David Barbour

David Barbour

@davidbarbour.bsky.social

Editor and theatre critic, Lighting&Sound America. Film fanatic in my spare time. Also fond of cocktails and wisecracks.

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Kirsten Bladh
@kerstanley.bsky.social

Over 2,000 alumni from Vivek’s all-boys catholic high school in Cincinnati have signed and circulated a petition demanding that he pull the ad and issue a public apology for “ignoring the moral responsibilities” of his Jesuit education. I think he’s pretty cooked.

Micah@rincewind.run

chat I don’t think doubling down on this ad is working out real well for vivek

David Barbour
@davidbarbour.bsky.social

Suddenly, we're getting inundated with ghost stories from the UK, because I don't know why. But Lucas Iverson, from The Pitt, is aces: www.lightingandsoundamerica.com/news/story.a...

lightingandsoundamerica.comTheatre in Review: A Ghost in Your Ear (Audible Theater at Minetta Lane Theatre) - Lighting&Sound America Online NewsIt's official: The UK is now the world's biggest exporter of theatrical hokum. And it's a cash crop: On Broadway right now, Paranormal Activity is spooking audiences to the tune of $1 million-plus ...
David Barbour
@davidbarbour.bsky.social

Ryan J. Haddad recalls his Shaker Heights youth, surrounded by a peanut gallery of gay adults, in this funny and touching (if sometimes a little tired) theatrical memoir: www.lightingandsoundamerica.com/news/story.a...

lightingandsoundamerica.comTheatre in Review: Good Time Charlie (Public Theater) - Lighting&Sound America Online NewsRyan J. Haddad, king of the solo shows (typically exploring the complications of being gay with cerebral palsy), now takes a flyer on a real, honest-to-God play. Well, not quite; even Haddad admits .....
David Barbour
@davidbarbour.bsky.social

Sheeran is really in a pickle. I feel for him. Not every entertainer has to take a political stand. But the ones who do shouldn't be automatically canceled: variety.com/2026/music/n...

variety.comEd Sheeran Says Dropping Macklemore From Tour Was ‘Promoter’s Decision, Not Mine,’ Explains Why He’s Not Speaking Out on Israel and PalestineEd Sheeran has posted a statement about Macklemore being dropped from his stadium tour after making pro-Palestinian comments onstage.

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Judd Legum
@juddlegum.bsky.social

1. This New York Post cover: “Thousands of 9/11 families demand Mamdani be banned from 25th-Anniversary” is a brazen lie. How do I know? I interviewed the organizer of the petition.

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Mark Jacob
@markjacob.bsky.social

This is a sure sign that the right wing thinks Trump's speech last night was a dud. No coverage for 2 hours on "Fox & Friends," and Fox's website isn't leading with it.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

incredible -- more than two hours into this morning's Fox & Friends, "fraud" has not been mentioned a single time and hosts haven't discussed Trump's big primetime speech at all. They have 787 million reasons to ignore it.

David Barbour
@davidbarbour.bsky.social

Charming. So now he's Luca Brasi.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

Mike Johnson: "If we were to lose the midterms, heaven forbid, these Democrats…will turn every committee of Congress into an investigative body and they will go after the president's family…Half of you in this room will be targeted. I run the protection program. I'll take care of you."