ELYSA GARDNER

ELYSA GARDNER

New York, New York
Elysa Gardner is Contributor for the Sun.

Ms. Gardner has written about theater and music for The New York Times, The…

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With ‘Grandiloquent,’ Comedian Gary Gulman Recounts His Time Growing Up Awkward

Few high-profile comics acknowledge their thirst for affirmation, or the past and ongoing challenges informing it, as transparently or relentlessly as Gulman does in his new one-man show.

Michaelah Reynolds
Culture

Iranian Tyranny and Examples of Resistance Inspire Amir Reza Koohestani’s ‘Blind Runner,’ Now Being Staged in North America for the First Time

For Koohestani, running is more than a metaphor. The athletic pursuit became therapeutic following the Iranian government’s violent crackdown on demonstrators in the country’s Green Movement.

Amir Hamja
Culture

John Mulaney and a Rotating Series of Stage and Screen Stars Bring to Life the Stories of Simon Rich

‘All In: Comedy About Love by Simon Rich’ consists of a series of vignettes adapted from Rich’s stories, and their general sensibility exists at the intersection of ‘Saturday Night Live’ and the New Yorker.

Emilio Madrid
Culture

Audra McDonald Delivers a Show-Stopping Performance as Rose in New Revival of ‘Gypsy’

The triumph of this production is that its star and her equally venerated director, George C. Wolfe, turn potential liabilities into assets.

Julieta Cervantes
Culture

Theater Fans Had Much in Which To Delight in 2024, the Year of Second Chances

Numerous plays and musicals that had earned acclaim off-Broadway during the year’s early months — or in some cases in 2023, such as the Tony Award-winning ‘Stereophonic’ and ‘Job’ — received additional, often higher-profile productions.

Julieta Cervantes
Culture

Tumult Over Vaccines Bedevils a Well-Heeled Private School in the Whip-Smart ‘Eureka Day’

The pandemic hovers over this comedy like a storm cloud.

Jeremy Daniel
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