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“The Gilded Age Christmas Cookbook” Brings the Sweet Splendor of a Bygone Era to Today’s Kitchens

October 24, 2025 | Publishing News | "A Taste of History", "A Visit from St. Nicholas", "The Gilded Age Christmas Cookbook", Becky Libourel Diamond, Chef Walter Staib, Christmas, Clement Clarke Moore, Gilded Age, Hanukkah, HBO’s "The Gilded Age", Joseph Verlezza, Lyons Press, New Year’s, New York Theatre Reviews, Rider University, Rutgers University, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited

With HBO’s “The Gilded Age” drawing record-breaking viewership, it’s clear America remains fascinated by the elegance, extravagance and traditions of that dazzling era. Now, food writer and historian Becky Libourel Diamond invites readers to savor the holiday season the way society’s elite once did with her new release, “The Gilded Age Christmas Cookbook.” Equal parts nostalgic confections, culinary history and…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Nothing Can Take You from the Hand of God” at Playwrights Horizons’ Peter Jay Sharp Theater (Closed Sunday, November 16, 2025)

October 22, 2025 | LGBTQ+, Off-Broadway, Queer | “Nothing Can Take You from the Hand of God”, Amith Chandrashaker (Lighting Designer), David Roberts, Emmie Finckel (Scenic Designer), Evdoxia Ragkou (Sound Designer), Frank Winters, Jared Mezzocchi, Jen Tullock, Jenny Kennedy, Maria Baranova, New York Theatre Reviews, Stefania Bulbarella (Projection and Video Designer), Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited

Jen Tullock’s “Nothing Can Take You from the Hand of God” has been hailed as a searing examination of how evangelical Christianity wounds its queer children. Critics have called it “the best solo show in years,” praising Tullock’s tour-de-force performance as she embodies multiple characters to tell the story of Frances Reinhardt, a writer whose memoir about growing up gay…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Other” at Greenwich House Theatre (Closed Saturday, December 6, 2025)

October 21, 2025 | LGBTQ+, Off-Broadway, Queer | "Other", Allison Madrazo, Ari’el Stachel, Greenwich House Theatre, Joseph Verlezza, LaChanze Productions, LGBTQ, New York Theatre Reviews, scenic design by Afsoon Pajoufar; lighting & projections design by Alexander V. Nichols, ShowTown Theatricals, sound design by Madeleine Oldham, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited, Tony Taccone

A new solo show has opened at the Greenwich House Theater, written and performed by Ari’el Stachel, who won the Tony award for best supporting actor in the musical, “The Band’s Visit.” It is not a “coming out” story, but it is about his personal struggle with anxiety and his journey to “figure out” his identity. It started when he…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Oh Happy Day!” at the Public’s Martinson Hall (Closed Sunday, November 2, 2025)

October 21, 2025 | LGBTQ+, Off-Broadway, Queer | "Oh Happy Day", Brian D. Coats (Lewis), choreography by Eboni Nichols, Cole Taylor (Understudy), Costume Design by Qween Jean, David Roberts, Donovan Louis Bazemore (Kevin), dramaturgy by Jack Phillips Moore, hair and wig design by Mia Neal, Jakob W. Plummer, Jayna Elise (Understudy), Joan Marcus, Jordan E. Cooper, Jordan E. Cooper (Keyshawn), Latrice Pace (Glory Divine), lighting design by Adam Honoré, makeup design by Kirk Cambridge Del-Pesche, Martinson Hall, Monét Thibou, music contracting by Sara Jacovino and Kristy Norter, music direction/supervision/orchestration/additional music by Daniel Rudin, New York Theatre Reviews, prop management by Samantha Llanes Gordon, Public Theater, scenic design by Luciana Stecconi, Sheléa Melody McDonald (Mighty Divine), sound design by Taylor J. Williams, Stevie Walker-Webb, Tamika Lawrence (Niecy), Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited, Tiffany Mann (Holy Divine)

