Writing
Commentary Written by Judy
2021
CNN • I still can’t stop watching Cecily Strong’s clown sketch • Year in Culture: Comedy isn’t Cancelled CNN • This is my new ‘normal’ CNN • Bernie Sanders inauguration memes are what this country needed2020
CNN • A beacon of progress… in Chuck Taylor All Stars2018
CNN • Penny Marshall gave girls like me permission to dream2017
CNN • 3 views: Is Colbert’s off-color Trump joke a firing offense? The Huffington Post • The question you should never ask a lesbian mom2016
CNN • After Ghostbusters, the Blues Sisters? CNN • Dear Ted Cruz2015
CNN • Anne Meara: Way more than Ben Stiller’s mom2014
CNN • Joan Rivers gave misfit girls permission to dream2013
The Wall Street Journal • Big-City Building, Small-Town Living2011
The New York Times • An Appraisal: Sherwood Schwartz’s Modern FamiliesPublished Books • Press
2023
Yes, I Can Say That!
‘Phone Free Policies Open Door for Better Comedy • Forbes2022
Comedian Judy Gold blasts Sen. Lindsey Graham over abortion on Stephanie Ruhle’s MSNBC show • New York Post Judy Gold Stands Up for Comedy • Forbes After Attacks, Comedians Wonder: Can People Still Take a Joke? • New York TimesWill Smith’s Oscars slap felt by comedians beyond Chris Rock • AP News
Comedians Weigh In On Implications of Will Smith Oscar Slap • Forbes2020
The Top 15 Books of 2020 • Hadassah Magazine ‘Yes, I Can Say That’: Comedian Judy Gold Talks Free Speech • Hadassah Magazine Yes, I Can Say That: When They Come for the Comedians We Are All in Trouble • Publisher’s Weekly On Point With: Judy Gold • Thotyssey Consider the source: Jews, comedy and the First Amendment • STL Jewish Light Comedy is a serious business, and no one knows that better than Judy Gold • Out in New Jersey Nothing Is Off Limits, As Long As It’s Funny: Judy Gold Is A Comedy Icon • GOMAG The First Amendment is No Joke: Judy Gold Defends the Right to Laugh • Provincetown Magazine Judy Gold Stands Up for Comedy in Her Book ‘Yes, I Can Say That’ • The Jewish Journal ‘Yes, I Can Say That’ is Judy Gold’s take on freedom of speech • Provincetown BannerMore About Judy
2023
8 Comedians Define the Meaning of ‘Queer Hack’ • Vulture2022
100 Women We Love: Class of 2022 • GO MAG • Full List Judy Gold On Cancel Culture, Her Podcast, And May’s Netflix Comedy Festival • Edge Media Netwrork2021
Comedy Gold • Rutgers Alumni Profiles Judy Gold relieves the stress of the pandemic • Provincetown Banner After a Midsummer Shiver, Provincetown Proceeds With Care • New York Times Q & A with Judy Gold • Provincetown Magazine Every Safe Space has a Door: An Interview with Comedian Judy Gold • Lilith Blog2020
Kosher Comedy: get some laughs with Judy Gold… • Bay Area Reporter Gold mines Jewish comedic insight • Times Herald2017
100+Women+We+Love+Class+of+2017 • Go Mag2015
Comedy hero Judy Gold podcasts her way out of the publicity malaise machine • WaterMark Online Podcast Review: Kill Me Now with Judy Gold • Huffington Post Judy Gold Promises Audiences Will ‘Pee in Their Pants’ During Mercer Island Stop • Seattle Lesbian2016
New Video Series Puts Unfiltered Side Of Motherhood On Display • Huffington Post An Oral History of the Comedy Cellar • Vanity Fair New York City Comics Discuss Their Favorite Old, New, And Unique Venues For Stand-Up • Village Voice From tolls to toils, comic is true blue NJ • App.com George Takei, Perez Hilton, Michael Musto and More Open Up About Their First Gay Bar Experience • Esquire Comedian Judy Gold: ‘Ageism is very real’ • Florida Today As Supreme Court takes up gay marriage, same-sex couples show raising a family is a labor love that transcends orientation • NY Daily News Happy “Labor” Day: Five Celebrity Lesbian Moms You Should Know • Queerty Bette Midler, Sandra Bernhard and 7 Other Jewish Celebs React to SOTU • Forward.com Comedian Judy Gold talks family, stand-up, writing material, and more • Jewish Journal2016
Comic Judy Gold: ‘I’m Way More Jewish Than Lesbian!’ • Out.com Why Judy Gold Lives on the Upper West Side • Westside Rag2015
Humbug as a Holiday Enhancer – “Merry Hanukkah With Judy Gold” • NY Times Judy Gold Loves The Upper West Side But Could Use A Little More Space In Her Apartment • Brick Underground Comedian Judy Gold Comes to Provincetown’s Art House This Weekend • Broadway World Jewish lesbian comic Judy Gold to share ‘the agony’ Saturday and Sunday in South Florida • Miami Herald Even Judy Gold Can’t Resist the Power of Free Wine at the Met’s Post-Pride Party • Next Magazine Sir Ivan Wilzig chats with OITNB actress • NY Daily News2011
