Seth Barrish

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…

Broadway Review: “The New One” at the Cort Theatre

December 3, 2018 | birbiglia, Broadway, LGBTQ+, mike birbiglia > | "The New One", Aaron Copp, Beowulf Boritt, Jennifer Hope Stein, Joan Marcus, Leon Rothenberg, Mike Birbiglia, Seth Barrish, The Cort Theatre

When he walks onto stage to applause at the Cort Theatre to begin his show “The New One,” It is evident that Mike Birbiglia has a huge following and some dedicated fans. The one-man show recently transferred to Broadway after a successful off-Broadway run at The Cherry Lane Theater. Mike Birbiglia is casual, an everyman, as he proceeds to mic…