Jordan E. Cooper’s “Oh Happy Day!” at The Public Theater promises to explore whether a queer man rejected and abused by the church can choose his own happiness on his own terms. It’s a radical question that deserves a radical answer. But Cooper delivers a morality tale about earning God’s love through forgiveness and obedience instead. His protagonist Keyshawn (played…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Let’s Love!” at the Atlantic Theater Company (Closed Saturday, November 22, 2025)

The latest production to open at Atlantic Theater Company is “Let’s Love,” a trio of one-acts penned by Ethan Coen. No surprise the subject matter addressed is love, what love is, how to express love, or how people try to find love. It is a love fest where love is examined under many different circumstances. All three one-acts resemble short…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Are the Bennett Girls OK” at the West End Theatre (EXTENDED through Sunday, December 21, 2025)

October 13, 2025 | Uncategorized | "Are the Bennett Girls OK?", Ari Espay, Bedlam, Buffy Cardoza (Associate Scenic and Props), Caitlin Morley (Associate Director), Caroline Campos, Caroline Grogan, Cheyenne Sykes (Lighting), Christianne Bakewell (Assistant Costume Design), Deanna Kahn (Assistant Stage Manager), Diane Healy (Stage Manager), Edoardo Benzoni, Elyse Steingold, Emily Breeze, Eric Southern (Lighting), Eric Tucker, Eric Tucker (Sound), John McDermott (Scenic Design), Joseph Verlezza, Libby J’Vera, Mariah Anzaldo Hale (Costumes), Masha Breeze, New York Theatre Reviews, Shania Pahuja (Assistant Director), Shayvawn Webster, Sophie Larin, Susannah Millonzi (Choreography), Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited, Violeta PicayoDeychen Volino-Gyetsa, West End Theatre, Zuzanna Szadkowski

The question asked in the title of the new play being presented by Bedlam Theater is “Are the Bennett Girls OK?” Well, the simple answer is, “Yes!” They are doing just fine in a new adaptation of the Jane Austen favorite novel, “Pride and Prejudice.” Penned by Emily Breeze, this adaptation does take a few liberties and does not exactly…

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Broadway Review: “Waiting for Godot” at the Hudson Theatre (Through Sunday, January 4, 2026)

“Was I sleeping, while the others suffered?” Vladimir asks this question in Act II of “Waiting for Godot,” and it hangs in the air of the Hudson Theatre like an accusation. It is the question we do not want to answer—the one about complicity, about privilege, about who gets to zone out while the world burns. When Keanu Reeves delivers…

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Off-Broadway Review: “The Other Americans” at the Public’s Anspacher Theater (Closed Sunday, October 19, 2025)

Actor and comedian John Leguizamo makes his playwrighting debut at The Public Theater with “The Other Americans”, which may certainly be billed as a new American Tragedy. Although it may draw some similarities to “Death of a Salesman”, featuring a dominant patriarch and the disintegration of the American Dream, the comparison ends there. The head of the Latino family that…

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Broadway Review: “Punch” at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (Closed on Sunday, November 2, 2025))

“You always step in,” Jacob Dunne (Will Harrison) tells us from the stage of the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, explaining the code of the Meadows housing estate where loyalty means throwing fists without thinking. “Always. With a mate. No matter where, no matter what.” This philosophy—this toxic, tribal, inevitable logic—will cost James Hodgkinson his life in a single, unprovoked punch…

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Off-Broadway Review: “The Honey Trap” at Irish Repertory Theatre (Closed Sunday, November 23, 2025)

“You could be dead tomorrow,” young Dave (Daniel Marconi) tells his army buddy Bobby (Harrison Tipping) during a night out in 1979 Belfast, justifying their reckless behavior. “Live in the moment.” Thirty-five years later, after Bobby’s murder, that moment has become the only moment that matters—an endless present tense of guilt, rage, and impossible choices. Leo McGann’s “The Honey Trap,”…

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