth a hill of beans in this frail comedy with Hamish Linklater, Miriam Silverman, and Madeline Brewer:
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Broadway: Carrie Coon and Namir Smallwood are caught up the paranoid fever dream of Bug:
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Theatre in Review: Bug (Manhattan Theatre Club/Samuel J. Friedman Theatre) - Lighting&Sound America Online News
When I first saw Bug about twenty years ago, I found it a creepily effective but distasteful exploitation thriller, the stage equivalent of a Blumhouse horror film -- the kind released in early ...
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January 14, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Broadway: Carrie Coon and Namir Smallwood are caught up the paranoid fever dream of Bug:
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He's going to end each broadcast with, "I love Bosco. That's the drink for me."
January 13, 2026 at 10:37 PM
He's going to end each broadcast with, "I love Bosco. That's the drink for me."
Especially since it is usually an illusion.
January 13, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Especially since it is usually an illusion.
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Love that his name is “Putsch.” Better than “Reichstag Fire,” I guess.
For those not following at home, “Heritage American” is a category of white supremacy covering people whose ancestors were white folks who were pioneers.
December 27, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Love that his name is “Putsch.” Better than “Reichstag Fire,” I guess.
I don't know. It sounds pretty terrible on the face of it.
December 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I don't know. It sounds pretty terrible on the face of it.
There's nothing cuter than that sleepy-eyed look, often followed by a cavernous yawn.
December 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
There's nothing cuter than that sleepy-eyed look, often followed by a cavernous yawn.
LOL...and my friends complain about having to watch Frozen over and over with their kids.
December 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
LOL...and my friends complain about having to watch Frozen over and over with their kids.
Although Irene on the cop’s motorcycle is a pretty tasty bit.
December 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Although Irene on the cop’s motorcycle is a pretty tasty bit.
Off Broadway: When New York Theatre Workshop revives Tartuffe with Matthew Broderick and Bianca Del Rio, one expects something a little wilder:
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Theatre in Review: Tartuffe (New York Theatre Workshop) - Lighting&Sound America Online News
Venues create expectations: If New York Theatre Workshop is going to stage a Moliere classic, one quite reasonably expects something wild, even shocking. This is, after all, the company that ...
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December 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Off Broadway: When New York Theatre Workshop revives Tartuffe with Matthew Broderick and Bianca Del Rio, one expects something a little wilder:
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Elise Stefanik Drops Out of N.Y. Governor’s Race and Will Leave Congress
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December 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Was that done using a paint-by-numbers kit?
December 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Was that done using a paint-by-numbers kit?
In news that surprises absolutely no one. Trump says, "He wants to go back to his show." I guess radio is better than ever:
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Dan Bongino stepping down as FBI deputy director
His announcement comes after US President Donald Trump said he "wants to go back to his show".
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December 17, 2025 at 11:24 PM
In news that surprises absolutely no one. Trump says, "He wants to go back to his show." I guess radio is better than ever:
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Politico is reporting he will announce his resignation on or about December 19. He has no desire to return to the office.
These are tough jobs meant for serious, experienced professionals…not whiny podcasters who like to cosplay law enforcement.
December 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Politico is reporting he will announce his resignation on or about December 19. He has no desire to return to the office.
Who, indeed?
who needs opposition research when you have Trump's chief of staff?
What Susie Wiles thinks about the Trump administration
December 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Who, indeed?
A nervy stab at a difficult play yields fascinating results, aided by Michelle Williams, Tom Sturridge, and Brian d'Arcy James:
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Theatre in Review: "Anna Christie" (St. Ann's Warehouse) - Lighting&Sound America Online News
One doesn't direct a Eugene O'Neill play; one wrestles with it, and, let me assure you, as writers go, he has a mean half-nelson. The problem is clear: No other playwright is as resistant to high ...
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December 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
A nervy stab at a difficult play yields fascinating results, aided by Michelle Williams, Tom Sturridge, and Brian d'Arcy James:
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The astonishing June Squibb commands the stage at age 96:
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Theatre in Review: Marjorie Prime (Second Stage/Hayes Theater) - Lighting&Sound America Online News
I'm sorry to say that we're finally catching up with Marjorie Prime. To be sure, Jordan Harrison's drama, in a production at Playwrights Horizons featuring Lois Smith and Lisa Emery, was shortlisted ....
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December 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The astonishing June Squibb commands the stage at age 96:
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Convenience, then.
December 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Convenience, then.
Are they healthier?
December 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Are they healthier?
There is apparently no bottom.
December 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
There is apparently no bottom.
