David Barbour
@davidbarbour.bsky.social
Editor and theatre critic, Lighting&Sound America. Film fanatic in my spare time. Also fond of cocktails and wisecracks.
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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.
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
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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A post this good deserves ALT text.
December 13, 2025 at 3:52 AM
A post this good deserves ALT text.
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Her book needs to close the balcony.
December 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Her book needs to close the balcony.
Supply and demand.
December 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Supply and demand.
"The Professional Bull Riders league, which had an agreement to provide content to Merit, quit the network last November. And this July, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. " T
That is surely the most random fact of the week...
That is surely the most random fact of the week...
November 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"The Professional Bull Riders league, which had an agreement to provide content to Merit, quit the network last November. And this July, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. " T
That is surely the most random fact of the week...
That is surely the most random fact of the week...
Off Broadway: A major new piece from a rising playwright, which poses thorny questions about identity and citizenship. It also showcases Andrea Martin's almost indecent knack for landing a laugh:
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Theatre in Review: Meet the Cartozians (Second Stage/Pershing Square Signature Center) - Lighting&Sound America Online News
The rising young playwright Talene Monahon may be having her breakthrough moment with Meet the Cartozians, a then-and-now comedy about identity, history, and the price of assimilation that calls to .....
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November 26, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Off Broadway: A major new piece from a rising playwright, which poses thorny questions about identity and citizenship. It also showcases Andrea Martin's almost indecent knack for landing a laugh:
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I totally think he believes it. Don't forget the minion who follows him around toting a portable printer, producing whatever favorable coverage can be found.
At this point, I wonder if he isn't lying when he says he has "my highest Poll Numbers, ever" since it's entirely possible that's what his aides are telling him. It's quite likely that there's an entire Potemkin village built around Trump right now.
Trump responds to a detailed report about his waning energy and propensity to sleep through on-camera events by calling the New York Times's Katie Rogers ugly
November 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I totally think he believes it. Don't forget the minion who follows him around toting a portable printer, producing whatever favorable coverage can be found.
Broadway: Chess is back, bigger, more bombastic, and noisier than ever:
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Theatre in Review: Chess (Imperial Theatre) - Lighting&Sound America Online News
Chess is back, bigger than life and twice as noisy. Now on its third book (at least), the much-maligned musical remains an infectious score in search of a plausible, involving story. More than four ....
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November 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Broadway: Chess is back, bigger, more bombastic, and noisier than ever:
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He can probably see Clarence Darrow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Felix Frankfurter, sitting in the corner.
Are those "MANY GREAT LEGAL SCHOLARS" in the room with you right now, Piggy?
November 23, 2025 at 11:50 PM
He can probably see Clarence Darrow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Felix Frankfurter, sitting in the corner.
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Are those "MANY GREAT LEGAL SCHOLARS" in the room with you right now, Piggy?
November 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Are those "MANY GREAT LEGAL SCHOLARS" in the room with you right now, Piggy?
Off Broadway: Ethan Lipton treads where Bernstein, Comden, Green, Stein, Kander, and Ebb all ran aground in this musical based on The Skin of Our Teeth:
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Theatre in Review: The Seat of Our Pants (Public Theater) - Lighting&Sound America Online News
In The Seat of Our Pants, the human race is rescued, repeatedly, from disaster. The show isn't so lucky.<br>If Our Town is the Thornton Wilder play everyone produces, The Skin of Our Teeth is the one ...
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November 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Off Broadway: Ethan Lipton treads where Bernstein, Comden, Green, Stein, Kander, and Ebb all ran aground in this musical based on The Skin of Our Teeth:
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Off Broadway: Patrick Page and Kristine Nielsen, out of The Gilded Age, in a blackly farcical reimagining of a key 20th-century calamity:
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Theatre in Review: Archduke (Roundabout Theatre Company) - Lighting&Sound America Online News
If Rajiv Joseph ever had a career in Major League Baseball, he would have been a pitcher; he certainly is a specialist in throwing curveballs. Surely the only playwright in existence to twice build .....
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November 14, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Off Broadway: Patrick Page and Kristine Nielsen, out of The Gilded Age, in a blackly farcical reimagining of a key 20th-century calamity:
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Off Broadway: A far from perfect production, but Michael Urie is ready, willing, and able to take on the classic repertory:
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Theatre in Review: Richard II (Red Bull Theater/Astor Place Theatre) - Lighting&Sound America Online News
In Craig Baldwin's revival of William Shakespeare's most lyrical play, the title character is a man in a cage. Baldwin, who edited and rearranged bits of the original text, begins with Richard, ...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Off Broadway: A far from perfect production, but Michael Urie is ready, willing, and able to take on the classic repertory:
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They're protesing the new Communist regime by making even bigger real estate deals:
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Manhattan’s luxury deals thrive following NYC mayoral election
Buyers signed contracts for 40+ luxury homes, including a first for a condo at the Flatiron Building, per Olshan Realty.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
They're protesing the new Communist regime by making even bigger real estate deals:
therealdeal.com/new-york/202...
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