Broadway
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I saw Proof at the July 1 matinee, which feels like the correct way to see a play about genius, grief, and familial distrust: in the middle of the day, when the sun is behaving like an overconfident undergraduate and Broadway is full of people carrying tote bags, iced coffee, and unresolved maternal narratives. David Auburn’s Proof has always…
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Seen November 16, featuring the Trisha Paytas casting that broke the internet and possibly the underworld. Broadway has always been a little haunted. Some theatres claim ghosts; others merely host them. But Beetlejuice doesn’t wait for spirits to wander in – it drags them onstage, shoves them under a strobe light, and hands them a mic. On…
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The night I attended The Book of Mormon was not just another show on Broadway. It was a milestone, a celebration, and a farewell. This particular performance marked the final bows for Cody Jamison Strand, Keziah John-Paul, PJ Adzima, and Lewis Cleale – with Cleale closing an incredible fourteen-year chapter as an original cast member in the role of Joseph Smith…
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This production of Waiting for Godot arrived at a moment of personal resonance for me. It is one of my favorite plays. I often write in the absurdist tradition (my piece Funeral of god springs from that same space of uncertainty and strange humor) so I came with both affection and expectation. What I found was a…
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The Broadway production of The Great Gatsby is a dazzling and heartfelt reimagining of Fitzgerald’s classic, blending roaring-twenties glamour with timeless emotional truth. I saw the show on October 19, 2025, and it was a night of remarkable performances, lush design, and surprising intimacy. While audiences eagerly anticipate Jeremy Jordan’s return to the role of Jay Gatsby, Ryan…
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Yasmina Reza’s Art remains one of the most incisive and rewarding plays ever written about friendship, pride, and perception. The current Broadway revival, which I attended on October 19, 2025, was nothing short of extraordinary. What begins as a simple argument over a white-on-white painting evolves into a riveting and hysterical study of how fragile…
Brian Brijbag 