Jeannie Lieberman

Editor Emeritus

Jeannie Lieberman, a legend in the New York theater scene, has been covering theater since 1986; she wrote for the New York Law Journal as well as other outlets. Along with lifetime adventures like her time as a soldier in the Israeli army, cracking the glass ceiling on Madison Avenue, exhibiting her sculpture internationally, learning to fly a plane, and earning a degree in Physical Therapy, she is happiest in the theater, when the lights go down and the curtain goes up.

Reviews by Jeannie

Reflections on Breaking Down the 25/26 Broadway Season
ByJeannie Lieberman June 1, 2026August 29, 2026

Some thoughts on how the Broadway season for Fall 2025/Spring 2026 worked out

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We Love NYC – The Homecoming Concert
ByJeannie Lieberman August 24, 2021October 5, 2026

We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert by Jeanne Lieberman photos by Phil McAuliffe Is the prematurely canceled concert celebrating New York’s victory over Covid a metaphor for incomplete victory as the Delta variant looms over us? The crowd came in exultant and in a celebratory mood. Their party personae reflecting the theme…

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We got a first look at the gorgeous Immersive Van Gogh exhibit coming to NYC
ByJeannie Lieberman June 14, 2021October 5, 2026

Photograph: Shaye Weaver/Time Out We got a first look at the gorgeous Immersive Van Gogh exhibit coming to NYC Get ready to take an emotional journey through the artist’s incredible paintings By Shaye Weaver Posted: Wednesday May 26 2021, 5:04 PM FacebookTwitterPinterestEmailWhatsApp Donning a hard hat covered in painted sunflowers, I stepped into the highly-anticipated “Immersive Van…

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Off-Broadway Plays

All Is Calm
ByJeannie Lieberman December 18, 2018October 5, 2026

Photo credit Dan Norman By Jeanne Lieberman Forget the singing Santa’s and athletic elves, this simple direct-to-the-heart production will eclipse any other Christmas show and should be a perennial for Christmas, Easter and/or anytime your faith in humanity needs healing. ALL is Calm, as presented by the Theater Latte Da at the Sheen Center,…

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Off-Broadway Musicals

Smokey Joe’s Café
ByJeannie Lieberman August 3, 2018October 5, 2026

Kyle Taylor Parker, Dwayne Cooper, John Edwards and Jelani Remy. Photo: Gary Ng Is It OK to enjoy a musical without a message? Yes!!! By Jeanne Lieberman Imagine you are home alone back in the 50’s or 60’s, your parents have gone out, you turn the radio to your favorite rock ‘n roll station…

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Off-Broadway Musicals

The Sting
ByJeannie Lieberman April 20, 2018October 5, 2026

Photo: Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade) By Jeanne Lieberman Brace yourself Broadway! A Big Brawny Musical may be heading your way led by Harry Connick, Jr. and a tireless troupe of terpsichorean tap dancers. Papermill’s latest shiny production follows a prestigious journey starting from George Roy Hill’s award winning 1973 iconic film, which was loosely based…

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Jan Maxwell
ByJeannie Lieberman February 15, 2018October 5, 2026

Photo Joan Marcus Jan Maxwell, a five-time Tony-nominated actor whose performances spanned stage and screen, comedy and drama, died February 11 at 61 following a longtime battle with cancer. She became the fourth performer in Tony Awards history to be nominated in all four possible acting categories. She won Drama Desks for both Chitty Chitty Bang…

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Broadway Musicals

Sunday in the Park with George
ByJeannie Lieberman February 23, 2017October 5, 2026

Annaleigh Ashford and Jake Gyllenhaal Photos Credit Matthew Murphy Sunday in the Park with George By Jeanne Lieberman They bill it as a “Special Event” maybe because it is the first production in Broadway’s oldest theater, the painstakingly re- renovated 100 year old Hudson Theater. Its muted atmosphere a strange foil for a…

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La Cage aux Folles (Fire Island Pines Arts Project)
ByJeannie Lieberman October 6, 2015October 5, 2026

Tom Gamblin as Albin, Danial Charles McDonald as Georges by Jeannie Lieberman Photos by Parker Sargent Jerry Herman/Harvey Fierstein’s intelligent, educational, insightful, poignant, profound and above all entertaining homage to the real gay world is a perfect fit for Fire Island Pines Arts Project. It is especially timely in a year filled…

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Margaret Cho at Ice Palace – The Psycho Tour
ByJeannie Lieberman August 13, 2015October 5, 2026

Photo by Jeannie by Jeanne Lieberman Finding Netherland Definition of nether by Merriam-Webster Located toward the bottom or more distant part of something That more distant part is, to use another euphemism, our “privates’ but Ms Cho certainly does not keep them private for long. The major part Margaret Cho’s hour and a half performance…

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