Judy Gold’s Mortal Enemy Is Judy Gold • NY Mag In my library: Judy Gold • NY PostPerformance
Stage & Screen
2022
Girls5Eva Season 2 • Variety2021
Judy Gold on how women are changing the comedy game in FX’s new documentary ‘Hysterical’ • KTLA Hysterical Addresses an Urgent, Unspoken Danger for Women Comedians • Refinery29 Review: ‘Hysterical’ takes a serious look at witty women in the world of comedy • SF Chronicle Datebook Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Hysterical’ On FX On Hulu, Or Why Men Cannot Handle Funny Women • Decider ‘Hysterical’ Review: Laughter and Trauma Blend Beautifully in Stand-Up Comedy Documentary • Indiewire Hysterical: TV Review • Hollywood Reporter2017
How Showtime’s ‘I’m Dying Up Here’ Recreates ’70s Comedy Club Scene • Variety2016
Judy Gold Will Lead THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL as ‘Scrooge’ at NJPAC • Broadway World Miley Cyrus Makes Woody Allen’s Amazon Series Worth Watching • Vanity Fair Photo Flash: Janet McTeer, Cush Jumbo & More Lead Shakespeare in the Park’s All-Female TAMING OF THE SHREW • Broadway World2015
Photos! In Rehearsal with the All-Female Taming of the Shrew • Playbill Release Dates Set for Clinton The Musical Cast Album • Theater Mania Emmy Winner Judy Gold Joins CLINTON THE MUSICAL as ‘Eleanor Roosevelt’ • Broadway World2014
Comedian Judy Gold Talks Judaism, East vs West, and Her Time on ‘Celebrity Wife Swap’ • Obeserver Judy Gold Talks Evolution of NYC Comedy and Same-Sex Celebrity Wife Swap • Village Voice Judy Gold on “Celebrity Wife Swap” and giving parenting advice • After Ellen Get to Know Judy Gold — Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off • Food NetworkPull Quotes
YES, I CAN SAY THAT
"Directed by BD Wong for Primary Stages, “Yes, I Can Say That!” is a deliberately uncomfortable, laugh-packed show seeded with stealth missiles."
~ New York Times
"Gold is so naturally funny, her delivery and comic timing so impeccable, that belly laughs are to be had in abundance. Gold proves herself adept at analyzing the art form to which she’s devoted her life."
~ New York Stage Review
"Not only is it provocative, thought-provoking, and moving, it’s continually hilarious. Co-written with Eddie Sarfaty, the jokes come thick and fast, but are never rushed, in this nuanced and at times deeply poignant piece of work."
~ The Queer Review
"This show is personal, as Gold lays herself open to attack. And that’s the whole point – we have a choice: to stifle ourselves or to choose to take a risk. There is no freedom in silence."
~ Front Row Center
25 QUESTIONS FOR A JEWISH MOTHER
"Judy Gold captures the audience from the moment she opens her mouth. She seamlessly weaves anecdotes from her own life with snippets from interviews conducted with 50 Jewish mothers across the United States. The result is fiercely funny, honest and moving."
~ New York Times
"The show is riotously funny and ultimately quite moving."
~ Hollywood Reporter
"Gold's show is a genuine mitzvah."
~ Time Out New York
"Gold charms a restive audience with almost mesmeric ability."
~ The Village Voice
THE JUDY SHOW
“Highly Entertaining! Brash, buoyant, and infectiously nostalgic.”
~ New York Times
“Hilarious! Intimate, heartfelt… Gold manages to balance the pathos with the punch lines.”
~ Backstage
“A solid laugh-getter! Very funny yet heart-felt. Gold is delightfully on the comedy mark!”
~ Curtain Up
“Really terrific! Gold is a riot! Enjoy, laugh, learn and cry!”
~ The Village Voice
Other Podcasts
Watch
2 Jews Choose with Eliot Glazer
• May 2022 [3:30]
One Course with JB Smoove
• April 2022 [8:30]
Listen
Shticks and Stones: Jewish Comedy and Antisemitism
BBC • Archive 4 • David Schneider
• July 29, 2023 [56:00]
Naked Lunch with Phil Rosenthal and David Wild
• August 17, 2022 [59:00]
Sunday Extra: Yes I can say that! Comedian hits back at cancel culture
• August 13, 2022 [13:15]
Why Won’t You Date Me? with Nicole Byer • Married, but Living Apart with Judy Gold
• May 6, 2022 • [68:00]
Theatre - Solo Shows
Yes I Can Say That
Yes, I Can Say That!
2023
Making Us Laugh, and Think a Little Too • New York Times Actor BD Wong On Directing Comedian Judy Gold’s New Solo Show • Forbes Judy Gold: Yes, I Can Say That! • Time Out Judy Gold: Comedians are in a ‘precarious’ situation right now • Page Six Judy Gold has choice words for both sides of the political aisle, and most of them are four letters • LGBQT Nation Frank DiLella’s theater picks: • Spectrum News Interview: Judy Gold Crusades for Free Speech in New Off-Broadway Shows • Theatre Mania Judy Gold in Yes, I Can Say That! • allaboutsolo.com More Theater Monday – Yes, I Can Say That! • Says Me Says Mom YES, I CAN SAY THAT! • cititour.com Review • CityTourNY.com Top Off-Broadway Shows for April 2023 • Broadway World Photos: Go Inside Opening Night of Judy Gold’s YES, I CAN SAY THAT! • Broadway World Judy Gold draws the line and crosses it in her solo show ‘Yes, I Can Say That!’ • Queerty Yes, I Can Say That!: Judy Gold Hilariously Makes Her Voice Heard • New York Stage Review Review: Judy Gold’s Yes, I Can Say That! Is an Unflinching Defense of Free Speech • Theatre Mania Theatre Review: Judy Gold in Yes, I Can Say That! (59E59 Theaters, New York) ★★★★★ • The Queer Review25 Questions for a Jewish Mother
25 Questions for a Jewish Mother
2015
Judy Gold remembers what happened when her show received a terrible review • Entertainment Weekly FRONT ROW CENTRE: No question about it: ‘25 Questions’ has a lot of heart • Inside Toronto • PM360 Announces Judy Gold as Host of the 2015 Trailblazer Awards Gala • Press Release Rocket2008
Review: Gold shines in Theater J’s hilarious ‘25 Questions’ • Washington Examiner 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother • DC Theatre Scene ’25 Questions’: Jewish Mothers Know Best • Washington Post ’25 Questions’: The Answer Is Mom • Washington Post2007
Judy Gold has ’25 Questions for a Jewish Mother’ • Rockford Register Star “25 Questions for a Jewish Mother” • Jewish Women’s Archive2006
Review: ‘25 Questions for a Jewish Mother’ • Variety Listen to Your Mother! And Other Advice • NY TimesThe Judy Show: My Life as a Sitcom
The Judy Show: My Life as a Sitcom
2013
Theater Review: ‘The Judy Show: My Life as a Sitcom’ • The Daily Bruin
Judy Gold’s The Judy Show: My Life as a Sitcom Extends Off-Broadway Run at DR2 Theatre • Playbill
• Laughter Filled “The Judy Show: My Life As A Sitcom” • Examiner
Judy Gold Mines a Rich Vein of Comedy in New Show • Pride
• Theater Reviews: The Judy Gold Show • Frontiers
Judy Gold dreams of her gay-family sitcom • LA Times
• Sitcoms are Gold – The Judy Show at Geffen Playhouse • Examiner
Judy Gold: Coming out as a sitcom addict • Jewish Journal
• THE JUDY SHOW Extends Through 8/18 at Geffen Playhouse • Broadway World
Judy Gold’s Real-Life Judy Show Includes a Towed Car, Gym Visit, Meditation and Matinee • Broadway.com
2011
Judy Gold’s The Judy Show: My Life as a Sitcom Plays DR2 Theatre Starting June 30 • Playbill
PHOTO FLASH: Lucy DeVito, Judy Gold, Melissa Joan Hart, Ashley Austin Morris at The Judy Show • Theatre Mania
Melissa Joan Hart & the Love, Loss Ladies Savor an Episode of The Judy Show • Broadway.com
• Off-Broadway Heats Up with Three Summer Hits • The Broadway Blog
Stage Door: The Judy Show • Huffington Post
• How To Make “The Judy Show” • TDF
Gold Star • Go Mag
• The Judy Show: My Life as a Sitcom is More Like Laugh In • LA Times
“The Judy Show: My life as a sitcom” – Endearingly Funny and No Laugh Track Needed • StageBuzz
She Wanted a TV Show, but the Stage Will Do, Too • New York Times
Funny Women: An Interview With Humorist Judy Gold • Forbes
A CurtainUp Review
The Judy Show – My Life as a Sitcom • Curtain Up
Photo Coverage: Judy Gold Opens THE JUDY SHOW: MY LIFE AS A SITCOM • Broadway.com
